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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
Nyiregyhazi With the Ampico Featured
in Concert Series by Kohler & Chase
Large Audiences Attracted by Presentations of This Instrument—Mark P. Campbell of the Bram-
bach Piano Co. Expected to Visit Local Trade—Exhibits at California Industries
0 AN FRANCISCO, CAL., October 20.—Cali-
^ fornians, Inc., is making a drive for $400,000
to provide sinews of war to tell the world of
San Francisco, northern California and central
California by advertising. The committee from
the music trades, which will aid in this cam-
paign, consists of Shirley Walker, Sherman,
'Clay & Co., chairman; James J. Black, Wiley
B. Allen Co., and Beeman P. Sibley, Coast rep-
resentative of the Kohler Industries, with head-
quarters in the Phelan Building here.
Two Recitals for Ampico Owners
1 Kohler & Chase announced two special re-
citals for to-day by the gifted Hungarian pianist,
IJyiregyhazi. They were given in Ampico Hall,
JKohler & Chase Building, and were especially
for owners of Ampicos and their friends.
Tickets were in great demand, both for the
afternoon and evening recitals, the usual enthu-
siasm evoked by this pianist being much in
evideneet" No tickets are purchasable during
the present tour of the pianist, his comparison
recitals, using the Ampico in the Knabe, being
the only chance to hear him.
Returned in Time for Recitals
H. L. Stoner, manager of the Ampico depart-
ment, Kohler & Chase, was back from an ex-
tended tour in time for the Nyiregyhazi recitals.
With Mrs. Stoner and their two sons they left
San Francisco on June 20 by auto. They
reached the Atlantic Coast on July 4, having
made three one-day stops at Sacramento, Tahoe
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and Ogden. A number of the piano factories
were visited, from Baltimore to Boston, as
well as many other points of interest. They
returned home via the Yellowstone Park and
the Columbia highway. During their Summer
in the open Mr. Stoner and his family traveled
11,000 miles, had only two punctures and no
motor trouble.
Music on the Air To-night
There is much local and long-distance interest
in a concert on the air to-night, broadcast from
KPO. The Family Club is presenting the music
of its 1924 "farm" play, "Who Dines With
Robin Hood?" The air production of the play
is being given under the direction of Harald
Pracht, of the Wiley B. Allen Co., who is also
singing one of the leading roles. George Mad-
ison, of the Wiley B. Allen Co., is the baritone
and all the other roles are being taken by those
who created them when the Family Club's 1924
play was given at Woodside, the country home
of this famous San Francisco Club. The music,
which is said to be extremely melodious, was
composed by George P. Hulton, with Sherman,
Clay & Co. Mr. Hulton is at the piano, on the
air. Ben Purrington is reading the lines of his
libretto.
McManus, well-known pianist who has just
returned from an Australian concert tour with
the 'cellist, Jean Gerardy, is at the piano for
some of the numbers, and Rudy Seiger has
his orchestra there. The participants are all
well known in San Francisco musical and club
life.
Mark P. Campbell Is Expected
There is a good deal of interest in the an-
nouncement made by Beeman P. Sibley that
Mark P. Campbell, president of the Brambach
Piano Co., will be here in a few days on his
annual visit to the Pacific Coast. Mr. Sibley
himself has just returned from a business trip
through the Pacific Northwest, where he found
conditions satisfactory.
Representatives of Haddorff Visit Trade
A. E. Johnson, treasurer of the Haddorff
Piano Co., is in the city for the first time in two
and a half years. Mr. Johnson is accompanied
by Charles Dundore, who is a regular visitor
for the Haddorff piano interests, which he rep-
resents on the Pacific Coast. Mr. Dundore
states that he considers business conditions
good at present.
Instruments Shown at California Industries
A booth that is quite a compendium of a well-
equipped music store is attracting a great deal
of attention at the California Industries Exposi-
tion. It is the Sherman, Clay & Co.'s booth
and carries many of that firm's well-known lines.
