Presto
Issue: 1930 2253 - Page 7
December, 1930
P R E S T O-T I M E S
ANNIVERSARY OF A DISTINGUISHED
There are Many Reasons Why the
PIANO MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY M. SCHULZ CO.
The fiftieth anniversary of a great piano manufac-
turing industry is being commemorated this year—the
Ivers & Pond Piano Co.,. which has reached fifty
years in well-doing.
Its record is the more remarkable when it is con-
sidered that Ivers & Pond through the whole fifty
years have stuck to the high principle of making very
fine instruments. Quality has always been the upper-
most thought with these manufacturers. Ivers &
Pond activities throughout the country have made the
name widely known. Musicians have appreciated the
instruments and given them unstinted praise; schools
have used them, while homes in all parts of the na-
tion have been graced by their presence and charmed
by their use.
The Ivers & Pond Piano Co. was incorporated in
1
rooms occupy the handsome Pond building at 258
Boylston street, Boston.
Ivers & Pond have always maintained a policy of
building pianos of one quality—the highest. Six hun-
dred leading educational institutions and more than
75,000 homes have chosen the Ivers & Pond pianos.
Mr. Ivers was a practical piano maker and his
partner, Handel Pond, all his life was associated with
the piano industry. In the earlier part of his career
he was well-known in the Mason & Hamlin organ
lactory as an expert in reed organs.
Today Clarence H. and Shepard Pond carry on the
ideals started and adhered to by their father.
There are very few changes in the personnel to
record with this substantial and reliable house. Its
friends, too, stick by it. For instance, the Hermon
\V. Stevens agency of Boston has had pleasant rela-
tions as an advertising agency with the Ivers & Pond
Co. for more than 25 years.
The Ivers' & Pond Piano Co., continuing as it has
for half a century under its original corporate char-
ter and ownership-management, is today the oldest
piano manufacturing company in New England.
Under the presidency of Clarence H. Pond, whose
service with the company covers the great industrial
and development period of the house, is still main-
taining' the same high standards of product and busi-
ness ethics as in the past.
To sum up and to speak historically, it may be said
that fifty years ago the Ivers & Pond piano emerged
from an idea to an actuality, and assumed a leading
position among American pianos. Changes have come
into the industry with increasing rapidity of late years.
Names once impressive have disappeared or com-
pletely changed hands and character. Among the
few "old-line" concerns surviving, ours exhibits an
outstanding example of unchanging policy. Under
the ownership-management of the original interests
responsible for its foundation and development, it con-
tinues to maintain its original pol'cies of manufacture
and merchandising, sustaining the best traditions of
old-time Boston piano building.
KNABE=FISCHER
CHICAGO HEADQUARTERS
Henry E. Weisert, who was for many years a
member of the Bissell-Weisert Piano Co., and who
recently established business at 540 North Michigan
avenue in the beautiful new Michigan Square build-
ing, Chicago, has been given the distribution in Chicago
of the Knabc and Eischer pianos of the American
Piano Corporation's line and its Amp:co products,
and in addition he is handling the Brinkerhoff pianos.
Speaking of business, present and prospective, Mr.
Weisert said: "I am so encouraged over the out-
look that I have rented space to extend our premises
over three times its present space." The extra large
room now being decorated for the occupancy of the
Weisert line adjoins the old store immediately to
the south on the mezzanine floor.
INSTRUMENTS FOR WORLD'S FAIR.
Two collections of musical instruments, one of old
instruments and one of modern make, have been sug-
gested as part of the physics exhibit at the 1933 Chi-
cago World's Fair by Dr. Dayton C. Miller of Cleve-
land and Dr. George W. Stewart of Iowa City. Iowa,
noted for their researches pertaining to the phenom-
ena of sound, and members of the physics and optical
physics section of the National Research Council Sci
ence Advisory Committee of the Chicago exposition.
Dr. Miller is director of the physics department at
the Case School of Applied Science, and Dr. Stewart
is director of the physics department and dean of the
graduate school at the University of Iowa. It is
also suggested that an historical collection of phono-
graphs be exhibited. A model of a broadcasting
studio also would be a part of the exhibit.
Line of Pianos
OPERA WINDOW DISPLAY
CHICAGO BALDWIN STORE
This halftone picture shows a window display in
the Baldwin Piano Co.'s retail store at 323 South
Wabash avenue, Chicago.
It features cut-outs of the stars of the Chicago
Civic Opera, of which organization the Baldwin is
the official piano.
ENJOYING PIANO LESSONS
GRANDS, UPRIGHTS
PLAYERS
Are Easy Sellers
They Combine Quality
with Appearance in a
Most Remarkable
Manner.
—A Line That Gives
Satisfaction to the Pub-
lic and Is a Money-
Maker for the Dealer.
Their G R A N D S Are
W o n d e r f u l . Their
UPRIGHTS Are Stand-
ards of Excellence.
