Presto
Issue: 1929 2219 - Page 16
February 9, 1929
PRESTO-TIMES
16
NEW CAPEHART SECRETARY.
The Capeheart Automatic Phonograph Corp., Hunt-
ington, Ind., has elected J. E. Broyles secretary,
whose recent position of sales manager has been filled
by the appointment of W. E. Deaton.
J. V. Moore has opened a music store at 3827 Main
street, Kansas City, Mo.
The Growth
of Your Business in
Band and Orchestra Instruments
Depends on the Prestige of the
Manufacturer in Producing Meri-
torious Goods.
That Is Why an Agency for
the Products of
C. G. CONN, Ltd.
ELKHART, IND.
is an Assurance of Success in
the Band and Orchestra In-
strument Field.
The Successes of C. G. Conn,
Ltd., Are Due to the Perfect
Scientific Processes in Pro-
ducing Instruments of the
Highest Tonal Value.
DISCRIMINATING MUSICIANS
Appreciate Their Tone.
WORLD-FAMED BANDMASTERS
Proudly Proclaim Conn Instruments to
Be the Greatest Aids to the Best Band
Music.
SUCCESSFUL MUSIC DEALERS
Attribute Their Triumphs in Selling
Band and Orchestra Instruments to the
Potency of the Name and World-Known
Merits of the Great Line Made by
NEW YORK LETTER
(Continued from page 9)
had to work for that success. Since January 1 Mr.
south as Virginia and north into northern New Eng-
land. He was lucky a week or ten days ago to get
through Waltham and Springfield, Mass., before the
big- snowstorm hit that region. In fact, he didn't
see much deep snow on his recent trip.
Cheaper and Quicker to Boston.
It sounds queer, but it seems to be a fact that small
instruments from Europe to Boston come through
quicker and cheaper and with ever so much less
trouble than when they are shipped to New York.
The dissatisfaction with shipments to New York is
expressed in the terse sentence, "There is too much
red tape here."
Anguera Piano Co. Is Hard at It.
The Anguera Piano Company, of 520 West 48th
street, and a fine well-stocked store and headquar-
ters at 57 West 51st street, New York, is pegging
away industriously making and selling its share of
pianos. Anthony C. Cebone, secretary of the com-
pany, said this week: "Things could be livelier in
the piano business, but we are encouraged to learn
that trade in upright pianos is really receiving a stim-
ulus from radio. Piano trade is bound to improve
right along."
Activity Apparent at Becker Bros.
A call at Becker Bros.' offices and factory, Tenth
avenue at West 52nd street, New York, disclosed an
impression of the activity that always characterizes
that piano manufacturing corporation. Mr. Becker
said Becker Bros, were continuing to go after all the
business they could get. The results are shown in
activity in the factory.
Wurlitzer and Wendell on a Trip
President Farny R. Wurlitzer of the Wurlitzer
Manufacturing Company, North Tonawanda, N. Y.,
and Walter Wendell, one of the vice-presidents, are
on a trip together somewhere in the West this week.
J. L. Ryan of Wurlitzer's is at Palm Beach, Fla.
At Charles W. Paul's Store.
Charles W. Paul, who conducts a retail store at 61
West Fifty-first street, New York, dealing mostly in
used pianos, handles new pianos, too. These are
made at different factories as the Charles W. Paul
instruments. "Business could be better," said Mr.
Paul. "Still we keep pegging away and sell pianos
right along. Upright pianos seem to be going better
than playerpianos right now."
Somebody's Piano to Go High.
Somebody will have a chance to sell a piano for the
new small theater which is to occupy the fiftieth floor
of the fifty-six-story Chanin building at 42nd street
and Lexington avenue, New York. The building
MUSIC
was opened on Tuesday of this week for the recep-
tion of tenants and the transaction of business. The
building has an estimated value of $12,000,000 to $14,-
000,000. The theater, which will seat from 200 to 250
persons, will probably be the highest above sidewalk
level of any playhouse in the world. And the man
who sells a piano to this theater may well ask "Who
says that pianos are not going up?"
Robert T. Lytle Is Alert.
Robert T. Lytle is vice-president and general man-
ager of the Welte Mignon Corporation, 665 Fifth
avenue, New York, is in his working harness these
days, full of ambition and planning for the future.
Some good sales at retail have been made, as well
as at wholesale, and manufacturing on a more exten-
sive scale is to increase the output. He told Presto-
Times reporter, who called on him Monday, that
business is on the increase.
Activities of C. M. Tremaine.
