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P R E S T O-T I M E S
December 15, 1928
Would like to have a later one. If you have them
kindly let me know the price of same.
MRS. PAUL PAULSON.
1056 Union Street, Kingsburg, Calif.
Our correspondent writing from Kingsburg, Calif.,
possibly is not closely associated with the piano busi-
Mrs. Paul Paulsen of Kingsburg, Calif., Writes ness else she would have been made aware of the Particular Attention Is Called to an Organ for
publication of a new Presto Buyers Guide every year.
Theaters That Embodies Latest Methods
Interesting Letter in Ordering New
But no matter in what year she bought her last
of Production.
Copy of Blue Book.
copy she found it reliable as to the character of the
American pianos described therein. Of course the
The Operators' Piano Company, 715 North Kedzie
The following letter impresses a fact of which a new issues bring the publication up to date in a
great many people in the piano trade are aware. It is great many particulars and in them the new features avenue, Chicago, is building some very attractive and
serviceable instruments, some of which were shown
that a number of Presto Buyers Guide is continuous
in pianos are impressed.
to a Presto-Times representative on December 6 by
in its service long after the particular issue is de-
The Presto Buyers Guide for 1929 is in preparation President Severson of that company. One of these
clared out of print:
and orders now placed will receive early attention is a theater organ of widest range and a multiplicity
Kingsburg, Calif, Dec. 3, '28.
in mailing.
of voices—sweet, soft and low; powerful and thun-
Presto Publishing Company,
derous; mournful or hilarious; all elating and carry-
Chicago, 111.
ing the listener into uncharted realms of delight.
WORK FOR WORLD'S FAIR.
Gents: Do you still publish The Presto Buyers
Such an instrument would be a charming change
Chicago's
World's
Fair
workers,
under
the
direction
Guide—the Blue Book of American Musical Instru-
for the better over the tin-panny, metallic instruments
ments? I have one that was published in 1910-11. of General Abel Davis, vice-president of the Chicago that now are in use in so many of the medium-sized
Title and Trust Company and Stuyvesant Peabody, cities of America. If the owners of such imposed-
head of the Consumers company, are busy securing upon theaters could only see and hear one of these
enrollments in the $1,000 founder membership cam- instruments of the Operators' Piano Company how
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
paign announced by Rufus C. Dawes, president of the quickly would they change their minds about what
centennial. So many applications have been received they thought good enough to give the public as
for the $1,000 founder memberships that it has been music.
decided to raise $1,000,000 for the fair by admitting
This is only one of the several makes and styles of
TTTTTTffTTfTTTTTfTTTTTfTTTTTTTfTTTTT one thousand to that status instead of selling only
instruments that are being made, or developed, at
one hundred of them, Mr. Dawes said.
the Operators' Company's big factory. A trip through
the research rooms and the practical construction
departments amounts to a revelation and an education.
MUSICAL INSTRUMENT CENSUS.
New York was first with 118 musical instrument
CHANGE IN SYRACUSE, N. Y.
manufacturers in the report of the Department of
Commerce in the census for 1927. Of the 371 such
The Greenleaf Music Co., Syracuse, N. Y., has sold
establishments reported for that period sixty-two were its phonograph and record department to Walter L.
located in Illinois. Playerpianos, "baby grands," wind
Welch, who will continue the business as a depart-
instruments, xylophones, drums, bells, stringed instru- ment of the Greenleaf Music Co. Mr. Welch has also
ments and organs were included in the list of Illinois purchased the Edison phonograph and record busi-
products, ranking this state second in the list of pro- ness of the Stone Piano Co. and will also continue
duction and valuation. Indiana was third with twenty- this branch at the Greenleaf store, 582 South Salina
two. Two were reported in Missouri and one in street.
Iowa
FOUND BUYERS GUIDE
USEFUL FOR 18 YEARS
Wanted: Tfoung Men!
—to become specialists in a field which will not
only pay them exceptionally well but which
will give them social standing and prominence!
T^O young men looking- for such an opportunity we
J. have an unusual offer. Right now in numberless
cities and towns in the United States, there is a great
shortage of piano experts, technicians and tuners.
The few masters there are, are earning large salaries
for this exceptionally pleasant work. Their time is
theirown. They meet the best peo-
ple and soon establish a wealthy iMien-
tele. We can fit you for this profession
Send for frer book- in approximately 12 short weeka' time!
let which tells all
Now don't say you are not a musician!
about our practical You
don't need to be. In fact. 50 per
and thorough train-
lesson. And now they are earning from
$260 to $500 a month!
lookine for. Pull yourself out
. —
„„.. „ place for yourself amon& the
bestpeople. Our complete course in our new J8B,-
000.00 laboratory fit a you for a real paying pro-
fession. You can doit. Others have with no better
backing than you have. Find out the facts anyway.
POLK COLLEGE OF PIANO TUNING
. Polk Bulldinf. D.pt. t o
L« Ports, Ind.
FREE
Polk College of Piano Tuninir, La Porte. Ind.
Please Bend me a copy of your free booklet
I like the idea of becoming a professional
piano expert.
