Presto
Issue: 1927 2158 - Page 7
December 10, 1927
PRESTO-TIMES
NEW HONORS FOR A
LITTLE ROCK MANAGER
W. P. Hamilton, in Charge of Branch of O. K.
Houck Co., Memphis, Tenn., Elected
Vice-President.
THINGS SAID O R SUGGESTED
you will observe has a full iron frame so that the
tuning pins to which the strings are attached—er-
ahem!—what am I saying—I mean which gives the
battery coil the purity and sweetness of tone always
associated with the real leather top.
"Don't you think this model looks stylish?" said
Honora in an effort to remove the stony stare which
had returned to the face of the visitor. The leading
question evoked a gleam of intelligence from him and
MOTOR CAR PULCRITUDE.
he answered in the affirmative.
If Mr. Ford had taken his gaze off the Ford car
"You understand it is a six-cylinder car," she pro-
and took an inspirational glance at the piano indus-
ceeded, "and every cylinder is made of the very
try the new Ford car would have appeared long choicest cedar which has wonderful resonance and
before this. Mr. Ford declares, virtually, that his acoustic powers same as the gas lamps and the Jim-
new car is a surrender not to economics, but to son speedometer made of cross-banded, quarter-sawed
esthetics. "Beauty of line and color," he said in maple secured by metal flanges to the generator with
the first of his statements to the public, "has come oxide batteries made of Circassian walnut dull finished
to be considered, and I think rightly, a necessity in a in snappy new improved scales double veneered in-
motor car." The efforts of the piano manufacturers side and out and thoroughly tuned by a competent
to produce period and other artistic models would chauffeur named Limousine; although it is five pas-
have sooner suggested the wisdom of changing the senger there is room for four more seats by swinging
austere augularity of Lizzie. If Mr. Ford had used back the music desk on the continuous hinges without
his eyes when driving along Woodward Avenue, the harsh metallic tones which a soft fair hammer
Detroit, the pleasing lines and lovely colors of the assures in a hill climb even at an angle of seven and
pianos in the music store windows surely would
one-third octaves owing to the tension of the strings
have long ago suggested recourse to the automobile being evenly distributed over the plated mouse-proof
beauty specialists.
pedals of new iodide of potassium batteries do you
* * *
quite follow me?"
PRESCRIBES LEG WORK.
"Yes, what you want is exercise," said the doctor
>as he shoved the two-dollar fee into his vest pocket.
"In that case I'll go out in the country and sell a
coupla dozen pianos," remarked the salesman.
"I said physical exercise, not exercise of the imag-
ination," said the doctor pointedly.
* * *
REMEMBER
WIDOW B ELK NAP ?
Many in the Chicago piano trade will recall Mrs.
Honora Belknap, known as the original merry widow
of the piano house-sale and they will be interested
in hearing that she is continuing her activities sell-
ing her automobiles by the same old processes that
were described in this paper during her house-sale
heyday. As of old, she is about to leave for Europe
and must sacrifice her almost new car, or has just
suffered a bereavement that forces her "to move to
another city."
When a Presto-Times man responded to the classi-
fied ad this week, as was to be expected, Honora's
automobile spiel proved as voluble and interesting as
the piano spiel that goes with the tears and red nose.
To judge by the extent of her automobile talk she is
full of points about the machine. At least so it
seemed to the Presto-Times man, who knows just
enough about the machines to sit in them.
Still, it seemed that Honora mixed her auto spiel
with sentences from her piano one.
Her Spiel.
"You can see at a glance that this machine is in
perfect running condition," said Honora. "You will
notice it has three new tires and that the gear is in
perfect condition and has a light responsive touch
which is only met with in superior makes of pia—I
mean automobiles."
"The lamp equipment," continued the widow, as the
Presto-Times man rested his face behind his hat," is
the best obtainable, and so is the wind shield, which
Visitor Gets Cramp.
The question relieved the cramp in the jaw which
resulted from keeping his face straight and the Presto-
Times man answered with a jerk when he said "yes."
"But what I want to know," he added brazenly, "is
whether you are talking up this auto or the piano you
tried to sell me a few years ago?"
"What do you mean?" gasped Honora is she con-
vulsively grasped the wheel and caused the horn to
honk derisively.
"I mean," persisted the visitor cruelly, "one of those
times that Belknap, your husband, died daily in the
classified ad columns and his grief-stricken relict was
anxious to go back to her native Vermont Green
Mountains to break the news to his mother-in-law—
or something like that."
