Presto
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September 10, 1927
PRESTO-TIMES
of the east, who were consulted before the accessory
was manufactured, in declaring the Chromatic Glis-
sando an invaluable aid to the child beginning to
study music and to the finished artist as well," said
Frank P. Hahn, floor salesman for the Los Angeles
store of the company.
"It is not a freak accessory, but an improvement
which will be welcomed as a legitimate aid in the
interpretation of music."
STARR GLISSANDO
INTERESTS LOS ANGELES
New Device of Starr Piano Company, Rich-
mond, Ind., Considered by Teachers as
Invaluable Aid to Child.
NEWS NOTES FROM THE
CLEVELAND MUSIC TRADE
The Los Angeles store of the Starr Piano Com-
pany, at 650 South Hill street, is advertising in the
daily papers of that city and surrounding territory,
the new feature introduced into the Starr pianos;
the '"Glissando," the device which enables a per-
former to make "straight" or chromatic runs along
the keyboard with absolute ease and perfection.
Under the heading, ''Piano Device Bans Bugaboo on
'Runs,' " a daily paper has the following announce-
ment:
Chromatic runs on the piano are now a matter of
a "simple twist of the finger." "R. I. P." may be
written over that old bugaboo of piano practice
hours. Potential Paderewskis will find the road to
fame far less thorny. The "Chromatic Glissando"
has done it!
The Chromatic Glissando is an innovation of the
Starr Piano Co. of Indiana to simplify the playing of
chromatics, and a piano with this new feature is being
displayed for the first time today at the local Starr
piano store at 650 South Hill street.
The new accessory is a series of rollers, about an
inch long, located at the top and back of the key-
board, which play the white and black keys beneath
them at the slightest touch. The chromatic series is
executed by lightly running the finger along these
rollers, a far cry from the old method, which was
accomplished only after long hours of practice. It
enables, also, easy execution of "thirds" and "fifths,"
which has baffled many an able musician.
The Starr Piano Co. of Los Angeles has issued in-
vitations to three thousand piano teachers in the city
to visit the store for the purpose of hearing demon-
strations of the new Chromatic Glissando, which be-
longs solely to the Starr company and has been pat-
ented, and also to try out the newly equipped piano
themselves.
"We anticipate that local musicians will join those
The Background
A BUSY ROLL
DEPARTMENT
A Few Interesting Items of a Personal Nature of
Recent Date Are Printed.
John Kalva, manager of the piano department of
the Cleveland main store of the Wurlitzer Co., has
resigned. His place has been taken by Roy Mc-
Inerney, formerly manager of the East 105th street
store. P. French succeeds Mr. Mclnerney.
There is to be a dinner to Harlan Hart, manager
of the piano department of the May Co., prior to his
departure for the Pacific Coast, at the residence of
A. L. Maresh, Shaker Heights, to which members
of the trade will attend.
Mr. Majeski, Steinway representative, called on
the Dreher Piano Co. last week on his way home
from Canada.
CHARLES FREDERICK STEIN
ACQUIRES NEW FACTORY
Required Space Secured in Mill-Constructed Brick
Building Equipped in Modern Manner.
WILLIAMS
Charles Frederick Stein, maker of grand and re-
producing grand pianos, 3047 Carroll avenue, Chicago,
has acquired the manufacturing space suitable to his
needs, for which he has been looking for some time.
The company will occupy the entire third floor of a
mill-constructed, sprinklered brick factory building
at 3047 Carroll avenue, Chicago, with approximately
19,000 feet of floor space, which is to be utilized
largely for manufacturing, with a reservation of
enough space for offices and new and better show
rooms.
Mr. Stein expects to be moved and operating in the
new location within the next thirty days. The phone
number at the new address will be Nevada 8109. "We
will be more than glad to have any of the trade
who care to, visit us at our new location as soon
as we are settled," he said this week.
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
attraotj>argain hunters. It dues* however, win the
hearty approval and support of a very desirable
and substantial patronage.
WIIIIAMS M.ker. of WilH«ni Piano..
TTILLIftlTIJ Epworth Pi.no. and Organs
TO END PIANO RETAILING.
It is stated there will be one less retail piano store
in Los Angeles within sixty days than the city now
boasts of. But the proprietors will not retire from
piano selling inasmuch as their efforts will be con-
fined to wholesale distribution on the Pacific coast.
