Presto
Issue: 1925 2051 - Page 4
November 14, 1925.
PRESTO
Grands; also grands under the various other names
controlled by the Hallet & Davis Piano Co.
r
Uprights for Jacob Doll & Sons.
Simultaneously, with-the Premier interests taking
over the Hallet & Davis Piano Co., arrangements
have been completed by them with Jacob Doll &
Sons to^cpntinue the manufacture of the upright in-
struments, consisting of the various brands controlled
by the Hallet & Davis Piano Company.
Thus these uprights will be produced and marketed
by the great piano manufacturing plant of Jacob Doll
& Sons, New York, which has been known for years
as one of the finest equipped and most extensive
plants in the east. The quality and most efficient
service, which have characterized these instruments
heretofore, will continue unabated. The whole line
of Hallet & Davis products, therefore, will be manu-
factured in New York, the heart of the piano indus-
try.
Other Lines to Go.
Third: The good will and trade names heretofore
held by the National Piano Mfg. Company have been
acquired by the interests of Messrs. Jacob Doll &
Sons. Under the National Piano Mfg. Company have
been sold the Briggs, Norris & Hyde and other instru-
ments, thus making available, without interruption,
this complete and rapid selling line of instruments.
This line of popular instruments will, therefore,
also be made right in the heart of the piano industry,
assuring the dealer of most efficient and quicker serv-
ice than ever.
Fourth: The Simplex Player Action Company will
continue to operate as heretofore, devoting itself
exclusively to its field, in which it has demonstrated
itself to be pre-eminent. We believe that through
concentrating on the new Simplex Reproducing
drawer, as well as on the reproducing upright and
foot power player action, this company can render a
service to the trade which has never been rendered
before, for its interest will be centered in the pro-
duction of the finest reproducing and foot power
actions possible, with no affiliations competitive with
its customers.
Fifth: The capital released through these read-
justments will be concentrated in the Conway Securi-
ties Company, giving it a capital strength second to
but few in this field of endeavor.
The Principles Involved.
The principles involved in these readjustments are:
Specialization of individual effort. A community of
interests among all. The Conway Securities Com-
pany, able and willing to assist in the financing of
the merchant wherever located—dedicated first to
the service of this community of interests and the
trade at large.
These arrangements are effective as soon after
January 1st, 1926, as a continuation of service to our
trade makes possible, and we speak to our own trade
with a feeling of great confidence that the new ar-
rangements will give to them a broader source of
supply than they have had in the past.
CONWAY COMPANY,
By CARLE C. CONWAY, President.
HENRY WEQMAN DIES
IN MINNEAPOLIS
Barnes & Strohber as traveling salesman. At the
close of his service there, in 1922, he went to the
H. C. Bay Co. as traveler and in 1924 he moved to
Bluffton, Ind., where eventually he became superin-
tendent of the H. C. Bay factory. In time he left
Bluffton and went to the Schiller Piano Co. factory
at Oregon, 111. He was in Chicago a few months
ago, on his way to Minneapolis, in which city he did
not expect to remain more than a month or two. He
had many warm friends in the trade. He was a
warm-hearted, genial gentleman, and he had arrived
at a little more than middle life at the time of his
death.
Widely Known Piano Factory Superintendent,
Traveling Man and One-Time Manufacturer,
Passes Away in the Minnesota Metropolis.
The trade will regret the passing of Henry Weg-
man, whose sudden death last week Tuesday in Min-
neapolis, Minn., came as a shock to the few who so
far have heard of it.
Mr. Wegman was one of the most widely known
men in the piano industry, having been connected at
different times with several of the leading piano man-
ufacturing concerns in this country.
He learned the business with his father in the
Wegman Piano Co.'s establishment at Auburn, N. Y.,
CLEVELAND TRADE'S
CHIPS AND CHATTER
City Buys a Steinway, Fire Destroys Radio
Plant, Wurlitzer Store Sells Sheet Music,
and Other Items.
