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Issue: 1920 1765

PRESTO
May 22, 1920.
ADVANCE LIST OF
Q R S ROLLS FOR JUNE
A Line of Winners in the Word Roll Offerings
and New Story Rolls for June.
The following Word Rolls are listed in the ad-
vance copy of the regular June bulletin of Q R S
Music Co., Chicago:
Beautiful Stars Above, Marimba ballad (words
and music by Stephen Fuzy). Played by Ted Bax-
ter.
Bow-Wow, one-step (words by Don Rockwell;
music by Wheeler Wadsworth). Played by J. Rus-
sel Robinson.
Cuddle Up, fox trot (words by Lew Brown; music
by Albert Von Tilzer). Played by Pete Wendling.
Dance-O-Mania, fox trot (words and music by L.
Wolfe Gilbert and Jos. Cooper). Played by Arden
and Ohman.
Don't Take Away Those Blues, fox trot (words
and music by Joe M. Kierman and Norman Spen-
cer). Played by Max Kortlander.
Discontented Blues, fox trot (words and music by
Q. Roscoe Snowden). Played by Pete Wendling.
Don't You Remember the Time, waltz (words and
music, by W. R. Williams). Played by Baxter and
Kortlander.
Evening Brings Memories of You, Marimba waltz
(words by Ollie Miller; music by Anna Brock).
Played by Osborne and Howe.
Everybody's Buddy, ballad (words by Bernie
Brossman; music by Billy Frisch). Played by Ted
Baxter.
Hilo March, a typical Hawaiian tune that breathes
of the romantic Pacific Isles.
In the Land of Evangeline, ballad (words by-
Maude Hannaford; music by Victor Young). Played
by Lee S. Roberts.
In Sweet September, fox trot (words by Edgar
Leslie; music by Jas. V. Monaco). Played by Pete
Wendling, assisted by V. A.
In Gay Havana, fox trot (words by Gus Kahn;
music by Walter Blaufuss). Played by Phil Ohman
and Victor Arden.
Jelly Bean, fox trot (words and music by Sam
Rosen, Jimmie Dupre and Joe Verges). Played by
Pete Wendling. This "peppy" one-step is written
around prohibition's latest by-product—a soda foun-
tain hanger-on, who is known about town as "Jelly
Bean." A fine dance roll has been made of this
comedy song.
La Veeda, fox trot (words by Nat Vincent; music
by John Alden). Played by "Zez" Confrey.
Little Town in Ould County Down, ballad (words
by Richard W. Pascoe; music by Alma Sanders,
Monte Carlo). Played by Phil Ohman.
Marion (You'll Soon Be Marryin' Me), fox trot
(words by Frank Kiengle and Chas. Smith; music
by Nelson Ingham and Geo. B. McConnell). Played
by Phil Ohman.
Only You, ballad (words by E. K. R.; music by
Edwin Schneider). Played by Phil Ohman.
Sunshine and You, Marimba waltz (words and
music by Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Braddon). Played by
Howe and Scott.
There in the Skies (Are the Stars of Your Eyes),
ballad (words by J. P. McEvoy; music by Betty
Bolton Harper). Played by Scott and Watters.
Whistle a Song, fox trot (words by Z. Myers;
music by Jos. E. Howard and H. B. Kornblum).
Played by Victor Arden.
Wond'ring, fox trot (words and music by Lee
David). Played by Victor Arden.
The following Story Rolls are listed:
Loreley (Paraphrase), (Seeling). Played by Mar-
guerite Volavy.
Valse Parisienne (Lee S. Roberts). Played by Vice-President Bassett Will Motor with His Family
to the Rockies.
the composer.
Titl's Serenade (Titl). Played by Faure and Mi- F. P. Bassett, vice-president of the M. Schulz Com-
netti.
711 Milwaukee avenue, Chicago, will leave in
Herd Girl's Dream, The (Labitsky). Arranged pany,
the
latter
part of June in his Buick machine, accom-
and played by Lee S. Roberts.
panied by his family, and drive through to Estes
Jolly Blacksmith, The (Paul).
