March-April, 1936
17
PRESTO-TIMES
TWO INTERESTING AN-
NOUNCEMENTS
Personal and Individual
Louis Dederick. now associated with Harold
Pracht, the Kimball representative at San Francisco,
says: "Piano business is getting into quite a stride
Two one-half-column advertisements appearing in
this issue of Presto-Times will attract particularly the again and I am getting very enthusiastic about Kim-
attention of piano tuners and repairers and of manu- ball pianos," and Mr. Dederick knows his piano busi-
ness well.
facturers who carry on repairing- establishments in
their business.
Julius Breckwoldt, founder of the great plant for
the manufacture of piano sounding board and other
Of these two announcements the notice on piano
purchasing tells of an absolutely moth-proof article piano construction supplies located at Dolgeville, N.
Y., was at Daytona Beach, Florida, with his family
that costs less per set than the felt punchings retail.
for the winter. The Breckwoldts have a comfortable
Most piano tuners find in their experience that moth
eating starts under the keybed in the felt punchings home at Daytona and have spent many winters there.
The Breckwoldt & Sons business has been very brisk
and when no trace of moths can be found elsewhere
for several months past and Mr. Breckwoldt says:
in the piano. It is a great achievement in this line
"I was pretty well 'drilled out' when I left Dolgeville,
of piano workmanship that a punching can be secured
but after I got to Daytona I was soon myself again
that is absolutely mothproof and perfect in its appli-
and am now ready for another season of activity at
cation. Dealers should carry stocks of these goods
Dolgeville."
and every piano tuner will want to investigate and
prove the assertion of Mr. Froess, the inventor.
L. I. Johnson, who was made general manager ox
The other accessory for the piano tuner is, as ad- the Haddorff Piano Company, was one of the official
vertised, "The Loose Pin Tightener." This is an
changes made in the Landstrom Furniture Corpora-
invention that guarantees instant tightening of a loose
tion, the Free Sewing Machine Co and the Haddorti
tuning pin and works out perfectly as the advertise-
Piano Company, integral units of the Consolidated
ment states. "No time wasted; driven in like a wedge
Industries Corporation of Rockford. Mr. Johnson
and any set of pins can be tightened in an hour's
was formerly vice-president of the piano company
time." Here is something that every tuner to whom and secretary of the sewing machine company.
this notice reaches owes it as a duty to his profession
Delbert L Loomis, formerly executive secretary of
and his own activity in piano tuning and repairing to
the National Association of Music Merchants, and
investigate Mr. Froess' simple but effective and cheap
who resigned from that position, has been living at
method of perfect tuning pin tightener.
Hollywood for some time past where he expected to
Please, Mr. Tuner, Mr. Repairman, write to Jacob
remain until early spring. Mr. Loomis' address at
Froess, Erie, Pa., at once and let him tell you all Hollywood is 1745 North Gramercy, The Marsden.
about it and give you proof positive that his asser-
A. M. Wright of Boston, Mass., closely linked with
tions are true and correct in every way.
the Mason & Hamlin piano a fcvV years ago, has been
at his home at St. Petersburg. Fla., through the winter
Something for Piano Tuners
season and will not return to Boston until about the
first of May.
William Dolge, eldest son of the late Alfred Dolge,
is still a resident of San Francisco.
it will be interesting to the trade in general to
know that the late Major William S. Rich, who passed
away at his home at Lebanon Springs, N. Y., was a
grand-nephew of Noah Webster, the world's noted
lexicographer and compiler of the Webser Dictionary.
J. C. Henderson, eastern traveling representative
for Gulbransen Company, Chicago, relates to a Presto-
Times correspondent in New York that tlulbransen
trade in his territory has increased steadily during the
past twelve months. Recently Mr. Henderson has
visited the trade all through the southern states, as
far west as points in Texas. At New Orleans he met
Mr. Zack, president of Gulbransen.
The new manager of the Rudolph YYurlitzer Com-
pany, N. G. Hammergren, who succeeds R. W. Elam,
was several years ago with the Chicago force of the
Wuriitzer Co. He went from Chicago to the Wur-
litzer store at Milwaukee and now returns as manager
of the Chicago branch. Mr. Hammergren is thor-
oughly familiar with Wuriitzer branch store work.
R. YV. Elam, late manager of the Rudolph Wuriitzer
branch at Chicago, is spending some time on the Pa-
cific Coast. Mr. Elam is known as a capable music
trade man. He did a good job as manager at St.
Louis, from which point he went with the J. W. Jen-
kins & Sons Music House at Kansas City.
Raymond E. Durham, president, Lyon & Healy, Inc.,
Chicago, who is on a vacation, is not expected back to his
office until about April first. Mr. Durham's objective
point in his vacation was Honolulu where from letters
received from him an enjoyable time was had. Before
this issue of Presto-Times reaches its readers Mr. Dur-
ham will be on his way home and expected to arrive in
Chicago on or about April 1.
THE McMACKIN PIANO SERVICE ANNOUNCES SOMETHING NEW
On another page of this issue of Presto-Times, in the advertisement of the
McMackin Piano Service establishment. Des Mnines, Iowa, appears this para-
graph :
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There's a Story &
Clark Piano to completely satisfy
every desire of today's awak-
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ened market.
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A distinguished
year reputation for
tonal excellence and
fine craftsmanship
STORY & CLARK
P I A N O
C O M P A N Y
GENERAL OFFICES: 175 NORTH MICH IG AN AVENU E, CH I C A G O , ILLINOIS
Write for information about Pin Block
Restorer: A sure and valuable loose tuning pin
tightener. McMackin Piano Service.
This is an important statement. It means that Mr. McMackin is placing on the
market a preparation of his own formula, one which he has thoroughly tested and
has used in his own repair work for several years. He has had his preparation tried
out and used by several expert tuners who have given their testimony on this pin
block restorer and tuning pin rust remover. Mr. McMackin is now getting his
preparation ready for the trade and it will sell at a price that will warrant thor-
ough tryouts.
Mr. McMackin's researches are well worth investigating and
Presto-Times suggests that tuners investigate. Please refer to the McMackin
Piano Service advertisement on another page of Presto-Times.
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