Presto
Issue: 1929 2216 - Page 12
12
January 19, 1929
PRESTO-TIMES
The Background
A BUSY ROLL
DEPARTMENT
THE NEW
CAPITOL
WORD ROLLS
JUST RELEASED.
5104—Down By the Old Front Gate—Fox Trot
5102—Dream House—Fox Trot
5101—Etiquette Blues—Fox Trot
5093 F'rinstance—Fox Trot
5090 Good Night—Waltz
5098—1 Get the Blues When It Rains—Fox. Trot
5094—I Must Be Dreaming—Fox Trot
5088 I Tore Up Your Picture—Marimba Waltz
5092 I'd Like to Ride Away to a Little Hide-
Away
5089—I'll Be With You When the Roses Bloom
Again
5097 I'm Winging Home—Fox Trot
5100 Just A Little Bit o' Driftwood—Fox Trot
5086 Just Like a Melody Out of the S k y -
Fox Trot
5082 Little Mother—Waltz
5099 Love Affairs—Fox Trot
5085 My Heart Keeps On Speaking of Love—
Fox Trot
5095 Old Pals Are the Best Pals After A l l -
Fox Trot
5087 Rag Doll—Fox Trot
5081 Rosette—Waltz
5103 She's A Great, Great Girl—Fox Trot
5106 Six Feet of Earth (Make Us All of One
Size)
5091 The Dance of the Blue Danube—Fox Trot
5096 Whisper Sweet and Whisper Low—Fox
Trot
5105 When You're Smiling—Fox Trot
5084 You Can't Blame Me For That—Fox Trot
Extra Choruses
A Longer Roll
Seventy-five cents
Printed Words
NEW YORK LETTER
B. K. SETTERQREN VISITS
NEW^ORK OFFICE
(Continued from page 7.)
East Thirteenth street, New York, has been good but
it could be better. Neither of these famous concerns
has any cause to worry, for their lines are standard,
their reputations for square dealing are well-known
and where there is any business to be had they get a
fair share of it.
Kranich & Bach in Metropolitan Territory.
"We are working the metropolitan territory thor-
oughly now," said Edward A. Ripper, office manager
for Kranich & Bach, 235 East 23rd street, New York.
"By metropolitan territory I mean the whole dis-
trict within a circle of 50 miles from the store or
farther. And we are getting some results, as we
deserve to, with our fine line of instruments. If we
can only get people to come to the store to see
these beautiful pianos, we surely make sales."
Louis P. Bach, head of the house, who is under his
physician's guidance concerning his activities, does
not come to his office in New York very often, but
is living quietly at his beautiful home in Port Ches-
ter, Conn. His doctor, it is understood, forbids busi-
ness callers to see him.
Indications of a Prosperous Year.
Piano men may take heart from the condition in
the steel trade—always a basic industry. Steel out-
put this year has already passed the high rate of
December last.
An All-Russian Program.
Russian musicians gave an all-Russiau program on
the night of December 9 in Town Hall, New York
city, where the Kedroff Quartet sang and Maria
Safonoff played the piano before a good-sized audi-
ence. Messrs. Denissoff and Kassakoff, tenors; N.
N. Kedroff, barytone, and C. N. Kedroff, basso, sang
numbers by Tcherepnin, Borodin and Tchaikovsky,
folk-songs arranged by Moussorgsky and the bary-
tone Kedroff, and other numbers of the latter's ar-
rangements.
T. L. Lutkins in Canada.
T. L. Lutkins, the leather wholesaler and producer,
40 Spruce street. New York, returned from a busi-
ness trip to Philadelphia on Friday of last week. On
that day half an hour after his return, Presto-Times
correspondent met him. He finds conditions improv-
President of the B. K. Settergren Company,
Bluffton, Ind., Makes Optimistic Predic-
tions for Piano Sales for 1929.
B. K. Settergren, president of the B. K. Settergren
Company of Bluffton, Ind., who is visiting at his
New York office, 127 West 43rd street, said to the
Presto-Times correspondent:
"We had a most wonderful year; in fact, our busi-
ness for 1928 exceeded any other year by 20 per cent.
It is too early in 1929 to make a prediction on what
the result will be this year. But that it is on the
upward incline is a self-evident fact."
Mr. Settergren is a man who believes that one
must be inspired by his business in order to make
sales or get new business. He is not the kind that
gets stage fright or sees bogies in the dark or who
regard rival lines in the sense of enemies. He looks
upon the rad : o, the washing machine or any other line
of easy-payment products as stimulants to the piano
business and to piano salesmen. So he is not look-
ing with mournful eyes upon what has not been
done, but is turning his face forward optimistically,
determined to sell more pianos in 1929 than ever
before.