"Li-ur!" hissed Honora, "Mr. Belknap died two
weeks ago
"
"What, again? But of course he did. The only
wonder is when he'll do so again. Good-day, Mrs.
Belknap. Let me know when the dear much-departtd
departs again.
"Or," said Presto-Times man when he had gained
the safe side of the yard fence, better not bother
yourself about letting me know about the sad fact.
When I see your ad advertising a slightly used
aeroplane I will take it as an intimation that Mr.
B.'s funeral is a consequent sad rite."
Womanlike, Mrs. Belknap missed her aim when she
threw the monkey wrench, which got an innocent
Greek peddler in the neck.
BOWEN PIANO LOADER
W. P. Hamilton, manager of the Little Rock, Ark.,
store of the O. K. Houck Piano Company of Mem-
phis, Tenn, was recently elected vice-president of
the company at a stockholders' meeting in Memphis,
it was announced this week at the Memphis office.
Mr. Hamilton has been associated with the Houck
company for the past 22 years, having served with
\V. P. HAMILTON.
the Nashville and Chattanooga stores before coming
to Little Rock as bookkeeper in 1910. He became
manager of the local store in 1919, succeeding J. H.
Dunlap. He is a native of Nashville. He is a mem-
ber of the Little Rock Rotary Club. Officers of the
O. K. Houck company, which is Steinway representa-
tive in Memphis and Little Rock, are: J. F. Houck,
president; W. T. Sutherland, vice-president and gen-
eral manager; W. P. Hamilton, vice-president; J. G.
McConnell, treasurer, and Jesse F. Houck, Jr., sec-
retarv.
BIDS FOR SCHOOL PIANOS.
The bids for pianos sent to the Chicago School
Board by dealers, manufacturers and manufacturers'
agents and now made public are quite interesting as
to the estimates for supplying them with these in-
struments. However, there Mere apparently only
about a dozen bids in for the required estimate of 150
pianos, including small and medium uprights, small
grands and concert grand pianos. The absence of
bids of several very important pianos was quite
noticeable.
PS 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-Salem, N. C.
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PRESTO-TIMES
NEW HONORS FOR A
LITTLE ROCK MANAGER
W. P. Hamilton, in Charge of Branch of O. K.
Houck Co., Memphis, Tenn., Elected
Vice-President.
THINGS SAID O R SUGGESTED
you will observe has a full iron frame so that the
tuning pins to which the strings are attached—er-
ahem!—what am I saying—I mean which gives the
battery coil the purity and sweetness of tone always
associated with the real leather top.
"Don't you think this model looks stylish?" said
Honora in an effort to remove the stony stare which
had returned to the face of the visitor. The leading
question evoked a gleam of intelligence from him and
MOTOR CAR PULCRITUDE.
he answered in the affirmative.
If Mr. Ford had taken his gaze off the Ford car
"You understand it is a six-cylinder car," she pro-
and took an inspirational glance at the piano indus-
ceeded, "and every cylinder is made of the very
try the new Ford car would have appeared long choicest cedar which has wonderful resonance and
before this. Mr. Ford declares, virtually, that his acoustic powers same as the gas lamps and the Jim-
new car is a surrender not to economics, but to son speedometer made of cross-banded, quarter-sawed
esthetics. "Beauty of line and color," he said in maple secured by metal flanges to the generator with
the first of his statements to the public, "has come oxide batteries made of Circassian walnut dull finished
to be considered, and I think rightly, a necessity in a in snappy new improved scales double veneered in-
motor car." The efforts of the piano manufacturers side and out and thoroughly tuned by a competent
to produce period and other artistic models would chauffeur named Limousine; although it is five pas-
have sooner suggested the wisdom of changing the senger there is room for four more seats by swinging
austere augularity of Lizzie. If Mr. Ford had used back the music desk on the continuous hinges without
his eyes when driving along Woodward Avenue, the harsh metallic tones which a soft fair hammer
Detroit, the pleasing lines and lovely colors of the assures in a hill climb even at an angle of seven and
pianos in the music store windows surely would
one-third octaves owing to the tension of the strings
have long ago suggested recourse to the automobile being evenly distributed over the plated mouse-proof
beauty specialists.
pedals of new iodide of potassium batteries do you
* * *
quite follow me?"