The Wurlitzer Co. are installing a complete sheet
music department which will be in charge of Mai
Seigel, well known in the trade, and all the latest
popular music as well as classical pieces will be
carried.
Fire destroyed the one-story plant of the France
Mfg. Co., makers of radio and electrical goods, on
Nov. 7, with a loss of $25,000. The fire started
from a can of gasoline being left too close to an
annealing furnace.
A Steinway grand piano has been selected by the
City of Cleveland for its new radio broadcasting
studio in Public Halt. It was furnished by the
Dreher Piano Co., Cleveland agents.
Cleveland dealers are continuing their public dem-
onstrations of the new Orthophonic Victrola due to
the many who still demand it. The big trouble is in
being able to satisfy prospects as to when they will
get their instruments. Every dealer has a waiting
list which is constantly growing.
Only three music dealers had booths at the Radio
HENRY WEGMAN.
Show, the Dreher Piano Co., Buescher Co. and Euclid
Music Co. All report good business, a number of
and at later periods in his career served in the prospects being secured.
capacity of factory superintendent and occasionally
J. A. Malott, for many years assistant manager
as a traveling wholesale salesman.
of Department E of the Wurlitzer Co., at Cincin-
The son of one of the most distinguished piano nati, and recently with the Zenith Corporation, is
inventors and manufacturers, whose name he inher- now connected with the Cleveland Talking Machine
ited, Henry Wegman began his practical tuition in his Co. in charge of Zenith Radio sets, for which the
father's industry at Auburn, in his early boyhood. company is distributors.
Henry Wegman, Sr., was a progressive piano manu-
facturer who established the industry which bore his
name. He there produced a number of innovations,
including the double keyboard, also a piano with two
distinct sets of strings, and later a piano organ.
The feature of the latter instrument was that it con-
tained reeds as well as strings and could be played as It's Good Sign that Fine New York Industry Is
either of the instruments which at that time were
Almost Overwhelmed with Orders.
almost equally popular.
Krakauer
Bros., piano manufacturers, Cypress ave-
The Wegman Piano Co. was continued, after its
founder's death, by the son, as assistant to Will nue and 136th street, New York, are overwhelmed
Burgess who had been associated with the house from with orders. The factory has been working overtime
its start. In 1917 the old industry became involved continuously for the past three months.
During October Krakauer Bros, enjoyed the very
financially and the business fell to other hands and
was finally closed in a whirlwind of litigation. To best month in the history of the house.
the time of his death Mr. Henry Wegman had wor-
Both W. B. Marshall and Arthur Hahn, traveling
ried about the old industry and its fate and the almost for the Krakauer house, have returned from most
ceaseless litigation followed with no results to its successful trips and report business is very encour-
heirs.
aging, more so than in years past. There could be
Shortly after the crash at Auburn Henry Wegman no better sign of good piano trade than when the
came to Chicago and entered the employ of Smith, high-grade industries are busy.
KRAKAUER BROS.' FACTORY
IS WORKING OVERTIME
The Lyon & Healy
Reproducing Piano
A moderate priced reproducing piano,
beautiful in design and rich in tone.
Write for our new explanatory Chart,
the most complete an3 simple treat-
ment of the reproducing action.
Wabash at Jackson - - - Chicago
Builders or Incomparable
[PIANOS. PLAYERS^REPRODIJCING PIANOS
THE BALDWIN
CO-OPERATIVE
PLAN
will increase your sales and
solve your financing problems.
Write to the nearest office
for prices.
CINCINNATI
INDIANAPOLIS
LOUISVILLE
INCORPORATED
CHICAGO
DALLAS
ST. LOUI8
DENVER
NEW YORK
8AN FRANCISCO
The Best Yet
Graceful lines, rugged construc-
tion, moderately priced. It's the
very best commercial piano from
every standpoint.
Style 32-4 ft. 4 in.
WESER
Pianos and Players
Sell Readily—Stay Sold
Send to-day for catalogue, prices and
details of our liberal financing plan
Weser Bros., Inc.
