Presto
Issue: 1928 2167 - Page 5
February 11, 1928
PRESTO-TIMES
•
recently vacated its store and has moved into the
uptown district at Thirty-eighth street and North
avenue. Joseph Roussellot is president of the com-
pany and M. E. Roussellot, managing director. The
company handles Kimball pianos as well as Bruns-
wick phonographs.
Ampico Reproducing Grand Prize in Contest—
Charles H. Schefft, formerly of Ross, Schefft &
Weimann Piano Co., Mason street, Milwaukee, Wis.,
Test Suit Halted, and Other News
has been named manager of the piano department of
of the State.
Flanner-Hafsoos Music Store at 417 Broadway.
Edward Herzog, sales manager of Edmund Gram,
The Wisconsin News, Milwaukee, is publishing a
series of pictures, three each day -for the next twelve Inc., Milwaukee, Wis., is celebrating two silver anni-
weeks, of musicians who record for the Ampico versaries this year, namely, his silver wedding anni-
reproducing piano. Each of these pictures consists of versary and his twenty-fifth year with the Edmund
unmatched portions of the musician's face and the Gram concern.
A new concern for the manufacture of musical in-
task is to assemble each so as to represent the proper
person as well as affixing the musician's name to the struments, and instrument appliances in Milwaukee,
is Harry Rosenthal, Inc. Members of the firm are
picture.
A $1,5.00 Ampico reproducing grand piano will be Leo. D. Swidler, Harry Primakow, and Charles
awarded to the person who sends in the most correct Swidler.
and neatest set of pictures and letter. In addition
there will be $200 in gold distributed to the runners- DINNER=DANCE GIVEN BY
up in the contest. Every night over WISN, the
paper's broadcasting station, a composition played
PIANO CLUB OF CHICAGO
by one of the musicians whose picture will form part
of the following day's contest, will be heard on the
air played by the Ampico. The contest is arousing Clever Publicity for Joyous Event Aids in Increasing
a great deal of interest in Milwaukee.
Number of Diners.
Announcement has been made that the Irving
The Piano Club of Chicago held a dinner dance
Zuelke Music Co., at Appleton will open its store and
office across the street from the structure which was on Thursday evening, February 9 at the Chez Pierre,
destroyed by fire recently. Mr. Zuelke will carry a No. 7 East Ontario street. That the attendance was
stock of music and music instruments, although it good was something largely due to George S. Mc-
will not be as large as that in the destroyed store. No Laughlin, chairman of the dinner committee, who
preparations have been made for taking out the provided a personal character to the announcements
and reminders mailed to members.
debris of the ruined building.
Among the oddities in publicity for the event were
The test suit in Milwaukee, Wis., involving the
right of manufacturers of player-piano rolls to print a telegram with the winning quality of urgency and
songs on the rolls was temporarily halted this week an announcement artistically hand printed by Mr.
when technicalities concerning the filing of the com- McLaughlin and bearing his well-known signature.
plaint arose. If the suit is filed after being amended It is reproduced herewith.
it will name eighteen, including music roll manufac-
turers and piano dealers in Milwaukee and surround-
ing cities it is stated. Infringement of copyright is
alleged in the complaint.
The Lyric Music Co., which has been located at
86 East Wisconsin avenue, for a number of vears,
NEWS OF THE MUSIC
TRADE OF WISCONSIN
The Original Small Piano
Made and marketed by specialists in small
pianos. Valuable territory still open.
Write for our effective sales plan.
'
$
FOUR CABLE MIDGETS
FOR SUNDAY SCHOOL
J. B. Wood Music Co., West Monroe, La.,
Finds Church Organizations Good Pros-
pects for Little Piano.
The J. B. Wood Music Co., West Monroe, La., has
recently added its name to the long list of Cable
dealers who are reaping profits and prestige from
big sales to public institutions. The firm is one of
the representative piano houses in that state and its.
selection of the line of The Cable Company, Chicago,
is an evidence of its keen appreciation of an oppor-
tunity.
A committee of seven from the First Baptist
Church of West Monroe, after careful investigation
and comparison, selected four Cable Midget uprights
for their Sunday school rooms and a Cable grand for
the auditorium of their .church. The Cable Midget is
particularly appropriate as a piano for the small Sun-
day school room because it combines so well bigness
of tone with convenient, movable size.
