Presto
Issue: 1925 2057 - Page 13
December 26, 1925.
MODIFIED PLAN OF
PRICE MAINTENANCE
To Adapt Law to System by Which Estab-
lished Names May Not Be Hurt by
Slaughter Sales.
After much discussion and deliberation, a bill pro-
viding for a modified plan for the maintenance of
resale prices has been introduced into Congress. Its
passage by the national legislature is very doubtful
because, even as modified, it promises to meet with
the opposition of the powerful interests which have
hitherto attacked it, in the opinion of the New York
Times.
Articles to which the proposed law is made to
apply are restricted to trade-marked or branded
goods and those which are competitive with similar
goods. Retailers, too, are to be permitted to sell
below the agreed price when going out of business,
discontinuing the line or when in the hands of a
receiver, provided the latter first offers to resell to
the producer at the contract price, or when the
goods have been damaged and the producer refuses
to take them back at the price for which he sold
them.
What is aimed at is the practice of certain retailers
to use nationally advertised goods as a bait with
which to attract customers to their stores by selling
the same at little or no profit. Competitors in busi-
E. Leins Piano Co.
Makers of Pianos and
Player Pianos That Are
Established L e a d e r s
Correspondence front Reliable
Dealers Invited
Facfory and Offices, 304 W. 42nd &.
NEW YORK
DECKER
U
13
PRESTO
EST. 1856
51 SON
Grand, Upright
and
Welte-Mignon
{Licensee)
ness who cannot afford to indulge in the practice are
among the chief sufferers by it, though the produc-
ers themselves are also affected because it lessens the
number of those handling their goods.
The argument against interfering with resale prices
is based on the theory that when a producer sells his
goods he parts with all interest in them and that the
purchaser may do what he will with them, sell them
at any price or even destroy them. This theory is
logical, though some injustice may occur in apply-
ing it.
CHRISTMAS CAROLS SUNG
IN FINE ARTS BLDO., CHICAGO
Two Hundred Children Made the Venetian Court a
Place of Joy with Song.
Saturday of last week was a day of choral rejoic-
ing in the Fine Arts Building, Chicago, when more
than two hundred trained children sang Christmas
carols in it, directed by Miss Florence Thomas.
Their gladsome voices sounded a real jubilee for the
fine old Michigan avenue building that has housed
so many piano concerns from time to time and for
the existence of which Chicago owes much to C. C.
Curtiss, former piano man.
'
The Haddorff and Bush & Gerts headquarters were
in the midst of the decorations, being opposite the
Venetian Court. The top of the great Christmas
tree came up opposite the Haddorff windows; the
little Christmas trees, set up on top of the court's
balustrade, were also opposite. Silver and gold and
red, white and blue, were the decorations, on strings
and bells, and this work was under the direction of
the superintendent of the building, Eugene Laszel-
lere. And there were candles in all the interior win-
dows of the building, all the way to the top.
The Fine Arts Building has long borne the reputa-
tion of being one of the best-kept buildings in the
United States. The Haddorff retailers never have to
dust their pianos, and one can never find dust on
any window sill or door-frame. Mr. Curtiss, who
still manages the building, sees to it that things all
about him approach perfection.
SEES PROMISE OF BIG
MUSIC TRADE IN 1926
Head of Wurlitzer House Believes That Next
Year Will Be Great for Pianos and
Theater Organs.
A year of maximum production and of vast expan-
sion in the manufacture of musical instruments is
what Rudolph H. Wurlitzer, vice-president of the
Rudolph Wurlitzer Company, sees for 1926. Particu-
larly in the theater organ part of his concern does
Mr. Wurlitzer see a year o^ great activity. He cited
numerous installations billed for 1926, most of them
in the largest and finest motion picture houses now
under construction.
He thinks the growing musical interest of the
American people will take a decided spurt next year.
He bases his conclusion on two points: first, the fact
that the better class of theaters are creating a public,
taste for music of every kind; and secondly, that
national prosperity, promised on every hand for 1926,
will stimulate a healthful interest in musical recrea-
tion in all classes of the people.
