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Presto

Issue: 1922 1898

December 9, 1922.
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PRESTO
liamsport, Pa., has opened showrooms at 339 South
Wabash avenue, Chicago.
The Hawley Music Co., has provided larger quar-
U. S. Supplies the Largest Proportion of Talking ters for its phonograph and small goods departments
in its new stores in Shenandoah, Iowa.
Machines Sold in Mikado's Land.
A noticeable holiday spurt in the small goods de-
In 1920 the United States supplied 95 per cent of partment is reported by the Sharp Music Co., Den-
the phonographs and 70 per cent of the musical in- ver, Colo.
struments imported into Japan, according to advices
Gennett records are well advertised commodities in
received at the Department of Commerce from Con- the stock of L. A. Willard who recently opened "The
sul Dickover, Kobe. Detailed statistics for 1921 and Music Shop" at 354 Yamhill street, Portland, Ore.
1922 are not yet available, but it is thought that while
Ye Music Shoppe, Miami, Fla., which features a
the percentage for 1921 probably was not as high as line of talking machines and records, is now owned
that of 1920, the year 1922 promises to be even by the Gourlie Music Co., which operates it as a
larger.
branch.
The increasing demand for phonographs and musi-
Talking machines and records are carried by Smith
cal instruments is due partly to a genuine interest in & Geary, 118 Kempton street, New Bedford, Mass.
Occidental music, which has been developing in
Japan for years and partly to a more recent dance
REQUEST FOR PHONOGRAPH.
craze, which promises to do much toward increasing
the popular liking for our music.
Thirty-four disabled ex-service men in St. An-
thony's Hospital on Woodhaven avenue, near Jamaica
avenue, Woodhaven, N. Y., have expressed a desire
for a phonograph to help cheer and entertain them.
They are all suffering with tuberculosis as a result of
Growth of the Musical Merchandise Business Shown their war service. There are men who have been
gassed in France with lungs badly affected. The hos-
by New Stores and Extensions.
pital is south of Jamaica avenue, Woodhaven. If the
W. C. Speer, manager of the talking machine de- donation is left at the residence of Mrs. William
partment of the Darrow Music Co., Denver, Colo., Allen, 8110 Ninety-fifth avenue near Rockaway road,
has resigned and is now with the sales department Union Course, Woodhaven, she will forward it.
of the Daniels & Fisher Stores Co. in the same city.
A line of talking machines has been added by Nor-
APPEAL OVER RECORD CONTAINERS.
man Stollberg, jeweler of Two Rivers, Wis.
An appeal of the decision of the Board of the
O. L. Pfannstiel, New Braunfels, Tex, is remodel-
ing his store and will increase his stock of talking United States General Appraisers that certain paper
containers used for holding phonograph disc records,
machines and records.
The Barit Talking Machine Co., Boston, has leased classified as manufactures of paper dutiable at 25 per
cent ad valorem under paragraph 332 of the Tariff
a store at 95 Summer street.
act of 191.3, were properly dutiable as paper envelopes
Bert Aldersley is a new man in the talking machine at the rate of 15 per cent under the act, has been
sales department of Sherman, Clay & Co., San Fran- ordered by the Treasury. The attorney was ordered
cisco.
to bring his appeal before the United States Court of
The second floor at 15 and 17 West Eighteenth Customs Appeals for review.
street, New York, has been leased to the General
Phonograph Company, which also occupies the store.
DEMAND NOT STEADY.
The ninth floor at 19 to 25 East Twenty-fourth
Although the drum business is on the increase, it
street, New York, has been leased to Simson & Frey,
is too unsteady, is the opinion of the Wilson Bros.
Tnc, musical instruments.
George B. Store & Son, drum manufacturers of Mfg. Co., Chicago. This company receives many
Boston, have opened a showroom and sales depart- orders asking immediate shipment of drums, but
they can not all be filled, obviously. "It would be
ment at 61 Hanover street.
Burch & Ponder, wholesale band instrument dis- much better if all dealers would do as some do, ask-
tributors for the Bruno C. Keefer Mfg. Co., Wil- ing shipment as soon as possible. With a steady
demand, our service could be much improved," an
official of the company stated.
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The last
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convenient shut-off buttons.
Dance-O-Grand has a wonderful organ tone.
Is
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close automatically, their action being controlled by
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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.
Built in a period-designed case, walnut veneered
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WEEK'S BEST SELLERS
Songs, Music Rolls and Phonograph Records in
Good Demand in the Stores.
Sheet Music.
"Silver Swanee."
"Homesick."
"Two Little Wooden Shoes,"
"Just a Little Blue."
