Presto
Issue: 1932 2267 - Page 11
September-October, 1932
11
PRESTO-TIMES
NEW FIRMS, CHANGES, REORGANIZATIONS
The Jenkins Music Company branch at Wichita,
Kans., has signed a renewal lease for their store at
323 East Douglas street, that city. K. L. McCormick,
the manager at Wichita, in an interview was op-
timistic concerning future business in that territory.
The Wichita, branch is now in its eleventh year and
is one of the leading branches of the great Kansas
City music house, the others being at Topeka, Salina,
Tulsa and other thriving towns of Kansas, Oklahoma,
Missouri and Nebraska.
The Denman Music Company has re-opened its
doors for business at Brownwood, Tex., in the Cog-
gin Bank building. Mr. Denman's business was dis-
continued from 1924 owing to his absence from the
country, but now resumes business under favorable
conditions, having the only exclusive music store in
Brownwood. Mr. Denman said that he was well
pleased with the response given the opening of the
store and that he was glad to be in business in Brown-
wood again.
D. L. Fisher has taken the managership of the Cas-
per, Wyo., branch of the Knight-Campbell Music
Company. An interesting incident in this announce-
ment is that the mother of Mr. Fisher, Mrs. C. B.
Reed, was the person who started the first Knight-
Campbell music store at Casper several years ago and
was later transferred to the Cheyenne Knight-Camp-
bell branch. Mr. Fisher, who becomes the new man-
ager, has been associated with the Knight-Campbell
company for the past six years. A part of the time
he was in charge of the radio department at the
Cheyenne store, and on the road as representative of
the company.
The Piqua, Ohio, Wurlitzer store, 417 North Main
street, that city, is sponsoring what is considered an
innovation in Piqua musical circles by opening a
fully equipped studio in charge of expert teachers
offering a free musical course on any instrument to
anybody. Any person, child or adult, who signs up
for the course will be given a series of eight lessons
on any instrument desired absolutely free, according
to Manager Ray Basler.
MUSIC TRADE PICK-UPS
Schroeder's Music Store, at Pittsburgh, Pa., ad-
vertise the Kurtzman as the "Sweetest tone piano in
America."
Then follow the following names: Wm. Knabe &
Co., J. & C. Fischer, Emerson, Starr, Haines Bros.,
Richmond.
The Jenkins Music Company, at its Oklahoma City
store, has had a successful and profitable special sale
of Estey grand pianos.
George F. Kahn of Kahn & Kahn, Inc., has pur-
chased the stock of the R. L. Williams Music Com-
pany at Stuttgart, Ark.
The L. M. Tarvestad Music Shop, Albert Lea,
Minn., has moved to the John F. Hanson building,
East William street, that city.
Don Wilson, formerly with the Gamble Hinged
Music Company, Chicago, has joined several others in
a business to be known as United Program Producers,
Inc., the headquarters of which are 64 East Lake
street, Chicago.
The public sale of the good will, assets, etc., of the
Automatic Musical Instrument Company, Grand
Rapids, Mich., has been set for Sept. 29 on the firm's
property. The sale was petitioned for by the Grand
Rapids Trust Co. as receiver.
The Diggans boys, EarJ C. and George C, proprie-
tors of the Diggans Music Company, San Antonio,
Tex., announce that they have sold over 13,000 pianos
since entering the music business twenty-five years
ago.
The "Payne's For Music, Inc.," is the rather odd
Garrett's Music Store at Creston, Iowa, has changed
title for a firm incorporated at Greenville, S. C , to location to a larger and more commodious store at
104 North Elm street, that city.
deal in musical instruments. The president is D. W.
Payne and the vice-president and secretary, Mabel C.
The Ludwig Music Store, 566 Clinton avenue
Payne. The amount of capital stock, $5,000.
North, was recently damaged by fire to the extent of
A. W. Maahs has opened a music store at 527 Fifth about three thousand dollars.
avenue, Santa Rosa, Calif Mr. Maahs was formerly
The Cable Company and the Ludlow Radio Cor-
located at Santa Monica, Calif., as a piano tuner and poration have moved from North Fairchild street,
piano salesman. He spent some time at the Kimball
Madison, Wis., to 121 West Mifflin street.
piano factories in Chicago.
The Bensberg Music Shop, El Dorado, Kans., is one
In the case of the involuntary assignment of H. of the firms of that city which joined in a grand trade
Brodwin & Co., Inc., 9 East 132nd street, New York revival drive for more and better business in that
City, the Kohler-Brambach Co., New T York, and the section.
