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PRESTO-TIMES
February 12, 1927.
WHERE DOUBTSjVRE DISPELLED
Under This Head Presto Will Answer Any Question Pertaining to Pianos, or
Other Subjects of Direct Interest to the Trade and Musical Public
cago also produced very good popular phonographs
and they may still have some on hand.
The address of the Vitanola is given as 666 Lake
Shore Drive, Chicago.
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ORGANS OUT OF TUNE.
NUNNS & CLARK PIANO.
Editor Presto-Times: We have a photoplayer in
Editor Presto-Times: I have been referred to you the State Theater here and it was installed about
for data concerning a piano I am trying to determine three years ago. But the reed organ in it is now
badly out of tune. Do all those instruments get out
the approximate age of.
This instrument is a small rosewood 5 ^ octave of tune?
affair, with beautiful square tapering legs. I sup-
Is it because it is poor quality in the reeds? I'd
pose it is a piano; I know it isn't a melodeon. It was like to have explained about that.
made by Nunns & Clark. There are no other mark-
Inclosed please find $2 for renewal of the Presto-
ings of any kind on it.
Times.
Can you tell me when this company was in ex-
Zumbroota, Minn.
J O H N A. BORAAS.
istence and where? It may possibly be English.
Reeds are very liable to get out of tune, and they
Ridgefarm, 111.
GRACE C. SAUNDERS.
can be as quickly put in harmonious condition as the
The instrument named was one of the pioneer strings of a piano. Presumably your local tuner can
products of the piano industry in this country. Nunns attend to that for you, with very little expense. It
& Clark pianos must necessarily have been of the is not necessarily because the reeds are of poor qual-
smaller kind, and probably the one that you have ity that they do not stay in tune. The same influ-
reference to is one of the first ever produced, for ences affect them as cause strings of a piano to get
the industry made six octaves as far back as 1851, out of tune, or very similar.
during which year the Nunns & Clark pianos were
It would be wise for you to discuss the matter
exhibited, with one or two other American instru- with the first good tuner you come in contact with.
ments, at the London Exposition.
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The Nunns & Clark pianos in their day were con-
THE "GERHARD" PIANO.
sidered of the very highest quality, and the one to
which you make reference is no doubt a fine speci-
Editor Presto-Times: Kindly let me know who
men. We do not believe the old house produced makes the Gerhard piano. Do you publish any Piano
any melodeons so, without doubt, the instrument is
Buyers' Guide?
a piano.
Lake Mills, Wis.
C. A. OEHLER.
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The Gerhard piano was made by the late H. P.
WANTS WHOLESALE LINE.
Editor Presto-Times: I want 'to ask you for a Nelson at a time when the H. P. Nelson Piano Co.
was doing business in Chicago. The name Gerhard
little information which will be appreciated.
is that of Mr. Nelson's son. We do not believe any
I want to get a complete line of small musical mer- instruments bearing the name are now being pro-
chandise to sell at wholesale in Texas, in connection duced.
with the line I handle. Will have several men trav-
PRESTO BUYERS' GUIDE, about which you
eling over the state and this line would be an advan- ask, is one of our publications and a copy of the book
tage and profitable if the right line could be secured. is now presented to new subscribers to Presto-Times.
I am the wholesale distributor for Texas for the It is "the book that sells pianos."
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Starr Piano Co. and have been for 10 years.
NICKEL-IN-SLOT SUPPLIES.
Dallas, Tex.
G. H. JACKSON.
Editor Presto-Times: Kindly let us know where
We know of no other way by which you may get
in touch with a concern ready to supply you with to procure parts for a nickel-in-the-slot electric piano
musical merchandise in a wholesale way than writing manufactured by the Automatic Musical Co., Bing-
•to some such house which is doing a jobbing business. hamton, N. Y.
Harrisburg, Pa.
T R O U P BROS.
Among such houses is that of the Wurlitzer Co.,
Cincinnati, Ohio. This is a good one and one which
do not know what concern manufactures elec-
is reaching out for. wholesale business everywhere. tric We piano
parts adaptable to the Automatic Musical
This also applies to Lyon & Healy of Chicago, we Co. instrument,
formerly produced at Binghamton,
believe, though we have no direct information, and New York.
the> Tonk Bros. Co., of Chicago.
The Western Electric Piano Co., 832 Blackhawk
There are also, of course, a number of manufac- street, Chicago, can furnish all the standard parts for
turers who might be ready to enter some arrange- nickle-in-the-slot machines, as presumably can the
ment such as you seem to have in mind. For in- Operators' Piano Co., 715 North Kedzie avenue,
stance, the Period Drapery & Mfg. Co., New Albany, Chicago.