"Japanese Moon."
"Dreaming of Love's Old Dream."
Gennett Records.
"Gennett Laughing Record," and "Valse Ma Jolic."
"Lovin' Sam" and "Plantation Home."
• "Holy Night, Silent Night," and "O, Christmas
Tree."
Mel-O-Dee Player Rolls.
"Through the Night."
"Homesick."
"Three o'Clock in the Morning."
Okeh Records.
"Okeh Laughing Record."
"Toot, Toot, Tootsie" and ''Homesick."
"Tomorrow" and "Truly."
Brunswick Records.
"March of the Toys" and "Naughty Marietta."
"Carolina in the Morning" and "Chicago."
"Homesick" and "Ji-Ji-Boo."
Columbia Records.
"Homesick" and "Tomorrow."
"Marie" and "Down Church Aisle."
"Ernani Ernani Involami."
Victor Records.
"Waiting for Your Return."
"Lilly Dale" and "The Gypsy's Warning."
"I'm Happy" and "After a While."
Dividends
Declared!
Dealers, E V E R Y -
W H E R E , declare
that Clark Orchestra
Rolls produce bigger
dividends from electric
pianos than other
makes of electric rolls.
December 9, 1922.
Vocalion Records.
"Aida, O Terra Addio."
"He Loves It" and "All for the Love of Mike.'
"Homesick" and "There's a Reason."
BAND INSTRUMENTS IN DENVER.
Denver, Colo., in enjoying a band instrument busi-
ness that is remarkable. The Knight-Campbell
Music Co., is particularly favored in good orders
from newly formed band organizations throughout
the state. The new band of the Denver fire depart-
ment, the Woodmen of the World band of Idaho
Springs, the American Legion Band of Greely and
a band recently formed by the employes of the
railroad shops in Cheyenne, Wyo., were all supplied
by the band instrument department of the company,
of which Charles O. Bohun is manager.
NEW HOUSTON DEALER.
The Charles Parker Music Co. is a new musical
merchandise firm at 908 Capital avenue, Houston,
Tex. The proprietor is Charles Parker, formerly
band instructor at Baylor University. A full line of
band and orchestra instruments will be carried and
the goods will be featured in a forceful way under
the personal direction of the proprietor. All the
other instruments and accessories in a complete small
goods stock will also be carried.
SELLS HISTORIC 'CELLO.
The Tecchler 'Cello, an important unit of the Par-
tello Collection acquired by Lyon & Healy, Chicago,
during the past summer, was recently sold, that com-
pany announces. This 'cello was quite a historic in-
strument, and was known among violin lovers as the
"Duke of Edinburgh," because it was given to the
duke by the Commonwealth of Australia, in 1874, as
a wedding present. Although the Partello collection
was temporarily withheld from the market, it is now
gradually being broken up.
VIOLIN FOR COLLECTOR.
Peter Baltzerson, Roslindale, Mass., wood carver,
the other day completed the triumph of his art—an
Milaid violin which will grace the famous collection
of the Providence millionaire collector, John W. Cog-
geshall. Baltzerson is a Norwegian by birth and has
a wood carving shop at 218 Tremont street, Boston.
The pegs are of hand-worked pearl and gold, bringing
the value of the violin up to more than $1,000.
W. C. HESS RETURNS.
W. C. Hess, vice-president of the American Piano
Supply Co., New York, returned last week from a
Western trip with the most cheering accounts of con-
ditions in the Middle West. The outlook, according
to Mr. Hess, is very bright and cheerful. An ex-
change of views with men of the piano industry in
Chicago, where Mr. Hess remained over a week, was
very heartening, he says.
De Kalb, 111.
Association of New York, New Jersey and Connecti-
cut Dealers Hold Meeting in New York.
The December meeting of the Talking Machine
Men, Inc., was held on Wednesday, December 6, at
the Cafe Boulevard, 41st street, near Broadway,
New York city. This meeting was largely given
over to the members to present ideas for a largely
increased Christmas business.
Action was taken by the secretary on members in
arrears for dues.
There is still $350 outstanding for tickets to the
association dance. "It seems strange that there are
some dealers who never neglect to discount their
bills, yet do not seem inclined to pay for tickets for
our public affairs used by their customers or them-
selves," said E. G. Brown, secretary in commenting
on the fact. The committee intends to call off the
list of members still owing for tickets at the next
meeting.
A VICTOR DIVIDEND.
The Victor Talking Machine Company has de-
clared an extra dividend of $5 a share on the common
stock, payable December 6 to stockholders of record
December 1.
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Used in the World's Finest Pianos
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