Presto
Issue: 1928 2206 - Page 14
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November 10, 1928
P R E S T 0-T I M E S
SONORA IN BIG MERGER
P. L. Deutsch Announces that Sonora Com-
pany Has Acquired Full Rights in Several
Other World-Known Corporations.
I'. L. Deutsch, president of the Acoustic Products
Company and the Sonora Phonograph Company, Inc.,
has announced that the Acoustic Products Company
has acquired the full rights and interests of the Wm.
11. Bristol Talking Picture Corporation, the Asher,
Small & Rogers Corporation, the Gotham Bristol-
phone Service Corporation, and the Lesser-Warner
Productions in the world-wide Bristolphone patents.
Upon the acquisition of these rights the Acoustic
Products Company will also take over all the con-
tracts which the Gotham Bristolphone Service Cor-
poration and the Lesser-Warner Company have out-
standing for the distribution of Bristolphone machines
and all outstanding licenses for producing pictures
with sound under the Bristol patents.
"A new corporation will be formed," said Mr.
Deutsch, "in which all of the above interests will be
combined and in the management of which Chas. R.
Rogers will be actively engaged. This new corpora-
tion will probably combine the names of Sonora with
Bristolphone, and will have exclusive distributing
rights on the Sonora Bristolphone for the entire
world; the company will also have the sole rights for
the licensing of producers to employ the Bristol
process of synchronizing sound with pictures. The
Acoustic Products Company will manufacture the
machines which the new company will sell and service.
The Wm. H. Bristol Talking Picture Corporation
already has extensive manufacturing plant and film
studios at Waterbury, Conn., and the producing cor-
porations have modern studios at Hollywood and
there is now added to this organization the manu-
facturing and distributing resources of the Acoustic
Products Company and the Sonora Phonograph Com-
pany, including the plants at Saginavv and Stamford,
OTTO R. TREFZ, Jr.
PIANO BASS STRINGS —PIANO REPAIR SUPPLIES
TUNERS AND REPAIRERS
Our new Illustrated Catalogue of Piano
and Player Hardware, Felts and Tools
is now ready. If you haven't received
your copy let us know.
1305-09 North 27th St.,
PHILADELPHIA, PA.
Philip W. Oetting & Son, Inc.
213 East 19th Street, New York
and the studios and laboratories in the Sonora Build-
ing, New York.
"We believe," concluded Mr. Deutsch, "that the
exclusive Bristol patents, which include the only re-
synchronizing mechanism on the market, coupled with O. K. Houck Music Company, Memphis, Backs
the tonal excellencies for which Sonora has always
Tennessee Society for Better Music—
been famous, will put the new Sonora-Bristolphone
Two Bands Formed.
into a position where it will be an important factor in
the entire talking picture field."
Steps toward formation of the Tennessee Society
The offices of the company will probably be in the for Better Music were taken last week at Goodwyn
Institute, Memphis, Term., when more than 100 hoys
Sonora Building at 50 West 57th street, New York
and girls were registered as applicants for positions
citv.
in two proposed juvenile hand units.
The movement, conceived some years ago hy the
late O. K. llouck and now fostered hy the firm that
The Zenith Radio Corporation of Chicago, an- hears his name, is under direction of Rohert R. Story
nounces the appointment of E. A. Petrtyl as adver- for many years an organizer of state associations of
this character.
tising manager. Mr. Petrtyl has had many years of
Outlines of the move were explained hy Air. Story
experience in the advertising field and is well known
in advertising circles. He comes to Zenith after seven after a program of musical selections and speeches,
years with the Diamond T Motor Car Company, the latter hy Memphians interested in advancement
manufacturers of heavy duty trucks, as advertising of hctter music in Memphis and the state. The pro-
and sales promotion manager. Prior to that, he was posal is to organize a hoys' and a girls' hand to
associated with various Chicago manufacturers in undergo three months' preliminary training at the
advertising capacities. Since taking over his new end of which a concert will he given hy the two units.
