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MAY 5, 1928
Harmonica Year Book
Issued by M. Hohner
New Publication Covers Entire Field of Har-
monica Instruction and Promotion in Detailed
Fashion
To make clear the noteworthy position which
the harmonica has achieved in the educational
and recreational world, and to indicate specific
ways and means by which the advantages of
the harmonica can be utilized in group activities
M. Hohner, Inc., New York, has just produced
another big harmonica '.'year book" for wide
distribution among educators and music dealers.
"The Harmonica as an Important Factor in
the Modern Education of Girls and Boys," is
the apt title, and the frontispiece shows the boy
and girl harmonica champions of Philadelphia
for 1927.
Facts cited about the harmonica are thou-
sands of public, private and parochial schools
have made harmonica playing part of the cur-
riculum; in playgrounds and recreation centers
it is regarded as an important constructive force
in moral and cultural development; harmonica
orchestras are part of the activities of schools,
clubs, institutions and organizations.
Outstanding social and educational values of
the harmonica are listed as ease of playing;
fascination; inspiration; musical accuracy; mu-
sical values; mental development; character
building; health; wholesome enjoyment; per-
fect intonation; portability; durability and in-
expensiveness.
The various Hohner practical helps for in-
dividual and group instruction on the harmonica
are listed, including the famous instruction
book, the window chart, and the four-part har-
mony charts.
An entire chapter is devoted to harmonica
contests and explicit instructions are given
which tell exactly how to hold a contest with
all details fully explained. The bibliography
of harmonica publications includes everything
of importance on the subject.
Testimonials to the harmonica include Sousa,
Irving Berlin, Peter Dykema, Capt. Santelmann,
Albert N. Hoxie, Jr., Dr. Paul Winslow, Nathan
Shilkret Nathan Finston, C. H. English, direc-
tor of recreation, Chicago Board of Education.
The book is attractively illustrated and is far
and away the finest thing of its kind ever pub-
lished. Every music dealer in the United States
will find it of great value, particularly if he is
working for the introduction of harmonica music
into his local schools or playgrounds.
"Fiddlestrings" Spring Issue
The Spring issue of "Fiddlestrings," the house
organ published for its dealers by Muller &
Kaplan, New York, string manufacturers, 1S4
East Eighty-fifth street, has made its appear-
ance and contains much material of interest.
Leading articles include "Some Thoughts on
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Violin Technic," by Alexander Bloch; "The Na-
tional Music of Ireland," by Thomas N. Burke;
"The Viol Family," by Fred Dahlem; and
"Dvorak as I Knew Him," by Joseph J. Kovarik.
The cover is a portrait of the.famous Curtis
String Quartet from the Curtis Institute of
Music, Philadelphia. Other pages of the issue
list and describe the entire Muller & Kaplan
line which includes strings and many violin
accessories.
Hohner Conference Exhibit
Proves a Big Success
More Than 3,000 People Visited the Hohner
Exhibit During the National Meeting in
Chicago
Sidney Winfield, sales ambassador for M.
Hohner, Inc., returned this week from the Music
Supervisors' National Conference at Chicago
filled with enthusiasm for the progress made in
introducing the harmonica into the public
schools of the nation. He reports that several
thousand supervisors attended the biennial con-
ference at the Hotel Stevens, and that 3,000
people passed through the doors of the Hohner
exhibit rooms during the week, 400 supervisors
leaving their names and addresses for further
material to be sent to them.
Winfield and Chas. Hohmann were busy all
week long from six-thirty in the morning until
midnight explaining the Hohner program of
harmonica development work to the supervisors.
They showed a keen interest in the new four
part harmony work which was demonstrated by
Chicago school children.
The Hohner exhibit contained supplies of all
the Hohner literature and displays, an Ortho-
phonic talking machine and a Cable piano.
James Hartley and James McClain, Hohner
field agents, were on hand to stage demonstra-
tions.
At the conference banquet at the hotel sou-
venir Little Lady harmonicas were given to
each of the 1,700 diners who began to play them
at once. Mr. Winfield reports that many of
the contacts and leads developed at the confer-
ence will lead to the establishment of harmonica
bands in schools in many parts of the country.
Hook Bros. Buy Store
The Holzem Music Co., Baraboo, Wis., of
which T. J. Holzem was proprietor, has been
purchased by the Hook Bros. Piano Co., of
Madison, and will be conducted as a branch of
the latter company with J. J. Slusser, formerly
a salesman in the Holzem store, in charge;
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collapsed. An ambulance was called and he
was taken to the Mercy Hospital but he was
pronounced dead upon arrival.
Mr. Stein was one of the real veterans of
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for the old August Poehlman concern, one of
the pioneer houses of the industry. His death
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friends in nearly every city in the United States.
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New York last week on a business trip and
had spent the day in Baltimore calling upon
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morning by the Adelphia lodge of the Masonic
order of which Mr. Stein was a member for
many years. He is survived by a widow.
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business association dates back over a quarter of
a century. "The great loss we feel," he said,
"will likewise be felt by his numerous friends
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