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SEPTEMBER 15, 1928
The Music Trade
New York Yankees Get Hohner Harmonicas
and Become Fans for These Instruments
Everybody on the Team, From Babe Ruth Down to the Bat Boy, Tries Out His Skill
—Now They Are Leading the League Once More
A CCORDING to an article appearing in
•^*- the New York Evening World, two
dozen harmonicas were recently presented to
the Yankees by Eddie Mayo's harmonica gany
at the Stadium. Everything will be tuneful and
sweet from now on, says the article, which
follows:
"If the Yanks blow the pennant, they will at
least have the satisfaction of knowing that it
was blown through the reeds of first class har-
monicas. Slumping or thumping, they can bury
their woes under a flock of sharps and flats
from the chromatic scale after the ball game.
"The club house was a bedlam within a few
minutes after the Yankees had been presented
with the harmonicas. You see, the boys hadn't
really decided upon the same song as a starter
and discord was the natural or musical result.
Soon they got down to business and sprightly
melodies were pouring forth from their instru-
ments.
"In the event that the Yankees lose the pen-
nant, they plan to hire themselves out for
dances and entertainments to make up the
financial deficiency with their wide assortment
of talents. The only backward pupil is Miller
Huggins. He grabbed for his harmonica as
though it were an old friend. One toot and it
was quite evident that Huggins was just a man-
ager. He was all wet as a musician.
" 'Do you think,' he asked wistfully after an
hour of workout, 'that I could master a har-
monica?'
" 'Well, Hug,' he was told, 'you're a little old
to begin. Your lungs aren't as flexible as they
were when you were younger. Oh, you can
yell loud enough on the ball field and in the
club house, but you must have delicate breath-
ing for a harmonica. Why don't you stick to
managing? You're doing pretty well as it is.'
" 'Maybe I will, but I'd sure like to play one.'
"He went on tooting his harmonica in a
frightful fashion. It was sad, but quite evident
that he could never get anywhere with it, except
a few trips before a magistrate.
"The most apt pupil is Charlie O'Leary of
the Chicago O'Learies. He has mastered both
chromatic and diatonic scales. Pat Collins, Doc
Woods and Babe Ruth can bother the reeds
better than the average player, but they are far
behind O'Leary. Mark Koenig is a wonder on
the piano, but helpless with a harmonica be-
cause of his inability to go to his left where
the bass notes should be.
"Babe Ruth was quite embarrassed when he
exhaled through his harmonica. The Babe has
mastered all the common ditties and began at
once on 'Home, Sweet Home.' He discovered
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"'This thing is broke!' he exclaimed. 'Gimme
a good one and I'll show you how everybody
else tries to play it.'
"The Yankees and their harmonica orchestra,
which surely will be organized before the next
Western trip, should rival Ruth and Gehrig as
a drawing card. Eddie Mayo, who leads a har-
monica orchestra, has volunteered instruction
to the more advanced pupils, which means that
Huggins is out.
"Mayo once held the Metropolitan A. A. U.
cross country championship and titles for
shorter distances. It was during races that he
learned how to whistle. Through whistling he
got on the radio and then came the Mayo Har-
monica Band. He felt that the Yankees needed
something to get them out of their slump."
Sears-Roebuck Opens
Music Section in Salt Lake
SALT LAKK CITY, UTAH,
27
Review
September 7.—Sears,
Roebuck & Co. have just opened a complete
retail department store in the building at State
and Broadway, occupied as a department store
for many years by the Auerbach Co. A music
department, carrying a general line of music
merchandise, has been opened under the man-
agement of R. E. Runswick, for some years
associated with different local music stores, in-
cluding Beesleys, but of late leader of the or-
chestra in the Pantages Theatre in this city.
Milton G. Wolf Opens
Own Offices in Chicago
CHICAGO, I I I . , September 8.—Milton G. Wolf,
"The Banjo Man," well known to the trade in
the West, opened his new headquarters in Suite
816, Kimball Building, on September 1. Here
Mr. Wolf handles Vega and Ludwig banjos,
as well as heads, strings, picks and other ac-
cessories.
Deagan Marimbas in
Special Duco Colors
J. C. Deagan, Inc., Chicago, 111., manufacturer
of the Deagan Marimba, announces to the trade
that its popular Marimba can now be had in
beautifully finished and attractive Duco colors.
These include royal blue, mandarin red and Nile
green, while all metal parts are finished in lustro
gold.
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