Presto
Issue: 1929 2236 - Page 15
October 1, 1929
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PRESTO-TIMES
JESSE FRENCH AIR=PLANE SERVICE
Golden Eagle Monoplane Used by Jesse French & Sons to Meet Rapid
Transit Demands Due to Rapidly Growing Radio Business
The Jesse French and Sons' Piano Company is the
latest of the progressive manufacturers to take to
the air. The sales department of that organization
purchased a Golden Eagle monoplane on September 1
for use in meeting the rapid transit demands of their
put in service soon. One of the accompanying photos
shows him with the Golden Eagle at the New Castle
airport. The other photo shows a few of the planes
which recently took part in the All-Indiana Air Tour.
The Jesse French & Sons' plane is in the foreground.
COINOLAS
FUR
RESTAURANTS, CAFES and
A M U S E M E N T CENTERS
Style C-2
FROM THE BIGGEST
ORCHESTRION
H. K. FRENCH, JR.
(In the foreground, bareheaded.)
rapidly growing radio business and, in the short time
it has been in service, the plane has proved itself so
valuable that they are preparing to put a second in
service within a very short time.
The Jesse French radio is enjoying a phenomenal
popularity and it is only with the greatest difficulty
that the company is able to keep up with the demand.
The factory is running day and night, thousands of
dollars' worth of new machinerv has been installed,
The Air-Tour Itinerary.
Itinerary of the Indiana" Air Tour in which many
prominent "air-minded" Indiana manufacturers tooK
part:
Newcastle, Connersville, Union City, September 16.
Richmond, night stop.
Muncie, Anderson, Kokomo, September 17.
Ft. Wayne, night stop.
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A FEW OF THE PLANES WHICH TOOK PART IN ALL-INDIANA AIK TOUR. THE JESSE FRENCH & SONS
PLANE IN THE FOREGROUND.
Peru, Plymouth, Goshen, September 18.
and there has been a complete reorganization of
Elkhart, night stop.
manufacturing processes. Only the most modern
Gary, Lafayette, Greencastle, September 19.
methods in all departments can hope to step up pro-
Terre Haute, night stop.
duction to the point where it will equal demand and
Princeton, Boonville, September 20.
air transport is a necessity.
Evansville, night stop.
H. E. French, Jr., is in charge of the present plane
Bedford, Indianapolis, September 21.
and is assembling the little monoplane which is to be
ANNUAL CLUB MEETING NEARS.
The Piano Club of Chicago has issued another call
to members to attend the annual meeting that w r ill be
held Monday evening, October 7. at the Medinah
Athletic Club. The evening's program will start with
a reception from 6:00 to 6:30. Members are assured
that this reception will prove a real get-together. A
de luxe dinner at the moderate price of $3.00 a plate
will follow.
The following ticket, selected by the nominating
committee for the administration of the club's affairs
next year, will probably be on hand to greet their
fellow-members:
President, G. R. Brownell; vice-president, Ben F.
Duvall; secretary, G. S. McLaughlin; treasurer, Edw.
Benedict. For board of governors, two-year term—
Roger O'Connor, Gordon Laughead, Jas. T. Bristol,
Henry Hewitt, E. V. Galloway. For board of gover-
nors, for balance of unexpired term of Harry Schoen-
wald, resigned, Wra. Collins.
ORCHESTROPE BRINGS BUSINESS.
In the latest advertising of the Capehart Corporation
of Fort Wayne, Ind., these statements arc made: "Extra
volume, at a big profit, added to your present business.
That's the opportunity which the Capehart Orchestrope
brings you. Business needs music. Wherever you find
an establishment that can afford an orchestra, they'll tell
you that music pays ! It attracts new trade; it holds old
customers ; it makes people spend more money. Plays 28
records, both sides, 56 selections, continuosly, turning
and playing records automatically and without attention.
A four-hour program of the world's best music.''
Tiny ColnoU
THE SMALLEST
KEYLESS
Manufactured by
The Operators Piano Co.
715-721 N. Kedzie Ave.
