Presto
Issue: 1927 2120 - Page 5
March 19, 1927.
PRESTO-TIMES
CHRISTMAN
" The First Touch Tells
The CHRISTMAN
Studio Grand
is the "best seller" in the trade. It
easily outsells its nearest competitor.
Dealers who handle the Christman line
are equipped to do business and never
disappoint either their customers or
themselves.
The CHRISTMAN
Reproducing
Grand
Equipped With the
THE
MASTER'S
FINGERS
O N YOUR
PIANO
Is the highest attainment in the instru-
ment that reproduces, with absolute
accuracy, the performances of the
World's Master Pianists. It is the
finest creation of Christman artistry,
in which is installed the most famous
of all piano-playing mechanisms.
Write for full particulars and illus-
trated catalogues.
"The First Touch Tells > '
Reg. U. S. Pat. Off.
Christman Piano Co.
597 East 137th St.
New York
TWO BRANCH STORES
FOR KANSAS CITY FIRM
J. W. Jenkins Sons' Music Co. Opens One in
Central Section and Other in Choice
Residential District.
The J. W. Jenkins Sons" Music Co., 1015 Walnut
s'reet, Kansas City, Mo., has announced plans for
opening a branch store at 1217-19 Main street in a
building owned by the company. This store is hem;;"
established in view of a condition in .lie streets in
the busy central section. The streets surrounding
the main store of the company are very conges'.ed
during tie daytime and parking facilities are limited.
The store at 1217-19 Main should solve a problem for
shoppers who would find the parking advantages an
inducemer.; for trading there. The building at
1217-19 Main will contain the wholesale musical mer-
chandise and organ departments and all the line''
carried by the company will lie handled in the store.
Another branch store of the J. W. Jenkins Sous'
Music Co will be established at 3913 Main street,
where a high class business will be catered to. It
is a choice suburban shopping center and a complete
line of the finest goods in all line . will be presented
there. The manager will be Paul Jenkins, son of
J. W. Jenkins, president of thV company.
NEWS OF THE PACIFIC
COAST TRADE FIELD
Interesting Items from San Francisco and
Other Points Indicate Preparations fcr
Activities in Sales Field.
A renewal for four years lias been secured by the
Wiley B. Allen Co., San Francisco, on the b.iilding
bearing the company's name. It is possible thai
before the expiration of the lease the company will
have decided on a good location for its own building
The company has long leases o:i the branch stores it
operates in the Bay cities.
A new arrangement of departments in the m a n
store of Sherman, Clay & Co., San Krancisco, has
necessitated the re nodeling of four floors. The book-
keeping department has been moved from the second
floor to the tenth, which will leave the second floor
for radio. Other changes are included in the pian.;.
At the completion of the remodeling plans the first
floor will be devoted to music, small goods and con-
cert ticket sales; second, radio; third, talking ma-
chines and records; fourth, band and orchestra in-
struments; fifth and sixth, pianos, and seventh to
music rolls, benches and cabinets.
Morley P. Thompson, Pacific Coast manager for
the Baldwin Piano Co., with offices in San Francisco,
was recently visited by J. J. Griffith, wholesale repre-
sentative for the southern part of the state, and by
W. A. McDonald, traveler in the northern portion.
Each reported a splendid outlook in his territory.
Max Franck, music dealer at 1340 Park avenue,
Alameda, died recently at the age of seventy-one.
The deceased, who had operated the business for
about forty years, is survived by his widow, three
sons and three daughters.
FORMER EMPLOYEES
BUY HUNT'S MUSIC STORE
John E. Hunt Retires and New Company
Formed with Herbert S. Bardenheuer,
Expert Pi2no Man, as President.
The sale to employees of Hunt's Leading Music
House, White Plains, N. Y., and the retirement of
John E. Hunt from the business are facts in the
announcement of the reorganized company this week.
They are culmination of events which began about a
year ago when the manager, treasurer and other em-
ployees were given entire control of the business.
The prominence of the house, which is one of the
largest of its kind in Westchester County,-gives the
announcement a far reaching interest. The activi-
ties of Hunt's Leading Music House extend over a
wide territory where for twenty years it has faith-
fully served the musical needs of piano and musical
merchandise buyers.