KOHLER INDUSTRIE
of NEW YORK
AFFILIATED
COMPANIES
r
anufacturing for the trade
THE NEW
CAPITOL
WORD ROLLS
AUGUST RELEASES.
1825—America First, Last and Always—
Fox Trot.
1816 Bells of Hawaii—Waltz.
1826—Doll Dance—Fox Trot.
1823 Do You Love Me? (When Skies
Are Grey)—Fox Trot.
1810 Gorgeous—Fox Trot.
1814 Hallelujah!—One Step.
1817 Hawaiian Love—Marimba Waltz.
1818 Honolulu Honeymoon—Marimba
Waltz.
1815 Just Once Again—Fox Trot.
1822 Just Wond'ring—Marimba Waltz.
1819 Lazy Weather—Fox Trot.
1827 One Sweet Letter from You—Blue
Fox Trot.
1820 She's Got It—Fox Trot.
1828 Under the Moon—Fox Trot.
1821 Vo-do-do-de-o—Blues.
1824 When Day Is Done—Fox Trot.
1811 Where the Wild, Wild Flowers
Grow—Fox Trot.
1812 You Don't Like It—Not M u c h -
Fox Trot.
Extra Choruses
Upright and Grand Pianos
Plaver Pianos
Welte Mignon (Licensee) Repro-
ducing Pianos
De Luxe Player Actions
Standard Player Actions
Welte Mignon (Licensee) Repro-
ducing Actions
Expression Player Actions
Piano Hammers
Bass Strings
o
Seventy-five cents
Printed Words
Hand Played
KOHLER INDUSTRIES
Made of the best materials
obtainable.
Will please your trade and
double your sales.
Quality and price make
Capitol rolls the deal-
er's best profit producer
in a roll department.
1222 KIMBALL B U I L D I N G
CHICAGO
Capitol Roll & Record Co.
Wholesale Chicago Office and Service
San Francisco Office
458 Vkelan building
A Longer Roll
departments
721 N. Kedrie Are., CHICAGO, ILL
(Formerly Columbia Mwic Rail Ca.)
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September 10, 1927
PRESTO-TIMES
of the east, who were consulted before the accessory
was manufactured, in declaring the Chromatic Glis-
sando an invaluable aid to the child beginning to
study music and to the finished artist as well," said
Frank P. Hahn, floor salesman for the Los Angeles
store of the company.
"It is not a freak accessory, but an improvement
which will be welcomed as a legitimate aid in the
interpretation of music."
STARR GLISSANDO
INTERESTS LOS ANGELES
New Device of Starr Piano Company, Rich-
mond, Ind., Considered by Teachers as
Invaluable Aid to Child.
NEWS NOTES FROM THE
CLEVELAND MUSIC TRADE
The Los Angeles store of the Starr Piano Com-
pany, at 650 South Hill street, is advertising in the
daily papers of that city and surrounding territory,
the new feature introduced into the Starr pianos;
the '"Glissando," the device which enables a per-
former to make "straight" or chromatic runs along
the keyboard with absolute ease and perfection.
Under the heading, ''Piano Device Bans Bugaboo on
'Runs,' " a daily paper has the following announce-
ment:
Chromatic runs on the piano are now a matter of
a "simple twist of the finger." "R. I. P." may be
written over that old bugaboo of piano practice
hours. Potential Paderewskis will find the road to
fame far less thorny. The "Chromatic Glissando"
has done it!
The Chromatic Glissando is an innovation of the
Starr Piano Co. of Indiana to simplify the playing of
chromatics, and a piano with this new feature is being
displayed for the first time today at the local Starr
piano store at 650 South Hill street.
The new accessory is a series of rollers, about an
inch long, located at the top and back of the key-
board, which play the white and black keys beneath
them at the slightest touch. The chromatic series is
executed by lightly running the finger along these
rollers, a far cry from the old method, which was
accomplished only after long hours of practice. It
enables, also, easy execution of "thirds" and "fifths,"
which has baffled many an able musician.
The Starr Piano Co. of Los Angeles has issued in-
vitations to three thousand piano teachers in the city
to visit the store for the purpose of hearing demon-
strations of the new Chromatic Glissando, which be-
longs solely to the Starr company and has been pat-
ented, and also to try out the newly equipped piano
themselves.
