Presto
Issue: 1928 2185 - Page 12
PRESTO-TIMES
12
OLD OSHKOSH FIRM
OBSERVES ANNIVERSARY
dining place. Mr. Ramsdell writes: "Your piano is
a marvel and has helped us considerably, for we have
a very discriminating clientele. It is our intention
to take one or two of the "Tom Thumb" pianos to
our Cafe May Restaurant this summer, for we know
they will meet with the same success there as they
have in Philadelphia."
June 16, 1928
ORGAN COMPANY TO MOVE
The Page Organ Co., Lima, O., will remove its
plants to Dayton, according to an announcement this
week. The Page Organ Co. was organized at Lima
several years ago. The company has just obtained
Incidents in Sales of Music Goods Forty Years
contracts for the building of instruments costing ap-
Ago Recalled by Founder of the
$200,000, the most important of these
LYNN SHEELEY BROUGHT FAMILY. proximately
Wisconsin House.
being a 2,400-pipe organ to be installed in the Wrig-
Lynn Sheeley, the Morristown. Tenn., music dealer,
The Wilson Music Company, Oshkosh, Wis., ob- attended the trade convention in New York last week. Jey Theater and dance hall on Catalina Island, Cali-
fornia. It is probable that some of the contracts now
served its fortieth anniversary in business recently. Mr. Sheeley is a member of the Board of Control, on
held
by the concern will be filed at Dayton. Accord-
Business under the name of The Wilson Music Com- which he has served for the past five years. Mrs.
pany was begun in 1888, when E. S. Wilson, present Sheeley, his daughters Mary and Sarah, and Lynn, ing to announcement, the Page Organ Co. has taken
president of the firm, and his father, Joseph Wilson, Jr., accompanied Mr. Sheeley on this trip. They over a large plant in the eastern section of Dayton
purchased the music store of G. R. Lampard. That visted Washington, Baltimore, Atlantic City and Ros- and will remove its business there within a short
early store was located at the site now occupied by coe, N. Y., which is Mr. Sheeley's old home, Bing- period.
the First National Bank.
hamton and Buffalo. From Niagara Falls they re-
When the building was sold for remodeling into turned home through Canada to Detroit, to Cincin-
The Mathewson-Pelz Jewelry Co., Marshall, Tex.,
the old Masonic temple, the Wilson Music Company nati, and then to Morristown by the Buffalo Trail.
which conducts a jewelry store at 211 West Rusk
moved into the Cook block on the west side of Main
street, has added a line of musical instruments and
street. After conducting a music business there for
Alice Murray has opened a music store at 120 will conduct the new department under the name,
about twenty-eight years, the company moved into Empire street, Providence, R. I.
"The Melody Shop."
its present spacious headquarters at 178-180 Main
street. At nearly the same time about seven years
ago, a branch store was opened at Stevens Point,
Wisconsin.
According to Mr. Wilson, organs were the popular
big instruments when they first entered business.
The saxophone and the ukelele, popular instruments
of today, were unknown. The guitar and banjo were
the popular home instruments, because they repre-
sented only a moderate expenditure.
A. P. CO'S DINNER AND THEATER PARTY
TOM THUMB FOR RESTAURANT.
Ramsdell & Son, Philadelphia, report they have
just sold another Milton "Tom Thumb" piano to
Henri's Restaurant, which makes the third "Tom
Thumb" instrument now in daily use at this famous
BRINKERHOFF
Grands
- Reproducing Grands
Player-Pianos
and Pianos
The Line That Sells Easily
and Satisfies Always
BRINKERHOFF
PIANO CO.
711 Milwaukee Ave., CHICAGO, ILL.
The accompanying cut shows the group of guests
at the American Piano Company's dinner and dance
following the theater party on Tuesday night of con-
vention week. The theater was the fashionable Zieg-
feld at 54th street and Sixth avenue, and the play
was "The Show Boat." At 11:30 buses carried the
guests to the Biltmore Hotel, where a splendid dinner
was served and nearly everybody present took part
in the dancing.
THE JEWETT PIANOS
Reliable Grand, Upright and Player Pianos
JEWETT PIANO CO., Boston Factories: Leominster, Mass.
STRICH & ZEIDLER, Inc.
