Presto
Issue: 1925 2047 - Page 12
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October 17, 1925.
PRESTO
A WELL-EQUIPPED
TUNING COLLEGE
An Institution at Which Young Men, or
Older Ones, May Become Expert in Every
Department of the Art, as Well as in
Playerpiano Work.
A PROFITABLE VOCATION
Polk College of Piano Tuning Presents the Most
Advanced School of Its Kind the World
Over.
It is now nearly fifty years since the first systematic
school of piano tuning was established. Its founder
was the late C. C. Polk, a practical, hard working
piano tuner, who had been in the employ of piano
The College Building.
Mr. Powell selected a location in La Porte, and
the new building was erected. It is perfectly adapted
to the purposes and, having been especially designed
for the tuning school, every detail has been looked
after, so that students can lack no opportunities for
rapid and thorough attainment of their ambitious.
The new Polk College of Piano Tuning building is
of brick. The class rooms are spacious and the
equipment includes every device known to the indus-
try of piano making. Practically all of the makes of
player actions are there, for purposes of practical
demonstration, so that students may be ready to com-
plete repairs on any instrument by reason of their
familiarity with the details, no matter where they
may be located. The faculty of the College is com-
houses in Chicago, Indianapolis, and other midwest
cities. Mr. Polk started as an independent tuner.
He gradually won over so many friends and clients
that eventually he had a large and profitable route,
over which he traveled at stated intervals, keeping
the pianos in good condition. That manner of work
is today quite the rule with many practical tuners.
But it is also true that there are sections of the
country where piano owners are not so fortunate as
to have men like C. C. Polk call, at regular inter-
vals. For there are many incompetents in the field,
AN
ARTISTIC
JPIA.JVO
IN EVERT
DETAIL
HADDORFF PIANO CO.
ROCKFORD,ILL.
Wholesale Office*:
New York Cil
130 W. 42od S»
Chirago
110 S. Mwtni.n A«.
Sao Franciac.
111 California St.
Schaff Bros.
LARGEST COMPETITIVE VALUE
because of their beauty, reliability, tone
and moderate price. They are profitable
to sell and satisfactory when sold.
Brighten Your Line with the
MATN HALLWAY TO STUDIES.
whereas there need be only skilled workers, if the
men who aspire to so fine a profession would take the
time to investigate their own opportunities.
Thoroughly Equipped Institution.
For there is now an institution as fully equipped
to teach piano tuning and repairing as any of the
schools in other branches of skill and learning, in
whatever department of the practical arts. At La
Porte, Indiana, a very short ride from Chicago, the
Polk College of Piano Tuning is now settled in its
new building. In that building there is every pos-
sible convenience for the students of piano tuning,
playerpiano adjustment and repairs of the instru-
ments without which lovers of music would be lost,
(/Ae-
Players 9 nd Pianos have won their stand-
ing with trade and public by 54 years of
steadfast striving to excel. They repre-
sent the
POLK COLLEGE OF PIANO TUNING.
ONE OF THE CLASS ROOMS.
=.1
and denied the best opportunities for the exercise of
their highest gratification.
The Polk College of Piano Tuning was established
in Valparaiso, Indiana, and remained there until some
time after the death of its founder. But before Mr.
Polk's death, the school had changed ownership, and
Willard R. Powell had purchased control. That gen-
tleman is now president of the institution at La
Porte.
The New Control.
Shortly after Mr. Powell assumed control, and be-
came also head of the faculty of the school, it was
decided that the growth of the classes, and the stead-
ily broadening call for scholarships, demanded a
larger building and more fully equipped facilities.
Piano tuning had become recognized as one of the
essential vocations, and the spread of the piano had
long before suggested the need of more thorough
opportunities of piano tuning instruction.
Consequently Mr. Powell began to look around
for the most suitable location possible for his school.
Not far distant was the beautiful little city of La
Porte. That city had already acquired the fame of
being a "piano center," because of the existence there
of the famous industry of the Hobart M. Cable Com-
pany, whose instruments are in use the world over
and in demand by piano dealers in all sections of the
United States.
plete, and only experienced, practical tuners and
experts in player mechanism, are included. Acousti-
cians and skilled specialists, in every department of
piano making, are employed, and the students are
given the most thorough course of training possible;
no detail in the instruments' manufacture, or care,
being overlooked.
Preliminary Steps.
Naturally, the first question asked by many young
men who contemplate attending a course at the Polk
College of Piano Tuning, is "How Long Will It
Take Me to Learn?" A natural question, but one
impossible to answer with assurance, because differ-
ent students require varying periods in which to
grasp the needed instruction and to attain to the re-
quired skill. But it may be said that the methods
employed at the La Porte school are often the most
modern, and nowhere can the art of piano tuning be
more quickly attained.
And certainly no more fruitful line of work were
possible to young people who possess the ambition
to become expert in piano tuning and repairs. For
the field of the expert piano tuner is practically limit-
less. Complete illustrated booklets, telling all about
the Polk College of Piano Tuning, with cost of in-
struction, may be had by addressing Mr. Powell,
president of the institution at La Porte, Indiana.
MUSIC SECTION ENLARGED.
The newly enlarged music section of the Summer-
field department store in Providence, R. I., was re-
cently formally opened and the extent of the depart-
ment was a big surprise to many visitors. The third
floor of the big building at 274-280 Weybosset street
has been entirely given over to the comprehensive
stock of music goods. The increased space gives the
manager the needed opportunity to properly show the
big range of pianos, players, phonographs and radio.
SCHAFF BROS.
The Schaff Bros. Co.
Established 1868
Huntington, Ind.
