Presto
Issue: 1927 2114 - Page 5
February 5, 1927.
PRESTO-TIMES
CHRISTMAN
"The First Touch Tells"
Christman Studio Grand
KENNETH W. CURTIS
TO MOVE TO SAN DIEGO
Popular Manager of the Chicago Offices of the
Kohler Industries to Handle Southern
California Territory.
Kenneth W. Curtis, for many years manager of
the Chicago office of the Kohler Industries at 1222
Kimball Building, and who handled the Midwest
territory, is transferring his activities to the Pacific
(Only 5 Feet Long)
The year now started will be a good
one for representatives of this famous
little Grand. In everything that wins
trade the Studio Grand is positively
unsurpassed and stands in a field of its
own. It is an instrument of such pre-
eminence that it almost literally "sells
on sight."
KENNETH W. CURTIS.
THE CHRISTMAN
Reproducing Grand
This Remarkable Instrument is
equipped with the
Has no Superiors and Few Equals in
Tone, Construction or Beauty
Write for full particulars and illus-
trated catalogues.
"The First Touch Tells"
Rec. U. 8. Pat. Oft.
Christman Piano Co*
597 East 137th St.
New York
Coast for family considerations. Mr. Curtis will for
the present make his headquarters at his home, 2252
Fort Stockton drive, San Diego, and will be ap-
pointed an official of the Western Piano Corporation,
of which Beeman P. Sibley is the president. His
territory will comprise Southern California where he
has many friends.
Mr. Curtis and Mr. Sibley have been close friends
for years, and each has the highest regard for 'the
personal qualities and business ability of the other.
Mr. Sibley welcomes the accession of Mr. Curtis to
the Western Piano Corporation as an important
asset in the building of good will and good business
for that growing and successful organization, whose
steady growth is a tribute to his own personality
and industry. With two such capable men in the
Western Piano Corporation, it can be confidently
expected that the business of that concern will soon
reach new high levels and that it will thrive more
than ever before.
The reason behind Mr. Curtis' decision to make
San Diego his permanent home is tinged with a bit
of drama, but with a happy outcome. Up to about
two years ago his little daughter, who had been ail-
ing for some time and seemed to be going into a
decline, was sent to Arizona, where, it was believed,
•the climate was more favorable for her condition.
It was with reluctance that Mr. Curtis sent his family
there, breaking up his home, yet after a sojourn in
Arizona of almost a year there was no marked im-
provement in the child's health.
Then Mrs. Curtis moved with the children to San
Diego, and in a comparatively short time thereafter
the child showed marked improvement and it was
evident that the climate conditions of Southern Cali-
fornia were particularly favorable to her physical
well being. Furthermore, Mrs. Curtis and the chil-
dren like San Diego, which was a further advantage,
as often when a change of climate is sought and
attendant conditions are not to the liking of the
patient much benefit is lost due to depression and
homesickness. It has worked out very happily for
the Curtis family, as today their little girl has re-
gained her normal health. In the meantime, how-
ever, Mr. Curtis himself has become homesick and
possessed with a longing to live with his family once
more.
Upon his return from San D'iego last summer, Mr.
Curtis began to give serious consideration to the
possibility of making his home there. It was no easy
matter for him to make a decision, as it meant that he
would have to relinquish many important interests
and take leave of many friends with whom he had
become intimate through prolonged personal or bus-
iness association.
Mr. Curtis leaves Chicago not without regret for
the successful business relations he is leaving and in
which he has always taken genuine pride and interest,
but he is leaving with the best wishes and good will
of his many friends. There can be no doubt but that
he will repeat in his new territory the success he
achieved in his old territory, and to that end he has
the very best wishes of every member of the Kohler
Industries and also of his numerous other friends.
STOCK ISSUE OF THE
PLATT MUSIC COMPANY
Public of Los Angeles Offered $750,000 Seven
Per Cent Sinking Fund Gold Debentures,
with Added Opportunities.
Financial news of Los Angeles recently contained
the announcement of the public offering of the local
issue of the Platt Music Co. This was an issue of
$750,000 Platt Music Company 7 per cent sinking
fund gold debentures which were offered by a group
of local investment bankers, headed by Alvin H.
Frank & Co, George H. Burr, Conrad & Broom,
Inc., and Hunter, Dulin & Co. Through a purchase
warrant attached to each debenture, an opportunity
was given the public to purchase common stock of
the company.
From a small East First street store, handling sew-
ing machines, and a few musical instruments "on
the side," the Platt Music Company has grown to
the second largest music house in the West with ag-
gregate annual sales now running more than $3,000,-
000. Total assets of the company are over $2,700,000.
The company's main store on South Broadway occu-
pies a complete building, consisting of three stories
and basement. In addition, six branches are main-
tained, scattered over Los Angeles, Huntington Park
and Long Beach.
