Presto
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PRESTO-TIMES
July 14, 1928
LUCIE CAFFARET IN
PRAISE OF BALDWIN
Brilliant Young Parisian Artist Says Supple
Action of the Instrument Meets Diverse
Requirements of the Modern Pianist.
Lucie Caffaret, the young Parisian pianist who has
chosen the Baldwin pr'ano for her American tour.
its tone makes it the perfect instrument of the pres-
ent and the future."
Mile. Caffaret began her career by winning a bril-
liant first prize at the Conservatoire de Paris at the
age of 11. Immediately after this momentous event,
she played at one of the famous Colonne "concerts,
with such success as to warrant a second appearance,
within a few days, which results in her being hailed
as a "rising star."
Mile. Caffaret accumulated so extensive a reper-
toire as to enable her, in..'t923, to give a series of ten
recitals in five weeks, a feat previously performed in
Paris only by Rubinstein. Since 1925 her appearances
in London, Berlin and other European capitals have
been an incontestable series of triumphs.
THE GULBRANSEN RADIO LINE
Keen Interest Expressed by Dealers in New Phase of
Gulbransen Company's Business.
Following announcement of the Gulbransen radio,
scores of letters have been received from Gulbransen
dealers indicating that they not only desire the Gul-
bransen radio franchise, but in many cases that it
would be the exclusive radio line handled. The Gul-
bransen radio has back of it a background of suc-
cessful p : ano manufacture and merchandising, of piano
THE BURNS BROTHERS.
The piano trade of the Central West has been ask-
ing for some years past, 'What became of Frank. B.
Burns, who formerly trave'ed extensively for Burns
Bros., when they were manufacturers of piano scarfs,
etc., in western Indiana?" Both the Burns brothers—
Frank B. and Charles A.—are now wealthy and still
hustling, although their lines of business are slightly
different from piano scarfs. Charles A. Burns is pres-
ident of the Burns Bros. Mfg. Co., Inc., velour yard
goods, Hastings-on-Hudson, N. Y., and 63 East 131st
street,. New York City, and Frank B. Burns is head
of the Burns Lace Mfg. Co., 156 Fifth avenue, New
York. The draperies manufactured by Burns Bros 1 ,
are sold mostly to department stores:
leadership. It has back of it A. G. Gulbransen's fifty-
years' of experience in the music business.
The outlet for the Gulbransen radio starts with the
organization of more than 1,500 dealers in every part
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS IN BULGARIA.
The Bulgarian town of Kazanlyk will soon have its of the country who are already familiar with Gulbran-
musical instrument industry, founded with the aid of sen merchandise, policies and service to the retail
a local bank. The name to be given to this concern merchant. Typical of the tenor of the letters that
is the "Cremona," and it will be the first industry have come to the Gulbransen Radio Division, is this
of the kind in Bulgaria. It" will employ musical in- expression of one of the dealers:
"I have been an exclusive Gulbransen dealer for
strument makers who have been engaged in the
industry in their homes for many years, their most about eight years, and I naturally expect that when
usual products being fiddles, guitars, 'cellos, etc. It the radio appears I will handle it, although I have
is claimed that the Bulgarian musical instruments, not handled radios of any kind so far." Many of the
when produced on a factory scale, will be 50 per cent dealers express a very similar sentiment and their
cheaper than the foreign instruments with which they response is very gratifying to the company.
Gulbransen radios are of an unusually high type
LUCIE CAFFARET.
will have to compete.
and will represent very unusual value to users. Not
expressed her appreciation of the instrument in the
only the mechanical, but the furniture angle has
FOR LOWER SHIPPING RATES.
following letter to The Baldwin Piano Co.:
been very highly developed, the latter due to the
"The supple action of the Baldwin meets the diverse
Frank Bates, traffic expert for Sherman, Clay & experience of the company in piano cabinet work.
requirements of the modern artist and the beautv of
Co., San Francisco, and others are making efforts to
At the present time there are two models of Gul-
bring westbound shipments of combination talking bransen radios—the Console Model No. 260C and the
machines and radios down in rates. At present rates Table Model No. 160T, both six tube sets. Picture
are higher on radio than on talking machines and the of the table model appears in this connection.
trade wants to make them equal by bringing down
THE LATEST JESSE
the rates on radio. The matter has been taken up
JOINS WURLITZER FORCE.
with the Transcontinental Freight Bureau.
