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CONN INSTRUMENTS CHOSEN
Four Hundred Band Pieces from Elkhart Factory
Bought for Rochester Schools.
C. G. Conn, Ltd., Elkhart, Ind., furnished more
than 400 Conn instruments of every description—
from the piccolo to the monster RB bass—to the
Rochester, N. Y., schools. These instruments are
loaned out on bond to the pupils by the Board of
Education. A thriving conservatory is the result in
one of the high schools in which all the band instru-
ments are taught and ensemble practice is given by
a faculty of teachers recruited from among the best
professional players of Rochester.
There are already five or six bands consisting of
forty pieces each, and an equal number of large or-
chestras as well as a number of smaller grade school
orchestras operating most successfully.
Four hun-
dred young people of the Rochester schools are
profiting by the use of the instruments loaned and
the instruction given as well as several hundred more
who are taking violin and piano class work. J. W.
Fay, director of music, is a thorough musician and
has enjoyed engagements in the highest class orches-
tras and bands of this country. He is primarily a
trombone soloist and plays all of the wind instru-
ments, as well as string instruments, most acceptably
in a professional way. Therefore he is well qualified
to supervise this great work. The following letter
was recently received from Mr. Fay by C. G. Conn,
Ltd.:
"My Dear Mr. Boyer: We are more than pleased
with the instruments you furnished us and, indeed,
we attribute much of our success to the uniform high
quality of equipment which we are able to furnish
our pupils.
The clarinets particularly are giving
great satisfaction, and we h'nd the ebonite a fine fea-
ture for boys and girls inexperienced in the fine art of
caring for wooden instruments.
"It has long been a fallacy that French horns could
not be made by American manufacturers, but I wish
to go on record as affirming that we have had splen-
did success with the twenty or more Conn French
horns, which have, in my opinion, a remarkable firm-
ness and evenness of tone and have proved themselves
satisfactory in every respect.
"All of the instruments have the pure intonation,
ease of blowing and fineness of finish which charac-
terize the C. G. Conn instruments.
"I, myself, am playing a Conn duo-bell trombone
and it is unqualifiedly the finest instrument I have
DANCE-O-GRAND
December 2, 1922.
ever had the privilege of playing. As you know, I
have retired from professional music work and 1
am using the trombone as a solo instrument only,
and 1 find myself able to do things with greatest ease
and finer results than I ever dared attempt before.
"In closing let me pay tribute to the cordial rela-
tions which we have always sustained both with your-
selves and other representatives of the Conn factory."
freight charges were $2,000. The value of Circassian
walnut is due mainly to the hardness of the wood and
to the fact that it has a peculiar sheen, shading grey,
white, yellow, black and another tint, close to black.
It takes on a high polish, of course, and is worked up
almost entirely into veneers, which are used for high
grade furniture, piano tops and fancy panels. To
work up the solid wood would be entirely too
expensive.
BOOK FOR EXPORTERS.
Foreign Trade Markets and Methods, by Clayton
S. Cooper published by D. Appleton & Co., New
York, is a general book on foreign trade, containing
chapters on such general topics as foreign trade re-
quirements, salesmanship as a career, and planning
for foreign commerce, as well as on more specific
phases like American shipping, marine insurance,
cables, financing foreign trade, the house organ,
newspapers and periodicals. The last 14 chapters are
devoted to discussion of the different markets. The
first part of the book quotes recognized authorities
on foreign trade. The chapter on training for foreign
commerce contains letters from a number of corpor-
ations which maintain schools and • from a num-
ber of universities, describing the wcrk that each in-
stitution is doing. The author has devoted an ertire
chapter to the activities of the Diplomatic and Con-
sular Service, while he gives less than a page to the
trade-promotion work of the Department of Com-
merce. Some of the chanters are followed by ex-
tensive bibliographies.
PLAYER TRACKER DEVICES.
One of the lesser, but important, features of the
player-piano is the automatic tracker. Just now
there is very general interest in the discussion as to
which of the tracker devices is the best, gives the
kind of satisfaction the trade demands, and works
in an absolutely flawless manner. Presto has been
asked to commend the most practicable tracker in the
field. This is a point which will be somewhat fully
discussed in en early issue of Presto. Meanwhile,
it would help if both manufacturers and dealers would
express themselves in the matter. In short, what
tracker device do you consider the best;*
CARGO OF CIRCASSIAN WALNUT.
