Presto
Issue: 1927 2142 - Page 5
PRESTO-TIMES
August 20, 1927.
GORDON LAUGHEAD TALKS
ON PULLMAN SURCHARGE
the Knabe Ampico and the fortunate passengers with
it to the Madeira Islands, Southern Spain, Italy,
Greece, Turkey, the Island of Cyprus, the Holy Land,
Egypt, the French Riviera, and Northern Europe, in-
Urges Action by Various Organizations and
by Individuals During Next Session
of Congress.
The National Association of Piano Travelers,
which is affiliated with the National Council of
Traveling Men's Associations, is ably representing
the music industry in an effort to have Congress
abolish, at the coming session, an unnecessary and
unjustifiable expense to all who travel on railroads.
It will be remembered that the bill to abolish the
Pul'man surcharge, which adds 50 per cent to the
pre-war cost of a Pullman sleeping berth or chair
car service, was favorably reported to Congress and
only the fi'ibuster at the end of the session prevented
a favorable vote which would have removed this
unjustifiable expense to those who travel.
KNABE AMPICO GRAND ON S.S. "CALIFOKNIA."
Gordon Laughead, president of the National Piano
eluding
visits to six of the great capital cities of the
Travelers' Association, is actively interested in this
laudable movement, and with his customary energy world, Athens, Constantinople, Jerusalem, Cairo, Paris
and intelligence is enlisting support for the move- and London.
ment to abolish this charge. As he cleverly puts it,
There is no guess-work about the popu- "While some people may have the idea that any ex-
larity of TONKBENCH, 6190. Our pense in using the Pullman car, either by day or
is merely an added expense to the rich, that's
records prove that more merchants buy night,
a wholly mistaken idea. They fail to take into ac-
and sell more of this particular style than count the thousands of traveling men who are almost Bigger and Better Convention for 1928 Is Slogan of
constantly on the road in the interests of business.
Cleveland Division.
any other in the TONKBENCH Line.
Obviously, these men are performing a most highly
The 1928 convention of the National Tuners' As-
useful service to the trade and to the entire public.
sociation will be held at the Hotel Cleveland. J.oseph
Study the illustration.
"No one questions the economic value and useful- Wurstner, president of the local tuners' association,
ness of the traveling man, yet his expenses, sleeping announced this week a bigger and better convention
or living accommodations on the long railroad trip than ever before is slogan of the Cleveland tuners.
Check these Feature Points:—
are 50 per cent higher than they were before the
The election of officers for the coming year are
TONKBENCH No. 6190, especially de-
war, and this same expense applies to every dealer as follows: Charles Deutschmann, Chicago, presi-
signed for use with moderate priced
or citizen who makes a journey of any length. As dent; E. L. Seagrave, St. Louis, first vice-president;
Upright or Player Pianos, is 20 inches
a war tax revenue producer it was justified, but it is A. V. Minifie, Pontiac, second vice-president; W. F.
high and the top measures 36 inches by
universa'ly conceded that the necessity has long since McClellan, Chicago, secretary, and Lester Singer,
15 inches. It has an oversize Music Com-
passed. Yet, because the railroads themselves re- Chicago, treasurer. The regional vice-presidents are:
partment and is equipped with Player
ceive this extra lax, the powerful railroad lobby is M. F. Garwood, Hollis, L. I., in the East, and M.
Lifts. We offer it in Mahogany at $8.25;
operating against its removal.
in Walnut at $9.00 and in Oak at $875, to
O. Sparrow, Glendale, Cal., in the West. The board
match any color or finish you may specify.
"We have to enlist public support and arouse the of directors is as follows: George Steger, Peoria;
It can be equipped with the famous
people to the knowledge of the fact that it touches Charles Merkel, Milwaukee; C. T. Backus, Minneap-
TONK Player Strip at 25c extra.
olis; J. B. Wuerstner, Cleveland, and Emil Koll, Cin-
each individual directly. The traveling man, of
course, as a unit, and the house which he represents cinnati.
Compare the style lines and the specifi- are asking for its removal, and the National Piano
Association is doing what it can to pre-
cations with the Pianos you are selling. Travelers'
sent to Congress the unfairness of this surcharge.
We want all the help we can get from individuals,
Purchase and sell this TONKBENCH because it is obvious'y necessary to show our repre-
and don't forget to tell every customer sentatives and senators that the public is behind our Wabash Avenue and Jackson Blvd. Street Intersec-
movement, and so far as our association is able, we
that you are authorized by The Tonk intend
tions Is Business Spot of Chicago's Piano Row.
to put it through.