• The Steinway Duo-Art is featured in an effective
and dignified way and in grand pianos the* Weber,
Steck and Brambach appeal to an exacting trade. In
players and uprights the Gulbransen and Winter lines
are carried. Musical merchandise, new style phono-
graphs, radio and sheet music fill out a comprehen-
sive general line.
Herbert S. Bardenheuer, the new president, is a
piano man of wide experience; Constantine Sciliano,
the vice-president, is an expert in the radio and
talking machine fields; the treasurer, Leonard E.
feed, has filled the same position in the Hunt ho.ise
since 1906, and the secretary, William Armbrusaer,
is widely known in the mimic world and is leader of
the we'l known Night hawks Orchestra.
THE CABLE COMPANY'S
PERIOD MODELS SHOWN
Wiley B. Allen Co., S:n Francisco, Makes
NotaLla She,7 Window Display of
Three Highly Artistic Styles.
A striking show window display oi' Period models
of The Cable Company, Chicago, was a feat.ue in
the Wiley B. A'!en Co.':; store, San Francisco, re-
cently. The clever \\umg lady who plans ihe win-
dow shows for the co l'pany excelled herself in the
manner in which she provided a back-ground of rich'y
carved wood and an appropriate at nosphere for tie
handsome instruments.
The three pianos displaced were a Wiliiain and
Mary grand, a Queen Anne grand and an Art Nou-
\eau upright, and every instrument showed the con-
structhe skill of The Cable Company's crafts nen.
Of crurse musical people in San Francisco are aware
that ihe in.Urnments shown are d'sti-.iguished by line
tone qualities as well as by art in case design and
finish. In making its Period mode's The Cable
Company keeps in view ihe highest requirements of
the artistic piano and in producing the Jiandso i;e
models, succeeds m meeting a growing dem:i:id.
BURBANK STATEMENT IN
CLEVER KURTZMANN AD.
In Letter to Dealers C. Kurtzmann Co. Points Oit
Effective Number in New Scries.
A valuable suggestion to dca'ers is made in a fo; m
letter to dealers jusi mailed to the trade by C. Kurtz-
mann & Co., Buffalo. i\. Y. The letter directs atten-
tion particularly to one of the prepared ads in the
new series for the use of dealer;. A widely printed
statement by Luther Burbank is made ;he basis for
the ad, and the phrase, "Music is fundamental—one
of the great sources of lie, health, strength and hap-
piness," is featured in an excellent setting of type and
a portrait of the great botanist as well as a clever
il.ustration of the Kurtzmann Grand, which empha-
sizes the value of music in the home.
"We feel," says the letter of the C. Kurtzmann Co ,
"that a run at this time is advisable, so that you may
cash in on the influence which Burbank has exerted
on tiie public mind." Happiness in the home is asso-
ciated with beautiful pianos and the beauty of the
Kurtzmann makes an instant appeal to those who
enjoy the better things of life. The Kurtzmann series
of ads for dealers effectively appeals to the appre-
ciative piano prospect.
THE BIG DOWN PAYMENT.
The Baldwin Piano Co. sees a lesson for the piano
trade in the experience of the automobile dealers and
points it out in a letter to the trade, in which it is
said that the National Association of Finance Com-
panies recently published some figures showing that
large down payments on automobiles purchased on
the installment plan mean fewer cancellations. The
figures showed,that with a 3 3 ^ per cent cash down
payment, l-)4 per cent were repossessed; with a 25
per cent cash down payment, 3 % per cent were re-
possessed, and with a 24 per cent or less cash down
payment, 11 per cent were repossessed.
THEATER BUYS PIANOS.
There are now twenty-three Baldwins in the twen-
ty-five theaters of the Lubliner & Trinz circuit. Lub-
liner & Trinz Theaters, Inc., one of the largest
metropolitan chain of vaudeville picture houses, or-
dered six Baldwin pianos, model Ks, finished in ivory
lor the Harding Theater, the new Belmont Theater,
and tiie Senate Theater, in Chicago. Two of these
beautiful instruments were shown in the display win-
dow of the Baldwin Piano Company's Chicago store.
NEW BRANCH STORE MANAGER.
D. G. Brian is manager of the new branch store
of the Glenn Bros.-Roberts Piano Co., Salt Lake
City. Utah, recently opposed at Idaho Falls, Ida. This
is the third branch of the firm. Stores are already
in operation in Ogden, Utah, and Pocatello, Ida.
