Presto
Issue: 1927 2123 - Page 8
April 9, 1927.
PRESTO-TIMES
prima donna contralto of the Metropolitan Opera,
and other well known opera and concert artists. Some
NATIONAL MUSIC WEEK
of the artists will travel from the Pacific coast to
in the program.
BEGINS SUNDAY, MAY 1 participate
The General Federation of Women's Clubs has
Group of Great Artists to Inaugurate Event
in Broadcasted Concert to Be Relayed
to Reach Millions.
issued a call to its member clubs to take steps 'toward
an active observance of music week in their cities.
Special programs are being prepared by the National
Federation of Women's Clubs in the many cities
where the Federation will organize the cooperation of
civic bodies in the annual celebration.
Al! over the country-
music dealers, music clubs,
professional and amateur
musicians and lovers of
music generally are organ-
izing in support of Na-
tional Music Week which
begins the first Sunday in Band and Orchestra Instrument, Sheet Music
"Beginning
May and continues to Sat-
FIRST SUNDAY
and Music Books, Also, Show Increase
urday, May 7. Music deal-
v IN M A Y >
in Production for 1925.
ers, music teachers and
others interested in the advancement of music are
The increase in the number of motion picture the-
using the accompanying little device in their sta- aters is partly accountable for the growth in sales of
tionery and advertising, both as a reminder to the organs reported by the bureau of the census. The
public and as an announcement of their own activity bureau, now completing the classification of manufac-
in promoting the enjoyable and educational events turers' reports for 1925, has issued advance statements
of the first week in May.
covering the music lines, in comparison with the fig-
The nation-wide celebration of music week will be ures for the previous census of 1923. The value of
held the first week in May, with leading national pipe organs exceeded previous production figures by
organizations and agencies participating in a program more than $3,000,000.
designed to stress the importance and cultural values
Reports covering other musical instruments showed
of music in national life.
an increase in production of more than thirty per
The week will open Sunday night, May 1, with the cent, the value of string instruments manufactured
Atwater Kent Hour, which has been officially desig- being over $2,000,000 in excess of production figures
nated 'to inaugurate an important series of musical for the earlier census reports. Sheet music and music
events. A gala program has been arranged which books showed an increase of about $350,000. The
will include a large number of the leading opera and government reports show the production of phono-
concert artists who have been heard in this series of
graphs in this period to have fallen away more than
Sunday night radio concerts.
forty per cent.
A network of nineteen stations will carry the special
These government production figures are said to
program to millions of listeners. The broadcasting
be unmistakable indications of the musical tenden-
artis
Lewis, popular soprano of the Metropolitan Opera; instruments used here are made in America. A
Charles Hackett, Chicago Civic Opera tenor; Allen notable exception in this year is said to have been
McQuhae, Irish tenor of radio fame; Jeanne Gordon, the importation of more than 18,000,000 harmonicas,
the sale of which has also been augmented by radio.
The effect of this musical renaissance is said to be
further evidenced in the growing number of concerts,
orchestras, bands and glee clubs, and the rapid im-
provement in the quality of orchestral music in
WEAVER PIANOS
motion picture houses in recent years.
CENSUS FIGURES SHOW
ORGAN VALUES GROW
NATIONAL
MUSIC
WEEK
The LEADING LINE
For a
Bigger and Better
Business
There is nothing to compare
with the complete line of
M. SCHULZ CO.
The Players are RIGHT in
everything t h a t means
money to the dealers and
satisfaction to the public
You will never do anything better
than when you get in touch with
M. SCHULZ CO U
711 Milwaukee Avenue
CHICAGO
SOUTHERN BRANCH: 730 Candler Bldg., ATLANTA, GA.
All Interested In
PIANOS, PLAYER-PIANOS
and All Other
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
Should Read
Orandu, Uprights and Playera
Finest and most artistic
piano in design, tone and
construction that can be
made.
YORK PIANOS
Upright* ard Player Pianos
A high grade piano of great
value and with charming tone quality.
Livingston Pianos— Uprights and Player Pianos
A popular piano at a popular price.
Over 70,000 instruments made by thii company are sing*
Ing their own praises in all parts of the civilised world.
Write for catalogues and state on what terms you would
like to deal, and we will make you a proposition if you are
located In open territory.
WEAVER PIANO CO., Inc.
Factory: YORK, PA.
Established 1870
NEW GENERAL MUSIC STORE
FOR MADISON, WISCONSIN
Ward-Brodt Music Co. Formed by Two Experienced
Men in the Capital City.
