Presto
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P R E S T 0-T I M E S
DECEMBER.
I. N. Rice, prominent piano man, aged 82 years,
died in Los Angeles on December 1.
Adam Schneider reported that in Chicago public
schools alone more than 10,000 children had the ad-
vantage of class lessons in piano playing.
The Chicago Musical College conferred the hon-
orary degree of Doctor of Music upon W. Otto
Miessner, creator of the Melody Way of class in-
struction.
James A. Pastor, export manager for the Matliu-
sliek Piano Manufacturing Company, returned to New
York after a successful business trip to Cuba and
Mexico.
FLAMES DESTROY MANY
FINE BALDWIN PIANOS
Minneapolis Store Destroyed by a Blaze Which
Started Next Door.
The Baldwin Piano Co.'s Minneapolis division suf-
fered an official loss of $50,000, Sunday night, Jan-
uary 5, in a fire that gutted a two-story building
which housed the local branch.
While thousands of theater-goers, drenched at times
with water, stood for hours watching the blaze, flames
destroyed many superbly finished Baldwin pianos. At
the height of the fire, the work of destruction was
completed when the roof of the building collapsed
and fell smashing to the basement, sending a shower
of sparks and soot high into the air. Three explo-
sions of barrels of benzine and turpentine, stored in
the basement of an adjoining paint store, where the
fire started, contributed to the total damage.
Despite the loss, which was regrettable, the event
was not without value to the extent that it brought to
the knowledge of the countless thousands who wit-
nessed the fire or read the newspaper accounts of it,
the location of the Minneapolis Baldwin branch. The
attention of the crowd was focused for hours on the
front of the building on which, amid the red glare
of the flames, could plainly be seen a tall Baldwin
sign. It is not unlikely that, when the Baldwin store
reopens, an even better business will be enjoyed
there.
The Baldwin branch was at 12 South Eighth street.
The fire imperiled the store of M. L. McGinnis at 16
South Eighth street, a dealer in Wurlitzer pianos and
other well-known makes.
BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU WORK.
The Better Business Bureau of New York city,
Inc., reporting the work done for the three months'
period ending October 31, 1929, shows that 419 inves-
tigation files were opened by the merchandise sec-
tion. Four of these pertained to musical instruments
and 27 to radio and electrical goods. The bureau
lias issued a booklet of 29 pages showing how law and
business thwart fraud.
Thomas A. Edison spent Christmas day at his
Florida estate.
January, 1930
S. Hurok is the managing director and Bertha Ott is
L. A. CRITTENTON AS SPEAKER.
the local manager at Chicago. The company has re-
L. A. Crittenton of the sales department of the
engagements from all the cities visited last season and
has accepted invitations to appear in Cincinnati, W. W. Kimball Co., Chicago, and who has been asso-
Omaha, Kansas City, St. Paul, Detroit, Los Angeles, ciated with that house for some thirty-five years, has
gained quite a reputation as a speaker, often appear-
San Francisco, Boston and New York.
ing before church and other organizations. Recently
Mr. Crittenton gave an address at the College Church
of Christ, Wheaton, 111., under the auspices of the
CO-OPERATION
Brotherhood Society of the church. His subject
Co-operation is not yet complete, otherwise there was "Paul, the Salesman," an address which he has
would be no wars, no dissensions, no private and in- delivered before many large church, civic and business
ternational jealousies. Making it complete is the big organizations in the Middle West.
job of mankind. And that he is doing it more and
more indicates to me that a great Planner is behind
it all, a Mind that has given man a marvelous world,
LITTLEFIELD PIANO CO. FAILS.
from which he can gain all he needs for his comfort
Failure of the Littlefield Piano Co. of Barre, Vt.,
and happiness and peace of mind as soon as he has
learned to use it in co-operation with his fellow man. became known when George B. Littlefield, president
of the company, filed a petition in bankruptcy Decem-
—John Blake.
ber 21, in the United States district court at Burling-
ton, Vt., for his firm. Liabilities, $207,601.08, and
assets, $156,277.97.
CLUB ATTENDANT HONORED
A frequent attendant at the meetings of The Piano
Club of Chicago and a regular member has been
Mine. Galli-Curci and Mine. Jcritza were both heard
honored with an apointment as an assistant State's in the Metropolitan Opera House, New York, holiday
attorney in Cook county, Illinois, which includes Chi- week.
cago and the metropolitan district. Marshall Solberg,
for twenty years a practicing lawyer in Chicago, as
aide to State's Attorney John A. Swanson, will face
the problem of stopping racketeering in that county.
The Standard of Quality
ACTIONS
KEYS
HAMMERS
The Highest Quality Our Aim
These essential piano
parts of our manufac-
ture are always thor-
oughly reliable and
satisfactory.
See That Your Instruments
Are Properly Equipped
The Comstock, Cheney & Co.
Ivoryton, Connecticut
Telegraph ami Railroad Station. Essex, Conn.
Schaff
Piano String Co.
World's Largest Manufacturers of
PIANO
BASS STRINGS
MUSIC WIRE
TUNING PINS
of HIGHEST QUALITY
Factories:
CHICAGO
2009-2021 Clybourn Ave.
NEW YORK
763 East 133rd St.
Grand and Upright Actions
Reconditioned
Water Damaged and Moth Eaten Player Actions Rebuilt
Expression Devices <—> Governors <—> Air Motors, Etc.
Striking Pneumatics
E. A. BOUSLOG, Inc.
2106 Boulevard Place
Harrison 2268
INDIANAPOLIS, IND.
