Presto
Issue: 1928 2186 - Page 12
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June 23, 1928
P R E S T O-T I M E S
QULBRANSEN CO. AT CONVENTION
SALON DE LA MUSIQUE
CLOSED THIS WEEK
Two Hundred Exhibitors Represent All
Phases of Industry in Feature of the Great
Paris International Fair.
The great yearly Paris International Fair is over
and with it the 6th Salon de la Musique et du Phono-
graphe. More exhibitors than ever before have there
been grouped together this year: manufacturers of all
kinds of instruments, talking machines, accessories as
well as music publishers. Amongst them a consider-
able number of foreign exhibitors coming from the
different countries of Europe. All were much satisfied
with the big success their exhibition has found and
declared unanimously the Salon de la Musique a real
necessity which most facilitates every kind of transac-
tion between manufacturer, distributor and retailer.
On May 12, 1928, the Salon de la Musique et du
Phonographe opened for the sixth time at the Paris
International Fair. About 200 exhibitors represent
the different branches of the industry, pianos, stringed
and wind instruments, talking machines, musical edi-
tion, etc. In spite of all previsions all the stands
have been leased and more than 20 demands could
not be satisfied. This means for the next year a new
enlargement of the salon.
ALLEN A. A. FISHER LEAVES
FORTUNE TO SON "BUD"
THE
1
(JULBKAXSEX GOLDEN
JUBILEE SALON, BELMONT HOTEL, NEW YORK CITY, DURING THE
TIONAL MUSIC TRADE CONVENTION.
The accompanying cut shows the display of the
Gulbransen Company, Chicago, in the Palm Gar-
den of the Belmont Hotel, duriirj^'convention week,
one of the most popular business and social meeting
places of the conclave. Lack.of a room sufficiently
large to make an impressive salon display of pianos,
at the Commodore, led the company to pick the Bel-
mont Hotel, just across'the street, as its convention
headquarters. Hundreds of merchants and other
piano men and the public of Xew York came to
view the display time and again to consider this or
that angle of the new style idea as exemplified in
the Gulbransen piano display.
Art Minuet in Gold
Outstanding from the standpoint of novelty was
an Art Model Minuet in gold, made especially for
the occasion in honor of A. G. Gulbransen's fifty
years of achievement in the music industry. The
instruments to first strike the eye upon entering the
Gulbransen Salon were the Spanish Grand in wal-
nut, given added beauty through its setting in a Gul-
bransen window display with rich tapestry back-
ground and an Art. Model Minuet in Japanese red.
Others were ivory-colored Art Model Minuets, in
deep vcrde green and in walnut.
The beauty of the 4-foo 6-inch Art Grand in wal-
nut made it a great favorite with the visitors and
others on which deep interest was focused were
an Autograph Model Triano, the three-way piano in
beautifully matched walnut: a small grand in wal-
nut; a small reproducing grand; a high-lighted Wal-
nut Minuet; the fancy panel backs on all the Art
Model Minuets and a Cosmopolitan Model Register-
ing piano;-a Symphony Model Upright in walnut:
a Minuet in mahogany and styles "S" and "C" and
Community and Suburban Model Registering pianos
in mahogany.
Great interest on the part of the merchants was
shown in a new Semi-Period Gulbransen Triano,
NA-
the three-way piano, shown for the first time with
a new feature, namely, use of the center piano pedal
for volume control. This is a new development of
the Gulbransen Company in the way of roll-played
pianos.
Advertising Features
A great many advertising features were used to
set off the display, such as the monthly window
service, special Golden Jubilee price cards bearing
the national price of each Gulbransen instrument,
Motograph signs, Color-Glo signs and other similar
attractive features.
Gulbransen merchants came from all parts of the
country to visit the headquarters of the company
at this National Convention. Some, as a matter of
fact, came from Canada, Germany and other coun-
tries. This leading Chicago house was represented
at the convention by John S. Gorman, vice-president
and sales manager; Walter Kiehn, advertising man-
ager; C. W. Ruby, A. W. Musser, G. C. Girardin
and Howard Weber, salesmen.
