Presto
Issue: 1928 2213 - Page 14
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P R E S T O-T I M E S
BAND GOODS PRODUCTION
Its Amazing Growth Since the World War
Due to Stimulative Effects of Circumstances
on Progressive Manufacturer.
The manufacture of band instruments in the United
States has been stimulated in an amazing way since
the beginning of the World War. Several phases
in the situation created at the beginning of hostilities
and subsequently have resulted in a wonderful pro-
duction of materials and finished goods. Before the
war the trade here in brass musical instruments was
largely dependent on Germany and France.
Before the war it was a generally accepted fact that
we could not manufacture brass instruments in this
country to compete with the German product. With
their cheap labor and their knowledge of manufac-
turing gained from generations of experience it was
held to be impossible to make an instrument at their
price that would compare at all favorably with the
German instrument in quality and tone; consequently
the bulk of the instruments used in this country were
imported. Germany's exports to us of brass instru-
ments before 1914 amounted annually to about
$1,000,000.
But conditions today are different. We now man-
ufacture the biggest part of the brass instruments
made in the whole world ouutside of those which the
Germans and Austrians make for their own use. Our
manufacturers have not only conquered all difficulties
but have evolved new methods of manufacture. In
great plants like that of C. G. Conn in Elkhart, Ind.,
new machinery has been devised and made that not
only simplifies processes but also produces perfect
instruments.
The instruments the American band instrument
manufacturers are turning out are of the highest
quality, far excelling the former German product
December 29, 1928
and are now accepted as the standard of quality
throughout the world, American manufacturers have
won their prominence on merit and on merit they will
keep it. Of course having the largest initial market
in the world is an advantage which our manufac-
turers have over the rest of the world. A large home
consumption makes possible a large production which
is a very material aid in keeping manufacturing costs
down to the minimum and fixed charges at a low
ratio of the total turnover.
A cheering certainty is that the home consumption
will be further increased. The growth of the band
and orchestra spirit is one of the most remarkable
features of the American music trade. It is some-
thing stimulated by the dealers, the manufacturers,
individually and through their national associations
and by every event which has music as a prominent
feature. The band and orchestra business now has
an overwhelming impetus.
SPECHT ORCHESTRA CHOSEN.
"Paul Specht. 1585 Broadway, New Yorw, N. Y.:
This is to inform you that your orchestra has been
denfiitely chosen and honored to play for the in-
augural charity ball March 4, 1929. Please wire con-
firmation to Mrs. John Allen Daugherty, care my
office here. Matthew Quay, president Hoover-Curtis
Club," is the text of a telegram to Paul Specht dated
December 7.
The Arcturus Radio Company, of Newark, N. J.,
exclusive manufacturer of A-C radio tubes, has re-
cently acquired two new plants, located on Freling-
huysen and Elizabeth avenues, tripling their space and
production facilities. The company now operates four
plants—one in Harrison, N. J., and three in Newark,
as well as a separately situated laboratory, also in the
latter city. The executive offices have been moved to
220 Elizabeth avenue.
Worry Over Player Details
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
Sole Agent* for
is avoided by the manufac-
turer who uses the
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
CASTLETON, N. Y.
A big field of musical instrument sales for the
dealer is secured by the promotion of small orchestras
for entertaining and the opportunities are present in
every city, town and village in the country. It is a
means to sales and expansion of business that is being
used by dealers who use system in the pursuit of
sales.
There is a great opportunity for the small orches-
tra of from four to seven pieces. And there is no
season of the year in which the small orchestra does
not have demands upon its services. The social and
civic spirit is everywhere. Community clubs, Rotary,
Kiwanis, churches, women's clubs, commercial asso-
ciations and bodies of all kinds require music once in
a while for meetings and functions. In many cases
the organizations are not able to pay more than $35
or $40 for music and there is where the small orches-
tra comes in.
A successful orchestra in a Chicago suburb is highly
appreciated by the community. It was organized
by a local dealer and the fact is a constant ad for
his business. It consists of piano, violin, cornet, saxo-
phone and drums. The dealer is the leader and all
the others have regular daytime jobs. Most of the
calls for the orchestra are for night events, anyway.
