Presto
Issue: 1931 2258 - Page 10
10
May, 1931
P R E S T O-T 1 M E S
DISTINCTIVE
TONE QUALITY
A Most Attractive
Proposition for
Dealers—the
STARCK
KREITER
Pianos and Player-Pianos are
Produced in a New, Modern
and Well-Equipped Factory
Line of Pianos
Including Uprights, Grands and
Reproducing Instruments
.
MANY EXCLUSIVE
SELLING
POINTS
For generations Poehlmann
Music Wire and Fly Brand
Tuning Pins have made
many pianos famous for
their r e n o w n e d tonal
qualities.
The continued prestige of Fly Brand
Pins and Poehlmann Wire is due sohly
to quality. Every detail is watched
minutely. Made from special drawn wire
by men who have done nothing else for a
lifetime, they embody every known
requisite for quality. That is why many
manufacturers of high grade pianos de-
mand Poehlmann W i r e a n d Fly
Brand Pins.
in the Starck representation
interest alert dealers
Write Today for Catalog
and Proposition
P. A. STARCK PIANO CO.
STARCK BUILDING
228-230 South Wabash Avenue
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, U. S. A.
New York Warerooms: 112-114 W. 42nd St.
SOLE AGENT, U.S.A.
AMERICAN PIANO SUPPLY CO.
Division of
When in doubt refer to Presto
Buyers' Guide for information about
all Pianos, Players and Reproduc-
ing Pianos.
HAMMACHER-SCHLEMMER & CO.
104-106 East 13th St.
New York, N. Y.
,
Kreiter—Style 15
They are Standard Instruments of
High-Class Design, Noted for Admir-
able Tone Qualities, Affording Ample
Power and Expressive Effects. The
Results of Over Forty Years of Expe-
rience. They satisfy Both Dealer
and Customer.
KREITER MFG. CO., Inc.
310-312 W. Water St., Milwaukee, Wis.
Factory: \larinette, Wis.
THE PRESTO BUYERS' GUIDE
EDITION OF 1931
Ready for distribution
JUNE 8
Send your order at once and copies will go
forward immediately after publication.
PRESTO
PRICES
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Three copies postpaid $1.40
Six copies postpaid $2.50
Twelve copies postpaid $4.50
Special prices for larger quantities.
Subscribe for Presto-Times with the Buyers' Guide as a
Premium.
Address—
PUBLISHING CO.
417 S. DEARBORN ST.
THE WURLITZER DE KALB
FACTORY BUSY
A glimpse at the environment, inside and out, of
the Wurlitzer Grand Piano factory at De Kalb, 111.,
convinces the visitor to the plant that here is a scene
of real activity. The autos of the workers lined up
outside, the hum of machinery inside and the activity
in the offices give ample proof of the liveliness of
things generally at this great Wurlitzer plant. And
these indications are verified by Cyril Farny, vice-
president and general manager, who remarked to the
Presto-Times visitor one day last week: "You may
be interested to know that we have sold over a thou-
sand Farny Grands since January 1, and that although
we had a most satisfactory year last year, working
not less than four days a week throughout the year,
our business this year shows a 67 per cent increase
over last year."
PERFECTION CO. IS BUSY
The Perfection Furniture Co.'s factory, 2267-69
Clybourn avenue, Chicago, is now humming with re-
newed activity, a larger force of men being at work.
A member of the office force at F. S. Smith's head-
quarters told a Presto-Times representative that trade
is increasing right along and that the outlook has
greatly brightened.
CHICAGO, ILL. U. S. A.
R. A. BURKE'S SUCCESSFUL TRIP
It takes more than a static condition of the piano
trade in spots to discourage a man of the personal
forcefulness of R. A. Burke, secretary of the Story &
Clark Piano Co., Chicago. Mr. Burke returned just
a few days ago from a southern and southeastern and
eastern trip, and while he did not pick up any huge
orders in any one place he did gather enough orders
to make a satisfactory showing to the company. He
said to a Presto-Times representative after his return
that there has been a good deal of piano business
going on during the last year but the bulk of it has
been in handling repossessed instruments taken in on
exchange for a first payment on a high-priced radio.