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P R E S T 0-T I M E S
DECEMBER.
I. N. Rice, prominent piano man, aged 82 years,
died in Los Angeles on December 1.
Adam Schneider reported that in Chicago public
schools alone more than 10,000 children had the ad-
vantage of class lessons in piano playing.
The Chicago Musical College conferred the hon-
orary degree of Doctor of Music upon W. Otto
Miessner, creator of the Melody Way of class in-
struction.
James A. Pastor, export manager for the Matliu-
sliek Piano Manufacturing Company, returned to New
York after a successful business trip to Cuba and
Mexico.
FLAMES DESTROY MANY
FINE BALDWIN PIANOS
Minneapolis Store Destroyed by a Blaze Which
Started Next Door.
The Baldwin Piano Co.'s Minneapolis division suf-
fered an official loss of $50,000, Sunday night, Jan-
uary 5, in a fire that gutted a two-story building
which housed the local branch.
While thousands of theater-goers, drenched at times
with water, stood for hours watching the blaze, flames
destroyed many superbly finished Baldwin pianos. At
the height of the fire, the work of destruction was
completed when the roof of the building collapsed
and fell smashing to the basement, sending a shower
of sparks and soot high into the air. Three explo-
sions of barrels of benzine and turpentine, stored in
the basement of an adjoining paint store, where the
fire started, contributed to the total damage.
Despite the loss, which was regrettable, the event
was not without value to the extent that it brought to
the knowledge of the countless thousands who wit-
nessed the fire or read the newspaper accounts of it,
the location of the Minneapolis Baldwin branch. The
attention of the crowd was focused for hours on the
front of the building on which, amid the red glare
of the flames, could plainly be seen a tall Baldwin
sign. It is not unlikely that, when the Baldwin store
reopens, an even better business will be enjoyed
there.
The Baldwin branch was at 12 South Eighth street.
The fire imperiled the store of M. L. McGinnis at 16
South Eighth street, a dealer in Wurlitzer pianos and
other well-known makes.
BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU WORK.
The Better Business Bureau of New York city,
Inc., reporting the work done for the three months'
period ending October 31, 1929, shows that 419 inves-
tigation files were opened by the merchandise sec-
tion. Four of these pertained to musical instruments
and 27 to radio and electrical goods. The bureau
lias issued a booklet of 29 pages showing how law and
business thwart fraud.
Thomas A. Edison spent Christmas day at his
Florida estate.
January, 1930
S. Hurok is the managing director and Bertha Ott is
L. A. CRITTENTON AS SPEAKER.
the local manager at Chicago. The company has re-
L. A. Crittenton of the sales department of the
engagements from all the cities visited last season and
has accepted invitations to appear in Cincinnati, W. W. Kimball Co., Chicago, and who has been asso-
Omaha, Kansas City, St. Paul, Detroit, Los Angeles, ciated with that house for some thirty-five years, has
gained quite a reputation as a speaker, often appear-
San Francisco, Boston and New York.
ing before church and other organizations. Recently
Mr. Crittenton gave an address at the College Church
of Christ, Wheaton, 111., under the auspices of the
CO-OPERATION
Brotherhood Society of the church. His subject
Co-operation is not yet complete, otherwise there was "Paul, the Salesman," an address which he has
would be no wars, no dissensions, no private and in- delivered before many large church, civic and business
ternational jealousies. Making it complete is the big organizations in the Middle West.
job of mankind. And that he is doing it more and
more indicates to me that a great Planner is behind
it all, a Mind that has given man a marvelous world,
LITTLEFIELD PIANO CO. FAILS.
from which he can gain all he needs for his comfort
Failure of the Littlefield Piano Co. of Barre, Vt.,
and happiness and peace of mind as soon as he has
learned to use it in co-operation with his fellow man. became known when George B. Littlefield, president
of the company, filed a petition in bankruptcy Decem-
—John Blake.
ber 21, in the United States district court at Burling-
ton, Vt., for his firm. Liabilities, $207,601.08, and
assets, $156,277.97.
CLUB ATTENDANT HONORED
A frequent attendant at the meetings of The Piano
Club of Chicago and a regular member has been
Mine. Galli-Curci and Mine. Jcritza were both heard
honored with an apointment as an assistant State's in the Metropolitan Opera House, New York, holiday
attorney in Cook county, Illinois, which includes Chi- week.
cago and the metropolitan district. Marshall Solberg,
for twenty years a practicing lawyer in Chicago, as
aide to State's Attorney John A. Swanson, will face
the problem of stopping racketeering in that county.
The Standard of Quality
ACTIONS
KEYS
HAMMERS
The Highest Quality Our Aim
These essential piano
parts of our manufac-
ture are always thor-
oughly reliable and
satisfactory.
See That Your Instruments
Are Properly Equipped
The Comstock, Cheney & Co.
Ivoryton, Connecticut
Telegraph ami Railroad Station. Essex, Conn.
Schaff
Piano String Co.
World's Largest Manufacturers of
PIANO
BASS STRINGS
MUSIC WIRE
TUNING PINS
of HIGHEST QUALITY
Factories:
CHICAGO
2009-2021 Clybourn Ave.
NEW YORK
763 East 133rd St.
Grand and Upright Actions
Reconditioned
Water Damaged and Moth Eaten Player Actions Rebuilt
Expression Devices <—> Governors <—> Air Motors, Etc.
Striking Pneumatics
E. A. BOUSLOG, Inc.
2106 Boulevard Place
Harrison 2268
INDIANAPOLIS, IND.
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).