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PRESTO
March 31, 1923
SPECIAL Q R S
RELEASES
Two New Fox-trots, Ready for Distribution, An-
nounced This Week.
The Q R S Music Co. announces the special release
of two new Q R S Word Rolls, which are now ready
for shipment to dealers. Dealers are instructed to
send their orders to usual source of Q R S music
roll supply. The new specials are:
2193—"Dearest, ' fox-trot. Played by Arden and
Kortlander.
2186—"Chinaman Blues," fox-trot. Played by J.
Lawrence Cook.
VALUABLE LABORATORY COURSE
Men from the Various Industries Take Advantage
of Opportunities at Madison, Wis.
Better methods of kiln drying, gluing, boxing and
crating and other activities associated with the using
of wood have been shown in the courses given by the
Forests Products Laboratory, Madison, Wis., since
their introduction about five years ago. Five hundred
and thirty-two men from the various industries have
taken advantage of the courses. The most popular
course is that of kiln drying in which there was a
total enrollment of 326 up to the end of the last
course. Thirty-nine men, some of whom represented
the piano industry, enrolled in the classes in gluing.
An equally important course is that of boxing and
crating in which practical experiments in the box
laboratory show the power of resistance to pressure
and shock under ordinary shipping conditions of the
various styles of boxes and crates.
The relative
strength of straps, bindings and different methods of
nailing are determined by experiments. It was shown
in the recent course that the production of boxes
and crates for export uses involved the knowledge
of the moisture content in the woods employed. It
is necessary that boxes for South America, for in-
stance, should be made from lumber seasoned in ac-
cordance with the atmospheric conditions to be en-
countered en route.
The kiln drying courses are very comprehensive
at the Forests Products Laboratory. Knowledge of
woods, their structure; determining the moisture
content, causes of warping, case-hardening and de-
cay; effects of kiln-drying and the management of
humidity control apparatus are subjects included in
the kiln-drying courses.
The courses in gluing are certain to be attended
by piano factory men in greater numbers in the
future. The courses are very valuable and include
demonstrations in the mixing of glues and their ac-
tual application under various conditions. The knowl-
edge of glues, the resistance of glues, the effects of
pressure, temperature and humidity on glues of all
kinds are topics included in the course. The next
course will begin May 14.
RIGHT TO COUE NAME DISPUTED.
The Columbia Graphophone Co. recently appeared
before Judge Erlanger in the Supreme Court, New
York, with an application to enjoin the Coue Sys-
tem, Inc., against using the word "Coue" or picture
of Coue in any autosuggestion records the latter
company may present for sale. It was stated that the
principles of autosuggestion were incorporated for
four records by Emile Coue for the Columbia Graph-
ophone Co. before his return to France and thereby,
it was maintained, the company is specially privileged
to use the name Coue in association with autosug-
gestion records.
NOTED INSTRUCTOR ENGAGED.
Milton Foy, a noted band instructor of Chicago,
has been employed by the Conn Service School of
Music as a member of the teaching staff which is
proving to be a worth-while adjunct of the Conn Chi-
cago Co., retail branch of C. G. Conn, Ltd., Elk-
hart. Ind. The school has rented space in the Athe-
naeum Building, 59 East Van Buren street, Chicago,
and is prepared to handle a large number of pupils
for the Conn Chicago Co. Mr. Foy has a band
library which is one of the largest in the country.
CHANGE IN OIL CITY, PA.
The Shaffer Music House, Oil City, Pa., of which
C. C. Shaffer is proprietor and manager, has pur-
chased the local Victor agency from Delahoyde &
Wuller. Negotiations have been under way for some
time and during that time Mr. Shaffer has been mak-
ing plans to accommodate this increase to his business
by making enlargements and alterations to his store
on Seneca street. Part of these is the installation of
five new service booths.
BUYS WILLIMANTIC BUSINESS.
Following the death of James Harries recently, the
James Harries Music & Stationery Store, Williman-
tic, Conn., of which he was the proprietor, was sold
to the Willimantic Art Store owned by Russell W.
Potter. Mr. Harries had reached the age of seventy
years and had carried on his business at 801 Main
street, for a great number of years. Mr. Potter will
keep the two stores distinct for the present.
The Piano Repair Shop
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Our-of-town dealers' repair work solic-
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425 South Wabaah Ave.
DE LUXE ROLLS FOR APRIL
Splendid List of Classical Music, Accompaniments
and Song Rolls in New Bulletin.
The following splendid list of classic music is in-
cluded in the April bulletin of the De Luxe Repro-
ducing Roll Corporation, New York. The names of
the recording artists are printed in parentheses:
Allegretto Vivace-Concerto No. 1, E flat major,
Liszt (Sylvan Levin). Barcarolle, G minor, Rubin-
stein (Frederick Lamond). Ce qu' a vu le vent
d'Ouest (First Book of Preludes), Debussy (Mar-
garet Nikoloric). Cujus Animam, Stabet Mater, Re-
listing for Easter, Rossini (Katinka Narinska). Eagle,
The. Op. 32, No. 1, Winter, Op. 32, No. 4, Mac-
Dowell (Laura Danziger). Espana Waltz, Wald-
teufel (Howard Lutter). Etude, B minor, Op. 25,
No. 10, Chopin (Josef Lhevinne).
Indian Dance,
Daniel Wolf (Daniel Wolf). Japanese Sunset, Dep-
pen (Jean Fabre). Lake, The, Daniel Wolf (Daniel
Wolf). March in D, Op. 5, No. 1, Rebikoff (Mar-
garet
Nikoljric).
Military
Polonaise,
Chopin
(Katinka Nar-wska). Mouvements Perpetuels, Nos.
1 and 2. Pouw,'ne (Margaret Nikoloric). Nocturne,
B major, Op. *J2, No. 1, Chopin (Ernest Schelling).
Nola, Ardnt (Howard Lutter). Polonaise in E, No.
2, Liszt (Sylvaa Levin). Quasi Adagio Concerto
No. 1, E flat Maj
Op. 31, No. 2, Fiscal (Matilda Locus). Sea, The,
Palmgren (Margaret Nikoloric). Serenade, Drdla
(Mettler Davis). Theme Varie, Op. 16, No. 3, Pader-
ewski (Vera Timanoff). Tides of Manaunaun, The,
Henry Cowell (Margaret Nikoloric). Whistling Boy,
The, Daniel Wolf (Daniel Wolf).
The Accompaniment Rolls in the April bulletin
are: Mazurka de Concert, D Minor, Ovide Musin;
violin interpretation of Margaret Carter, accompanied
by Weldon Carter.
Old Kentucky Home, accom-
paniment for community singing, Foster; recorded for
Robert Lawrence.
The Dance Rolls with Words are as follows: Fate,
fox-trot, Byron Gay (Howard Lutter). Lovin' Sam,
Milton Ager (Charles Rosoff). Parade of the Wooden
Soldiers, from "Chauve Souris," fox-trot (instru-
mental), Jessel (Howard Lutter). Sweet one, fox-
trot, Al Jolson and Louis Silvers (Howard Lutter).
You Remind Me of My Mother, from "Little Nelly
Kelly," fox-trot, Geo. M. Cohan (Charles Rosoff).
You Know You Belong to Somebody Else, fox-trot,
Jas. V. Monaco (Charles Rosoff).
A bonus has been given to all the employes of the
Carl Fischer Music House, headquarters and Boston
and Chicago branches. The amount has not yet been
made public.
DEALERS AND TUNERS!
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New York Citj, N. Y.
Chicago
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