Presto
Issue: 1925 2028 - Page 5
June 6, 1925.
PRESTO
CHRISTMAN
"The First Touch Tells"
See Them
At The DRAKE
During The
CONVENTION
One of the Features
Will Be The
Christman Electric
Grand
Many Live Dealers
Know and Sell The
Studio Grand
(only 5 ft. long)
It will Fascinate any Discriminat-
ing Customer and Insure the Sale.
It is this Test that Makes the
Christman the
Dealer's Best Choice
CHRISTMAN
Reproducing Grand
Equipped with
Action
Has advantages for any Dealer or
Salesman. It is a marvel of expressive
interpretation of all classes of compo-
sition, reproducing perfectly the per-
formances of the world's greatest
pianists.
<€
The First Touch Tells"
R*S. U. 8. Pat. Off.
Christman Piano Co.
597 East 137th St.
New York
WHERE DEALERS MAY
SEE NEW MODELS
In the Various Exhibits of the Latest as Well
as the Older Ones Which Prove Their
Worthiness of Merchants' Interest
by A c h i e v i n g Profits.
AT DRAKE AND ELSEWHERE
Exhibits at Factories, Wholesale Showrooms and
Stores to Vie with Those at Headquarters Hotel
for the Music Merchants' Attention.
A more marked variety will distinguish the exhibits
at convention headquarters this year from the pres-
entations of former years. Pianos, players and re-
producing pianos will predominate, but automatic
instruments, band instruments and musical merchan-
dise generally will claim greater interest than ever
from the music merchants attending the big annual
convention in Chicago. Radio, too, will have an
acknowledged position in the array of exhibition
attractions. The very uses of radio in broadcasting
the convention events, especially those of a musical
nature, will further identify radio with the music
trade.
Adam Schaaf Line.
Adam Schaaf, Inc., Chicago, will show at the ware-
rooms, 319 to 321 S. Wabash avenue, a complete line,
including a new Grand, the Authentic Queen Anne
model.
The force of wholesale travelers of the company
who have successfully exploited the fine Adam
Schaaf line, will be present at the company's ware-
rooms during the convention. Ira P. Nelson, I. M.
Douthit, George D. Field, Harry T. Sipe, Henry D.
Gearmen will meet old friends in the trade.
Christman Display.
The Christman Piano Co., Inc., New York, will
have an exhibit of its products at the Drake Hotel,
Chicago, during the week of the annual convention
of the music trades and the display will properly rep-
resent one of the old and reputable names in the
piano industry. Foremost in the line of instruments
will be the Christman. Electric Grand Player, recog-
nized as a triumph in reproducing piano manufac-
ture. The location of the Christman Piano Co.'s ex-
hibit at the Drake and the names of those who will
represent the company there, will be printed next
week.
To Show Nelson-Wiggen Automatics.
The fine line of Automatic pianos of the Nelson-
Wiggin Piano Co., Chicago, will be shown to dealers
at the factory display rooms. Among those who will
greet visiting dealers there will be the travelers who
sell the popular Automatic coin-operated pianos on
the road. These active men have been successful in
presenting the Nelson-Wiggen, and it will be a pleas-
ure for them to meet dealers who are profiting by
handling the goods.
Lee Jones, sales manager, will be among the corps
of salesmen.
Brinkerhoff Piano Co.
The Brinkerhoff Piano Co., Chicago, will feature
its new reproducing five-foot grand, as well as other
instruments, in Rooms 211-212 and 214 at the Drake
Hotel.
W. T. Brinkerhoff, president and general manager,
assisted by W. J. Olson and W. Shanz, will be on
hand to greet visitors. The company's warerooms
on the tenth floor of the Republic building will also
house special displays for convention week.
Schaeffer and Carleton Lines.
The Schaeffer Piano Mfg. Co., Suite 610 the Re-
public building, will display its various lines in its
warerooms, where they have pleasant facilities for
showing the goods.
l'layer-pianos, grands and uprights will be shown.
The line includes the Schaeffer and Carleton pianos
and player-pianos. W. B. Price and B. J. Heing will
be on hand to greet visitors.
Starr Company to Exhibit.
The Starr Piano Co. of Richmond, Ind., will ex-
hibit in Rooms 739 and 740 at the Drake Hotel for
display purposes. The exhibits will include repre-
sentative styles of the company's instruments, in-
cluding the new player-pianos Styles G and 82 and
the reproducer, Style G-A. In addition the company
will have on exhibit Starr phonographs, of which
the school model, Style XVII, will prove of special
interest. The new series of 50-cent Gennett recodrs
will also be introduced during the convention.