The O. K. Houck Music Company has agreed to
duties, Mr. Petrtyl has concentrated upon an exten-
sive Christmas advertising campaign for Zenith deal- back the society financially, guaranteeing all profits
ers and distributors, which will undoubtedly add an- taken on instruments sold to members of the organ-
< ther outstanding paragraph in the history of Zenith'? ization to be funded for the association's advancement.
Registration continues at Houck's, where also will
past record-breaking sales campaign.
open first tests in which applicants will be given try-
outs to ascertain instruments most suitable for them.
LEE S. ROBERTS' PLANS.
Mr. Story explained that instruction, for which there
Lee S. Roberts, who sold his Chickering Ware- will he a maximum charge of $3 monthly for those
rooms at 250 Post street, San Francisco, early this now owning instruments and no charge for those
year, is reentering business at 386 Post street, special- purchasing instruments, will be under way in a few
izing in Zenith radios. In addition to radio Mr. Rob- days. Individual classes to be followed by sectional
erts carries Q R S moving' picture cameras and photo- work and finally the band in its entirety at the end of
60 days is the plan of Mr. Story.
graphic supplies.
BANDS IN TENNESSEE
NEW ZENITH ADVERTISING
HEAD
Worry Over Player Details
is avoided by the manufac-
turer who uses the
A. C. Cheney Player Action
in his products. He knows
everything is all right and
that the best musical quali-
ties of his pianos are develop-
ed by the use of this player
mechanism.
PIANO KEY REPAIRING
A. C, CHENEY
PIANO ACTION COMPANY
Prompt and efficient service
Striking Pneumatics
Air Motors, Governors, etc., Recovered
CASTLETON, N. Y.
Sole Agents for
and Damper
KEYS RETURNED IN 24 HOURS
BEST GRADE IVOBINE
RECOVERING
$8.00
BUSHING
3.50
SHARPS
2.50
NEW FRONTS
2.00
PLAYER ACTIONS REPAIRED
E. A. BOUSLOG, Inc.
2106 Boulevard Place
WEICKERT
Hammer
RADIO STOCK SOARS.
Radio shares again were the principal feature of an
irregu'ar Chicago stock market htis week. Zenith
Radio shot up 8)4. Raytheon dropped 15^2 on the
statement from company officials that the earnings
did not justify the price. Grigsby-Grunow was down
4 points and All American Mohawk declined 3 l />.
Utah Radio gained a point.
Felts
Grand and Upright Hammer*
Made of Weickert Felt
Fine Action Bushing Cloths, etc.
SCHAFF
Piano String Co.
The Piano Repair Shop
Pianos and Phonographs Rebuilt by
Expert Workmen
Playci -actions installed. Instruments
refimshed or remodeled and actions and
keys repaired. Work guaranteed. Prices
reasonable.
Our-of-town dealers' repair work solic-
ited. Write for details and terms,
THE PIANO REPAIR SHOP
339 South Wabasb A*e.
Chicago
INDIANAPOLIS, IND.
PIANO KEYS RECOVERED
General Key Repairs,
Sharps, Etc.
Ivory Sanding 1 , Polishing
and Re-Gluing
Our Ivorine Keys
Heaviest
and
Highest Quality
Mc.MacKin
P ianoTScrVi.ee
- 2 1 1*1OI\DAI»1IN AVE
Manufacturers of
at
Standard Prices
Very Prompt Service
KEYS RECOVERED AND REBUSHED
FRIELD MILLER & COMPANY
Samples of Work on Request
Prompt and Efficient Service
3355 North Illinois Street, INDIANAPOLIS, IND.
Piano Bass Strings
2009-2021 CLYBOURN AVENUE
Cor- er Lewis Street
CHICAGO
FAIRBANKS
PIANO PLATES
THE FAIRBANKS CO., Springfield, Ohio
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November 10, 1928
P R E S T 0-T I M E S
SONORA IN BIG MERGER
P. L. Deutsch Announces that Sonora Com-
pany Has Acquired Full Rights in Several
Other World-Known Corporations.
