Music Trade Review

Issue: 1928 Vol. 87 N. 3

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JULY 21, 1928
The Music Trade Review
National Advertising for Ampico
Will Reach 2,600,000 Readers Monthly
Quality Group, Home Group, Literary Digest and New Yorker Being Used in Cam-
paign of American Piano Co., Which Began in July Issues
New York and Chicago
Annual Radio Shows
New York Exposition from September 17 to
22 and Chicago Show from October 8 to 14
The Fifth Annual Radio World's Fair will be
held in Madison Square Garden, New York,
A/fUCH interest was naturally shown by the Book, Harper's Magazine, Scribner's, Atlantic September 17 to September 22 and the Seventh
trade in the announcement that the Amer- Monthly, Review of Reviews, World's Work, Annual Chicago Radio Show at the Coliseum,
ican Piano Co. had completed plans for, and in Harper's 1$2LX2.T, Vogue, Vanity Fair, House Chicago, October 8 to 14. These are the two
fact has already launched a national advertis- and Garden, House Beautiful, Literary Digest, great national consumer radio expositions
which are sponsored by the Radio Manufac-
turers' Association.
It is stated that the number of new radio
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models which were not quite ready for display
at the Chicago Trade Show in June will make
their first public appearance at the New York
and Chicago shows, and that a number of
models which have been developed since the
Chicago show will also be exhibited.
The New York show will be open to the
public each day at 1 P. M., but dealers and
jobbers who desire to inspect the exhibits prior
to the admittance of the public may obtain
credentials admitting them, upon request in
writing to G. Clayton Irwin, Jr., 1800 Times
Building, New York.
Practically all the available space at both
shows has already been contracted for.
The loveliest miracle
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pote* climb—climb—to brrjk JI |j*c m glittering
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PHILADELPHIA, PA., July 16.—Ballen's Modern
Music Shop, 2144 N. Front street, has been in-
corporated with the following officers: Presi-
dent, M. Halpert; vice-president, D. Cooper, and
secretary and treasurer, Jacob Ballen. The
firm located at the N. Front street address is
First Advertisement in New American Piano Co. National Campaign
one
of the long-established uptown shops in the
ing campaign in the interests of the Ampico as and finally The New Yorker, the latter selected
heart
of the Kensington Mill district. Previous
particularly for metropolitan appeal. The calibre
slated in The Review last week.
to the incorporation the business was con-
The use of a group of some thirteen leading of the copy may be judged from reproduction
ducted by Jacob Ballen.
magazines of the quality and home groups in- of the first advertisement which is presented
dicates a bid for business of the better sort, and herewith.
In connection with the national campaign
the Ampico message going to more than 2,600,-
000 readers of these magazines each month will there has been prepared some effective tie-up
be .of a calibre that should revert to the benefit material for the use of dealers, including mats
PHILADELPHIA, PA., July 16.—Howard Miller,
of the industry as a whole.
of specially prepared advertisements hooking up who formerly was associated with the motor
The campaign started with the July issue of with the national publicity and designed for use car industry, is now manager of the music
house of Joseph Heim, Inc., 3800 N. Broad.
the magazines, the list including The Golden in local newspapers.
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Consult the Universal Want Directory of
The Review. In it advertisements are inserted
free of charge for men who desire positions.
WHEN CHANGING AGENCIES
Consider the Old Reliable
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GRANDS—UPRIGHTS—PLATERS
Send for catalog
The Y. M. C. A. Piano Technicians School
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JULY 21, 1928
The Music Trade Review
Vose Grand Shown by Barker Bros.
Featured at Los Angeles Music Show
to providing picture producers with sound ac-
companiments for their photoplays, either in
the form of complete synchronized scores made
after the films have been cut and edited or in
sound effects recorded during the actual photo-
graphing of the film. It will also make records
lor any company who does its own recording.
The Hollywood equipment will include porta-
ble recording apparatus mounted on trucks so