Allen A. Fisher, who died December 23, 2926, left
his son, Harry C, better known as "Bud" Fisher, the
cartoonist who created the Mutt and Jeff strip, $240,-
785, as sole heir to the estate of his father, according
to a transfer tax appraisal filed on Tuesday of this
week. Gross assets of the father's estate were $253,-
466, the larger part being an interest in the partner-
ship of Fisher & Fisher, valued at $246,339. Fisher
& Fisher, papers tiled with the appraisal showed, was
a partnership comprising Mr. Fisher, his wife, Nellie
G. Fisher, and the son.
After a corporation known as Fisher & Fisher, Inc.,
had taken over the contract rights on the cartoons, in
1926, "Bud" Fisher's salary was $52,000 a year, while
his father and mother each received $10,000, the sou
holding 98 shares of the stock and his parents one
each. A contract between the son and the Bell Syn-
dicate, Inc., showed he was to receive 75 per cent
weekly of the gross sales of the comic strip "Mutt
and Jeff," guaranteed minimum being $3,000 weekly.
A. A. Fisher, back in the early nineties, with his
family lived in the Arcade Building, in Fort Wayne.
FOUR FISCHERS FOR THEATER.
Ind., where Mr. F'isher was the whirlwind salesman
The sale of four J. & C. Fischer pianos to the for the W. W. Kimball Company's pianos in that city
Universal Chain Theatrical Enterprises, New York and Allen County. He sold so many Kimballs that
City, one of the group of enterprises controlled by the regular dealers in Fort Wayne actually acted dis-
Carl Laemmle, recently was reported. This chain tressed. At a later time Mr. Fisher was the whirl-
builds and operates high grade movie houses in vari- wind salesman of the entire Pacific Coast, sweeping
ous parts of the country. Of the four Fischer grands, through California, Oregon, Washington and the In-
land Empire.
three Avere Style 16 and one Style 14.
NONE BETTER
RADLE
PLAYERS—PIANOS
F. RADLE, Inc.
609-613 W. 36th Street
New York
FEW AS GOOD
WILLIAMS
The Heppe, Marcellus and Edouard Jules piano
manufactured by the
HEPPE PIANO COMPANY
are the only pianos In the world with
Three Sounding Boards.
Patented In the United States, Great Britain.
France, Germany and Canada.
Liberal arrangements t«, responsible agents only.
Main Office, 1117 Chestnut St.
PHILADELPHIA, PA.
One-Time Well-Known Piano Man Had Interest in
Fisher & Fisher.
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
attract.barguin hunters. It does, however, win the
hearty approval and support of a very desirable
and substantial patronage.
M a k e
«
E p w o r t h
of Williams Piano.,
orfan.
P U n o a
mnd
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!
''PO young men looking for such an opportunity wo
J. have an unusual offei. Fight now in numberless
cities and towi s in the United States, x here is a (treat
shortage of piano experts, technicians and tuners.
The few masters there are, are earning larire salaries
for this exceptionally
pleasant work. Their time is
1
•rnce "
IKEE
their own. They meet the best peo-
pic and soon establish a wealthy clien-
_ ,
. ,
' * . We can fit you for this profession
Send for free book- l n i.-Droximately 12 short weeks' time!
...t which tells. al
N o w d o n . t B a y v o u a r e n o t a musician!
about our practical Y ou don't need to be. In fact, 60 per
ana thorough train- c e n t o f , ) u r graduates never took a music
i n * c o u r s e , a e n u l e s s o n Ann now they are earning from
for 't now I
$250 to $500 a month!
This is the opportunity you are looking for. Pull yourself out
_ JlT gy of the rut. Make a place for yourself among the
"
bestpeople. Our complete course in our new J8B.-
000.00 laboratory fita you for a real paying pro-
fession. You can doit. Others have with no better
POLK COLLEGE O F PIANO T U N I N G
»olk Building. D«f L1O
La Port*. Ind.
Polk Collect jf Piano Tuning, La Porte, Ind.
Plea.se nend me a copy of your free booklet.
I like the idea of becoming a professional
piano expert.