I'. L. Deutsch, president of the Acoustic Products
Company and the Sonora Phonograph Company, Inc.,
has announced that the Acoustic Products Company
has acquired the full rights and interests of the Wm.
11. Bristol Talking Picture Corporation, the Asher,
Small & Rogers Corporation, the Gotham Bristol-
phone Service Corporation, and the Lesser-Warner
Productions in the world-wide Bristolphone patents.
Upon the acquisition of these rights the Acoustic
Products Company will also take over all the con-
tracts which the Gotham Bristolphone Service Cor-
poration and the Lesser-Warner Company have out-
standing for the distribution of Bristolphone machines
and all outstanding licenses for producing pictures
with sound under the Bristol patents.
"A new corporation will be formed," said Mr.
Deutsch, "in which all of the above interests will be
combined and in the management of which Chas. R.
Rogers will be actively engaged. This new corpora-
tion will probably combine the names of Sonora with
Bristolphone, and will have exclusive distributing
rights on the Sonora Bristolphone for the entire
world; the company will also have the sole rights for
the licensing of producers to employ the Bristol
process of synchronizing sound with pictures. The
Acoustic Products Company will manufacture the
machines which the new company will sell and service.
The Wm. H. Bristol Talking Picture Corporation
already has extensive manufacturing plant and film
studios at Waterbury, Conn., and the producing cor-
porations have modern studios at Hollywood and
there is now added to this organization the manu-
facturing and distributing resources of the Acoustic
Products Company and the Sonora Phonograph Com-
pany, including the plants at Saginavv and Stamford,
OTTO R. TREFZ, Jr.
PIANO BASS STRINGS —PIANO REPAIR SUPPLIES
TUNERS AND REPAIRERS
Our new Illustrated Catalogue of Piano
and Player Hardware, Felts and Tools
is now ready. If you haven't received
your copy let us know.
1305-09 North 27th St.,
PHILADELPHIA, PA.
Philip W. Oetting & Son, Inc.
213 East 19th Street, New York
and the studios and laboratories in the Sonora Build-
ing, New York.
"We believe," concluded Mr. Deutsch, "that the
exclusive Bristol patents, which include the only re-
synchronizing mechanism on the market, coupled with O. K. Houck Music Company, Memphis, Backs
the tonal excellencies for which Sonora has always
Tennessee Society for Better Music—
been famous, will put the new Sonora-Bristolphone
Two Bands Formed.
into a position where it will be an important factor in
the entire talking picture field."
Steps toward formation of the Tennessee Society
The offices of the company will probably be in the for Better Music were taken last week at Goodwyn
Institute, Memphis, Term., when more than 100 hoys
Sonora Building at 50 West 57th street, New York
and girls were registered as applicants for positions
citv.
in two proposed juvenile hand units.
The movement, conceived some years ago hy the
late O. K. llouck and now fostered hy the firm that
The Zenith Radio Corporation of Chicago, an- hears his name, is under direction of Rohert R. Story
nounces the appointment of E. A. Petrtyl as adver- for many years an organizer of state associations of
this character.
tising manager. Mr. Petrtyl has had many years of
Outlines of the move were explained hy Air. Story
experience in the advertising field and is well known
in advertising circles. He comes to Zenith after seven after a program of musical selections and speeches,
years with the Diamond T Motor Car Company, the latter hy Memphians interested in advancement
manufacturers of heavy duty trucks, as advertising of hctter music in Memphis and the state. The pro-
and sales promotion manager. Prior to that, he was posal is to organize a hoys' and a girls' hand to
associated with various Chicago manufacturers in undergo three months' preliminary training at the
advertising capacities. Since taking over his new end of which a concert will he given hy the two units.