T. Lane Ward and Cecil D. Brodt, former em-
ployes of the Hook Brothers Piano Co. of Madison,
Wis., will open their own store, to be known as the
Ward-Brodt Music company. The company will
carry a complete line of pianos and small instruments,
and the Music Shop, at 511 State street, will also be
included in the transaction, and its stock and fixtures
moved to the new location.
Mr. Ward and Mr. Brodt have been associated
with the Hook Brothers Piano Co. for the past four
years, the former as secretary and treasurer of the
company and the latter in charge of the sheet music
and merchandise departments.
HEATON'S BUYS HUDNELL CO.
•THE HOUSE OF GRANDS"
Concert, Parlor and Small Grands
Period and Modern Designs
Heaton's Music Store, Columbus, O., has pur-
chased the stock and interests of the O. W. Hudnell
Piano Co. of 759 North High street in the same city.
According to the announcement of Otto W. Heaton,
musical instruments valued at $65,000 were included
in the transaction. The piano lines handled by the
O. W. Hudnell Piano Co., will be continued by
Heaton's Music Store.
E. A. Jarrett is manager of the new repair depart-
ment in the Conn-Atlanta Co-, Atlanta, Ga.
Manufacturers of the
Grand in Upriglit Form
Grand toqe and quality in the Upright Piano
is exclusively Bush df Lane
{Pattnud)
Reproducing and Player Pianos—
Welte-Mignon (Licensee) and Cecilian
Writ* for our Art Catalog
Becker Bros.
Manufacturer*
ot
The American Music Trade Weekly
A Combination of Presto, Established 1884
and MusUul Times, Established 1881.
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
Presto Publishing Co.
417 So. Dearborn Street
CHICAGO, ILL., U. S. A.
The Original Small Piano
Made and marketed by specialists in small
pianos. Valuable territory still open.
Write for our effective sales plan.
HIGH GRADE PIANOS
and PLAYER PIANOS
Bush & Lane
Piano Co.
Factory and Wareroomb
Holland. Michigan
767-769 Tenth Avenue, New York
THE .LITTLE PIANO WITH THE BIG TONE
MIESSNER PIANO COMPANY
126 Reed St.
Milwaukee, Wis.
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PRESTO-TIMES
prima donna contralto of the Metropolitan Opera,
and other well known opera and concert artists. Some
NATIONAL MUSIC WEEK
of the artists will travel from the Pacific coast to
in the program.
BEGINS SUNDAY, MAY 1 participate
The General Federation of Women's Clubs has
Group of Great Artists to Inaugurate Event
in Broadcasted Concert to Be Relayed
to Reach Millions.
issued a call to its member clubs to take steps 'toward
an active observance of music week in their cities.
Special programs are being prepared by the National
Federation of Women's Clubs in the many cities
where the Federation will organize the cooperation of
civic bodies in the annual celebration.
Al! over the country-
music dealers, music clubs,
professional and amateur
musicians and lovers of
music generally are organ-
izing in support of Na-
tional Music Week which
begins the first Sunday in Band and Orchestra Instrument, Sheet Music
"Beginning
May and continues to Sat-
FIRST SUNDAY
and Music Books, Also, Show Increase
urday, May 7. Music deal-
v IN M A Y >
in Production for 1925.
ers, music teachers and
others interested in the advancement of music are
The increase in the number of motion picture the-
using the accompanying little device in their sta- aters is partly accountable for the growth in sales of
tionery and advertising, both as a reminder to the organs reported by the bureau of the census. The
public and as an announcement of their own activity bureau, now completing the classification of manufac-
in promoting the enjoyable and educational events turers' reports for 1925, has issued advance statements
of the first week in May.
covering the music lines, in comparison with the fig-
The nation-wide celebration of music week will be ures for the previous census of 1923. The value of
held the first week in May, with leading national pipe organs exceeded previous production figures by
organizations and agencies participating in a program more than $3,000,000.
designed to stress the importance and cultural values
Reports covering other musical instruments showed
of music in national life.
an increase in production of more than thirty per
The week will open Sunday night, May 1, with the cent, the value of string instruments manufactured
Atwater Kent Hour, which has been officially desig- being over $2,000,000 in excess of production figures
nated 'to inaugurate an important series of musical for the earlier census reports. Sheet music and music
events. A gala program has been arranged which books showed an increase of about $350,000. The
will include a large number of the leading opera and government reports show the production of phono-
concert artists who have been heard in this series of
graphs in this period to have fallen away more than
Sunday night radio concerts.
forty per cent.
