Presto
Issue: 1931 2258 - Page 7
P R E S T O-T I M E S
May, 1931
HOW TO REACH OFFICES, FACTORIES AND
SPECIAL EXHIBITS
The Cable Co.'s Factories
Are at St. Charles, 111. Take Chicago, Aurora &
Elgin interurban electric line, or go by special Cable
Co. auto from Chicago on. a visitors' trip.
Hamilton Piano Co.
This factory is located at Chicago He'ghts, 111.,
about 25 miles south of Chicago on the Chicago &
Eastern Illinois R. R.. It can be reached by the C.
& E. I., or electric line, or Dixie Highway bus. The
headquarters of the company, Baldwin Piano Co., 323
South Wabash avenue, in the Loop.
Brinkerhoff Piano Co.
General offices, 711 Milwaukee avenue; factory two
blocks from offices. Take Milwaukee avenue surface
car from Loop.
Gulbransen Co.
The factory and offices at North Kedzie avenue and
West Chicago avenue are reached by surface lines of
ether of those streets.
W. W. Kimball Co.'s Factories
West 26th. street and Marshall boulevard, Chicago.
Go out by bus or surface car lines.
Schumann Piano Co., Rockford, 111.
To reach factory, take Chicago & Northwestern
R. R. train, Illinois Central, or motor bus on the
Chicago, Beloit, Janesville, Madison and St. Paul
lines of busses. A pleasant motor trip of one hundred
miles.
Adam Schaaf, Inc.
Factory at 4343 1 Fifth avenue. Take Fifth avenue
car of the Madison street surface line or "L" road
on the Metropolitan lines.
Story & Clark Piano Co.
173 North Michgan avenue. Factories located at
Grand Haven, Mich. A day or night boat ride across
Lake Michigan.
P. A. Starck Piano Co. Factory
The plant is at 39th street and South Ashland ave-
nue.
Ashland avenue car lands the visitor at the
door. Or go with a Starck factory motor trip.
Straube Piano Co., Hammond, Ind.
To reach the Straube plant, which is in the southern
part of Hammond, take Hammond bus out of Chi-
cago, or South Shore electric on the I. C. R. R. and
get off at Hammond station and take Hammond sur-
face car to plant.
M. Schulz Co.
Headquarters and factories, 711 Mlwaukee avenue.
Take Milwaukee avenue surface car in the Loop to
the door. Or a taxi.
Weiser & Sons
Factory and offices at 2100 South Kedzie avenue.
Kedzie avenue surface car stops at the door.
Chas. Frederick Stein
Factory and offices, 3047 Carroll avenue. Kedzie
avenue surface car to Carroll avenue. Walk a block
and a half east.
Wurlitzer Grand Piano Co.
Chicago headquarters 329 South Wabash avenue;
factory at DeKalb, 111., to reach which take Chicago
& Northwestern R. R. or Lincoln Highway motor bus.
Schiller Piano Co.
Factory, Oregon, 111., to reach which take C, B. &
Q. on finest tracks in the world. Two stops only.
American Steel & Wire Co.
Walk to their offices, for they are in the Loop at
208 South La Salle street.
Globe Music Co., 103 North Eleventh Street, St.
Charles, 111.
Motor bus line is a good way to go.
Clark Orchestra Roll Co., De Kalb, 111.
Take train on C. & N. W. R. R. or go by motor
bus. The roads are splendid for a private drive out.
McKinley Music Co., 1507 East 55th Street
Take 55th street surface car on Wabash avenue to
the door of the factory.
The Harmony Co.
1744 North Lawndale aveuue. Go west to Lawn-
dale avenue in a North avenue surface car and walk
two blocks north on Lawndale.
Perfection Furniture Co., 2267 Clybourn Avenue
Take Clybourn avenue car in the Loop which will
land you at the door.
Tonk Mfg. Co., 1912 Lewis Street
Take Clybourn avenue car to Lewis street. Walk
a short block south.
Operators Piano Co.
Factory and offices Kedzie and Chicago avenues
five miles northwest of the heart of Chicago. Reach
the place by surface lines of either one of the two
streets named.
Slingerland Banjo & Drum Co.