Now that the cheaper radio is coming to the front,
orders for new pianos are sure to come in from many
families who will want both a piano and one of the
cheaper radios for their homes.
LEE ROBERTS' CHEERFUL SONG.
SETTERGREN AT WANAMAKER'S
The Settergren pianos, manufactured by the B. K.
Settergren Piano Co., Bluffton, Ind., get a good send-
off in the advertising of the Wanamaker Piano Salons,
lower Manhattan, in the New York Times, as follows:
"Out sped the last shipment! In comes still another
lot of the famous grand pianos—Settergren, 4 feet, 10
inches, mahogany veneer, $395 for the $595 grade.
We have sold over 2,000 of these pianos, and they
have given constant satisfaction wherever they have
gone. Tone of unusual quality, sturdily built, attrac-
tive in design. A liberal allowance on your old piano,
small down payments; rest spread over months."
CHICAGOLAND MUSIC FESTIVAL
Last August 150,000 persons assembled in Soldiers
Field, Chicago, to hear programs of the Chicagolano
Music Festival, which was sponsored by a group of
forty newspapers from the five states of Illinois, Mich-
igan, Indiana, Wisconsin and Iowa. This great festi-
val is to be carried forward this summer on a similar
but more ambitious idea. The festival is set for the
night of Saturday. August 22, 1931, and 25 cents
is the admission price.
Lee S. Roberts' song, "Smiles," as Presto-Times
has said, keeps bobbing up and will not down. It
originated in Chicago, it was inspired in Chicago
and it is striding high and handsome in Chicago
today. A song of this sort gives Chicago the sort
of reputation it deserves—something that gives the
lie to stories about it being a city of terror, boot-
leggers, gamblers, vice-mongers and murderers. A
Joliet High School Band, Joliet, 111., won the "Class
song that suggests joy and the right kind of success, A" championship at the Tulsa, Okla., national band
which is what fully 95 per cent of the people of Chi- contests on May 23. The second place in "Class A"
cago are working for.
went to Marion, Ind.
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May, 1931
P R E S T O-T 1 M E S
DISTINCTIVE
TONE QUALITY
A Most Attractive
Proposition for
Dealers—the
STARCK
KREITER
Pianos and Player-Pianos are
Produced in a New, Modern
and Well-Equipped Factory
Line of Pianos
Including Uprights, Grands and
Reproducing Instruments
.
MANY EXCLUSIVE
SELLING
POINTS
For generations Poehlmann
Music Wire and Fly Brand
Tuning Pins have made
many pianos famous for
their r e n o w n e d tonal
qualities.
The continued prestige of Fly Brand
Pins and Poehlmann Wire is due sohly
to quality. Every detail is watched
minutely. Made from special drawn wire
by men who have done nothing else for a
lifetime, they embody every known
requisite for quality. That is why many
manufacturers of high grade pianos de-
mand Poehlmann W i r e a n d Fly
Brand Pins.
in the Starck representation
interest alert dealers
Write Today for Catalog
and Proposition
P. A. STARCK PIANO CO.
STARCK BUILDING
228-230 South Wabash Avenue
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, U. S. A.
New York Warerooms: 112-114 W. 42nd St.
SOLE AGENT, U.S.A.
AMERICAN PIANO SUPPLY CO.
Division of
When in doubt refer to Presto
Buyers' Guide for information about
all Pianos, Players and Reproduc-
ing Pianos.
HAMMACHER-SCHLEMMER & CO.
104-106 East 13th St.
New York, N. Y.
,
Kreiter—Style 15
They are Standard Instruments of
High-Class Design, Noted for Admir-
able Tone Qualities, Affording Ample
Power and Expressive Effects. The
Results of Over Forty Years of Expe-
rience. They satisfy Both Dealer
and Customer.
KREITER MFG. CO., Inc.
310-312 W. Water St., Milwaukee, Wis.
Factory: \larinette, Wis.
THE PRESTO BUYERS' GUIDE
EDITION OF 1931
Ready for distribution
JUNE 8
Send your order at once and copies will go
forward immediately after publication.