"We anticipate that local musicians will join those
The Background
A BUSY ROLL
DEPARTMENT
A Few Interesting Items of a Personal Nature of
Recent Date Are Printed.
John Kalva, manager of the piano department of
the Cleveland main store of the Wurlitzer Co., has
resigned. His place has been taken by Roy Mc-
Inerney, formerly manager of the East 105th street
store. P. French succeeds Mr. Mclnerney.
There is to be a dinner to Harlan Hart, manager
of the piano department of the May Co., prior to his
departure for the Pacific Coast, at the residence of
A. L. Maresh, Shaker Heights, to which members
of the trade will attend.
Mr. Majeski, Steinway representative, called on
the Dreher Piano Co. last week on his way home
from Canada.
CHARLES FREDERICK STEIN
ACQUIRES NEW FACTORY
Required Space Secured in Mill-Constructed Brick
Building Equipped in Modern Manner.
WILLIAMS
Charles Frederick Stein, maker of grand and re-
producing grand pianos, 3047 Carroll avenue, Chicago,
has acquired the manufacturing space suitable to his
needs, for which he has been looking for some time.
The company will occupy the entire third floor of a
mill-constructed, sprinklered brick factory building
at 3047 Carroll avenue, Chicago, with approximately
19,000 feet of floor space, which is to be utilized
largely for manufacturing, with a reservation of
enough space for offices and new and better show
rooms.
Mr. Stein expects to be moved and operating in the
new location within the next thirty days. The phone
number at the new address will be Nevada 8109. "We
will be more than glad to have any of the trade
who care to, visit us at our new location as soon
as we are settled," he said this week.
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
attraotj>argain hunters. It dues* however, win the
hearty approval and support of a very desirable
and substantial patronage.
WIIIIAMS M.ker. of WilH«ni Piano..
TTILLIftlTIJ Epworth Pi.no. and Organs
TO END PIANO RETAILING.
It is stated there will be one less retail piano store
in Los Angeles within sixty days than the city now
boasts of. But the proprietors will not retire from
piano selling inasmuch as their efforts will be con-
fined to wholesale distribution on the Pacific coast.
KOHLER INDUSTRIE
of NEW YORK
AFFILIATED
COMPANIES
r
anufacturing for the trade
THE NEW
CAPITOL
WORD ROLLS
AUGUST RELEASES.
1825—America First, Last and Always—
Fox Trot.
1816 Bells of Hawaii—Waltz.
1826—Doll Dance—Fox Trot.
1823 Do You Love Me? (When Skies
Are Grey)—Fox Trot.
1810 Gorgeous—Fox Trot.
1814 Hallelujah!—One Step.
1817 Hawaiian Love—Marimba Waltz.
1818 Honolulu Honeymoon—Marimba
Waltz.
1815 Just Once Again—Fox Trot.
1822 Just Wond'ring—Marimba Waltz.
1819 Lazy Weather—Fox Trot.
1827 One Sweet Letter from You—Blue
Fox Trot.
1820 She's Got It—Fox Trot.
1828 Under the Moon—Fox Trot.
1821 Vo-do-do-de-o—Blues.
1824 When Day Is Done—Fox Trot.
1811 Where the Wild, Wild Flowers
Grow—Fox Trot.
1812 You Don't Like It—Not M u c h -
Fox Trot.
Extra Choruses
Upright and Grand Pianos
Plaver Pianos
Welte Mignon (Licensee) Repro-
ducing Pianos
De Luxe Player Actions
Standard Player Actions
Welte Mignon (Licensee) Repro-
ducing Actions
Expression Player Actions
Piano Hammers
Bass Strings
o
Seventy-five cents
Printed Words
Hand Played
KOHLER INDUSTRIES
Made of the best materials
obtainable.
Will please your trade and
double your sales.
Quality and price make
Capitol rolls the deal-
er's best profit producer
in a roll department.
1222 KIMBALL B U I L D I N G
CHICAGO
Capitol Roll & Record Co.
Wholesale Chicago Office and Service
San Francisco Office
458 Vkelan building
A Longer Roll
departments
721 N. Kedrie Are., CHICAGO, ILL
(Formerly Columbia Mwic Rail Ca.)
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).