Presto
Issue: 1925 2042 - Page 17
September 12, 1925.
PRESTO
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"t}iardman
The ^Hardman £ine
is a complete line
It comprises a range of artisti-
cally w o r t h y instruments to
please practically every purse:
The Hardman, official piano of
the Metropolitan Opera House;
the Harrington and the Hensel
Pianos in which is found that in-
builtdurabilitythatcharacterizes
all Hardman-made instruments;
the wonderful Hardman Repro-
ducing Piano; the Hardman
Autotone (the perfect player-
piano); and the popular Playo-
tone.
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NEW YORK.
The LEADING LINE
WEAVER PIANOS
Orandu, Uprights and Players
Finest and most artistic
piano in design, tone and
construction tfiat can be
made.
YORK PIANOS
Uprights and Player Pianos
A high grade piano of great
value and with charming tone quality.
Livingston Pianos— Uprights and Player Pianos
A popular piano at a popular price.
Over 70.000 instrument* made by this company are sing-
ing their own praises in all parts of the civilised world.
Write tot catalogues and state on what terms you would
like to deal, and we will make you a proposition if you are
located in open territory.
WEAVER PIANO CO., Inc.
Factory: YORK, P*.
Established 1870
W. P. Haines & Co.
Manufacturers of
BRADBURY, WEBSTER
and
W. P. HAINES & CO.
Grand, Upright and Reproducing
Pianos
138th Street and Walton Avenue
NEW YORK
A QUALITY PRODUCT
FOR OVER
QUARTER OFA CENTURY
17
our territory and the way to combat them became a
problem. We studied every bit of mail order litera-
ture we could lay our hands on and after we digested
it we were sold on selling by mail.
But we knew we could not tackle the mail order
methods in the way of the big houses. We could
make the mail order catalogs work for us. The big Style "56" Krakauer Mahogany Upright Piano
books distributed so freely are great educators. From
Is Choice of Board of Education in
them people learn about new things and new forms
Latest Purchase.
of old things We realized that the way to save our
old trade and win new business in the face of mail
What is believed to be one of the largest single
order competition was by increasing the strenuous- orders for pianos ever received by a piano manufac-
ness of our personal canvass of the community. And turer in this country came to the offices of Krakauer
we improved our system of making prospect files; Bros., New York, recently, when the New York
made them more complete, up-to-date and effective Board of Education notified the company that its
generally.
bid had been accepted over a number of other com-
The Mixer Wins.
peting manufacturers, for fifty upright pianos to be
We had always been mixers, but in our campa'.^n installed in the New York City schools. The fifty
to fight the mail order houses we strove more than uprights, which are now being delivered, are the
ever to get to the people personally; to become well Style 56, four feet six inches in height.
This order, received from such a discriminating
acquainted with them and 1o prove to them that we
purchaser as the City of New York, is another testi-
could be of more real service to them than any of
monial to the high standard of quality to be found in
our long-distance competitors.
Well, the system won. Today our house is a Krakauer pianos. Competing on its merits alone,
with a number of other makes of high-grade pianos,
county institution of which every customer is proud
The business has kept progress with the times. Our the Krakauer upright came through first, and fur-
phonograph business has been altogether out of pro- ther established its right to the title of the "Institu-
portion for opportunities of the extent of ours. We tional Piano."
While the most recent order from the Board of
got in early on radio and profited by the information
dispensed by newspapers and magazines and its ad- Education was for fifty upright pianos, this is by no
vertising by mail order houses. An expert heads the means the first entry of Krakauer Bros, pianos, into
the schools of New York City. There are at the pres-
new section and the business grows.
ent time 89 uprights and 38 grands in the New York
A Proud Piano Man.
schools, placed there over a period of three years, and
I, as head of the piano department, am particularly with the most recent order makes a grand total of 177
proud of the business accomplished in grands and re- Krakauer pianos for the New York public schools.
producing pianos. The limited population of our
county did not affect our purpose to strive for the
FEATURES HALLET & DAVIS.
biggest amount of sales. Territory has no limitation
lo energetic salesmen with well-oiled Fords and
The South Texas Music Co., at the intersection of
Bowen Loaders. Eighty grands and fifty-one repro- Travis and Rusk streets, Houston, Tex., opposite
ducing pianos in the year ending September 1 tells a
Majestic Theater, is featuring the Hallet & Davis
good story for a comparatively small music Piano Co. line. This house makes delivery free with-
department.
in 100 miles of Houston on the new nlayerpiano.
FIFTY MORE KRAKAUERS
FOR NEW YORK SCHOOLS
OFFICERS NOMINATED FOR
THE PIANO CLUB OF CHICAGO
Next Meeting on September 14th, When There Will
Be Something Special Doing.
