Presto
Issue: 1927 2124 - Page 4
April 16, 1927.
PRESTO-TIMES
NEW CASE DESIGNS AT
THE SCHILLER FACTORY
meeting with success in handling the Schiller up-to-
date line with the result that no complaint is heard
at headquarters, in Oregon, or at the Chicago branch
house in Chicago.
PROGRAM OF TESTIMONIAL
CONCERT TO WILL L. BUSH
Activities at the Industry at Oregon, 111., Pre-
sent Constantly Changing Novelties to
Interest the Trade.
DR. FRANK CRANE
BUYS FISCHER AMPICO
Interesting Event to Take Place on April 30th
Promises to Be an Uprising of
Trade People.
A recent visit to the manufacturing plant of the
Schiller Piano Company, at Oregon, 111., gave tan-
gible and ocular evidence of normal activities in that
model piano factory. One thing •that impressed the
Presto-Times representative in a particular manner
was the large variety of models of upright pianos
under construction. It appears that the Schiller Com-
pany is marketing some seven or more different
designs of uprights, each one in constant demand.
In fact, as soon as any certain design or model
lags in sales and the demand lessens perceptibly, that
model is discarded to make way for a new one to
take its place.
President E. B. Jones is quite in favor of this idea
of keeping two or three brand new cases on the
market all the time and, as the proposition is work-
ing out so admirably, the Schiller will continue to be
brought out in new and attractive models every
three months at least. At this writing a model with
Spanish design in legs, trusses and finishings is going
through and will, it is safe to predict, meet with
instant favor and good demand.
This same idea of design—a new Spanish model—
is, by the way, being carried out in a lot of Schiller
grands, to be ready for the trade by the end of this
month.
The Schiller factory is active. Schiller dealers are
Noted Writer, Long an Ampico Enthusiast, Secures
Instrument with "The Human Touch."
(Picture on page 12)
Advance particulars of the approaching testimonial
concert to Will L. Bush have appeared in Presto-
Times. The project has met with an immediate re-
sponse and a great deal of enthusiasm is already
The Fitzgerald Music Company has just placed
a Fischer Latin Ampico in the beautiful Los Angeles
house of this noted author. Dr. Crane has long been
an Ampico admirer and his gifted pen has more than
once been used to extol the instrument. It was he
who said, in an edifying article entitled "The Human
Touch," the Ampico differs from the ordinary player-
piano as a living, breathing man differs from a wax
figure or a carved statue." The Human Touch is
published in pamphlet form by the Ampico Corpora-
tion.
Another expression of Dr. Crane's enthusiasm for
the Ampico is found in a beautiful appreciation of
the third of Chopin's Ballades. In this Dr. Crane's
vivid and poetic imagination is given free reign. He
gives a picture created in his mind on hearing Godow-
sky's recording of the Ballade which might well have
been the subject of a mural masterpiece of one of
the great Italian painters. This is also issued in pam-
phlet form by the Ampico Corporation.
CHARLES FREDERICK STEIN
ADDS PERIOD DESIGNS
Chicago Manufacturer Seeks More Spacious Quar-
ters to Meet Demands.
JESSE FRENCH & SONS
"Make Homes Happy "
Q)
SONS
EXffre. of *Pianos/Plaijers 6»Gran
Write for Catalog
Castle,
d
WILLIAMS
PIANOS
The policy of the Williams House is and always
has been to depend upon excellence of product
instead of alluring price. Such a policy does not
attract bargain hunters. It does, however, win the
hearty approval and support of a very desirable
and substantial patronage.
Makers of Williams Pianos,
Epworth PUno8 and
Organa
Period designs have come to stay is Lhe consensus
of opinion among piano manufacturers. This week
the announcement comes from one of Chicago's
growing concerns that it has added two authentic
period models to its line of grand pianos. The man-
ufacturer is Charles Frederick Stein, at 1635 West
Fulton street, who gives out this important bit of
news to dealers and reports that his factory is oper-
ating on an overtime schedule.