The two rooms will be presided over by Harry
Gennett, president of the company; A. E. Nolder,
vice-president; Fred Gennett, secretary; Ray Strahan,
W. C. Klumpp, A. L. Jewett and A. M. Sweetland.
Little Miessner on Display.
The Miessner Piano Co. of Milwaukee, maker of
the Miessner piano—"the little piano with the big
tone"—will feature a very interesting group of pianos.
The officials of the company are planning a surprise
and are withholding details concerning a new model.
The exhibits of this company will include the
Miessner Style M school piano, finished in oak; the
Miessner Style O home model piano in satin brown
mahogany and the O P player-piano. The display
will be presided over by W. Otto Miessner, presi-
dent of the company; C. W. Browne, vice-president;
G. N. Glennon, secretary, and George Cain, treasurer.
Schumann at Drake.
The Schumann Piano Co. of Rockford, 111., wi?l
have an interesting display at the Drake Hotel, in-
cluding three styles of grands, one player-piano and
two upright instruments in mahogany, walnut and
two-tone finish.
W. N. Van Matre, Jr., president of the company;
Charles B. McTntosh, vice-president, and Victor
Hrdlicka will be on hand to greet visitors.
Lyon & Healy Window Displays.
Lyon & Healy, Inc., will use the store at Wabash
avenue and Jackson boulevard for display purposes
and will also occupy Room 327 in the Drake Hotel,
where arrangements have been made to make visitors
feel at home. The entire wholesale floor of the Lyon
& Healy store will be given over to display pur-
poses, where a complete line of the company's prod-
ucts will be exhibited.
A Story & Clark Reception.
The Story & Clarke Piano Co. is planning an elab-
orate display at Rooms 825, 826 and 827 Drake Hotel
and in addition a more extensive display at the new
warerooms on North Michigan avenue.
In addition to pianos the company will have on
display its regular line of instruments, consisting of
one Style E Repro-Phraso player-piano finished in
dull mahogany; one three-way electric player-piano,
Style F, in polished mahogany, and one in dull wal-
nut; one Repro-Phraso, Style A, in dull brown ma-
hogany; one player-piano, Style A, in polished wal-
nut; one player-piano, Style M, in dull mahogany;
one Repro-Phraso player-piano, Style M, in dull oak;
one Irvington player-piano, Style H, in dull mahog-
any; one Edward Hampton special player-piano,
Style H, in dull mahogany; one Hampton player-
piano, Style O, in dull mahogany; one player-piano,
new Style E, in dull mahogany; and three upright
pianos, Nos. 23, 21 and 15.
E. M. Love, secretary of the company, will be in
charge of the exhibits, assisted by R. A. Burke, G. H.
Eucker, "Still" Harcourt, G. H. Beverly, C. C. Fir-
kins and H. H. Cook. The company will also have
special displays at its new Story & Clark building,
173-175 North Michigan avenue.
Two Kimball Exhibits.
The W. W. Kimball Company's display to be held
in Room M-ll at the Drake, will be duplicated in
the company's store at Wabash avenue and Jackson
boulevard. The windows of the Kimball store will
also announce to the public, through special displays,
that the music trades is having a convention in
Chicago.
Special arrangements for taking visiting dealers
through the Kimball factories are also being com-
pleted. This will include free transportation to the
factory with special guides. Officials of the company
will be at the hotel to receive visitors.
Cable-Nelson Plans.
The Cable-Nelson Piano Co. of South Haven,
Mich., will have an exhibit at Room M-H, where
there will be a complete line of Cable-Nelson instru-
ments displayed and demonstrated. The line will
include grands in mahogany finish, reproducing
grands in fancy walnut finish, as well as a representa-
tive exhibit of upright pianos in various finishes.
Motor trips to and from South Haven will be fea-
tures of the company's activities at the convention
next week. The trip will take about five hours and
all dealers who wish to avail themselves of a visit
to the Cable-Nelson factories may do so by register-
ing at Room M-H. Boat trips from Chicago to South
Haven are also being arranged.
John II. Parnham, president of the company; J. L.
Barron, vice-president and superintendent; W. A.
Carlson, sales manager; O. C. Stone, advertising man-
ager, and the following sales representatives: Cliff
David, Bob Johnson, W. W. Radcliffe and J. Gormly
will preside over the exhibits.
Trips to Steger Factory.
The Steger & Sons Piano Mfg. Co. will have on
display Steger & Sons reproducing grand Welte-
Mignon (Licensee); a handsome grand, finished in
mahogany; upright pianos and player-pianos in vari-
ous finishes; Reed & Sons, Singer, Thompson, Arte-
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PRESTO
CHRISTMAN
"The First Touch Tells"
See Them
At The DRAKE
During The
CONVENTION
One of the Features
Will Be The
Christman Electric
Grand
Many Live Dealers
Know and Sell The
Studio Grand
(only 5 ft. long)
It will Fascinate any Discriminat-
ing Customer and Insure the Sale.
