Presto
Issue: 1927 2128 - Page 13
May 14, 1927.
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PRESTO-TIMES
engagements that offered the best inducement toward
something of a more definite character and that, at
the same time, proved invaluable as stepping stones
of experience, Sims arrived in Chicago about two
years ago.
For thirteen months he was one of the broadcast-
One of the Special Features at the Music ing stars of Station WTAS, at that time conducted by
Charles Erbstein, prominent Chicago attorney. Sims'
Trade Meeting Next Month Is Favorite
next step forward was to appear before the "mike"
Radio Star.
for a limited engagement at Station KYW. He then
Considering Lee Sim's activities in the music made a number of personal appearances in various
trades, and the entertainment he is to furnish visi- theaters throughout the middle western section of the
tors to the music trades convention in June, it is country.
Results recently determined by an unique test con-
ducted by the officials of a Chicago broadcasting sta-
tion proved conclusively that Sims has a very definite
"air personality." For two weeks Sims' identity was
concealed and he was merely announced as "Mr. X"
to his radio audience, and they in turn were asked
to guess the identity of the mysterious artist. Out of
2,037 replies received, 2,004 fans correctly guessed
the identity of the artist performing before the
"mike." Sims' popularity gained apace and recently
he signed a contract to record exclusively for Bruns-
wick Records. He is known as "The Versatile
Pianist and Master of Modulations," and the enthu-
siastic public reception accorded his records assures
Mr. Sims beyond doubt of his eminent position in
the entertainment world.
Mr. Sims, as already announced, is one of the gal-
axy of entertainers who will entertain at the Monday
noon luncheon of the music trades convention,
June 6.
LEE SIMS, ENTERTAINER
AT JUNE CONVENTION
TRAVELERS WILL MEET
AT THE DRAKE HOTEL
Letters to Members of the Piano Travelers'
Association Tells of the Dinner and Enter-
tainment During Convention Week.
Matt J. Kennedy, 532 Republic Building, Chicago,
president of the National Piano Travelers' Associa-
tion, has issued the following circular letter to the
members of that body:
Dear Fellow Travelers: The latest slang phrase,
which has caught the country by storm, is: "It won't
be long now," and this particularly applies to the
coming convention to be held June 6, 7, 8 and 9 at the
New Stevens Hotel, Chicago.
We are preparing a very nice entertainment and
dinner for you at our annual meeting, to be held at
the Drake Hotel on Monday evening, June 6, at 6:30,
and we would like to see a very large attendance,
as matters of considerable importance will be dis-
cussed.
This is the first opportunity I have had to write
the members regarding the fund that was collected
for James Freeman of St. Louis. You will all be
interested to know that we are having a pair of
artificial limbs made for Mr. Freeman and the re-
sponse to the appeal was very satisfactory, in that
we started out to collect $300, but the cost of the
limbs amounted to $325, and we have within just a
few dollars of the amount necessary.
I honestly believe that this is one of the best things
the Travelers Association has ever accomplished. It
is constructive, and 1 believe that at the coming
meeting we should devise some plan whereby our
Association can have at all times a fund for just such
purposes.
Trusting our 1927 meeting will show a 100% at-
Lively Domestic Orders Also Help Swell the Output
tendance, and with kind personal regards to every
LEE SIMS.
of Plant at St. Charles, 111.
member of this wonderful organization, and hoping
to see you in June, 1 beg to remain,
apropos to present herewith a portrait of that versa-
Many important foreign shipments of pianos were
Cordially yours,
•
tile entertainer and clever gentleman known so well made last week by The Cable Company, Chicago,
M. J. KENNEDY,
]
to radio listeners.
from its factory at St. Charles to many parts of the
President, i
Lee was born in Champaign, Illinois, and has been world. Foreign shipments made last week were sent
interested in music and the study of music since child- to Kobe, Japan; Capetown, South Africa; Sourabaya,
hood. When still a youngster he astonished the local Java; Las Palmas, Canary Islands; Melbourne, Aus-
musical circles of Champaign with his artistry at the tralia; Manila, Philippine Islands; Kahului, Hawaii;
piano. His first step toward a career was to secure and Gothenburg, Sweden.
an engagement as pianist in a small moving picture
Among the domestic shipments made were three
show at Cedar Rapids, Iowa, where the films were carloads of uprights and grands sent -to Pacific coast Sheraton Period Design Admirably Serves Demon-
lengthy and the intermissions few. After a series of
stration Purposes for Du Pont Nemours Company.
points—to Los Angeles, San Francisco and Port-
land, Ore.