C. M. Trcmaine's desk was filled high with every
sort of work and correspondence when Presto-Times'
New York caller got the entree to his sanctum sanc-
torum Monday afternoon. He had just received a
bunch of inquires by mail about the coming orchestral
contestn for he is in this as well as in anything and
everything that will promote the cause of music in
general and the piano in particular. The work of
pioneers of Mr. Tremaine's type is often misunder-
stood at first, but little harm that does them if those
who came to scofif remain to praise.
George A. Scofield's Views.
I had a chat this week with George A. Scofield
president of the Pease-Behning Piano Company,
which owns and conducts three large and prosperous
piano stores in New York. The main store is in
Manhattan at 710 Lexington avenue, not far from
East 58th street, while the other two are in Brook-
lyn, namely, at 961 Flatbush avenue and at 364 Liv-
ingston street. Mr. Scofield said that while business
had been fair in 1928 he was looking forward in ex-
pectation of a considerably larger volume of sales
in 1929.
BANG!—WE'RE OFF!
Over 1000 orders were filled the past month to
Professional Artist for this "Song." In every
State of U. S. A.
THE MAN THAT CATCHES ME MUST
HAVE THE GOOD HARD CASH
(Comic with Extra Verses)
Regular Trade Price—Retails at 35c
Write for Special Introductory Rates
(Unsold copies can be exchanged.)
J. S. UNGER MUSIC HOUSE, Publishers
Reading
.
.
.
Pennsylvania
PRINTERS
ENGRAVERS AND LITHOGRAPHERS
PRINT ANYTHING IN MUSIC
BY ANY PROCESS
SEND FOR QUOTATION AND SAMPLES
NO ORDER TOO SMALL TO RECEIVE ATTENTION
C. G. CONN, Ltd.
Elkhart, Ind.
THE LARGEST EXCLUSIVE MUSIC PRINTER WEST OF NEW YORK AND
THE LARGEST ENGRWHNG DEPARTMENT IN THE UNITED STATES.
ESTABLISHED 1876
REFERENCE ANY PUBLISHER.
ZIMMERMAN
99%
interested prospects become customers
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PERFECTION BENCHES
are used by people who have good taste, appreciate fine things and know sound values.
De Luxe
Louis XV
Send for Catalogue
1514-20 Blue Island Ave.
Chicago
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PRESTO-TIMES
16
NEW CAPEHART SECRETARY.
The Capeheart Automatic Phonograph Corp., Hunt-
ington, Ind., has elected J. E. Broyles secretary,
whose recent position of sales manager has been filled
by the appointment of W. E. Deaton.
J. V. Moore has opened a music store at 3827 Main
street, Kansas City, Mo.
The Growth
of Your Business in
Band and Orchestra Instruments
Depends on the Prestige of the
Manufacturer in Producing Meri-
torious Goods.
That Is Why an Agency for
the Products of
C. G. CONN, Ltd.
ELKHART, IND.
is an Assurance of Success in
the Band and Orchestra In-
strument Field.
The Successes of C. G. Conn,
Ltd., Are Due to the Perfect
Scientific Processes in Pro-
ducing Instruments of the
Highest Tonal Value.
DISCRIMINATING MUSICIANS
Appreciate Their Tone.
WORLD-FAMED BANDMASTERS
Proudly Proclaim Conn Instruments to
Be the Greatest Aids to the Best Band
Music.
SUCCESSFUL MUSIC DEALERS
Attribute Their Triumphs in Selling
Band and Orchestra Instruments to the
Potency of the Name and World-Known
Merits of the Great Line Made by
NEW YORK LETTER
(Continued from page 9)
had to work for that success. Since January 1 Mr.
south as Virginia and north into northern New Eng-
land. He was lucky a week or ten days ago to get
through Waltham and Springfield, Mass., before the
big- snowstorm hit that region. In fact, he didn't
see much deep snow on his recent trip.
Cheaper and Quicker to Boston.
It sounds queer, but it seems to be a fact that small
instruments from Europe to Boston come through
quicker and cheaper and with ever so much less
trouble than when they are shipped to New York.
The dissatisfaction with shipments to New York is
expressed in the terse sentence, "There is too much
red tape here."
Anguera Piano Co. Is Hard at It.
The Anguera Piano Company, of 520 West 48th
street, and a fine well-stocked store and headquar-
ters at 57 West 51st street, New York, is pegging
away industriously making and selling its share of
pianos. Anthony C. Cebone, secretary of the com-
pany, said this week: "Things could be livelier in
the piano business, but we are encouraged to learn
that trade in upright pianos is really receiving a stim-
ulus from radio. Piano trade is bound to improve
right along."
