Presto
Issue: 1928 2190 - Page 10
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July 21, 1928
PRESTO-TIMES
ACTIVITIES IN THE
DETROIT FIELD
P. A. Starck Piano Company Winds Up Suc-
cessful Special Sale—Thomas H. Taylor,
Widely Known Piano Man, Becomes Man-
ager of Grinnell Bros.' Branch Store.
By HENRY MAC MULLAN
W. L. Ince, who recently accompanied Thomas H.
Taylor to New York, where these two men held a
great removal sale for the P. A. Starck Piano Com-
pany, is back in Detroit now at the Starck Detroit
store, 1536 Woodward avenue, and closing many im-
portant retail sales for that great Chicago corpora-
tion.
W. L. Ince Back in Detroit.
Messrs. Ince and Taylor were at the West 42nd
street store in New York for five weeks, during which
period they sold all of the 300 pianos in the store
except about 30, which were removed to the new
place on 125th street, Manhattan, on the site of the
old Biddle Piano Company.
Under the management of A. C. Clausen the Starck
business in Detroit is meeting with new prosperity.
June footings showed excellent results. Mr. Clausen's
method is house to house work. He is a piano man
of the widest experience. He was with Wurlitzers at
Columbus, Ohio, and he was with the Henry F.
Miller Piano Company at Boston, Mass., his services
with these great concerns covering a number of years.
Joseph A. Mondor, who has been a piano man for
five years, is in charge of the P. A. Starck Co.'s can-
vassing group at Detroit, and so far they are all
women. Many dealers find that women get easier
access to the homes than men, and the social contacts
women have with churches, clubs, etc., all help them
to become wonderful prospect-finders.
At Starck's Detroit store Baby grands and players-
pianos are selling well just now, but what is remark-
able (a surprise even to Mr. Ince) is the great num-
ber of straight upright pianos they have recently
sold.
"Business in pianos is certainly coming back—is
with us already," declared Mr. Ince to Presto-Times
Detroit representative on Monday of this week. "The
men in our great automobile factories who had run
a little behind in their finances during the recent hard
times have largely paid back what money they were
obliged to borrow and are now again first-class piano
prospects. Fall trade is therefore going to be large
at Detroit."
Thomas H. Taylor Now with Grinnells.
Thomas H. Taylor, who was manager at Detroit
for the P. A. Starck Piano Co., and later conducted
the Starck removal sale in New York, is back in De-
troit, but he is now sales manager of Grinnell Bros.'
Broadway branch store, 1231 Broadway, in the Michi-
gan metropolis. He was very busy when Presto-
Times man called upon him on Monday of this week,
just closing a deal with two young women who
bought a playerpiano from him. Mr. Taylor knows
the Detroit field thoroughly—a man of very wide
experience—so both he and Grinnell Bros, are to be
congratulated upon so advantageous a connection.
Starck's at Detroit, sold two more pianos in June
than during the five preceding months; but I thought
it w T ould not be discreet to say so in print.
Plans Music Building.
Directors of the Michigan State Institute of Music
and Allied Arts are planning to raise $2,000,000 for
the creation of a modern music and art building in
Lansing. A smaller building would also be erected
in East Lansing under the plans outlined by the insti-
tute. Part of the $2,000,000 would be used to erect
the buildings in Lansing and East Lansing, part as an
endowment to take care of the up-keep of the build-
ings, and part for an endowment to provide scholar-
ships for worthy students.
INVOICES MUST BE IN SPANISH.
According to new regulations issued by the Cuban
Government, effective September 1, 1928, consular
invoices covering shipments to Cuba will not be
accepted by the Cuban customs authorities unless
written in the Spanish language.
A. L. BRETZFELDER RETURNS.
A. L. Bretzfelder, president of Krakauer Bros.,
New York piano manufacturers, returned last week
from an extensive European tour. Accompanied by
Mrs. Bre'»:felder he visited many points of interest
on the continent and also visited England.
MILTON PIANO CO.'S
PRESIDENT RESIGNS
George W. Allen Announces Fact This Week
and Intimates That Future Work Will
Keep Him in Piano Industry.
