Music Trade Review

Issue: 1928 Vol. 86 N. 3

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The Music Trade
Pan-American Band Instrument & Case
Holds Two-Day Conference at Factory
R. C. Poyser, Sales Manager, and C. D. Greenleaf, President National Band Instru-
ment Manufacturers' Association, Speakers at Dinner
LKHART, IND., January 14.—For the first
time in the history of the industry repre-
sentatives of the six of the country's leading
musical merchandise jobbing houses gathered
around the round table in a two-day series of
E
Pan-
American
Jobbers'
Conference
at Factory
conferences at the Pan-American Hand Instru-
ment & Case Co.'s factory here, the first of the
annual Pan-American distributor conventions.
The convention deliberated on the ways and
means of stimulating dealer business and in-
creasing distribution through retail dealers, and
dealers' welfare was the theme that featured all
discussion. Interesting statistics on dealer dis-
tribution of band instruments were brought to
light by the sales department of Pan-American.
The visitors showed great interest in the Pen-
American educational department, whose pri-
mary function deals with music supervisors and
dealers, under the direction of L. I.. Sams, who
BOSTON. MASS
18 Eleventh Street, Long Island City, N. Y.
Chicago Office: 14 East Jackson Blvd.
Played by Leading
Musicians and Orchestras
Sold by Representative
Muiic Merchants
BACON BANJO CO., Inc.
GROTON, CONN.
D
You have tried the rest
—Now use the BEST
Joseph Rogers' Son
Manufacturer*
Importer! and Jobb«rs *f
"XXX" and "STANDARD" Brand
MUSICAL
MERCHANDISE
Drum and Banjo Heads
Made from Genuine Calfskin
AttractlT* Sp*cialti*«
Modern Service
The Frederick Rogers Co.
17 Jackson Ave.
ESTABLISHED 1M4
DURRO
VIOLINS
BOWS
STRINGS
AND
STEWART
BACON
BANJOS
Becomes Assistant Manager of Kansas City
Music House—Firm Inaugurates Free Les-
sons With All Saxophone Purchases
KANSAS CITY, January 16.—The Conn Kansas
City Co. reports very good activity in saxo-
phones during the holiday season. Christmas
business as a whole was fine. S. H. Almanrode,
formerly manager of the Housner Music Co. of
Minneapolis, has recently become connected
with the Kansas City branch of the Conn Co.
as assistant manager. Mr. Almanrode an-
nounces it is putting in a special saxophone
service, whicTi provides for two free lessons
with every saxophone bought in the store. He
is a saxophone teacher and will have charge of
this branch of the business. The lessons are
given at the store, and Conn reports excellent
success with the innovation. It finds that many
sales are not completed until the prospective
buyer is convinced that he can learn to play
the instrument. According to Mr. Almanrode
the firm does not feel it has given value received
until the buyer can handle his instrument and
is on the way to learning to play it. The fact
that there are few saxophone teachers in Kan-
York; Paul Monnig, Tonk Hros. Co., Chicago; sas City makes this service especially valuable.
Although activity is somewhat slow at this
M. H. Berlin, Chicago Musical Instrument Co.,
Chicago, and Frank C. Howard, of J. W. Jen- lime, which is to be expected just after Christ-
kins Sons Music Co., Kansas City. Messages mas, Conn reports a satisfactory condition pre-
of regret were received from Scott Williamson, vailing with its trade. It is looking for a
of the Southern California Music Co., Los good year in 1928. Foster Streep, manager of
Angeles, and T. M. Gazlay, of the Continental the Kansas City branch, left on January 12 for
a visit to the factory in Elkhart, and will be
Music Co., San Francisco.
The sessions closed with a banquet at the gone for about ten days.
Musical merchandise dealers found a brisk
Hotel Elkhart, where the principal speakers
were R. C. Poyser, Pan-American sales man- demand for both the small and larger instru-
ager, and C. D. Greenleal, president of the ments during the holidays. Ukuleles were men-
National Band Instrument Manufacturers' Asso- tioned as a good Christmas item, and saxo-
phones enjoyed a fine demand.
ciation.