A cargo of fne Circassian walnut logs arrived re-
cently in Ea timore, Md, on the U. S. Shipj »ng
Board steamer "Saugus." It was the first shipment
s'nee before the World War and consisted of just
205 logs, which made a pile CO by 20 feet an.I seven
feet high at the highest point, the lot being va-iu-d at
not less than $17,000. The consignees of the ship-
ment were the firm of John L. Alcock & Co.. Iwrd-
v ocd exporters end importers, who aiso rece ved the
1 i-t Circassian walnut to come in before the outbreak
of bo^t.litics. T. he latest cargo like those preceding
it came from the foot of Caucasus mountains. The
SALE IN PORTLAND, ORE.
The phonograph department of the Meier & Frank
Company, Portland, Ore., put on a large Vocalion
sale last week placing the cabinet models at one-
third price and the periods at one-half price. Seven
thousand Aeolion Vocallion records were placed on
sale and the ad had to be withdrawn after the first
day because the stock was practically exhausted the
first day of the sale. Twenty-three girls were added
to the sales force to help care for the rush.
NEW CHICAGO DEALERS.
The new house at 1389 Milwaukee avenue, HThi-
cago, known as the Manufacturers' Outlet Piano
Store, is operated by H. A. Falvey and J. II. Sulli-
van, both experienced piano salesmen. Mr. Falvey
has sold pianos in the vicinity of his present location
for twelve or fifteen years, while Mr. Sullivan was
formerly in business at Gary. Ind. The instruments
handled comprise the Smith, Rarnes & Strohbcr Co.'s
line of pianos and players. The firm also carrie;. a
stock of phonographs, records and the Q. R. S.
Music Co.'s player rolls.
NEW CALENDAR.
Several Chicago business houses are showing cal-
endars issued by Gordon W. Hoffman, veneer man-
ufacturer of Chicago, who supplies a high grade
veneer to piano factories and high" class furniture
makers. Mr. Hoffmr.11 is now on a trio to south-
ern Illinois.
The Radio Motion Picture Phonograph Corp., Fall
Uiver. Mass., and New York City; phonographs, mo-
tion picture goods and radio apparatus: Frank X.
Perron. Frederic F. Bcrseron and Joseph Levesque.
If It'
Musical Merchandise
We've Got It
26 years of faithful service in the
interests of oar dealers have
placed Tonk Bros. Co* high in the
estimation of the musical mer-
chandise trade throughout the
country* If you are not a mem-
ber of the Tonk family, an initial
order will convince you of the
integrity and sales-producing
value of Tonk service* :
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BUCKINGHAM, PA.
The Queen of Small-Sized Coin-Operated
Instruments
(57 in. high, 3!' in. wide, 24 in. deep)
Dance-O-Granrt includes SEVEN different instru-
ments—THREE sets of reeds with pipe effect, snare
drum, cymbal, triangle and tambourine. The last
four can be shut oft—individually or at once—by
convenient shut-off buttons.
Dance-O-Grand has a wonderful organ tone. Is
equipped with swell box, shutters of which open and
close automatically, their action being controlled by
the roll.
The large organs and orchestrions have always been
costly in upkeep. We have produced in the Dance-O-
Grand an instrument that will cost very little to
maintain.
The tuning is eliminated entirely—a
large source of expense in other types.
Hullt in a period-designed case, walnut veneered
and finished in the popular two-tone effect.
NELSON-WIGGEN PIANO COMPANY
Chicago, U. S. A.
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323 S. Wabash Ave., Chicago, 111.
C. G. CONN, Ltd., Elkhart, Ind.
C. D. GREENLEAF, Pres.
J. E. BOYER, Sec'y
World's largest manufacturer! of High Grade Band and Orchestra Instruments. Employs 1,000
expert workmen.
All of the most celebrated Artists use and endorse Conn Instruments.
Famous Bandmasters and Orchestra Directors highly endorse and recommend the use of the
Conn Instruments in their organizations.
Conn Instruments are noted for their ease of playing, light and reliable valve or key action;
q u ick response, rich tonal quality, perfect intonation, tone carrying quality, artisticness of design,
autiful finish and reliable construction.
Cnnr^ Instruments are sent to any point in th • ". S. subject lo ten «*ays free trial. Branch store
or agencies will be found in all large cities. Write for catalogues, prices, etc.
c. G. CONN, Ltd.
DEPT. MS.
ELKHART, IND.
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