Mr. Stein, who makes high-grade grand pianos
exclusively, is now turning out twelve a month, which
is not sufficient to meet the requirements of his
established representatives. In view of this fact,
Mr. Stein is seeking quarters which will furnish ade-
quate space for the production of double the present
output.
Mr. Stein is making the Style S and Style T. The
former is a straight grand, 5 feet 2 inches, which
comes in mahogany or walnut, and can also be had
as a reproducer, equipped with the Welte-Mignon
(Licensee), and the latter instrument is a 6-foot
grand, which comes in mahogany only and can also
be had as a reproducer with the Welte-Mignon
(Licensee). Style E, a 7-foot grand, which Mr. Stein
has just completed, has a beautiful finish and a
world of tone. It will be exhibited at Hotel Stevens
during the annual convention of the National Music
Industries in Chicago in June.
Style S can be had in the Queen Anne and Louis
XVI models, mahogany or walnut. They are authen-
tically correct and depict the art in those famous
periods. They are designed especially for those who
desire a truly fine piano to harmonize with furniture
of those periods.
WILL L. BUSH.
being evinced. From present appearances Kimball
Hall will be filled with Chicago's music lovers on
the evening of the 30th day of this month.
And there will be a full representation of the music
trade on the occasion. That is a certainty. The pro-
gram has been perfected and the artists who will
appear are all long-time friends of Mr. Bush. They
are even eager to appear in appreciation of ceaseless
labors in the cause of music.
As has been said, the concert will take place at
Kimball Hall, Jackson Boulevard at Wabash avenue,
on the evening of April the 30th, and the following
artists will participate:
Helen Fouts Cahoon, soprano; Julia Rive King,
pianist; Arthur Dunham, organist; Elias Day, charac-
terist: Richard Czerwonky, violinist; Edgar Nelson,
accompanist.
The price of tickets has been fixed at $2.50 each
and they will be for sale at all Chicago music houses.
Presto-Times regards the occasion as a real oppor-
tunity for Chicago to display her appreciation of a
man who has devoted a large share of his life, work
and financial resources to the cause of music in this
city. It is certain that members of the music trade
will prove their interest.
CHURCH BUYS BALDWIN.
(Picture on page 12)
The First Presbyterian Church of Grand Forks,
N. D., recently purchased a Style H Baldwin Grand
for the beautiful auditorium of this house of worship.
Dr. F. Halsey Ambrose, the popular and energetic
pastor, purchased at the same time a Style 315 Elling-
ton for his home. The church has a membership of
over 1,400 or better than one-sixth of all families in
ELEGANT LOUIS XVI MODEL.
the city, ranking 'as the largest church between Min-
(Picture on page 12)
neapolis and the Coast, and is one of the few debt-
One of the daintiest of the late period styles of
grand pianos is shown in this issue of Presto-Times. free churches with a substantial surplus in its
It is the Hazelton Bros.' Louis XVI, and it is an treasury. Picture of church and portrait of Dr.
instrument to delight any discriminating, prospect. Ambrose shown on page 12.
The Hazelton is one of America's oldest makes of
pianos. It has sustained itself as a leader from its
Music dealers in Evansville, Ind., will take parts
first appearance, and today it is in greater demand
in the spring convocation, April 19, 20 and 21, at
than ever before. Hazelton Bros., New York, is a the Scottish Rite Cathedral in that city.. Arthur J.
subsidiary of one of the most powerful industries, and
Willem, who recently became sales manager for the
dealers who sell Hazelton Bros, pianos always rep- Stahlschmidt Piano Company in Evansville, is the
resent it as a leader.
official organist.
THE JEWETT PIANOS
CHRISTMAN
Reliable Grand, Upright and Player Pianos
JEWETT PIANO CO., Boston Factories: Leominster, Mass.
"The First Touch Tells"
UPRIGHTS, GRANDS, PLAYERS
AND R E P R O D U C I N G PIANOS
THE FAMOUS "STUDIO GRAND"
(Reg. U. S. Pat. Off.)
CHRISTMAN PIANO CO., Inc.
