Presto
Issue: 1930 2245 - Page 7
April, 1930
PRESTO-TIMES
LAPHAM TO BE A BENEDICT.
Schumann
PIANOS and PLAYER PIANOS
GRANDS and UPRIGHTS
Have no superiors in appearance, ton*
power or other essentials of strictly
leaders in the trade.
Warning to Infringe™
Thla Trad* Mark la oaat
In th» plat* an* also ap- 1
paara upon th« fall boar*
of all ft-enulne Sokumaan
Planoa, and all lnfrln««r»
will b« proa«cut«d. B«war*
of Imitation! auck aa 8ckn-
maan A Company, Schu-
mann * Son, and also
Shuman, aa all aUaoll
akopa, daaUra and uacra of
planoa bearing a urn* In
Imitation of th« ntmi
Schumann with the lnt«n-
tlon of d«c«lrlna; th« publl*
will fcs »!••••*»••* -i «••
fullaat «xt«nt of tfe* law.
Oatelovro aa Bequest.
Schumann Piano Co.
W. N. VAN MATRE, President
Rockford, I1L
E. F. Lapham, formerly a member of the piano
firm of Grosvenor & Lapliam, is to be married about
the first of June and he and his bride expect to take
an extensive wedding tour. Presto-Times joins his
many friends in extending congratulations. Mr. Lap-
ham is well-known and popular at the Piano Club
of Chicago and the Chicago Piano & Organ Asso-
ciation. He came to Chicago in 1886 and joined the
staff of Lyon & Healy, where he got acquainted with
(ieorge B. Grosvenor, who became manager of the
piano department there. Later these two men joined
Lyon, Potter & Co.. which firm went out of existence
in 1899, when the firm of Grosvenor & Lapham was
formed. Mr. Lapham was a continuous member of
this firm from its alpha to its omega.
Mr. Lapham is now one of the three deans of the
Chicago retail piano trade, the other two who have
been in the Chicago musical instrument business
about the same length of time being Adam Schneider
and Ed. Smith, of the W. W. Kimball house.
NAHUM STETSON'S RESIGNATION.
Nalium Stetson, who for upwards of fifty years has
been associated with Steinway & Sons, New York, in
various sales and executive capacities, resigned on
March 31, and has retired with laurels for long ser-
vice. He started with Steinway & Sons at the time
of the Philadelphia exposition in 1876, where the
Steinways had an exhibit, and later the Stetson store
in Philadelphia was named for him.
all the advertising in them seems to be about radios,
and nearly all of it bargain advertising the excep-
tions being statements bearing on quality.
INCREASE IN GRAND SALES.
Gordon Laughead, general sales manager of the
Wurlitzer Grand Piano Co., of DeKalb, 111., in a
recent chat with a Presto-Times representative named
several piano companies that are enjoying prosperity,
and he said: "Despite general conditions, the annual
sales of grand pianos have shown an increase each
vear."
MUSIC SUPERVISORS' TOUR OF EUROPE.
Under the management of the Raymond & Whit-
comb Co., 126 Newbury street, Boston, Mass., a num-
ber of music supervisors have planned to make a tour
of Europe from June 28 to August 30. Some of the
programs they wish to enjoy are the Passion Play
at Oberammergau, the Wagnerian Festival at old Bay-
reuth, the Berlin musical season, the Mozart-Wagner
performance at Munich, the famous Reinhardt Dra-
matic Festival at Salzburg, and the open air Shakes-
perean productions at Heidelberg. The itinerary in-
cludes London, Paris, Brussels, Cologne, Wiesbaden,
Lucerne, Innsbruck. Oberammergau, Salzburg, Vi-
enna. Nuremburg, Bayreuth, Dresden, Berlin and
Hamburg.
The American Piano Co. has added another floor
to its Ampico Hall salesrooms at 234 South Wabash
RADIO A BOON T O DAILY PAPERS.
avenue, Chicago, making eight floors in all. This step
What a boon the radio business has been to the is indicative of the progress being made by the com-
pany.
daily papers of the country! A good 15 per cent of
Choose Your Piano As The Artists Do
Through Generations ^
Have Come Ludwig Ideals
T
HE Ludwigs, the Ericsson*
and the Perrys created,
nearly a century ago, the stand-
ards to which the Ludwig has
been built. Their ideas and ideals have been car-
ried forward by the present generation and today
the direct descendants of those early builders of artis-
tic pianos are the men directing the destiny of the
Ludwig Piano.
THE BALDWIN PIANO COMPANY
Cincinnati
Chicago
New York
Indianapolis
San Francisco
Willow Ave. and 136th St.
NEW YORK
St. Louis
Louisville
Dallas
Denver
The Famous
Established 18*3
STEINERT PIANOS
CAROL ROBINSON
Write for catalogue
(Foremost American Minlst) write* i—
If It "takes great aodleacea to make great poeta"... .H certainly takes
a great piano to make great music. That piano Is the STEINERT!
M. STEINERT & SONS
STEINERT HALL
fhe distinctive features of
Mathushek construction fur-
nish selling points not found
in other makes of pianos.
BOSTON, MASS.
MATHUSHEK PIANO MFG. CO.
132nd Street and Alexander Arenue
NEW YORK
Presto Buyers' Guide Analyzes All Pianos
Coin Operated and Selection Controlled Pianos
MECHANICALLY PERFECT
Music That Pays as It Plays
WESTERN ELECTRIC PIANO CO., 832-850 Blackhawk St., Chicago, III
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PRESTO-TIMES
LAPHAM TO BE A BENEDICT.