Manufacturing Co. to absolutely guar-
The H. C. Bay Co., Republic Building, Chicago,
"It can be done if the people will let their repre-
antee his or her satisfaction.
senta'ives in Congress know how they feel about it, who announced last week the removal of its head-
and I am hoping that with the active help of the quarters to the four-story building at 305 South
avenue, formerly occupied by the Julius
If for any reason, any TONKBENCH trade in the way of letters to members of Congress Wabash
will result in doing away with this war tax expense. Bauer & Co., has expressed its enthusiasm over the
fails to stand up and deliver satisfactory It is hardly necessary to say that the traveling men new location, which is close to the street intersec-
service, we insist on giving the owner a are not against the railroads. They are in favor of tions and the busiest spot on Chicago's piano row.
The occupancy of the new quarters will take place
That the railroad is an absolute necessity to
New Bench or Refunding The Purchase them.
our civilization is conceded by everyone, but the on Monday, Aug. 22, when the formal opening will
Price.
$15,000,000 which this surcharge brought into the take place.
W. H. Collins, popular piano man, will manage
railroads this last year is not needed, and it should
be remembered that the stability and future pros- the retail business. Mr. Collins has had wide ex-
perity of the railroads themselves is guaranteed by perience in the trade and the success of the H. C.
our national laws, which, as supervised by the Bay retail business under his management is not
T. C. C, insures to the railroads themselves a suffi- doubted.
cient return on the capital invested to enable them
to take care of their bonds, to pay their stockholders
Six giant airplanes opened the Detroit carnival
decent dividends, and to earn enough money to and mardi gras Tuesday evening by Hying high
secure, on reasonable terms, any additional capital above the decorated boulevard and tall structures in
they may need and will need for future expansion various wild-goose formations and transitions. They
and development."
pointed and sped; they nose-dived and wheeled right
and left; they circled and flashed against the twi-
lighted sky and gathering clouds portending rain,
and they sped up their engines every time they
crossed Michigan avenue, making a buzzing sound
like a bevy of pterodactyls. An instructive signifi-
cance seems to attach to everything that Detroit does
P. S. The TONKBENCH Bulletin and TONK TOPICS
are issued To Help Piano Dealers Sell More Pianos. If
in its more modern way, as though its leaders had
you would like to receive either or both publications regu- Instrument Selected by Thomas Cook & Son for been drawing from the source of much that had
arly, fill out and mail the coupon below.
gone before to enrich the value of today's and to-
Anchor Line Cruise.
morrow's achievements.
The extravagance with
""
The Cunard-Anchor liner California, which left which Detroit does things shows that the belief that
TONK MANUFACTURING CO
New York on June 30 for the Mediterranean summer the efficiency of a city or of a movement is increased
cruise
by parsimony has never become a fixed idea with
1912 Lewis Street, Chicago.
"'
- t o l a s t t H 1 September 1, carried with it as
part of the many delightful means of entertaining its Detroiters.
Send me without obligation—
distinguished passenger list, a Knabe Ampico, Style
/ \ rr, TA\T^nr»TrTj r> n A -
A grand, with a large library of dance and classical
STEINWAY'S FOR EXPOSITION.
( ) The TONKBENCH Bulletin
.•
i
»T?
-\ -c-c <>
• i i- *. r
/ \ T/^nr Tnnrrc
recordings, also iU
the Favorite Hfty special list of
The Dreher Piano Co., Cleveland, Ohio, furnished
( ) TONK TOPICS
Ampico recordings.
a large number of Steinway and Duo Art grand
The instrument, which is installed on the main pianos for the Cleveland Industrial Exposition. These
Name .
....
lounge of the liner, will be in charge of a representa-
are being used for concert work day and evening
tive of Thomas Cook & Son, and will be at the dis- in the various halls. It is the first time that the
posal of the passengers at all times, and also be used
piano has played such a prominent part in Cleve-
City
State
for many informal musicales. The cruise will take land for some time past.
Here Is The
TONKBENCH
That Outsells
All Others
CLEVELAND PROUD OF
1928 TUNERS' CONVENTION
H. C. BAY CO.'S NEW STORE
IS ADMIRABLY LOCATED
ny
1912 Lewis St.
CHICAGO
KNABE AMPICO GRAND IN LOUNGE
OF CUNARD LINER CALIFORNIA
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August 20, 1927.
