Presto
Issue: 1925 2032 - Page 15
July 4, 1925.
PRESTO
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LATE NEWS FROM
CLEVELAND, 0., TRADE
\7Re,
Interesting Batch of Items Shows Lively Con-
dition in Retail Tra.de of Progressive
Ohio City.
AJSI
ARTISTIC
IN EVERY
DETAIL
HADDORFF PIANO CO.
ROCKFORIMLL.
Wholesale Offices}
N.w fork Cil
130 W. 42nd S*
Chirafo
410 S. MicnigaD A»«.
San Franrian
311 California Si.
Si II
II
1
II
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: • : • : • : • : « : • : • : • : • ; • : • : • : • : • : • : • : • II
Schaff Bros.
Players a ad Pianos have won their stand-
ing with trade and public by 54 years of
steadfast striving to excel. They repre-
sent the
LARGEST COMPETITIVE VALUE
because «f their beauty, reliability, tone
and moderate price. They are profitable
to sell and satisfactory when sold.
Brighten Your Line with the
SCHAFF BROS.
The Schaff Bros. Co.
Established 1868
Huntington, Ind.
C. H. Randolph, manager of the piano department
of the Euclid Music Co., Cleveland, Ohio, has placed
a Baldwin Grand piano in the Golden Pheasant res-
taurant, one of the largest and most popular Chinese-
American restaurants in Cleveland. In addition to its
use for accompanying singers that appear it will also
be used in connection with Hugh Wylie's orchestra
that is playing there.
The Cleveland branch of the Starck Piano Co. is
now under the management of H. A. Bruck & Sons,
until recently in business on Huron road. The two
boys, Sam and Adolph, will act as salesmen.
Robert L. White, of the Robert L. White Music
Co , is leaving for a few weeks' motoring trip to At-
lantic City, and will visit New York and other places
as well. Mrs. White accompanies him. A Poole
piano, Brunswick phonograph and Radiola Super-
heterodyne have been installed in the employees' cot-
tage on the Lake, manager Click announces.
Ray Shirring, who is known to many in the trade
and who has been associated with the Knabe Ware-
rooms since the store was opened, is now connected
with the Dreher Piano Co.
Fred Stelker, manager of the Shultz Piano Co., and
Will C. Free, have resigned. Mr. Free is entering a
different field and Mr. Stelker as yet has made no
announcement of his plans.
The Starr Piano Co.'s concert room was the scene
of a delightful concert on the afternoon of June 25,
when the employees of the Cleveland Press, their
families and friends assembled to hear four songs
written by T. W. Small, a proofreader of the Press,
rendered.
Miss Renie Burdett, manager of the roll depart-
ment, had charge of the affair and contributed several
numbers. Mr. Small's songs were sung by Richard
Koch, a well-known baritone. They have been well
received in Cleveland.
"The Kiss I Can't Forget," which was written by
Mr. Davis, musical editor of the Press, and set to
music by Phillip Spitalny, was also sung and received
much applause. Several numbers by a Starr repro-
ducing piano were also given, and the whole affair
was a pronounced success.
A drive is now in progress by the Cleveland Better
Business Commission to clean up all bait advertising
and selling methods in the musical field. The aim is
to educate the public, and a talk was broadcasted
June 25 by the commission over WEAR explaining
the methods used by bait advertisers. A series of ad-
vertisements has also been started in the morning and
evening papers, and which are also designed to edu-
cate the public to recognize bait methods in adver-
tising and selling. In both the advertising and broad-
casting the public are invited to report any instances
to the Commission where they feel their confidence
has been violated. It was also pointed out in the ads
and broadcasting that the majority of the music
trade is honest in all respects and that those using
bait methods are in the minority.
SUGGESTING ROLLS
FOR SCHOOL USES
The Good Old
SMITH & NIXON
Pianos and Player Pianos
Better than ever, with the same
"Grand Tone In Upright Case."