On July 31 the resignation of George Allen as pres-
ident of the Milton Piano Company, New York, went
into effect.
"My connection with this company and the Kohler
Industries, with which I have been associated so many
years, has at all times been so pleasant and satisfac-
torily agreeable that it is with sincere and real regret
that this relationship will cease, but I am happy to
state, with the best of good feeling which I am con-
fident will always endure," said Mr. Allen this week.
"And right here may I say that with all my heart I
wish this great enterprise an even greater measure
of success in the future than it has enjoyed in the
past. After all, it is the Kohler Industries, their busi-
ness policies and principles, and not the individual
that have made this great institution what it is—a
real bulwark in the piano industry. I bespeak for
my successor the same kindly interest and good will
always shown me.
"My future plans will keep me in the piano busi-
ness with associates well known and highly respected
in the industry, and give to me the opportunity to
work out some plans for a product that I feel assured,
because of its unique features and great salability, will
interest the trade and prove an added benefit to the
piano industry."
CLAVICHORDE AND BABY GRAND.
A new Wurlitzer baby grand piano provided an
interesting element of contrast in the exhibition last
week of a two hundred year old clavichorde in the
show window of the Butler Music Company, Marion,
Ind. One of the unusual features of this old instru-
ment is that the colors of the keys are exactly the
reverse of what we are accustomed to seeing. The
keys, which are covered with white ivory, today are
entirely black in Mr. Johan Zumpe's piano, and the
sharps, which are today made out of polished ebony,
are covered with ivory in the old clavichorde.
Henry F. Miller Line Has
Popular Priced Periods!
Jf. jHtller
I *HREE popular priced period grands have just been added to
•*• the Henry F. Miller line. Dealers interested in building good
will and making gocd profits should get facts about this famous old
line. The Henry F. Miller is one of the few really fine pianos—
and you can sell it profitably at a moderate price. Protected dealer
policy. Write for catalog and prices.
Henry F. Miller Piano Company, Boston, Mass,
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July 21, 1928
PRESTO-TIMES
ACTIVITIES IN THE
DETROIT FIELD
P. A. Starck Piano Company Winds Up Suc-
cessful Special Sale—Thomas H. Taylor,
Widely Known Piano Man, Becomes Man-
ager of Grinnell Bros.' Branch Store.
By HENRY MAC MULLAN
W. L. Ince, who recently accompanied Thomas H.
Taylor to New York, where these two men held a
great removal sale for the P. A. Starck Piano Com-
pany, is back in Detroit now at the Starck Detroit
store, 1536 Woodward avenue, and closing many im-
portant retail sales for that great Chicago corpora-
tion.
W. L. Ince Back in Detroit.
Messrs. Ince and Taylor were at the West 42nd
street store in New York for five weeks, during which
period they sold all of the 300 pianos in the store
except about 30, which were removed to the new
place on 125th street, Manhattan, on the site of the
old Biddle Piano Company.
Under the management of A. C. Clausen the Starck
business in Detroit is meeting with new prosperity.
June footings showed excellent results. Mr. Clausen's
method is house to house work. He is a piano man
of the widest experience. He was with Wurlitzers at
Columbus, Ohio, and he was with the Henry F.
Miller Piano Company at Boston, Mass., his services
with these great concerns covering a number of years.
Joseph A. Mondor, who has been a piano man for
five years, is in charge of the P. A. Starck Co.'s can-
vassing group at Detroit, and so far they are all
women. Many dealers find that women get easier
access to the homes than men, and the social contacts
women have with churches, clubs, etc., all help them
to become wonderful prospect-finders.
At Starck's Detroit store Baby grands and players-
pianos are selling well just now, but what is remark-
able (a surprise even to Mr. Ince) is the great num-
ber of straight upright pianos they have recently
sold.
"Business in pianos is certainly coming back—is
with us already," declared Mr. Ince to Presto-Times
Detroit representative on Monday of this week. "The
men in our great automobile factories who had run
a little behind in their finances during the recent hard
times have largely paid back what money they were
obliged to borrow and are now again first-class piano
prospects. Fall trade is therefore going to be large
at Detroit."
