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THE
22
MUSIC
YORK BAND INSTRUMENT CO. MARKS
GOLDEN BUSINESS ANNIVERSARY
TRADE
REVIEW,
May, 1932
MELVILLE CLARK WRITES
NEW TEXTBOOK ON HARP
"How to Play the Harp," written by Mel-
ville
Clark, head of the Clark Music Co.,
HIS year the York Band Instrument Co., Shinkman, vice-president. A. J. Johnson, de-
Syracuse, N. Y., and noted harpist, has Te-
of Grand Rapids, Mich., is celebrating its signer and the superintendent of instruction cently been issued by the publishing house
golden anniversary. The House of York and also a director, has been with the com- of Theodore Presser in Philadelphia.
was founded in 1882 by J. W. York, an ex- pany for over thirty-five years. In the York
The book, which consists of more than
army musician, and Chris Smith, an all- factory today there is a large number of em-
around musician. At first no manufacturing ployes who have been with the company for 100 pages of instruction and illustrations, is
considered by publishers as the first complete
was done—a very limited business being con- a quarter of a century or more.
The York policy has always been to turn textbook for harp ever written.
fined to the sale of merchandise and oc-
Mr. Clark has devoted many years to per-
casionally a stenciled instrument. After two out a dependable product. Even today there
fecting a method that could be used by both
the student who is self-teaching and by the
teacher. An international copyright has
been obtained and it will soon be published
in Spanish and other foreign languages.
A feature of the book is a phonograph
PRESENT
record which illustrates Mr. Clark's own idea
FACTORY
of instruction on the harp.
T
OF THE
YORK
BAND
INSTRUMENT
CO.
years Mr. Smith decided that the business
never would amount to anything and sold his
half interest for $200.
J. W. York was of that early American
stock that didn't know the meaning of the
word "discouragement." Many a day he
spent sixteen to eighteen hours in his little
place of business, and about 1890 started to
manufacture his own band instruments in a
very small way. The growth of the business
was slow until about 1900, when it got into
its stride and forged ahead rapidly. By 1900
a complete line of brass instruments was
being manufactured and the excellence of the
pToduct won nation-wide recognition. The
earnings were all put back into the business,
with the result that a large institution grew
up from virtually nothing.
In 1913 Mr. York, then in his seventies,
decided to retire and the business was taken
over and reorganized by a small group of
Grand Rapids people, many of whom had
been associated with Mr. York for several
years. Present management rests in the
hands of James Duffy, president! and Karl B.
are in service York instruments that were
sold over forty years ago—and they are still
delivering.
At no time in its history has the House of
York resorted to mass production methods
or economy drives. For fifty years the York
aim has been to produce not more instruments
—but, rather, better band instruments. The
high excellence of York instruments, coupled
with the clean-cut policies of the company,
has given York instruments world-wide dis-
tribution.
LUDWIG & LUDWIG ISSUE
FINE NEW DRUM CATALOG
Ludwig & Ludwig, Chicago, 111., the promi-
nent drum manufacturers, have just issued
an imposing new catalog of over a hundred
pages, illustrating in color and describing
the many types of drums manufactured by
the company, together with the accessories
for the trap drummer. The various outfits
cover a wide range of prices, ranging from
those designed for the use of the busy pro-
fessional to assortments suitable for the be-
ginner and the school musician.
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when you visit St. Louis.
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