The company, through a subsidiary, controls a val-
uable lease on Broadway next to the Orpheum Thea-
ter, upon which it is expected a building will be
erected during 1927 for the company's use. The man-
agement of the company has always been in the
hands of Ben Platt, the founder and present execu-
tive head.
SALES CONFERENCE OF
CABLE=NELSON PIANO CO.
Representatives from All Sections Plan for a Repe-
tition of Last Year's Successes.
The annual sales conference of the Cable-Nelson
Piano Company held in South Haven, Mich., recently
extended over three days. Sales representatives from
all over the United States made the annual visit to
the factory to discuss the sales situation, both past
and future.
At a closing dinner at Reid's Hotel the salesmen
and the various factory foremen were present, and
the past year was pronounced the most successful
which the Cable-Nelson Piano Company has ever
experienced.
In a discussion of the prospects for 1927, it devel-
oped that while no abnormal volume of business was
expected, nevertheless, conditions seem favorable for
a continuation of last year's showing.
One of the outstanding achievements of 1926 was
the remarkable increase in the export of Cable-Nelson
pianos to foreign countries, a larger part going to
Australia, Japan, and British South Africa. One
order placed since the first of the year illustrates the
extent to which the export business has developed;
this was a single order for two hundred and eighty-
nine pianos of one style for Australia.
Among the salesmen attending the conference
were: W. W. Radcliffe, Boston; A. Dalrymple, New
York; R. E. Johnson, Philadelphia; J. T. Gormly,
Minneapolis; Leon C. Steele, Houston, Tex.; C. O.
Davis, South Haven; and W. A. Carlstrom, L. R.
Cooke, and Charles Kunzer of Chicago.
NEW INDIANA STORE.
A new music store has been opened in Wabash,
Ind., by Guy Landis, of Marion, who' has success-
fully operated music stores of the Marion Music
Company in Marion and North Manchester for sev-
eral years. Everything in musical merchandise is
handled and a complete stock of pianos, band in-
struments, records and sheet music has been installed.
BENTON GEORGE DIES.
Benton George, aged sixty-one, for the past thirty
years a salesman for the Cable Piano Co., Atlanta,
Ga., died recently at his home in that city. He was
born in Owensburg, Ind., and moved to Atlanta in
1892.
He is survived by his widow and two
daughters.
The Starr Piano Co.'s branch in Cleveland has
been remodeled recently under the direction of R. E.
Taylor, general district manager.
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PRESTO-TIMES
CHRISTMAN
"The First Touch Tells"
Christman Studio Grand
KENNETH W. CURTIS
TO MOVE TO SAN DIEGO
Popular Manager of the Chicago Offices of the
Kohler Industries to Handle Southern
California Territory.
Kenneth W. Curtis, for many years manager of
the Chicago office of the Kohler Industries at 1222
Kimball Building, and who handled the Midwest
territory, is transferring his activities to the Pacific
(Only 5 Feet Long)
The year now started will be a good
one for representatives of this famous
little Grand. In everything that wins
trade the Studio Grand is positively
unsurpassed and stands in a field of its
own. It is an instrument of such pre-
eminence that it almost literally "sells
on sight."
KENNETH W. CURTIS.
THE CHRISTMAN
Reproducing Grand
This Remarkable Instrument is
equipped with the
Has no Superiors and Few Equals in
Tone, Construction or Beauty
Write for full particulars and illus-
trated catalogues.
"The First Touch Tells"
Rec. U. 8. Pat. Oft.
Christman Piano Co*
597 East 137th St.
New York
Coast for family considerations. Mr. Curtis will for
the present make his headquarters at his home, 2252
Fort Stockton drive, San Diego, and will be ap-
pointed an official of the Western Piano Corporation,
of which Beeman P. Sibley is the president. His
territory will comprise Southern California where he
has many friends.
Mr. Curtis and Mr. Sibley have been close friends
for years, and each has the highest regard for 'the
personal qualities and business ability of the other.
Mr. Sibley welcomes the accession of Mr. Curtis to
the Western Piano Corporation as an important
asset in the building of good will and good business
for that growing and successful organization, whose
steady growth is a tribute to his own personality
and industry. With two such capable men in the
Western Piano Corporation, it can be confidently
expected that the business of that concern will soon
reach new high levels and that it will thrive more
than ever before.
The reason behind Mr. Curtis' decision to make
San Diego his permanent home is tinged with a bit
of drama, but with a happy outcome. Up to about
two years ago his little daughter, who had been ail-
ing for some time and seemed to be going into a
decline, was sent to Arizona, where, it was believed,
•the climate was more favorable for her condition.
It was with reluctance that Mr. Curtis sent his family
there, breaking up his home, yet after a sojourn in
Arizona of almost a year there was no marked im-
provement in the child's health.
