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The Music Trade Review
JUNE 4, 1927
child standing on Elkhart welcoming the deal-
ers. Cartoons of dealers coming in from all
parts of the country include Veerkamp, of
Mexico City; Williams, of Toronto; Jeffreys,
Miller and Mullholland, of the Pacific Coast;
Illinois High School Wins Second Leg on National Trophy—Abraham Lincoln High Glen, Patton, Popplar, Hamby, Goggan, Cox,
Coulter, Baskerville, Edgar, Rose, Hunleth,
School, of Council Bluffs, Wins Second Prize
Houck, Price, Caputo, Niemic, Mueller, Kitt,
Henton, McClellan and other busy Conn mer-
Most of the State contests were held under chants.
OUNCIL BLUFFS, IA., May 28.—Twenty-
three of the finest school bands in the coun- the auspices of colleges, universities or school
Another interesting article in this issue is en-
try, each chosen by competition in its own band associations, with the co-operation of the titled "Schools Are Great Unexploited Markets
State and comprising in all 1425 youthful musi- National Bureau for the Advancement of Music for Conn Instruments," and discusses the ways
cians, participated in the National High School and the Committee on Instrumental Affairs of and means whereby the Conn dealer can do his
Band Concert held in this city yesterday and the Music Supervisors' National Conference. C. share in exploiting these markets.
to-day. The bands came from fifteen different M. Tremaine, Director of the Bureau, announced
The latest direct mail suggestions and win-
States, three of them from California, sent at an the winners at the national.
dow display ideas prepared for Conn dealers by
The tabulated results of the contest were as the Conn advertising department are listed and
expense of about $7,000 each.
The national championship was won by the follows:
include a new wrinkle in window trims which
Class A.—Joilet, 111., 93.38; Council Bluffs, la., is sold to dealers by the yard. The sales de-
Joliet, 111., High School band, which took that
honor also at the first national school band 93.31; Modesto, Cal., 90.96; Senn, Chicago, 111., partment shows a new demonstration case to
contest in Fostoria, O., last June, and so has 90.85; Lockport, N. Y., 90.22; Quincy, 111., 89.13; help explain the selling points of Conn instru-
two legs on the national trophy. Second place Marion, Ind., 89.61; Flint, Mich., 87.38; Sterling, ments.
in Class A was won by Abraham Lincoln High Col., 86.92; East H. S., Cleveland, O., 85.53;
School, of Council Bluffs, whose score was only Mansfield, O., 85.38; South H. S., Minneapolis,
four one-hundredths of a point lower than that Minn., 84.02; Kansas City, Kan., 83.30; Colorado
of Joliet. Princeton Joint Union High School, Springs, Col., 82.67; Burlingame, Cal., 82.61;
of California, was the winner in Class B (schools Austin, Tex., 80.53; Albert Lea, Minn., 79.15;
of less than 400 enrollment). This band comes Stillwater, Okla., 78.92, and Pikeville, Ky., 72.84. New Instrument the Result of Three Years of
Class B.—Princeton, Cal., 81.38; Vermillion,
from a school of 103 pupils, drawing from a
Experimenting to Secure Perfection in the
total population of under 3,000, the town of S. D., 79.69; Ida Grove, la., 79.38, and Cleve-
Upper Register—Described in Catalog
land, Okla, 71.46.
Princeton itself having but 100 inhabitants.
From its 103 enrollment the school has been
CLEVELAND, 0., June 1.—The H. N. White Co.
able to organize a band of forty-seven, the one
has announced an addition to the King line of
competing at Council Bluffs, and a second band
band instruments in the form of a new tenor
of thirty, making a total band membership of
saxophone. The new instrument is the result of
seventy-seven. The principal states that the
three years of laboratory study and playing
chief recreation of the school children is the GRAND RAPIDS, MICH., May 31.—Teddy Brown, tests and has been redesigned from tip of
of
the
Cafe
de
Paris
Orchestra,
Paris,
France,
band.
mouthpiece to rim of bell.