Factory and offices 1325 Belden avenue. A few
miles northwest of the Loop. Better take a taxi.
Standard Felt Corporation
The Chicago headquarters of the Standard Felt
Corporation are at 844 West Jackson boulevard. Take
West Jackson bus to the door.
J. P. Seeburg Corporation
Factory and offices at 1510 Dayton street. Take
local Wilson avenue "L" train to Halsted street sta-
tion and walk two blocks south.
Stromberg-Voisinet Co.
Factory and offices 312 Union Park court. Reach
the place by Lake street surface car. If in a hurry,
take Lake street "L" line to Sheldon street.
Tonk Bros. Co.
This house is located just south of the Loop at 623
South Wabash avenue and between the Stevens Hotel
and the Palmer House. Walk to it.
A. L. White Mfg. Co.
Wentworth or South State street car to Englewood
avenue. The factory is at 215 Englewood avenue
between State and Wentworth.
Western Electric Piano Co., 850 Blackhawk street
L T se North Halsted street car to Blackhawk street.
Then walk one block west.
Rudolph Wurlitzer Co. Chicago Headquarters
Located in the Loop at 329 South Wabash avenue.
Paragon Piano Plate Co.
To reach the Paragon Pir.no Plate Co.'s foundries
at Rockford, 111., from Chicago take the Illinois Cen-
tral train. At the plant the visitors will receive a
warm welcome from Joe Reid or by Mr. Thayer.
Grigsby-Grunow Co., 5801 Dickens Ave., Chicago
Take Grand avenue surface car; get off at West
58th avenue and walk about two blocks south.
Kellogg Switchboard & Supply Co.
The plant and offices are at 1066 West Adams
street. Take a West Adams surface car in the Loop.
Get off at Sangamon street.
Stewart-Warner Speedometer Corporation (Radio
Manufacturers)
The general offices and factory are at 1828 Diversey
Parkway, Chicago. A taxi is probably the quickest
method of reaching the place.
Utah Radio Products Co.
Plant and offices are at 1737 South Michigan avenue.
A Wabash avenue surface car will land you close to
the place.
Premier Electric Co.
Factory and offices of this company, which manu-
factures radio parts and accessories, is located at
Ravenswood avenue and Grace street. O. C. Dennis
is president. Better take a taxi to reach it.
Erla Radio
The Erla Radio Products Manufacturers are located
at 1731 West 22nd street, Chicago. From the Loop
take any south side car to 22nd and transfer west to
reach 1731.
Transformer Corporation of America
The plant is at Ogdeu avenue and South Kceler
avenue. To reach it from the Loop go out on Ogdcn
avenue car.
Zenith Radio Corporation, 3620 Iron Street, Chicago
Take State street car line to 35th street, then west
on 35th street surface car to Iron street and walk
two blocks south.
A WELCOME CONVENTION VISITOR
A visitor to the convention who will be warmly
welcomed and greeted by his many friends and who in
return will be glad to meet men of the music trade, is
Julius Breckwoldt, head of the house of Julius Breck-
woldt & Son, Dolgeville, N. Y. Mr. and Mrs. Breck-
woldt and their daughter were at their Florida home
on the Halifax river at Sen Breeze, Fla., during the
past winter, where they have been living during a
part of the winter for the past 25 years.
UPRIGHT and GRAND
Piano Keys
Actions
and
of
High
Quality, Skilled Workmanship
Materials Found in all
and
Finest
PRATT READ PRODUCTS
Piano Keys
Pipe Organ Keys
Practice Piano Keyboards
Piano Actions
Piano and Organ Ivory
and Sharps
also
Pratt Read Service for dealers and tuners for
all types of action, key, ivory and sharp repairs
PRATT, READ & CO.
Established 1806
Deep River, Conn.,
U. S. A.
There are Many Reasons Why the
M. SCHULZ CO.
Line of Pianos
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
Pianos When Equipped with
A. C. Cheney Actions
are capable of giving forth their
best musical qualities.
An A. C. Cheney Action is the tort
of intermediate mechanical agency
without the help of which good
piano music cannot be produced.
Order directly front the
A. C. CHENEY PIANO
ACTION COMPANY
CASTLETON, N. Y.
