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MUSICAL MERCHANDISE
Conducted By Thomas W. Bresnahan
Death of Frank Lucas,
Portland Music Merchant
Veteran of Oregon Trade and Member of
Sieberling-Lucas Music Co. Succumbs to
Heart Attack at His Home
PORTLAND, ORE., August 16.—Frank Lucas, of
the firm of Sieberling-Lucas Music Co., 15T Fifth
street, and long identified with Portland business
and musical circles, died recently at his home,
654 Thompson street, at the age of fifty-eight
years. His death was sudden, due to a heart
attack, and a great shock to his family and his
many friends in and out of the music trade
circles.
Mr. Lucas entered the music business in Port-
land twenty-two years ago when he went into
partnership with F. A. Sieberling. Together
they maintained a small store on Second street
but it was not many years before they had taken
an important place in the music business of
Portland. At the time of the death, Mr.
Lucas had built up an establishment of high
standing and one of the most important music
houses of the Pacific Northwest. The firm for
many years were Oregon representatives of the
I'uescher band instruments and several months
ago took over the Conn band instrument busi-
ness here.
Mr. Lucas was always ready and willing to
give his time and energy to building bands and
drum corps and had been instrumental in the
organization of most of the American Legion
drum corps throughout Oregon. He was a
js^erVted musician and was known throughout
the State as a noted trumpet player and band
director. He had directed the 186th Infantry
Band of the Oregon National Guard for a num-
ber of years and brought this band up to a high
standard of musicianship. He was given full
military honors, the funeral services being held
at the armory under the auspices of the Oregon
National Guard.
Mr. Lucas is survived by his widow, Mrs.
Lorena Lucas; a daughter, Mrs. Bernice Lucas
Dinwiddie of Berkeley, Cal.; a sister, Mrs. Kath-
erine L. Fenton; a brother, Jay P. Lucas of
Portland; and two grandchildren.
Lewis & Son to Drop
Firm's Banjo Department
September 1 in the Kimball building. Chicago's
new banjo shop will be unusually attractive and
up-to-date in every respect, and the lines that
will be featured will include Vega, Vegaphone,
Vegavox banjos and Ludwig professional
banjos as well as accessories.
Pays Tribute to
the Weymann Banjo
PHILADELPHIA, PA., August 20.—Clyde Francis,
of Cleveland, is here shown with his latest
acquisition, a Weymann No. 6 orchestra banjo.
His comment is, "This instrument is sure a
BOSTON. AtASS
CHICAGO, III., August 18.—The Geib & Schaefer
Co., manufacturer of the well-known brands of
Kant Krack, Quality Canvas, Utility, and
Mastercraft cases, announces that a new line
of cases will be introduced very shortly to the
trade, bearing the trade mark brand of "Dura-
bilt." These cases will be made under the well-
known Kant Krack process to sell at a popular
price and meet the competition of imported
cases.
The line will include FVench bell shape cor-
net, clarinet, trumpet and violin cases for
which there is already a large demand. In
order to insure immediate production of the
new line, the company recently added 1,100
square feet of floor space, installing a new proc-
ess department, and production is well under
way. It is announced that various other models
will follow as soon as the present facilities
allow.
MILWAUKEE, WIS., August 20.—Thirty bands
and drum corps of the Wisconsin American
Legion paraded before President Coolidge at
the Legion convention at Wausau during the
past week. The cities of Oshkosh, Racine,
Green Bay, Fond du Lac, Oconomowoc and
Clyde Francis
Waterloo had invested some $3,000 to $5,000
wonderful piece of workmanship, the tone and in new uniforms for their various units, and
action are beautiful. Have been using it to during the entire period of the convention some
good advantage since receiving it. Have played one of the thirty bands or drum corps were
nearly every make of banjo on the market, but parading the streets. About 15,000 persons
not with the satisfaction I get from my Wey- attended the convention, and music dealers of
mann No. 6." H. A. Weymann & Son, Inc., are the State were well represented among them.
manufacturers of fretted string instruments for
bands and orchestras.
DURRO
Lightbown Music Shop
Remodeling Quarters
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BANJOS
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GUITARS
Largest Wholesale
Musical Merchandise
House in America
Buegeleisen & Jacobson
NEW YORK
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Attractive
Modern
To Be Produced Under Name of "Durabilt" at
Popular Price — Designed to Compete With
the Imported Product
Thirty Bands Greet
President in Wausau, Wis.
August 20.—With the re-
modeling of the quarters devoted to the sale
of musical merchandise, the Lightbown Music
CHICAGO, III., August 18.—Wm. Lewis & Son, Shop, 6221 Woodland avenue, is now ready to
formerly local representative for Vega and extend its stocks of rolls, records and sheet
Ludwig pianos and Martin guitars, is discon- music. The firm, established for more than a
tinuing its banjo department in line with the decade in the Woodland avenue section, is con-
• fjolicy of the house to adhere to violins and centrating on those lines.
accessories. In this connection, the violin de-
partment will be enlarged and a special testing
and try-out room will be installed. Milton G.
'Wolf, formerly head of the banjo department
of Wm. Lewis & Son, is opening his own shop
OLIVER DFTSON CQ
Geib & Schaefer to Make
New Line of Gases
The Fred Gretsch
Specialties
Service
6O Broadway Broo
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