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Music Trade Review

Issue: 1929 Vol. 88 N. 17

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MUSICAL MERCHANDISE
New Ludwig & Ludwig Drum
Finding Favor in Trade
CHICAGO, TIL., April 22.—Although placed on the
market for only one month, the new Ludwig
super-sensitive snare drum is already winning
Music Sales Stimulated in Milwaukee
by Regional Supervisors' Conference
V/I1LWAUKEK, VVTS., April 20.—An encour-
aging spectacle for the music dealer was
the array of bands, orchestras and instrument
ensembles which staged programs at the annual
music festival of Milwaukee public schools,
held April 16 in connection with the second
biennial convention of the North Central Su-
pervisors' Conference.
The conference lasted during the entire week,
and brought 1,500 music supervisors from 111-
liois, Indiana, Iowa, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Ne-
braska, North and South Dakota, Ohio and
western Ontario, Canada, to the Hotel Schroeder,
where local music dealers displayed their mer-
chandise and used every sales effort to create a
special interest and demand for their particular
product.
Stimulation of business among music dealers
of the city was noticeable just before the music
lestival, when school children taking part came
W. F. Ludwig Presents His New Drum
praise from dealers in various parts of the coun- to invest in new instruments, so that they could
try. Letters of congratulation have been re- do justice to their appearance during the event.
Music dealers point to the fact that those who
ceived by William F. Ludwig, head of Ludwig
& Ludwig, this city, from L. H. McQuestion, look part in the conference are only represent-
ative of the hundreds more who are studying
of Landay Eros., New York; Henry Ruester,
of the Ludwig Music House, St. Louis, Mo.; instrumental and vocal music in the schools.
Talks during the conference from national
"Pinky" Aarseth, of the Chicago Musical In-
leaders in the musical education field indicated
strument Co.; Harry Brooks, of the Harry
that interest in music in schools throughout tin
Brooks Music Co., Chicago; Frank Gault, of the
country will not be allowed to die, despite the
Dixie Music House, Chicago, and many others.
The first two stores to place orders for the advent of mechanical inventions, and the enthu-
new Ludwig model were Philip Werlein, Ltd., siasm of the children from grade and high
New Orleans, and Lyon & Healy, Inc., Chi- schools who took part in the musical events
showed that they, themselves, would continue
cago. P. C. Smith, of the drum department of
with their musical efforts.
the Weber Jewelry & Music Co., St. Cloud,
Grade school children of the city took part in
Minn., was another who placed his order just
the first evening program of the Milwaukee mu-
as soon as the drum was announced.
sic festival. The all-city grade school band,
The accompanying photograph shows Mr.
composed of 130 grade school children, pro-
Ludwig with the New Era model, which has
vided four numbers on the concert program,
both snares on the inside of the drum.
giving a complete wind instrument presentation.
The all-city grade school orchestra, consisting
of 158 members from every grade school or-
chestra in the city, and containing 49 first vio-
Samuel Buegeleisen, head of the wholesale lins, 55 second violins, 5 violas, 14 violoncellos,
musical merchandise of Buegeleisen & Jacob- 3 string basses, 15 woodwinds, 12 brasses and
son, New York, will sail for Europe on May 4, 5 percussion instruments, contributed many
aboard the S.S. "Leviathan." Mr. Buegeleisen is difficult numbers to the program. Six trumpet-
ers and a children's drum corps of small boys
making this his annual business and pleasure
and
girls led the grade school band and festival
trip to Europe, and he plans to visit the im-
chorus into the auditorium. The all-city grade
portant musical merchandise markets on the
school band was directed by Joseph E. Skorn-
COntinent. He will be gone for several weeks.
Buegeleisen to Sail
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At the matinee program W. Otto Miessncr,
president of the Wisconsin Association of Mu-
sic Merchants, presented "Dryad's Kisses," a
cantata which is the result of 16 years of work
on the part of Mr. Miessner. The performance
was accompanied by the orchestra of the Mil-
waukee State Teachers' College, of which Hugo
Anhalt is director.
On the final evening of the music festival a
high school chorus of 800 students sung the
cantata, "Hiawatha's Wedding Feast," accom-
panied by the combined orchestras of North Di-
vision and Riverside High Schools. The all-
city high school band and the all-city high
school orchestra, consisting of members from
each of the high schools in the city, put on a
program of exceptional merit.