M. SCHULZ CO.
711 Milwaukee Avenue
CHICAGO
WHEN TONE
is DESIRED THE
F. RADLE
FULFILS THE
REQUIREMENTS
The piano is the result of long ex-
perience and ambition to attain a
position of eminence.
MRS.
MAMIE I. DOX10Y AND HI'TI I TEAUOir
In the Novembe issue of Presto-Times appeared
an item telling of the enterprise of Mrs. Mary I.
Doney of 548 Fairwood avenue, Columbus, Ohio,
who at 67 years of age is taking piano lessons and
practicing ten to twelve hours a day under a com-
petent teacher. She had been a piano pupil at 12
years of age but was forced to quit after having ad-
vanced to the point where she had learned the dif-
ferent notes.
Now Presto-Times is delighted to present her pic-
ture seated at a piano while her instructor, Ruth
Pearch of the Capital University Conservatory of
Music, looks on. Mrs. Doney is a good pupil and a
great lover of music, according to her instructor.
There are thousands of elderly people taking piano
lessons throughout the nation and other thousands
who have played all their lives in their leisure time
are keeping up the practice. Music, and particularly
piano music, has an appeal for all ages and in every
civilized country.
A NATIONAL NEED.
Particular attention is being given by the executive
office of the National Association of Music Merchants
in the working out of plans to present in several states
bills similar to the one which will be introduced at
the next session of the Ohio legislature, making it
possible for boards of education to teach instrumental
as well as vocal music in public schools. This pro-
posed law if adopted, will pave the way for other
states to enact similar legislation, all leading eventu-
ally, it is hoped, to the creation at Washington of the
much desired Music and Arts Portfolio in the Presi-
dent's cabinet. President Heaton has taken a very
keen interest in this subject since his election last
Tune.
CLEAR, BEAUTIFUL TONE
is a distinctive feature of F. Radle
Pianos and the case designs are
always original.
F. RADLE, Inc.
ESTABLISHED 1850
609 - 611 W. 30TH STREET
NEW YORK, U. S. A.
Worry Over Player Details
is avoided by the manufac-
turer who uses the
A. C. Cheney Player Action
in his products. He knows
everything is all right and
that the best musical quali-
ties of his pianos are develop-
ed by the use of this player
mechanism.
A. C. CHENEY
PIANO ACTION COMPANY
CASTLETON, N. Y.
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P R E S T O-T I M E S
ANNIVERSARY OF A DISTINGUISHED
There are Many Reasons Why the
PIANO MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY M. SCHULZ CO.
The fiftieth anniversary of a great piano manufac-
turing industry is being commemorated this year—the
Ivers & Pond Piano Co.,. which has reached fifty
years in well-doing.
Its record is the more remarkable when it is con-
sidered that Ivers & Pond through the whole fifty
years have stuck to the high principle of making very
fine instruments. Quality has always been the upper-
most thought with these manufacturers. Ivers &
Pond activities throughout the country have made the
name widely known. Musicians have appreciated the
instruments and given them unstinted praise; schools
have used them, while homes in all parts of the na-
tion have been graced by their presence and charmed
by their use.
The Ivers & Pond Piano Co. was incorporated in
1
rooms occupy the handsome Pond building at 258
Boylston street, Boston.
Ivers & Pond have always maintained a policy of
building pianos of one quality—the highest. Six hun-
dred leading educational institutions and more than
75,000 homes have chosen the Ivers & Pond pianos.
Mr. Ivers was a practical piano maker and his
partner, Handel Pond, all his life was associated with
the piano industry. In the earlier part of his career
he was well-known in the Mason & Hamlin organ
lactory as an expert in reed organs.
Today Clarence H. and Shepard Pond carry on the
ideals started and adhered to by their father.
There are very few changes in the personnel to
record with this substantial and reliable house. Its
friends, too, stick by it. For instance, the Hermon
\V. Stevens agency of Boston has had pleasant rela-
tions as an advertising agency with the Ivers & Pond
Co. for more than 25 years.
The Ivers' & Pond Piano Co., continuing as it has
for half a century under its original corporate char-
ter and ownership-management, is today the oldest
piano manufacturing company in New England.
Under the presidency of Clarence H. Pond, whose
service with the company covers the great industrial
and development period of the house, is still main-
taining' the same high standards of product and busi-
ness ethics as in the past.
To sum up and to speak historically, it may be said
that fifty years ago the Ivers & Pond piano emerged
from an idea to an actuality, and assumed a leading
position among American pianos. Changes have come
into the industry with increasing rapidity of late years.
Names once impressive have disappeared or com-
pletely changed hands and character. Among the
few "old-line" concerns surviving, ours exhibits an
outstanding example of unchanging policy. Under
the ownership-management of the original interests
responsible for its foundation and development, it con-
tinues to maintain its original pol'cies of manufacture
and merchandising, sustaining the best traditions of
old-time Boston piano building.
