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PRESTO-TIMES
TWO ACTIVE TEXAS
DEALERS INTERVIEWED
L. H. Walters of Hillsboro and J. T. Couch, of
McKinney, Give Results of Keen Observa-
tion to Presto-Times Man.
When a representative of Presto-Times interviewed
L. H. Walters, Hillsboro, Texas, here one day last
week, he found him very enthusiastic about the newly
organized Texas Association of Music Dealers, of
which he was recently elected president. He said that
he believed Association work was now shaping itself
so it would get down to the real problems that con-
front the piano merchant in the selling of pianos. He
deplored the fact that much of the convention work
of the past, both national and state, had been enter-
tainment, and as he expressed it, a lot of talk that
meant nothing.
Mr. Walters said it behooves the piano merchant at
this time to give his entire thought toward the mar-
keting of pianos. He asserted that salesmen need
cooperation and help, and compensation, and that
the piano, merchant that doesn't manifest a deep inter-
est in his salesmen will suffer loss as a result.
The optimistic Hillsboro dealer recently built a
large and very beautiful piano store, and has an enor-
mous stock of goods, purchased last fall. He states
that he realizes that at the present time the piano
business is very quiet, but he believes firmly that
conditions will begin to improve with the moving of
crops this fall, and that with the proper efforts on the
CHRISTMAN
UPRIGHTS, GRANDS, PLAYERS
AND REPRODUCING PIANOS
THE FAMOUS "STUDIO GRAND"
"The First Touch Tells"
(Reg. U. S. Pat. Off.)
CHRISTMAN PIANO CO., Inc.
597 East I37th Street,
NEW YORK
KREITER
The Leading and Most Popular
Pianos and Players
Grands, Players, Uprights and
Reproducing Pianos
The Results of Over Forty Years'
of Experience.
Kreiter Pianos Cover the Entire Line
and no Piano Dealer who tries these in-
struments would supplant them by any
others. A trial will convince.
Kreiter Mfg. Co., Inc.
310-312 W. Water St., Milwaukee, Wis.
Factory: Marinette, Wis.
June 4, 1927.
part of the piano merchants that the piano business
can be brought back to normal conditions within a
period of twelve months.
J. T. Couch, McKinney, Texas, is one of 'the active
Texas dealers who has an enormous stock of pianos
and phonographs in his store and warehouse, most of
which were purchased last fall. Mr. Couch stated to
a reporter for Presto-Times that it was his firm opin-
ion that by the middle of October with the sale of
crops, business will begin to improve, and will come
back steadily until it reaches a better business than
we have had in three years. When asked about how
long it will take for these conditions to mature he
stated approximately twelve months from this Octo-
ber.
Mr. Couch is a veteran in the piano business who
has made a fortune out of the sale of pianos. He
takes the business depression philosophically and
states that he has no apprehension, and considers it
a mere joke for some piano men to say that the piano
business has had a "solar plexus" from which it will
never recover. He was elected vice-president of the
State Music Dealers Association, which was held at
Dallas latelv.
PRESS COMPLIMENTS TO THE
FAMOUS STUDIO GRAND
Little Instrument Made by Christman Piano Co.,
New York, Wins Praise from Newspapers.
Following are a few excerpts from thousands of
articles which have appeared in the press concerning
the famous Studio Grand piano made by the Christ-
man Piano Co., of New York:
FAMOUS STUDIO GRAND
CHRISTMAN STUDIO GRAND is
placed upon the highest pinnacle of all small
grand successes.
CHRISTMAN STUDIO GRAND is a
dainty creation but there is no arrested
development in the musical tone.
The surprising qualities of this small
grand have been demonstrated on the con-
cert platform and in homes wherever placed.
The creation of the five-foot grand having
a real true grand quality of tone established
by CHRISTMAN PIANO CO.
We also wish to state that our CHRIST-
MAN STUDIO GRAND has fully deep
and resonant tone that can only be gotten
in grands.
Probably there is no grand creation on
the market which has made such rapid ad-
vances as the CHRISTMAN STUDIO
GRAND since its inception.
It has been placed before large audiences
who have enthusiastically expressed their
admiration of the marvelous qualities of this
dainty grand piano.
Discriminating artists have stated in terms
of warmest praise that they were willing to
place the CHRISTMAN STUDIO GRAND
against the larger grand.