597 East 137th Street,
NEW YORK
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PRESTO-TIMES
NEW CASE DESIGNS AT
THE SCHILLER FACTORY
meeting with success in handling the Schiller up-to-
date line with the result that no complaint is heard
at headquarters, in Oregon, or at the Chicago branch
house in Chicago.
PROGRAM OF TESTIMONIAL
CONCERT TO WILL L. BUSH
Activities at the Industry at Oregon, 111., Pre-
sent Constantly Changing Novelties to
Interest the Trade.
DR. FRANK CRANE
BUYS FISCHER AMPICO
Interesting Event to Take Place on April 30th
Promises to Be an Uprising of
Trade People.
A recent visit to the manufacturing plant of the
Schiller Piano Company, at Oregon, 111., gave tan-
gible and ocular evidence of normal activities in that
model piano factory. One thing •that impressed the
Presto-Times representative in a particular manner
was the large variety of models of upright pianos
under construction. It appears that the Schiller Com-
pany is marketing some seven or more different
designs of uprights, each one in constant demand.
In fact, as soon as any certain design or model
lags in sales and the demand lessens perceptibly, that
model is discarded to make way for a new one to
take its place.
President E. B. Jones is quite in favor of this idea
of keeping two or three brand new cases on the
market all the time and, as the proposition is work-
ing out so admirably, the Schiller will continue to be
brought out in new and attractive models every
three months at least. At this writing a model with
Spanish design in legs, trusses and finishings is going
through and will, it is safe to predict, meet with
instant favor and good demand.
This same idea of design—a new Spanish model—
is, by the way, being carried out in a lot of Schiller
grands, to be ready for the trade by the end of this
month.
The Schiller factory is active. Schiller dealers are
Noted Writer, Long an Ampico Enthusiast, Secures
Instrument with "The Human Touch."
(Picture on page 12)
Advance particulars of the approaching testimonial
concert to Will L. Bush have appeared in Presto-
Times. The project has met with an immediate re-
sponse and a great deal of enthusiasm is already
The Fitzgerald Music Company has just placed
a Fischer Latin Ampico in the beautiful Los Angeles
house of this noted author. Dr. Crane has long been
an Ampico admirer and his gifted pen has more than
once been used to extol the instrument. It was he
who said, in an edifying article entitled "The Human
Touch," the Ampico differs from the ordinary player-
piano as a living, breathing man differs from a wax
figure or a carved statue." The Human Touch is
published in pamphlet form by the Ampico Corpora-
tion.
Another expression of Dr. Crane's enthusiasm for
the Ampico is found in a beautiful appreciation of
the third of Chopin's Ballades. In this Dr. Crane's
vivid and poetic imagination is given free reign. He
gives a picture created in his mind on hearing Godow-
sky's recording of the Ballade which might well have
been the subject of a mural masterpiece of one of
the great Italian painters. This is also issued in pam-
phlet form by the Ampico Corporation.
CHARLES FREDERICK STEIN
ADDS PERIOD DESIGNS
Chicago Manufacturer Seeks More Spacious Quar-
ters to Meet Demands.
JESSE FRENCH & SONS
"Make Homes Happy "
Q)
SONS
EXffre. of *Pianos/Plaijers 6»Gran
Write for Catalog
Castle,
d
WILLIAMS
PIANOS
The policy of the Williams House is and always
has been to depend upon excellence of product
instead of alluring price. Such a policy does not
attract bargain hunters. It does, however, win the
hearty approval and support of a very desirable
and substantial patronage.
Makers of Williams Pianos,
Epworth PUno8 and
Organa
Period designs have come to stay is Lhe consensus
of opinion among piano manufacturers. This week
the announcement comes from one of Chicago's
growing concerns that it has added two authentic
period models to its line of grand pianos. The man-
ufacturer is Charles Frederick Stein, at 1635 West
Fulton street, who gives out this important bit of
news to dealers and reports that his factory is oper-
ating on an overtime schedule.
