Presto
Issue: 1928 2207 - Page 14
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PRESTO-TIMES
November 17, 1928
Salvi and Emil Schipper are the most prominent. The
third week, commencing on Monday evening, Novem-
ber 19, embraces on the whole, repetitions of operas
The Zenith Radio Corporation have established a
Material Used in Ornamentation in Manufacture of that have been successfully received at earlier presen- branch office and warehouse in Oklahoma City for the
Musical Goods Comes from South America.
tations, but the week will also include a work that has distribution of Zenith radio for the entire state of
A considerable amount of mother-of-pearl is re- not been heard in Chicago in some years. Offen- Oklahoma, the Pan-Handle section of Texas and
quired in the musical merchandise industry, a con- bach's familiar "The Tales of Hoffman" will be pre-
siderable part of which is imported from South sented on Saturday afternoon, November 24, and it
America. Shells of unusual size and value are to be will mark an interesting afternoon.
found along the coast of Ecuador. The Pan-Ameri-
can Union, of which the United States is a member,
CAPEHART COMPANY MOVES.
recently issued a report on the industry in which this
Offices
of the Capehart Automatic Phonograph
was said:
Manufacturing Company, Huntington, Ind., were
"One of the allied industries of fishing for pearls is moved Sunday, Nov. 4, to the building on the corner
that of obtaining valuable shells, known as mother-of- of Market and Second streets. The present location
pearl. The latter are found generally along with the will be permanent. The new building, which has
pearl fisheries; and when no pearls exist within the been remodeled and redecorated, gives the office force
oyster the shells themselves are of considerable value. of the concern four times as much floor space as
"Mother-of-pearl is denned as the 'internal nacre- was available in the previous building. The change
ous lining of the molluscan shell.' This shell, as is in locations was necessary by the expansion of the
well known, is seen in general use in our homes, business. On March 24, 1928, the first two machines
where it is highly prized for toilet articles, for han- of the company were produced, and since that time,
dles to knives, for buttons and ornamental pur- the employment roster has grown from about twenty
poses in making certain kinds of musical instru- to over one hundred. Besides the employes here there
ments."
are twenty-five district managers who employ nearly
one hundred salesmen.
MOTHER=OF=PEARL SUPPLIES
CHICAGO CIVIC OPERA
With the first two weeks of the 1928-29 season of
the Chicago Civic Opera Company now musical his-
tory, the third week at the Auditorium Theater con-
tinues with unabated brilliance, bringing before the
public works of the greatest possible interest and
artists who have proved exceedingly popular. A sur-
vey of the new artists presented to patrons of the
Chicago Civic Opera indicates that of the fifteen new
singers engaged for this season, ten have already ap-
peared iii various roles, and all have met with unusual
and deserving success. Of the remaining new artists,
all will have been heard and seen within another
month, and their debuts are awaited with eager antici-
pation. Of these artists, Frida Leider, Margherita
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
ZENITH'S OKLAHOMA BRANCH
FRANK J. BLACK E N T E R T A I N S .
Frank J. Black, pianist, composer, and conductor;
Lewis James, the radio tenor, and a quartet presented
a program consisting of symphonic arrangements of
popular numbers Nov. 13 during the family party
program over W-G-N, The Chicago Tribune station
on the Drake hotel. Black is one of the pioneer cre-
ators and directors of radio entertainment. In the
field of radio during the last five years he has ar-
ranged and conducted a large number of the best
concert hours.
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.
A. C. CHENEY
PIANO ACTION COMPANY
PIANO KEY REPAIRING
KEYS RETURNED IN 24 HOURS
BEST GRADE IVOBINE
RECOVERING
BUSHING
SHARPS
NEW FRONTS
PLAYER ACTIONS
Felts
d and Upright Hammer a
Made of Weickert Felt
Fine Action Bushing Cloths, etc
SCHAFF
Piano String Co,
The Piano Repair Shop
Pianos and Phonographs Rebuilt fcy
Expert Workmen
Player-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
33t South Wabash Are.
Manufacturers of
$8.00
3.50
2.50
2.00
REPAIRED
Prompt and efficient service
Striking: Pneumatics
Air Motors, Governors, etc.. Recovered
2106 Boulevard Place
WEICKERT
and Damper
COLLECTED OLD PIANOS.
In eleven buildings full of old furniture, accumu-
lated over a twenty-year period by the late Miss
Mary Lucetta Edgarton of Neenah, Wis., were thirty
pianos and fifty organs.
E. A. BOUSLOG, Inc.
CASTLETON, N. Y.
Sole Agent* for
Hammer
FKKD K. KOTHKUBKKG.
the western section of Arkansas. This factory branch
is under the management of Fred R. Roterberg, for-
mer assistant sales manager of the Zenith Chicago
office. The Oklahoma branch will be a distributing
unit only, equipped with and stocked to give prompt
and immediate service to all Zenith dealers in that
territory. The warehouse of the company is located
at 531 West Main street, with offices at 203 Perrine
Building, Oklahoma City.
Chicago
INDIANAPOLIS, IND.
PIANO KEYS RECOVERED
General Key Repairs,
Sharps, Etc.
Ivory Sanding, Polishing
and Re-Gluing
Our Ivorine Keys
Heaviest
and
Highest Quality
Mc.MacKin
PtanoSerVice
DESMOHNES.IOWA.