Schumann
PIANOS and PLAYER PIANOS
GRANDS and UPRIGHTS
Have no superiors in appearance, ton*
power or other essentials of strictly
leaders in the trade.
Warning to Infringe™
Thla Trad* Mark la oaat
In th» plat* an* also ap- 1
paara upon th« fall boar*
of all ft-enulne Sokumaan
Planoa, and all lnfrln««r»
will b« proa«cut«d. B«war*
of Imitation! auck aa 8ckn-
maan A Company, Schu-
mann * Son, and also
Shuman, aa all aUaoll
akopa, daaUra and uacra of
planoa bearing a urn* In
Imitation of th« ntmi
Schumann with the lnt«n-
tlon of d«c«lrlna; th« publl*
will fcs »!••••*»••* -i «••
fullaat «xt«nt of tfe* law.
Oatelovro aa Bequest.
Schumann Piano Co.
W. N. VAN MATRE, President
Rockford, I1L
E. F. Lapham, formerly a member of the piano
firm of Grosvenor & Lapliam, is to be married about
the first of June and he and his bride expect to take
an extensive wedding tour. Presto-Times joins his
many friends in extending congratulations. Mr. Lap-
ham is well-known and popular at the Piano Club
of Chicago and the Chicago Piano & Organ Asso-
ciation. He came to Chicago in 1886 and joined the
staff of Lyon & Healy, where he got acquainted with
(ieorge B. Grosvenor, who became manager of the
piano department there. Later these two men joined
Lyon, Potter & Co.. which firm went out of existence
in 1899, when the firm of Grosvenor & Lapham was
formed. Mr. Lapham was a continuous member of
this firm from its alpha to its omega.
Mr. Lapham is now one of the three deans of the
Chicago retail piano trade, the other two who have
been in the Chicago musical instrument business
about the same length of time being Adam Schneider
and Ed. Smith, of the W. W. Kimball house.
NAHUM STETSON'S RESIGNATION.
Nalium Stetson, who for upwards of fifty years has
been associated with Steinway & Sons, New York, in
various sales and executive capacities, resigned on
March 31, and has retired with laurels for long ser-
vice. He started with Steinway & Sons at the time
of the Philadelphia exposition in 1876, where the
Steinways had an exhibit, and later the Stetson store
in Philadelphia was named for him.
all the advertising in them seems to be about radios,
and nearly all of it bargain advertising the excep-
tions being statements bearing on quality.
INCREASE IN GRAND SALES.
Gordon Laughead, general sales manager of the
Wurlitzer Grand Piano Co., of DeKalb, 111., in a
recent chat with a Presto-Times representative named
several piano companies that are enjoying prosperity,
and he said: "Despite general conditions, the annual
sales of grand pianos have shown an increase each
vear."
MUSIC SUPERVISORS' TOUR OF EUROPE.
Under the management of the Raymond & Whit-
comb Co., 126 Newbury street, Boston, Mass., a num-
ber of music supervisors have planned to make a tour
of Europe from June 28 to August 30. Some of the
programs they wish to enjoy are the Passion Play
at Oberammergau, the Wagnerian Festival at old Bay-
reuth, the Berlin musical season, the Mozart-Wagner
performance at Munich, the famous Reinhardt Dra-
matic Festival at Salzburg, and the open air Shakes-
perean productions at Heidelberg. The itinerary in-
cludes London, Paris, Brussels, Cologne, Wiesbaden,
Lucerne, Innsbruck. Oberammergau, Salzburg, Vi-
enna. Nuremburg, Bayreuth, Dresden, Berlin and
Hamburg.
The American Piano Co. has added another floor
to its Ampico Hall salesrooms at 234 South Wabash
RADIO A BOON T O DAILY PAPERS.
avenue, Chicago, making eight floors in all. This step
What a boon the radio business has been to the is indicative of the progress being made by the com-
pany.
daily papers of the country! A good 15 per cent of
Choose Your Piano As The Artists Do
Through Generations ^
Have Come Ludwig Ideals
T
HE Ludwigs, the Ericsson*
and the Perrys created,
nearly a century ago, the stand-
ards to which the Ludwig has
been built. Their ideas and ideals have been car-
ried forward by the present generation and today
the direct descendants of those early builders of artis-
tic pianos are the men directing the destiny of the
Ludwig Piano.
THE BALDWIN PIANO COMPANY
Cincinnati
Chicago
New York
Indianapolis
San Francisco
Willow Ave. and 136th St.
NEW YORK
St. Louis
Louisville
Dallas
Denver
The Famous
Established 18*3
STEINERT PIANOS
CAROL ROBINSON
Write for catalogue
(Foremost American Minlst) write* i—
If It "takes great aodleacea to make great poeta"... .H certainly takes
a great piano to make great music. That piano Is the STEINERT!
M. STEINERT & SONS
STEINERT HALL
fhe distinctive features of
Mathushek construction fur-
nish selling points not found
in other makes of pianos.
BOSTON, MASS.
MATHUSHEK PIANO MFG. CO.
132nd Street and Alexander Arenue
NEW YORK
Presto Buyers' Guide Analyzes All Pianos
Coin Operated and Selection Controlled Pianos
MECHANICALLY PERFECT
Music That Pays as It Plays
WESTERN ELECTRIC PIANO CO., 832-850 Blackhawk St., Chicago, III
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).