Presto
Issue: 1930 2249 - Page 9
August, 1930
P R E S T O-T I M E S
YEARS AGO IN THE PRESTO
(From The Presto of August 16, 1900.)
The combined issue of The Presto and "Le Monde
Musicale" in Paris will appear under date of August
30th, it having been found impossible to prepare the
great French paper by the time announced. The
Chicago special issue will therefore be postponed to
the corresponding date, so there is still time for
advertisers who may want displayed pages in the
Paris Exposition Numbers.
The Next Presto Export Supplement.
The next Export Supplement—in both English and
Spanish—will appear in the issue of The Presto of
Thursday, August 30th. Any advertisements for this
issue of The Presto, or special announcements de-
signed for the Supplement, should reach this office by
August 27th at the latest. This issue of The Presto is
extensively circulated in the Spanish-speaking coun-
tries of South and Central America, Mexico, the West
Indies, and all other musical importing countries.
Advertising, especially trade paper advertising, is
the unfailing sign of industrial life and vigor.
Never begin on a new prospect by telling how
"easy" the house will be or describing the long-time
plan. He may have the real stuff right in his pocket.
Tonk Manufacturing Co., the big Chicago stool and
scarf house, is enjoying one of the best summer's
trade in its history. The Tonk goods are great favor-
ites with dealers because of their superiority of con-
struction and their original and artistic designs.
The E. Sweetland factory in Carroll avenue, Chi-
cago, has placed on the market the Sweetland piano as
a leader to the Princeton which has been produced
there for some time with great success.
The Paris edition of The Presto of July 30th con-
tains fine group portraits of the officers of The Cable
Co., the house of Steinway & Sons, and of notable
members of Class Jury 17 of the Exposition Uni-
verselle. There is a vast amount of interest to the
American music trade, much of which has been re-
produced in the regular weekly edition of The Presto
from advance proofs sent to Chicago for that pur-
pose.
There is no doubt as to Baldwin getting grand
gold prize; the only one in musical instruments from
America, I suppose. "Hamilton" will probably have
a silver medal and the same for the Ludwig pianos.
Both Bluthner and Schiedmayer get grand gold prix,
also Welte.
Without having seen the documents, I am satis-
fied that the grand gold prix has been given by Class
Jury 17 to Baldwin.
American Music Dealers in Europe.
(From Paris edition of The Presto July 30, 1900.)
Herewith are a few names written at random from
memory of members of the music trade of the United
States and Canada who are in Europe or have been
during the present month, most of whom also later
visited the Paris Exposition:
C. F. Tretbar, William Knabe, W. W. Kimball,
William Schlemmer, of Hammacher, Schlemmer &
Co.; Charles H. Parsons, A. M. Wright, Robert Greg-
ory and Jay C. Freeman, of Lyon & Healy, Chicago;
Fred J. Steinway, W. T. Giles, of the Newcombe
Piano Co., Toronto; A. A. Barthlems, Toronto; Arthur
Goeffroy, New York; J. C. Macy, superintendent of
the Baldwin factory; Cincinnati; J. P. Julius, York,
Pa.; C. J. Heppe, Frank Scribner, J. Goldberg, of
Krakauer Bros.; Jacob Hackenheimer, with C. Kurtz-
mann & Co., Buffalo; Fred Meyer, New York; Mau-
rice Eisner, Champaign, 111; James T. Ennis, with
Strong & Leimert, Chicago; G. Herzberg, with Kra-
nich & Bach; Mr. Meyercord, of Chicago; Marc A.
Blumenberg, managing editor of the Musical Courier,
New York, and various others, noted elsewhere as
"Exposition Visitors."
Besides these, Mr. Wulsin, Mr. Klaber and Mr.
Ludwig are still here.
Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Kimball, who are now at
Manheim, Germany, expect to leave that place dur-
ing September for Paris.
John Ludwig returns today from Germany; he
will probably be starting back home within a short
time.
Exposition Visitors to Class 17.
(From the Paris Edition of The Presto, July 30, 1900.)
Among those connected with the music trade and
profession who have registered and left cards at the
musical instrument section within the past two weeks
are the following:
C. J. Heppe, Philadelphia; Louis Lombard, New
York; August Lueders, orchestra director, Chicago;
G. B. St. John, Winona, Minn.; Sheriar Aspandiar,
Kalbidiri Road, Bombay, India; Dr. Leopold Schmidt,
musical critic of the Berliner Tageblatt, Berlin; Mr.
Heindorff, of Heindorff Bros., Brisbane, Australia; Th.