Colo., where he owns a cottage, which the
William Tell Overture (Rossini). Key of E Park, of
eight persons will occupy for a few weeks.
minor. Four hands. Played by Mine. Sturkow- party
They
expect
to tour Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska and
Ryder and Lee S. Roberts.
about one-third of Colorado. Mr. Bassett's young
Golden Age Waltz (Barnard).
sons will be asked to gather sticks for cooking at
The Silvery Brook, waltz (Braham).
the camp-fires by the wayside.
Mr. Bassett has taken every precaution in advance
for the safety and comfort of the party; and the
camping will be great fun, especially for the
younger members of the family. He has acquaint-
ances in. all the cities along the various highways,
having visited them often in the days when he was
Otto Helmann Victim of Tragic Event on Thirty- a piano traveler.
Eighth Anniversary of Birthday.
AN IDEAL VACATION TRIP
OF AN M. SCHULZ CO. MAN
PIANO HOUSE MANAGER
DIES IN AUTO ACCIDENT
LAWRENCE, KAN., MUSIC
HOUSE GOOD ADVERTISER
A few minutes after the breaking up of a party in
Plandome, L. I., in honor of his thirty-eighth birth-
day, about 1 o'clock last-Sunday morning, Otto Hel-
mann, manager of the Winterroth Piano Company,
8 Union square, Manhattan, was killed when an au- J. H. Bell Music Company Technically Presents
Kohler & Campbell Playerpiano in Newspapers,
tomobile in which he was riding crashed through a
rail fence on the North Hempstead Turnpike, at
J. H. Bell Music Company, Lawrence, Kans., re-
Mill Neck Road, just beyond the dividing line be- cently took a progressive departure from the gen-
tween the city and Nassau county.
eral method of advertising playerpianos. The cam-
The automobile, driven by August Kirchner, after paign consisted of a series of seven advertisements
crashing through the fence, upset. A fence rail which described the important features of the Koh-
punctured the gas tank. The car caught fire and ler & Campbell piano. As playerpiano purchasers
was burned. Kirchner is in the Flushing Hospital, are becoming more and more technical and demand
minute explanation of the player mechanism, this
suffering from serious burns.
of advertising seems to be timely and should
After the party Mr. Helmann volunteered to show method
more publicity of this nature. The seven ad-
four of the guests the way back to Manhattan as evoke
covered in detail all the mechanical
far as Flushing. Mr. Helmann and Mr. Kirchner vertisements
features
of
the
Kohler & Campbell playerpiano.
went ahead in the former's new car. The other,
Advertisement number one used the "Automatic
who followed in another car, soon came upon a blaz-
ing automobile at the bottom of an embankment. Tracker Device" as its item of interest. Number
They found Kirchner lying near the burning car. two explained another exclusive feature, the "Flexi-
Helmann had been pinned beneath the car and ef- ble Striking Finger." Number three the "Inde-
forts to extricate him were futile. Realizing that structible Metal Tubes" which are used in the Kohler
Helmann was beyond aid the rescuers hurried & Campbell player. Number four the "Five Point
Kirchner to the Flushing Hospital. His condition Motor," which gives the evenness of power and per-
mits instant response to change of tempo. Number
Monday night was said to be favorable.
five, the "Quickly Repeating Pneumatics" permit
The coroner of Great Neck said he believed that the rapid repeat stroke of the present day popular
in attempting to pass another car Kirchner steered tremolo player rolls. Number six, the "Patented
too close to one side. Kirchner's condition was so Accenting Valve," which permits instant and greater
serious that he could not be questioned. Helmann's volume crescendo. Number seven, "Ease of Play-
body was sent to the home of his brother, Charles ing," due to the careful construction of the player
Helmann, his only surviving relative, in Waterbury, action used in the Kohler & Campbell pianos.
Conn.
Presenting the technical parts of the playerpiano
is a method of advertising which is very effective
for playerpiano dealers. This method of advertis-
STEINWAYS ARRIVE IN CHICAGO.