GORDON LAUGHEAD TALKS
ON PULLMAN SURCHARGE
the Knabe Ampico and the fortunate passengers with
it to the Madeira Islands, Southern Spain, Italy,
Greece, Turkey, the Island of Cyprus, the Holy Land,
Egypt, the French Riviera, and Northern Europe, in-
Urges Action by Various Organizations and
by Individuals During Next Session
of Congress.
The National Association of Piano Travelers,
which is affiliated with the National Council of
Traveling Men's Associations, is ably representing
the music industry in an effort to have Congress
abolish, at the coming session, an unnecessary and
unjustifiable expense to all who travel on railroads.
It will be remembered that the bill to abolish the
Pul'man surcharge, which adds 50 per cent to the
pre-war cost of a Pullman sleeping berth or chair
car service, was favorably reported to Congress and
only the fi'ibuster at the end of the session prevented
a favorable vote which would have removed this
unjustifiable expense to those who travel.
KNABE AMPICO GRAND ON S.S. "CALIFOKNIA."
Gordon Laughead, president of the National Piano
eluding
visits to six of the great capital cities of the
Travelers' Association, is actively interested in this
laudable movement, and with his customary energy world, Athens, Constantinople, Jerusalem, Cairo, Paris
and intelligence is enlisting support for the move- and London.
ment to abolish this charge. As he cleverly puts it,
There is no guess-work about the popu- "While some people may have the idea that any ex-
larity of TONKBENCH, 6190. Our pense in using the Pullman car, either by day or
is merely an added expense to the rich, that's
records prove that more merchants buy night,
a wholly mistaken idea. They fail to take into ac-
and sell more of this particular style than count the thousands of traveling men who are almost Bigger and Better Convention for 1928 Is Slogan of
constantly on the road in the interests of business.
Cleveland Division.
any other in the TONKBENCH Line.
Obviously, these men are performing a most highly
The 1928 convention of the National Tuners' As-
useful service to the trade and to the entire public.
sociation will be held at the Hotel Cleveland. J.oseph
Study the illustration.
"No one questions the economic value and useful- Wurstner, president of the local tuners' association,
ness of the traveling man, yet his expenses, sleeping announced this week a bigger and better convention
or living accommodations on the long railroad trip than ever before is slogan of the Cleveland tuners.
Check these Feature Points:—
are 50 per cent higher than they were before the
The election of officers for the coming year are
TONKBENCH No. 6190, especially de-
war, and this same expense applies to every dealer as follows: Charles Deutschmann, Chicago, presi-
signed for use with moderate priced
or citizen who makes a journey of any length. As dent; E. L. Seagrave, St. Louis, first vice-president;
Upright or Player Pianos, is 20 inches
a war tax revenue producer it was justified, but it is A. V. Minifie, Pontiac, second vice-president; W. F.
high and the top measures 36 inches by
universa'ly conceded that the necessity has long since McClellan, Chicago, secretary, and Lester Singer,
15 inches. It has an oversize Music Com-
passed. Yet, because the railroads themselves re- Chicago, treasurer. The regional vice-presidents are:
partment and is equipped with Player
ceive this extra lax, the powerful railroad lobby is M. F. Garwood, Hollis, L. I., in the East, and M.
Lifts. We offer it in Mahogany at $8.25;
operating against its removal.
in Walnut at $9.00 and in Oak at $875, to
O. Sparrow, Glendale, Cal., in the West. The board
match any color or finish you may specify.
"We have to enlist public support and arouse the of directors is as follows: George Steger, Peoria;
It can be equipped with the famous
people to the knowledge of the fact that it touches Charles Merkel, Milwaukee; C. T. Backus, Minneap-
TONK Player Strip at 25c extra.
olis; J. B. Wuerstner, Cleveland, and Emil Koll, Cin-
each individual directly. The traveling man, of
course, as a unit, and the house which he represents cinnati.
Compare the style lines and the specifi- are asking for its removal, and the National Piano
Association is doing what it can to pre-
cations with the Pianos you are selling. Travelers'
sent to Congress the unfairness of this surcharge.
We want all the help we can get from individuals,
Purchase and sell this TONKBENCH because it is obvious'y necessary to show our repre-
and don't forget to tell every customer sentatives and senators that the public is behind our Wabash Avenue and Jackson Blvd. Street Intersec-
movement, and so far as our association is able, we
that you are authorized by The Tonk intend
tions Is Business Spot of Chicago's Piano Row.
to put it through.