PRESTO
PRICES
One Copy Potspaid 50c
Three copies postpaid $1.40
Six copies postpaid $2.50
Twelve copies postpaid $4.50
Special prices for larger quantities.
Subscribe for Presto-Times with the Buyers' Guide as a
Premium.
Address—
PUBLISHING CO.
417 S. DEARBORN ST.
THE WURLITZER DE KALB
FACTORY BUSY
A glimpse at the environment, inside and out, of
the Wurlitzer Grand Piano factory at De Kalb, 111.,
convinces the visitor to the plant that here is a scene
of real activity. The autos of the workers lined up
outside, the hum of machinery inside and the activity
in the offices give ample proof of the liveliness of
things generally at this great Wurlitzer plant. And
these indications are verified by Cyril Farny, vice-
president and general manager, who remarked to the
Presto-Times visitor one day last week: "You may
be interested to know that we have sold over a thou-
sand Farny Grands since January 1, and that although
we had a most satisfactory year last year, working
not less than four days a week throughout the year,
our business this year shows a 67 per cent increase
over last year."
PERFECTION CO. IS BUSY
The Perfection Furniture Co.'s factory, 2267-69
Clybourn avenue, Chicago, is now humming with re-
newed activity, a larger force of men being at work.
A member of the office force at F. S. Smith's head-
quarters told a Presto-Times representative that trade
is increasing right along and that the outlook has
greatly brightened.
CHICAGO, ILL. U. S. A.
R. A. BURKE'S SUCCESSFUL TRIP
It takes more than a static condition of the piano
trade in spots to discourage a man of the personal
forcefulness of R. A. Burke, secretary of the Story &
Clark Piano Co., Chicago. Mr. Burke returned just
a few days ago from a southern and southeastern and
eastern trip, and while he did not pick up any huge
orders in any one place he did gather enough orders
to make a satisfactory showing to the company. He
said to a Presto-Times representative after his return
that there has been a good deal of piano business
going on during the last year but the bulk of it has
been in handling repossessed instruments taken in on
exchange for a first payment on a high-priced radio.
Now that the cheaper radio is coming to the front,
orders for new pianos are sure to come in from many
families who will want both a piano and one of the
cheaper radios for their homes.
LEE ROBERTS' CHEERFUL SONG.
SETTERGREN AT WANAMAKER'S
The Settergren pianos, manufactured by the B. K.
Settergren Piano Co., Bluffton, Ind., get a good send-
off in the advertising of the Wanamaker Piano Salons,
lower Manhattan, in the New York Times, as follows:
"Out sped the last shipment! In comes still another
lot of the famous grand pianos—Settergren, 4 feet, 10
inches, mahogany veneer, $395 for the $595 grade.
We have sold over 2,000 of these pianos, and they
have given constant satisfaction wherever they have
gone. Tone of unusual quality, sturdily built, attrac-
tive in design. A liberal allowance on your old piano,
small down payments; rest spread over months."
CHICAGOLAND MUSIC FESTIVAL
Last August 150,000 persons assembled in Soldiers
Field, Chicago, to hear programs of the Chicagolano
Music Festival, which was sponsored by a group of
forty newspapers from the five states of Illinois, Mich-
igan, Indiana, Wisconsin and Iowa. This great festi-
val is to be carried forward this summer on a similar
but more ambitious idea. The festival is set for the
night of Saturday. August 22, 1931, and 25 cents
is the admission price.
Lee S. Roberts' song, "Smiles," as Presto-Times
has said, keeps bobbing up and will not down. It
originated in Chicago, it was inspired in Chicago
and it is striding high and handsome in Chicago
today. A song of this sort gives Chicago the sort
of reputation it deserves—something that gives the
lie to stories about it being a city of terror, boot-
leggers, gamblers, vice-mongers and murderers. A
Joliet High School Band, Joliet, 111., won the "Class
song that suggests joy and the right kind of success, A" championship at the Tulsa, Okla., national band
which is what fully 95 per cent of the people of Chi- contests on May 23. The second place in "Class A"
cago are working for.
went to Marion, 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).