Citizens Bank and Trust Co. of Englewood applied
The Jenkins Music Company of Kansas City, Mo.,
for the receivership as also in the matter of the per- has established a sales display room in the Buy-Way
sonal assignment of Mr. Harry Brodwin.
Community Center, 4009 East Kellogg avenue, Wich-
The H. S. Wright Music Store, Marshfield. Wis., ita, Kan.
has located in the Swardlow building, 320 South Cen-
The Clark Orchestra Roll Co., DeKalb, 111., con-
tral avenue, that city, which building Mr. Wright
tinue to advise dealers as follows: "Turn your electric
recently purchased. Mr. Wright and family will now piano from a dead loss to a profitable investment with
reside at Marshfield, having left Wausau where they new and snappy Clark orchestra rolls."
had been located for some time past.
In a studio of the Will A. Watkin Store, Dallas,
The E. G. Forbes & Sons, Montgomery, Ala., Tex., appears this inscription: "The good piano en-
Possibility of selling a special type of musical in- branch store is quitting business and carries some courages and facilitates one's piano progress. The
poor piano discourages the pupil."
strument which would appeal to the musical tastes special announcements for drastic cuts in prices.
of the South African native is suggested to American
Friends of Clinton Pierce, proprietor of the Pierce
C. A. Husselman, who has been engaged in the
manufacturers in a report received in the specialties music business at Butler, Ind., for nearly forty-five Music Store at Broadhead, Wis., are congratulating
division of the Commerce Department. The report, years, has retired from business.
him upon his recent marriage which occurred at Wau-
prepared by American Consul Hugh S. Miller of Dur-
kegan, 111., to Miss Marie Monroe.
A letter from The Ginsberg Music House of Ros-
ban, points out that one of the chief pastimes of the
The advertisements of M. F. Shea, 242 Fifth ave-
Zulu "boys'' during their leisure time is playing some well, N. M., which has done a big business in player
nue, North, Nashville, Tenn., carry this opening an-
pianos,
writes
the
Clark
Orchestra
Roll
Company,
Dc
kind of instrument.
nouncement :
The Stone Piano Company. Syracuse, N. Y., has Kalb, 111., that a lot of new music rolls just received
"We represent the foremost manufacturers in the
has
helped
his
player
piano
business
both
in
sales
and
been located in the 500 block South Salina street, that
music industry."
rented
instruments.
city, since the business was started in 1916 by the
present proprietor, C. Leroy Stone. Mr. Stone is the
Orton Brothers, Butte, Mont., place at the heading
representative at Syracuse of the Kimball piano but in of a Kimball advertisement this announcement under
ADAM IS BACK AGAIN
recent years has paid more particular attention to the the caption, "A New Kind of Piano," and, continuing,
Adam Schneider, many times treasurer and facto-
radio business. He has held the Kimball agency say, "for five years the W. W. Kimball Company factotum of various music trade assemblies, is
almost from the beginning of his business.
has been developing a new principal in piano construc- back to his home in Chicago from the summer spent
on his estate at Lake Beulah, Wis.
The Adams Music Company's stock of stored in- tion, the low, even tension scale."
struments at Peoria, 111., suffered a considerable loss
in the $200,0C0 fire which swept through the block
occupied by the Adams company at 106 and 108 South
Washington street, that city. The Adams Music
Company is practically out of business and was pre-
paring for a bankrupt sale of the stock, which stock
is considered a total loss.
Speaking of trade conditions in Kansas Mr. A.
Weber, a technician, as well as salesman, now lo-
cated at 1200 West 23rd street, Lawrence, says in a
recent communication to Presto-Times that "While
business is slow I feel encouraged and believe an
"Known for Tone'
improvement is coming as I am getting a consider-
able number of calls for piano tuning and placing
instruments in better condition for use."
The Art of fine piano building is steadfastly
In announcing a closing-out sale Humes Music
House, 1132 Broadway, Columbus, Ga., announces
that this sale is really a "removal and remodeling sale"
and to allow to customers the expense of moving to
their new store. Humes' store is being refitted and
refinished and made into an elegant furniture and
music establishment.
The Guest Piano Company, Burlington, Iowa, says
in a plain, unvarnished, though attractive, newspaper
display advertisement: "A piano in every home is as
necessary to happiness and contentment as a dining
room and kitchen. Without music it is practically
impossible for children to develop the talent that
nature gave them."
maintained in the creation of
MATHUSHEK PIANOS
A SAFE AND PROFITABLE REPRESENTATION
Write
MATHUSHEK PIANO MFG. CO.