OPERATORS' PIANO CO.
MAKING FINE ORGANS
MOVES IN HOUSTON, TEX.
A GRINNELL BROS. BRANCH.
The Houston Music House, Houston, Tex., recently
moved to new and larger quarters on Main street
Cliff Strable, well known Fremont, O., man, is in J. S. Ramos is proprietor of the business. All the
charge of a new music house which opened its doors departments are on the first floor where the goods are
to the public recently in the Lejeune Brothers build- arrayed in a most alluring manner. The offices and
ing, 226 Park avenue, Fremont. The store is known repair shop are on the balcony.
as the Grinnell Brothers Music House. Grinnell
Brothers have recently opened a number of similar
STEIN'S TRADE KEEPS UP.
stores in Ohio, with Findlay, Lima and Fremont
Charles Frederick Stein, 3047 Carroll avenue, Chi-
among the cities in that section of the state obtaining
cago, piano manufacturer, told a Presto-Times re-
branches of the firm.
porter on Tuesday of this week that his 1928 business
so far had equalled that of 1927, with a few days still
to come in 1928 to make it exceed the 1927 record.
"We have been lucky," he said, "and consequently
are happy."
DISTINCTIVE
TONE QUALITY
MOVES IN SEATTLE.
Alvin H. Waite, music dealer, Seattle, Wash., is
now located in his new store at 217 Stewart street,
near Third. The new location is in the same building
as the old one but more accommodation for a growing
business has been secured in the new quarters.
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TfieCABLECOMPANY
Makers of Grand, Upright
and Inner-Player Pianos,
including Conover, Cable,
Kingsbury, Wellington and
Euphona.
Chicago
For generations Poehlmann
Music Wire and Fly Brand
Tuning Pins have made
many pianos famous for
their r e n o w n t d tonal
qualities.
The continued prestige of Fly BranC
Pins and Poehlmann Wire is due solely
to quality. Every detail is watched
minutely. Made from special drawn wir e
by men who have done nothing- else for a
lifetime, they embody every known
requisite for quality. That is why many
manufacturers of high grade pianos de-
mand Poehlmann W i r e a n d Fly
Brand Pins.
SOLE AGENT, U.S.A.
AMERICAN PIANO SUPPLY CO.
Division of
HAMMACHER-SCHLEMMER & CO.
104-106 East 13th St.
New York, N. Y.
ALWAYS
o. p r o d u c t w o r t h y of
"A Name Well Known Since
1875"
JESSE FRENCH & SONS PIANO CO.
NEW CASTLE, INDIANA
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P R E S T O-T I M E S
December 15, 1928
Would like to have a later one. If you have them
kindly let me know the price of same.
MRS. PAUL PAULSON.
1056 Union Street, Kingsburg, Calif.
Our correspondent writing from Kingsburg, Calif.,
possibly is not closely associated with the piano busi-
Mrs. Paul Paulsen of Kingsburg, Calif., Writes ness else she would have been made aware of the Particular Attention Is Called to an Organ for
publication of a new Presto Buyers Guide every year.
Theaters That Embodies Latest Methods
Interesting Letter in Ordering New
But no matter in what year she bought her last
of Production.
Copy of Blue Book.
copy she found it reliable as to the character of the
American pianos described therein. Of course the
The Operators' Piano Company, 715 North Kedzie
The following letter impresses a fact of which a new issues bring the publication up to date in a
great many people in the piano trade are aware. It is great many particulars and in them the new features avenue, Chicago, is building some very attractive and
serviceable instruments, some of which were shown
that a number of Presto Buyers Guide is continuous
in pianos are impressed.
to a Presto-Times representative on December 6 by
in its service long after the particular issue is de-
The Presto Buyers Guide for 1929 is in preparation President Severson of that company. One of these
clared out of print:
and orders now placed will receive early attention is a theater organ of widest range and a multiplicity
Kingsburg, Calif, Dec. 3, '28.
in mailing.
of voices—sweet, soft and low; powerful and thun-
Presto Publishing Company,
derous; mournful or hilarious; all elating and carry-
Chicago, 111.
ing the listener into uncharted realms of delight.
WORK FOR WORLD'S FAIR.
Gents: Do you still publish The Presto Buyers
Such an instrument would be a charming change
Chicago's
World's
Fair
workers,
under
the
direction
Guide—the Blue Book of American Musical Instru-
for the better over the tin-panny, metallic instruments
ments? I have one that was published in 1910-11. of General Abel Davis, vice-president of the Chicago that now are in use in so many of the medium-sized
Title and Trust Company and Stuyvesant Peabody, cities of America. If the owners of such imposed-
head of the Consumers company, are busy securing upon theaters could only see and hear one of these
enrollments in the $1,000 founder membership cam- instruments of the Operators' Piano Company how
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
paign announced by Rufus C. Dawes, president of the quickly would they change their minds about what
centennial. So many applications have been received they thought good enough to give the public as
for the $1,000 founder memberships that it has been music.
decided to raise $1,000,000 for the fair by admitting
This is only one of the several makes and styles of
TTTTTTffTTfTTTTTfTTTTTfTTTTTTTfTTTTT one thousand to that status instead of selling only
instruments that are being made, or developed, at
one hundred of them, Mr. Dawes said.
the Operators' Company's big factory. A trip through
the research rooms and the practical construction
departments amounts to a revelation and an education.
