Presto
Issue: 1927 2121 - Page 5
PRESTO-TIMES
March 26, 1927.
CHRISTMAN
tt
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
BUSH & LANE PLANS
FOR NEW CAMPAIGN
the maker of the gra.nd in upright form with patented
and exclusive features, which has always been a pre-
eminent seller among quality uprights.
A new model Bush & Lane Upright of exceptional
quality and at a really popular price is also an out-
standing feature in the new Bush & Lane program.
Details Announced at Three-Day Conference
of Travelers and Executives, March 8, 9,
and 10 at Company's Main Offices
at Holland, Mich.
VISITING DEALERS LIKE NEW
W. P. HAINES CO.'S OFFICES
Numerous Callers at 396 Fifth Avenue, New York,
Make Wholesale Department Busy.
W r . P. Haines & Co., New York, reports a lively
wholesale and retail business since the removal to the
spacious quarters at 396 Fifth avenue. The new
Grand Pianos Particularly Well Assorted, Including Bradbury warerooms provide an appropriate setting
All Sizes and Many New and Handsome
for the fine line of pianos and the results in retail
sales are highly pleasing to T. L. Floyd-Jones, presi-
Period and Art Designs.
dent of the company.
A very enthusiastic and successful sales conference
An equally gratifying fact reported by Mr. Floyd-
was held at the main offices of the Bush & Lane Jones is that the wholesale offices and showrooms,
Piano Company at Holland, Mich., March 8, 9 and also situated in the Fifth avenue building, are con-
10 when the entire field organization of the company stantly enlivened by the presence of visiting dealers
was in session with the company executives.
who appreciate the increased conveniences of the new
The 1927 merchandising program of the company location. In this easily accessible location the en-
was outlined and explained to the salesmen in detail thusiastic dealers of W. P. Haines & Co. are enabled
and general policies were freely discussed and whole- to look over the entire lines of Bradbury, W. P.
Haines & Co., and Webster instruments.
heartedly approved.
During the three-day session between the execu-
tives and salesmen, the representatives were particu-
larly fortunate in listening to an address made by
A. H. Landwehr at an evening banquet of the organ-
ization. Mr. Landwehr is president and general man-
ager of the Holland Furnace Company, whose plant
adjoins the Bush & Lane plant in Holland. The phe- Fine Art Models Nearing Completion Will Present a
Formidable Line of Handsome Pianos.
nomenal success of the Holland Furnace Company
Within a week the new Starck Grand, a seven-foot
has made it a nationally known product in the furnace
field and is making Mr. Landwehr an industrial figure model, will be ready for display and in about six
of national reputation. His address was full of in- weeks a new small grand of special attractiveness will
spiration, sound thought and practical merchandising be put on the market.
This latter instrument will be the smallest Starck
ideas.
grand yet turned out, and it will be somewhat less
W. H. Beach, treasurer and general manager of
the Bush & Lane Piano Company, is chairman of the than six feet, seven inches. With these two additions
board of directors of the Holland Furnace Company. to their line of grands the P. A. Starck Piano Com-
Mr. Beach was not able to be present being now on pany will have a formidable line of grands of all
sizes and models. They are just now introducing
an extended business trip.
some remarkably fine specimens of art designs.
Banquet Concludes Events.
The evening banquet was presided over by C. L.
Beach, secretary of the company. Walter Lane,
president, and H. P. Shearer, sales manager, attended
together with V. R. Hungerford, assistant treasurer;
S. M. McCoy in charge of the credit and collection
Items of General News Value from the Field
department; Peter Paulus, assistant superintendent of
Thr' aghout the Country.
the factory; Wm. Winstrom, purchasing agent, and
other office and factory executives.
Harry Donnelly, a piano repairman, and L.
Among the field salesmen present were Charles Steimke, tuner, have opened a piano repair shop at
Stanley, who covers the Eastern States; Leslie I. 124 North Fifth street, Portland, Ore.
King, so well known to the Ohio trade, whose terri-
David B. Evans, a piano tuner of Atlanta, Ga., has
tory embraces also Indiana, Kentucky and Tennes- been elected by the local division of the National As-
see; Wm. Seidelman, representing Illinois and Mis- sociation of Piano Tuners to represent the organiza-
souri States; Vern Hoover, southwestern representa- tion at the annual meeting of the Georgia State Fed-
tive, and C. O. Donaldson, who has looked after the eration of Music Clubs, which meet in Milledgeville,
company's interests in Minnesota and Wisconsin and Ga., this week.
the Dakotas for many years, who will also call on
J. D. Mariner, pioneer music dealer of Reno, Nev.,
the trade, from now on, in Iowa and Nebraska.
reports an increased interest in the fine reproducing
pianos. The favor for high class instruments in all
The Line for 1927.
The Bush & Lane Piano Company has an excep- lines is a notable feature of a business with which
tional line of piano merchandise for the dealer repre- he has been associated for over thirty years.
The Chubb Phonograph Co., Baxter Springs, Kans.,
sentatives this year and the outlook for a very big
has bought the business, including the stock, of 'the
year is not only good but seemingly well assured.
