Presto

May 26, 1928
PRESTO-TIMES
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DISPLAYS AT COMMODORE
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tries. Harry Holmes, Charles H.' Burtzloff and Guy
L. Mclntyre in charge.
Rudolph Wurlitzer Mfg. Co., suite 704, 706, Com-
modore; upright and player pianos. Farny R. Wur-
litzer, E. R. Petering, Stephen Battner.
Lester Piano Co., suite 1204, 1206, 1208; upright,
Ludwig & Co., piano manufacturers, with extensive
player, grand, reproducing, Period and special style factories in the Bronx, New York, will have a splen-
pianos; G. Laurence Miller, Jacob, Schiller, C. C. did exhibit of their pianos in Rooms 1800. 1801, 1802
Adler, Herman Roemer, George Miller.
and 1803 in the Commodore Hotel during the coming
national conventions in New York. These rooms
Lyo.n & llealy, Inc., suite 804, 806; pianos, harps, will be in charge of W. T. Brinkerhoff, F. E. Edgar,
hand instruments and Washburn stringed instru- Charles Stanley and L. D. Perry. They will show
ments; W. P. Roche, Mr. Veatch, Mr. Keenly, Mr. beautiful styles of Ludwig & Co. and Strich & Zeid-
Short, Mr. DeCeault. Musical entertainment on Lyon ler makes.
& Healy instruments.
"Our business is gaining," said Will T. Brinkerhoff,
genera) manager of Ludwig & Co., to Presto-Times
Packard Piano Co., suite 1104, 1106; Packard and
correspondent on Thursday. "Mr. Edgar has just
liond upright and grand pianos; A. S. Bond, R. S. footed up the figures, which show that May so far
Hill, H. B. Harris, J. T. Norris, R. W. E. Sperry, (and today only the 17th) has been our biggest
W. B. Marshall, Commodore.
month this year. And our business has been good
since January 1."
Perfection Furniture Co., Chicago, will be repre-
sented at the Hotel Commodore by Burton Calver.
The M. Schulz Co., Chicago, will have something
new in its convention exhibit, at the Hotel Commo-
Milton Piano Company. Rooms 1700-1701-1702. dore, New York, during convention week. The Mari-
George W. Allen, A. Wensley, A. E. Schmalzigan, onette Aria Divina Grand, and the Marionette straight
Charles H. Burtzloff and Guy L. Mclntyre will fea- grand will be featured.
ture several new models baby upright pianos, also
These diminutive instruments, measuring only 3 feet
several new Period model uprights and players in 8 inches by 46 inches, although but recently an-
addition to complete display of uprights, players, elec- nounced to the trade, have already created a sensa-
tion among Schulz dealers.
trics, Welte-Mignon (Licensee) upright pianos.
In addition, the M. Schulz Co. has arranged to
Q R S Company, Chicago, will occupy suite 752, exhibit some of the most recent creations in upright
754 of the Commodore, showing rolls, combination pianos, player pianos, grands and Aria Divina Grands
movie cameras and projectors, and portable phono- in new and special finishes.
graphs, including the new electric portable; Jack
Other features will be the hand carved "Old
Bliss, Harvey Roemer.
World" grands with a new Italian Art model to make
its debut.
B. K. Settergren Co., Inc., will occupy room 608
Rooms 900, 901 and 902 have been reserved by the
of the Commodore, showing grand pianos; B. K. Set- company at the Commodore, with F. P. Bassett,
tergren, W. C. Hess and E. B. Fox will be present.
secretary and treasurer; Otto M. Heinzman, eastern
The Straube Piano Co., in suite 652, 654; pianos; representative, and H. D. Hewitt, salesmanager, in
E. R. Jacobson, H. A. Stewart. Capt. J. A. Bryan, attendance.
J. N. England, W. G. Betz.
The Mathushek Piano Co., New York, will be pre-
Stultz & Bauer Piano Company, Rooms 100-1101- pared to show the dealers attending the annual con-
1102. H. B. Pattison, Charles H. Burtzloff and Guy vention at the Hotel Commodore, New York, the
L. Mclntyre will present complete display upright, week of June 4, its great line of pianos. A complete
players, electrics and reproducing pianos; will also display will be made in Room 1004 of the headquar-
ters hotel.
present several new Period cases.
Those who will meet dealers during the week will
Standard Pneumatic Action Company, Room 1002. be J. Albert Jacob, John H. Gettell and many of the
Complete technical display for Standard Pneumatic travelers of the company.
Action Company dealers. Exhibit in charge of W. A.
Mennie, Herbert E. Lawrence, Ben Strube and
C. Kurtzman & Co., suite 2000, 2001, 2002; pianos,
A. Gutsohn.
including a new 5-foot 3-inch William and Mary Art
grand, introducing new features in design and finish.