Mr. Settergren's territory is the Uniited States.
He has not yet planned an immediate trip, but that
he will make some extensive forays into good piano
territory in the next few weeks goes without saying.
Just now he is working nearby territories in the
metropolitan district of New York city. He makes
his calls in the forenoons, comes in and writes his
correspondence, and in the afternoon he has some
time left to do some constructive thinking about the
next day's or the next week's work.
OFFERS PIANO SERVICE.
After two and one-half years of piano work in
South Bend, Ind , Frank F. King has opened a piano
service of his own in River Park, Ind. "Your piano
troubles can be easily solved by me at my home" is
the invitation in the local newspaper.
ing. But there is room for lots of improvement yet.
On Monday of this week—January 14—he set out
for a trip through Canada. Toronto and Montreal are
on the itinerary of this business trip.
PRESTO
BUYERS'
GUIDE
Indispensable to
Dealers and
Grand, Upright and Player-Pianos
Salesmen
Strictly High Grade. Many Exclusive Selling Points.
Attractive Proposition for Dealers. Send for Catalog.
Price 50 cents
R A . ^ t a r t k $mxw
®0. r, manufacturers, CHICAGO, ILL.
New York Warerooms: 112-114 West 42nd St.
THE KOHLER INDUSTRIES
of NEW YORK
Hand Played
AFFILIATED COMPANIES
M
Made of the best materials
obtainable.
Will please your trade and
double your sales.
Quality and price make
Capitol rolls the deal-
er's best profit producer
in a roll department.
r
anufacturing
for the
trade
Upright and Grand Pianos Player Pianos
Welte rViignon (Licensee) Reproducing Pianos
De Luxe Player Actions
Standard Player Actions
Welte Mignon (Licensee) Reproducing Actions
Expression Player Actions
Piano Hammers
Bass Strings
Wholesale Chicago Office and Service Departments
Capitol Music Roll Co.
721 N. Kedzie Ave., CHICAGO, ILL.
(Formerly Columbia Music Roll Co.)
San Francisco Of) ice
458 Phelan Building
KOHLER INDUSTRIES
1222
KIMBALLL
BUILDING
CHICAGO
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January 19, 1929
PRESTO-TIMES
The Background
A BUSY ROLL
DEPARTMENT
THE NEW
CAPITOL
WORD ROLLS
JUST RELEASED.
5104—Down By the Old Front Gate—Fox Trot
5102—Dream House—Fox Trot
5101—Etiquette Blues—Fox Trot
5093 F'rinstance—Fox Trot
5090 Good Night—Waltz
5098—1 Get the Blues When It Rains—Fox. Trot
5094—I Must Be Dreaming—Fox Trot
5088 I Tore Up Your Picture—Marimba Waltz
5092 I'd Like to Ride Away to a Little Hide-
Away
5089—I'll Be With You When the Roses Bloom
Again
5097 I'm Winging Home—Fox Trot
5100 Just A Little Bit o' Driftwood—Fox Trot
5086 Just Like a Melody Out of the S k y -
Fox Trot
5082 Little Mother—Waltz
5099 Love Affairs—Fox Trot
5085 My Heart Keeps On Speaking of Love—
Fox Trot
5095 Old Pals Are the Best Pals After A l l -
Fox Trot
5087 Rag Doll—Fox Trot
5081 Rosette—Waltz
5103 She's A Great, Great Girl—Fox Trot
5106 Six Feet of Earth (Make Us All of One
Size)
5091 The Dance of the Blue Danube—Fox Trot
5096 Whisper Sweet and Whisper Low—Fox
Trot
5105 When You're Smiling—Fox Trot
5084 You Can't Blame Me For That—Fox Trot
Extra Choruses
A Longer Roll
Seventy-five cents
Printed Words
NEW YORK LETTER
B. K. SETTERQREN VISITS
NEW^ORK OFFICE
(Continued from page 7.)
East Thirteenth street, New York, has been good but
it could be better. Neither of these famous concerns
has any cause to worry, for their lines are standard,
their reputations for square dealing are well-known
and where there is any business to be had they get a
fair share of it.
Kranich & Bach in Metropolitan Territory.
"We are working the metropolitan territory thor-
oughly now," said Edward A. Ripper, office manager
for Kranich & Bach, 235 East 23rd street, New York.