One of the features of the contest was the has just added three York saxophones to the
A fault peculiar to tenor saxophones is that
orchestra,
according
to
information
received
excellent playing of nearly all the bands present,
tones in the upper register are hard to get and
reaching high professional standards in many
the White officials claim to have corrected this
cases, and astonishing the judges and the audi-
fault in the new instrument and that the "wolf"
TEDDY BROWN
ence. One result was the closeness of the de-
D is impossible on it. This new instrument is
cisions. The bands each played an assigned
described in the new King saxophone catalog.
CAFE DE PARIS BAND.
number and another number to be selected from
CAFE DE P M U 8 .
a list of twenty. There was also a sight-reading
B. COVENTRY STHEET.
LONDON. W. 1.
test, in which some of the bands made fine
Marcs 7th., 1927.
showings.
The judges of the contest were Taylor Bran-
son, director of the U. S. Marine Band of
GROTON, CONN., June 1.—Fred Bacon, president
Washington, D. C; Herbert L. Clark, director
of the Bacon Banjo Co. and wearer of the
of the Municipal Band of Long Beach, Cal., and
crown of "King of the Old Time Banjoists,"
Osbourne McConathy, formerly president of the
returned last week from a trip during which he
Toe "tonal quality" or "York" lostrunenta la
In ay opinion, of auch outetaadlng auperlorlty '
Music Supervisors' National Conference and a
that I hare baen bound to chooee "York" becauee
demonstrated the B. & D. Silver Bell banjos at
I can only arrord to hate t&o "beat-.
leader in the development of school instrumental
leading music houses in a number of cities. Mr.
only ara -fork- euophon
y bt r
music. The judge of the sight-reading test was
Bacon demonstrated at several of the stores in
J. E. Maddy, chairman of the Committee on In-
o too alrontfly recoauuad you
the Landay Bros, chain in the East, this com-
to "particular ' luelcla
strumental Affairs of the Music Supervisors'
pany being an active Bacon agent.
National Conference.
The Bacon Co. shipped a special instrument
A number of cities put in bids for the 1928 na-
this week to Roy Smeck, the famous Vitaphonc
tional contest, which was awarded to Joliet.
Carol ao r u m .
banjo soloist who is appearing in Indianapolis
Telegrams were received from Governor Don-
and who has been appearing in leading music
ahey of Ohio and from the mayor and president
houses throughout the West.
of the Columbus Chamber of Commerce invit- from Mr. Brown by Karl B. Shinkman, sales
ing the contest to that city next year.
manager of the York Band Instrument Co.
"The fact that so prominent a European mu-
sician has adopted York instruments should be
CLEVELAND, O., June 1.—The Goldsmith Musical
a matter of news interest to the American Instrument Co. opened last month in the sales-
trade," Mr. Shinkman said to-day, "so I am pub- rooms of the Starr Piano Co., 1220 Huron Road,
lishing his letter which may be read in the where this company has leased space for a
illustration."
musical instrument department. Jerry Gold-
smith is the proprietor of this company. He
has been in charge of the children's orchestra
at the Euclid Avenue Temple for two years.
Joliet, 111., High School Band Wins
First Prize in National Band Contest
C
New Tenor Saxophone
Added to the King Line
More York Saxophones for
Gafe de Paris Orchestra
Fred Bacon Returns
From Demonstrating Trip
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New Cleveland Department
"Conn-Tact" Announces
Annual Conn Meeting
Dealers Hold Convention at Headquarters of
C. G. Conn, Ltd., in Elkhaxt, Ind., This Week
—Value of Schools as a Market
ELKHART, IND., June 1.—The June issue of
"Conn-Tact," the monthly dealer house organ
of C. G. Conn, Ltd., manufacturer of Conn saxo-
phones and band instruments, features the an-
nual convention of Conn dealers opening here
to-day.
A clever and attractive cover design shows a
map of the United States with pen and ink
sketches of Messrs. Greenleaf, Boyer and Fair*-
Banjo and Drum Heads
Genuine Rogers "Quality brands"
were given Medal and highest
awards over all others.
Five grades to select from, cheapest
to the very best.
v
White calf in thin, medium and
heavy.
Joseph Rogers, Jr., & Son
Farmingdal*, N. J.