"We divide the cost of music among the crowd
and we have a treasury which we use for advertising
and other incidental expenses," said the dealer-con-
ductor, who was a visitor to a Chicago wholesale
music house this week. The players use their own
instruments which are mostly Conns. If there is no
piano where we are playing we rent an instrument
for the occasion."
ILLINOIS FIRM RETIRES.
F. S. Bulpitt Sons, Taylorville, Til., has announced
its retirement from the music business and is holding
a closing out sale of pianos, rolls and records.
PIANO KEY REPAIRING
KEYS RETURNED IN 24 HOURS
BEST GRADE IVORINE
RECOVERING
BUSHING
SHARPS
NEW FRONTS
PLAYER ACTIONS
The Piano Repair Shop
Gran«< and Upright Hantntmrt
Mad* of WeUktt Felt
Pianos and Phonographs Rebuilt by
Expert Workmen
Playei-actions installed. Instruments
refimshed or remodeled and actions and
keys repaired. Work guaranteed. Price?
reasonable.
Our-of-town dealers' repair work solic-
ited. Write for details and terms.
THE PIANO REPAIR SHOP
33f South Wabasb AT*.
E. A. BOUSLOG, Inc.
Chicago
INDIANAPOLIS, IND.
PIANO KEYS RECOVERED
General Key Repairs,
Sharps, Etc.
Ivory Sanding, Polishing
and Re-Gluing
Our Ivorine Keys
Heaviest
and
Highest Quality
at
Mc.MacK.in
PianoTScrVice
DESMOINES.IOWA.
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
Hammer and Damper Felts
SCHAFF
Piano String Co.
Besides Their Services in Local Functions
They Are Good for Trade Promotion for
Dealer Equipping Them.
A. C. Cheney Player Action
WEICKERT
Fine Action Bushing Cloths, etc
COMMUNITY ORCHESTRAS
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
Comer Lewis Street
CHICAGO
FAIRBANKS
PIANO PLATES
THE FAIRBANKS CO., Springfield, Ohio
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P R E S T O-T I M E S
BAND GOODS PRODUCTION
Its Amazing Growth Since the World War
Due to Stimulative Effects of Circumstances
on Progressive Manufacturer.
The manufacture of band instruments in the United
States has been stimulated in an amazing way since
the beginning of the World War. Several phases
in the situation created at the beginning of hostilities
and subsequently have resulted in a wonderful pro-
duction of materials and finished goods. Before the
war the trade here in brass musical instruments was
largely dependent on Germany and France.
Before the war it was a generally accepted fact that
we could not manufacture brass instruments in this
country to compete with the German product. With
their cheap labor and their knowledge of manufac-
turing gained from generations of experience it was
held to be impossible to make an instrument at their
price that would compare at all favorably with the
German instrument in quality and tone; consequently
the bulk of the instruments used in this country were
imported. Germany's exports to us of brass instru-
ments before 1914 amounted annually to about
$1,000,000.
But conditions today are different. We now man-
ufacture the biggest part of the brass instruments
made in the whole world ouutside of those which the
Germans and Austrians make for their own use. Our
manufacturers have not only conquered all difficulties
but have evolved new methods of manufacture. In
great plants like that of C. G. Conn in Elkhart, Ind.,
new machinery has been devised and made that not
only simplifies processes but also produces perfect
instruments.
The instruments the American band instrument
manufacturers are turning out are of the highest
quality, far excelling the former German product
December 29, 1928
and are now accepted as the standard of quality
throughout the world, American manufacturers have
won their prominence on merit and on merit they will
keep it. Of course having the largest initial market
in the world is an advantage which our manufac-
turers have over the rest of the world. A large home
consumption makes possible a large production which
is a very material aid in keeping manufacturing costs
down to the minimum and fixed charges at a low
ratio of the total turnover.
A cheering certainty is that the home consumption
will be further increased. The growth of the band
and orchestra spirit is one of the most remarkable
features of the American music trade. It is some-
thing stimulated by the dealers, the manufacturers,
individually and through their national associations
and by every event which has music as a prominent
feature. The band and orchestra business now has
an overwhelming impetus.
