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The Music Trade Review
A G String That Is
Twenty-Eight Years Old
Sherman, Clay & Co., Tacoma, Send String of
Squier Maker That Has Been in Use for That
Number of Years
BATTLE CREEK, MICH., February 13.—A G string
twenty-eight years old and still doing business
is quite a record. Read the following letter re-
ceived this week by Raymond Gould, treasurer
of the V. C. Squier Co., manufacturer of
"Squier-Trued" musical instrument strings from
Sherman, Clay & Co., Tacoma, Wash.:
"We are sending you herewith a Squier G
string with a somewhat interesting history.
This particular string was purchased twenty-
eight years ago by F. W. Draggoo, of 705 South
Ainsworth avenue, Tacoma. Mr. Draggoo
bought the string from V. C. Squier personally,
from what I can understand, and from informa-
tion seems to have known Mr. Squier inti-
mately. Mr. Draggoo has used this string on one
of his violins fairly frequently throughout this
twenty-eight-year period, and has spoken of
the string to us quite a number of times during
the past two years. Now that the string has
broken, we begged it from him in order that
we might send it to you as a curiosity."
The violin string mentioned was purchased
from V. C. Squier in 1899, when Mr. Draggoo
was located in LaGrange, Ind. It has been in
use all that time in various localities under all
kinds of climatic conditions. When Mr. Squier
established the business in 1890 the only avail-
able wound violin strings were imported and
because, of the difference in climate these
strings would rattle in a short time. He made
his first wound strings in 1896.
"It is evident," says Mr. Gould, "that the
strings made by Mr. Squier then were of the
same high quality that marks Squier strings
to-day."
W. V. Arnold Visits
Holton & Go. Factory
ELKHORN, WIS., February 12.—W. V. Arnold,
school band representative of Frank Holton &
FEBRUARY 18, 1928
Co., manufacturer of Holton band instruments, San Francisco Band
spent some time at the factory recently, leav-
ing Elkhorn to go to Rushford, Minn., where
Contest Committee Named
he supervised delivery of a large set of band
instruments he had sold in that town a few E. J. Delano, Sherman, Clay & Co., to Act
weeks before. C. A. Dierstein, director of the
as Chairman—Over Thirty Bands Already
Nash Band of the Nash Motor Co., Racine, Wis.,
Practicing for the Tournament
visited the Holton factory last month with sev-
eral of his friends. The Nash Band was organ-
SAN FRANCISCO, CA>L., February 10.—The per-
ized and equipped by Frank Holton & Co. two sonnel of the contest committee for school
years ago and has been very successful.
bands is now almost completed, E. J. Delano,
chairman, stated to-day. The school band con-
tests will be held in connection with San Fran-
"Ukulele" Bill Rider
cisco Music Week. The committee consists of
Broadcasts Over Radio Chairman, E. J. Delano, of Sherman, Clay &
Co.; Dan Miller, Conn San Francisco Co.;
Manager of Musical Merchandise Department Dewey C. Waters, of Waters & Ross; H. C.
of Frederick Loeser & Co. Finds That His Hanson, H. C. Hanson Music House; Father
Talents Help Sales
Kennedy, of St. Paul's, representing parochial
schools; Tom Kennedy, of the Reserve Officers'
William A. Rider, manager of the musical Training Corps, representing public schools;
merchandise department of Frederick Loeser Phil Sapiro, director of the Municipal Band;
& Co., Brooklyn, N. Y., presented a pleasant Ralph Murray, director of the Golden Gate
half-hour of radio entertainment over Station Park Band; two more committee members to
WLTH, Brooklyn, on Sunday afternoon, Feb- be appointed by the Board of Education. Her-
ruary 5, from 4:30 to 5 o'clock. Known as bert Clark, of Long Beach, formerly cornet
"Ukulele" Bill Rider, he and his singing trio, player with Sousa, has been invited to join the
with whom he generally appears, have lately committee and has accepted. At least thirty
become popular as entertainers in Brooklyn and bands are already working on the test pieces.
Long Island. Mr. Rider naturally brings his
talent as ukulele artist to the Loeser small
goods department every day, which is in great William Nelson Begins
part responsible for the splendid sales volume
Transcontinental Trip
turned by his department in these instruments
each year.
William Nelson, general manager of the Vega
Co., manufacturer of Vega banjos, Boston,
Mass., visited the trade in New York last week
Nicomede Methods
preliminary to starting on a long coast-to-coast
Sell in Fine Volume trip on which he will visit Vega dealers and
agents in practically every city. Mr. Nelson
was optimistic over trade conditions through-
ALTOONA, PA., February 12.—The Nicomede
Music Co., publisher of popular music methods out the country.
"Sales are opening up well for 1928 and Janu-
including the popular dealers' dollar line of
ary's
figures were ahead of last year," Mr. Nel-
twenty methods and folios for various instru-
ments, reports that the original Morris method son said when seen at the Hotel Commodore by
for tenor banjo continues to be its best seller, a representative of The Review. "Conditions
and one of the best-selling tenor banjo books in seem to be very favorable in the trade for a
America. Joseph Nicomede, head of the house, resumption in banjo buying on an encouraging
also reports that the new slide trombone method >cale, and the dealers reflect this feeling. Our
by Pedro Lozano, soloist with Pat Conway, will new Vegavox is proving to be one of the most
popular items we ever put out."
soon be off the press.
Alterations on the Dickey Piano Store, 717
Main street, Newton, Kan., have been completed
and a new store front with large display win-
dows has been built.
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