GRAND, UPRIGHT and PLAYER
The Heppe, Marcellus and Edouard Jules Piano
manufactured by the
AND
HEPPE PIANO COMPANY
HOMER PIANOS
are the only pianos In the world with
Three Sounding Boards.
Patented in the United States. Great Britain,
France, Germany and Canada.
Liberal arrangements to responsible agents only.
Main Office, 1117 Chestnut St.
PHILADELPHIA, PA.
740-742 East 136th Street
NEW YORK
Becker Bros. WILLIAMS
PIANOS
Manufacturer » of
HIGH GRADE PIANOS
and PLAYER PIANOS
Factory and Wareroomb
767-769 Tenth Avenue, New York
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
attractj>argain hunters. It does, however, win the
hearty approval and support of a very desirable
•nd substantial patronage.
M/IMIANK
Maker* of
Williams
Piano..
WILLIAMS
p
.
organ.
Epworth
Uno
Wanted: Tfoung Men!
—to become specialists in a field which will not
only pay them exceptionally well but which
will give them social standing and prominence!
O young men looking for such an opportunity vtv.
T
have an unuBual offei. Right now in numberless
cities and towi.s in the United States, 'here is a great
shortage of piano experts, technicjans and tuners.
The few masters there are, are earning large salaries
for tn;3 exceptionally pleasant work. Their time is
"
"
FREE
their own. They meet the best peo-
ple and soon establish a wealthy clien-
tele. Wo can fit you for this profession
Send for free bnok- In L'Droximately 12 short weeks' time!
:.•(, which tells all
Now don't say
about our practical
eed to be. In fact, 50 per
Bno thoroujrh train-
This is the
Pull you elf out
le opportunity
opn
ace for yourself lf amng the
plete course in ournew$85 t -
of tl
you for a real paying pro
feSBipn. You can doit. Others have with notetter
backing than you have. Find out the facts anyway.
POLK COLLEGE OF PIANO TUNING
Ik Building. CXftlO
La Port*, Ind.
Polk Colleat jf Piano Tuning, La Porte. Ind.
Please eend me a copy of your free booklet.
I like the idea of Mcomluff A profeaslonal
piano expert.
and
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12
OLD OSHKOSH FIRM
OBSERVES ANNIVERSARY
dining place. Mr. Ramsdell writes: "Your piano is
a marvel and has helped us considerably, for we have
a very discriminating clientele. It is our intention
to take one or two of the "Tom Thumb" pianos to
our Cafe May Restaurant this summer, for we know
they will meet with the same success there as they
have in Philadelphia."
June 16, 1928
ORGAN COMPANY TO MOVE
The Page Organ Co., Lima, O., will remove its
plants to Dayton, according to an announcement this
week. The Page Organ Co. was organized at Lima
several years ago. The company has just obtained
Incidents in Sales of Music Goods Forty Years
contracts for the building of instruments costing ap-
Ago Recalled by Founder of the
$200,000, the most important of these
LYNN SHEELEY BROUGHT FAMILY. proximately
Wisconsin House.
being a 2,400-pipe organ to be installed in the Wrig-
Lynn Sheeley, the Morristown. Tenn., music dealer,
The Wilson Music Company, Oshkosh, Wis., ob- attended the trade convention in New York last week. Jey Theater and dance hall on Catalina Island, Cali-
fornia. It is probable that some of the contracts now
served its fortieth anniversary in business recently. Mr. Sheeley is a member of the Board of Control, on
held
by the concern will be filed at Dayton. Accord-
Business under the name of The Wilson Music Com- which he has served for the past five years. Mrs.
pany was begun in 1888, when E. S. Wilson, present Sheeley, his daughters Mary and Sarah, and Lynn, ing to announcement, the Page Organ Co. has taken
president of the firm, and his father, Joseph Wilson, Jr., accompanied Mr. Sheeley on this trip. They over a large plant in the eastern section of Dayton
purchased the music store of G. R. Lampard. That visted Washington, Baltimore, Atlantic City and Ros- and will remove its business there within a short
early store was located at the site now occupied by coe, N. Y., which is Mr. Sheeley's old home, Bing- period.
the First National Bank.
hamton and Buffalo. From Niagara Falls they re-
When the building was sold for remodeling into turned home through Canada to Detroit, to Cincin-
The Mathewson-Pelz Jewelry Co., Marshall, Tex.,
the old Masonic temple, the Wilson Music Company nati, and then to Morristown by the Buffalo Trail.
which conducts a jewelry store at 211 West Rusk
moved into the Cook block on the west side of Main
street, has added a line of musical instruments and
street. After conducting a music business there for
Alice Murray has opened a music store at 120 will conduct the new department under the name,
about twenty-eight years, the company moved into Empire street, Providence, R. I.