Grands and Players that every deal-
er likes to sell, for Satisfaction and
Profit,
Smith & Nixon Piano Co.
1229 Miller St., Chicago
Opportunities of School Boards and Music
Supervisors to Stimulate Musical Desire by
Means of Playerpiont Not Recognized.
Every effort to encourage music aids in the inter-
est of the public in player music rolls. Music mem-
ory tests inviting interest in classical music make the
use of the rolls a great convenience and in many in-
stances a necessity. Radio programs every day draw
the hearers' attention to fine music as well as the
transient populars, which may be procured for con-
stant repetition in roll form by the owners of player-
pianos.
While school boards generally recognize the im-
portance of music in the courses in all grades and
music supervisors have responded to the desire, the
latter have not sufficiently awakened to the wonder-
ful advantages possessed by music rolls for increas-
ing the cultural urge naturally resulting in a range
of musical studies in the schools and greater pro-
ficiency in the pupils.
It may be that music dealers are somewhat to
blame for the school heads' failure to make more
general use of the rolls. The opportunities for dem-
onstrating good piano music provided by the player-
piano are not taken advantage of where one of the
instruments is possessed by the schools. And a
15
school without a playerpiano is a sign of indiffer-
ence to the opportunity on the part of local dealers.
In short it is charged that the educationalists have
not made full use of the facilities that exist for train-
ing the pupils of schools and the adult students of
colleges in the knowledge and appreciation of music
by means of the playerpiano and the rolls recorded
by artists.
A more encouraging view is taken by the senate of
the University of London, and its action may be a
source of suggestion for school governing bodies here.
The senate recently decided that the university
library should be extended by a liberal provision of
music scores, phonograph records and playerpiano
music rolls, as a method of enabling students of the
university to become acquainted with classical and
modern musical works in the easiest way.
TRADE HAPPENINGS
RELATED IN BRIEF
Views and Beliefs of Live Piano Merchants Art
Presented.
William J. Cantter, who recently succeeded A. R.
Mill at Kaukauna, Wis., has enlarged the music de-
partment in his store.
B. H. Anderson, music merchant of Fond du Lac,
Wis., recently closed out the stock of his music store
and retired from business.
R. G. Craig, for the last four years manager of the
music department of the Bry-Block Mercantile Co.,
Memphis, Tenn., retired from that connection on
June 15.
The Wisconsin Club, one of Milwaukee's exclusive
social clubs, recently appointed Hugh W. Randall,
president of the J. B. Bradford Piano Co., Milwaukee,
chairman of the entertainment committee for the
coming year, and also elected him director.
BIRMINGHAM MANAGER MARRIED.
Maurice D. Manning, manager of the E. E. Forbes
& Sons Piano Company, Birmingham, Ala., was mar-
ried last week to Mrs. Inez S. Coxe, daughter of Z. J.
Smith, at the parsonage of the Walker Memorial
church, by the Rev. W. T. McGlawn. The bride has
a lovely contralto voice, and is well known in musical
circles in the Alabama city. The marriage was a
complete surprise to the friends of the couple.
QUALITY
in Name and in Fact
TONE, MATERIALS, CONSTRUCTION,
WORKMANSHIP, DESIGN—all in ac-
cord with the broadest experience—are
the elements which give character to
Bush & Lane Products.
BUSH&LANE PIANOS
BUSH & LANE CECILIAN PLAYER PIANOS
take high place, therefore, in any com-
parison of high grade pianos because of
the individuality of character which dis-
tinguishes them in all essentials of merit
ana value.
BUSH ft LANE PIANO 00.
IfOIMfHI,
DECKER
M*J
EST. 1856
& SON
Grand, Upright
and
Welte-Mignon
(Licensee)
Reproducing
(Electric)
Pianos and Players
of Recognized
Artistic Character
Mads by • Decker Sinoe 1856
099-703 East 135th Street
New York
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PRESTO
=«=«f=•:•-•:•=•=•=•=•=•=•=•=•=•=
LATE NEWS FROM
CLEVELAND, 0., TRADE
\7Re,
Interesting Batch of Items Shows Lively Con-
dition in Retail Tra.de of Progressive
Ohio City.