It is this Test that Makes the
Christman the
Dealer's Best Choice
CHRISTMAN
Reproducing Grand
Equipped with
Action
Has advantages for any Dealer or
Salesman. It is a marvel of expressive
interpretation of all classes of compo-
sition, reproducing perfectly the per-
formances of the world's greatest
pianists.
<€
The First Touch Tells"
R*S. U. 8. Pat. Off.
Christman Piano Co.
597 East 137th St.
New York
WHERE DEALERS MAY
SEE NEW MODELS
In the Various Exhibits of the Latest as Well
as the Older Ones Which Prove Their
Worthiness of Merchants' Interest
by A c h i e v i n g Profits.
AT DRAKE AND ELSEWHERE
Exhibits at Factories, Wholesale Showrooms and
Stores to Vie with Those at Headquarters Hotel
for the Music Merchants' Attention.
A more marked variety will distinguish the exhibits
at convention headquarters this year from the pres-
entations of former years. Pianos, players and re-
producing pianos will predominate, but automatic
instruments, band instruments and musical merchan-
dise generally will claim greater interest than ever
from the music merchants attending the big annual
convention in Chicago. Radio, too, will have an
acknowledged position in the array of exhibition
attractions. The very uses of radio in broadcasting
the convention events, especially those of a musical
nature, will further identify radio with the music
trade.
Adam Schaaf Line.
Adam Schaaf, Inc., Chicago, will show at the ware-
rooms, 319 to 321 S. Wabash avenue, a complete line,
including a new Grand, the Authentic Queen Anne
model.
The force of wholesale travelers of the company
who have successfully exploited the fine Adam
Schaaf line, will be present at the company's ware-
rooms during the convention. Ira P. Nelson, I. M.
Douthit, George D. Field, Harry T. Sipe, Henry D.
Gearmen will meet old friends in the trade.
Christman Display.
The Christman Piano Co., Inc., New York, will
have an exhibit of its products at the Drake Hotel,
Chicago, during the week of the annual convention
of the music trades and the display will properly rep-
resent one of the old and reputable names in the
piano industry. Foremost in the line of instruments
will be the Christman. Electric Grand Player, recog-
nized as a triumph in reproducing piano manufac-
ture. The location of the Christman Piano Co.'s ex-
hibit at the Drake and the names of those who will
represent the company there, will be printed next
week.
To Show Nelson-Wiggen Automatics.
The fine line of Automatic pianos of the Nelson-
Wiggin Piano Co., Chicago, will be shown to dealers
at the factory display rooms. Among those who will
greet visiting dealers there will be the travelers who
sell the popular Automatic coin-operated pianos on
the road. These active men have been successful in
presenting the Nelson-Wiggen, and it will be a pleas-
ure for them to meet dealers who are profiting by
handling the goods.
Lee Jones, sales manager, will be among the corps
of salesmen.
Brinkerhoff Piano Co.
The Brinkerhoff Piano Co., Chicago, will feature
its new reproducing five-foot grand, as well as other
instruments, in Rooms 211-212 and 214 at the Drake
Hotel.
W. T. Brinkerhoff, president and general manager,
assisted by W. J. Olson and W. Shanz, will be on
hand to greet visitors. The company's warerooms
on the tenth floor of the Republic building will also
house special displays for convention week.
Schaeffer and Carleton Lines.
The Schaeffer Piano Mfg. Co., Suite 610 the Re-
public building, will display its various lines in its
warerooms, where they have pleasant facilities for
showing the goods.
l'layer-pianos, grands and uprights will be shown.
The line includes the Schaeffer and Carleton pianos
and player-pianos. W. B. Price and B. J. Heing will
be on hand to greet visitors.
Starr Company to Exhibit.
The Starr Piano Co. of Richmond, Ind., will ex-
hibit in Rooms 739 and 740 at the Drake Hotel for
display purposes. The exhibits will include repre-
sentative styles of the company's instruments, in-
cluding the new player-pianos Styles G and 82 and
the reproducer, Style G-A. In addition the company
will have on exhibit Starr phonographs, of which
the school model, Style XVII, will prove of special
interest. The new series of 50-cent Gennett recodrs
will also be introduced during the convention.
The two rooms will be presided over by Harry
Gennett, president of the company; A. E. Nolder,
vice-president; Fred Gennett, secretary; Ray Strahan,
W. C. Klumpp, A. L. Jewett and A. M. Sweetland.
Little Miessner on Display.
The Miessner Piano Co. of Milwaukee, maker of
the Miessner piano—"the little piano with the big
tone"—will feature a very interesting group of pianos.