A Hazelton reproducing grand, made by Hazelton
The Cable Company is greatly increasing its activ- Bros., Inc., New York, was used in featuring the
ities at the St. Charles factory. The Grand depart- merits of the Duco finish in the exhibit of the Du
ment, started only last year to augment the produc- Pont de Nemours Company at Atlantic City, N. J.,
tion in the Chicago plant, has grown amazingly and recently.
now occupies approximately 50,000 square feet of
In the commanding show window of the exhibition
floor space on three floors. Recently a department
rooms stood an exquisite Hazelton Welte-Mignon
was also started there to augment production in the Licensee Reproducing Grand in Sheraton Period de-
Chicago factory. It is in charge of William Busse, sign. A mechanical album in the foreground told the
who has come to St. Charles from the Cable factory. passerby, through the use of movable pages, the story
of the Hazelton and the Welte-Mignon Licensee
Action. One of these pages told that the superb
CHANGES NAME IN SEATTLE,
finish of 'the Hazelton was obtained from Duco; an-
The
name
of
the
Montelius
Music
House,
Seattle,
—to become specialists in a field which will not
other stressed the fact that Hazelton pianos dated
only pay them exceptionally well but which
has been changed to the Montelius-Campbell Com- back as far as 1849, while still a third called atten-
will give them social standing and prominence!
pany, following the addition to the firm of Hugh tion to the extensive library of recording available to
O young men looking for such an opportunity vn;
have an unusual offer. Right now in numberless
T
Campbell, formerly affiliated with the Seattle branch the music-lover through the Welte-Mignon Licensee
cities and towns in the United States, there is a great
shortage of piano experts, technicians and tuners.
of the Bush & Lane Piano Co. and widely known Action.
The few masters there are, are earning large salaries
for this exceptionally pleasant work. Their time is
on the Pacific Coast. The Montelius Music Co. en-
F
their own. They meet the best peo-
According to those in charge of the exhibition, the
tered the Seattle trade in 1916, when it bought out
pie and soon establish a wealthy clien-
. . tele. We can fit you for this profession
Sendfc , freebook-
showing
of the Hazelton Reproducer created more in-
the
Eilers
Music
House.
Howard
Montelius
and
Mr.
fa
approximately
12
short
weeks'
time!
let which t«llL .... Now don't say you are not a musician!
•bout our practical You
terest and favorable comment than any previous dis-
Campbell are the managers.
don't need to be. In fact. 50 per
•nd thorough train-
fflir course. Send lesson. And now they are earning from
play conducted by the Du Pont Company. The
for it now I
$250to$6U0 a month!
This Is th opportunity you are looking for. Pull yourself out
"Guest Book" containing names of passersby who
f the rut. Make a place for yourself among the
best people. Our complete course in ournewt86,-
A WIRELESS PIANO PLAYER.
stopped, admired and asked questions, filled several
000.00 laboratory fit* you for a real payine pro-
fession. You can doit. Others have with nobetter
volumes. Joseph Schwarcz, president of the Hazel-
The Wireless Piano Players, Ltd., is the name of
backing than you have. Find out the facts anyway.
POLK COLLEGE OF PIANO TUNING
a London corporation which is about to place on ton Bros., Inc., in New York City, was also exceed-
Polk Building. DaftiO
La Porte, Ind.
the market on a large scale the "Pianiste," a wireless ingly well pleased with the results of the exhibition.
Polk College of Piano Tuning, La Porte. Ind.
piano-player, a device which uses the piano in place Mr. Schwarcz reports many inquiries and sales direct-
Please send me a copy of your free booklet.
I like the idea of becoming a professional
of the loud speaker. According to Music Trades ly traceable to the Hazelton display on the Board-
piano expert.
Review of London the "Pianiste" is to be sold walk. Harry Holmes and Walter Lund represented
the Hazelton and Weke-Mignon Licensee interests
through the piano trade and that a number of well
during the exhibit.
known figures in the piano industry are back of it.
BIG FOREIGN SHIPMENTS
BY THE CABLE COMPANY
HAZELTON GRAND IN DUCO
"
EXHIBITED AT ATLANTIC CITY
^Wanted: Young Men!
PRESTO BUYERS' GUIDE
Price 50 Cents
PRESTO PUBLISHING CO.
