Music Trade Review

Issue: 1925 Vol. 80 N. 1

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THE
MUSIC
TRADK
REVIEW
considered a business barometer next year
ought to be the best the music trades have ever
experienced.
"If the Code of Ethics adopted by the
President of Associated Musical Instrument various associations in the musical instru-
Dealers of New York Forecasts Good De- ment business are followed out in good faith
more money will be made out of this industry
mand All Year
than in any previous year. Suspicion, lack of
good faith and unfair business tactics among
This year should be an excellent one for small
goods dealers, according to no less an authority jobbers, wholesalers, dealers, etc., have seriously
than George M. Bundy, president of the Asso- interfered with the profits of the musical mer-
ciated Musical Instrument Dealers of New chandise industry. The representative firms are
York. In an interview with a representative getting together in these associations and good
of The Review this week Mr. Bundy discussed is bound to come of it, and particularly if codes
of ethics or principles are adopted along the
the subject as follows:
"I believe that conditions are ideal for a large lines of rules of business practice used and
musical merchandise business during 1925; in lived up to by other lines of merchandising ef-
fact, if the activity of the stock market may be fort.
"If a way can be found to get the men
actually at the helm of the various musical mer-
chandise enterprises better acquainted with one
George M. Bundy Sees
a Good Year Ahead
Wood-wind
Instruments
WHO
JANUARY 3, 1925
another it will tend to stop many of the un-
ethical practices in our business. Firms are tir-
ing of going along year after year, doing a nice
volume of business, but, when the totals are
figured, little net profit is left. If we can have
the Golden Rule in business followed assid-
uously throughout the musical merchandise in-
dustry every one will be more satisfied, and we
will more rapidly get the musical instrument
business up to the high plane that an art busi-
ness like ours deserves.
"Let our 1925 idea be more profit through
better service, better co-operation with competi-
tors and a higher degree of trust and confidence
in our fellow dealer."
With Harned & Von Maur
DAVENPORT, IA., December 29.—George Berger,
formerly leader of Berger's Orchestra and prom-
inent in local professional music circles, will
manage the new musical instrument department
to be opened by the Harned & Von Maur De-
partment Store, it was announced to-day. The
new department will be most complete and
should be highly successful.
T H E O L D E S T AND
Highest Standard
Quality Supreme
LARGEST MUSICAL
MERCHANDISE HOUSE
IN AMERICA
Exclusively Wholesale
ESTABLISHED 1 0 3 *
Have the Endorsement
of America's Foremost
Artists.
Send for our Catalog E.
Instruments for the Reed
Section of the Band.
3 5 1 - 5 3 FOURTH AYE. NEWYORKCITY
Victor Distrihutors
ORPHEUM and
Super -Orpheum
BANJOS
Harry Pedler & Co.
Incorporated
Elktiart
Ind.
Direct from Factory to Dealer
WILLIAM L. LANGE
225 Ea«t 24th Street
GRET5CH
4^48 EAST 20™5T, MEW YORK
Kant Krack Cases
"The Quality Supreme"
New York
GEIB & SCHAEFER CO-
Free
From
Acid
GEORGE CLOOS, Inc.
Manufacturers
Musical Instrument Cases
Eitabllihed 1862
Manufacturer of all Kind* of
FLUTES, PICCOLOS, CLARIONETS. FIFES. DRUM-
STICKS. DRUM-MAJORS- AND LEADERS' BATONS
Repairing Neatly and Promptly Done
1659 Stephen St., Ridgewood P. 0., Brooklyn
Sold by all Leading Jobber a
1751-9 N. Ceatral Park A r c , Cki.
SEND FOR TRADE PRICE LIST OF
for
Violin, Viola,
'Cello and Bass
A polish so pure you
can use it as a tooth
wash.
Restores original fin-
ish without eating
into the plate with
acids. Removes dirt
and tarnish instantly.
MULLER * KAPLAN.
154 East 85th St.. N. Y
Dealer* wishing to cater especially
to the exacting demands of the
PROFESSIONAL
VIOLINIST
Retails at 25 cents for a handsome metal box, con*
taming four ounces of polish.
Mamufactutm of Holton't—Amtrica't Greatest Band Instrumenti
X
56? CHURCH ST.. ELKHORN, WIS.
7ri/jnpet
7rombone k
///GHLY ENDORSED
BY THE LEADING
SANDS & ORCHESTRAS
LEWIS
line* reliable, profitable and satis-
factory.
Goods carefully bought are eaiily sold
Send for Dealer's Catalog No. 23
FRANK HOLTON & CO.
Chrnef
will find the
Our dealer proposition is particularly attractive.
Liberal discounts.
The Holton Agency Franchise becomes more valu-
able each year. Write us about it.
/or
WM.
LEWIS & SON
"35 years of service to the Professional and Dealer"
225 South Wabash Ave., Chicago
e
UlNN Band Instruments
and Saxophones
Distributor*:
CONN NEW YORK CO., Inc.
GENERAL OFFICES
OVER
100%
PROFIT
GOLD BAND REED
DISPLAY
CABINETS
The best Reed Outfit on the market. ConUlna: 2 dot. Bb Clar.. 1 doz. Eb Clar..
1 doi. Sop. Sax.. S doi. Alto 8ax.. 1 doi. C Mel. 8 a i . . 2 doi. Bb Tenor. 1 doz.
Bart. All packed Individually in enveltpei. I doz. in a box. scientifically cured.
CARL FISCHER, Inc., gftJIS New York
119 W. 46th St., New York
(New York City and adjoining
territory)
CONN BOSTON CO.
488 BoyUton St., Boston
{Boiton and adjoining
territory)
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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
JANUARY 3, 1925
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of the department of music at Culver Military
modern American dance music and controls
