Presto
Issue: 1928 2189 - Page 6
July 14, 1928
PRESTO-TIMES
VOSE ART STYLE AT PAGEANT
More Than
2000
Successful Merchants
Are Now Selling
T0NKBENCHES
because:
TONKBENCH
Quality
can always be
counted on to keep
every customer sat-
isfied.
Only the best materials are used by workmen who
have spent a lifetime making TONKBENGHES
better, year after year.
I l(i'M,\n\l
WIT
M ( t D I 1.
DECORATED.
The Art style shown is an example from a line
The accompanying cut shows an Art piano style
of the Vose & Sons Piano Co., Boston, hand-painted noted for its tastefulness in appearance. Of course,
by Boston artists, which recently was exhibited at the the model also sustains the well established charac-
pageant in Los Angeles. This artstic instrument ter of Vose pianos for tone. The Vose nianos now,
created a very fine impression upon the visitors to the as always, are marked by a distinct originality of case
designs and where Periods are represented the recrea-
pageant and was one of the foremost attractions there. tions are remarkable for truth in type. The Vose
The piano was exhibited by Barker Brothers, together styles appeal to people of good taste and attract atten-
with other Yose Period models, one a Spanish model tion by refinement and admirable taste. The big Vose
w T hich also made friends for both Barker Brothers factory in Watertown, Greater Boston, Mass., is per-
and the manufacturers.
fectly equipped for t'.ie production of artistic pianos.
WURLITZER TREASURE
CHEST OF MUSIC WINS
A. E. Tipling, Head of Edwards Piano Co.,
Perth Amboy, N. J., Reports Excellent
Sales of the Instrument.
A. E. Tipling, proprietor of the Edwards Piano Co.
of Perth Amboy, N. J., and Mrs. Tipling were visitors
last week to the plant of the Rudolph Wurlitzer Mfg.
Co., North Tonawanda, N. Y. Mr. and Mrs. Tipling
were enjoying a vacation in Canada and North Tona-
wanda was a stop-over on their return to Perth
Amboy.
Mr. Tipling is very optimistic about business and
states that he is showing a better volume and better
class of business this year over that of the previous
period of last year. He is very enthusiastic about the
new Wurlitzer Treasure Chest of Music in the Up-
right, and reports selling six of these instruments in
a short period of time since they have been on the
market.
STERCHI MUSIC CO.
REOPENS IN TERRE HAUTE
New Corporation Granted Articles This Week
is Composed of Merle Sterchi, Abra
Anderson and Victor Harkness.
The Sterchi Music Co., Terre Haute, Ind., has been
granted articles of incorporation by the secretary of
state at Indianapolis. Those in the new corporation
are Merle Sterchi. Abra Anderson and Victor Hark-
ness. It will control two business places in the city,
one at 659y 2 Wabash avenue and the other at 308
Wabash avenue.
This reappearance of the Sterc'ii concern is glad
news for many people in that section of the state who
used to patronize the old Sterchi Music Co. at Fourth
street and Wabash avenue, Terre Haute, before it
went into the hands of receivers. A receivers' sale is
now being held at the old location.
The new place at 6S9 l / 2 Wabash avenue was for-
merly known as the Collins & Harkness Music Col-
lege. Collins has now left the city. This place is
being given over to music alone. Not only will it
handle musical instruments of all kinds but it will also
operate a conservatory where music will be taught.
Victor Harkness will have charge of the repair work
on the musical instruments.
The trade shop of Abra Anderson and Grant
Pritchard at 308 Wabash avenue is now to be operated
under the new corporation. This place will handle
musical instruments, jewelry and other articles.
The new company contemplates an expansion of
its music conservatory in the near future to meet the
growing needs of the city, Mr. Sterchi sa : d.
SELL HENRICKS CO.'S ASSETS.