Then Mrs. Curtis moved with the children to San
Diego, and in a comparatively short time thereafter
the child showed marked improvement and it was
evident that the climate conditions of Southern Cali-
fornia were particularly favorable to her physical
well being. Furthermore, Mrs. Curtis and the chil-
dren like San Diego, which was a further advantage,
as often when a change of climate is sought and
attendant conditions are not to the liking of the
patient much benefit is lost due to depression and
homesickness. It has worked out very happily for
the Curtis family, as today their little girl has re-
gained her normal health. In the meantime, how-
ever, Mr. Curtis himself has become homesick and
possessed with a longing to live with his family once
more.
Upon his return from San D'iego last summer, Mr.
Curtis began to give serious consideration to the
possibility of making his home there. It was no easy
matter for him to make a decision, as it meant that he
would have to relinquish many important interests
and take leave of many friends with whom he had
become intimate through prolonged personal or bus-
iness association.
Mr. Curtis leaves Chicago not without regret for
the successful business relations he is leaving and in
which he has always taken genuine pride and interest,
but he is leaving with the best wishes and good will
of his many friends. There can be no doubt but that
he will repeat in his new territory the success he
achieved in his old territory, and to that end he has
the very best wishes of every member of the Kohler
Industries and also of his numerous other friends.
STOCK ISSUE OF THE
PLATT MUSIC COMPANY
Public of Los Angeles Offered $750,000 Seven
Per Cent Sinking Fund Gold Debentures,
with Added Opportunities.
Financial news of Los Angeles recently contained
the announcement of the public offering of the local
issue of the Platt Music Co. This was an issue of
$750,000 Platt Music Company 7 per cent sinking
fund gold debentures which were offered by a group
of local investment bankers, headed by Alvin H.
Frank & Co, George H. Burr, Conrad & Broom,
Inc., and Hunter, Dulin & Co. Through a purchase
warrant attached to each debenture, an opportunity
was given the public to purchase common stock of
the company.
From a small East First street store, handling sew-
ing machines, and a few musical instruments "on
the side," the Platt Music Company has grown to
the second largest music house in the West with ag-
gregate annual sales now running more than $3,000,-
000. Total assets of the company are over $2,700,000.
The company's main store on South Broadway occu-
pies a complete building, consisting of three stories
and basement. In addition, six branches are main-
tained, scattered over Los Angeles, Huntington Park
and Long Beach.
The company, through a subsidiary, controls a val-
uable lease on Broadway next to the Orpheum Thea-
ter, upon which it is expected a building will be
erected during 1927 for the company's use. The man-
agement of the company has always been in the
hands of Ben Platt, the founder and present execu-
tive head.
SALES CONFERENCE OF
CABLE=NELSON PIANO CO.
Representatives from All Sections Plan for a Repe-
tition of Last Year's Successes.
The annual sales conference of the Cable-Nelson
Piano Company held in South Haven, Mich., recently
extended over three days. Sales representatives from
all over the United States made the annual visit to
the factory to discuss the sales situation, both past
and future.
At a closing dinner at Reid's Hotel the salesmen
and the various factory foremen were present, and
the past year was pronounced the most successful
which the Cable-Nelson Piano Company has ever
experienced.
In a discussion of the prospects for 1927, it devel-
oped that while no abnormal volume of business was
expected, nevertheless, conditions seem favorable for
a continuation of last year's showing.
One of the outstanding achievements of 1926 was
the remarkable increase in the export of Cable-Nelson
pianos to foreign countries, a larger part going to
Australia, Japan, and British South Africa. One
order placed since the first of the year illustrates the
extent to which the export business has developed;
this was a single order for two hundred and eighty-
nine pianos of one style for Australia.
Among the salesmen attending the conference
were: W. W. Radcliffe, Boston; A. Dalrymple, New
York; R. E. Johnson, Philadelphia; J. T. Gormly,
Minneapolis; Leon C. Steele, Houston, Tex.; C. O.
Davis, South Haven; and W. A. Carlstrom, L. R.
Cooke, and Charles Kunzer of Chicago.
NEW INDIANA STORE.
A new music store has been opened in Wabash,
Ind., by Guy Landis, of Marion, who' has success-
fully operated music stores of the Marion Music
Company in Marion and North Manchester for sev-
eral years. Everything in musical merchandise is
handled and a complete stock of pianos, band in-
struments, records and sheet music has been installed.
BENTON GEORGE DIES.
Benton George, aged sixty-one, for the past thirty
years a salesman for the Cable Piano Co., Atlanta,
Ga., died recently at his home in that city. He was
born in Owensburg, Ind., and moved to Atlanta in
1892.
He is survived by his widow and two
daughters.
The Starr Piano Co.'s branch in Cleveland has
been remodeled recently under the direction of R. E.
Taylor, general district manager.
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