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PRESTO
March 24, 1923
of motion picture theater owners, has joined the
of genius—approbation, for their professional and
American Society of Composers, Authors and Pub-
amateur clients.
lishers as a unit.
These observant dealers have taken advantage of
the opportunities for music publishing which a music A Few Items Interesting to People in Sheet Music
Big remodeling" plans have been drawn for store
printing house like Kayner, Dalheim & Co., Chi-
of Alexander Maisel, Buffalo, N. Y.
Department Are Printed.
cago, gives to the music trade. This house is the
The Bee Tee Publishing Co., composed of Louis
"Carolina in the Morning," a hit of Jerome H. Breau, a composer, and Charles Tobias, has been
largest firm of music printers west of New York and
in addition to the big main plant at 2054-2060 West Remick & Co., New York, Chicago and Detroit, is formed in the Tillman building, 145 West Forty-fifth
Lake street, Chicago, has.a growing branch in San one of the most popular numbers in the Braner street, New York.
Francisco which attends to the work in the field west Music Shoppe, Buffalo.
Roy Forbes is the new manager of the talking ma-
of the Rocky Mountains.
Francis, Day & Hunter, New York, music pub- chine department of John Wanamaker's, Philadelphia.
These music dealers who have been helpful to the lisher, has been incorporated under French laws under
R. G. Mamie is traveler in several southern states
local composers have in a great many instances pre- the same name. The office is in Paris and under the for the Silverstone Music Co., St. Louis, wholesale
vented their clients from falling into the clutches of management of J. H. Wood and R. Benso.
distributor of Edison phonographs and records.
the advertising fake publishers. That in itself would
Miss Harriet V. Coleman is the able manager of
W. H. Outman has opened a new music store in
have been meritorious but they were also instru- the record department of the J. W. Jenkins Sons'
Westfield, Pa.
mental in securing safety in publishing, the realiza- Music Store, Wichita, Kans.
A music department has been added to its other
tion of the hopes of the composers at a comparatively
The Exhibitors' League, a Washington association lines by the Bedford Furniture Co., Vallejo, Cal.
small cost. This item of cost comprised legitimate
printing charges without a dollar of graft to a song
faker.
Rayner, Dalheim & Co., will gladly furnish esti-
NEW YORK
F ded
433 Fifth Avc.
mates at any time for any music printing job by any
of the processes employed. "Any Publisher our
Manufacturers of the
reference" is the phrase used in the publicity of the
Chicago firm. It is a broad and satisfactory one.
SHEET MUSIC TRADE NOTES
HARDMAN, PECK & GO. ( X )
HARDMAN PIANO
COMPOSER IS MANAGER.
A' complete line of Starr phonographs and Gennett
records as well as a big and varied line of sheet music
carried by the Carey Music Shop in the new Golden
Gate Theater building, San Francisco, makes the
store one of great attractiveness in that lively sec-
tion of the city. Joseph R. Carey, a well known
composer, has charge of the sheet music department
and J. Allen Crisham is manager of the other de-
partments. Clever demonstrations of sheet music
rolls and records are features that give very desirable
publicity to the store.
SEVEN BIG SELLERS.
A list of seven and every one of the seven a winner
is the happy report on his song numbers made this
week by Herbert J. Gott, 177 N. State street, Chicago.
Undeniable merit in music and lyric has accomplished
the achievement in selling for the alluring numbers
of this Chicago publisher. Here is the winning list:
"Babe Ruth," "Just Foolin' with Me," "That Won-
derful Sweetie of Mine," "You're the One Girl for
Me," "Love of the Ages," "Dreaming of Love's Old
Dream," "When I Dream that Ould Ireland Is Free."
The Official Piano of the Metropolitan Opera Co.
Owning and Operating the Autotone Co. makers of the
AUTOTONE (SSJM2D
The Hardman Autotone
The Harrington Autotone
The Autotone The Playotone The Standard Player-Piano
HARRINGTON PIANO
{Supreme 4 mong Moderately Priced Instruments)
The Hensel Piano
The Standard Piano
THE KOHLER INDUSTRIE
of NEW YORK
AFFILIATED
COMPANIES
Manufacturing for the trade
Upright and Grand Pianos
Player Pianos
Reproducing Pianos
Auto De Luxe Player A&ions
Standard Player Adlions
Art De Luxe Reproducing Actions
Parts and Accessories
ASSOCIATION OF MIJSIC MEN MEETS.
The recently organized Association of Music Men
met last week at the Maisonette, 12 West Forty-fifth
street, New York. The meeting was preceded by a
dinner. The new constitution and by-laws were pre-
sented by the committee appointed to draft them, and
after discussion of the'various clauses, were adopted.
PUBLISHERS LEASJE TWO FLOORS.
M. Witmark & Son, music publishers, New York,
last week leased the entire fifth and sixth floors in the
new building at 1,650 Broadway, for a period of fif-
teen years at a gross rental of $430,000. Spotts &
Starr were the brokers.
SOME REMICK HITS.
I. E. Sklare, manager of the Portland, Ore., Remick
Song & Gift Shop, made a ten day trip to Seattle,
Vancouver, Victoria and Spokane in the interest of
the firm and received big orders for the Remick new
hits, among them "Falling," "I'm Just a Little Blue."
"I'm Through Shedding Tears Over You."
Owning and Operating E.G. Harrington & Co., Est. 1871, makers of the
Wholesale Chicago Office and Service ^Departments
San Francisco Office
462 Vhelan building
KOHLER INDUSTRIES
1222 KIMBALL B U I L D I N G
CHICAGO
DEMONSTRATE YOUR PIANO: IT WILL SELL ITSELF
Let your prospects see the piano, hear it, examine it.
They will become interested, Convinced, SOLD.
It's easy if you have a BOWEN LOADER.
Price, including set of relief springs and a special piano moving cover, $110.00.
BOWEN PIANO LOADER CO.,
Winston-Salem, N. C.
EXPORT OFFICES—130 WEST 42ND ST., NEW YORK CITY, U. S. A.
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