Ind., is a good concern and has made similar arrange-
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ments as that which you mention.
COIN
OPERATED
PHONOGRAPHS.
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Editor
Presto-Times:
As
a subscriber of your
CHICAGO TALKING MACHINES.
Editor Presto-Times: May we ask you for some Presto-Times we would be pleased if you would send
information regarding a few good makes of phono- us, as soon as possible, the names and addresses of
graphs? We are in the market for a good line. manufacturers of coin operated phonographs.
REX SALES COMPANY.
Can you suggest 'the names of any manufacturers in
Green Bay, Wis.
Chicago or elsewhere that are as good or along the
line of Victor, Columbia, Edison, Brunswick? Also
For some time the Mills Novelty Co. of this city
we are wondering if the Vitanola Co. and the Mel- made a specialty of that kind of instrument, but we
lowtone Distributing Co. are not one and the same, understand they have discontinued that specie of
phonograph.
and what happened to the Vitanola Co.
Spokane, Wash.
ROBT. B. OSLUND.
Not long ago Mr. H. S. Lavine of Oil City, La.,
president of the National Manufacturing Co. of Amer-
While, of course, there are not so many phono- ica of that city, was preparing to produce a multiple
graph industries as there were a few years ago, today coin slot instrument, such as you seem to want. It
the most conspicuous are, as you probably know,
might be well for you to address that gentleman.
Victor Co., Camden, N. J.; Columbia of New York:
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Edison of New York; Brunswick-Balke-Collender of
BOOKS ON PIANOS.
Chicago.
A number of others in Chicago include the fol-
Editor Presto-Times: Enclosed find 50 cents for
lowing:
which send us the 1927 edition of the "Presto Buy-
Chicago Phonograph Mfg. Co., W. W. Kimball Co., ers' Guide."
Gable Entertaining Co., Fuehr & Stemmer, Consol-
Can you tell us where we can obtain a pamphlet
idated Talking Machine Co.
on
pianos, or music in general, that would be suit-
It is not our understanding that -the Mellowtone
Distributing Co. has a factory and it is probable able to mail out to prospects each month. We could
they secure instruments of the concern named by you. have one of these pamphlets printed ourselves, but
For a long time the Goldsmith Piano Co. of Chi- usually there is a pamphlet gotten up by a house,
Inquiries must bear the signature and address #/
writer in order to receive attention. Answers thought
to be of general trade interest will be published. If an
answer is not of general interest it will be mailed pro-
vided stamp is inclosed.
A QUALITY PRODUCT
FOR OVER
QUARTER. OFA CENTURY
POOLE
and -they can sell them to music stores cheaper than
we could have them printed ourselves. They would
be printed in a more elaborate form. If you know
where we can obtain same we would be pleased to
have the information.
RORABAUGH-WILEY DRY GOODS CO.
Hutchinson, Kas.
We suggest that you write Mr. C. L. Dennis, care
Music Industries Chamber of Commerce, 45 West
45th street, New York City, asking for pamphlets
on pianos and the music trade in general. The con-
cern named issues a number of such publications and
without doubt they will be glad to accommodate you.
We believe, also, that "Presto Buyers' Guide" will
prove helpful to you and your salesmen in the piano
department.
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PHONOGRAPH REPAIRS.
Editor Presto-Times: In looking over one of your
1920 Presto Trade Lists, No. 2, I notice Widdicomb
Furniture Co. is located at Grand Rapids, Mich; but
my customer tells me they have gone out of business.
I have a part to a phonograph that was sold by
these people which requires a new "fibre gear" and
I would like some information in regards to how to
locate the manufacturer of the phonograph, or some
one that is familiar enough with the phonograph to
replace the gear.
W. W. HERALD.
Sandwich, 111.
The Widdicomb Furniture Co. of Grand Rapids,
Mich., at one time made phonographs. So far as
we can ascertain the concern is out of business.
We suggest that the Piano Repair Shop, 339 South
Wabash avenue, Chicago, may be able to furnish you
with any repairs of the kind about which you ask.
W. S. LANZ JOINS SCHILLER.
W. S. Lanz, formerly traveling representative of
the Brinkerhoff Piano Co., Chicago, has joined the
force of travelers of the Schiller Piano Co., Oregon,
111., and will soon call on dealers exploiting the
merits of that extensive line. Mr. Lanz is well known
to dealers throughout the country.
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