PRESCRIBES LEG WORK.
"Yes, what you want is exercise," said the doctor
>as he shoved the two-dollar fee into his vest pocket.
"In that case I'll go out in the country and sell a
coupla dozen pianos," remarked the salesman.
"I said physical exercise, not exercise of the imag-
ination," said the doctor pointedly.
* * *
REMEMBER
WIDOW B ELK NAP ?
Many in the Chicago piano trade will recall Mrs.
Honora Belknap, known as the original merry widow
of the piano house-sale and they will be interested
in hearing that she is continuing her activities sell-
ing her automobiles by the same old processes that
were described in this paper during her house-sale
heyday. As of old, she is about to leave for Europe
and must sacrifice her almost new car, or has just
suffered a bereavement that forces her "to move to
another city."
When a Presto-Times man responded to the classi-
fied ad this week, as was to be expected, Honora's
automobile spiel proved as voluble and interesting as
the piano spiel that goes with the tears and red nose.
To judge by the extent of her automobile talk she is
full of points about the machine. At least so it
seemed to the Presto-Times man, who knows just
enough about the machines to sit in them.
Still, it seemed that Honora mixed her auto spiel
with sentences from her piano one.
Her Spiel.
"You can see at a glance that this machine is in
perfect running condition," said Honora. "You will
notice it has three new tires and that the gear is in
perfect condition and has a light responsive touch
which is only met with in superior makes of pia—I
mean automobiles."
"The lamp equipment," continued the widow, as the
Presto-Times man rested his face behind his hat," is
the best obtainable, and so is the wind shield, which
Visitor Gets Cramp.
The question relieved the cramp in the jaw which
resulted from keeping his face straight and the Presto-
Times man answered with a jerk when he said "yes."
"But what I want to know," he added brazenly, "is
whether you are talking up this auto or the piano you
tried to sell me a few years ago?"
"What do you mean?" gasped Honora is she con-
vulsively grasped the wheel and caused the horn to
honk derisively.
"I mean," persisted the visitor cruelly, "one of those
times that Belknap, your husband, died daily in the
classified ad columns and his grief-stricken relict was
anxious to go back to her native Vermont Green
Mountains to break the news to his mother-in-law—
or something like that."
"Li-ur!" hissed Honora, "Mr. Belknap died two
weeks ago
"
"What, again? But of course he did. The only
wonder is when he'll do so again. Good-day, Mrs.
Belknap. Let me know when the dear much-departtd
departs again.
"Or," said Presto-Times man when he had gained
the safe side of the yard fence, better not bother
yourself about letting me know about the sad fact.
When I see your ad advertising a slightly used
aeroplane I will take it as an intimation that Mr.
B.'s funeral is a consequent sad rite."
Womanlike, Mrs. Belknap missed her aim when she
threw the monkey wrench, which got an innocent
Greek peddler in the neck.
BOWEN PIANO LOADER
W. P. Hamilton, manager of the Little Rock, Ark.,
store of the O. K. Houck Piano Company of Mem-
phis, Tenn, was recently elected vice-president of
the company at a stockholders' meeting in Memphis,
it was announced this week at the Memphis office.
Mr. Hamilton has been associated with the Houck
company for the past 22 years, having served with
\V. P. HAMILTON.
the Nashville and Chattanooga stores before coming
to Little Rock as bookkeeper in 1910. He became
manager of the local store in 1919, succeeding J. H.
Dunlap. He is a native of Nashville. He is a mem-
ber of the Little Rock Rotary Club. Officers of the
O. K. Houck company, which is Steinway representa-
tive in Memphis and Little Rock, are: J. F. Houck,
president; W. T. Sutherland, vice-president and gen-
eral manager; W. P. Hamilton, vice-president; J. G.
McConnell, treasurer, and Jesse F. Houck, Jr., sec-
retarv.
BIDS FOR SCHOOL PIANOS.
The bids for pianos sent to the Chicago School
Board by dealers, manufacturers and manufacturers'
agents and now made public are quite interesting as
to the estimates for supplying them with these in-
struments. However, there Mere apparently only
about a dozen bids in for the required estimate of 150
pianos, including small and medium uprights, small
grands and concert grand pianos. The absence of
bids of several very important pianos was quite
noticeable.
PS 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-Salem, 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/
Future scanning projects are planned by the International Arcade Museum Library (IAML).