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May, 1931
HOW TO REACH OFFICES, FACTORIES AND
SPECIAL EXHIBITS
The Cable Co.'s Factories
Are at St. Charles, 111. Take Chicago, Aurora &
Elgin interurban electric line, or go by special Cable
Co. auto from Chicago on. a visitors' trip.
Hamilton Piano Co.
This factory is located at Chicago He'ghts, 111.,
about 25 miles south of Chicago on the Chicago &
Eastern Illinois R. R.. It can be reached by the C.
& E. I., or electric line, or Dixie Highway bus. The
headquarters of the company, Baldwin Piano Co., 323
South Wabash avenue, in the Loop.
Brinkerhoff Piano Co.
General offices, 711 Milwaukee avenue; factory two
blocks from offices. Take Milwaukee avenue surface
car from Loop.
Gulbransen Co.
The factory and offices at North Kedzie avenue and
West Chicago avenue are reached by surface lines of
ether of those streets.
W. W. Kimball Co.'s Factories
West 26th. street and Marshall boulevard, Chicago.
Go out by bus or surface car lines.
Schumann Piano Co., Rockford, 111.
To reach factory, take Chicago & Northwestern
R. R. train, Illinois Central, or motor bus on the
Chicago, Beloit, Janesville, Madison and St. Paul
lines of busses. A pleasant motor trip of one hundred
miles.
Adam Schaaf, Inc.
Factory at 4343 1 Fifth avenue. Take Fifth avenue
car of the Madison street surface line or "L" road
on the Metropolitan lines.
Story & Clark Piano Co.
173 North Michgan avenue. Factories located at
Grand Haven, Mich. A day or night boat ride across
Lake Michigan.
P. A. Starck Piano Co. Factory
The plant is at 39th street and South Ashland ave-
nue.
Ashland avenue car lands the visitor at the
door. Or go with a Starck factory motor trip.
Straube Piano Co., Hammond, Ind.
To reach the Straube plant, which is in the southern
part of Hammond, take Hammond bus out of Chi-
cago, or South Shore electric on the I. C. R. R. and
get off at Hammond station and take Hammond sur-
face car to plant.
M. Schulz Co.
Headquarters and factories, 711 Mlwaukee avenue.
Take Milwaukee avenue surface car in the Loop to
the door. Or a taxi.
Weiser & Sons
Factory and offices at 2100 South Kedzie avenue.
Kedzie avenue surface car stops at the door.
Chas. Frederick Stein
Factory and offices, 3047 Carroll avenue. Kedzie
avenue surface car to Carroll avenue. Walk a block
and a half east.
Wurlitzer Grand Piano Co.
Chicago headquarters 329 South Wabash avenue;
factory at DeKalb, 111., to reach which take Chicago
& Northwestern R. R. or Lincoln Highway motor bus.
Schiller Piano Co.
Factory, Oregon, 111., to reach which take C, B. &
Q. on finest tracks in the world. Two stops only.
American Steel & Wire Co.
Walk to their offices, for they are in the Loop at
208 South La Salle street.
Globe Music Co., 103 North Eleventh Street, St.
Charles, 111.
Motor bus line is a good way to go.
Clark Orchestra Roll Co., De Kalb, 111.
Take train on C. & N. W. R. R. or go by motor
bus. The roads are splendid for a private drive out.
McKinley Music Co., 1507 East 55th Street
Take 55th street surface car on Wabash avenue to
the door of the factory.
The Harmony Co.
1744 North Lawndale aveuue. Go west to Lawn-
dale avenue in a North avenue surface car and walk
two blocks north on Lawndale.
Perfection Furniture Co., 2267 Clybourn Avenue
Take Clybourn avenue car in the Loop which will
land you at the door.
Tonk Mfg. Co., 1912 Lewis Street
Take Clybourn avenue car to Lewis street. Walk
a short block south.
Operators Piano Co.
Factory and offices Kedzie and Chicago avenues
five miles northwest of the heart of Chicago. Reach
the place by surface lines of either one of the two
streets named.
Slingerland Banjo & Drum Co.