It has always been the policy of the Bush & Lane Grantham Music Shop.
organization to manufacture quality instruments and
to cooperate with the dealer. Their dealer repre-
OTTO F. MEHLIN.
sentatives unanimously testify to the ease and profit-
Otto
F.
Mehlin,
vice-president of Paul G. Mehlin
ableness of merchandising Bush & Lane goods with
eminent satisfaction to their retail customers as well & Sons, New York, who was associated with his
brother Charles in the management of the Mehlin
as to themselves.
factories, whose death was announced last week, was
This company maintains that quality merchandise 46 years old and had spent the greater part of his
pays in the end and that it also pays in a current way life in the piano business founded by his father, Paul
and this viewpoint has been proven by its many retail G. Mehlin. Mr. Mehlin had traveled extensively for
dealer connections. Bush & Lane executives claim the company and had a wide circle of friends among
that the handling of quality merchandise particularly the piano dealers. In addition to his two brothers,
in the piano business is really the only legitimate Paul H. and Charles Mehlin, deceased is survived by
policy for the dealer. The line of pianos available his widow and a daughter, Minnie Louise.
this year to dealer representatives is exceedingly well
assorted and is graded in the matter of styles and
prices to completely meet the dealer requirements.
FIGHTS INSTALLMENT BILL.
A bill recently introduced in the Oregon Legisla-
Grand Line Complete.
ture is against installment buying and is practically
The Bush & Lane line of grands is particularly well the same as the bill which the Oregon Music Trades'
assorted including all sizes from concert down, many Association assisted in killing in the last session.
Period and Art designs and a graduated price scale Music dealers, jewelers, furniture houses and all
more attractive than has ever before been offered. trades that would be affected by the proposed law
The Bush & Lane Cecilian Upright player or repro- have joined forces against the measure.
ducing piano containing the famous metal Cecilian
action, which they claim to be the finest of player
STARCK STORE IN VERMONT.
mechanisms is now listed at an exceptionally mer-
chantable price and it is expected that this instrument
The P. A. Starck Piano Co. is just opening a
will be a material factor in this year's success of Bush branch store at Burlington, Vermont, to which city
& Lane dealers.
a three-car load shipment of instruments has just
The Bush & Lane Piano Company is, of course, been dispatched for the opening.
AN IRRESISTIBLE LINE
TWO NEW STARCK GRANDS
WILL SOON BE READY
SOME LATE DOINGS IN
THE RETAIL TRADE
Equipped With the
THE
MASTER'S
F I N C E R S 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 TelU"
R«(. U. 8. Pat. OS.
Christman Piano Co.
597 East 137th St.
New York
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March 26, 1927.
CHRISTMAN
tt
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
BUSH & LANE PLANS
FOR NEW CAMPAIGN
the maker of the gra.nd in upright form with patented
and exclusive features, which has always been a pre-
eminent seller among quality uprights.
A new model Bush & Lane Upright of exceptional
quality and at a really popular price is also an out-
standing feature in the new Bush & Lane program.
Details Announced at Three-Day Conference
of Travelers and Executives, March 8, 9,
and 10 at Company's Main Offices
at Holland, Mich.
VISITING DEALERS LIKE NEW
W. P. HAINES CO.'S OFFICES
Numerous Callers at 396 Fifth Avenue, New York,
Make Wholesale Department Busy.
W r . P. Haines & Co., New York, reports a lively
wholesale and retail business since the removal to the
spacious quarters at 396 Fifth avenue. The new
Grand Pianos Particularly Well Assorted, Including Bradbury warerooms provide an appropriate setting
All Sizes and Many New and Handsome
for the fine line of pianos and the results in retail
sales are highly pleasing to T. L. Floyd-Jones, presi-
Period and Art Designs.
dent of the company.
A very enthusiastic and successful sales conference
An equally gratifying fact reported by Mr. Floyd-
was held at the main offices of the Bush & Lane Jones is that the wholesale offices and showrooms,
Piano Company at Holland, Mich., March 8, 9 and also situated in the Fifth avenue building, are con-
10 when the entire field organization of the company stantly enlivened by the presence of visiting dealers
was in session with the company executives.
who appreciate the increased conveniences of the new
The 1927 merchandising program of the company location. In this easily accessible location the en-
was outlined and explained to the salesmen in detail thusiastic dealers of W. P. Haines & Co. are enabled
and general policies were freely discussed and whole- to look over the entire lines of Bradbury, W. P.
Haines & Co., and Webster instruments.
heartedly approved.
During the three-day session between the execu-
tives and salesmen, the representatives were particu-
larly fortunate in listening to an address made by
A. H. Landwehr at an evening banquet of the organ-
ization. Mr. Landwehr is president and general man-
ager of the Holland Furnace Company, whose plant
adjoins the Bush & Lane plant in Holland. The phe- Fine Art Models Nearing Completion Will Present a
Formidable Line of Handsome Pianos.
nomenal success of the Holland Furnace Company
Within a week the new Starck Grand, a seven-foot
has made it a nationally known product in the furnace
field and is making Mr. Landwehr an industrial figure model, will be ready for display and in about six
of national reputation. His address was full of in- weeks a new small grand of special attractiveness will
spiration, sound thought and practical merchandising be put on the market.