Judge J. H. Gray in the court of common pleas,
Pittsburgh, Pa., recently made an order authorizing
the Potter Title & Trust Co., receiver for the Hen-
ricks Piano Co., to sell the stock and other assets to
J. H. Bair & Son of Pittsburgh for $4,900, the Bair
bid being the best made. An appraisal, it was stated,
had valued the assets of the company at $13,643. The
Henricks Piano Co.'s troubles are said to be due to
the long-drawn construction work on the Sixth street
bridge crossing the Allegheny river, within a block
of the Henricks store. Business has been interrupted
there for some time, hurting the business of the music
house as well as that of others. Traffic on the street
is being diverted during the work which is still in
progress.
TONKBENCH
Styles
match any Up-
right, Grand or Player
in color, shade a n d
finish.
Year after year we have kept in step with the progress
which has been made in making Pianos more beautiful.
TONKBENCH
Prices
always repre-
sent the greatest pos-
sible dollar for dollar
value.
The TONKBENCH Price Range, makes it possible
for you to fit a TONKBENCH into any sale, to every
customer's satisfaction.
TONKBENCH
Service
can be count-
ed on to meet every
demand — intelligently
and promptly.
Whether your order be for a single TONKBENCH or
a carload, our factories at Chicago, Illinois and Los
Angeles, California are ready to meet your demands
—On Time.
To those who are now using TONKBENCHES we
promise a continuation of the things which have won
and held your patronage and to those who are not
selling TONKBENCHES we say—Put your bench
problems up to this fifty-year old organization which
is serving more than 2000 stores like yours—
Successfully.
ANNOUNCE PRESS CONGRESS.
Sponsored by the Press Club of Chicago and the
Medill School of Journalism of Northwestern Univer-
sity, an International Press Congress will assemble
in Chicago in 1933 as a part of the Centennial Cele-
bration. Exhibits will be sought from all parts of the
world, including those of China, ancient Egypt, and
Europe of the Middle Ages, to depict vividly the steps
through which journalism has advanced.
HARVEY C. JOHNSON DIES.
Death last week ended the career of Harvey C.
Johnson, widely known in San Francisco in music
trade circles as general manager of the Leo Feist
Music Company for sixteen years. He was stricken
with a heart attack while sitting at the wheel of his
automobile in Golden Gate Park.
nng
my
1912 Lewis Si.
CHICAGO
Pacific Coast Factory
4627 E. 50th St., Los Angeles, California
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PRESTO-TIMES
VOSE ART STYLE AT PAGEANT
More Than
2000
Successful Merchants
Are Now Selling
T0NKBENCHES
because:
TONKBENCH
Quality
can always be
counted on to keep
every customer sat-
isfied.
Only the best materials are used by workmen who
have spent a lifetime making TONKBENGHES
better, year after year.
I l(i'M,\n\l
WIT
M ( t D I 1.
DECORATED.
The Art style shown is an example from a line
The accompanying cut shows an Art piano style
of the Vose & Sons Piano Co., Boston, hand-painted noted for its tastefulness in appearance. Of course,
by Boston artists, which recently was exhibited at the the model also sustains the well established charac-
pageant in Los Angeles. This artstic instrument ter of Vose pianos for tone. The Vose nianos now,
created a very fine impression upon the visitors to the as always, are marked by a distinct originality of case
designs and where Periods are represented the recrea-
pageant and was one of the foremost attractions there. tions are remarkable for truth in type. The Vose
The piano was exhibited by Barker Brothers, together styles appeal to people of good taste and attract atten-
with other Yose Period models, one a Spanish model tion by refinement and admirable taste. The big Vose
w T hich also made friends for both Barker Brothers factory in Watertown, Greater Boston, Mass., is per-
and the manufacturers.
fectly equipped for t'.ie production of artistic pianos.
WURLITZER TREASURE
CHEST OF MUSIC WINS
A. E. Tipling, Head of Edwards Piano Co.,
Perth Amboy, N. J., Reports Excellent
Sales of the Instrument.
A. E. Tipling, proprietor of the Edwards Piano Co.
of Perth Amboy, N. J., and Mrs. Tipling were visitors
last week to the plant of the Rudolph Wurlitzer Mfg.
Co., North Tonawanda, N. Y. Mr. and Mrs. Tipling
were enjoying a vacation in Canada and North Tona-
wanda was a stop-over on their return to Perth
Amboy.