Mr. Stein, who makes high-grade grand pianos
exclusively, is now turning out twelve a month, which
is not sufficient to meet the requirements of his
established representatives. In view of this fact,
Mr. Stein is seeking quarters which will furnish ade-
quate space for the production of double the present
output.
Mr. Stein is making the Style S and Style T. The
former is a straight grand, 5 feet 2 inches, which
comes in mahogany or walnut, and can also be had
as a reproducer, equipped with the Welte-Mignon
(Licensee), and the latter instrument is a 6-foot
grand, which comes in mahogany only and can also
be had as a reproducer with the Welte-Mignon
(Licensee). Style E, a 7-foot grand, which Mr. Stein
has just completed, has a beautiful finish and a
world of tone. It will be exhibited at Hotel Stevens
during the annual convention of the National Music
Industries in Chicago in June.
Style S can be had in the Queen Anne and Louis
XVI models, mahogany or walnut. They are authen-
tically correct and depict the art in those famous
periods. They are designed especially for those who
desire a truly fine piano to harmonize with furniture
of those periods.
WILL L. BUSH.
being evinced. From present appearances Kimball
Hall will be filled with Chicago's music lovers on
the evening of the 30th day of this month.
And there will be a full representation of the music
trade on the occasion. That is a certainty. The pro-
gram has been perfected and the artists who will
appear are all long-time friends of Mr. Bush. They
are even eager to appear in appreciation of ceaseless
labors in the cause of music.
As has been said, the concert will take place at
Kimball Hall, Jackson Boulevard at Wabash avenue,
on the evening of April the 30th, and the following
artists will participate:
Helen Fouts Cahoon, soprano; Julia Rive King,
pianist; Arthur Dunham, organist; Elias Day, charac-
terist: Richard Czerwonky, violinist; Edgar Nelson,
accompanist.
The price of tickets has been fixed at $2.50 each
and they will be for sale at all Chicago music houses.
Presto-Times regards the occasion as a real oppor-
tunity for Chicago to display her appreciation of a
man who has devoted a large share of his life, work
and financial resources to the cause of music in this
city. It is certain that members of the music trade
will prove their interest.
CHURCH BUYS BALDWIN.
(Picture on page 12)
The First Presbyterian Church of Grand Forks,
N. D., recently purchased a Style H Baldwin Grand
for the beautiful auditorium of this house of worship.
Dr. F. Halsey Ambrose, the popular and energetic
pastor, purchased at the same time a Style 315 Elling-
ton for his home. The church has a membership of
over 1,400 or better than one-sixth of all families in
ELEGANT LOUIS XVI MODEL.
the city, ranking 'as the largest church between Min-
(Picture on page 12)
neapolis and the Coast, and is one of the few debt-
One of the daintiest of the late period styles of
grand pianos is shown in this issue of Presto-Times. free churches with a substantial surplus in its
It is the Hazelton Bros.' Louis XVI, and it is an treasury. Picture of church and portrait of Dr.
instrument to delight any discriminating, prospect. Ambrose shown on page 12.
The Hazelton is one of America's oldest makes of
pianos. It has sustained itself as a leader from its
Music dealers in Evansville, Ind., will take parts
first appearance, and today it is in greater demand
in the spring convocation, April 19, 20 and 21, at
than ever before. Hazelton Bros., New York, is a the Scottish Rite Cathedral in that city.. Arthur J.
subsidiary of one of the most powerful industries, and
Willem, who recently became sales manager for the
dealers who sell Hazelton Bros, pianos always rep- Stahlschmidt Piano Company in Evansville, is the
resent it as a leader.
official organist.
THE JEWETT PIANOS
CHRISTMAN
Reliable Grand, Upright and Player Pianos
JEWETT PIANO CO., Boston Factories: Leominster, Mass.
"The First Touch Tells"
UPRIGHTS, GRANDS, PLAYERS
AND R E P R O D U C I N G PIANOS
THE FAMOUS "STUDIO GRAND"
(Reg. U. S. Pat. Off.)
CHRISTMAN PIANO CO., Inc.
597 East 137th Street,
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).