132nd St. and Alexander Ave.
New York
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11
PRESTO-TIMES
NEW FIRMS, CHANGES, REORGANIZATIONS
The Jenkins Music Company branch at Wichita,
Kans., has signed a renewal lease for their store at
323 East Douglas street, that city. K. L. McCormick,
the manager at Wichita, in an interview was op-
timistic concerning future business in that territory.
The Wichita, branch is now in its eleventh year and
is one of the leading branches of the great Kansas
City music house, the others being at Topeka, Salina,
Tulsa and other thriving towns of Kansas, Oklahoma,
Missouri and Nebraska.
The Denman Music Company has re-opened its
doors for business at Brownwood, Tex., in the Cog-
gin Bank building. Mr. Denman's business was dis-
continued from 1924 owing to his absence from the
country, but now resumes business under favorable
conditions, having the only exclusive music store in
Brownwood. Mr. Denman said that he was well
pleased with the response given the opening of the
store and that he was glad to be in business in Brown-
wood again.
D. L. Fisher has taken the managership of the Cas-
per, Wyo., branch of the Knight-Campbell Music
Company. An interesting incident in this announce-
ment is that the mother of Mr. Fisher, Mrs. C. B.
Reed, was the person who started the first Knight-
Campbell music store at Casper several years ago and
was later transferred to the Cheyenne Knight-Camp-
bell branch. Mr. Fisher, who becomes the new man-
ager, has been associated with the Knight-Campbell
company for the past six years. A part of the time
he was in charge of the radio department at the
Cheyenne store, and on the road as representative of
the company.
The Piqua, Ohio, Wurlitzer store, 417 North Main
street, that city, is sponsoring what is considered an
innovation in Piqua musical circles by opening a
fully equipped studio in charge of expert teachers
offering a free musical course on any instrument to
anybody. Any person, child or adult, who signs up
for the course will be given a series of eight lessons
on any instrument desired absolutely free, according
to Manager Ray Basler.
MUSIC TRADE PICK-UPS
Schroeder's Music Store, at Pittsburgh, Pa., ad-
vertise the Kurtzman as the "Sweetest tone piano in
America."
Then follow the following names: Wm. Knabe &
Co., J. & C. Fischer, Emerson, Starr, Haines Bros.,
Richmond.
The Jenkins Music Company, at its Oklahoma City
store, has had a successful and profitable special sale
of Estey grand pianos.
George F. Kahn of Kahn & Kahn, Inc., has pur-
chased the stock of the R. L. Williams Music Com-
pany at Stuttgart, Ark.
The L. M. Tarvestad Music Shop, Albert Lea,
Minn., has moved to the John F. Hanson building,
East William street, that city.
Don Wilson, formerly with the Gamble Hinged
Music Company, Chicago, has joined several others in
a business to be known as United Program Producers,
Inc., the headquarters of which are 64 East Lake
street, Chicago.
The public sale of the good will, assets, etc., of the
Automatic Musical Instrument Company, Grand
Rapids, Mich., has been set for Sept. 29 on the firm's
property. The sale was petitioned for by the Grand
Rapids Trust Co. as receiver.
The Diggans boys, EarJ C. and George C, proprie-
tors of the Diggans Music Company, San Antonio,
Tex., announce that they have sold over 13,000 pianos
since entering the music business twenty-five years
ago.
The "Payne's For Music, Inc.," is the rather odd
Garrett's Music Store at Creston, Iowa, has changed
title for a firm incorporated at Greenville, S. C , to location to a larger and more commodious store at
104 North Elm street, that city.
deal in musical instruments. The president is D. W.
Payne and the vice-president and secretary, Mabel C.
The Ludwig Music Store, 566 Clinton avenue
Payne. The amount of capital stock, $5,000.
North, was recently damaged by fire to the extent of
A. W. Maahs has opened a music store at 527 Fifth about three thousand dollars.
avenue, Santa Rosa, Calif Mr. Maahs was formerly
The Cable Company and the Ludlow Radio Cor-
located at Santa Monica, Calif., as a piano tuner and poration have moved from North Fairchild street,
piano salesman. He spent some time at the Kimball
Madison, Wis., to 121 West Mifflin street.
piano factories in Chicago.
The Bensberg Music Shop, El Dorado, Kans., is one
In the case of the involuntary assignment of H. of the firms of that city which joined in a grand trade
Brodwin & Co., Inc., 9 East 132nd street, New York revival drive for more and better business in that
City, the Kohler-Brambach Co., New T York, and the section.