The officials of the company are planning a surprise
and are withholding details concerning a new model.
The exhibits of this company will include the
Miessner Style M school piano, finished in oak; the
Miessner Style O home model piano in satin brown
mahogany and the O P player-piano. The display
will be presided over by W. Otto Miessner, presi-
dent of the company; C. W. Browne, vice-president;
G. N. Glennon, secretary, and George Cain, treasurer.
Schumann at Drake.
The Schumann Piano Co. of Rockford, 111., wi?l
have an interesting display at the Drake Hotel, in-
cluding three styles of grands, one player-piano and
two upright instruments in mahogany, walnut and
two-tone finish.
W. N. Van Matre, Jr., president of the company;
Charles B. McTntosh, vice-president, and Victor
Hrdlicka will be on hand to greet visitors.
Lyon & Healy Window Displays.
Lyon & Healy, Inc., will use the store at Wabash
avenue and Jackson boulevard for display purposes
and will also occupy Room 327 in the Drake Hotel,
where arrangements have been made to make visitors
feel at home. The entire wholesale floor of the Lyon
& Healy store will be given over to display pur-
poses, where a complete line of the company's prod-
ucts will be exhibited.
A Story & Clark Reception.
The Story & Clarke Piano Co. is planning an elab-
orate display at Rooms 825, 826 and 827 Drake Hotel
and in addition a more extensive display at the new
warerooms on North Michigan avenue.
In addition to pianos the company will have on
display its regular line of instruments, consisting of
one Style E Repro-Phraso player-piano finished in
dull mahogany; one three-way electric player-piano,
Style F, in polished mahogany, and one in dull wal-
nut; one Repro-Phraso, Style A, in dull brown ma-
hogany; one player-piano, Style A, in polished wal-
nut; one player-piano, Style M, in dull mahogany;
one Repro-Phraso player-piano, Style M, in dull oak;
one Irvington player-piano, Style H, in dull mahog-
any; one Edward Hampton special player-piano,
Style H, in dull mahogany; one Hampton player-
piano, Style O, in dull mahogany; one player-piano,
new Style E, in dull mahogany; and three upright
pianos, Nos. 23, 21 and 15.
E. M. Love, secretary of the company, will be in
charge of the exhibits, assisted by R. A. Burke, G. H.
Eucker, "Still" Harcourt, G. H. Beverly, C. C. Fir-
kins and H. H. Cook. The company will also have
special displays at its new Story & Clark building,
173-175 North Michigan avenue.
Two Kimball Exhibits.
The W. W. Kimball Company's display to be held
in Room M-ll at the Drake, will be duplicated in
the company's store at Wabash avenue and Jackson
boulevard. The windows of the Kimball store will
also announce to the public, through special displays,
that the music trades is having a convention in
Chicago.
Special arrangements for taking visiting dealers
through the Kimball factories are also being com-
pleted. This will include free transportation to the
factory with special guides. Officials of the company
will be at the hotel to receive visitors.
Cable-Nelson Plans.
The Cable-Nelson Piano Co. of South Haven,
Mich., will have an exhibit at Room M-H, where
there will be a complete line of Cable-Nelson instru-
ments displayed and demonstrated. The line will
include grands in mahogany finish, reproducing
grands in fancy walnut finish, as well as a representa-
tive exhibit of upright pianos in various finishes.
Motor trips to and from South Haven will be fea-
tures of the company's activities at the convention
next week. The trip will take about five hours and
all dealers who wish to avail themselves of a visit
to the Cable-Nelson factories may do so by register-
ing at Room M-H. Boat trips from Chicago to South
Haven are also being arranged.
John II. Parnham, president of the company; J. L.
Barron, vice-president and superintendent; W. A.
Carlson, sales manager; O. C. Stone, advertising man-
ager, and the following sales representatives: Cliff
David, Bob Johnson, W. W. Radcliffe and J. Gormly
will preside over the exhibits.
Trips to Steger Factory.
The Steger & Sons Piano Mfg. Co. will have on
display Steger & Sons reproducing grand Welte-
Mignon (Licensee); a handsome grand, finished in
mahogany; upright pianos and player-pianos in vari-
ous finishes; Reed & Sons, Singer, Thompson, Arte-
Enhanced content © 2008-2009 and presented by MBSI - The Musical Box Society International (www.mbsi.org) and the International Arcade Museum (www.arcade-museum.com).
All Rights Reserved. Digitized from the archives of the MBSI with support from NAMM - The International Music Products Association (www.namm.org).
Additional enhancement, optimization, and distribution by the International Arcade Museum. An extensive collection of Presto can be found online at http://www.arcade-museum.com/library/
Future scanning projects are planned by the International Arcade Museum Library (IAML).