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
Corner Lewis Street
CHICAGO
FAIRBANKS
THE FAIRBANKS CO., Springfield, Ohio
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PRESTO-TIMES
November 17, 1928
Salvi and Emil Schipper are the most prominent. The
third week, commencing on Monday evening, Novem-
ber 19, embraces on the whole, repetitions of operas
The Zenith Radio Corporation have established a
Material Used in Ornamentation in Manufacture of that have been successfully received at earlier presen- branch office and warehouse in Oklahoma City for the
Musical Goods Comes from South America.
tations, but the week will also include a work that has distribution of Zenith radio for the entire state of
A considerable amount of mother-of-pearl is re- not been heard in Chicago in some years. Offen- Oklahoma, the Pan-Handle section of Texas and
quired in the musical merchandise industry, a con- bach's familiar "The Tales of Hoffman" will be pre-
siderable part of which is imported from South sented on Saturday afternoon, November 24, and it
America. Shells of unusual size and value are to be will mark an interesting afternoon.
found along the coast of Ecuador. The Pan-Ameri-
can Union, of which the United States is a member,
CAPEHART COMPANY MOVES.
recently issued a report on the industry in which this
Offices
of the Capehart Automatic Phonograph
was said:
Manufacturing Company, Huntington, Ind., were
"One of the allied industries of fishing for pearls is moved Sunday, Nov. 4, to the building on the corner
that of obtaining valuable shells, known as mother-of- of Market and Second streets. The present location
pearl. The latter are found generally along with the will be permanent. The new building, which has
pearl fisheries; and when no pearls exist within the been remodeled and redecorated, gives the office force
oyster the shells themselves are of considerable value. of the concern four times as much floor space as
"Mother-of-pearl is denned as the 'internal nacre- was available in the previous building. The change
ous lining of the molluscan shell.' This shell, as is in locations was necessary by the expansion of the
well known, is seen in general use in our homes, business. On March 24, 1928, the first two machines
where it is highly prized for toilet articles, for han- of the company were produced, and since that time,
dles to knives, for buttons and ornamental pur- the employment roster has grown from about twenty
poses in making certain kinds of musical instru- to over one hundred. Besides the employes here there
ments."
are twenty-five district managers who employ nearly
one hundred salesmen.
MOTHER=OF=PEARL SUPPLIES
CHICAGO CIVIC OPERA
With the first two weeks of the 1928-29 season of
the Chicago Civic Opera Company now musical his-
tory, the third week at the Auditorium Theater con-
tinues with unabated brilliance, bringing before the
public works of the greatest possible interest and
artists who have proved exceedingly popular. A sur-
vey of the new artists presented to patrons of the
Chicago Civic Opera indicates that of the fifteen new
singers engaged for this season, ten have already ap-
peared iii various roles, and all have met with unusual
and deserving success. Of the remaining new artists,
all will have been heard and seen within another
month, and their debuts are awaited with eager antici-
pation. Of these artists, Frida Leider, Margherita
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
ZENITH'S OKLAHOMA BRANCH
FRANK J. BLACK E N T E R T A I N S .
Frank J. Black, pianist, composer, and conductor;
Lewis James, the radio tenor, and a quartet presented
a program consisting of symphonic arrangements of
popular numbers Nov. 13 during the family party
program over W-G-N, The Chicago Tribune station
on the Drake hotel. Black is one of the pioneer cre-
ators and directors of radio entertainment. In the
field of radio during the last five years he has ar-
ranged and conducted a large number of the best
concert hours.
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.
A. C. CHENEY
PIANO ACTION COMPANY
PIANO KEY REPAIRING
KEYS RETURNED IN 24 HOURS
BEST GRADE IVOBINE
RECOVERING
BUSHING
SHARPS
NEW FRONTS
PLAYER ACTIONS
Felts
d and Upright Hammer a
Made of Weickert Felt
Fine Action Bushing Cloths, etc
SCHAFF
Piano String Co,
The Piano Repair Shop
Pianos and Phonographs Rebuilt fcy
Expert Workmen
Player-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
33t South Wabash Are.
Manufacturers of
$8.00
3.50
2.50
2.00
REPAIRED
Prompt and efficient service
Striking: Pneumatics
Air Motors, Governors, etc.. Recovered
2106 Boulevard Place
WEICKERT
and Damper
COLLECTED OLD PIANOS.
In eleven buildings full of old furniture, accumu-
lated over a twenty-year period by the late Miss
Mary Lucetta Edgarton of Neenah, Wis., were thirty
pianos and fifty organs.
E. A. BOUSLOG, Inc.
CASTLETON, N. Y.
Sole Agent* for
Hammer
FKKD K. KOTHKUBKKG.
the western section of Arkansas. This factory branch
is under the management of Fred R. Roterberg, for-
mer assistant sales manager of the Zenith Chicago
office. The Oklahoma branch will be a distributing
unit only, equipped with and stocked to give prompt
and immediate service to all Zenith dealers in that
territory. The warehouse of the company is located
at 531 West Main street, with offices at 203 Perrine
Building, Oklahoma City.
Chicago
INDIANAPOLIS, IND.
PIANO KEYS RECOVERED
General Key Repairs,
Sharps, Etc.
Ivory Sanding, Polishing
and Re-Gluing
Our Ivorine Keys
Heaviest
and
Highest Quality
Mc.MacKin
PtanoSerVice
DESMOHNES.IOWA.
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
Corner Lewis Street
CHICAGO
FAIRBANKS
THE FAIRBANKS CO., Springfield, Ohio
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).