Name
Addre,,
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June 23, 1928
P R E S T O-T I M E S
QULBRANSEN CO. AT CONVENTION
SALON DE LA MUSIQUE
CLOSED THIS WEEK
Two Hundred Exhibitors Represent All
Phases of Industry in Feature of the Great
Paris International Fair.
The great yearly Paris International Fair is over
and with it the 6th Salon de la Musique et du Phono-
graphe. More exhibitors than ever before have there
been grouped together this year: manufacturers of all
kinds of instruments, talking machines, accessories as
well as music publishers. Amongst them a consider-
able number of foreign exhibitors coming from the
different countries of Europe. All were much satisfied
with the big success their exhibition has found and
declared unanimously the Salon de la Musique a real
necessity which most facilitates every kind of transac-
tion between manufacturer, distributor and retailer.
On May 12, 1928, the Salon de la Musique et du
Phonographe opened for the sixth time at the Paris
International Fair. About 200 exhibitors represent
the different branches of the industry, pianos, stringed
and wind instruments, talking machines, musical edi-
tion, etc. In spite of all previsions all the stands
have been leased and more than 20 demands could
not be satisfied. This means for the next year a new
enlargement of the salon.
ALLEN A. A. FISHER LEAVES
FORTUNE TO SON "BUD"
THE
1
(JULBKAXSEX GOLDEN
JUBILEE SALON, BELMONT HOTEL, NEW YORK CITY, DURING THE
TIONAL MUSIC TRADE CONVENTION.
The accompanying cut shows the display of the
Gulbransen Company, Chicago, in the Palm Gar-
den of the Belmont Hotel, duriirj^'convention week,
one of the most popular business and social meeting
places of the conclave. Lack.of a room sufficiently
large to make an impressive salon display of pianos,
at the Commodore, led the company to pick the Bel-
mont Hotel, just across'the street, as its convention
headquarters. Hundreds of merchants and other
piano men and the public of Xew York came to
view the display time and again to consider this or
that angle of the new style idea as exemplified in
the Gulbransen piano display.
Art Minuet in Gold
Outstanding from the standpoint of novelty was
an Art Model Minuet in gold, made especially for
the occasion in honor of A. G. Gulbransen's fifty
years of achievement in the music industry. The
instruments to first strike the eye upon entering the
Gulbransen Salon were the Spanish Grand in wal-
nut, given added beauty through its setting in a Gul-
bransen window display with rich tapestry back-
ground and an Art. Model Minuet in Japanese red.
Others were ivory-colored Art Model Minuets, in
deep vcrde green and in walnut.
The beauty of the 4-foo 6-inch Art Grand in wal-
nut made it a great favorite with the visitors and
others on which deep interest was focused were
an Autograph Model Triano, the three-way piano in
beautifully matched walnut: a small grand in wal-
nut; a small reproducing grand; a high-lighted Wal-
nut Minuet; the fancy panel backs on all the Art
Model Minuets and a Cosmopolitan Model Register-
ing piano;-a Symphony Model Upright in walnut:
a Minuet in mahogany and styles "S" and "C" and
Community and Suburban Model Registering pianos
in mahogany.
Great interest on the part of the merchants was
shown in a new Semi-Period Gulbransen Triano,
NA-
the three-way piano, shown for the first time with
a new feature, namely, use of the center piano pedal
for volume control. This is a new development of
the Gulbransen Company in the way of roll-played
pianos.
Advertising Features
A great many advertising features were used to
set off the display, such as the monthly window
service, special Golden Jubilee price cards bearing
the national price of each Gulbransen instrument,
Motograph signs, Color-Glo signs and other similar
attractive features.
Gulbransen merchants came from all parts of the
country to visit the headquarters of the company
at this National Convention. Some, as a matter of
fact, came from Canada, Germany and other coun-
tries. This leading Chicago house was represented
at the convention by John S. Gorman, vice-president
and sales manager; Walter Kiehn, advertising man-
ager; C. W. Ruby, A. W. Musser, G. C. Girardin
and Howard Weber, salesmen.