AJSI
ARTISTIC
IN EVERY
DETAIL
HADDORFF PIANO CO.
ROCKFORIMLL.
Wholesale Offices}
N.w fork Cil
130 W. 42nd S*
Chirafo
410 S. MicnigaD A»«.
San Franrian
311 California Si.
Si II
II
1
II
•
: • : • : • : • : « : • : • : • : • ; • : • : • : • : • : • : • : • II
Schaff Bros.
Players a ad Pianos have won their stand-
ing with trade and public by 54 years of
steadfast striving to excel. They repre-
sent the
LARGEST COMPETITIVE VALUE
because «f their beauty, reliability, tone
and moderate price. They are profitable
to sell and satisfactory when sold.
Brighten Your Line with the
SCHAFF BROS.
The Schaff Bros. Co.
Established 1868
Huntington, Ind.
C. H. Randolph, manager of the piano department
of the Euclid Music Co., Cleveland, Ohio, has placed
a Baldwin Grand piano in the Golden Pheasant res-
taurant, one of the largest and most popular Chinese-
American restaurants in Cleveland. In addition to its
use for accompanying singers that appear it will also
be used in connection with Hugh Wylie's orchestra
that is playing there.
The Cleveland branch of the Starck Piano Co. is
now under the management of H. A. Bruck & Sons,
until recently in business on Huron road. The two
boys, Sam and Adolph, will act as salesmen.
Robert L. White, of the Robert L. White Music
Co , is leaving for a few weeks' motoring trip to At-
lantic City, and will visit New York and other places
as well. Mrs. White accompanies him. A Poole
piano, Brunswick phonograph and Radiola Super-
heterodyne have been installed in the employees' cot-
tage on the Lake, manager Click announces.
Ray Shirring, who is known to many in the trade
and who has been associated with the Knabe Ware-
rooms since the store was opened, is now connected
with the Dreher Piano Co.
Fred Stelker, manager of the Shultz Piano Co., and
Will C. Free, have resigned. Mr. Free is entering a
different field and Mr. Stelker as yet has made no
announcement of his plans.
The Starr Piano Co.'s concert room was the scene
of a delightful concert on the afternoon of June 25,
when the employees of the Cleveland Press, their
families and friends assembled to hear four songs
written by T. W. Small, a proofreader of the Press,
rendered.
Miss Renie Burdett, manager of the roll depart-
ment, had charge of the affair and contributed several
numbers. Mr. Small's songs were sung by Richard
Koch, a well-known baritone. They have been well
received in Cleveland.
"The Kiss I Can't Forget," which was written by
Mr. Davis, musical editor of the Press, and set to
music by Phillip Spitalny, was also sung and received
much applause. Several numbers by a Starr repro-
ducing piano were also given, and the whole affair
was a pronounced success.
A drive is now in progress by the Cleveland Better
Business Commission to clean up all bait advertising
and selling methods in the musical field. The aim is
to educate the public, and a talk was broadcasted
June 25 by the commission over WEAR explaining
the methods used by bait advertisers. A series of ad-
vertisements has also been started in the morning and
evening papers, and which are also designed to edu-
cate the public to recognize bait methods in adver-
tising and selling. In both the advertising and broad-
casting the public are invited to report any instances
to the Commission where they feel their confidence
has been violated. It was also pointed out in the ads
and broadcasting that the majority of the music
trade is honest in all respects and that those using
bait methods are in the minority.
SUGGESTING ROLLS
FOR SCHOOL USES
The Good Old
SMITH & NIXON
Pianos and Player Pianos
Better than ever, with the same
"Grand Tone In Upright Case."