Academy, deals with the development of the
Roger Wolfe's orchestra at the Biltmore Hotel,
trumpet, trombone, oboe and basso.
New York.
The editorial page is edited by James F.
Firms' Publication, The Musical Truth, Con- Boyer and contains a very interesting talk on
Consult the Universal Want Directory of
tains Endorsements of Instruments from the code of ethics and the outlook for the
The Review. In it advertisements are inserted'
band instrument industry for the ensuing year.
Chicago Symphony Players
free of charge for men who desire positions.
Also on this page is a list of sixty-five of the
, IND., December 29.—One of the most finest dance, theatre and recording orchestras
effective pieces of recent Conn advertising, ac- of New York City who are users and endorsers
cording to James F. Boyer, secretary of C. G. of Conn instruments.
The following pages show the two new latest
Conn, Ltd., is the holiday number of The
creations in the cornet and trumpet field, the
Musical Truth, the official Conn house organ.
The cover design has the holiday spirit pic- 1925 Victor cornet and the new concert grand
trumpet. Surrounding this center layout are
turing a party of young folks dancing while a
typical American orchestra furnishes the nec- eighteen photographs and testimonials from
essary music. The inside front cover, under some of the finest cornetists and trumpet play-
the heading "For Pleasure or for Profit," has ers in the country.
a very snappy trade talk on the high quality
An interesting photograph shows R. C. Du-
Tempered Aluminum Floor
of Conn Saxophones, setting forth eight out- rant, head of the great Durant Motors Co., who
Rack and Resonators.
standing reasons why they are the last word just recently purchased a new gold burnished
in the instrument makers' art.
Conn cornet. Mr. Durant is a great lover of
The lightest Xylophones
The feature article of the issue, under the music and a cornetist of unusual ability. An-
with Resonators in the world.
heading "Shaping a Tone Column is Some Job," other interesting photograph is that of Roger
gives an interesting insight in the old methods Wolfe Kahn, son of Otto H. Kahn, famous
The New Deagan Tilting Floor Rack.
international banker, taken at his home sur-
of manufacturing instruments requiring taper
branches such as cornets, trumpets, trombones, rounded by a layout of Conn instruments. This
baritones, basses, etc. This article clearly young scion of wealth is deeply interested in
brings out the features of the hydraulic ex-
pansion process used and patented by C. G.
Conn, Ltd., for the expansion and molding of
the taper branches required in making these
instruments. This hydraulic expansion process
as patented by C. G. Conn, Ltd., is the most
forward step that has been taken in the manu-
It rite for agency proposition on these
facture of band instruments for many years.
fast-selling Deagan Instruments
There is a double-page spread featuring
twenty-one of the finest dance and theatre or-
chestras in the United States, giving photo-
graphs, a short history of each organization
and the testimonial of the leader as to the high
Deagan Building
National Musical String Co.
regard in which the members of these orches-
1786
Berteau
Ave.
Chicago
tras hold their Conn instruments.
New Brunswick, N. J.
Another very interesting feature from the
dealer's standpoint are the photographs and
testimonials of William Frank, Max Pottag and
H. R. Johnson, first, second and third French
horn players with the Chicago Symphony Or-
chestra, as to the sterling worth of the new
Conn French horns. This should be a big sell-
ing point for Conn dealers, for no longer is it
necessary for them to handle a foreign make
Representing ANDS KOCH, A. G. TROSSINGEN, Manufacturers of
of French horn to satisfy the demands of per-
formers on this instrument for, as can be seen
from the testimonials of these finished artists,
the new Conn French horn is the equal if not
the superior of any French horn now manu-
Write for Catalog and Prices
factured, irrespective of nationality.
Snipping and Stock Room
Office and Show Room
NEW DORP. S. I.. NEW YORK
1133 BROADWAY. NEW YORK
An educational talk on "The Genesis of Mili-
tary Music," by Capt. W. J. O'Callaghan, head
New Conn French
Horns Prove Success
New
Features
Black Diamond
Strings
THE WORLD'S BEST
AND
J. C. Deagan, Inc.
KOCH
Inc.
Accordions, Harmonicas, Violins, Bows
and Full Line oi Accessories
OLIVER DITSON CQ
BOSTON. MASS
0
Manufacturer*
Importers and Jobber* of
MUSICAL
MERCHANDISE
Attractive Specialties
Modern S e r v i c e
ESTABLISHED 1834
DURRO
Banjo and Drum Heads
AND
Genuine Rogers "Quality brands"
were given Medal and highest
awards over all others.
Five grades to select from, cheapest
to the very best.
White calf in thin, medium and
heavy.
Joseph Rogers, Jr., & Son
Farmlngdale, N. J.
VIOLINS
BOWS
STRINGS
STEWART
BANJOS
MANDOLINS
GUITARS
Largest Wholesale
Musical Merchandise
House in America
Buegeleisen & Jacobson
5-7-9 Union Square
NEW YORK
LYNBROOK NU-ART BANJOS
(Registered United States Patent Office)
The Most Marvelous Toned Banjos on the Market
Gold Medal Strings
for musical instruments
Gold-plated Steel and
Wound Strings
Gibson Musical String Co.
DRUMS, TAMBOURINES, CYMBALS, UKULELE-BANJOS
ALBERT HOUDLETT SL SONS, Inc.
Established 1865
40 Melrose Street
Brooklyn,
N. Y.

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