A network of nineteen stations will carry the special
These government production figures are said to
program to millions of listeners. The broadcasting
be unmistakable indications of the musical tenden-
artis
Lewis, popular soprano of the Metropolitan Opera; instruments used here are made in America. A
Charles Hackett, Chicago Civic Opera tenor; Allen notable exception in this year is said to have been
McQuhae, Irish tenor of radio fame; Jeanne Gordon, the importation of more than 18,000,000 harmonicas,
the sale of which has also been augmented by radio.
The effect of this musical renaissance is said to be
further evidenced in the growing number of concerts,
orchestras, bands and glee clubs, and the rapid im-
provement in the quality of orchestral music in
WEAVER PIANOS
motion picture houses in recent years.
CENSUS FIGURES SHOW
ORGAN VALUES GROW
NATIONAL
MUSIC
WEEK
The LEADING LINE
For a
Bigger and Better
Business
There is nothing to compare
with the complete line of
M. SCHULZ CO.
The Players are RIGHT in
everything t h a t means
money to the dealers and
satisfaction to the public
You will never do anything better
than when you get in touch with
M. SCHULZ CO U
711 Milwaukee Avenue
CHICAGO
SOUTHERN BRANCH: 730 Candler Bldg., ATLANTA, GA.
All Interested In
PIANOS, PLAYER-PIANOS
and All Other
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
Should Read
Orandu, Uprights and Playera
Finest and most artistic
piano in design, tone and
construction that can be
made.
YORK PIANOS
Upright* ard Player Pianos
A high grade piano of great
value and with charming tone quality.
Livingston Pianos— Uprights and Player Pianos
A popular piano at a popular price.
Over 70,000 instruments made by thii company are sing*
Ing their own praises in all parts of the civilised world.
Write for catalogues and state on what terms you would
like to deal, and we will make you a proposition if you are
located In open territory.
WEAVER PIANO CO., Inc.
Factory: YORK, PA.
Established 1870
NEW GENERAL MUSIC STORE
FOR MADISON, WISCONSIN
Ward-Brodt Music Co. Formed by Two Experienced
Men in the Capital City.
T. Lane Ward and Cecil D. Brodt, former em-
ployes of the Hook Brothers Piano Co. of Madison,
Wis., will open their own store, to be known as the
Ward-Brodt Music company. The company will
carry a complete line of pianos and small instruments,
and the Music Shop, at 511 State street, will also be
included in the transaction, and its stock and fixtures
moved to the new location.
Mr. Ward and Mr. Brodt have been associated
with the Hook Brothers Piano Co. for the past four
years, the former as secretary and treasurer of the
company and the latter in charge of the sheet music
and merchandise departments.
HEATON'S BUYS HUDNELL CO.
•THE HOUSE OF GRANDS"
Concert, Parlor and Small Grands
Period and Modern Designs
Heaton's Music Store, Columbus, O., has pur-
chased the stock and interests of the O. W. Hudnell
Piano Co. of 759 North High street in the same city.
According to the announcement of Otto W. Heaton,
musical instruments valued at $65,000 were included
in the transaction. The piano lines handled by the
O. W. Hudnell Piano Co., will be continued by
Heaton's Music Store.
E. A. Jarrett is manager of the new repair depart-
ment in the Conn-Atlanta Co-, Atlanta, Ga.
Manufacturers of the
Grand in Upriglit Form
Grand toqe and quality in the Upright Piano
is exclusively Bush df Lane
{Pattnud)
Reproducing and Player Pianos—
Welte-Mignon (Licensee) and Cecilian
Writ* for our Art Catalog
Becker Bros.
Manufacturer*
ot
The American Music Trade Weekly
A Combination of Presto, Established 1884
and MusUul Times, Established 1881.
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
Presto Publishing Co.
417 So. Dearborn Street
CHICAGO, ILL., U. S. A.
The Original Small Piano
Made and marketed by specialists in small
pianos. Valuable territory still open.
Write for our effective sales plan.
HIGH GRADE PIANOS
and PLAYER PIANOS
Bush & Lane
Piano Co.
Factory and Wareroomb
Holland. Michigan
767-769 Tenth Avenue, New York
THE .LITTLE PIANO WITH THE BIG TONE
MIESSNER PIANO COMPANY
126 Reed St.
Milwaukee, Wis.
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).