Allen A. Fisher, who died December 23, 2926, left
his son, Harry C, better known as "Bud" Fisher, the
cartoonist who created the Mutt and Jeff strip, $240,-
785, as sole heir to the estate of his father, according
to a transfer tax appraisal filed on Tuesday of this
week. Gross assets of the father's estate were $253,-
466, the larger part being an interest in the partner-
ship of Fisher & Fisher, valued at $246,339. Fisher
& Fisher, papers tiled with the appraisal showed, was
a partnership comprising Mr. Fisher, his wife, Nellie
G. Fisher, and the son.
After a corporation known as Fisher & Fisher, Inc.,
had taken over the contract rights on the cartoons, in
1926, "Bud" Fisher's salary was $52,000 a year, while
his father and mother each received $10,000, the sou
holding 98 shares of the stock and his parents one
each. A contract between the son and the Bell Syn-
dicate, Inc., showed he was to receive 75 per cent
weekly of the gross sales of the comic strip "Mutt
and Jeff," guaranteed minimum being $3,000 weekly.
A. A. Fisher, back in the early nineties, with his
family lived in the Arcade Building, in Fort Wayne.
FOUR FISCHERS FOR THEATER.
Ind., where Mr. F'isher was the whirlwind salesman
The sale of four J. & C. Fischer pianos to the for the W. W. Kimball Company's pianos in that city
Universal Chain Theatrical Enterprises, New York and Allen County. He sold so many Kimballs that
City, one of the group of enterprises controlled by the regular dealers in Fort Wayne actually acted dis-
Carl Laemmle, recently was reported. This chain tressed. At a later time Mr. Fisher was the whirl-
builds and operates high grade movie houses in vari- wind salesman of the entire Pacific Coast, sweeping
ous parts of the country. Of the four Fischer grands, through California, Oregon, Washington and the In-
land Empire.
three Avere Style 16 and one Style 14.
NONE BETTER
RADLE
PLAYERS—PIANOS
F. RADLE, Inc.
609-613 W. 36th Street
New York
FEW AS GOOD
WILLIAMS
The Heppe, Marcellus and Edouard Jules piano
manufactured by the
HEPPE PIANO COMPANY
are the only pianos In the world with
Three Sounding Boards.
Patented In the United States, Great Britain.
France, Germany and Canada.
Liberal arrangements t«, responsible agents only.
Main Office, 1117 Chestnut St.
PHILADELPHIA, PA.
One-Time Well-Known Piano Man Had Interest in
Fisher & Fisher.
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
attract.barguin hunters. It does, however, win the
hearty approval and support of a very desirable
and substantial patronage.
M a k e
«
E p w o r t h
of Williams Piano.,
orfan.
P U n o a
mnd
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!
''PO young men looking for such an opportunity wo
J. have an unusual offei. Fight now in numberless
cities and towi s in the United States, x here is a (treat
shortage of piano experts, technicians and tuners.
The few masters there are, are earning larire salaries
for this exceptionally
pleasant work. Their time is
1
•rnce "
IKEE
their own. They meet the best peo-
pic and soon establish a wealthy clien-
_ ,
. ,
' * . We can fit you for this profession
Send for free book- l n i.-Droximately 12 short weeks' time!
...t which tells. al
N o w d o n . t B a y v o u a r e n o t a musician!
about our practical Y ou don't need to be. In fact, 60 per
ana thorough train- c e n t o f , ) u r graduates never took a music
i n * c o u r s e , a e n u l e s s o n Ann now they are earning from
for 't now I
$250 to $500 a month!
This is the opportunity you are looking for. Pull yourself out
_ JlT gy of the rut. Make a place for yourself among the
"
bestpeople. Our complete course in our new J8B.-
000.00 laboratory fita you for a real paying pro-
fession. You can doit. Others have with no better
POLK COLLEGE O F PIANO T U N I N G
»olk Building. D«f L1O
La Port*. Ind.
Polk Collect jf Piano Tuning, La Porte, Ind.
Plea.se nend me a copy of your free booklet.
I like the idea of becoming a professional
piano expert.
Name
Addre,,
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).