Andrejedvitch, Belgrade, Servia; Venton Castmer
(Commission), Canton, China; Edward Zeldenrush,
teacher, Amsterdam, Holland; Maurice Eisner, teach-
er, Champaign, 111.; Guil Puls, Oporto, Portugal;
Vlesnar Viedrik, traveling dealer, Moscow, Russia;
Messrs. Hamburger and Lips, importers, Berne,
Switzerland.
J. Harry Pepper, vocalist and teacher, New York;
Clarence Eddy, Chicago; Alf. Alvarez (commission
and import), Buenos Ayres; His Excellency, Prof.
Dr. Konavalof, St. Petersburg; G. W. Tewksbury,
Chicago; F. Eustes, Toulouse, France; Anton Waltis-
biel, Zurich, Switzerland; Thomas Hall, of The John
Brinsmead & Sons, Ltd., London; Justin Wright, or-
ganist, Detroit; Arthur Geoffroy, American representa-
tive of Billion felt, New York; William Thompson,
Glasgow, Scotland; John Philip Sousa, New York;
Max Schiedmayer, Stuttgart, Germany; A. Munnew,
Launceton, Tasmania.
W. Robinson, Robinson Piano Co., Hong Kong,
China; Senor Catuera, Barcelona, Spain; M. Biete-
page, of the firm of L. Becker, St. Petersburg, Rus-
sia; J. P. Julius, York, Pa.; Robert Tempest, teacher,
Philadelphia; F. Bonnet, Switzerland; John M. Cour-
age, organ builder, London; Edwin Welte, Freiberg,
Baden, Germany; George Schudt, teacher, Waddams
Grove, 111.; V. Meyer, St. Armund, Nord, France.
V. Chesney, tuner and salesman, Sydney, New
South Wales; E. Franzberg, Pernan, Rupland, Fin-
land; W. Maas, piano manufacturer and correspond-
ent music trade press, Hamburg, Germany; Herman
Braun, superintendent Schiedmayer & Sons' piano
factory, Stuttgart; Charles H. Parsons, of the Need-
ham Piano & Organ Co., New York; A. M. Wright,
manager of the John Church Co. at New York; W. T.
Giles, secretary of the Newcombe Piano Co., Toronto,
Canada, and numerous professional and other persons.
OUR 1900 GROUP
PICTURE WAS A PUZZLER
Baltimore, Md., Aug. 12, 1930.
Editor Presto-Times:
I have been studying the faces of the people in
the banquet picture you presented in the July num-
ber of Presto-Times, page 9. Thirty years is a long
time for the memory to reach back and recall all the.
faces in so large a group, even though one knew
them all at that time. However, the more I study
the faces and make allowances for the whiskers and
moustaches that were so prominent a part of facial
adornment at that distant day, the more interesting
(Continued on page 10)
AT THE PIANO MANUFACTI'RERS' DINNER, MAY 18, 1915, IN CONGRESS HOTEIJ, CHICAGO.
Reading from left to right at the speakers' table:
James F. Broderick, then head of the Straube Piano
Co.; J. Harry Shale, representative of the American
Piano Co.; E. H. Uhl, who was manager at Chicago
for the Wurlitzer Co.; Carl C. Conway, then of
Hallet & Davis Piano Co.; B. H. Janssen, head of
the Janssen Piano Co., of New York; Frank W.
Teeple, of Price & Teeple Piano Co.; Ralph Van
Vechten, Chicago banker: E. B. Bartlett, then sec-
retary of the W. W. Kimball Co.; M. M. Mangasa-
rian, independent preacher and lecturer of Chicago;
Col. E. S. Payson, of the Emerson Piano Co., Bos-
ton; T. A. Coffin, of the Gabler Piano Co., the
Bronx; Percy S. Foster, piano dealer of Washing-
ton, D. C, and L. D. Perry, of Ludwig & Ce>.,
Bronx, New York.
This striking scene was reproduced from a pho-
tograph taken at the 19th annual banquet of the
National Piano Manufacturers' Association of
America, held Tuesday evening, May 18, 1915, in
the Gold Room of the Congress Hotel, Chicago. It
was one of the most memorable affairs of the kind
in the history of the association. Frank W. Teeple
formally welcomed the assembled guests and intro-
duced as the speaker of the evening Ralph Van
Vechten, vice-president of the Continental and Com-
mercial Bank of Chicago, who closed an eloquent
address with these words: "There is no better evi-
dence of the changed sentiment towards competi-
tors than the strength and vigor of associations such
as yours, in which you mingle together as man to
man, working for the common good."
Incidentally, the large picture from which this
plate was reduced hangs in a frame on the wall
over one of the editorial desks in the Presto-Times
office and has often been the subject of admiring
remarks by callers in the sanctum.