CHICAGO
GOLDSMITH
Players and Pianos
Have Every Advantage in Quality and Results
to trie Dealers
An Inveatigation
GOLDSMITH
Will Prove It
PIANO
COMPANY
1223-1227 Miller Street, CHICAGO
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PRESTO-TIMES
engagements that offered the best inducement toward
something of a more definite character and that, at
the same time, proved invaluable as stepping stones
of experience, Sims arrived in Chicago about two
years ago.
For thirteen months he was one of the broadcast-
One of the Special Features at the Music ing stars of Station WTAS, at that time conducted by
Charles Erbstein, prominent Chicago attorney. Sims'
Trade Meeting Next Month Is Favorite
next step forward was to appear before the "mike"
Radio Star.
for a limited engagement at Station KYW. He then
Considering Lee Sim's activities in the music made a number of personal appearances in various
trades, and the entertainment he is to furnish visi- theaters throughout the middle western section of the
tors to the music trades convention in June, it is country.
Results recently determined by an unique test con-
ducted by the officials of a Chicago broadcasting sta-
tion proved conclusively that Sims has a very definite
"air personality." For two weeks Sims' identity was
concealed and he was merely announced as "Mr. X"
to his radio audience, and they in turn were asked
to guess the identity of the mysterious artist. Out of
2,037 replies received, 2,004 fans correctly guessed
the identity of the artist performing before the
"mike." Sims' popularity gained apace and recently
he signed a contract to record exclusively for Bruns-
wick Records. He is known as "The Versatile
Pianist and Master of Modulations," and the enthu-
siastic public reception accorded his records assures
Mr. Sims beyond doubt of his eminent position in
the entertainment world.
Mr. Sims, as already announced, is one of the gal-
axy of entertainers who will entertain at the Monday
noon luncheon of the music trades convention,
June 6.
LEE SIMS, ENTERTAINER
AT JUNE CONVENTION
TRAVELERS WILL MEET
AT THE DRAKE HOTEL
Letters to Members of the Piano Travelers'
Association Tells of the Dinner and Enter-
tainment During Convention Week.
Matt J. Kennedy, 532 Republic Building, Chicago,
president of the National Piano Travelers' Associa-
tion, has issued the following circular letter to the
members of that body:
Dear Fellow Travelers: The latest slang phrase,
which has caught the country by storm, is: "It won't
be long now," and this particularly applies to the
coming convention to be held June 6, 7, 8 and 9 at the
New Stevens Hotel, Chicago.
We are preparing a very nice entertainment and
dinner for you at our annual meeting, to be held at
the Drake Hotel on Monday evening, June 6, at 6:30,
and we would like to see a very large attendance,
as matters of considerable importance will be dis-
cussed.
This is the first opportunity I have had to write
the members regarding the fund that was collected
for James Freeman of St. Louis. You will all be
interested to know that we are having a pair of
artificial limbs made for Mr. Freeman and the re-
sponse to the appeal was very satisfactory, in that
we started out to collect $300, but the cost of the
limbs amounted to $325, and we have within just a
few dollars of the amount necessary.
I honestly believe that this is one of the best things
the Travelers Association has ever accomplished. It
is constructive, and 1 believe that at the coming
meeting we should devise some plan whereby our
Association can have at all times a fund for just such
purposes.
Trusting our 1927 meeting will show a 100% at-
Lively Domestic Orders Also Help Swell the Output
tendance, and with kind personal regards to every
LEE SIMS.
of Plant at St. Charles, 111.
member of this wonderful organization, and hoping
to see you in June, 1 beg to remain,
apropos to present herewith a portrait of that versa-
Many important foreign shipments of pianos were
Cordially yours,
•
tile entertainer and clever gentleman known so well made last week by The Cable Company, Chicago,
M. J. KENNEDY,
]
to radio listeners.
from its factory at St. Charles to many parts of the
President, i
Lee was born in Champaign, Illinois, and has been world. Foreign shipments made last week were sent
interested in music and the study of music since child- to Kobe, Japan; Capetown, South Africa; Sourabaya,
hood. When still a youngster he astonished the local Java; Las Palmas, Canary Islands; Melbourne, Aus-
musical circles of Champaign with his artistry at the tralia; Manila, Philippine Islands; Kahului, Hawaii;
piano. His first step toward a career was to secure and Gothenburg, Sweden.
an engagement as pianist in a small moving picture
Among the domestic shipments made were three
show at Cedar Rapids, Iowa, where the films were carloads of uprights and grands sent -to Pacific coast Sheraton Period Design Admirably Serves Demon-
lengthy and the intermissions few. After a series of
stration Purposes for Du Pont Nemours Company.
points—to Los Angeles, San Francisco and Port-
land, Ore.
