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PRESTO-TIMES
February 19, 1927.
NEW CONSTRUCTION
THE
BAUER PIANOS
HARDMAN LINE
exemplify the most
radical and most pro-
gressive development
in piano building in
the present era. They
have no equal in tone
quality, substantial
construction or in-
dividuality.
JULIUS BAUER & COMPANY
—a piano
Grand and
Reproducing
Grand Pianos
a n the last word tn
musical perfection.
Lester Piano Co.
1806 Chestnut St.
Established 1857
305 So. Wabash Avenue, Chicago
^ Factory: 1335-1345 Altgeld Street
for every customer's
pocketbook
You can meet all customers'
demands with the comprehensive
Hardman Line. There is a piano for
every pocketbook. Grands, Uprights,
Player and Reproducing Pianos.
Each comes in a wide price range.
The Hardman, Peck & Co. guar-
antee appears on every instrument.
Rich, mellow tone—beauty of
design—durability. Every Hardman,
Peck & Co. piano is a quality
instrument.
Write us for catalog and prices '
Eighty-four Years of Fine Piano
Making
Made and Guaranteed by
s
ARTISTIC
All Interested In
PIANOS, PLAYER-PIANOS
and All Other
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
Should Read
INEVEIOf
DETAIL
The American Music Trade Weekly
A Combination of Presto, Established 1884
and Musical Times, Established 1881.
HADDOREF PIANO C Q
ROCKFORD,ILL.
Wholesale Offices:
tium Tars Cit
110 W. 4Zod S<
Chiraga
410 S. Mknigro At*.
Sin Fran- tti
111 California Si.
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.
Published Every Saturday
PRESTO-TIMES is the most widely read of
any journal devoted to Music and Musical
Instruments in their industrial and commercial
phases.
PRESTO-TIMES is an illustrated paper,
giving the complete news of the Music Trades
and Industries in all their branches. It con-
tains in every issue practical suggestions for the
Betterment of Business and the Success of
Piano Merchants and their Salesmen.
One of the regular features is the "Where
Doubts Are Dispelled" department, in which
questions relating to the manufacture, purchase
and sale of pianos are plainly and satisfactorily
answered. This department is alone worth
many times the subscription price.
Another department of PRESTO-TIMES
covers the Phonograph and Radio in popular
and practical manner.
Subscription Price $2 a Year Which Includes
a Copy of
"PRESTO BUYERS' GUIDE"
The Book That Sells Pianos
Sample On Request
433 FIFTH AVE., NEW YORK
Makers of the World's Most Durable Piano—
the Hardman—Official Piano of the Metropoli-
tan Opera Company for Fifteen Years—
1911-1926
Schumann
PIANOS and PLAYER PIANOS
GRANDS and UPRIGHTS
Have no superiors in appearance, tone
power or other essentials of strictly
leaders in the trade.
Warning to Infringers
This Trade Mark la cast
tn the plate and also ap-
pears upon the fall board
of all genuine Schumann
Pianos, and all Infringers
will be prcsecuted. Beware
of Imitations such as Schu-
mann & Company, Schu-
mann & Son, and also
Shuman, as all stencil
shops, dealers and users of
pianos bearing a name In
Imitation of the name
Schumann with the Inten-
tion of deceiving the public
will be prosecuted to the
fullest extent of the law.
New Catalogue on Request.
Presto Publishing Co.
Schumann Piano Co.
417 So. Dearborn Street
CHICAGO, ILL., U. S. A.
Rockford, 111.
' W. K. VAN MATRE, President
The Original Small Piano
W. P. Haines & Co,
Made and marketed by specialists in small
pianos. Valuable territory still open.
Write for our effective sales plan.
Manufacturers of
BRADBURY. WEBSTER
and
W. P. HAINES & CO.
Grand, Upright and Reproducing
Pianos
138th Street and Walton Avenue
NEW YORK
Smith & Nixon Piano Co.
THE LITTLE PIANO WITH THE BIG TONE
1229 Miller St., Chicago
MIESSNER PIANO COMPANY
126 Reed St.
Milwaukee, Wis.
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