Western Electric Piano Co., Chicago, in room 907;
Howard C. Rice, president; Ralph E. Becker, sales
Autophone, Selectra and Mascot coin-operated elec- manager; Wm. L. Longacre, eastern representative:
tric pianos and phonographs. B. C. Waters, sales Geo. P. Shaffer, mid-west representative.
manager; James E. Johnson representative.
Werner Piano Co. will welcome convention visitors
Wurlitzer Grand Piano Co., suite 704, 706; Com- in Suite 900-901-902 at the Commodore during con-
modore; Wurlitzer and Apollo grand and reproducing vention week, where will be displayed an assortment
grand pianos. Farny R. Wurlitzer, Cyril Farny, Gor- of new models in upright pianos and player pianos,
don Laughead, J. C. Henderson.
together with a five-foot grand, and a reproducing
grand, all in modern finishes. A 3 foot 8 inch upright
will be featured. Also an upright Aria Divina repro-
ducing piano.
H. D. Hewitt, salesmanager; F. P. Bassett, secre-
THE LATEST JESSE
tary and treasurer, and Otto M. Heinzman, eastern
FRENCH PRODUCTIONS
representative, will be in charge of the displays.
play during the week will include H. K. Bretzfelder,
Arthur Hahn and S. C. Lubin. Many of the Kra-
kauer Bros, roadmen will also be in attendance.
Everett Piano Co., suite 600, 601, 602; Everett
grands and Period model grand pianos. First show-
ing of the new Everett Artists' grand, 6 feet 2 inches,
John H. Parnham, president; James L. Barron and
Geo. E. Mansfield, vice-presidents; O. C. Stone, sales
manager; A. Dalrymple, New York representative;
W. W. Radcliffe, New England representative.
The Straube Piano Company, Hammond, Ind., will
have an exhibit of its extensive line of pianos, players
and reproducing pianos In Suite 652-654, Hotel Com-
modore, during the week of the convention. Among
those who will be present to greet dealers will be
E. R, Jacobson, president of the company, and H. A.
Stewart, sales manager. A fine range of period
models will be shown, including the Florentine, Span-
ish, Dominion, Queen Anne, Louis XVI and Italian.
A special invitation to visit the convention display
has been mailed to the trade.
The Premier Grand Piano Co. will have two ex-
hibits during the week of the convention, one at the
Hotel Commodore and a bigger one at the spacious
warerooms at 6 East 39th street, corner of Fifth
avenue.
"Our place of business is so close to the convention
that it takes only a few steps to reach us, and our
warerooms are so expansive that we can show the
entire line and all our styles," said Walter C. Hep-
perla, president of the company.
The Western Electric Piano Co., 840-852 Black-
hawk street, Chicago, makes the announcement that
it will exhibit four of its leading styles at the Com-
modore Hotel, June 4-7.
The instruments to be seen by convention visitors
are the style B-selector, Derby, the straight Auto-
phone and the amplified Autophone. The company
is looking forward to much success with the Auto-
phone, which has attracted attention throughout the
trade. Dealers have been notified that a surprise,
something new, awaits them at Room 907, Hotel
Commodore.
B. C. Waters and James E. Johnson will be on
hand to greet the trade visitors and explain the fea-
tures of the wide line of instruments produced by the
active Chicago industry.
The Ivers & Pond Piano Co., New York, will have
Rooms 2152 and 2154 at the Hotel Commodore for
its display of pianos during the national convention.
Clarence H. Pond, president; Shepard Pond, Alexis
A. Mahan, Ralph Henry Day, A. Evan Stone and W.
Harcourt Evans will attend.
The Ivers & Pond line will be on exhibition at the
warerooms of the Manhattan dealers representing the
line, C. H. Ditson & Co., 8 East 34th street.
The latest firm to take space for an exhibit in the
Commodore Hotel at convention time was the Kel-
logg Switchboard Works of Chicago, whose repre-
sentative signed up for display rooms at the hotel on
Monday of this week. Kellogg's will display radio
and attachments of their own manufacture.
The J. P. Seeburg Piano Co., Chicago, will be
represented in a display at the Hotel Commodore
during convention week. The following instruments
will be shown: Style K, Special Orchestrion; Style
C, small piano with orchestrion; Greyhound Auto-
phone (automatic phonograph): New Style H. O.
House pipe organ; regular M. O. combination organ
and piano.
The comprehensive display of Krakauer Bros., New
The following will be in attendance: J. P. See-
York, at the Hotel Commodore during convention
week will be in Rooms 908, 910, 912, 914 and 972. burg, N. M. Seeburg, R. N. Malmquist, C. A. Stan-
Those who will meet the visiting dealers at the dis- ley, Jr., M. Lemonoff and Robt. McCabe.
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