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PRESTO-TIMES
CHRISTMAN
" The First Touch Tells
The CHRISTMAN
Studio Grand
is the "best seller" in the trade. It
easily outsells its nearest competitor.
Dealers who handle the Christman line
are equipped to do business and never
disappoint either their customers or
themselves.
The CHRISTMAN
Reproducing
Grand
Equipped With the
THE
MASTER'S
FINGERS
O N YOUR
PIANO
Is the highest attainment in the instru-
ment that reproduces, with absolute
accuracy, the performances of the
World's Master Pianists. It is the
finest creation of Christman artistry,
in which is installed the most famous
of all piano-playing mechanisms.
Write for full particulars and illus-
trated catalogues.
"The First Touch Tells > '
Reg. U. S. Pat. Off.
Christman Piano Co.
597 East 137th St.
New York
TWO BRANCH STORES
FOR KANSAS CITY FIRM
J. W. Jenkins Sons' Music Co. Opens One in
Central Section and Other in Choice
Residential District.
The J. W. Jenkins Sons" Music Co., 1015 Walnut
s'reet, Kansas City, Mo., has announced plans for
opening a branch store at 1217-19 Main street in a
building owned by the company. This store is hem;;"
established in view of a condition in .lie streets in
the busy central section. The streets surrounding
the main store of the company are very conges'.ed
during tie daytime and parking facilities are limited.
The store at 1217-19 Main should solve a problem for
shoppers who would find the parking advantages an
inducemer.; for trading there. The building at
1217-19 Main will contain the wholesale musical mer-
chandise and organ departments and all the line''
carried by the company will lie handled in the store.
Another branch store of the J. W. Jenkins Sous'
Music Co will be established at 3913 Main street,
where a high class business will be catered to. It
is a choice suburban shopping center and a complete
line of the finest goods in all line . will be presented
there. The manager will be Paul Jenkins, son of
J. W. Jenkins, president of thV company.
NEWS OF THE PACIFIC
COAST TRADE FIELD
Interesting Items from San Francisco and
Other Points Indicate Preparations fcr
Activities in Sales Field.
A renewal for four years lias been secured by the
Wiley B. Allen Co., San Francisco, on the b.iilding
bearing the company's name. It is possible thai
before the expiration of the lease the company will
have decided on a good location for its own building
The company has long leases o:i the branch stores it
operates in the Bay cities.
A new arrangement of departments in the m a n
store of Sherman, Clay & Co., San Krancisco, has
necessitated the re nodeling of four floors. The book-
keeping department has been moved from the second
floor to the tenth, which will leave the second floor
for radio. Other changes are included in the pian.;.
At the completion of the remodeling plans the first
floor will be devoted to music, small goods and con-
cert ticket sales; second, radio; third, talking ma-
chines and records; fourth, band and orchestra in-
struments; fifth and sixth, pianos, and seventh to
music rolls, benches and cabinets.
Morley P. Thompson, Pacific Coast manager for
the Baldwin Piano Co., with offices in San Francisco,
was recently visited by J. J. Griffith, wholesale repre-
sentative for the southern part of the state, and by
W. A. McDonald, traveler in the northern portion.
Each reported a splendid outlook in his territory.
Max Franck, music dealer at 1340 Park avenue,
Alameda, died recently at the age of seventy-one.
The deceased, who had operated the business for
about forty years, is survived by his widow, three
sons and three daughters.
FORMER EMPLOYEES
BUY HUNT'S MUSIC STORE
John E. Hunt Retires and New Company
Formed with Herbert S. Bardenheuer,
Expert Pi2no Man, as President.
The sale to employees of Hunt's Leading Music
House, White Plains, N. Y., and the retirement of
John E. Hunt from the business are facts in the
announcement of the reorganized company this week.
They are culmination of events which began about a
year ago when the manager, treasurer and other em-
ployees were given entire control of the business.
The prominence of the house, which is one of the
largest of its kind in Westchester County,-gives the
announcement a far reaching interest. The activi-
ties of Hunt's Leading Music House extend over a
wide territory where for twenty years it has faith-
fully served the musical needs of piano and musical
merchandise buyers.
