Presto
Issue: 1930 2246 - Page 24
May, 1930
PRESTO-TIMES
24
GRIST OF NEWS FROM
LATEST RELEASES OF
THINGS TO WORRY ABOUT
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
CLARK ORCHESTRA ROLLS
IN RADIO ENTERPRISE
To close the estate of the late J. D. Martin, former
president of the Martin Music Co., Los Angeles, the
retail business which has been long established at 734
South Hill street, is being disposed of. Lease, fix-
tures, and all other furnishings, as well as merchan-
dise, are being closed out. The wholesale business of
the company will be continued, however, according to
M. F. Martin, president.
Harry W. Cohen has purchased Young's Music Co.,
located at 512 West Santa Barbara avenue, Los An-
geles. He will manage the store from now on and
carry an exclusive line of radio sets, including Radio-
las, Atwater Kent, Sparton, and Edison.
Fitzgerald Music Co. pioneer Los Angeles firm,
has been appointed by the National Carbon Co. as
exclusive down-town representatives of Eveready
radios, according to Charleston Dow, general
manager.
A unique method of displaying built-in organs has
recently made its appearance in connection with a
modern home building and home making institution
in Hollywood, known as the Building Arts and Crafts
Exhibit. Here various building materials and home
furnishings are ensembled to give a thorough home
atmosphere. A Link built-in home pipe organ is used
as part of the general arrangement, due to the c o -
operation of E. S. Link, president of the Link Organ
Co., who now resides at Glendale, Calif.
"The Nation's Best in Radios" appears on the front
of a high class establishment in the distinctive village
of Westwood, the location of the new University of
California at Los Angeles, where the Kelly Music Co.
has established a retail business. John T. Kelly, Jr.,
is in charge.
Music Week opened in festival fashion in Los An-
geles and vicinity May 5, by a club of artists associ-
ated with the city schools. The program was spon-
sored by Junior High School Teachers' Association
and its purpose was to demonstrate the individual as
well as collective musicianship which it has required
to bring to the present standard of excellence and
orchestral work in elementary grades.
Announcement is made by Manager Glenn Tindell
that the Hollywood Bowl Symphony "Under the
Stars" will open July 8 and continue to August 30.
Richardson's Music Lovers' Shop, Los Angeles,
has been designated as Southern California representa-
The Sandor Kish Music Studio, Waukegan, 111., tive of four of America's oldest pianos, namely, the
was slightly damaged by water during a fire a few Hazelton, Behning, Behr Bros, and Stultz & Bauer.
days ago which caused $5,000 to the building in which
A portable sound and motion picture machine was
it is located.
given an initial demonstration at the Hotel Piedmont,
Atlanta, Ga., last month by representatives of R. C. A.
President C. H. Wilt, of the E. G. Hays Piano Co.,
Photophone, Inc., a subsidiary of the Radio Corp.
says the company's special sale again "clicked" in
of America.
Monessen, Pa.
Trade Is Asking Itself Seriously Which Way It Is
Headed Since Drastic Shakeup.
By WILLIAM ALLEY.
Merchandising Manager, Radio Manufacturers Assn.
The unusual conditions prevalent in the radio in-
dustry at this time gives this year's RMA Trade
Show greater merchandising significance than pre-
vious shows.
Heretofore we have entered the Trade Show period
of the year with manufacturers' lines pretty well
stabilized and sales conditions in the field fairly well
settled. But this year just the opposite is true.
Radio has had a drastic shakeup and all of its ulti-
mate effects are not yet wholly clear. It will take
months before its rumblings die away completely.
Meanwhile, the trade is taking mental stock of its
position and asking itself seriously which way it is
headed.
The Trade Show will answer a good many ques-
tions that are now puzzling radio dealers and whole-
salers.
What lines have the soundest financial backing?
What lines are most stabilized? What new lines are
to be announced at the Show? Which of the new
lines have the most assured future? What lines shall
dealers and jobbers take on for the 1930-31 season?
What new engineering developments w T ill make their
debut at the show? Will pentode tubes be featured?
What are the trends in circuits? In cabinet design?
In accessories?