MUSICAL INSTRUMENT CENSUS.
New York was first with 118 musical instrument
CHANGE IN SYRACUSE, N. Y.
manufacturers in the report of the Department of
Commerce in the census for 1927. Of the 371 such
The Greenleaf Music Co., Syracuse, N. Y., has sold
establishments reported for that period sixty-two were its phonograph and record department to Walter L.
located in Illinois. Playerpianos, "baby grands," wind
Welch, who will continue the business as a depart-
instruments, xylophones, drums, bells, stringed instru- ment of the Greenleaf Music Co. Mr. Welch has also
ments and organs were included in the list of Illinois purchased the Edison phonograph and record busi-
products, ranking this state second in the list of pro- ness of the Stone Piano Co. and will also continue
duction and valuation. Indiana was third with twenty- this branch at the Greenleaf store, 582 South Salina
two. Two were reported in Missouri and one in street.
Iowa
FOUND BUYERS GUIDE
USEFUL FOR 18 YEARS
Wanted: Tfoung Men!
—to become specialists in a field which will not
only pay them exceptionally well but which
will give them social standing and prominence!
T^O young men looking- for such an opportunity we
J. have an unusual offer. Right now in numberless
cities and towns in the United States, there is a great
shortage of piano experts, technicians and tuners.
The few masters there are, are earning large salaries
for this exceptionally pleasant work. Their time is
theirown. They meet the best peo-
ple and soon establish a wealthy iMien-
tele. We can fit you for this profession
Send for frer book- in approximately 12 short weeka' time!
let which tells all
Now don't say you are not a musician!
about our practical You
don't need to be. In fact. 50 per
and thorough train-
lesson. And now they are earning from
$260 to $500 a month!
lookine for. Pull yourself out
. —
„„.. „ place for yourself amon& the
bestpeople. Our complete course in our new J8B,-
000.00 laboratory fit a you for a real paying pro-
fession. You can doit. Others have with no better
backing than you have. Find out the facts anyway.
POLK COLLEGE OF PIANO TUNING
. Polk Bulldinf. D.pt. t o
L« Ports, Ind.
FREE
Polk College of Piano Tuninir, La Porte. Ind.
Please Bend me a copy of your free booklet
I like the idea of becoming a professional
piano expert.
OPERATORS' PIANO CO.
MAKING FINE ORGANS
MOVES IN HOUSTON, TEX.
A GRINNELL BROS. BRANCH.
The Houston Music House, Houston, Tex., recently
moved to new and larger quarters on Main street
Cliff Strable, well known Fremont, O., man, is in J. S. Ramos is proprietor of the business. All the
charge of a new music house which opened its doors departments are on the first floor where the goods are
to the public recently in the Lejeune Brothers build- arrayed in a most alluring manner. The offices and
ing, 226 Park avenue, Fremont. The store is known repair shop are on the balcony.
as the Grinnell Brothers Music House. Grinnell
Brothers have recently opened a number of similar
STEIN'S TRADE KEEPS UP.
stores in Ohio, with Findlay, Lima and Fremont
Charles Frederick Stein, 3047 Carroll avenue, Chi-
among the cities in that section of the state obtaining
cago, piano manufacturer, told a Presto-Times re-
branches of the firm.
porter on Tuesday of this week that his 1928 business
so far had equalled that of 1927, with a few days still
to come in 1928 to make it exceed the 1927 record.
"We have been lucky," he said, "and consequently
are happy."
DISTINCTIVE
TONE QUALITY
MOVES IN SEATTLE.
Alvin H. Waite, music dealer, Seattle, Wash., is
now located in his new store at 217 Stewart street,
near Third. The new location is in the same building
as the old one but more accommodation for a growing
business has been secured in the new quarters.
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
TTTTTTi
TfieCABLECOMPANY
Makers of Grand, Upright
and Inner-Player Pianos,
including Conover, Cable,
Kingsbury, Wellington and
Euphona.
Chicago
For generations Poehlmann
Music Wire and Fly Brand
Tuning Pins have made
many pianos famous for
their r e n o w n t d tonal
qualities.
The continued prestige of Fly BranC
Pins and Poehlmann Wire is due solely
to quality. Every detail is watched
minutely. Made from special drawn wir e
by men who have done nothing- else for a
lifetime, they embody every known
requisite for quality. That is why many
manufacturers of high grade pianos de-
mand Poehlmann W i r e a n d Fly
Brand Pins.
SOLE AGENT, U.S.A.
AMERICAN PIANO SUPPLY CO.
Division of
HAMMACHER-SCHLEMMER & CO.
104-106 East 13th St.
New York, N. Y.
ALWAYS
o. p r o d u c t w o r t h y of
"A Name Well Known Since
1875"
JESSE FRENCH & SONS PIANO CO.
NEW CASTLE, INDIANA
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).