Mr. Wurlitzer said he also believes the year will
see a revival in the popularity of the piano, interest
in which, lie said, seems to move in cycles, very much
as economists contend'is the manner in which busi-
ness conditions oscillate between periods of prosperity
and of depression.
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AN
ARTISTIC
CONCERTS IN TEXAS STORE.
The Gunst Piano Co., Corpus Christi, Tex., shows
the true Texas spirit in the encouragement of music.
Roger H. Penick, manager of the store, has arranged
for a series of concerts by the Bettoney Club at the
store on certain evenings each week. "The Bettoney
Club," said Mr. Penick, "is a local music organization
having as its aim the development of an appreciation
of better music. It is not a dance orchestra, but
gives most of its time to the study and rendition of
classical music."
IN EVERY
DETAIL
Made by a Decker Since 1856
699-703 East 135th Street
New York
KREITER
The Leading and Most Popular
Pianos and Players
Grands, Players, Uprights and
Reproducing Pianos
The Results of Over Forty Years'
of Experience.
Kreiter Pianos Cover the Entire Line
and no Piano Dealer who tries these in-
struments would supplant them by any
others. A trial will convince.
Kreiter Mfg, Co., Inc.
310-312 W. Water St., Milwaukee, Wis.
Factory: Marinette, Wis.
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
DALLA9
ST. L.OCI8
DENVER
NEW TORE
BAN FRANCISCO
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NEW BUSH & LANE STORE.
The Bush & Lane Piano Co., Holland, Mich., re-
cently opened a retail store in the Rathbo Block, at
34 St. Helens avenue, Tacoma, Wash. Extensive re-
modelling plans have been carried out in the building
which has been made suitable to the requirements of
a progressive music business. A fine line of Bush &
Lane pianos and Cecilian players and reproducing
pianos as well as Bush & Lane phonographs has been
installed.
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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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MODIFIED PLAN OF
PRICE MAINTENANCE
To Adapt Law to System by Which Estab-
lished Names May Not Be Hurt by
Slaughter Sales.
After much discussion and deliberation, a bill pro-
viding for a modified plan for the maintenance of
resale prices has been introduced into Congress. Its
passage by the national legislature is very doubtful
because, even as modified, it promises to meet with
the opposition of the powerful interests which have
hitherto attacked it, in the opinion of the New York
Times.
Articles to which the proposed law is made to
apply are restricted to trade-marked or branded
goods and those which are competitive with similar
goods. Retailers, too, are to be permitted to sell
below the agreed price when going out of business,
discontinuing the line or when in the hands of a
receiver, provided the latter first offers to resell to
the producer at the contract price, or when the
goods have been damaged and the producer refuses
to take them back at the price for which he sold
them.
What is aimed at is the practice of certain retailers
to use nationally advertised goods as a bait with
which to attract customers to their stores by selling
the same at little or no profit. Competitors in busi-
E. Leins Piano Co.
Makers of Pianos and
Player Pianos That Are
Established L e a d e r s
Correspondence front Reliable
Dealers Invited
Facfory and Offices, 304 W. 42nd &.
NEW YORK
DECKER
U
13
PRESTO
EST. 1856
51 SON
Grand, Upright
and
Welte-Mignon
{Licensee)
ness who cannot afford to indulge in the practice are
among the chief sufferers by it, though the produc-
ers themselves are also affected because it lessens the
number of those handling their goods.
The argument against interfering with resale prices
is based on the theory that when a producer sells his
goods he parts with all interest in them and that the
purchaser may do what he will with them, sell them
at any price or even destroy them. This theory is
logical, though some injustice may occur in apply-
ing it.
CHRISTMAS CAROLS SUNG
IN FINE ARTS BLDO., CHICAGO
Two Hundred Children Made the Venetian Court a
Place of Joy with Song.
Saturday of last week was a day of choral rejoic-
ing in the Fine Arts Building, Chicago, when more
than two hundred trained children sang Christmas
carols in it, directed by Miss Florence Thomas.
Their gladsome voices sounded a real jubilee for the
fine old Michigan avenue building that has housed
so many piano concerns from time to time and for
the existence of which Chicago owes much to C. C.
Curtiss, former piano man.