that it may be moved quickly to any studio or
location. Two feature films "have already been
given synchronized scores by Victor, they
being "Wings" and "Warming Up," both Para-
mount productions.
The Victor Co. plans call for the establish-
ment of a studio in New York City for record-
ings not only for pictures but for general pur-
poses.
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Aeolian Branch in Jamaica
The Aeolian Co., New York, has opened a
new branch store at 149th street and Jamaica
avenue, Jamaica, L. I., handling Weber, Steck
and Stroud pianos with the Duo-Art. In addi-
tion the new branch will handle the Brunswick
Panatrope, Brunswick records and a complete
radio department, featuring the Radiola. The
new store, which is under the direction of
L. J. Kaltenbach, is the seventh Aeolian retail
branch in Greater New York, and an eighth
store is to be opened shortly in Yonkers.
Gimbel, Milwaukee, Remodels
/ ^ \ N E of the displays at the recent Pageant
of Music held in Los Angeles that at-
tracted .wide attention was that of Vose pianos
sponsored by Barker Bros., the Los Angeles
representatives for that line. Particular inter-
est centered on the Art Style Vose grand,
illustrated herewith, the case of which is hand,
painted by prominent Boston artists. There
were also displayed by Barker Bros, other Vose
period models, including the very popular
Spanish model, all of which attracted much
attention at the show.
Adrianola Corp. Formed
to Make Automatics
which actual scenes from photoplays may be
shot, at the same time voices of players or other
sound accompaniments are being recorded. The
Hollywood plant is an addition to the one own-
ed and operated by the Victor Co. in Oakland.
It is stated that it is not the intention of the
Victor Co. to compete with
film-producing
companies, but will confine its activities solely
New Milwaukee Firm, Capitalized at $100,000,
Will Manufacture Two Types of Automatic
Phonographs
FOND DU LAC, WIS., July 14.—Automatic phono-
graphs for amusement places will be manufac-
tured here on a large scale soon, following the
organization of the Adrianola Corp., a $100,000
company.
Sylvester Adrian, inventor of the phonograph,
and one of the active members of the organiza-
tion, has announced that the corporation will
have its manufacturing plant at 22 East Second
street, with offices in Milwaukee.
Two types of machine will be made, both
coin-operated. One will allow the patron to
pick out any. one of eight records, the other
playing the records on both sides in succession.
A representative of the company will be in
charge of the machines in a territory and will
change the records each week. A loud speaker
may be attached and music furnished to many
rooms at once from the one record.
Victor Go. to Erect New
Plant in Hollywood, Gal.
Plans to Enter Actively Into the Work of
Sound Synchronization for Films—Will Pro-
vide Service for Motion Picture Producers
The Victor Talking Machine Co. has pur-
chased a large plot of ground in Hollywood,
Cal., as the site for a plant in which the com-
pany will carry out its work of sound syn-
chronization for films. Recording work will
start immediately on a record-pressing plant,
and in the near future a studio will be erected in
MILWAUKEE, WIS., July 16.—Improvements for
the music department of Gimbel Bros.' store
have been announced and a special effort is be-
fng made to move stocks to clear the depart-
ment for the remodeling work which will be
carried out. The piano, radio, phonograph and
record departments, situated on the sixth
Moor near the main offices of the store, will
have more attractive quarters. Work on the
department will begin within a short time.
New Grinnell Bros. Branch
BIRMINGHAM, MICH., July 16.—Grinnell Bros,
have leased the store located at 121 North
Woodward avenue, where a branch will imme-
diately be opened. This growing village lies
between Detroit and Pontiac.
FAR BETTER AS A TRADE BRINGER THAN A
REPRODUCING PIANO
The GENEVA Pipe Organ
for the home opens a new field for the dealer
It is a real pipe organ at a home
owner's price.
All models are equipped with
a real 16-foot pedal organ.
The new Geneva Home Or-
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manuals or by rolls, and the roll
library is unlimited.
There is a generous profit for
the dealers.
Ask for Specifications
GENEVA ORGAN CO.
Builders of the highest grade pipe organs for
churches, theatres, public auditoriums and homes
GENEVA, ILLINOIS

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