A number of Steinway grands and playerpianos ing used recently by the J. H. Bell Music Company
were being unpacked on Tuesday afternoon of this presents an excellent means of interesting a great
week when a Presto representative visited the number of people in the playerpiano.
third floor of Lyon & Healy's building, Wabash
PRODUCTION IN NEW BUILDING.
avenue and Jackson boulevard, Chicago. The in-
struments came in in good shape, the packing
Production has started in the new six-story build-
having been carefully done at the factory at Stein- ing of the Starr Piano Company, Richmond, Ind.,
way, L. I. "But they are all sold," said one of the which is declared to be one of the best fireproof
salesmen—"every one of them sold in advance of structures in the factory sections of that city. It
their arrival." The house of Lyon & Healy has its will be used in the manufacture of pianos. Several
own delivery system, so it gets it pianos in with- hundred men will be transferred to it from other
buildings.
out worry over the draymen's strike.
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if you sell the high class
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TALKING MACHINE
May 22, 1920.
NEW EMERSON RECORD MATRIX
Announcement of New Aid to Greater Production
Made at Convention by General Manager.
Perfection of a new phonograph record matrix
was announced at the annual convention of the
Emerson-Philadelphia Company at the Hotel Bing-
liam, Philadelphia, last week.
The new matrix, described by Henry T. Leeming,
get it from the Jewel Phonoparts Company, general manager and vice-president of the Emerson
Phonograph Company, who was present with the
668-670 W. Washington street, Chicago.
president, Victor H. Emerson, will make possible
$ * *
the manufacture of from 12,000 to 15,000 records
Every talking machine ad should be written from one mould.
The new invention will permit moulds to be made
with the idea that the reader will ignore it if
at the central plant at Scranton, to be shipped to
he possibly can.
new factories being erected at Boston, New York,
* # *
and to three now projected, one in Ambler, one in
South and one on the Pacific Coast.
Phonographs are pretty much alike—but it's the The
distributors of Emerson records and machines
their unlikeness that's important.
in Philadelphia attended the convention to listen to
addresses by the officers named and by Joseph D.
Carroll, sales manager; Harry Fox, distributor for
The foreign buyer whose want adv. appears the Philadelphia district, and others.
News of the Week in the Phonograph Field
TWIN MALADIES
A man familiar with the credit end of the
talking machine trade gives voice to the belief
that more failures in the talking machine busi-
ness are due to incompetence than to lack of
capital. Of course a great many shortcomings
may be grouped under the head of incompe-
tence but he picks incompetence in buying or
in selling as common kinds. Inability to carry
on a talking machine business successfully is
traceable to either of these or sometimes to
both. There are certain commercial and finan-
cial facts not susceptible to material change
and he who does not know them must be
ranked as incompetent.
Incompetence in the buying end Of the busi-
ness is illustrated in a case cited by the credit
man alluded to. A man who had been a suc-
cessful salesman for a hardware concern was
allured by the possible big profits in jobbing
talking machines. The first thing he did was
to make a mistake that caused his ruin. He
bought a line of talking machines for effect.
The phonograph itself had not been very well
advertised and, truth to tell, did not possess
very great merits. But the cases were tri-
umphs in art cabinet making and the stores of
his customers looked very attractive with the
fine display of art cases. They were the kind
only safely handled in any great quantity by
the largest dealers. The prices of the jobber
to the dealers were all right but all the same
they were too high to allow a retail profit of
the necessary size to the average house. In
too many cases the machines were slow to sell
and there came a hitch when it came to the
turn of the dealers to settle with the hopeful
jobber. He tried to "pass the buck" to the
manufacturers and—down he went.
The series of incidents following with the
dealers who had stocked the white elephants,
discovered several instances of the other form
of incompetence—that in the selling end. In-
competence in selling is often manifested in
the reluctance of merchants to sacrifice unsal-
able goods, and it is the constant bane of job-
bers and wholesalers. Too often merchants
refuse to realize that when money is once tied
up in stock, and the stock will not sell, it is a
dead instead of a live asset.