KNABE=FISCHER
CHICAGO HEADQUARTERS
Henry E. Weisert, who was for many years a
member of the Bissell-Weisert Piano Co., and who
recently established business at 540 North Michigan
avenue in the beautiful new Michigan Square build-
ing, Chicago, has been given the distribution in Chicago
of the Knabc and Eischer pianos of the American
Piano Corporation's line and its Amp:co products,
and in addition he is handling the Brinkerhoff pianos.
Speaking of business, present and prospective, Mr.
Weisert said: "I am so encouraged over the out-
look that I have rented space to extend our premises
over three times its present space." The extra large
room now being decorated for the occupancy of the
Weisert line adjoins the old store immediately to
the south on the mezzanine floor.
INSTRUMENTS FOR WORLD'S FAIR.
Two collections of musical instruments, one of old
instruments and one of modern make, have been sug-
gested as part of the physics exhibit at the 1933 Chi-
cago World's Fair by Dr. Dayton C. Miller of Cleve-
land and Dr. George W. Stewart of Iowa City. Iowa,
noted for their researches pertaining to the phenom-
ena of sound, and members of the physics and optical
physics section of the National Research Council Sci
ence Advisory Committee of the Chicago exposition.
Dr. Miller is director of the physics department at
the Case School of Applied Science, and Dr. Stewart
is director of the physics department and dean of the
graduate school at the University of Iowa. It is
also suggested that an historical collection of phono-
graphs be exhibited. A model of a broadcasting
studio also would be a part of the exhibit.
Line of Pianos
OPERA WINDOW DISPLAY
CHICAGO BALDWIN STORE
This halftone picture shows a window display in
the Baldwin Piano Co.'s retail store at 323 South
Wabash avenue, Chicago.
It features cut-outs of the stars of the Chicago
Civic Opera, of which organization the Baldwin is
the official piano.
ENJOYING PIANO LESSONS
GRANDS, UPRIGHTS
PLAYERS
Are Easy Sellers
They Combine Quality
with Appearance in a
Most Remarkable
Manner.
—A Line That Gives
Satisfaction to the Pub-
lic and Is a Money-
Maker for the Dealer.
Their G R A N D S Are
W o n d e r f u l . Their
UPRIGHTS Are Stand-
ards of Excellence.
M. SCHULZ CO.
711 Milwaukee Avenue
CHICAGO
WHEN TONE
is DESIRED THE
F. RADLE
FULFILS THE
REQUIREMENTS
The piano is the result of long ex-
perience and ambition to attain a
position of eminence.
MRS.
MAMIE I. DOX10Y AND HI'TI I TEAUOir
In the Novembe issue of Presto-Times appeared
an item telling of the enterprise of Mrs. Mary I.
Doney of 548 Fairwood avenue, Columbus, Ohio,
who at 67 years of age is taking piano lessons and
practicing ten to twelve hours a day under a com-
petent teacher. She had been a piano pupil at 12
years of age but was forced to quit after having ad-
vanced to the point where she had learned the dif-
ferent notes.
Now Presto-Times is delighted to present her pic-
ture seated at a piano while her instructor, Ruth
Pearch of the Capital University Conservatory of
Music, looks on. Mrs. Doney is a good pupil and a
great lover of music, according to her instructor.
There are thousands of elderly people taking piano
lessons throughout the nation and other thousands
who have played all their lives in their leisure time
are keeping up the practice. Music, and particularly
piano music, has an appeal for all ages and in every
civilized country.
A NATIONAL NEED.
Particular attention is being given by the executive
office of the National Association of Music Merchants
in the working out of plans to present in several states
bills similar to the one which will be introduced at
the next session of the Ohio legislature, making it
possible for boards of education to teach instrumental
as well as vocal music in public schools. This pro-
posed law if adopted, will pave the way for other
states to enact similar legislation, all leading eventu-
ally, it is hoped, to the creation at Washington of the
much desired Music and Arts Portfolio in the Presi-
dent's cabinet. President Heaton has taken a very
keen interest in this subject since his election last
Tune.
CLEAR, BEAUTIFUL TONE
is a distinctive feature of F. Radle
Pianos and the case designs are
always original.
F. RADLE, Inc.
ESTABLISHED 1850
609 - 611 W. 30TH STREET
NEW YORK, U. S. A.
Worry Over Player Details
is avoided by the manufac-
turer who uses the
A. C. Cheney Player Action
in his products. He knows
everything is all right and
that the best musical quali-
ties of his pianos are develop-
ed by the use of this player
mechanism.
A. C. CHENEY
PIANO ACTION COMPANY
CASTLETON, N. Y.
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All Rights Reserved. Digitized from the archives of the MBSI with support from NAMM - The International Music Products Association (www.namm.org).
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