The Steinway and the Duo-Art in the Steinway
are causing many demands for demonstrations,
which are freely given, when the municipal band
is not performing. The Victrolas come in for a
large share of attention and there is a very full
display of King band instruments, saxophones,
Bacon banjos, Ludwig drums, violins and many
other small goods that attract the young folks.
Sheet music and music books also form part of
the booth, which is most attractively arranged.
Baldwin Piano Co. Makes Display
The Baldwin Piano Co. has a booth near
the entrance at the California Industries Exposi-
tion, where the Baldwin pianos are displayed.
Goelzlin in the South for Vocalstyle
An extended tour through his Southern terri-
tory is being taken by F. Goelzlin, of the Pacific
Music Co., the new headquarters of which are at
137 Turk street. Mr. Goelzlin has a very large
territory which extends from Alaska on the
North to Arizona in the South and includes
New Zealand and Australia. In this great terri-
tory he jobs the Vocalstyle rolls, and, according
to E. O. Gardner, retail sales manager of the
NOVEMBER 1,
1924
Pacific Music Co., there is a constantly increas-
ing demand for Vocalstyle rolls. Australia and
New Zealand are very frequently receiving roll
shipments.
Advertises the Brunswick Radiola
In connection with the radio concert being
j^iven to-night, under the direction of Harald
Pracht, of the Wiley B. Allen Co., that firm is
advertising, under the heading "radio," the
Brunswick Radiola as especially fitted for re-
ceiving concerts on the air: "Or, at a turn of
the lever, play your favorite record."
Sturdevent Returns From Northwest
L. W. Sturdevent, manager of the radio depart-
ment of Sherman, Clay & Co., has returned from
the Northwest and reports a great interest in
radio goods there. He has been attending to
the installation of radio departments in the vari-
ous branches of Sherman, Clay & Co. in that
territory.
"Johnny" Johnson Making
DeLuxe Reproducing Rolls
Popular Pianist and Orchestra Leader Con-
trolling Many Organizations Now Recording
for the Welte-Mignon (Licensee)
The latest addition to the popular music
artists playing for the Welte-Mignon (Licensee)
is Malcolm "Johnny" Johnson, who is a well-
known figure in New York and furnishes the
dance music at the Supper Club, the Mirador
and also at Sherry's between periods of record-
ing for DeLuxe reproducing rolls.
Mr. Johnson hails from Indiana and at the
age of eleven began to study for a concert
career in the Indianapolis Conservatory of
Music, traveling from his home in Washington,
Ind., to Indianapolis each Saturday for lessons,
and spending his time while waiting for the
return train in the Alhambra Theatre, where a
pair of expert ragtime pianists played.
For a time after leaving high school Johnson
engaged in newspaper work, but could not resist
the temptation to fill engagements with various
musical organizations, and finally after two
years in vaudeville became associated witn
Yerke's Happy Six and other orchestras as
pianist and arranger. He started his own or-
chestra in 1923 at Murray's, Philadelphia, anS
now has a number of orchestras under his con-
trol in Asbury Park, Palm Beach, near ana
about New York. It can be said for him that
he records a mean roll.
British Honor A. J. Mason
TORONTO, ONT., October 27.—Word has been re-
ceived on this side of the water that a singular
honor has been conferred upon A. J. Mason,
president of Mason & Risch, Ltd., this city, by
the Federation of British Music Industries when
that important body adopted a resolution ap-
pointing him an honorary vice-president of- the
Federation. This resolution arose from the de-
sire of the Federation's Grand Council to accord
Mr. Mason their appreciation of the most val-
uable service he had rendered the Federation
during its formation and conduct up to the time
of his leaving England to return to Canada.
Mr. Mason was one of the founders of the Fed-
eration and in its first years he had contributed
much to making that organization become the
fine success the music industry in Canada knows
it to be.
Opens New Store
ASHLAND, KY., October 25.—A branch of the
Summers & Son Music Co., which operates a
number of music stores through this state, has
been opened here recently. This is the sixth
branch store of the company.
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