It is not alone in the meat market and
grocery one finds perishable goods. All goods
—even the handsomest talking machines—
are perishable, if people will not buy them in
a reasonable time; if they stand around too
long and if they can't be disposed of unless
the price is greatly cut. Thanks to the times
there is not much display of incompetence in
selling where the machines are concerned. But
there are a few prize incompetents in the rec-
ord departments. Even in this day of business
enlightenment there are men who think it is
wiser to hang on to a thousand-dollar stock
of has-beens rather than sell it off for two
hundred and fifty dollars and buy a fresh lot.
Has it occurred to you that the publicity
matter of the Jewel Phonoparts Company is
peculiarly effective? The folder descriptive of
the "Blood" tone-arm and reproducer is one of
the best in the trade. Haven't seen it? Then
in this week's classified columns, has already
invested more than $75,000 in American
musical instruments. He still wants to make
connection with several talking machine indus-
tries.
The first complete—as complete as possible
—directory of the phonograph industry and
trade will be ready this week. It is one of the
three "Presto Trade Lists."
* * *
Such combinations as are embraced in the
"Apollo-Phone" are certain to give added dig-
nity and importance to the talking machine.
The Apollophone belongs among the modern
musical miracles.
* * *
Making phonographs is getting down to a
substantial industry. To this time it has been
one of the pursuits little understood by many
who have gone into it.
VICTOR COMPANY IN DENIAL
Vice-President Haddon Denies Story of Victor and
Columbia Consolidation.
Despite many rumors to the effect that the Victor
Talking Machine Company is to consolidate with the
Columbia Phonograph Company, officials of the
Victor company have announced that there is ab-
solutely no truth or foundation to these reports.
The Victor company, which perfected the popular
"Victrola" has no connection with other talking
machine companies and believes that consolidation
rumors were spread throughout the country by per-
sons desiring to take advantage of the Victor name.
In discussing the situation, Charles K. Haddon, vice-
president of the Victor company, made the follow-
ing statement:
"Many newspapers throughout the country have
recently carried a report of rumors that a consolida-
tion or merger of this company with the Columbia
Phonograph Company is pending.
There is not the least foundation in fact for
these rumors, which we believe are originated and
stimulated through unworthy motives on the part
of persons who are interested in the stock market
quotations on certain stocks and who think they can
gain some advantage through the use of our name."
BELEPEDIO CO. INCORPORATES.
The Belepedio Automatic Graphophone Company,
of Bridgeport, Conn., filed a certificate of incorpora-
tion last week at Hartford. The capital stock is
$62,000, divided into 2,480 shares of $25 each. The
president of the company is Fred A. Whitehead;
vice-president, E. A. Harry; treasurer, Harry M.
Nichols; assistant treasurer, Jobby Belepedio; as-
sistant secretary, Charles G. Whitehead, of Bridge-
port.
AN EVANSVILEE FACTORY.
Grimwood Bros., comprised of T. C. and Oscar
Grimwood, which has operated a talking machine
factory in Evansville, Ind., since last January, are
satisfied with the results of their venture. The firm
has a factory in the Mackey-Nesbit Building, at
Lower First and Vine streets. T. C. Grimwood is
manager.
The Talking Machine Dealers' Association of Cal-
ifornia held a meeting at Sherman, Clay & Co.'s,
San Francisco, May 11. The formation of a gen-
eral musical association was discussed.
The talking machine department of J. N. Adams
& Co., Buffalo, N. Y., has added the Columbia line
of talking machines.
Don M. Kelley, a member of the banking house
of Kelley, Drayton & Co., New York, has been
elected a director of the General Phonograph Corp.
The Klein Manufacturing Co., makers of talking
machines, has moved from Saginaw, Mich., to Fen-
ton in the same state.
F. A. Dennett, president of the United Phono-
graph Co., and the Paramount Talking Machine
Co., Chicago, died suddenly last week.
The Paige Motor Company, of Detroit, Mich., has
planned to engage in manufacturing phonographs as
one of its lines of production.
Edward Wittstein opened a music shop recently
in New Haven, Conn.
The name of the Krasberg Engineering & Manu-
facturing Co., Chicago, has been changed to the
(Continued on page 26.)
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troubles.
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revolutions.
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