Looking over that list of "things to worry about"
should present the strongest possible reasons why
those who sell radio in every branch of distribution
should not miss this year's Trade Show.
The dealer who goes to Atlantic City the first week
in June and gets acquainted with the new products,
the new scientific achievements, the new companies,
the new faces, will carry away with him a clearer
picture of the industry and a better knowledge of his
job than the dealer who sits meekly at home and
lets the rest of the trade go by.
Therefore, it will profit you to get to Atlantic City,
by hook or crook, the week of June 2nd. The start
of the selling season in September is not so far off,
and a visit to the June Trade Show is the best pos-
sible insurance that you won't be running around in
circles when the rush begins next fall.
PLAYER
PIANOS
Established Reputation and Quality Since 1873
OFFICES & SALESROOMS
FACTORY
319-32! So. Wabash Ave.,
4343 Fifth Avenue
Corner of Kostner Avenue
The Clark Orchestra Roll Co., DeKalb, 111., keeps
up with the times in producing the very latest in
music rolls. Here are some of its 65-note latest
releases for May, 1930: The Man from the South,
One-step; My Love Parade, Fox Trot; After a Mil-
lion Dreams, Fox Trot and One-step; Navy Blues,
Fox Trot; The Language of Love, Fox Trot; There's
Danger in Your Eyes, Cherie! Fox Trot; If I'm
Dreaming, Waltz; Wrapped in a Red, Red Rose,
Fox Trot; Love Is a Dreamer, Fox Trot; Hollywood,
Fox Trot.
My Man O' War, Moanin' for You, Rhapsody
in Rhythm, Mississippi Dry, Blue Turning Grey,
Hoosier Hop, St. James Infirmary, Easy Rider,
Everybody Tap, Keep Your Undershirt On.
THE GREATNESS OF ONE
WURLITZER PLANT
A Most Modern Factory for Producing Instruments
for General Entertainment.
K. A. Hathaway, radio editor of the Chicago Daily
News, who is making a general tour of the radio in-
dustries, writes from North Tonawanda, N. Y., con-
cerning the Wurlitzer Co.'s manufacturing interests.
He starts out by saying:
"The Wurlitzer company, whose factory is located
on the outskirts of North Tonawanda, began business
several years ago by furnishing the music boxes for
use on merry-go-rounds. Today finds it operating one
of the most modern factories for producing entertain-
ment either manually or via the radio."
Yes, it was several years ago that the Wurlitzer
company started and several years before those sev-
eral; for the Wurlitzers have been in the musical
instrument manufacturing business practcally all their
lives. It is true they bought out the De Kleist
factory which made merry-go-rounds a good many
years ago, but that annexation was only a very mi-
nor part of their great business, for the Rudolph
Wurlitzer Mfg. Co. is now one of the very old in-
dustries. However, there is nothing misleading in
the following statement from Mr. Hathaway's ar-
ticle, for the parks surrounding the factory are cer-
tainly beautiful.
"The entrance to the Wurlitzer factory is bor-
dered by parks and landscaping that lends a quieting
air to the entire place in keeping with the product
that emanates from the plant."
HALLET & DAVIS PIANO CO.
ADAM SCHAAF, Inc.
p?fNos CING GRANDS AND UPRIGHTS
The May List Includes "The Man from the South,"
"The Rogue Song," "Keep Your Undershirt
On" and Many Others.
New Adam Schaaf Building
CHICAGO, ILL.
Established 1831—Boston
FACTORIES - - NEW YORK CITY
Executive Offices and Wholesale Warerooms
C East 3Sth St. (at 5th Ave.)
New York City
TH E CO MSTOCK, CHENEY & CO.
IVORYTON, CONN.