• The Steinway Duo-Art is featured in an effective
and dignified way and in grand pianos the* Weber,
Steck and Brambach appeal to an exacting trade. In
players and uprights the Gulbransen and Winter lines
are carried. Musical merchandise, new style phono-
graphs, radio and sheet music fill out a comprehen-
sive general line.
Herbert S. Bardenheuer, the new president, is a
piano man of wide experience; Constantine Sciliano,
the vice-president, is an expert in the radio and
talking machine fields; the treasurer, Leonard E.
feed, has filled the same position in the Hunt ho.ise
since 1906, and the secretary, William Armbrusaer,
is widely known in the mimic world and is leader of
the we'l known Night hawks Orchestra.
THE CABLE COMPANY'S
PERIOD MODELS SHOWN
Wiley B. Allen Co., S:n Francisco, Makes
NotaLla She,7 Window Display of
Three Highly Artistic Styles.
A striking show window display oi' Period models
of The Cable Company, Chicago, was a feat.ue in
the Wiley B. A'!en Co.':; store, San Francisco, re-
cently. The clever \\umg lady who plans ihe win-
dow shows for the co l'pany excelled herself in the
manner in which she provided a back-ground of rich'y
carved wood and an appropriate at nosphere for tie
handsome instruments.
The three pianos displaced were a Wiliiain and
Mary grand, a Queen Anne grand and an Art Nou-
\eau upright, and every instrument showed the con-
structhe skill of The Cable Company's crafts nen.
Of crurse musical people in San Francisco are aware
that ihe in.Urnments shown are d'sti-.iguished by line
tone qualities as well as by art in case design and
finish. In making its Period mode's The Cable
Company keeps in view ihe highest requirements of
the artistic piano and in producing the Jiandso i;e
models, succeeds m meeting a growing dem:i:id.
BURBANK STATEMENT IN
CLEVER KURTZMANN AD.
In Letter to Dealers C. Kurtzmann Co. Points Oit
Effective Number in New Scries.
A valuable suggestion to dca'ers is made in a fo; m
letter to dealers jusi mailed to the trade by C. Kurtz-
mann & Co., Buffalo. i\. Y. The letter directs atten-
tion particularly to one of the prepared ads in the
new series for the use of dealer;. A widely printed
statement by Luther Burbank is made ;he basis for
the ad, and the phrase, "Music is fundamental—one
of the great sources of lie, health, strength and hap-
piness," is featured in an excellent setting of type and
a portrait of the great botanist as well as a clever
il.ustration of the Kurtzmann Grand, which empha-
sizes the value of music in the home.
"We feel," says the letter of the C. Kurtzmann Co ,
"that a run at this time is advisable, so that you may
cash in on the influence which Burbank has exerted
on tiie public mind." Happiness in the home is asso-
ciated with beautiful pianos and the beauty of the
Kurtzmann makes an instant appeal to those who
enjoy the better things of life. The Kurtzmann series
of ads for dealers effectively appeals to the appre-
ciative piano prospect.
THE BIG DOWN PAYMENT.
The Baldwin Piano Co. sees a lesson for the piano
trade in the experience of the automobile dealers and
points it out in a letter to the trade, in which it is
said that the National Association of Finance Com-
panies recently published some figures showing that
large down payments on automobiles purchased on
the installment plan mean fewer cancellations. The
figures showed,that with a 3 3 ^ per cent cash down
payment, l-)4 per cent were repossessed; with a 25
per cent cash down payment, 3 % per cent were re-
possessed, and with a 24 per cent or less cash down
payment, 11 per cent were repossessed.
THEATER BUYS PIANOS.
There are now twenty-three Baldwins in the twen-
ty-five theaters of the Lubliner & Trinz circuit. Lub-
liner & Trinz Theaters, Inc., one of the largest
metropolitan chain of vaudeville picture houses, or-
dered six Baldwin pianos, model Ks, finished in ivory
lor the Harding Theater, the new Belmont Theater,
and tiie Senate Theater, in Chicago. Two of these
beautiful instruments were shown in the display win-
dow of the Baldwin Piano Company's Chicago store.
NEW BRANCH STORE MANAGER.
D. G. Brian is manager of the new branch store
of the Glenn Bros.-Roberts Piano Co., Salt Lake
City. Utah, recently opposed at Idaho Falls, Ida. This
is the third branch of the firm. Stores are already
in operation in Ogden, Utah, and Pocatello, Ida.
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/
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