Manufacturing Co. to absolutely guar-
The H. C. Bay Co., Republic Building, Chicago,
"It can be done if the people will let their repre-
antee his or her satisfaction.
senta'ives in Congress know how they feel about it, who announced last week the removal of its head-
and I am hoping that with the active help of the quarters to the four-story building at 305 South
avenue, formerly occupied by the Julius
If for any reason, any TONKBENCH trade in the way of letters to members of Congress Wabash
will result in doing away with this war tax expense. Bauer & Co., has expressed its enthusiasm over the
fails to stand up and deliver satisfactory It is hardly necessary to say that the traveling men new location, which is close to the street intersec-
service, we insist on giving the owner a are not against the railroads. They are in favor of tions and the busiest spot on Chicago's piano row.
The occupancy of the new quarters will take place
That the railroad is an absolute necessity to
New Bench or Refunding The Purchase them.
our civilization is conceded by everyone, but the on Monday, Aug. 22, when the formal opening will
Price.
$15,000,000 which this surcharge brought into the take place.
W. H. Collins, popular piano man, will manage
railroads this last year is not needed, and it should
be remembered that the stability and future pros- the retail business. Mr. Collins has had wide ex-
perity of the railroads themselves is guaranteed by perience in the trade and the success of the H. C.
our national laws, which, as supervised by the Bay retail business under his management is not
T. C. C, insures to the railroads themselves a suffi- doubted.
cient return on the capital invested to enable them
to take care of their bonds, to pay their stockholders
Six giant airplanes opened the Detroit carnival
decent dividends, and to earn enough money to and mardi gras Tuesday evening by Hying high
secure, on reasonable terms, any additional capital above the decorated boulevard and tall structures in
they may need and will need for future expansion various wild-goose formations and transitions. They
and development."
pointed and sped; they nose-dived and wheeled right
and left; they circled and flashed against the twi-
lighted sky and gathering clouds portending rain,
and they sped up their engines every time they
crossed Michigan avenue, making a buzzing sound
like a bevy of pterodactyls. An instructive signifi-
cance seems to attach to everything that Detroit does
P. S. The TONKBENCH Bulletin and TONK TOPICS
are issued To Help Piano Dealers Sell More Pianos. If
in its more modern way, as though its leaders had
you would like to receive either or both publications regu- Instrument Selected by Thomas Cook & Son for been drawing from the source of much that had
arly, fill out and mail the coupon below.
gone before to enrich the value of today's and to-
Anchor Line Cruise.
morrow's achievements.
The extravagance with
""
The Cunard-Anchor liner California, which left which Detroit does things shows that the belief that
TONK MANUFACTURING CO
New York on June 30 for the Mediterranean summer the efficiency of a city or of a movement is increased
cruise
by parsimony has never become a fixed idea with
1912 Lewis Street, Chicago.
"'
- t o l a s t t H 1 September 1, carried with it as
part of the many delightful means of entertaining its Detroiters.
Send me without obligation—
distinguished passenger list, a Knabe Ampico, Style
/ \ rr, TA\T^nr»TrTj r> n A -
A grand, with a large library of dance and classical
STEINWAY'S FOR EXPOSITION.
( ) The TONKBENCH Bulletin
.•
i
»T?
-\ -c-c <>
• i i- *. r
/ \ T/^nr Tnnrrc
recordings, also iU
the Favorite Hfty special list of
The Dreher Piano Co., Cleveland, Ohio, furnished
( ) TONK TOPICS
Ampico recordings.
a large number of Steinway and Duo Art grand
The instrument, which is installed on the main pianos for the Cleveland Industrial Exposition. These
Name .
....
lounge of the liner, will be in charge of a representa-
are being used for concert work day and evening
tive of Thomas Cook & Son, and will be at the dis- in the various halls. It is the first time that the
posal of the passengers at all times, and also be used
piano has played such a prominent part in Cleve-
City
State
for many informal musicales. The cruise will take land for some time past.
Here Is The
TONKBENCH
That Outsells
All Others
CLEVELAND PROUD OF
1928 TUNERS' CONVENTION
H. C. BAY CO.'S NEW STORE
IS ADMIRABLY LOCATED
ny
1912 Lewis St.
CHICAGO
KNABE AMPICO GRAND IN LOUNGE
OF CUNARD LINER CALIFORNIA
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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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