Mr. Tipling is very optimistic about business and
states that he is showing a better volume and better
class of business this year over that of the previous
period of last year. He is very enthusiastic about the
new Wurlitzer Treasure Chest of Music in the Up-
right, and reports selling six of these instruments in
a short period of time since they have been on the
market.
STERCHI MUSIC CO.
REOPENS IN TERRE HAUTE
New Corporation Granted Articles This Week
is Composed of Merle Sterchi, Abra
Anderson and Victor Harkness.
The Sterchi Music Co., Terre Haute, Ind., has been
granted articles of incorporation by the secretary of
state at Indianapolis. Those in the new corporation
are Merle Sterchi. Abra Anderson and Victor Hark-
ness. It will control two business places in the city,
one at 659y 2 Wabash avenue and the other at 308
Wabash avenue.
This reappearance of the Sterc'ii concern is glad
news for many people in that section of the state who
used to patronize the old Sterchi Music Co. at Fourth
street and Wabash avenue, Terre Haute, before it
went into the hands of receivers. A receivers' sale is
now being held at the old location.
The new place at 6S9 l / 2 Wabash avenue was for-
merly known as the Collins & Harkness Music Col-
lege. Collins has now left the city. This place is
being given over to music alone. Not only will it
handle musical instruments of all kinds but it will also
operate a conservatory where music will be taught.
Victor Harkness will have charge of the repair work
on the musical instruments.
The trade shop of Abra Anderson and Grant
Pritchard at 308 Wabash avenue is now to be operated
under the new corporation. This place will handle
musical instruments, jewelry and other articles.
The new company contemplates an expansion of
its music conservatory in the near future to meet the
growing needs of the city, Mr. Sterchi sa : d.
SELL HENRICKS CO.'S ASSETS.
Judge J. H. Gray in the court of common pleas,
Pittsburgh, Pa., recently made an order authorizing
the Potter Title & Trust Co., receiver for the Hen-
ricks Piano Co., to sell the stock and other assets to
J. H. Bair & Son of Pittsburgh for $4,900, the Bair
bid being the best made. An appraisal, it was stated,
had valued the assets of the company at $13,643. The
Henricks Piano Co.'s troubles are said to be due to
the long-drawn construction work on the Sixth street
bridge crossing the Allegheny river, within a block
of the Henricks store. Business has been interrupted
there for some time, hurting the business of the music
house as well as that of others. Traffic on the street
is being diverted during the work which is still in
progress.
TONKBENCH
Styles
match any Up-
right, Grand or Player
in color, shade a n d
finish.
Year after year we have kept in step with the progress
which has been made in making Pianos more beautiful.
TONKBENCH
Prices
always repre-
sent the greatest pos-
sible dollar for dollar
value.
The TONKBENCH Price Range, makes it possible
for you to fit a TONKBENCH into any sale, to every
customer's satisfaction.
TONKBENCH
Service
can be count-
ed on to meet every
demand — intelligently
and promptly.
Whether your order be for a single TONKBENCH or
a carload, our factories at Chicago, Illinois and Los
Angeles, California are ready to meet your demands
—On Time.
To those who are now using TONKBENCHES we
promise a continuation of the things which have won
and held your patronage and to those who are not
selling TONKBENCHES we say—Put your bench
problems up to this fifty-year old organization which
is serving more than 2000 stores like yours—
Successfully.
ANNOUNCE PRESS CONGRESS.
Sponsored by the Press Club of Chicago and the
Medill School of Journalism of Northwestern Univer-
sity, an International Press Congress will assemble
in Chicago in 1933 as a part of the Centennial Cele-
bration. Exhibits will be sought from all parts of the
world, including those of China, ancient Egypt, and
Europe of the Middle Ages, to depict vividly the steps
through which journalism has advanced.
HARVEY C. JOHNSON DIES.
Death last week ended the career of Harvey C.
Johnson, widely known in San Francisco in music
trade circles as general manager of the Leo Feist
Music Company for sixteen years. He was stricken
with a heart attack while sitting at the wheel of his
automobile in Golden Gate Park.
nng
my
1912 Lewis Si.
CHICAGO
Pacific Coast Factory
4627 E. 50th St., Los Angeles, California
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).