520 to 528 W. 43rd St., New York
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PRESTO
Grands; also grands under the various other names
controlled by the Hallet & Davis Piano Co.
r
Uprights for Jacob Doll & Sons.
Simultaneously, with-the Premier interests taking
over the Hallet & Davis Piano Co., arrangements
have been completed by them with Jacob Doll &
Sons to^cpntinue the manufacture of the upright in-
struments, consisting of the various brands controlled
by the Hallet & Davis Piano Company.
Thus these uprights will be produced and marketed
by the great piano manufacturing plant of Jacob Doll
& Sons, New York, which has been known for years
as one of the finest equipped and most extensive
plants in the east. The quality and most efficient
service, which have characterized these instruments
heretofore, will continue unabated. The whole line
of Hallet & Davis products, therefore, will be manu-
factured in New York, the heart of the piano indus-
try.
Other Lines to Go.
Third: The good will and trade names heretofore
held by the National Piano Mfg. Company have been
acquired by the interests of Messrs. Jacob Doll &
Sons. Under the National Piano Mfg. Company have
been sold the Briggs, Norris & Hyde and other instru-
ments, thus making available, without interruption,
this complete and rapid selling line of instruments.
This line of popular instruments will, therefore,
also be made right in the heart of the piano industry,
assuring the dealer of most efficient and quicker serv-
ice than ever.
Fourth: The Simplex Player Action Company will
continue to operate as heretofore, devoting itself
exclusively to its field, in which it has demonstrated
itself to be pre-eminent. We believe that through
concentrating on the new Simplex Reproducing
drawer, as well as on the reproducing upright and
foot power player action, this company can render a
service to the trade which has never been rendered
before, for its interest will be centered in the pro-
duction of the finest reproducing and foot power
actions possible, with no affiliations competitive with
its customers.
Fifth: The capital released through these read-
justments will be concentrated in the Conway Securi-
ties Company, giving it a capital strength second to
but few in this field of endeavor.
The Principles Involved.
The principles involved in these readjustments are:
Specialization of individual effort. A community of
interests among all. The Conway Securities Com-
pany, able and willing to assist in the financing of
the merchant wherever located—dedicated first to
the service of this community of interests and the
trade at large.
These arrangements are effective as soon after
January 1st, 1926, as a continuation of service to our
trade makes possible, and we speak to our own trade
with a feeling of great confidence that the new ar-
rangements will give to them a broader source of
supply than they have had in the past.
CONWAY COMPANY,
By CARLE C. CONWAY, President.
HENRY WEQMAN DIES
IN MINNEAPOLIS
Barnes & Strohber as traveling salesman. At the
close of his service there, in 1922, he went to the
H. C. Bay Co. as traveler and in 1924 he moved to
Bluffton, Ind., where eventually he became superin-
tendent of the H. C. Bay factory. In time he left
Bluffton and went to the Schiller Piano Co. factory
at Oregon, 111. He was in Chicago a few months
ago, on his way to Minneapolis, in which city he did
not expect to remain more than a month or two. He
had many warm friends in the trade. He was a
warm-hearted, genial gentleman, and he had arrived
at a little more than middle life at the time of his
death.
Widely Known Piano Factory Superintendent,
Traveling Man and One-Time Manufacturer,
Passes Away in the Minnesota Metropolis.
The trade will regret the passing of Henry Weg-
man, whose sudden death last week Tuesday in Min-
neapolis, Minn., came as a shock to the few who so
far have heard of it.
Mr. Wegman was one of the most widely known
men in the piano industry, having been connected at
different times with several of the leading piano man-
ufacturing concerns in this country.
He learned the business with his father in the
Wegman Piano Co.'s establishment at Auburn, N. Y.,
CLEVELAND TRADE'S
CHIPS AND CHATTER
City Buys a Steinway, Fire Destroys Radio
Plant, Wurlitzer Store Sells Sheet Music,
and Other Items.