We say unqualifiedly that there is no
grand creation in the piano market of the
world that can approach the CHRISTMAN
for quality of tone and volume.
In fact, we do not know of any adverse
criticism anywhere on the CHRISTMAN
STUDIO GRAND for it seems to be gen-
erally admitted that this p a r t i c u l a r
CHRISTMAN product has won out.
You will be interested in seeing the man-
ner in which pianos are created which are
talked about in the trade from ocean to
ocean. The marvelous success of t h e
CHRISTMAN STUDIO GRAND.
LONG DISTANCE PIANO
PLAYER IS FEATURED
The McKenzie Music Shop, Janesville, Wis., Pro-
vides Thrill for Crowds Before Windows.
The McKenzie Music Shop, Janesville, Wis., re-
cently completed a novel publicity stunt that had the
whole town talking. They secured the services of
J. M. Waterbury to stage a marathon piano-playing
contest in the window of their store, and attracted the
attention of almost everybody in Janesville.
In addition they offered a prize of $10 to the per-
son who would guess to closest to the length of time
Mr. Waterbury would play. More than 1,000 esti-
mates were entered and the person who guessed the
closest was only twenty-four seconds out of the way.
Mr. Waterbury played for 59 hours 14 minutes and
40 seconds continuously and the guess made was 59
hours 15 minutes and four seconds.
The former plant of the Price & Teeple Piano
Company has been purchased by the Madison Sash
& Door Company of Chicago.
All Interested In
PIANOS, PLAYER-PIANOS
and All Other
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
Should Read
The American Music Trade Weekly
A Combination of Presto, Established 1884
it lid MusUnl 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 arc 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.
BOWEN PIANO LOADER HELPS SALESMEN
Outside Salesmen must be equipped so as to "show the goods." The season for country piano selling is approaching. Help your sales-
men by furnishing them with the New Bowen Piano Loader, which serves as a wareroom far from the store. It is the only safe
delivery system for dealers, either in city or country. It costs little. Write for particulars.
BOWEN PIANO LOADER CO.,
Winston-Saletn, N. C.
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PRESTO-TIMES
TWO ACTIVE TEXAS
DEALERS INTERVIEWED
L. H. Walters of Hillsboro and J. T. Couch, of
McKinney, Give Results of Keen Observa-
tion to Presto-Times Man.
When a representative of Presto-Times interviewed
L. H. Walters, Hillsboro, Texas, here one day last
week, he found him very enthusiastic about the newly
organized Texas Association of Music Dealers, of
which he was recently elected president. He said that
he believed Association work was now shaping itself
so it would get down to the real problems that con-
front the piano merchant in the selling of pianos. He
deplored the fact that much of the convention work
of the past, both national and state, had been enter-
tainment, and as he expressed it, a lot of talk that
meant nothing.
Mr. Walters said it behooves the piano merchant at
this time to give his entire thought toward the mar-
keting of pianos. He asserted that salesmen need
cooperation and help, and compensation, and that
the piano, merchant that doesn't manifest a deep inter-
est in his salesmen will suffer loss as a result.
The optimistic Hillsboro dealer recently built a
large and very beautiful piano store, and has an enor-
mous stock of goods, purchased last fall. He states
that he realizes that at the present time the piano
business is very quiet, but he believes firmly that
conditions will begin to improve with the moving of
crops this fall, and that with the proper efforts on the
CHRISTMAN
UPRIGHTS, GRANDS, PLAYERS
AND REPRODUCING PIANOS
THE FAMOUS "STUDIO GRAND"
"The First Touch Tells"
(Reg. U. S. Pat. Off.)
CHRISTMAN PIANO CO., Inc.
597 East I37th Street,
NEW YORK
KREITER
The Leading and Most Popular
Pianos and Players
Grands, Players, Uprights and
Reproducing Pianos
The Results of Over Forty Years'
of Experience.
Kreiter Pianos Cover the Entire Line
and no Piano Dealer who tries these in-
struments would supplant them by any
others. A trial will convince.
Kreiter Mfg. Co., Inc.
310-312 W. Water St., Milwaukee, Wis.
Factory: Marinette, Wis.
June 4, 1927.
part of the piano merchants that the piano business
can be brought back to normal conditions within a
period of twelve months.