KpO)
Waverly Musical Products Co., Inc.
S. H. Almanrode With
Conn Kansas City Go.
has spent many years in band-organization
work.
*
Those in attendance at the convention were
Chas. Sonfield, C. Bruno & Son, Inc., New
York; Henry Gerson, Carl Fischer, Inc., New
OLIVER DITSON CQ
1674
COVERED TAIL-
PIECE OF MERIT,
D U R A B L E AND
PRACTICAL.
REAL VALUE
JANUARY 21, 1928
Review
BANJOS
MANDOLINS
GUITARS
Largest Wholesale
Musical Merchandise
House in America
Buegeleisen & Jacobson
NEW YORK
5-7-9 Union Square
Middletown, N. Y.
Black Diamond
Strings
THE WORLD'S BEST
National Musical String Co.
New Brunswick, N. J.
The Quality Supreme
Banjo and Drum Heads
MUSICAL INSTRUMENT
and SPECIALTY CASES
Genuine Rogers "Quality brands"
were given Medal and highest
awards over all others
Kive grades to select from, cheapest
to the very best.
White calf in thin, medium and
heavy.
Mfg. by
GEIB & SCHAEFER CO.
Joseph Rogers, Jr., &
1 Son
Est. 1899
Farmingdale, N. J.
1751-9 N. Centra] Park Ave.
Chicago, 111.
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IN THE WORLD OF MUSIC PUBLISHING
Victor Herbert Campaign
of M. Witmark & Sons
6,000 Music Teachers as Well as Dance Orches-
tra Leaders, Broadcasters, Quartets and Movie
Orchestras Being Circularized
(As part of their campaign with the Victor
Herbert Album, and simultaneous with the re-
lease of the new Witmark Victor Herbert cata-
friends in the trade. His most important new
publications arc some new easy teaching pieces-
being recommended by John M. Williams, also
a new song entitled "Mother Mine," a new
sacred song by Charles Wakehekl Cadman,
"Psalm of Comfort," and a variety of excellent
octavo numbers for which the P>luc Octavo
Series is famous. Mr. Klammer plans to be
gone four or five weeks.
Donaldson Not to Enter
Publishing Independently
Denies Rumor in Regard to Forming Own
Organization and Will Continue With Leo
Feist, Inc.
A story to the effect that Waller Donaldson,
composer of "Blue Heaven," "At Sundown" and
a score of song hits of equal magnitude, was
to go into business as a publisher as part of a
new organization being formed by Walter
Douglas, appeared in the January 11 issue of
Variety, prominent theatrical newspaper. Leo
Feist, Inc., New York, with whom Mr. Donald-
son has been associated for many years as staff
writer, has denied this story, and Mr. Donald
son, himself, is repudiating it. He states that
he has never been happier or more contented
than lie is at present, and expects to continue
indefinitely his present relations with Leo Feist,
Inc.
Mr. Douglas was formerly general man-
ager of Waterson, Berlin & Snyder, New York,
until his resignation on December M.
M. WITMARK & SONS
1650 BROADWAY
Deft. 37
NEW YORK CITY
Eddie Woods Joins Staff
of Miller & Shoemaker
Fddie Woods has been placed in charge of
log, M. Witmark & Sons, New York, have spe-
cially circularized 6,000 prominent vocal teach- the professional and orchestra department of
ers and singers throughout the country. In Miller & Shoemaker, Inc., New York, newly
addition, literature pertaining to the- Herbert organized music publishing concern, at 745
catalog and "Ah! Sweet Mystery of Life," the
dream melody from "Naughty Marietta," has
been sent to 3,000 of the foremost dance lead-
ers in the country, 500 broadcasting stations,
1,000 vocal quartets, and 7,500 picture house or-
ganists and pianists.