The Wurlitzer Co. are installing a complete sheet
music department which will be in charge of Mai
Seigel, well known in the trade, and all the latest
popular music as well as classical pieces will be
carried.
Fire destroyed the one-story plant of the France
Mfg. Co., makers of radio and electrical goods, on
Nov. 7, with a loss of $25,000. The fire started
from a can of gasoline being left too close to an
annealing furnace.
A Steinway grand piano has been selected by the
City of Cleveland for its new radio broadcasting
studio in Public Halt. It was furnished by the
Dreher Piano Co., Cleveland agents.
Cleveland dealers are continuing their public dem-
onstrations of the new Orthophonic Victrola due to
the many who still demand it. The big trouble is in
being able to satisfy prospects as to when they will
get their instruments. Every dealer has a waiting
list which is constantly growing.
Only three music dealers had booths at the Radio
HENRY WEGMAN.
Show, the Dreher Piano Co., Buescher Co. and Euclid
Music Co. All report good business, a number of
and at later periods in his career served in the prospects being secured.
capacity of factory superintendent and occasionally
J. A. Malott, for many years assistant manager
as a traveling wholesale salesman.
of Department E of the Wurlitzer Co., at Cincin-
The son of one of the most distinguished piano nati, and recently with the Zenith Corporation, is
inventors and manufacturers, whose name he inher- now connected with the Cleveland Talking Machine
ited, Henry Wegman began his practical tuition in his Co. in charge of Zenith Radio sets, for which the
father's industry at Auburn, in his early boyhood. company is distributors.
Henry Wegman, Sr., was a progressive piano manu-
facturer who established the industry which bore his
name. He there produced a number of innovations,
including the double keyboard, also a piano with two
distinct sets of strings, and later a piano organ.
The feature of the latter instrument was that it con-
tained reeds as well as strings and could be played as It's Good Sign that Fine New York Industry Is
either of the instruments which at that time were
Almost Overwhelmed with Orders.
almost equally popular.
Krakauer
Bros., piano manufacturers, Cypress ave-
The Wegman Piano Co. was continued, after its
founder's death, by the son, as assistant to Will nue and 136th street, New York, are overwhelmed
Burgess who had been associated with the house from with orders. The factory has been working overtime
its start. In 1917 the old industry became involved continuously for the past three months.
During October Krakauer Bros, enjoyed the very
financially and the business fell to other hands and
was finally closed in a whirlwind of litigation. To best month in the history of the house.
the time of his death Mr. Henry Wegman had wor-
Both W. B. Marshall and Arthur Hahn, traveling
ried about the old industry and its fate and the almost for the Krakauer house, have returned from most
ceaseless litigation followed with no results to its successful trips and report business is very encour-
heirs.
aging, more so than in years past. There could be
Shortly after the crash at Auburn Henry Wegman no better sign of good piano trade than when the
came to Chicago and entered the employ of Smith, high-grade industries are busy.
KRAKAUER BROS.' FACTORY
IS WORKING OVERTIME
The Lyon & Healy
Reproducing Piano
A moderate priced reproducing piano,
beautiful in design and rich in tone.
Write for our new explanatory Chart,
the most complete an3 simple treat-
ment of the reproducing action.
Wabash at Jackson - - - Chicago
Builders or Incomparable
[PIANOS. PLAYERS^REPRODIJCING PIANOS
THE BALDWIN
CO-OPERATIVE
PLAN
will increase your sales and
solve your financing problems.
Write to the nearest office
for prices.
CINCINNATI
INDIANAPOLIS
LOUISVILLE
INCORPORATED
CHICAGO
DALLAS
ST. LOUI8
DENVER
NEW YORK
8AN FRANCISCO
The Best Yet
Graceful lines, rugged construc-
tion, moderately priced. It's the
very best commercial piano from
every standpoint.
Style 32-4 ft. 4 in.
WESER
Pianos and Players
Sell Readily—Stay Sold
Send to-day for catalogue, prices and
details of our liberal financing plan
Weser Bros., Inc.
520 to 528 W. 43rd St., 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).