FRENCH PRODUCTIONS
Miss Myrtle Kent has become associated with the
Wurlitzer Music Co., 144 South High street, Colum-
NEW GRINNELL BRANCH.
bus, O., in charge of the phonograph record depart-
Grinnell Brothers Music House, Detroit, Mich., has ment. Miss Kent for a number of years has been
leased the store located at 121 North Woodward ave- connected with Columbus music concerns and has a
nue in Birmingham section where the company pro- wide experience in record selling.
poses to immediately open another branch.
The LEADING LINE
WEAVER PIANOS
Qrandn. Uprights and Players
Finest and most artistic
piano in design, tone and
construction that can be
made.
YORK PIANO5>
Uprights and Playnr Pianos
A high grade piano of great
value and with charming tone quality.
Livingston PUnoS— Uprights and Playaf Pianos
A popular piano at a popular price.
The Heppe, Marcellus and Edouard Jules Piano
manufactured by the
HEPPE PIANO COMPANY
FOLLOW THE TRADITION OF
UNQUESTIONABLE QUALITY
Over 70.000 instrument! made by thii oompanjr are sing-
ing their own praises in all parts of the civilised world.
Write for catalogues and state on what terms yon wonld
like to deal, and we will make FOB e proposition it yea arc
located in open territory.
WEAVES PIANO CO.. Inc
Factory: YORK. P \ .
Established l»70
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.
Coin Operated and Selection Controlled Pianos
MECHANICALLY PERFECT
Music That Pays as It Plays
W E S T E R N ELECTRIC P I A N O CO., 832-850 Blackhawk St., Chicago, ID.
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PRESTO-TIMES
July 14, 1928
LUCIE CAFFARET IN
PRAISE OF BALDWIN
Brilliant Young Parisian Artist Says Supple
Action of the Instrument Meets Diverse
Requirements of the Modern Pianist.
Lucie Caffaret, the young Parisian pianist who has
chosen the Baldwin pr'ano for her American tour.
its tone makes it the perfect instrument of the pres-
ent and the future."
Mile. Caffaret began her career by winning a bril-
liant first prize at the Conservatoire de Paris at the
age of 11. Immediately after this momentous event,
she played at one of the famous Colonne "concerts,
with such success as to warrant a second appearance,
within a few days, which results in her being hailed
as a "rising star."
Mile. Caffaret accumulated so extensive a reper-
toire as to enable her, in..'t923, to give a series of ten
recitals in five weeks, a feat previously performed in
Paris only by Rubinstein. Since 1925 her appearances
in London, Berlin and other European capitals have
been an incontestable series of triumphs.
THE GULBRANSEN RADIO LINE
Keen Interest Expressed by Dealers in New Phase of
Gulbransen Company's Business.
Following announcement of the Gulbransen radio,
scores of letters have been received from Gulbransen
dealers indicating that they not only desire the Gul-
bransen radio franchise, but in many cases that it
would be the exclusive radio line handled. The Gul-
bransen radio has back of it a background of suc-
cessful p : ano manufacture and merchandising, of piano
THE BURNS BROTHERS.
The piano trade of the Central West has been ask-
ing for some years past, 'What became of Frank. B.
Burns, who formerly trave'ed extensively for Burns
Bros., when they were manufacturers of piano scarfs,
etc., in western Indiana?" Both the Burns brothers—
Frank B. and Charles A.—are now wealthy and still
hustling, although their lines of business are slightly
different from piano scarfs. Charles A. Burns is pres-
ident of the Burns Bros. Mfg. Co., Inc., velour yard
goods, Hastings-on-Hudson, N. Y., and 63 East 131st
street,. New York City, and Frank B. Burns is head
of the Burns Lace Mfg. Co., 156 Fifth avenue, New
York. The draperies manufactured by Burns Bros 1 ,
are sold mostly to department stores:
leadership. It has back of it A. G. Gulbransen's fifty-
years' of experience in the music business.