The business side of the conference was
opened by Professor Edgar Gordon, University
of Wisconsin, on Tuesday morning, April 16.
Milton C. l'otter, superintendent of Milwaukee
public schools, and general chairman of the con-
ference, welcomed the delegates, and Anton
Embs, Oak Park, 111., responded. "Retrospec-
tion and Introspection" was the subject of a
talk by Miss Ada Bicking, Michigan State di-
rector of music and president of the Music
Supervisors' Conference.
At the afternoon session, opened by Frank
Baker, president of the Milwaukee State Teach-
ers' College, Mrs. Edgar Stillman Kelley, pres-
ident of the National Federation of Music Clubs
and a member of the Oberlin university faculty,
explained what the public is doing for the de-
velopment of music. Alfred Hiles Bergen, di-
rector of the Lyric Male Chorus, Milwaukee,
talked on instrumental music and on singing.
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Sold by Representative
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icka, a member of the staff which assisted Her-
man E. Smith, director of public school music
in Milwaukee. The all-city grade school or-
chestra was under the direction of Miss Anna
Johannson.
A matinee program given on the second day
of the festival included a reed and woodwind
ensemble and a string ensemble. In the string
ensemble there were 316 pieces, consisting of
150 violins, 24 violas, 32 cellos and 10 string
basses. The program also included a clarinet
and saxophone ensemble, an oboe and bassoon
ensemble, a flute ensemble and a combination
of the group.
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The Music Trade Review
William J. Haussler on
European Vacation Trip
APRIL 27, 1929
New Bands and Orchestras
Jeannette, Pa., V. F. W. Band, Angelo Pinco.
Stroudsburg, Pa., Junior Symphony Orches-
William J. Haussler, president of the Na- tra, Willard Wolff.
tional Musical Merchandise Association and
Oil City, Pa., American Legion Band, H. P.
well-known member of the trade, sailed on Thompson.
Tuesday last aboard the S.S. "Columbus" of the
Durango, Colo., W. J. Emery.
North German Lloyd Line for an extensive
Columbia City, Ind., American Legion Or-
trip to Europe. Mr. Haussler, who will >be away chestra, Howard Workman.
for several weeks, is taking a well-earned vaca-
Great Falls, Mont., Symphony Orchestra, A.
tion, said to be the first he has had in many B. Maxwell.
years. He plans to tour extensively on the Con-
Mechanicsburg, O., School Orchestra, Prof.
tinent as well as spend considerable time at the Feist.
headquarters of the large Hohner industries, lo-
Mason, Wis., Mason Band, Carl Lee.
cated in Trossingen, Germany. And while
Glasgow, Ky., Military Band.
abroad he will make a careful study of condi-
Strawn, Tex., Boy Scout Band, Robert Mc-
tions in the music trade throughout the prin- Murry.
cipal countries of Europe. In addition to being
Brodhead, Wis., 'City Band.
the directing head of the large Hohner harmon-
Pittsburgh Pa., South Hills Community Or-
ica and accordion business in this country, Mr. chestra, Pierre De Backer.
Haussler is also the president of C. Bruno &
Claysville, Pa., Claysville High School Band,
Son, Inc., of New York, musical merchandise Paul Harding.
wholesalers and Victor distributors in the New
Hancock, W. Va., Firemen's Band.
York territory.
Wellston, O., Beginners' Band. Glendon
Craggs.
Midland, Pa., High School Band.
Iron Mountain, Mich., North Side Band,
Event for Junior Organizations Will Take Arthur Reppe.
Place in Milwaukee June 7
Vandergrift, Pa., Kiski Symphony Orchestra.
Delphos, O., Public School Band, E. W. Bell.
MILWAUKEE, WIS., April 23.—Band men and di-
Columbus Grove, O., School Band, F. N.
lectors in Milwaukee county are already pre- DuPere.
paring for the fifth annual junior band tourna-
Rittman, O., Rittman Band.
ment, sponsored by the Milwaukee Leader,
Milan, Mich., Milan Band, Sam Pfahler.
which will take place at Lake Park, Milwaukee,
Tonkawa, Okla., Tonkawa City Band, D. E.
on June 7. Only Class A bands will participate Twiggs.
this year. Entry blanks and invitations have
Toledo, O., West Toledo Civic Band, Gus
been sent to schools in Milwaukee which main- Kohler.
tain Class A bands.