The committee of the Piano Club of Chicago ap-
pointed to select a ticket of officers for the ensuing
year has reported results as follows:
For president, Henry Hewitt; vice-president, Gor-
don Laughead; secretary, Harry Bibb; treasurer,
James V. Sill. Board of Governors, two-year term—•
J. T. Bristol, Harry Schoenwald, W. H. Collins, K.
V. Galloway, Jack Kapp.
The extract from by-laws of Piano Club of Chi-
cago by which the nominations are made is as fol-
lows: (Article IV, Section 3) "The board of gov-
ernors shall, at least sixty days prior to each annual
meeting, appoint from the club at large a nominating
committee of five. This committee shall nominate,
at least thirty days before the annual meeting, a ticket
of candidates for the offices whose terms expire at
the coming annual meeting, and shall mail a copy of
such ticket to every member in good standing at least
thirty days before said meeting. The secretary shall
record the names of any other candidates received on
the petition of ten members in good standing at least
ten days before the annual meeting, and shall mail
immediately a copy of such ticket to every member
in good standing."
The president of the club has called the annual
meeting for Wednesday, October 7th. There was
no meeting of the club Monday noon, September 7th,
which was Labor Day. Next noonday meeting will be
Monday, September 14th. On this date a regular
fall meeting will take place and there will be as a
guest a nationally-known speaker.
BUYS INDIANA STORE.
Cecil Burton, of Columbus, lnd., and Floyd Conn,
of Newcastle, lnd.. have purchased the Columbus
Music House in the former city. The company will
be operated under the name of Burton & Conn. Mr.
Burton is a piano tuner and salesman.
PROSPEROUS MUSIC SECTION.
Lowenstein's department stores in Memphis, Tenn.,
established a music section a year ago, and is doing
a large business in various instruments. Paul Gold,
manager, is planning special features for the autumn
and winter months.
P. F. Schneider, of the Schneider Music Co., Vin-
cennes, lnd.. was a visitor at the Gulbransen Co. fac-
tories in Chicago recently.
GRAND PIANOS
EXCLUSIVELY
One Style—One Quality
giving you the
Unequaled Grand
Unequaled Price
at
Already being sold by leading dealers
throughout the country
NEW MEMPHIS QUARTERS.
Witzmann-Stuber, Inc., will shortly occupy a new
store in the Hotel Peabody Block on Union avenue,
Memphis, Tenn. This house has been at 99 North
Second street for the last fifty years, though the
present corporation dates back only a few years.
Write today—tell us your next year's re-
quirements and we will meet your demands
with prompt and efficient service.
The Fitzgerald Music Co., Los Angeles, recently
supplied Station KHJ, the "Los Angeles Times"
broadcasting station, with a Knabe concert grand.
400 W. Erie St.
POOLE
^BOSTON-
Nordlund Grand Piano Co.
CHICAGO
GRAND AND UPRIGHT PIANOS
AND
PLAYER PIANOS
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PRESTO
~ jfc.onduring*
1
m
"t}iardman
The ^Hardman £ine
is a complete line
It comprises a range of artisti-
cally w o r t h y instruments to
please practically every purse:
The Hardman, official piano of
the Metropolitan Opera House;
the Harrington and the Hensel
Pianos in which is found that in-
builtdurabilitythatcharacterizes
all Hardman-made instruments;
the wonderful Hardman Repro-
ducing Piano; the Hardman
Autotone (the perfect player-
piano); and the popular Playo-
tone.
c
NEW YORK.
The LEADING LINE
WEAVER PIANOS
Orandu, Uprights and Players
Finest and most artistic
piano in design, tone and
construction tfiat can be
made.
YORK PIANOS
Uprights and Player Pianos
A high grade piano of great
value and with charming tone quality.
Livingston Pianos— Uprights and Player Pianos
A popular piano at a popular price.
Over 70.000 instrument* made by this company are sing-
ing their own praises in all parts of the civilised world.
Write tot catalogues and state on what terms you would
like to deal, and we will make you a proposition if you are
located in open territory.
WEAVER PIANO CO., Inc.
Factory: YORK, P*.
Established 1870
W. P. Haines & Co.
Manufacturers of
BRADBURY, WEBSTER
and
W. P. HAINES & CO.
Grand, Upright and Reproducing
Pianos
138th Street and Walton Avenue
NEW YORK
A QUALITY PRODUCT
FOR OVER
QUARTER OFA CENTURY
17
our territory and the way to combat them became a
problem. We studied every bit of mail order litera-
ture we could lay our hands on and after we digested
it we were sold on selling by mail.
But we knew we could not tackle the mail order
methods in the way of the big houses. We could
make the mail order catalogs work for us. The big Style "56" Krakauer Mahogany Upright Piano
books distributed so freely are great educators. From
Is Choice of Board of Education in
them people learn about new things and new forms
Latest Purchase.
of old things We realized that the way to save our
old trade and win new business in the face of mail
What is believed to be one of the largest single
order competition was by increasing the strenuous- orders for pianos ever received by a piano manufac-
ness of our personal canvass of the community. And turer in this country came to the offices of Krakauer
we improved our system of making prospect files; Bros., New York, recently, when the New York
made them more complete, up-to-date and effective Board of Education notified the company that its
generally.
bid had been accepted over a number of other com-
The Mixer Wins.
peting manufacturers, for fifty upright pianos to be
We had always been mixers, but in our campa'.^n installed in the New York City schools. The fifty
to fight the mail order houses we strove more than uprights, which are now being delivered, are the
ever to get to the people personally; to become well Style 56, four feet six inches in height.