The publicity and advertising value of such a sale
in any community can scarcely be estimated. Long
after the immediate transaction is forgotten this sale
will furnish the J. B. Wood Co. with good prospects
for Cable pianos. The Cable Midget is appreciated
for its dimensions as well as for its full tone quali-
ties. It is only 44 inches high and 55 inches long,
but it is a complete upright built to meet every exact-
ing Cable standard of quality and workmanship.
MEXICAN CHILDREN DANCE
TO MUSIC OF KNABE AMPICO
Knabe Representative in Mexico City Very Success-
ful in Placing the Instruments in Schools.
The accompanying interesting cut shows Mexican
children dancing to the music of a Knabe Ampico.
Love of dancing is almost second nature to our
Piano Cluby^Chicago
DINKIER DANCE-
Jfiursdat, 7^771
Jebnwiy 9
i *
CHEZ PIERRE
THE UTTLE PIANO WITH THE BIG TONE
MIESSNER PIANO COMPANY
Milwaukee, Wis.
126 Reed S t .
247 EAST ONTARIO STREET-
Ihe best dance music in Town
A wonderful amiici"
A Haw & bia Show.
R e t reshrxis r>.15
STRICH & ZEIDLER, Inc.
GRAND, UPRIGHT and PLAYER
AND
HOMER PIANOS
740-742 East 136th Street
NEW YORK
BRINKERHOFF
Grands - Reproducing Grands
Player-Pianos
a n d Pianos
The Line That Sells Easily
and Satisfies Always
BRINKERHOFF
PIANO CO.
711 Milwaukee Ave., CHICAGO, ILL.
ALL
(it you bung
.
it)
h k ^
SPECIAL FEATURE'
A free pri^e drawing ^
Two valuable pn^e? fora-
lady and. Gentleman
USE ENCLOSED CARD FOR.
YOUR RtSERVATiOMS -
MAIL IT TODAY '
PAy AT THE CUEZ
/C
INFORMAL
OLD RUTLAND, VT. BUSINESS
HAS CHANGE OF OWNERS
Norris M. Bradley Retires After Twenty-three Years
and Sells Store to Brother.
Norris M. Bradley, music dealer, Rutland, Vt.,
has retired and sold his business to his brother,
George ,M. Bradley, who will be associated in the
operation of the business by his son, Neil D. Bradley.
The business was established twenty-three years
ago by. Norris M<. .Bradley, who previous to that was
connected with the Estey Organ Company. The new
owner, George M. Bradley, has been active in the
business for sixteen years and is a progressive man
with a fine record for piano sales. His son, too, has
been active in sales.
MEXICAN CHILDREN DANCK TO AMPICO MUSIC.
neighbors south of the Rio Grande, and the children
shown in the picture are having the time of their
young lives dancing to the music of the Knabe
Ampico in one of the public schools of Mexico City.
J. F. Velazquez y Hno., the Knabe dealer in the
Mexican capital, has been very active in promoting
Knabe sales.
BEHR IS FEATURED.
Maddock's "Mascots" is one of the most elab-
orate musical offerings now playing the vaudeville
circuits. The act consists of six beautiful girls, each
of whom is a talented pianist and specialty artist, and
it is now playing to capacity houses in the key cities
of the east and middle-west. For his act C. B. Mad-
dock selected Behr Bros, small pianos and those Baby
instruments receive almost as much attention and in-
terest as the girls themselves. Audiences everywhere
are surprised and charmed that such tone and volume
can emanate from such tiny pianos. Behr dealers
along the route of the act report many sales of the
Baby Behr pianos to folks who have seen and heard
this unusual and attractive offering.
VISITS WURLITZER FACTORY.
M. R. Williams, southwestern representative for
the VVurlitzer line of pianos, is making his annual
trip to the Wurlitzer grand piano factory at De Kalb,
111., and from there will visit the factory of the
Rudolph Wurlitzer Mfg. Co. at North Tonawanda,
X. Y. Mr. Williams reports wonderful prospects for
1928 and is particularly optimistic over the future of
the Wurlitzer Treasure Chest of Music in the south-
ern territorv.
A CLUB FEATURE.
At the luncheon of the Piano Club of Chicago this
The McFarland Music Co., Middletown, Ohio, will week "Ted" Benedict provided the program. Edith
move February 15 from 1310 Central avenue to a Trewartha, Chicago's favorite soprano, accompanied
store in the Ohio Building & Loan Association Build- on the piano by the well-known pianist Mollie Rosen,
was the inspiring number.
ing at 1416 East Central Ave.