This latter instrument will be the smallest Starck
ideas.
grand yet turned out, and it will be somewhat less
W. H. Beach, treasurer and general manager of
the Bush & Lane Piano Company, is chairman of the than six feet, seven inches. With these two additions
board of directors of the Holland Furnace Company. to their line of grands the P. A. Starck Piano Com-
Mr. Beach was not able to be present being now on pany will have a formidable line of grands of all
sizes and models. They are just now introducing
an extended business trip.
some remarkably fine specimens of art designs.
Banquet Concludes Events.
The evening banquet was presided over by C. L.
Beach, secretary of the company. Walter Lane,
president, and H. P. Shearer, sales manager, attended
together with V. R. Hungerford, assistant treasurer;
S. M. McCoy in charge of the credit and collection
Items of General News Value from the Field
department; Peter Paulus, assistant superintendent of
Thr' aghout the Country.
the factory; Wm. Winstrom, purchasing agent, and
other office and factory executives.
Harry Donnelly, a piano repairman, and L.
Among the field salesmen present were Charles Steimke, tuner, have opened a piano repair shop at
Stanley, who covers the Eastern States; Leslie I. 124 North Fifth street, Portland, Ore.
King, so well known to the Ohio trade, whose terri-
David B. Evans, a piano tuner of Atlanta, Ga., has
tory embraces also Indiana, Kentucky and Tennes- been elected by the local division of the National As-
see; Wm. Seidelman, representing Illinois and Mis- sociation of Piano Tuners to represent the organiza-
souri States; Vern Hoover, southwestern representa- tion at the annual meeting of the Georgia State Fed-
tive, and C. O. Donaldson, who has looked after the eration of Music Clubs, which meet in Milledgeville,
company's interests in Minnesota and Wisconsin and Ga., this week.
the Dakotas for many years, who will also call on
J. D. Mariner, pioneer music dealer of Reno, Nev.,
the trade, from now on, in Iowa and Nebraska.
reports an increased interest in the fine reproducing
pianos. The favor for high class instruments in all
The Line for 1927.
The Bush & Lane Piano Company has an excep- lines is a notable feature of a business with which
tional line of piano merchandise for the dealer repre- he has been associated for over thirty years.
The Chubb Phonograph Co., Baxter Springs, Kans.,
sentatives this year and the outlook for a very big
has bought the business, including the stock, of 'the
year is not only good but seemingly well assured.
It has always been the policy of the Bush & Lane Grantham Music Shop.
organization to manufacture quality instruments and
to cooperate with the dealer. Their dealer repre-
OTTO F. MEHLIN.
sentatives unanimously testify to the ease and profit-
Otto
F.
Mehlin,
vice-president of Paul G. Mehlin
ableness of merchandising Bush & Lane goods with
eminent satisfaction to their retail customers as well & Sons, New York, who was associated with his
brother Charles in the management of the Mehlin
as to themselves.
factories, whose death was announced last week, was
This company maintains that quality merchandise 46 years old and had spent the greater part of his
pays in the end and that it also pays in a current way life in the piano business founded by his father, Paul
and this viewpoint has been proven by its many retail G. Mehlin. Mr. Mehlin had traveled extensively for
dealer connections. Bush & Lane executives claim the company and had a wide circle of friends among
that the handling of quality merchandise particularly the piano dealers. In addition to his two brothers,
in the piano business is really the only legitimate Paul H. and Charles Mehlin, deceased is survived by
policy for the dealer. The line of pianos available his widow and a daughter, Minnie Louise.
this year to dealer representatives is exceedingly well
assorted and is graded in the matter of styles and
prices to completely meet the dealer requirements.
FIGHTS INSTALLMENT BILL.
A bill recently introduced in the Oregon Legisla-
Grand Line Complete.
ture is against installment buying and is practically
The Bush & Lane line of grands is particularly well the same as the bill which the Oregon Music Trades'
assorted including all sizes from concert down, many Association assisted in killing in the last session.
Period and Art designs and a graduated price scale Music dealers, jewelers, furniture houses and all
more attractive than has ever before been offered. trades that would be affected by the proposed law
The Bush & Lane Cecilian Upright player or repro- have joined forces against the measure.
ducing piano containing the famous metal Cecilian
action, which they claim to be the finest of player
STARCK STORE IN VERMONT.
mechanisms is now listed at an exceptionally mer-
chantable price and it is expected that this instrument
The P. A. Starck Piano Co. is just opening a
will be a material factor in this year's success of Bush branch store at Burlington, Vermont, to which city
& Lane dealers.
a three-car load shipment of instruments has just
The Bush & Lane Piano Company is, of course, been dispatched for the opening.
AN IRRESISTIBLE LINE
TWO NEW STARCK GRANDS
WILL SOON BE READY
SOME LATE DOINGS IN
THE RETAIL TRADE
Equipped With the
THE
MASTER'S
F I N C E R S 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 TelU"
R«(. U. 8. Pat. OS.
Christman Piano Co.
597 East 137th St.
New York
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/
Future scanning projects are planned by the International Arcade Museum Library (IAML).