Citizens Bank and Trust Co. of Englewood applied
The Jenkins Music Company of Kansas City, Mo.,
for the receivership as also in the matter of the per- has established a sales display room in the Buy-Way
sonal assignment of Mr. Harry Brodwin.
Community Center, 4009 East Kellogg avenue, Wich-
The H. S. Wright Music Store, Marshfield. Wis., ita, Kan.
has located in the Swardlow building, 320 South Cen-
The Clark Orchestra Roll Co., DeKalb, 111., con-
tral avenue, that city, which building Mr. Wright
tinue to advise dealers as follows: "Turn your electric
recently purchased. Mr. Wright and family will now piano from a dead loss to a profitable investment with
reside at Marshfield, having left Wausau where they new and snappy Clark orchestra rolls."
had been located for some time past.
In a studio of the Will A. Watkin Store, Dallas,
The E. G. Forbes & Sons, Montgomery, Ala., Tex., appears this inscription: "The good piano en-
Possibility of selling a special type of musical in- branch store is quitting business and carries some courages and facilitates one's piano progress. The
poor piano discourages the pupil."
strument which would appeal to the musical tastes special announcements for drastic cuts in prices.
of the South African native is suggested to American
Friends of Clinton Pierce, proprietor of the Pierce
C. A. Husselman, who has been engaged in the
manufacturers in a report received in the specialties music business at Butler, Ind., for nearly forty-five Music Store at Broadhead, Wis., are congratulating
division of the Commerce Department. The report, years, has retired from business.
him upon his recent marriage which occurred at Wau-
prepared by American Consul Hugh S. Miller of Dur-
kegan, 111., to Miss Marie Monroe.
A letter from The Ginsberg Music House of Ros-
ban, points out that one of the chief pastimes of the
The advertisements of M. F. Shea, 242 Fifth ave-
Zulu "boys'' during their leisure time is playing some well, N. M., which has done a big business in player
nue, North, Nashville, Tenn., carry this opening an-
pianos,
writes
the
Clark
Orchestra
Roll
Company,
Dc
kind of instrument.
nouncement :
The Stone Piano Company. Syracuse, N. Y., has Kalb, 111., that a lot of new music rolls just received
"We represent the foremost manufacturers in the
has
helped
his
player
piano
business
both
in
sales
and
been located in the 500 block South Salina street, that
music industry."
rented
instruments.
city, since the business was started in 1916 by the
present proprietor, C. Leroy Stone. Mr. Stone is the
Orton Brothers, Butte, Mont., place at the heading
representative at Syracuse of the Kimball piano but in of a Kimball advertisement this announcement under
ADAM IS BACK AGAIN
recent years has paid more particular attention to the the caption, "A New Kind of Piano," and, continuing,
Adam Schneider, many times treasurer and facto-
radio business. He has held the Kimball agency say, "for five years the W. W. Kimball Company factotum of various music trade assemblies, is
almost from the beginning of his business.
has been developing a new principal in piano construc- back to his home in Chicago from the summer spent
on his estate at Lake Beulah, Wis.
The Adams Music Company's stock of stored in- tion, the low, even tension scale."
struments at Peoria, 111., suffered a considerable loss
in the $200,0C0 fire which swept through the block
occupied by the Adams company at 106 and 108 South
Washington street, that city. The Adams Music
Company is practically out of business and was pre-
paring for a bankrupt sale of the stock, which stock
is considered a total loss.
Speaking of trade conditions in Kansas Mr. A.
Weber, a technician, as well as salesman, now lo-
cated at 1200 West 23rd street, Lawrence, says in a
recent communication to Presto-Times that "While
business is slow I feel encouraged and believe an
"Known for Tone'
improvement is coming as I am getting a consider-
able number of calls for piano tuning and placing
instruments in better condition for use."
The Art of fine piano building is steadfastly
In announcing a closing-out sale Humes Music
House, 1132 Broadway, Columbus, Ga., announces
that this sale is really a "removal and remodeling sale"
and to allow to customers the expense of moving to
their new store. Humes' store is being refitted and
refinished and made into an elegant furniture and
music establishment.
The Guest Piano Company, Burlington, Iowa, says
in a plain, unvarnished, though attractive, newspaper
display advertisement: "A piano in every home is as
necessary to happiness and contentment as a dining
room and kitchen. Without music it is practically
impossible for children to develop the talent that
nature gave them."
maintained in the creation of
MATHUSHEK PIANOS
A SAFE AND PROFITABLE REPRESENTATION
Write
MATHUSHEK PIANO MFG. CO.
132nd St. and Alexander Ave.
New York
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).