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
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October 17, 1925.
PRESTO
A WELL-EQUIPPED
TUNING COLLEGE
An Institution at Which Young Men, or
Older Ones, May Become Expert in Every
Department of the Art, as Well as in
Playerpiano Work.
A PROFITABLE VOCATION
Polk College of Piano Tuning Presents the Most
Advanced School of Its Kind the World
Over.
It is now nearly fifty years since the first systematic
school of piano tuning was established. Its founder
was the late C. C. Polk, a practical, hard working
piano tuner, who had been in the employ of piano
The College Building.
Mr. Powell selected a location in La Porte, and
the new building was erected. It is perfectly adapted
to the purposes and, having been especially designed
for the tuning school, every detail has been looked
after, so that students can lack no opportunities for
rapid and thorough attainment of their ambitious.
The new Polk College of Piano Tuning building is
of brick. The class rooms are spacious and the
equipment includes every device known to the indus-
try of piano making. Practically all of the makes of
player actions are there, for purposes of practical
demonstration, so that students may be ready to com-
plete repairs on any instrument by reason of their
familiarity with the details, no matter where they
may be located. The faculty of the College is com-
houses in Chicago, Indianapolis, and other midwest
cities. Mr. Polk started as an independent tuner.
He gradually won over so many friends and clients
that eventually he had a large and profitable route,
over which he traveled at stated intervals, keeping
the pianos in good condition. That manner of work
is today quite the rule with many practical tuners.
But it is also true that there are sections of the
country where piano owners are not so fortunate as
to have men like C. C. Polk call, at regular inter-
vals. For there are many incompetents in the field,
AN
ARTISTIC
JPIA.JVO
IN EVERT
DETAIL
HADDORFF PIANO CO.
ROCKFORD,ILL.
Wholesale Office*:
New York Cil
130 W. 42od S»
Chirago
110 S. Mwtni.n A«.
Sao Franciac.
111 California St.
Schaff Bros.
LARGEST COMPETITIVE VALUE
because of their beauty, reliability, tone
and moderate price. They are profitable
to sell and satisfactory when sold.
Brighten Your Line with the
MATN HALLWAY TO STUDIES.
whereas there need be only skilled workers, if the
men who aspire to so fine a profession would take the
time to investigate their own opportunities.
Thoroughly Equipped Institution.
For there is now an institution as fully equipped
to teach piano tuning and repairing as any of the
schools in other branches of skill and learning, in
whatever department of the practical arts. At La
Porte, Indiana, a very short ride from Chicago, the
Polk College of Piano Tuning is now settled in its
new building. In that building there is every pos-
sible convenience for the students of piano tuning,
playerpiano adjustment and repairs of the instru-
ments without which lovers of music would be lost,
(/Ae-
Players 9 nd Pianos have won their stand-
ing with trade and public by 54 years of
steadfast striving to excel. They repre-
sent the
POLK COLLEGE OF PIANO TUNING.
ONE OF THE CLASS ROOMS.
=.1
and denied the best opportunities for the exercise of
their highest gratification.
The Polk College of Piano Tuning was established
in Valparaiso, Indiana, and remained there until some
time after the death of its founder. But before Mr.
Polk's death, the school had changed ownership, and
Willard R. Powell had purchased control. That gen-
tleman is now president of the institution at La
Porte.
The New Control.
Shortly after Mr. Powell assumed control, and be-
came also head of the faculty of the school, it was
decided that the growth of the classes, and the stead-
ily broadening call for scholarships, demanded a
larger building and more fully equipped facilities.
Piano tuning had become recognized as one of the
essential vocations, and the spread of the piano had
long before suggested the need of more thorough
opportunities of piano tuning instruction.
Consequently Mr. Powell began to look around
for the most suitable location possible for his school.
Not far distant was the beautiful little city of La
Porte. That city had already acquired the fame of
being a "piano center," because of the existence there
of the famous industry of the Hobart M. Cable Com-
pany, whose instruments are in use the world over
and in demand by piano dealers in all sections of the
United States.
plete, and only experienced, practical tuners and
experts in player mechanism, are included. Acousti-
cians and skilled specialists, in every department of
piano making, are employed, and the students are
given the most thorough course of training possible;
no detail in the instruments' manufacture, or care,
being overlooked.
Preliminary Steps.
Naturally, the first question asked by many young
men who contemplate attending a course at the Polk
College of Piano Tuning, is "How Long Will It
Take Me to Learn?" A natural question, but one
impossible to answer with assurance, because differ-
ent students require varying periods in which to
grasp the needed instruction and to attain to the re-
quired skill. But it may be said that the methods
employed at the La Porte school are often the most
modern, and nowhere can the art of piano tuning be
more quickly attained.
And certainly no more fruitful line of work were
possible to young people who possess the ambition
to become expert in piano tuning and repairs. For
the field of the expert piano tuner is practically limit-
less. Complete illustrated booklets, telling all about
the Polk College of Piano Tuning, with cost of in-
struction, may be had by addressing Mr. Powell,
president of the institution at La Porte, Indiana.
MUSIC SECTION ENLARGED.
The newly enlarged music section of the Summer-
field department store in Providence, R. I., was re-
cently formally opened and the extent of the depart-
ment was a big surprise to many visitors. The third
floor of the big building at 274-280 Weybosset street
has been entirely given over to the comprehensive
stock of music goods. The increased space gives the
manager the needed opportunity to properly show the
big range of pianos, players, phonographs and radio.
SCHAFF BROS.
The Schaff Bros. Co.
Established 1868
Huntington, Ind.
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
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/
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