Presto
Issue: 1940 2292 - Page 4
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NEW
FTIU.IT
YORK
LIBRARY
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ASTOK. LENOX AiND
'J4LHHN F&PNfAStONS
1944 '
PRESTO mUSIC TIMES
THE CUSS
MAGAZINE OF T H E MUSIC ARTS AND
Number 2292
Founded 1879
I II li L [
OF
TRADES
February, 1940
C O N T E N T S
FEATURES
A NEW DECADE—WHAT?
By J. Bradford Pengelly
A NATIONAL SURVEY OF MUSIC BUSINESS
By Ten Nationally Known Music Dealers
ACCORDIONS—A Great American Achievement
By George Wainright
OUR SIXTIETH ANNIVERSARY
THE HOME OF THE FIRST AMERICAN PIANO
By C. A. Daniel (written in 1882)
SIXTY YEARS OF SERVICE
By Frank D. Abbott
CHARLES FREDERICK STEIN, Scientific Artisan
By J. Percival Davies
Page
6
8
10
13
13
14
16
DEPARTMENTS
MUSIC DEALERS WHO ARE DOING THINGS
MANUFACTURERS POINT THE WAY
8
18
RECORDS, RADIO, TELEVISION
Edited by Prentis Mongomery
NEWS AND NOTES, Here—There—And Everywhere
WHO IS WHO IN MUSIC
Edited by Branch Worth
SALESMAN'S CORNER
1. A Tribute to the Master Salesman
By William Howard Beasley
2. Piano Styling and Selling
By Burdett Green
3. The Value of Clinics
By Lawrence H. Selz
22
J. BRADFORD PENGELLEY,
24
26
30
FRANK D. ABBOTT
Editor and Publisher
Editor Emeritus
332 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois
Telephone Harrison 0234
Published monthly by J. Bradford Pengelly, 332 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago. Entered February
7, 1939, as second-class matter at the Post Office, at Chicago, Illinois, under the Act of March 3, 1879.
Price 25 cents. Yearly subscriptions $1.50—foreign $2.50. Six month subscriptions 75 cents. Adver-
tising rates on application. Copyright by Presto Music Times, Chicago, Illinois.
P A G E
F O U R
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/
NEW
FTIU.IT
YORK
LIBRARY
1777PBR
ASTOK. LENOX AiND
'J4LHHN F&PNfAStONS
1944 '
PRESTO mUSIC TIMES
THE CUSS
MAGAZINE OF T H E MUSIC ARTS AND
Number 2292
Founded 1879
I II li L [
OF
TRADES
February, 1940
C O N T E N T S
FEATURES
A NEW DECADE—WHAT?
By J. Bradford Pengelly
A NATIONAL SURVEY OF MUSIC BUSINESS
By Ten Nationally Known Music Dealers
ACCORDIONS—A Great American Achievement
By George Wainright
OUR SIXTIETH ANNIVERSARY
THE HOME OF THE FIRST AMERICAN PIANO
By C. A. Daniel (written in 1882)
SIXTY YEARS OF SERVICE
By Frank D. Abbott
CHARLES FREDERICK STEIN, Scientific Artisan
By J. Percival Davies
Page
6
8
10
13
13
14
16
DEPARTMENTS
MUSIC DEALERS WHO ARE DOING THINGS
MANUFACTURERS POINT THE WAY
8
18
RECORDS, RADIO, TELEVISION
Edited by Prentis Mongomery
NEWS AND NOTES, Here—There—And Everywhere
WHO IS WHO IN MUSIC
Edited by Branch Worth
SALESMAN'S CORNER
1. A Tribute to the Master Salesman
By William Howard Beasley
2. Piano Styling and Selling
By Burdett Green
3. The Value of Clinics
By Lawrence H. Selz
22
J. BRADFORD PENGELLEY,
24
26
30
FRANK D. ABBOTT
Editor and Publisher
Editor Emeritus
332 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois
Telephone Harrison 0234
Published monthly by J. Bradford Pengelly, 332 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago. Entered February
7, 1939, as second-class matter at the Post Office, at Chicago, Illinois, under the Act of March 3, 1879.
Price 25 cents. Yearly subscriptions $1.50—foreign $2.50. Six month subscriptions 75 cents. Adver-
tising rates on application. Copyright by Presto Music Times, Chicago, Illinois.
P A G E
F O U R
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).