J. T. Couch, McKinney, Texas, is one of 'the active
Texas dealers who has an enormous stock of pianos
and phonographs in his store and warehouse, most of
which were purchased last fall. Mr. Couch stated to
a reporter for Presto-Times that it was his firm opin-
ion that by the middle of October with the sale of
crops, business will begin to improve, and will come
back steadily until it reaches a better business than
we have had in three years. When asked about how
long it will take for these conditions to mature he
stated approximately twelve months from this Octo-
ber.
Mr. Couch is a veteran in the piano business who
has made a fortune out of the sale of pianos. He
takes the business depression philosophically and
states that he has no apprehension, and considers it
a mere joke for some piano men to say that the piano
business has had a "solar plexus" from which it will
never recover. He was elected vice-president of the
State Music Dealers Association, which was held at
Dallas latelv.
PRESS COMPLIMENTS TO THE
FAMOUS STUDIO GRAND
Little Instrument Made by Christman Piano Co.,
New York, Wins Praise from Newspapers.
Following are a few excerpts from thousands of
articles which have appeared in the press concerning
the famous Studio Grand piano made by the Christ-
man Piano Co., of New York:
FAMOUS STUDIO GRAND
CHRISTMAN STUDIO GRAND is
placed upon the highest pinnacle of all small
grand successes.
CHRISTMAN STUDIO GRAND is a
dainty creation but there is no arrested
development in the musical tone.
The surprising qualities of this small
grand have been demonstrated on the con-
cert platform and in homes wherever placed.
The creation of the five-foot grand having
a real true grand quality of tone established
by CHRISTMAN PIANO CO.
We also wish to state that our CHRIST-
MAN STUDIO GRAND has fully deep
and resonant tone that can only be gotten
in grands.
Probably there is no grand creation on
the market which has made such rapid ad-
vances as the CHRISTMAN STUDIO
GRAND since its inception.
It has been placed before large audiences
who have enthusiastically expressed their
admiration of the marvelous qualities of this
dainty grand piano.
Discriminating artists have stated in terms
of warmest praise that they were willing to
place the CHRISTMAN STUDIO GRAND
against the larger grand.
We say unqualifiedly that there is no
grand creation in the piano market of the
world that can approach the CHRISTMAN
for quality of tone and volume.
In fact, we do not know of any adverse
criticism anywhere on the CHRISTMAN
STUDIO GRAND for it seems to be gen-
erally admitted that this p a r t i c u l a r
CHRISTMAN product has won out.
You will be interested in seeing the man-
ner in which pianos are created which are
talked about in the trade from ocean to
ocean. The marvelous success of t h e
CHRISTMAN STUDIO GRAND.
LONG DISTANCE PIANO
PLAYER IS FEATURED
The McKenzie Music Shop, Janesville, Wis., Pro-
vides Thrill for Crowds Before Windows.
The McKenzie Music Shop, Janesville, Wis., re-
cently completed a novel publicity stunt that had the
whole town talking. They secured the services of
J. M. Waterbury to stage a marathon piano-playing
contest in the window of their store, and attracted the
attention of almost everybody in Janesville.
In addition they offered a prize of $10 to the per-
son who would guess to closest to the length of time
Mr. Waterbury would play. More than 1,000 esti-
mates were entered and the person who guessed the
closest was only twenty-four seconds out of the way.
Mr. Waterbury played for 59 hours 14 minutes and
40 seconds continuously and the guess made was 59
hours 15 minutes and four seconds.
The former plant of the Price & Teeple Piano
Company has been purchased by the Madison Sash
& Door Company of Chicago.
All Interested In
PIANOS, PLAYER-PIANOS
and All Other
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
Should Read
The American Music Trade Weekly
A Combination of Presto, Established 1884
it lid MusUnl 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 arc 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.
BOWEN PIANO LOADER HELPS SALESMEN
Outside Salesmen must be equipped so as to "show the goods." The season for country piano selling is approaching. Help your sales-
men by furnishing them with the New Bowen Piano Loader, which serves as a wareroom far from the store. It is the only safe
delivery system for dealers, either in city or country. It costs little. Write for particulars.
BOWEN PIANO LOADER CO.,
Winston-Saletn, N. C.
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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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