A Hazelton reproducing grand, made by Hazelton
The Cable Company is greatly increasing its activ- Bros., Inc., New York, was used in featuring the
ities at the St. Charles factory. The Grand depart- merits of the Duco finish in the exhibit of the Du
ment, started only last year to augment the produc- Pont de Nemours Company at Atlantic City, N. J.,
tion in the Chicago plant, has grown amazingly and recently.
now occupies approximately 50,000 square feet of
In the commanding show window of the exhibition
floor space on three floors. Recently a department
rooms stood an exquisite Hazelton Welte-Mignon
was also started there to augment production in the Licensee Reproducing Grand in Sheraton Period de-
Chicago factory. It is in charge of William Busse, sign. A mechanical album in the foreground told the
who has come to St. Charles from the Cable factory. passerby, through the use of movable pages, the story
of the Hazelton and the Welte-Mignon Licensee
Action. One of these pages told that the superb
CHANGES NAME IN SEATTLE,
finish of 'the Hazelton was obtained from Duco; an-
The
name
of
the
Montelius
Music
House,
Seattle,
—to become specialists in a field which will not
other stressed the fact that Hazelton pianos dated
only pay them exceptionally well but which
has been changed to the Montelius-Campbell Com- back as far as 1849, while still a third called atten-
will give them social standing and prominence!
pany, following the addition to the firm of Hugh tion to the extensive library of recording available to
O young men looking for such an opportunity vn;
have an unusual offer. Right now in numberless
T
Campbell, formerly affiliated with the Seattle branch the music-lover through the Welte-Mignon Licensee
cities and towns in the United States, there is a great
shortage of piano experts, technicians and tuners.
of the Bush & Lane Piano Co. and widely known Action.
The few masters there are, are earning large salaries
for this exceptionally pleasant work. Their time is
on the Pacific Coast. The Montelius Music Co. en-
F
their own. They meet the best peo-
According to those in charge of the exhibition, the
tered the Seattle trade in 1916, when it bought out
pie and soon establish a wealthy clien-
. . tele. We can fit you for this profession
Sendfc , freebook-
showing
of the Hazelton Reproducer created more in-
the
Eilers
Music
House.
Howard
Montelius
and
Mr.
fa
approximately
12
short
weeks'
time!
let which t«llL .... Now don't say you are not a musician!
•bout our practical You
terest and favorable comment than any previous dis-
Campbell are the managers.
don't need to be. In fact. 50 per
•nd thorough train-
fflir course. Send lesson. And now they are earning from
play conducted by the Du Pont Company. The
for it now I
$250to$6U0 a month!
This Is th opportunity you are looking for. Pull yourself out
"Guest Book" containing names of passersby who
f the rut. Make a place for yourself among the
best people. Our complete course in ournewt86,-
A WIRELESS PIANO PLAYER.
stopped, admired and asked questions, filled several
000.00 laboratory fit* you for a real payine pro-
fession. You can doit. Others have with nobetter
volumes. Joseph Schwarcz, president of the Hazel-
The Wireless Piano Players, Ltd., is the name of
backing than you have. Find out the facts anyway.
POLK COLLEGE OF PIANO TUNING
a London corporation which is about to place on ton Bros., Inc., in New York City, was also exceed-
Polk Building. DaftiO
La Porte, Ind.
the market on a large scale the "Pianiste," a wireless ingly well pleased with the results of the exhibition.
Polk College of Piano Tuning, La Porte. Ind.
piano-player, a device which uses the piano in place Mr. Schwarcz reports many inquiries and sales direct-
Please send me a copy of your free booklet.
I like the idea of becoming a professional
of the loud speaker. According to Music Trades ly traceable to the Hazelton display on the Board-
piano expert.
Review of London the "Pianiste" is to be sold walk. Harry Holmes and Walter Lund represented
the Hazelton and Weke-Mignon Licensee interests
through the piano trade and that a number of well
during the exhibit.
known figures in the piano industry are back of it.
BIG FOREIGN SHIPMENTS
BY THE CABLE COMPANY
HAZELTON GRAND IN DUCO
"
EXHIBITED AT ATLANTIC CITY
^Wanted: Young Men!
PRESTO BUYERS' GUIDE
Price 50 Cents
PRESTO PUBLISHING CO.
CHICAGO
GOLDSMITH
Players and Pianos
Have Every Advantage in Quality and Results
to trie Dealers
An Inveatigation
GOLDSMITH
Will Prove It
PIANO
COMPANY
1223-1227 Miller Street, CHICAGO
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).