Celina, Ky., Celina Orchestra, Herman Wad-
In former yeaxs because of the large number dle.
of entries in Classes A, B and C, the program
Wilkinsburg, Pa., Boys' Band. John Bennett.
often had to begin early in the evening and go
Seneca Falls, N. Y., Drum and Bugle Corps,
on until late at night, with the best bands ap- Francis J. Allen.
pearing towards the end, when the large audi-
Bowling Green, O., Junior Band.
ences had had a surfeit of music.
Sayre, Okla., Boy Scout Band, Harold Bar-
This year, with the entries limited to class nett.
A bands only, the concert will be kept within
Longview, Wash., Boys' Band.
reasonable length and good music will be the
order throughout the program.
A New Partnership
DENVER, COLO., April 22.—E. T. Land, who re-
cently purchased the interest of C. L. Long-
aker in the Canon Music Co., Canon City, Colo.,
became a partner with L. D. Godsey, also a
member of the firm. Up until recently Mr.
Land was manager of the West Side Snod-
grass store, and has secured the interest of C.
L. Longaker, who has been a partner in the
music store since last August. The Canon City
Music Co. is one of Canon City's young and
hustling business firms, dealing in pianos, pho-
nographs, radios and other musical instruments,
as well as carrying sheet music and a large
line of phonograph records.
The public playgrounds will have elaborate
programs during Music Week, and one pro-
gram will be staged at the 'Civic Auditorium,
with a large cast of children from the various
neighborhoods of the city.
BOSTON .
To Hold Band Tourney
Drum Makers Bankrupt
April 22.—A voluntary peti-
tion in bankruptcy was filed by the Barry
Manufacturing Co., drums and accessory manu-
facturers, 4117 Market street, in the United
States District Court here last week. Liabilities
are estimated at $89,756 with assets of $89,370.
L. Leroy Deninger has been appointed referee.
PHILADELPHIA, PA.,
To Hold Band Contest
April 22.—Sixty bands have
already signed up to take part in the annual
School Band Tournament, Vesey Walker, of
the Walker Music Shoppe, has announced. The
tournament will be held this year on May 17
and 18 at Stevens Point, Wisconsin.
MILWAUKEE, WIS.,
Band Leader Dies
ALBURTIS, PA., April 20.—Oliver J. Kneedler,
for many years leader of the Alburtis Band,
died at Allentown of heart disease, aged sev-
enty-one. He was a musician of ability and
for a number of years served as a church or-
ganist and choir master.
Ohio Band Festival
BUCYRUS, O., April 22.—The second annual
Northern Ohio High School Band festival will
be held at Bucyrus on May 3 and 4, with high
school bands from Bellevue, Elyria, Fremont,
Norwalk, Oberlin, Piqua, Sandusky, Tiffin, Wil-
lard and Bucyrus competing.
Wm. (Billy) Tong Joins
Holton & Go. as Tester
April 22.—William (Billy)
Tong, noted as one of the leading cornetists
of the day, and, for a number of seasons, cor-
net soloist with Sousa's band, has joined the
organization of Frank Holton & Co., prom-
inent band instrument manufacturers of this
city, as tester of all Holton cornets and trum-
pets.
At the Holton factory, all band instruments
go through a rigid series of inspections during
the course of construction, and, finally, when
they are completed and ready for shipment,
each instrument is tested finally for tone and
tuning. This requires the services of an ac-
complished musician who not only can per-
form experfly, but knows the various tone
shadings. His word is law, and unless the in-
strument is passed by him as being perfect, it
is not sent out. In the future, therefore, every
Holton-Clark cornet or Llewellyn trumpet
leaving the Holton factory will have the ap-
proval of Mr. Tong.
ELKHORN,
WIS.,
Old Concern to Dissolve
The music business of Rogers & Wilson, 132
South Main street, Goshen, Ind., will be dis-
solved shortly and E. C. Wilson and George
V. Roscoe, who are owners of the business,
will retire.
The offices of Muller & Kaplan, manufac-
turers of strings for musical instruments, are
now located at the company's factory in South
Norwalk, Conn.
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