Factory and offices 1325 Belden avenue. A few
miles northwest of the Loop. Better take a taxi.
Standard Felt Corporation
The Chicago headquarters of the Standard Felt
Corporation are at 844 West Jackson boulevard. Take
West Jackson bus to the door.
J. P. Seeburg Corporation
Factory and offices at 1510 Dayton street. Take
local Wilson avenue "L" train to Halsted street sta-
tion and walk two blocks south.
Stromberg-Voisinet Co.
Factory and offices 312 Union Park court. Reach
the place by Lake street surface car. If in a hurry,
take Lake street "L" line to Sheldon street.
Tonk Bros. Co.
This house is located just south of the Loop at 623
South Wabash avenue and between the Stevens Hotel
and the Palmer House. Walk to it.
A. L. White Mfg. Co.
Wentworth or South State street car to Englewood
avenue. The factory is at 215 Englewood avenue
between State and Wentworth.
Western Electric Piano Co., 850 Blackhawk street
L T se North Halsted street car to Blackhawk street.
Then walk one block west.
Rudolph Wurlitzer Co. Chicago Headquarters
Located in the Loop at 329 South Wabash avenue.
Paragon Piano Plate Co.
To reach the Paragon Pir.no Plate Co.'s foundries
at Rockford, 111., from Chicago take the Illinois Cen-
tral train. At the plant the visitors will receive a
warm welcome from Joe Reid or by Mr. Thayer.
Grigsby-Grunow Co., 5801 Dickens Ave., Chicago
Take Grand avenue surface car; get off at West
58th avenue and walk about two blocks south.
Kellogg Switchboard & Supply Co.
The plant and offices are at 1066 West Adams
street. Take a West Adams surface car in the Loop.
Get off at Sangamon street.
Stewart-Warner Speedometer Corporation (Radio
Manufacturers)
The general offices and factory are at 1828 Diversey
Parkway, Chicago. A taxi is probably the quickest
method of reaching the place.
Utah Radio Products Co.
Plant and offices are at 1737 South Michigan avenue.
A Wabash avenue surface car will land you close to
the place.
Premier Electric Co.
Factory and offices of this company, which manu-
factures radio parts and accessories, is located at
Ravenswood avenue and Grace street. O. C. Dennis
is president. Better take a taxi to reach it.
Erla Radio
The Erla Radio Products Manufacturers are located
at 1731 West 22nd street, Chicago. From the Loop
take any south side car to 22nd and transfer west to
reach 1731.
Transformer Corporation of America
The plant is at Ogdeu avenue and South Kceler
avenue. To reach it from the Loop go out on Ogdcn
avenue car.
Zenith Radio Corporation, 3620 Iron Street, Chicago
Take State street car line to 35th street, then west
on 35th street surface car to Iron street and walk
two blocks south.
A WELCOME CONVENTION VISITOR
A visitor to the convention who will be warmly
welcomed and greeted by his many friends and who in
return will be glad to meet men of the music trade, is
Julius Breckwoldt, head of the house of Julius Breck-
woldt & Son, Dolgeville, N. Y. Mr. and Mrs. Breck-
woldt and their daughter were at their Florida home
on the Halifax river at Sen Breeze, Fla., during the
past winter, where they have been living during a
part of the winter for the past 25 years.
UPRIGHT and GRAND
Piano Keys
Actions
and
of
High
Quality, Skilled Workmanship
Materials Found in all
and
Finest
PRATT READ PRODUCTS
Piano Keys
Pipe Organ Keys
Practice Piano Keyboards
Piano Actions
Piano and Organ Ivory
and Sharps
also
Pratt Read Service for dealers and tuners for
all types of action, key, ivory and sharp repairs
PRATT, READ & CO.
Established 1806
Deep River, Conn.,
U. S. A.
There are Many Reasons Why the
M. SCHULZ CO.
Line of Pianos
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
Pianos When Equipped with
A. C. Cheney Actions
are capable of giving forth their
best musical qualities.
An A. C. Cheney Action is the tort
of intermediate mechanical agency
without the help of which good
piano music cannot be produced.
Order directly front the
A. C. CHENEY PIANO
ACTION COMPANY
CASTLETON, N. Y.
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).