"The Melody Shop."
its present spacious headquarters at 178-180 Main
street. At nearly the same time about seven years
ago, a branch store was opened at Stevens Point,
Wisconsin.
According to Mr. Wilson, organs were the popular
big instruments when they first entered business.
The saxophone and the ukelele, popular instruments
of today, were unknown. The guitar and banjo were
the popular home instruments, because they repre-
sented only a moderate expenditure.
A. P. CO'S DINNER AND THEATER PARTY
TOM THUMB FOR RESTAURANT.
Ramsdell & Son, Philadelphia, report they have
just sold another Milton "Tom Thumb" piano to
Henri's Restaurant, which makes the third "Tom
Thumb" instrument now in daily use at this famous
BRINKERHOFF
Grands
- Reproducing Grands
Player-Pianos
and Pianos
The Line That Sells Easily
and Satisfies Always
BRINKERHOFF
PIANO CO.
711 Milwaukee Ave., CHICAGO, ILL.
The accompanying cut shows the group of guests
at the American Piano Company's dinner and dance
following the theater party on Tuesday night of con-
vention week. The theater was the fashionable Zieg-
feld at 54th street and Sixth avenue, and the play
was "The Show Boat." At 11:30 buses carried the
guests to the Biltmore Hotel, where a splendid dinner
was served and nearly everybody present took part
in the dancing.
THE JEWETT PIANOS
Reliable Grand, Upright and Player Pianos
JEWETT PIANO CO., Boston Factories: Leominster, Mass.
STRICH & ZEIDLER, Inc.
GRAND, UPRIGHT and PLAYER
The Heppe, Marcellus and Edouard Jules Piano
manufactured by the
AND
HEPPE PIANO COMPANY
HOMER PIANOS
are the only pianos In the world with
Three Sounding Boards.
Patented in the United States. Great Britain,
France, Germany and Canada.
Liberal arrangements to responsible agents only.
Main Office, 1117 Chestnut St.
PHILADELPHIA, PA.
740-742 East 136th Street
NEW YORK
Becker Bros. WILLIAMS
PIANOS
Manufacturer » of
HIGH GRADE PIANOS
and PLAYER PIANOS
Factory and Wareroomb
767-769 Tenth Avenue, New York
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
attractj>argain hunters. It does, however, win the
hearty approval and support of a very desirable
•nd substantial patronage.
M/IMIANK
Maker* of
Williams
Piano..
WILLIAMS
p
.
organ.
Epworth
Uno
Wanted: Tfoung Men!
—to become specialists in a field which will not
only pay them exceptionally well but which
will give them social standing and prominence!
O young men looking for such an opportunity vtv.
T
have an unuBual offei. Right now in numberless
cities and towi.s in the United States, 'here is a great
shortage of piano experts, technicjans and tuners.
The few masters there are, are earning large salaries
for tn;3 exceptionally pleasant work. Their time is
"
"
FREE
their own. They meet the best peo-
ple and soon establish a wealthy clien-
tele. Wo can fit you for this profession
Send for free bnok- In L'Droximately 12 short weeks' time!
:.•(, which tells all
Now don't say
about our practical
eed to be. In fact, 50 per
Bno thoroujrh train-
This is the
Pull you elf out
le opportunity
opn
ace for yourself lf amng the
plete course in ournew$85 t -
of tl
you for a real paying pro
feSBipn. You can doit. Others have with notetter
backing than you have. Find out the facts anyway.
POLK COLLEGE OF PIANO TUNING
Ik Building. CXftlO
La Port*, Ind.
Polk Colleat jf Piano Tuning, La Porte. Ind.
Please eend me a copy of your free booklet.
I like the idea of Mcomluff A profeaslonal
piano expert.
and
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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).
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