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P R E S T O-T I M E S
YEARS AGO IN THE PRESTO
(From The Presto of August 16, 1900.)
The combined issue of The Presto and "Le Monde
Musicale" in Paris will appear under date of August
30th, it having been found impossible to prepare the
great French paper by the time announced. The
Chicago special issue will therefore be postponed to
the corresponding date, so there is still time for
advertisers who may want displayed pages in the
Paris Exposition Numbers.
The Next Presto Export Supplement.
The next Export Supplement—in both English and
Spanish—will appear in the issue of The Presto of
Thursday, August 30th. Any advertisements for this
issue of The Presto, or special announcements de-
signed for the Supplement, should reach this office by
August 27th at the latest. This issue of The Presto is
extensively circulated in the Spanish-speaking coun-
tries of South and Central America, Mexico, the West
Indies, and all other musical importing countries.
Advertising, especially trade paper advertising, is
the unfailing sign of industrial life and vigor.
Never begin on a new prospect by telling how
"easy" the house will be or describing the long-time
plan. He may have the real stuff right in his pocket.
Tonk Manufacturing Co., the big Chicago stool and
scarf house, is enjoying one of the best summer's
trade in its history. The Tonk goods are great favor-
ites with dealers because of their superiority of con-
struction and their original and artistic designs.
The E. Sweetland factory in Carroll avenue, Chi-
cago, has placed on the market the Sweetland piano as
a leader to the Princeton which has been produced
there for some time with great success.
The Paris edition of The Presto of July 30th con-
tains fine group portraits of the officers of The Cable
Co., the house of Steinway & Sons, and of notable
members of Class Jury 17 of the Exposition Uni-
verselle. There is a vast amount of interest to the
American music trade, much of which has been re-
produced in the regular weekly edition of The Presto
from advance proofs sent to Chicago for that pur-
pose.
There is no doubt as to Baldwin getting grand
gold prize; the only one in musical instruments from
America, I suppose. "Hamilton" will probably have
a silver medal and the same for the Ludwig pianos.
Both Bluthner and Schiedmayer get grand gold prix,
also Welte.
Without having seen the documents, I am satis-
fied that the grand gold prix has been given by Class
Jury 17 to Baldwin.
American Music Dealers in Europe.
(From Paris edition of The Presto July 30, 1900.)
Herewith are a few names written at random from
memory of members of the music trade of the United
States and Canada who are in Europe or have been
during the present month, most of whom also later
visited the Paris Exposition:
C. F. Tretbar, William Knabe, W. W. Kimball,
William Schlemmer, of Hammacher, Schlemmer &
Co.; Charles H. Parsons, A. M. Wright, Robert Greg-
ory and Jay C. Freeman, of Lyon & Healy, Chicago;
Fred J. Steinway, W. T. Giles, of the Newcombe
Piano Co., Toronto; A. A. Barthlems, Toronto; Arthur
Goeffroy, New York; J. C. Macy, superintendent of
the Baldwin factory; Cincinnati; J. P. Julius, York,
Pa.; C. J. Heppe, Frank Scribner, J. Goldberg, of
Krakauer Bros.; Jacob Hackenheimer, with C. Kurtz-
mann & Co., Buffalo; Fred Meyer, New York; Mau-
rice Eisner, Champaign, 111; James T. Ennis, with
Strong & Leimert, Chicago; G. Herzberg, with Kra-
nich & Bach; Mr. Meyercord, of Chicago; Marc A.
Blumenberg, managing editor of the Musical Courier,
New York, and various others, noted elsewhere as
"Exposition Visitors."
Besides these, Mr. Wulsin, Mr. Klaber and Mr.
Ludwig are still here.
Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Kimball, who are now at
Manheim, Germany, expect to leave that place dur-
ing September for Paris.
John Ludwig returns today from Germany; he
will probably be starting back home within a short
time.
Exposition Visitors to Class 17.
(From the Paris Edition of The Presto, July 30, 1900.)
Among those connected with the music trade and
profession who have registered and left cards at the
musical instrument section within the past two weeks
are the following:
C. J. Heppe, Philadelphia; Louis Lombard, New
York; August Lueders, orchestra director, Chicago;
G. B. St. John, Winona, Minn.; Sheriar Aspandiar,
Kalbidiri Road, Bombay, India; Dr. Leopold Schmidt,
musical critic of the Berliner Tageblatt, Berlin; Mr.
Heindorff, of Heindorff Bros., Brisbane, Australia; Th.