CHICAGO
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15
PRESTO-TIMES
JESSE FRENCH AIR=PLANE SERVICE
Golden Eagle Monoplane Used by Jesse French & Sons to Meet Rapid
Transit Demands Due to Rapidly Growing Radio Business
The Jesse French and Sons' Piano Company is the
latest of the progressive manufacturers to take to
the air. The sales department of that organization
purchased a Golden Eagle monoplane on September 1
for use in meeting the rapid transit demands of their
put in service soon. One of the accompanying photos
shows him with the Golden Eagle at the New Castle
airport. The other photo shows a few of the planes
which recently took part in the All-Indiana Air Tour.
The Jesse French & Sons' plane is in the foreground.
COINOLAS
FUR
RESTAURANTS, CAFES and
A M U S E M E N T CENTERS
Style C-2
FROM THE BIGGEST
ORCHESTRION
H. K. FRENCH, JR.
(In the foreground, bareheaded.)
rapidly growing radio business and, in the short time
it has been in service, the plane has proved itself so
valuable that they are preparing to put a second in
service within a very short time.
The Jesse French radio is enjoying a phenomenal
popularity and it is only with the greatest difficulty
that the company is able to keep up with the demand.
The factory is running day and night, thousands of
dollars' worth of new machinerv has been installed,
The Air-Tour Itinerary.
Itinerary of the Indiana" Air Tour in which many
prominent "air-minded" Indiana manufacturers tooK
part:
Newcastle, Connersville, Union City, September 16.
Richmond, night stop.
Muncie, Anderson, Kokomo, September 17.
Ft. Wayne, night stop.
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Mti
ftt
^
^l&^
IP
!
f
TO
^ *
•
r! ?
I
* i * r
- 1 §
*
. **"
(/1
A FEW OF THE PLANES WHICH TOOK PART IN ALL-INDIANA AIK TOUR. THE JESSE FRENCH & SONS
PLANE IN THE FOREGROUND.
Peru, Plymouth, Goshen, September 18.
and there has been a complete reorganization of
Elkhart, night stop.
manufacturing processes. Only the most modern
Gary, Lafayette, Greencastle, September 19.
methods in all departments can hope to step up pro-
Terre Haute, night stop.
duction to the point where it will equal demand and
Princeton, Boonville, September 20.
air transport is a necessity.
Evansville, night stop.
H. E. French, Jr., is in charge of the present plane
Bedford, Indianapolis, September 21.
and is assembling the little monoplane which is to be
ANNUAL CLUB MEETING NEARS.
The Piano Club of Chicago has issued another call
to members to attend the annual meeting that w r ill be
held Monday evening, October 7. at the Medinah
Athletic Club. The evening's program will start with
a reception from 6:00 to 6:30. Members are assured
that this reception will prove a real get-together. A
de luxe dinner at the moderate price of $3.00 a plate
will follow.
The following ticket, selected by the nominating
committee for the administration of the club's affairs
next year, will probably be on hand to greet their
fellow-members:
President, G. R. Brownell; vice-president, Ben F.
Duvall; secretary, G. S. McLaughlin; treasurer, Edw.
Benedict. For board of governors, two-year term—
Roger O'Connor, Gordon Laughead, Jas. T. Bristol,
Henry Hewitt, E. V. Galloway. For board of gover-
nors, for balance of unexpired term of Harry Schoen-
wald, resigned, Wra. Collins.
ORCHESTROPE BRINGS BUSINESS.
In the latest advertising of the Capehart Corporation
of Fort Wayne, Ind., these statements arc made: "Extra
volume, at a big profit, added to your present business.
That's the opportunity which the Capehart Orchestrope
brings you. Business needs music. Wherever you find
an establishment that can afford an orchestra, they'll tell
you that music pays ! It attracts new trade; it holds old
customers ; it makes people spend more money. Plays 28
records, both sides, 56 selections, continuosly, turning
and playing records automatically and without attention.
A four-hour program of the world's best music.''
Tiny ColnoU
THE SMALLEST
KEYLESS
Manufactured by
The Operators Piano Co.
715-721 N. Kedzie 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).