The outlet for the Gulbransen radio starts with the
organization of more than 1,500 dealers in every part
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS IN BULGARIA.
The Bulgarian town of Kazanlyk will soon have its of the country who are already familiar with Gulbran-
musical instrument industry, founded with the aid of sen merchandise, policies and service to the retail
a local bank. The name to be given to this concern merchant. Typical of the tenor of the letters that
is the "Cremona," and it will be the first industry have come to the Gulbransen Radio Division, is this
of the kind in Bulgaria. It" will employ musical in- expression of one of the dealers:
"I have been an exclusive Gulbransen dealer for
strument makers who have been engaged in the
industry in their homes for many years, their most about eight years, and I naturally expect that when
usual products being fiddles, guitars, 'cellos, etc. It the radio appears I will handle it, although I have
is claimed that the Bulgarian musical instruments, not handled radios of any kind so far." Many of the
when produced on a factory scale, will be 50 per cent dealers express a very similar sentiment and their
cheaper than the foreign instruments with which they response is very gratifying to the company.
Gulbransen radios are of an unusually high type
LUCIE CAFFARET.
will have to compete.
and will represent very unusual value to users. Not
expressed her appreciation of the instrument in the
only the mechanical, but the furniture angle has
FOR LOWER SHIPPING RATES.
following letter to The Baldwin Piano Co.:
been very highly developed, the latter due to the
"The supple action of the Baldwin meets the diverse
Frank Bates, traffic expert for Sherman, Clay & experience of the company in piano cabinet work.
requirements of the modern artist and the beautv of
Co., San Francisco, and others are making efforts to
At the present time there are two models of Gul-
bring westbound shipments of combination talking bransen radios—the Console Model No. 260C and the
machines and radios down in rates. At present rates Table Model No. 160T, both six tube sets. Picture
are higher on radio than on talking machines and the of the table model appears in this connection.
trade wants to make them equal by bringing down
THE LATEST JESSE
the rates on radio. The matter has been taken up
JOINS WURLITZER FORCE.
with the Transcontinental Freight Bureau.
FRENCH PRODUCTIONS
Miss Myrtle Kent has become associated with the
Wurlitzer Music Co., 144 South High street, Colum-
NEW GRINNELL BRANCH.
bus, O., in charge of the phonograph record depart-
Grinnell Brothers Music House, Detroit, Mich., has ment. Miss Kent for a number of years has been
leased the store located at 121 North Woodward ave- connected with Columbus music concerns and has a
nue in Birmingham section where the company pro- wide experience in record selling.
poses to immediately open another branch.
The LEADING LINE
WEAVER PIANOS
Qrandn. Uprights and Players
Finest and most artistic
piano in design, tone and
construction that can be
made.
YORK PIANO5>
Uprights and Playnr Pianos
A high grade piano of great
value and with charming tone quality.
Livingston PUnoS— Uprights and Playaf Pianos
A popular piano at a popular price.
The Heppe, Marcellus and Edouard Jules Piano
manufactured by the
HEPPE PIANO COMPANY
FOLLOW THE TRADITION OF
UNQUESTIONABLE QUALITY
Over 70.000 instrument! made by thii oompanjr are sing-
ing their own praises in all parts of the civilised world.
Write for catalogues and state on what terms yon wonld
like to deal, and we will make FOB e proposition it yea arc
located in open territory.
WEAVES PIANO CO.. Inc
Factory: YORK. P \ .
Established l»70
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.
Coin Operated and Selection Controlled Pianos
MECHANICALLY PERFECT
Music That Pays as It Plays
W E S T E R N ELECTRIC P I A N O CO., 832-850 Blackhawk St., Chicago, ID.
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).