"By metropolitan territory I mean the whole dis-
trict within a circle of 50 miles from the store or
farther. And we are getting some results, as we
deserve to, with our fine line of instruments. If we
can only get people to come to the store to see
these beautiful pianos, we surely make sales."
Louis P. Bach, head of the house, who is under his
physician's guidance concerning his activities, does
not come to his office in New York very often, but
is living quietly at his beautiful home in Port Ches-
ter, Conn. His doctor, it is understood, forbids busi-
ness callers to see him.
Indications of a Prosperous Year.
Piano men may take heart from the condition in
the steel trade—always a basic industry. Steel out-
put this year has already passed the high rate of
December last.
An All-Russian Program.
Russian musicians gave an all-Russiau program on
the night of December 9 in Town Hall, New York
city, where the Kedroff Quartet sang and Maria
Safonoff played the piano before a good-sized audi-
ence. Messrs. Denissoff and Kassakoff, tenors; N.
N. Kedroff, barytone, and C. N. Kedroff, basso, sang
numbers by Tcherepnin, Borodin and Tchaikovsky,
folk-songs arranged by Moussorgsky and the bary-
tone Kedroff, and other numbers of the latter's ar-
rangements.
T. L. Lutkins in Canada.
T. L. Lutkins, the leather wholesaler and producer,
40 Spruce street. New York, returned from a busi-
ness trip to Philadelphia on Friday of last week. On
that day half an hour after his return, Presto-Times
correspondent met him. He finds conditions improv-
President of the B. K. Settergren Company,
Bluffton, Ind., Makes Optimistic Predic-
tions for Piano Sales for 1929.
B. K. Settergren, president of the B. K. Settergren
Company of Bluffton, Ind., who is visiting at his
New York office, 127 West 43rd street, said to the
Presto-Times correspondent:
"We had a most wonderful year; in fact, our busi-
ness for 1928 exceeded any other year by 20 per cent.
It is too early in 1929 to make a prediction on what
the result will be this year. But that it is on the
upward incline is a self-evident fact."
Mr. Settergren is a man who believes that one
must be inspired by his business in order to make
sales or get new business. He is not the kind that
gets stage fright or sees bogies in the dark or who
regard rival lines in the sense of enemies. He looks
upon the rad : o, the washing machine or any other line
of easy-payment products as stimulants to the piano
business and to piano salesmen. So he is not look-
ing with mournful eyes upon what has not been
done, but is turning his face forward optimistically,
determined to sell more pianos in 1929 than ever
before.
Mr. Settergren's territory is the Uniited States.
He has not yet planned an immediate trip, but that
he will make some extensive forays into good piano
territory in the next few weeks goes without saying.
Just now he is working nearby territories in the
metropolitan district of New York city. He makes
his calls in the forenoons, comes in and writes his
correspondence, and in the afternoon he has some
time left to do some constructive thinking about the
next day's or the next week's work.
OFFERS PIANO SERVICE.
After two and one-half years of piano work in
South Bend, Ind , Frank F. King has opened a piano
service of his own in River Park, Ind. "Your piano
troubles can be easily solved by me at my home" is
the invitation in the local newspaper.
ing. But there is room for lots of improvement yet.
On Monday of this week—January 14—he set out
for a trip through Canada. Toronto and Montreal are
on the itinerary of this business trip.
PRESTO
BUYERS'
GUIDE
Indispensable to
Dealers and
Grand, Upright and Player-Pianos
Salesmen
Strictly High Grade. Many Exclusive Selling Points.
Attractive Proposition for Dealers. Send for Catalog.
Price 50 cents
R A . ^ t a r t k $mxw
®0. r, manufacturers, CHICAGO, ILL.
New York Warerooms: 112-114 West 42nd St.
THE KOHLER INDUSTRIES
of NEW YORK
Hand Played
AFFILIATED COMPANIES
M
Made of the best materials
obtainable.
Will please your trade and
double your sales.
Quality and price make
Capitol rolls the deal-
er's best profit producer
in a roll department.
r
anufacturing
for the
trade
Upright and Grand Pianos Player Pianos
Welte rViignon (Licensee) Reproducing Pianos
De Luxe Player Actions
Standard Player Actions
Welte Mignon (Licensee) Reproducing Actions
Expression Player Actions
Piano Hammers
Bass Strings
Wholesale Chicago Office and Service Departments
Capitol Music Roll Co.
721 N. Kedzie Ave., CHICAGO, ILL.
(Formerly Columbia Music Roll Co.)
San Francisco Of) ice
458 Phelan Building
KOHLER INDUSTRIES
1222
KIMBALLL
BUILDING
CHICAGO
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).
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