Activity Apparent at Becker Bros.
A call at Becker Bros.' offices and factory, Tenth
avenue at West 52nd street, New York, disclosed an
impression of the activity that always characterizes
that piano manufacturing corporation. Mr. Becker
said Becker Bros, were continuing to go after all the
business they could get. The results are shown in
activity in the factory.
Wurlitzer and Wendell on a Trip
President Farny R. Wurlitzer of the Wurlitzer
Manufacturing Company, North Tonawanda, N. Y.,
and Walter Wendell, one of the vice-presidents, are
on a trip together somewhere in the West this week.
J. L. Ryan of Wurlitzer's is at Palm Beach, Fla.
At Charles W. Paul's Store.
Charles W. Paul, who conducts a retail store at 61
West Fifty-first street, New York, dealing mostly in
used pianos, handles new pianos, too. These are
made at different factories as the Charles W. Paul
instruments. "Business could be better," said Mr.
Paul. "Still we keep pegging away and sell pianos
right along. Upright pianos seem to be going better
than playerpianos right now."
Somebody's Piano to Go High.
Somebody will have a chance to sell a piano for the
new small theater which is to occupy the fiftieth floor
of the fifty-six-story Chanin building at 42nd street
and Lexington avenue, New York. The building
MUSIC
was opened on Tuesday of this week for the recep-
tion of tenants and the transaction of business. The
building has an estimated value of $12,000,000 to $14,-
000,000. The theater, which will seat from 200 to 250
persons, will probably be the highest above sidewalk
level of any playhouse in the world. And the man
who sells a piano to this theater may well ask "Who
says that pianos are not going up?"
Robert T. Lytle Is Alert.
Robert T. Lytle is vice-president and general man-
ager of the Welte Mignon Corporation, 665 Fifth
avenue, New York, is in his working harness these
days, full of ambition and planning for the future.
Some good sales at retail have been made, as well
as at wholesale, and manufacturing on a more exten-
sive scale is to increase the output. He told Presto-
Times reporter, who called on him Monday, that
business is on the increase.
Activities of C. M. Tremaine.
C. M. Trcmaine's desk was filled high with every
sort of work and correspondence when Presto-Times'
New York caller got the entree to his sanctum sanc-
torum Monday afternoon. He had just received a
bunch of inquires by mail about the coming orchestral
contestn for he is in this as well as in anything and
everything that will promote the cause of music in
general and the piano in particular. The work of
pioneers of Mr. Tremaine's type is often misunder-
stood at first, but little harm that does them if those
who came to scofif remain to praise.
George A. Scofield's Views.
I had a chat this week with George A. Scofield
president of the Pease-Behning Piano Company,
which owns and conducts three large and prosperous
piano stores in New York. The main store is in
Manhattan at 710 Lexington avenue, not far from
East 58th street, while the other two are in Brook-
lyn, namely, at 961 Flatbush avenue and at 364 Liv-
ingston street. Mr. Scofield said that while business
had been fair in 1928 he was looking forward in ex-
pectation of a considerably larger volume of sales
in 1929.
BANG!—WE'RE OFF!
Over 1000 orders were filled the past month to
Professional Artist for this "Song." In every
State of U. S. A.
THE MAN THAT CATCHES ME MUST
HAVE THE GOOD HARD CASH
(Comic with Extra Verses)
Regular Trade Price—Retails at 35c
Write for Special Introductory Rates
(Unsold copies can be exchanged.)
J. S. UNGER MUSIC HOUSE, Publishers
Reading
.
.
.
Pennsylvania
PRINTERS
ENGRAVERS AND LITHOGRAPHERS
PRINT ANYTHING IN MUSIC
BY ANY PROCESS
SEND FOR QUOTATION AND SAMPLES
NO ORDER TOO SMALL TO RECEIVE ATTENTION
C. G. CONN, Ltd.
Elkhart, Ind.
THE LARGEST EXCLUSIVE MUSIC PRINTER WEST OF NEW YORK AND
THE LARGEST ENGRWHNG DEPARTMENT IN THE UNITED STATES.
ESTABLISHED 1876
REFERENCE ANY PUBLISHER.
ZIMMERMAN
99%
interested prospects become customers
r* wp f* A wy ^ wj*
PERFECTION BENCHES
are used by people who have good taste, appreciate fine things and know sound values.
De Luxe
Louis XV
Send for Catalogue
1514-20 Blue Island Ave.
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).
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).