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PRESTO-TIMES
•
recently vacated its store and has moved into the
uptown district at Thirty-eighth street and North
avenue. Joseph Roussellot is president of the com-
pany and M. E. Roussellot, managing director. The
company handles Kimball pianos as well as Bruns-
wick phonographs.
Ampico Reproducing Grand Prize in Contest—
Charles H. Schefft, formerly of Ross, Schefft &
Weimann Piano Co., Mason street, Milwaukee, Wis.,
Test Suit Halted, and Other News
has been named manager of the piano department of
of the State.
Flanner-Hafsoos Music Store at 417 Broadway.
Edward Herzog, sales manager of Edmund Gram,
The Wisconsin News, Milwaukee, is publishing a
series of pictures, three each day -for the next twelve Inc., Milwaukee, Wis., is celebrating two silver anni-
weeks, of musicians who record for the Ampico versaries this year, namely, his silver wedding anni-
reproducing piano. Each of these pictures consists of versary and his twenty-fifth year with the Edmund
unmatched portions of the musician's face and the Gram concern.
A new concern for the manufacture of musical in-
task is to assemble each so as to represent the proper
person as well as affixing the musician's name to the struments, and instrument appliances in Milwaukee,
is Harry Rosenthal, Inc. Members of the firm are
picture.
A $1,5.00 Ampico reproducing grand piano will be Leo. D. Swidler, Harry Primakow, and Charles
awarded to the person who sends in the most correct Swidler.
and neatest set of pictures and letter. In addition
there will be $200 in gold distributed to the runners- DINNER=DANCE GIVEN BY
up in the contest. Every night over WISN, the
paper's broadcasting station, a composition played
PIANO CLUB OF CHICAGO
by one of the musicians whose picture will form part
of the following day's contest, will be heard on the
air played by the Ampico. The contest is arousing Clever Publicity for Joyous Event Aids in Increasing
a great deal of interest in Milwaukee.
Number of Diners.
Announcement has been made that the Irving
The Piano Club of Chicago held a dinner dance
Zuelke Music Co., at Appleton will open its store and
office across the street from the structure which was on Thursday evening, February 9 at the Chez Pierre,
destroyed by fire recently. Mr. Zuelke will carry a No. 7 East Ontario street. That the attendance was
stock of music and music instruments, although it good was something largely due to George S. Mc-
will not be as large as that in the destroyed store. No Laughlin, chairman of the dinner committee, who
preparations have been made for taking out the provided a personal character to the announcements
and reminders mailed to members.
debris of the ruined building.
Among the oddities in publicity for the event were
The test suit in Milwaukee, Wis., involving the
right of manufacturers of player-piano rolls to print a telegram with the winning quality of urgency and
songs on the rolls was temporarily halted this week an announcement artistically hand printed by Mr.
when technicalities concerning the filing of the com- McLaughlin and bearing his well-known signature.
plaint arose. If the suit is filed after being amended It is reproduced herewith.
it will name eighteen, including music roll manufac-
turers and piano dealers in Milwaukee and surround-
ing cities it is stated. Infringement of copyright is
alleged in the complaint.
The Lyric Music Co., which has been located at
86 East Wisconsin avenue, for a number of vears,
NEWS OF THE MUSIC
TRADE OF WISCONSIN
The Original Small Piano
Made and marketed by specialists in small
pianos. Valuable territory still open.
Write for our effective sales plan.
'
$
FOUR CABLE MIDGETS
FOR SUNDAY SCHOOL
J. B. Wood Music Co., West Monroe, La.,
Finds Church Organizations Good Pros-
pects for Little Piano.
The J. B. Wood Music Co., West Monroe, La., has
recently added its name to the long list of Cable
dealers who are reaping profits and prestige from
big sales to public institutions. The firm is one of
the representative piano houses in that state and its.
selection of the line of The Cable Company, Chicago,
is an evidence of its keen appreciation of an oppor-
tunity.
A committee of seven from the First Baptist
Church of West Monroe, after careful investigation
and comparison, selected four Cable Midget uprights
for their Sunday school rooms and a Cable grand for
the auditorium of their .church. The Cable Midget is
particularly appropriate as a piano for the small Sun-
day school room because it combines so well bigness
of tone with convenient, movable size.