This order, received from such a discriminating
acquainted with them and 1o prove to them that we
purchaser as the City of New York, is another testi-
could be of more real service to them than any of
monial to the high standard of quality to be found in
our long-distance competitors.
Well, the system won. Today our house is a Krakauer pianos. Competing on its merits alone,
with a number of other makes of high-grade pianos,
county institution of which every customer is proud
The business has kept progress with the times. Our the Krakauer upright came through first, and fur-
phonograph business has been altogether out of pro- ther established its right to the title of the "Institu-
portion for opportunities of the extent of ours. We tional Piano."
While the most recent order from the Board of
got in early on radio and profited by the information
dispensed by newspapers and magazines and its ad- Education was for fifty upright pianos, this is by no
vertising by mail order houses. An expert heads the means the first entry of Krakauer Bros, pianos, into
the schools of New York City. There are at the pres-
new section and the business grows.
ent time 89 uprights and 38 grands in the New York
A Proud Piano Man.
schools, placed there over a period of three years, and
I, as head of the piano department, am particularly with the most recent order makes a grand total of 177
proud of the business accomplished in grands and re- Krakauer pianos for the New York public schools.
producing pianos. The limited population of our
county did not affect our purpose to strive for the
FEATURES HALLET & DAVIS.
biggest amount of sales. Territory has no limitation
lo energetic salesmen with well-oiled Fords and
The South Texas Music Co., at the intersection of
Bowen Loaders. Eighty grands and fifty-one repro- Travis and Rusk streets, Houston, Tex., opposite
ducing pianos in the year ending September 1 tells a
Majestic Theater, is featuring the Hallet & Davis
good story for a comparatively small music Piano Co. line. This house makes delivery free with-
department.
in 100 miles of Houston on the new nlayerpiano.
FIFTY MORE KRAKAUERS
FOR NEW YORK SCHOOLS
OFFICERS NOMINATED FOR
THE PIANO CLUB OF CHICAGO
Next Meeting on September 14th, When There Will
Be Something Special Doing.
The committee of the Piano Club of Chicago ap-
pointed to select a ticket of officers for the ensuing
year has reported results as follows:
For president, Henry Hewitt; vice-president, Gor-
don Laughead; secretary, Harry Bibb; treasurer,
James V. Sill. Board of Governors, two-year term—•
J. T. Bristol, Harry Schoenwald, W. H. Collins, K.
V. Galloway, Jack Kapp.
The extract from by-laws of Piano Club of Chi-
cago by which the nominations are made is as fol-
lows: (Article IV, Section 3) "The board of gov-
ernors shall, at least sixty days prior to each annual
meeting, appoint from the club at large a nominating
committee of five. This committee shall nominate,
at least thirty days before the annual meeting, a ticket
of candidates for the offices whose terms expire at
the coming annual meeting, and shall mail a copy of
such ticket to every member in good standing at least
thirty days before said meeting. The secretary shall
record the names of any other candidates received on
the petition of ten members in good standing at least
ten days before the annual meeting, and shall mail
immediately a copy of such ticket to every member
in good standing."
The president of the club has called the annual
meeting for Wednesday, October 7th. There was
no meeting of the club Monday noon, September 7th,
which was Labor Day. Next noonday meeting will be
Monday, September 14th. On this date a regular
fall meeting will take place and there will be as a
guest a nationally-known speaker.
BUYS INDIANA STORE.
Cecil Burton, of Columbus, lnd., and Floyd Conn,
of Newcastle, lnd.. have purchased the Columbus
Music House in the former city. The company will
be operated under the name of Burton & Conn. Mr.
Burton is a piano tuner and salesman.
PROSPEROUS MUSIC SECTION.
Lowenstein's department stores in Memphis, Tenn.,
established a music section a year ago, and is doing
a large business in various instruments. Paul Gold,
manager, is planning special features for the autumn
and winter months.
P. F. Schneider, of the Schneider Music Co., Vin-
cennes, lnd.. was a visitor at the Gulbransen Co. fac-
tories in Chicago recently.
GRAND PIANOS
EXCLUSIVELY
One Style—One Quality
giving you the
Unequaled Grand
Unequaled Price
at
Already being sold by leading dealers
throughout the country
NEW MEMPHIS QUARTERS.
Witzmann-Stuber, Inc., will shortly occupy a new
store in the Hotel Peabody Block on Union avenue,
Memphis, Tenn. This house has been at 99 North
Second street for the last fifty years, though the
present corporation dates back only a few years.
Write today—tell us your next year's re-
quirements and we will meet your demands
with prompt and efficient service.
The Fitzgerald Music Co., Los Angeles, recently
supplied Station KHJ, the "Los Angeles Times"
broadcasting station, with a Knabe concert grand.
400 W. Erie St.
POOLE
^BOSTON-
Nordlund Grand Piano Co.
CHICAGO
GRAND AND UPRIGHT PIANOS
AND
PLAYER PIANOS
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).