Grands and Players that every deal-
er likes to sell, for Satisfaction and
Profit,
Smith & Nixon Piano Co.
1229 Miller St., Chicago
Opportunities of School Boards and Music
Supervisors to Stimulate Musical Desire by
Means of Playerpiont Not Recognized.
Every effort to encourage music aids in the inter-
est of the public in player music rolls. Music mem-
ory tests inviting interest in classical music make the
use of the rolls a great convenience and in many in-
stances a necessity. Radio programs every day draw
the hearers' attention to fine music as well as the
transient populars, which may be procured for con-
stant repetition in roll form by the owners of player-
pianos.
While school boards generally recognize the im-
portance of music in the courses in all grades and
music supervisors have responded to the desire, the
latter have not sufficiently awakened to the wonder-
ful advantages possessed by music rolls for increas-
ing the cultural urge naturally resulting in a range
of musical studies in the schools and greater pro-
ficiency in the pupils.
It may be that music dealers are somewhat to
blame for the school heads' failure to make more
general use of the rolls. The opportunities for dem-
onstrating good piano music provided by the player-
piano are not taken advantage of where one of the
instruments is possessed by the schools. And a
15
school without a playerpiano is a sign of indiffer-
ence to the opportunity on the part of local dealers.
In short it is charged that the educationalists have
not made full use of the facilities that exist for train-
ing the pupils of schools and the adult students of
colleges in the knowledge and appreciation of music
by means of the playerpiano and the rolls recorded
by artists.
A more encouraging view is taken by the senate of
the University of London, and its action may be a
source of suggestion for school governing bodies here.
The senate recently decided that the university
library should be extended by a liberal provision of
music scores, phonograph records and playerpiano
music rolls, as a method of enabling students of the
university to become acquainted with classical and
modern musical works in the easiest way.
TRADE HAPPENINGS
RELATED IN BRIEF
Views and Beliefs of Live Piano Merchants Art
Presented.
William J. Cantter, who recently succeeded A. R.
Mill at Kaukauna, Wis., has enlarged the music de-
partment in his store.
B. H. Anderson, music merchant of Fond du Lac,
Wis., recently closed out the stock of his music store
and retired from business.
R. G. Craig, for the last four years manager of the
music department of the Bry-Block Mercantile Co.,
Memphis, Tenn., retired from that connection on
June 15.
The Wisconsin Club, one of Milwaukee's exclusive
social clubs, recently appointed Hugh W. Randall,
president of the J. B. Bradford Piano Co., Milwaukee,
chairman of the entertainment committee for the
coming year, and also elected him director.
BIRMINGHAM MANAGER MARRIED.
Maurice D. Manning, manager of the E. E. Forbes
& Sons Piano Company, Birmingham, Ala., was mar-
ried last week to Mrs. Inez S. Coxe, daughter of Z. J.
Smith, at the parsonage of the Walker Memorial
church, by the Rev. W. T. McGlawn. The bride has
a lovely contralto voice, and is well known in musical
circles in the Alabama city. The marriage was a
complete surprise to the friends of the couple.
QUALITY
in Name and in Fact
TONE, MATERIALS, CONSTRUCTION,
WORKMANSHIP, DESIGN—all in ac-
cord with the broadest experience—are
the elements which give character to
Bush & Lane Products.
BUSH&LANE PIANOS
BUSH & LANE CECILIAN PLAYER PIANOS
take high place, therefore, in any com-
parison of high grade pianos because of
the individuality of character which dis-
tinguishes them in all essentials of merit
ana value.
BUSH ft LANE PIANO 00.
IfOIMfHI,
DECKER
M*J
EST. 1856
& SON
Grand, Upright
and
Welte-Mignon
(Licensee)
Reproducing
(Electric)
Pianos and Players
of Recognized
Artistic Character
Mads by • Decker Sinoe 1856
099-703 East 135th Street
New York
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).