Presto

September 15, 1928
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KNABE PIANOS USED
IN STATION WSPD
Radio Broadcasting from Atop Commodore
Perry Hotel, Toledo, Ohio, Effectively
Aided with Three Fine Instruments.
The accompanying cut shows a Knabe piano in the
Solo Studio of Station WSPD in the Commodore
Perry Hotel, Toledo, O. The station is one of the
oldest in the country, having staned broadcasting
nearly ten years ago under the call letters of WTAL,
at that time the station used but 10 watts.
The studios were planned from the best ideas in-
corporated in many of the large stations and £re
regarded as models of their kind. In one section are
the Ampico programs. A special Brunswick-Pana-
trope broadcasting unit with electric pick-up broad-
casts our recordings.
Geo. B. Storer is the president of the Toledo Broad-
casting Company. Other officers include J. Harold
Ryan, treasurer, John G. Tritsch, vice-president, and
general manager. The studios are in charge of
Dwight Northup, Toledo dramatic critic and musi-
cian.
PAVED HIGHWAYS AND
BOWEN PIANO LOADERS
NEW INCORPORATIONS
IN MUSIC GOODS TRADE
The extension of paved roads throughout the coun-
try increases the possibilities of sales by piano deal-
ers. The fact prompts 'ihe dealer to provide himself
with the means to take full advantage of the roads
in reaching his prospective customers.
On good roads or poor roads the Bowen Piano
Loader, made by the Bowen Piano Loader Co.,
Winston-Salem, X. C. makes piano delivery better
for the piano dealer, On the good roads the Loader
assures faster time on trips; on the poor one the
device is a necessity in safeguarding the piano's
tonal and constructive qualities which influenced the
customer to buy. On a road of any kind the Loader
is a boon to the ambitious salesman anxious to dem-
onstrate a piano to a large number of prospects in
the course of a day.
The Bowen Piano Loader is now considered a
necessity to prompt sales and quick deliverv by pro-
gressive music dealers. Many dealers who consid-
ered the buying of the first Loader somewhat of an
experiment, soon were encouraged by the improved
sales to add a second. One western dealer who had
depended for sales on the visits of people to his
store, established a new policy when he realized that
this is a day when the piano dealer must go after
business.
"Going out with ;he piano on the Bowen Loader,
ready to demonstrate, gives an element of adventure
to piano selling that encourages the active young
fellows to undertake the job. The number of sales
made possible by the Loader makes them stick to it,"
said a successful dealer. He is only one of the
hundreds of music merchants who recognize the
Bowen Loader as a great aid to sales.
New and Old Concerns Secure Charters in Various
Places.
The Diamond Music Shoppe, Inc., Rochester, N. Y.;
$10,000 to deal in musical instruments, etc. Elizabeth
Barst, Harry Barst and Joseph Diamond.
The Kaleidaphone Corp., Utica, N. Y.; to deal in
mechanical and electrical musical instruments; Chas.
H. Skinner, John Miller and Fred C. Schwender.
The business of the Newcombe-Hawley, Inc., St.
Charles, 111., and the United Radio Corp., Rochester,
N. Y., has been merged and the new company incor-
porated under the laws of New Jersey.
The National Organ Studios, Inc., San Francisco,
with a capital stock of $200,000; Ralph B. Banderob,
Bertram Hopps and C. Richard Lange.
WM. F. GROSVENOR ILL.
K.NAIil-; J.MAXO IX STATION WSPD.
the offices of the Toledo Broadcasting Co. In a sec-
ond section and entirely separated from the commer-
cial department are the studios, announcers and
engineers' rooms. The solo studio used for small
groups and soloists is also used for two piano re-
citals. Two Knabe grands in this studio and one in
the concert studio are from the warerooms of the
J. \V. Greene Piano House on Jefferson avenue. A
Chickering Ampico in the concert studio provides
William F. Grosvenor, head of the Grosvenor Music
House, 1022 Wilson avenue, Chicago, who had a ner-
vous breakdown three weeks ago, is out of the city
seeking a complete rest on the advice of his physician.
Meantime the store is in competent hands, for R. A.
Buttell, chief salesman for the house, is conducting
many sales and keeping the store open long hours
besides. He is one of the well-known piano salesmen
of Chicago and the United States. He told a Presto-
Times representative on Saturday that he was hoping
to see Mr. Grosvenor back soon greatly improved
in health.
MOVES VISOLA DEPARTMENT.
The Visola department of the Aeolian Company
has been moved from Garwood, N. J., to the Meriden,
Conn., plant of the company and the orchestral reed
organ department will also be moved there from Gar-
wood within the next few weeks.
Use of the Loader Imparts Alluring Element
cf Adventure to Quest of Prospects,
Says Western Dealer.
HE'S THE CHORUS.
"Is lie self-centered?"
"Self-centered ? Why. that guy
the gang's all here' is a solo!"—Life.
'Hail, hail,
Henry F. Miller Line Has
Popular Priced Periods!
$. JMtller
' T ' H R E E popular priced period grands have just been added to
* the Henry F. Miller line. Dealers interested in building good
will and making good 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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