The O. K. Houck Music Company has agreed to
duties, Mr. Petrtyl has concentrated upon an exten-
sive Christmas advertising campaign for Zenith deal- back the society financially, guaranteeing all profits
ers and distributors, which will undoubtedly add an- taken on instruments sold to members of the organ-
< ther outstanding paragraph in the history of Zenith'? ization to be funded for the association's advancement.
Registration continues at Houck's, where also will
past record-breaking sales campaign.
open first tests in which applicants will be given try-
outs to ascertain instruments most suitable for them.
LEE S. ROBERTS' PLANS.
Mr. Story explained that instruction, for which there
Lee S. Roberts, who sold his Chickering Ware- will he a maximum charge of $3 monthly for those
rooms at 250 Post street, San Francisco, early this now owning instruments and no charge for those
year, is reentering business at 386 Post street, special- purchasing instruments, will be under way in a few
izing in Zenith radios. In addition to radio Mr. Rob- days. Individual classes to be followed by sectional
erts carries Q R S moving' picture cameras and photo- work and finally the band in its entirety at the end of
60 days is the plan of Mr. Story.
graphic supplies.
BANDS IN TENNESSEE
NEW ZENITH ADVERTISING
HEAD
Worry Over Player Details
is avoided by the manufac-
turer who uses the
A. C. Cheney Player Action
in his products. He knows
everything is all right and
that the best musical quali-
ties of his pianos are develop-
ed by the use of this player
mechanism.
PIANO KEY REPAIRING
A. C, CHENEY
PIANO ACTION COMPANY
Prompt and efficient service
Striking Pneumatics
Air Motors, Governors, etc., Recovered
CASTLETON, N. Y.
Sole Agents for
and Damper
KEYS RETURNED IN 24 HOURS
BEST GRADE IVOBINE
RECOVERING
$8.00
BUSHING
3.50
SHARPS
2.50
NEW FRONTS
2.00
PLAYER ACTIONS REPAIRED
E. A. BOUSLOG, Inc.
2106 Boulevard Place
WEICKERT
Hammer
RADIO STOCK SOARS.
Radio shares again were the principal feature of an
irregu'ar Chicago stock market htis week. Zenith
Radio shot up 8)4. Raytheon dropped 15^2 on the
statement from company officials that the earnings
did not justify the price. Grigsby-Grunow was down
4 points and All American Mohawk declined 3 l />.
Utah Radio gained a point.
Felts
Grand and Upright Hammer*
Made of Weickert Felt
Fine Action Bushing Cloths, etc.
SCHAFF
Piano String Co.
The Piano Repair Shop
Pianos and Phonographs Rebuilt by
Expert Workmen
Playci -actions installed. Instruments
refimshed or remodeled and actions and
keys repaired. Work guaranteed. Prices
reasonable.
Our-of-town dealers' repair work solic-
ited. Write for details and terms,
THE PIANO REPAIR SHOP
339 South Wabasb A*e.
Chicago
INDIANAPOLIS, IND.
PIANO KEYS RECOVERED
General Key Repairs,
Sharps, Etc.
Ivory Sanding 1 , Polishing
and Re-Gluing
Our Ivorine Keys
Heaviest
and
Highest Quality
Mc.MacKin
P ianoTScrVi.ee
- 2 1 1*1OI\DAI»1IN AVE
Manufacturers of
at
Standard Prices
Very Prompt Service
KEYS RECOVERED AND REBUSHED
FRIELD MILLER & COMPANY
Samples of Work on Request
Prompt and Efficient Service
3355 North Illinois Street, INDIANAPOLIS, IND.
Piano Bass Strings
2009-2021 CLYBOURN AVENUE
Cor- er Lewis Street
CHICAGO
FAIRBANKS
PIANO PLATES
THE FAIRBANKS CO., Springfield, Ohio
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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/
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