SPECHT ORCHESTRA CHOSEN.
"Paul Specht. 1585 Broadway, New Yorw, N. Y.:
This is to inform you that your orchestra has been
denfiitely chosen and honored to play for the in-
augural charity ball March 4, 1929. Please wire con-
firmation to Mrs. John Allen Daugherty, care my
office here. Matthew Quay, president Hoover-Curtis
Club," is the text of a telegram to Paul Specht dated
December 7.
The Arcturus Radio Company, of Newark, N. J.,
exclusive manufacturer of A-C radio tubes, has re-
cently acquired two new plants, located on Freling-
huysen and Elizabeth avenues, tripling their space and
production facilities. The company now operates four
plants—one in Harrison, N. J., and three in Newark,
as well as a separately situated laboratory, also in the
latter city. The executive offices have been moved to
220 Elizabeth avenue.
Worry Over Player Details
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
Sole Agent* for
is avoided by the manufac-
turer who uses the
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
CASTLETON, N. Y.
A big field of musical instrument sales for the
dealer is secured by the promotion of small orchestras
for entertaining and the opportunities are present in
every city, town and village in the country. It is a
means to sales and expansion of business that is being
used by dealers who use system in the pursuit of
sales.
There is a great opportunity for the small orches-
tra of from four to seven pieces. And there is no
season of the year in which the small orchestra does
not have demands upon its services. The social and
civic spirit is everywhere. Community clubs, Rotary,
Kiwanis, churches, women's clubs, commercial asso-
ciations and bodies of all kinds require music once in
a while for meetings and functions. In many cases
the organizations are not able to pay more than $35
or $40 for music and there is where the small orches-
tra comes in.
A successful orchestra in a Chicago suburb is highly
appreciated by the community. It was organized
by a local dealer and the fact is a constant ad for
his business. It consists of piano, violin, cornet, saxo-
phone and drums. The dealer is the leader and all
the others have regular daytime jobs. Most of the
calls for the orchestra are for night events, anyway.
"We divide the cost of music among the crowd
and we have a treasury which we use for advertising
and other incidental expenses," said the dealer-con-
ductor, who was a visitor to a Chicago wholesale
music house this week. The players use their own
instruments which are mostly Conns. If there is no
piano where we are playing we rent an instrument
for the occasion."
ILLINOIS FIRM RETIRES.
F. S. Bulpitt Sons, Taylorville, Til., has announced
its retirement from the music business and is holding
a closing out sale of pianos, rolls and records.
PIANO KEY REPAIRING
KEYS RETURNED IN 24 HOURS
BEST GRADE IVORINE
RECOVERING
BUSHING
SHARPS
NEW FRONTS
PLAYER ACTIONS
The Piano Repair Shop
Gran«< and Upright Hantntmrt
Mad* of WeUktt Felt
Pianos and Phonographs Rebuilt by
Expert Workmen
Playei-actions installed. Instruments
refimshed or remodeled and actions and
keys repaired. Work guaranteed. Price?
reasonable.
Our-of-town dealers' repair work solic-
ited. Write for details and terms.
THE PIANO REPAIR SHOP
33f South Wabasb AT*.
E. A. BOUSLOG, Inc.
Chicago
INDIANAPOLIS, IND.
PIANO KEYS RECOVERED
General Key Repairs,
Sharps, Etc.
Ivory Sanding, Polishing
and Re-Gluing
Our Ivorine Keys
Heaviest
and
Highest Quality
at
Mc.MacK.in
PianoTScrVice
DESMOINES.IOWA.
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
Hammer and Damper Felts
SCHAFF
Piano String Co.
Besides Their Services in Local Functions
They Are Good for Trade Promotion for
Dealer Equipping Them.
A. C. Cheney Player Action
WEICKERT
Fine Action Bushing Cloths, etc
COMMUNITY ORCHESTRAS
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
Comer Lewis Street
CHICAGO
FAIRBANKS
PIANO PLATES
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).