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THE
JULY 4, 1925
Fourteenth Edition of
Leedy Catalog Issued
Entire Leedy Mfg. Co. Line Listed in New
Volume Which Is Now Being Distributed to
Trade
INDIANAPOLIS, IND., June 29.—The fourteenth
edition of the Leedy catalog of drums and
drummers' accessories has just been published
by the Leedy Mfg. Co., manufacturer of Leedy
drums and percussion instruments, and is now
being distributed to dealers. It is a dealers'
catalog and lists the entire Leedy line and is
attractively printed in such a way as to make
sales easier on the Leedy line.
The cover is a striking design in three colors
on a heavy durable stock and the frontispiece
shows four stages in the development of the
present-day enormous plant of the Leedy Mfg.
Co. The first stage shows U. G. Leedy in his lit-
tle one-room plant which he occupied from 1898
to 1903. Next is a fair sized brick building
built in 1903 and until 1910 considered ample
to meet all drum requirements. The third
photograph shows the big steel and concrete
structure occupied by the company from 1910
to 1920 and finally is shown the present-day
Leedy plant, which covers twenty-five depart-
ments and fifty thousand feet of floor space
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with its own refrigerating storage cellars, drum-
head making plant, nickel-plating works and
lumber yard.
Another interesting group of photographs
shows the Leedy executive staff, including U.
G. Leedy, president; A. W. Kuerst, secretary-
treasurer; George H. Way, sales manager; Her-
man Winterhoff, vice-president; Chas. Seibert,
assistant sales manager; C. H. Strupe, superin-
tendent and mechanical engineer; P. C. Lay-
cock, office manager; L. W. Echols, credit
manager, and James E. Gilpin, purchasing
agent.
Another " interesting group of photographs
shows a number of prominent drummers who
play Leedy drums and includes such names as
Gus Helmecke, Sousa's band, A. M. Hopkins,
Minneapolis symphony; Robert Kiesow, Gold-
man's band; Howard Goulden, Sousa's band;
Paul Sporleder, Rodemich's orchestra; Ray
Kohl, Arnold Johnson's orchestra; Will Hender,
W. H. Gilcher, Frank McCarthy, Morris Cady,
Emio Bill, Walter Whitney, R. L. Knecht,
Chas. Lowe, Ted Gleason, Ray Ennis, Harry
Goldstein, George A. Smith, Chris Chapman,
Serge Fockler, Jack Miele, James W. Hawkes,
Jack Roop, Rudy Starita, Joe Soistman, J. J.
Heney, Walter Meyer, Milt Weber, Walter
Fohl, Paul Detroit, Oliver Payne and Orrie
Smith.
The catalog itself pictures and describes the
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complete line of Leedy snare and bass drums,
trap drum outfits, pedals, tympani, bells,
xylophones and marimbas, and chimes. Drum
accessories include drum heads, hand painted
bass drum heads, stands, tom-toms, cymbals,
blocks, tambourines, castanets, triangles, whis-
tles, calls and imitative effects, sticks, instruc-
tion books, drum parts, cases and trunks. An-
other feature is a photograph showing the drum
section of the United States Marine Band, com-
pletely Leedy equipped with drums, xylophones
and tympani. This is one of the country's most
famous organizations.
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Genuine Rogers "Quality brands"
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Five grades to select from, cheapest
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White calf in thin, medium and heavy.
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Harmonica. 10 double holes, 40
reeds, brass plates, heavy convex
finely nickel-plated covers full
octave tuning. This is the choice
of experienced players.
Like
all Koch Harmonicas, guaranteed
perfect in tune. Each instrument
is packed in a hinged box with
embossed lettering. Per doz., $2.70
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