Andrejedvitch, Belgrade, Servia; Venton Castmer
(Commission), Canton, China; Edward Zeldenrush,
teacher, Amsterdam, Holland; Maurice Eisner, teach-
er, Champaign, 111.; Guil Puls, Oporto, Portugal;
Vlesnar Viedrik, traveling dealer, Moscow, Russia;
Messrs. Hamburger and Lips, importers, Berne,
Switzerland.
J. Harry Pepper, vocalist and teacher, New York;
Clarence Eddy, Chicago; Alf. Alvarez (commission
and import), Buenos Ayres; His Excellency, Prof.
Dr. Konavalof, St. Petersburg; G. W. Tewksbury,
Chicago; F. Eustes, Toulouse, France; Anton Waltis-
biel, Zurich, Switzerland; Thomas Hall, of The John
Brinsmead & Sons, Ltd., London; Justin Wright, or-
ganist, Detroit; Arthur Geoffroy, American representa-
tive of Billion felt, New York; William Thompson,
Glasgow, Scotland; John Philip Sousa, New York;
Max Schiedmayer, Stuttgart, Germany; A. Munnew,
Launceton, Tasmania.
W. Robinson, Robinson Piano Co., Hong Kong,
China; Senor Catuera, Barcelona, Spain; M. Biete-
page, of the firm of L. Becker, St. Petersburg, Rus-
sia; J. P. Julius, York, Pa.; Robert Tempest, teacher,
Philadelphia; F. Bonnet, Switzerland; John M. Cour-
age, organ builder, London; Edwin Welte, Freiberg,
Baden, Germany; George Schudt, teacher, Waddams
Grove, 111.; V. Meyer, St. Armund, Nord, France.
V. Chesney, tuner and salesman, Sydney, New
South Wales; E. Franzberg, Pernan, Rupland, Fin-
land; W. Maas, piano manufacturer and correspond-
ent music trade press, Hamburg, Germany; Herman
Braun, superintendent Schiedmayer & Sons' piano
factory, Stuttgart; Charles H. Parsons, of the Need-
ham Piano & Organ Co., New York; A. M. Wright,
manager of the John Church Co. at New York; W. T.
Giles, secretary of the Newcombe Piano Co., Toronto,
Canada, and numerous professional and other persons.
OUR 1900 GROUP
PICTURE WAS A PUZZLER
Baltimore, Md., Aug. 12, 1930.
Editor Presto-Times:
I have been studying the faces of the people in
the banquet picture you presented in the July num-
ber of Presto-Times, page 9. Thirty years is a long
time for the memory to reach back and recall all the.
faces in so large a group, even though one knew
them all at that time. However, the more I study
the faces and make allowances for the whiskers and
moustaches that were so prominent a part of facial
adornment at that distant day, the more interesting
(Continued on page 10)
AT THE PIANO MANUFACTI'RERS' DINNER, MAY 18, 1915, IN CONGRESS HOTEIJ, CHICAGO.
Reading from left to right at the speakers' table:
James F. Broderick, then head of the Straube Piano
Co.; J. Harry Shale, representative of the American
Piano Co.; E. H. Uhl, who was manager at Chicago
for the Wurlitzer Co.; Carl C. Conway, then of
Hallet & Davis Piano Co.; B. H. Janssen, head of
the Janssen Piano Co., of New York; Frank W.
Teeple, of Price & Teeple Piano Co.; Ralph Van
Vechten, Chicago banker: E. B. Bartlett, then sec-
retary of the W. W. Kimball Co.; M. M. Mangasa-
rian, independent preacher and lecturer of Chicago;
Col. E. S. Payson, of the Emerson Piano Co., Bos-
ton; T. A. Coffin, of the Gabler Piano Co., the
Bronx; Percy S. Foster, piano dealer of Washing-
ton, D. C, and L. D. Perry, of Ludwig & Ce>.,
Bronx, New York.
This striking scene was reproduced from a pho-
tograph taken at the 19th annual banquet of the
National Piano Manufacturers' Association of
America, held Tuesday evening, May 18, 1915, in
the Gold Room of the Congress Hotel, Chicago. It
was one of the most memorable affairs of the kind
in the history of the association. Frank W. Teeple
formally welcomed the assembled guests and intro-
duced as the speaker of the evening Ralph Van
Vechten, vice-president of the Continental and Com-
mercial Bank of Chicago, who closed an eloquent
address with these words: "There is no better evi-
dence of the changed sentiment towards competi-
tors than the strength and vigor of associations such
as yours, in which you mingle together as man to
man, working for the common good."
Incidentally, the large picture from which this
plate was reduced hangs in a frame on the wall
over one of the editorial desks in the Presto-Times
office and has often been the subject of admiring
remarks by callers in the sanctum.
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).