The trade is bound to enjoy this advance
publicity preparing the way for the individual
work of the dealer with the Victor Herbert
catalog. The variety of Victor Herbert's works
as well as his prolific and fertile output during
his lifetime is clearly shown in this listing of
his complete works, including solos, duets, two,
three and four-part songs for male, female and
mixed voices, instrumental selections and ar-
rangements for band and orchestra. The Wit-
mark house has gone to great lengths to pre-
sent the composer's complete works, and with
full confidence of a consistent sale of each num-
ber in addition to a big immediate business with
the Herbert favorites. In fact the confidence of
the Witmark firm in "the man who never wrote
a vulgar line" is practically unlimited.
Songs that Sell
THE SONG IS KNDK1I
TOGETHER WE TWO
FOUK VVAI,I,S
HAVIN' 31V I P S AND DOWNS
MARY ANN
I'OOK LIZZIE
THKRK M I S T UK SOMEHODY ELS
BACK IX Y O I B OWN HACK YARD
GOLDEN OATK
~~~~~~
( N o Mutter How You Slico It)
IT'S BOLOGNEY
THK H O l l t a I SI'KXT WITH YOU
SHEPHERD OF TIIK HILLS
IT ALL UKLONGS TOMK
I'VK I5EEN LONUING FOR A GIRL
I.IKE YOi;
WHAT DO WE DO ON A DEW,
DEW,
DK1VV DAY
ARK YOI LOXK8OMK TONIGHT
C'EST VOl S
~^~~~~~"~~"~^
ME AND MY SHADOW
MOTHER OF MINE I STILL HAVE
YOU
MISS A N N A B K U K LEK
~~~~~
DAW NINO
RUSSIAN LULLABY'
WE'LL HAVE A NEW HOME IN
THE MORNIN'
MINE, ALL MINE
HOLLYWOOD ROSE
LOVELY LITTLE SILHOUETTE
IT'S IN THE HAG
From the New
'Z1EGFELI) FOLLIES"
OOH, MAYBE IT'S YOU
SHAKING THE BLUES AWAY
IT'S I P
TO THE BAND
BOOKS THAT SELL
'New" UNIVERSAL, DANCE FOLIO
No. 14
IRVING IiERL,IN, INC., SONG HITS
FOR SAXOPHONE—Folios Nos. 1,
•j and 3
IRVING BERLIN, INC., SONG HITS
FOR TENOR BANJO—Folios NOB.
1, I, 3 and 4
PAUL ASH FOLIO OF NOVELTY
PIANO SOLOS
AL JOLSON COMEDY SONG HIT
FOLIO
WORLD'S FAVORITE SONGS
PETERSON'S UKULELE METHOD
THE MOST POPULAR NEGRO SPIR-
ITUALS—Published in Four Sepa-
rate Folios.
Tenor Banjo (With
Piano Accompaniment)
SAXOPHONE (for Eb, Bb and C Mel-
ody Saxophones Combined)—With
Piano Accompaniment.
VIOLIN AND PIANO
PIANO AND VOICE
Each Volume
Complete
Words
and
Music
IRVING BERLIN In,
1607 Broadway New York City
New Publishing Concern
Harold Flammer Leaves on
Trip to Pacific Coast
Eddie Woods
Seventh avenue. Mr. Woods has had wide
Well-Known Publisher Will Visit All Impor- experience in the theatrical and musical field
tant Music Centers in Course of Tour— and has been identified in the past with such
publishers as Fred Fisher, Inc., Chansonnette
Some New Publications
Publishing Co., Fred K. Steele, Inc., and Rus-
Harold Flammer, president of Harold Flam- sell Hird. Mr. Woods is particularly en-
mer, Inc., New York, left this week for a busi- thusiastic over the catalog of Miller &
ness trip to the Pacific Coast. He is planning Shoemaker, Inc., and is getting good results
to visit all the important music centers of the with "Just Whisper," written by Bobbie Shoe-
country, as well as to call on many of his maker, of the firm, and "Dream Hours."
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The Kay & Kay Music Publishing Corp., New
York, has been incorporated to do business in
New York City with a capitallWock of $10,000.
P. N. Turner, 1472 Broadway, is named as repre-
sentative.
Harry Von Tilzer reports that he has just
finished writing two songs in collaboration with
Dolf Singer. They are "Out of a Clear Sky"
and "If Mother Could Only See Me Now,"
and look like winners.

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