IVORY CUTTERS SINCE 1834
MANUFACTURERS OF
Grand Keys, Actions and Hammers, Upright Keys
Actions and Hammer , Pipe Organ Keys
Piano Forte Ivory for the Trade
STARR PIANOS
STARR PHONOGRAPHS
GENNETT RECORDS
(Represent the Hic/hest ^Attainment in cMitsical
^^^^™
OVbrth
We STARR PIANO COMPANY
Established 1872
Richmond. Indiana
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PRESTO-TIMES
24
GRIST OF NEWS FROM
LATEST RELEASES OF
THINGS TO WORRY ABOUT
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
CLARK ORCHESTRA ROLLS
IN RADIO ENTERPRISE
To close the estate of the late J. D. Martin, former
president of the Martin Music Co., Los Angeles, the
retail business which has been long established at 734
South Hill street, is being disposed of. Lease, fix-
tures, and all other furnishings, as well as merchan-
dise, are being closed out. The wholesale business of
the company will be continued, however, according to
M. F. Martin, president.
Harry W. Cohen has purchased Young's Music Co.,
located at 512 West Santa Barbara avenue, Los An-
geles. He will manage the store from now on and
carry an exclusive line of radio sets, including Radio-
las, Atwater Kent, Sparton, and Edison.
Fitzgerald Music Co. pioneer Los Angeles firm,
has been appointed by the National Carbon Co. as
exclusive down-town representatives of Eveready
radios, according to Charleston Dow, general
manager.
A unique method of displaying built-in organs has
recently made its appearance in connection with a
modern home building and home making institution
in Hollywood, known as the Building Arts and Crafts
Exhibit. Here various building materials and home
furnishings are ensembled to give a thorough home
atmosphere. A Link built-in home pipe organ is used
as part of the general arrangement, due to the c o -
operation of E. S. Link, president of the Link Organ
Co., who now resides at Glendale, Calif.
"The Nation's Best in Radios" appears on the front
of a high class establishment in the distinctive village
of Westwood, the location of the new University of
California at Los Angeles, where the Kelly Music Co.
has established a retail business. John T. Kelly, Jr.,
is in charge.
Music Week opened in festival fashion in Los An-
geles and vicinity May 5, by a club of artists associ-
ated with the city schools. The program was spon-
sored by Junior High School Teachers' Association
and its purpose was to demonstrate the individual as
well as collective musicianship which it has required
to bring to the present standard of excellence and
orchestral work in elementary grades.
Announcement is made by Manager Glenn Tindell
that the Hollywood Bowl Symphony "Under the
Stars" will open July 8 and continue to August 30.
Richardson's Music Lovers' Shop, Los Angeles,
has been designated as Southern California representa-
The Sandor Kish Music Studio, Waukegan, 111., tive of four of America's oldest pianos, namely, the
was slightly damaged by water during a fire a few Hazelton, Behning, Behr Bros, and Stultz & Bauer.
days ago which caused $5,000 to the building in which
A portable sound and motion picture machine was
it is located.
given an initial demonstration at the Hotel Piedmont,
Atlanta, Ga., last month by representatives of R. C. A.
President C. H. Wilt, of the E. G. Hays Piano Co.,
Photophone, Inc., a subsidiary of the Radio Corp.
says the company's special sale again "clicked" in
of America.
Monessen, Pa.
Trade Is Asking Itself Seriously Which Way It Is
Headed Since Drastic Shakeup.
By WILLIAM ALLEY.
Merchandising Manager, Radio Manufacturers Assn.
The unusual conditions prevalent in the radio in-
dustry at this time gives this year's RMA Trade
Show greater merchandising significance than pre-
vious shows.
Heretofore we have entered the Trade Show period
of the year with manufacturers' lines pretty well
stabilized and sales conditions in the field fairly well
settled. But this year just the opposite is true.
Radio has had a drastic shakeup and all of its ulti-
mate effects are not yet wholly clear. It will take
months before its rumblings die away completely.
Meanwhile, the trade is taking mental stock of its
position and asking itself seriously which way it is
headed.
The Trade Show will answer a good many ques-
tions that are now puzzling radio dealers and whole-
salers.
What lines have the soundest financial backing?
What lines are most stabilized? What new lines are
to be announced at the Show? Which of the new
lines have the most assured future? What lines shall
dealers and jobbers take on for the 1930-31 season?
What new engineering developments w T ill make their
debut at the show? Will pentode tubes be featured?
What are the trends in circuits? In cabinet design?
In accessories?