Thomas H. Taylor Now with Grinnells.
Thomas H. Taylor, who was manager at Detroit
for the P. A. Starck Piano Co., and later conducted
the Starck removal sale in New York, is back in De-
troit, but he is now sales manager of Grinnell Bros.'
Broadway branch store, 1231 Broadway, in the Michi-
gan metropolis. He was very busy when Presto-
Times man called upon him on Monday of this week,
just closing a deal with two young women who
bought a playerpiano from him. Mr. Taylor knows
the Detroit field thoroughly—a man of very wide
experience—so both he and Grinnell Bros, are to be
congratulated upon so advantageous a connection.
Starck's at Detroit, sold two more pianos in June
than during the five preceding months; but I thought
it w T ould not be discreet to say so in print.
Plans Music Building.
Directors of the Michigan State Institute of Music
and Allied Arts are planning to raise $2,000,000 for
the creation of a modern music and art building in
Lansing. A smaller building would also be erected
in East Lansing under the plans outlined by the insti-
tute. Part of the $2,000,000 would be used to erect
the buildings in Lansing and East Lansing, part as an
endowment to take care of the up-keep of the build-
ings, and part for an endowment to provide scholar-
ships for worthy students.
INVOICES MUST BE IN SPANISH.
According to new regulations issued by the Cuban
Government, effective September 1, 1928, consular
invoices covering shipments to Cuba will not be
accepted by the Cuban customs authorities unless
written in the Spanish language.
A. L. BRETZFELDER RETURNS.
A. L. Bretzfelder, president of Krakauer Bros.,
New York piano manufacturers, returned last week
from an extensive European tour. Accompanied by
Mrs. Bre'»:felder he visited many points of interest
on the continent and also visited England.
MILTON PIANO CO.'S
PRESIDENT RESIGNS
George W. Allen Announces Fact This Week
and Intimates That Future Work Will
Keep Him in Piano Industry.
On July 31 the resignation of George Allen as pres-
ident of the Milton Piano Company, New York, went
into effect.
"My connection with this company and the Kohler
Industries, with which I have been associated so many
years, has at all times been so pleasant and satisfac-
torily agreeable that it is with sincere and real regret
that this relationship will cease, but I am happy to
state, with the best of good feeling which I am con-
fident will always endure," said Mr. Allen this week.
"And right here may I say that with all my heart I
wish this great enterprise an even greater measure
of success in the future than it has enjoyed in the
past. After all, it is the Kohler Industries, their busi-
ness policies and principles, and not the individual
that have made this great institution what it is—a
real bulwark in the piano industry. I bespeak for
my successor the same kindly interest and good will
always shown me.
"My future plans will keep me in the piano busi-
ness with associates well known and highly respected
in the industry, and give to me the opportunity to
work out some plans for a product that I feel assured,
because of its unique features and great salability, will
interest the trade and prove an added benefit to the
piano industry."
CLAVICHORDE AND BABY GRAND.
A new Wurlitzer baby grand piano provided an
interesting element of contrast in the exhibition last
week of a two hundred year old clavichorde in the
show window of the Butler Music Company, Marion,
Ind. One of the unusual features of this old instru-
ment is that the colors of the keys are exactly the
reverse of what we are accustomed to seeing. The
keys, which are covered with white ivory, today are
entirely black in Mr. Johan Zumpe's piano, and the
sharps, which are today made out of polished ebony,
are covered with ivory in the old clavichorde.
Henry F. Miller Line Has
Popular Priced Periods!
Jf. jHtller
I *HREE popular priced period grands have just been added to
•*• the Henry F. Miller line. Dealers interested in building good
will and making gocd profits should get facts about this famous old
line. The Henry F. Miller is one of the few really fine pianos—
and you can sell it profitably at a moderate price. Protected dealer
policy. Write for catalog and prices.
Henry F. Miller Piano Company, Boston, Mass,
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).