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The Music Trade Review
OCTOBER 22, 1927
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The Technical and Supply Department — (Continued from page 29)
unable to find either the store or the room
which had been engaged for him. Then he
goes on:
"The first road trip the firm had mapped
out for me was to the town of El Oro, State
of Michiocan, which, as the name implies, is
a gold mining village. I stopped at a hotel
there, that is, at what was called a hotel, but
the room was terribly barren and I thought
it well to tip the servant to make sure that
no one should run off with my handbags. The
friend who had accompanied me thus far now
had to return to Mexico City, and I was left
alone. I had much trouble getting along with
the language and the Mexicans, but managed
lo get finished and back to Mexico City.
"Shortly after my return I was again sent
out on a two weeks' trip, which, however, by
the time I had finished it had stretched out
to seven weeks. This time I thought I would
take along a Spanish dictionary. So I did so
and when I wanted something would drag out
the book and fire off some of the words at
the Mexicans. Somehow, though, none of
them seemed to understand me. At last I con-
sulted an acquaintance who knew both Spanish
and English and he explained that Castilian
Spanish is different from Latin-American and
Mexican Spanish, many of the Castilian words
not being used in Latin-America and others
being pronounced differently. And he told me
to throw the book away, So then I tried
listening to the talk around me until I had
picked up some words, and especially their
pronunciation. Most of my 'talking,' however,
was done by writing, although I was quite
fortunate at most of the hotels where I stopped
in finding someone who could speak English.
"Skeeters" and "Gaters"
"My last road trip was to Cojucas, on the
West Coast, and I was told that there was
only one job to do, but when the directions
were given me as to getting to that job I found
that it would take two weeks, with five days
on muleback during the return journey. I
started with one full day's train ride to a place
called Balsas, then three days and nights on
a boat operated by four rowers. There was not
much sleep on this boat on account of
mosquitoes and of splashings in the water made
by alligators all night.
"When I arrived in the town where I was
to stop, the heat was terrible, and when I
found out what sort of a job I was up against
] felt even more terrible. A player-piano had
fallen from a wagon and two of the action
brackets were broken. The player-action also
was in bad shape. Fortunately I had enough
material and tools with me to enable me to
make the necessary repairs, and when the job
had been finished I was able to start for home.
Mules and Bandits
"I was to go back another way and would
need a guide. Just before I started back one
humorous Mexican at the hotel told me to look
out for bandits. He got me on edge enough
so that I asked the hotel man to give me a
gun for myself and one for the guide. He
said that hc^would give the guide two guns,
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but I suspect that we made the journey without
any.
"We were to travel on muleback. I had a
good mule and treated him well, but the journey
over the mountains was rough and tiring, with
nothing to eat except frijoles and tortillas, that
is, corncakes and beans. The guide wanted to
hurry and would not have allowed the poor
mules any time to rest and pasture if I had not
insisted. Then I, too, took a rest each day
of two hours, as t wa8
this way. We had five days of this before
we arrived at Toluca. If we had not come
back by mule we should have had to wait two
weeks for another boat on the river.
"When I got into Toluca I was so stiff and
nearly all in that I could hardly get off the
back of the mule. I went to bed at 8 o'clock
in the evening and slept until 11 next morning.
"Road work is no longer desirable, however,
for other reasons, as the roads are no longer
safe, being infested with bandits. One of our
men came back from the middle of a road trip
the other day for this reason.
"There have been two small revolutions here
lately, the leaders of which were caught and
shot, and things are now quieter. The election
for president is not far off and no one knows
what will happen before that date."—Joseph H.
Burroughs, 154 Calle de los Maestros, Mexico
DF Mexico."
Correspondence
is solicited from any person in any place, so
long as it deals in some way with the matters
treated by this department. Address William
Braid White, 5149 Agatite avenue, Chicago, 111.
Aeolian Duo-Art Technical Service
School Has Long Schedule During Fall
Courses Have Been Given or Will Be Given in Washington, Cleveland, St. Louis and
Minneapolis—Season Opened With Well-Attended Classes in Pittsburgh
'TpHE Aeolian Service School, conducted by drews, Minneapolis, Minn., among other cities.
•*• the Aeolian Co., New York, for the purpose
Earlier in the season, from August 22 to
of giving free instruction in servicing the Duo- September 2, an Aeolian Duo-Art School was
Art to piano tuners and technicians, began its conducted by Mr. Schrade in Pittsburgh, Pa.,
Fall schedule this month with a session at the and was well attended, as shown by the accom-
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in Session at
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Pittsburgh, Pa.
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Hotel Harrington, Washington, D. C. This ses-
sion started October 3 and ended October 15.
The school, which is conducted by W. H.
Schrade, Jr., will have the following schedule:
October 24 to November 5, at the Hotel Cleve-
land, Cleveland, O.; November 14 to November
26, at the Hotel Statler, St. Louis, Mo.; De-
cember 5 to December 17, at the Hotel An-
Julius Dulin Returns
Julius Dulin, sales manager of the Capital
Furniture Mfg. Co., returned recently from an
extended trip through the East, including part
of New England and New York. Mr. Dulin
reports that he found prospects for the Fall
very satisfactory and announces that the plant
at Noblesville is making plans to take care of
a large Fall business.
panying photograph. Great interest was shown
by tuners and technicians at the tuners' con-
vention in New York in August and the ad-
vance enrollments in the Duo-Art schools in-
dicate a widespread desire on the part of piano
technicians throughout the country to become
thoroughly informed on the Duo-Art in its
technical aspects.
P. G. Oetting Returning
Philip G. Oetting, president and treasurer of
Philip W. Oetting & Son, Inc., New York, im-
porters of Weickert piano felts, has completed
the Western lap of his trip through the piano
manufacturing trade and is returning East via
Indiana, Ohio and Maryland. Mr. Oetting is
making the Fall trip customarily made by W.
M. Shailer, vice-president and secretary of the
company, and is traveling by automobile ac-
companied by Mrs. Oetting. His letter to the
firm reports a generally good activity and he
states that most of the larger plants are work-
AKRON, O., October 15.—A sneak thief obtained
$140 from the cash register in the store of the ing overtime. Mr. Oetting will return to New
Emerson Music Co., 44 East Mill street, Wed- York about November 1, when his tour is com-
nesday afternoon, while the store manager, C. pleted.
D. Mead, was in the rear of the store.
A petition in bankruptcy has been filed re-
Proctor Michaelson has opened a new music cently by Thomas F. Cabasino, dealing in musi-
and radio store in a one-story building, recently cal instruments at 153 Astoria avenue, Astoria,
constructed on Massachusetts avenue, Arlington, L. I. His liabilities are listed at estimated at
$4,500 and assets at $4,000.
Mass.
This Store Had Gash