Looking over that list of "things to worry about"
should present the strongest possible reasons why
those who sell radio in every branch of distribution
should not miss this year's Trade Show.
The dealer who goes to Atlantic City the first week
in June and gets acquainted with the new products,
the new scientific achievements, the new companies,
the new faces, will carry away with him a clearer
picture of the industry and a better knowledge of his
job than the dealer who sits meekly at home and
lets the rest of the trade go by.
Therefore, it will profit you to get to Atlantic City,
by hook or crook, the week of June 2nd. The start
of the selling season in September is not so far off,
and a visit to the June Trade Show is the best pos-
sible insurance that you won't be running around in
circles when the rush begins next fall.
PLAYER
PIANOS
Established Reputation and Quality Since 1873
OFFICES & SALESROOMS
FACTORY
319-32! So. Wabash Ave.,
4343 Fifth Avenue
Corner of Kostner Avenue
The Clark Orchestra Roll Co., DeKalb, 111., keeps
up with the times in producing the very latest in
music rolls. Here are some of its 65-note latest
releases for May, 1930: The Man from the South,
One-step; My Love Parade, Fox Trot; After a Mil-
lion Dreams, Fox Trot and One-step; Navy Blues,
Fox Trot; The Language of Love, Fox Trot; There's
Danger in Your Eyes, Cherie! Fox Trot; If I'm
Dreaming, Waltz; Wrapped in a Red, Red Rose,
Fox Trot; Love Is a Dreamer, Fox Trot; Hollywood,
Fox Trot.
My Man O' War, Moanin' for You, Rhapsody
in Rhythm, Mississippi Dry, Blue Turning Grey,
Hoosier Hop, St. James Infirmary, Easy Rider,
Everybody Tap, Keep Your Undershirt On.
THE GREATNESS OF ONE
WURLITZER PLANT
A Most Modern Factory for Producing Instruments
for General Entertainment.
K. A. Hathaway, radio editor of the Chicago Daily
News, who is making a general tour of the radio in-
dustries, writes from North Tonawanda, N. Y., con-
cerning the Wurlitzer Co.'s manufacturing interests.
He starts out by saying:
"The Wurlitzer company, whose factory is located
on the outskirts of North Tonawanda, began business
several years ago by furnishing the music boxes for
use on merry-go-rounds. Today finds it operating one
of the most modern factories for producing entertain-
ment either manually or via the radio."
Yes, it was several years ago that the Wurlitzer
company started and several years before those sev-
eral; for the Wurlitzers have been in the musical
instrument manufacturing business practcally all their
lives. It is true they bought out the De Kleist
factory which made merry-go-rounds a good many
years ago, but that annexation was only a very mi-
nor part of their great business, for the Rudolph
Wurlitzer Mfg. Co. is now one of the very old in-
dustries. However, there is nothing misleading in
the following statement from Mr. Hathaway's ar-
ticle, for the parks surrounding the factory are cer-
tainly beautiful.
"The entrance to the Wurlitzer factory is bor-
dered by parks and landscaping that lends a quieting
air to the entire place in keeping with the product
that emanates from the plant."
HALLET & DAVIS PIANO CO.
ADAM SCHAAF, Inc.
p?fNos CING GRANDS AND UPRIGHTS
The May List Includes "The Man from the South,"
"The Rogue Song," "Keep Your Undershirt
On" and Many Others.
New Adam Schaaf Building
CHICAGO, ILL.
Established 1831—Boston
FACTORIES - - NEW YORK CITY
Executive Offices and Wholesale Warerooms
C East 3Sth St. (at 5th Ave.)
New York City
TH E CO MSTOCK, CHENEY & CO.
IVORYTON, CONN.
IVORY CUTTERS SINCE 1834
MANUFACTURERS OF
Grand Keys, Actions and Hammers, Upright Keys
Actions and Hammer , Pipe Organ Keys
Piano Forte Ivory for the Trade
STARR PIANOS
STARR PHONOGRAPHS
GENNETT RECORDS
(Represent the Hic/hest ^Attainment in cMitsical
^^^^™
OVbrth
We STARR PIANO COMPANY
Established 1872
Richmond. Indiana
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).