'
The Haddorff and Bush & Gerts headquarters were
in the midst of the decorations, being opposite the
Venetian Court. The top of the great Christmas
tree came up opposite the Haddorff windows; the
little Christmas trees, set up on top of the court's
balustrade, were also opposite. Silver and gold and
red, white and blue, were the decorations, on strings
and bells, and this work was under the direction of
the superintendent of the building, Eugene Laszel-
lere. And there were candles in all the interior win-
dows of the building, all the way to the top.
The Fine Arts Building has long borne the reputa-
tion of being one of the best-kept buildings in the
United States. The Haddorff retailers never have to
dust their pianos, and one can never find dust on
any window sill or door-frame. Mr. Curtiss, who
still manages the building, sees to it that things all
about him approach perfection.
SEES PROMISE OF BIG
MUSIC TRADE IN 1926
Head of Wurlitzer House Believes That Next
Year Will Be Great for Pianos and
Theater Organs.
A year of maximum production and of vast expan-
sion in the manufacture of musical instruments is
what Rudolph H. Wurlitzer, vice-president of the
Rudolph Wurlitzer Company, sees for 1926. Particu-
larly in the theater organ part of his concern does
Mr. Wurlitzer see a year o^ great activity. He cited
numerous installations billed for 1926, most of them
in the largest and finest motion picture houses now
under construction.
He thinks the growing musical interest of the
American people will take a decided spurt next year.
He bases his conclusion on two points: first, the fact
that the better class of theaters are creating a public,
taste for music of every kind; and secondly, that
national prosperity, promised on every hand for 1926,
will stimulate a healthful interest in musical recrea-
tion in all classes of the people.
Mr. Wurlitzer said he also believes the year will
see a revival in the popularity of the piano, interest
in which, lie said, seems to move in cycles, very much
as economists contend'is the manner in which busi-
ness conditions oscillate between periods of prosperity
and of depression.
=5
ii
• II
II
II
II
• II
II
II
AN
ARTISTIC
CONCERTS IN TEXAS STORE.
The Gunst Piano Co., Corpus Christi, Tex., shows
the true Texas spirit in the encouragement of music.
Roger H. Penick, manager of the store, has arranged
for a series of concerts by the Bettoney Club at the
store on certain evenings each week. "The Bettoney
Club," said Mr. Penick, "is a local music organization
having as its aim the development of an appreciation
of better music. It is not a dance orchestra, but
gives most of its time to the study and rendition of
classical music."
IN EVERY
DETAIL
Made by a Decker Since 1856
699-703 East 135th Street
New York
KREITER
The Leading and Most Popular
Pianos and Players
Grands, Players, Uprights and
Reproducing Pianos
The Results of Over Forty Years'
of Experience.
Kreiter Pianos Cover the Entire Line
and no Piano Dealer who tries these in-
struments would supplant them by any
others. A trial will convince.
Kreiter Mfg, Co., Inc.
310-312 W. Water St., Milwaukee, Wis.
Factory: Marinette, Wis.
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
DALLA9
ST. L.OCI8
DENVER
NEW TORE
BAN FRANCISCO
m
n
it
it
II
u
II
HADDORFF PIANO CO.
• ii
EOCKFOED.ILL.
«
Wholesale Office*!
II
N.w Y.lt Cil
UOW. 42udS*
Chita).
41* S. MMbiian A*..
S*n Pr...- .r.
I l l r.hl.rnu Si.
•
II
*
II
II
•
The Good Old
Builders or Incomparable
[PIANOS, PUYERS\REPRODUC1NG PIANOS
II
ii
(Electric)
of Recognized
Artistic Character
ii
II
II
Reproducing
Pianos and Players
•
II
NEW BUSH & LANE STORE.
The Bush & Lane Piano Co., Holland, Mich., re-
cently opened a retail store in the Rathbo Block, at
34 St. Helens avenue, Tacoma, Wash. Extensive re-
modelling plans have been carried out in the building
which has been made suitable to the requirements of
a progressive music business. A fine line of Bush &
Lane pianos and Cecilian players and reproducing
pianos as well as Bush & Lane phonographs has been
installed.
II
II
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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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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