10 PRESTO June 9, 1923 SPLENDID SHOWING OF ESTABLISHED 1854 PACKARD PIANO COMPANY THE Great Line at Drake Showed Striking Examples of Product of Harmonious Factory. The Packard Piano Co., Fort Wayne, Ind., was BRADBURY PIANO fortunate in its very convenient exhibit location at the Drake Hotel this week. It was close to the ele- FOR ITS vators., and, as Bert Hulme, Packard traveler, said, ARTISTIC EXCELLENCE "right in the line of main dealer travel on the second floor." It was a big room and was always filled with FOR ITS interested groups about the handsome styles shown. Four grands from the Fort Wayne industry showed INESTIMABLE AGENCY VALUE ARTISTIC the ambitious character of the Packard line. Among the force from the Packard Piano Co. pres- THE CHOICE OF II ent at the exhibit was A. S. Bond, president of the Representative Dealers the World Over company, proud of its results of a harmonious indus- IN EVERT try. Others present were A. A. Mahan, sales man- Now Produced in Several ager; Richard S. Hill, eastern sales manager; John J. DETAIL Buttell, midwest representative; H. B. Harris, trav- New Models a eler in Ohio, Indiana and Michigan, and H. M. II Hulme, northwestern wholesale representative. WRITE FOR TERRITORY II •i Factory Executive Offices !• SEEBURG EXHIBIT PROVIDES Leominster, 138th St. and Walton Aye. II HADDORFF PIANO CQ Mass. New York •i WONDER AT DRAKE HOTEL Division W. P. HAINES & CO., Inc. II ROCKFORIMLL. Powerful Tone and Handsome Appearance of Or- •I Wholesale Offices: N»w Tork City Chtatfo S«n Franciaco chestrions Suggest Advantages of Line to Dealers. n 1M W. 42nd SI. 410 S. Miehij.n AT.. 31 1 C.liUrnii St. One of the wonders in the exhibit of the J. P. See- •I burg Piano Co., Chicago, in M 16 at the Drake Hotel II during the days of the convention was the "Midget Orchestrion." Visitors to the exhibit were amazed For a m: at the wonderful volume of tone and pleased at the great attractiveness of the instrument. The quality of tone in the "Midget Orchestrion" is a striking Bigger and Better feature. Style K shown at the Drake has a feature that impressed men of the music trade. It is of a size made specially for corners and small places, Business where a larger instrument could not be used. The large size orchestrion in the Drake exhibit showed another phase in the business of the J. P. There is nothing to compare Seeburg Piano Co. The visitor got pleasant evi- with the complete line of dences that the Seeburg instrument had all the funda- mental requisites for the reproduction of orchestral music. It was made clear to everybody that the Seeburg Orchestrion was of the highest standard in M. SCHULZ CO. this respect. The exhibit in M 16 was in charge of Marshall The Players are RIGHT in Cincinnati Factories of The Baldwin Piano Company Seeburg and Lee S. Jones and several other agree- able gentlemen from the corps of experts were pres- everything that means SUCCESS ent in M 16 at all times. money to the dealers and is assured the dealer who takes advantage of satisfaction to the public. THE BALDWIN CO-OPERATION PLAN NEW STEGER MELOSTRELLE You will never dm mnything better which offers every opportunity to represent GREAT EXHIBIT ATTRACTION than when you get in touch with under the most favorable conditions a com- plete l'ne of high grade pianos, players and reproducers. Instrument Possessing All Requirements for Easy For tnjormadon write and Profitable Sales Shown. M. SCHULZ CO. Jlalbtoin $tano Company The foremost object in the exhibit of the Steger & Incorporated 711 Milwaukee Avenu« CINCINNATI CHICAGO NEW YORK Sons Piano Mfg. Co., Chicago, at the Drake Hotel INDIANAPOLIS ST. LOUIS DENVER during the convention was the new Melostrelle, which CHICAGO LOCISVILLB DALLAS BAN FRANCISCO the company claims leads the world in playerpiano KOJTHERN BRANCH* 730 CandW BWi, ATLANTA, QJL value. It was easy for the enthusiastic representatives of the company to prove the claim by describing the merits of the instrument which makes it stay sold as well as the buying advantages that induces dealers to become its representative. The demonstrations were so clear and the facts so convincing that the number of Steger dealers was STEGER materially increased during the days of the conven- TTic MostVdliMbiePidnoin iheWarld' tion. MUSIC WEEK IN DALLAS. STEGER & SONS A proclamation, granting official recognition to music week, was issued this week by Mayor Aldredge Piano Manufacturing Company to the citizens of Dallas, Tex., in which he said: "Realizing this to be one of the most significant steps Manufacturers of The Heppe, Marcellua and Edouard Jules Ptooo manufactured by the yet taken by this city for the advancement of music, HEPPE PIANO COMPANY I urge all Dallas schools, churches, commercial, civic STEGER Pianos and Player Pianos are the only pianos In the world with and social organizations to join in making it a suc- REED & Sons Pianos and Player Pianos Three Sounding Boards. cess and to extend a most cordial welcome to the Patented !n the United States. Great Britain* delegates to the Texas music merchants who convene SINGER Pianos and Player Pianos France, Germany and Canada. here, and I do proclaim the week of April 28 to May THOMPSON Pianos and Player Pianos Liberal arrangements to responsible agents only* 4, inclusive, as Music Week." Main Office. 1117 Chestnut St. ARTEMIS Pianos and Player Pianos PHILADELPHIA. PA. STEGER Stools, Benches, Music Cabinets SOLD HIS DE KALB HOME. STEGER Phonographs Ralph Waite, whose business, the Ralph B. Waite STEGER Polish Piano Co., is now located at 218 South Wabash Ave- When in doubt refer to nue, Chicago, in the McClurg Building, has sold his General Offices and Salesrooms: Steger Build* residence at De Kalb, 111., which has been his home ing, Wabash and Jackson, Chicago. PRESTO BUYERS GUIDE since he severed his connection with the Apollo Factories: Steger, Illinois, where the "Lincoln" Piano Co. Mr. Waite will make Chicago his future and "Dixie" Highways Meet. home. 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