The publicity and advertising value of such a sale
in any community can scarcely be estimated. Long
after the immediate transaction is forgotten this sale
will furnish the J. B. Wood Co. with good prospects
for Cable pianos. The Cable Midget is appreciated
for its dimensions as well as for its full tone quali-
ties. It is only 44 inches high and 55 inches long,
but it is a complete upright built to meet every exact-
ing Cable standard of quality and workmanship.
MEXICAN CHILDREN DANCE
TO MUSIC OF KNABE AMPICO
Knabe Representative in Mexico City Very Success-
ful in Placing the Instruments in Schools.
The accompanying interesting cut shows Mexican
children dancing to the music of a Knabe Ampico.
Love of dancing is almost second nature to our
Piano Cluby^Chicago
DINKIER DANCE-
Jfiursdat, 7^771
Jebnwiy 9
i *
CHEZ PIERRE
THE UTTLE PIANO WITH THE BIG TONE
MIESSNER PIANO COMPANY
Milwaukee, Wis.
126 Reed S t .
247 EAST ONTARIO STREET-
Ihe best dance music in Town
A wonderful amiici"
A Haw & bia Show.
R e t reshrxis r>.15
STRICH & ZEIDLER, Inc.
GRAND, UPRIGHT and PLAYER
AND
HOMER PIANOS
740-742 East 136th Street
NEW YORK
BRINKERHOFF
Grands - Reproducing Grands
Player-Pianos
a n d Pianos
The Line That Sells Easily
and Satisfies Always
BRINKERHOFF
PIANO CO.
711 Milwaukee Ave., CHICAGO, ILL.
ALL
(it you bung
.
it)
h k ^
SPECIAL FEATURE'
A free pri^e drawing ^
Two valuable pn^e? fora-
lady and. Gentleman
USE ENCLOSED CARD FOR.
YOUR RtSERVATiOMS -
MAIL IT TODAY '
PAy AT THE CUEZ
/C
INFORMAL
OLD RUTLAND, VT. BUSINESS
HAS CHANGE OF OWNERS
Norris M. Bradley Retires After Twenty-three Years
and Sells Store to Brother.
Norris M. Bradley, music dealer, Rutland, Vt.,
has retired and sold his business to his brother,
George ,M. Bradley, who will be associated in the
operation of the business by his son, Neil D. Bradley.
The business was established twenty-three years
ago by. Norris M<. .Bradley, who previous to that was
connected with the Estey Organ Company. The new
owner, George M. Bradley, has been active in the
business for sixteen years and is a progressive man
with a fine record for piano sales. His son, too, has
been active in sales.
MEXICAN CHILDREN DANCK TO AMPICO MUSIC.
neighbors south of the Rio Grande, and the children
shown in the picture are having the time of their
young lives dancing to the music of the Knabe
Ampico in one of the public schools of Mexico City.
J. F. Velazquez y Hno., the Knabe dealer in the
Mexican capital, has been very active in promoting
Knabe sales.
BEHR IS FEATURED.
Maddock's "Mascots" is one of the most elab-
orate musical offerings now playing the vaudeville
circuits. The act consists of six beautiful girls, each
of whom is a talented pianist and specialty artist, and
it is now playing to capacity houses in the key cities
of the east and middle-west. For his act C. B. Mad-
dock selected Behr Bros, small pianos and those Baby
instruments receive almost as much attention and in-
terest as the girls themselves. Audiences everywhere
are surprised and charmed that such tone and volume
can emanate from such tiny pianos. Behr dealers
along the route of the act report many sales of the
Baby Behr pianos to folks who have seen and heard
this unusual and attractive offering.
VISITS WURLITZER FACTORY.
M. R. Williams, southwestern representative for
the VVurlitzer line of pianos, is making his annual
trip to the Wurlitzer grand piano factory at De Kalb,
111., and from there will visit the factory of the
Rudolph Wurlitzer Mfg. Co. at North Tonawanda,
X. Y. Mr. Williams reports wonderful prospects for
1928 and is particularly optimistic over the future of
the Wurlitzer Treasure Chest of Music in the south-
ern territorv.
A CLUB FEATURE.
At the luncheon of the Piano Club of Chicago this
The McFarland Music Co., Middletown, Ohio, will week "Ted" Benedict provided the program. Edith
move February 15 from 1310 Central avenue to a Trewartha, Chicago's favorite soprano, accompanied
store in the Ohio Building & Loan Association Build- on the piano by the well-known pianist Mollie Rosen,
was the inspiring number.
ing at 1416 East Central Ave.
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).