Classic Mode

Presto

Issue: 1923 1914

24
PRESTO
negligible and added: "In the meantime, the broad-
casting stations are certainly operating, either directly
or indirectly, for profit," he said. "Why, I under-
stand that $3,000,000 in tubes alone has been sold by
the subsidiary of one of the companies now broad-
casting."
Under the law, sheet music could be used only for
private, and not for commercial purposes, Mr. Rosen-
thai argued. He said that the prohibition imposed by
his society would not extend to amateur broadcasters,
to Government stations or to universities sending out
musical programs for educational purposes.
George L. Israel of a department store which
broadcasts from Pittsburgh denied Mr. Rosenthal's
statements that phonograph record sales had de-
creased as a result of the radio's popularity, saying
that there had been an increase of 33j/j per cent in
the sales in the country last year.
March 31, 1923
diana Home." These two latter songs have achieved
greater triumphs in the East than within the confines
of the mid-west and far-west states which they com-
memorate.
HER LUCKY THIRTEEN SONGS
Eliza Doyle Smith's Luck Is the Ability to Write
Good Ones and Properly Advertise.
BANGOR WANTS SHEET MUSIC.
The Andrews Music Co., Bangor, Me., has proved
"Provide the right songs and advertise them prop-
that the people of that city are so eager to get the erly and they are bound to sell," is the motto of
sheet music they want, they are willing to inconven- Eliza Doyle Smith, music publisher, 59 East Van
ience themselves somewhat to get it. Some time ago Buren street, Chicago. It is more than a nice-sound-
the store suffered in a big fire and while the damage ing theory with Mrs. Smith, who fulfills the require-
was being repaired business in sheet music was con- ments named and enjoys the rewards in lively sales.
tinued in a rear room on the second floor. To get
When Mrs. Smith entered the publishing business
there the customers had to use a side door and ascend she had the clarity of vision to see what the song
by an improvised stairway. The amazing thing is field required. America wanted songs. "I decided
that the business has increased instead of fallen off that success would come if I wrote songs fit to enter
during the period of inconvenience. The remodeled American homes, but with the pep that modern youth
store will be formally opened in a few weeks.
demands," said the Chicago publisher this week.
"Last year has been a good one and my purpose is to
SHEET MUSIC IN VERA CRUZ.
make the next year better."
The Vera Cruz consular district offers excellent
Mrs. Smith is specially advertising "Our Lucky 13
prospects for the sale of band and sheet music. —including 'Jonah,' a whale of a song." The songs
Amazing Demand for the Remick Song That Is Nearly every city and town has a band, which plays are winners because they are meritorious in music and
classical and semiclassical music, besides marches, words. Previous to entering the music publishing
Heard from Coast to Coast.
one-steps, and waltzes. Jazz music is not popular. field her poetry, published in the leading magazines,
"Carolina in the Morning" is a hit of Jerome H. Pianos are to be found in nearly every home and won her distinction. Her musical education, com-
Remick & Co., New York, which is being sung every popular songs are excellent sellers, writes Vice Con- pleted abroad, is thorough. She has many excellent
place. Literally the song is the biggest hit of the pul Willys A. Myers, from Vera Cruz.
songs to her credit. "My Days Remember," a semi-
time. Other Remick songs are big favorites in cer-
classic, has been sung on concert tours by Titto
tain parts of the country and the sales of any one of
Schipa, a tenor of the Chicago Grand Opera Com-
FORSTER ELECTRIC SIGN.
them may be equal in the aggregate to the sales of
The firm of Forster Music Publisher, Inc., Chicago, pany, and Florence Macbeth, prima donna of the
"Carolina in the Morning," but when it comes to has erected a new electric sign to draw attention to same organization.
general, all-'round-the-country popularity, the latter the suite occupied by the publisher at 235 South
takes the cake.
Wabash avenue, Chicago. The sign is of exceptional
AMERICAN MUSIC IN MEXICO.
But the Remick line has other big sellers that make size for such a display, and is unusually clear and at-
Mistakes in printing and proofreading no longer
profits for the sheet music dealers. "My Buddy" tractive. The Forster Company is producing new
keeps up in sales and it is another of the Remick fa- numbers which are meeting public approval, and, characterize the sheet music from the United States
vorites that has a wide call. The same may be said according to F. J. Forster, head of the publishing sold in Mexico. It .was a fault that once gave ex-
about "Silver Swanee," "California," and "Sweet In- company, new features are being planned for the cuses for invidious comparisons between the Ameri-
song-loving public. The new sign in the heart of can and the German sheet music products. Now, ac-
the music retailing section of the Chicago loop will cording to Consul James B. Stewart, Tampico, there
be one of the features of the Chicago sheet music is no occasion for the slam at the American product,
which, he says, stands high in the estimation of the
trade.
music dealers and the buyers.
George H. Lynch, Hartford, Conn., founder and
conductor of Lynch's Orchestra and composer of
A sheet music department has been installed in
many pieces of dance music, died recently.
the Portland, Ore., branch of Sherman, Clay & Co.
ALL STATES WANT "CAROLINA"
HIGH GRADE
Folding Organs
School Organs
Practice Keyboards
Dealers' Attention Solicited
WHITE MFG. CO.
21S Englewood Ave., CHICAGO, ILL.
NEW YORK
433 Filth Avc.
HARDMAN, PECK & CO. ftS")
CHICAGO
Republic Bid*.
Manufacturers of the
HARDMAN PIANO
The Official Piano of the Metropolitan Opera Co.
Owning and Operating the Autotone Co. makers of the
Owning and Operating E.G. Harrington & Co.,Est. 1871,makersol the
AUTOTONE GSJK2)
HARRINGTON PIANO
{Supreme A mong Moderately Priced Instruments)
The Hensel Piano
The Standard Piano
The Hardman Autotone
The Harrington Autotone
The Autotone The Playotone The Standard Flayer-Piano
THE KOHLER INDUSTRIE
^
of NEW YORK
AFFILIATED
In Three Parts:
1. Instruments of Established
Names and Character.
2. Instruments that bear Spe-
cial Names or Trade Marks.
3. Manufacturers of Pianos
and Player-Pianos with Chap-
ters on Piano Building and Buy-
ing designed for the guidance
of prospective purchasers.
r
anufacturing for the trade
Upright and Grand Pianos
Player Pianos
Reproducing Pianos
Auto De Luxe Player A&ions
Standard Player Actions
Art De Luxe Reproducing Actions
Parts and Accessories
Facsimile Fall-
board Names of Leading Pianos
and Player-Pianos in Colors
Revised Annually
NO PIANO DEALER OR SALESMAN
CAN AFFORD TO BE WITHOUT IT.
IF YOU DON'T CONSULT "PRESTO
BUYERS' GUIDE" YOU ARE MISSING
OPPORTUNITIES. G E T I T NOW.
Give a copy to each of your salesmen.
Price 50 cents per copy.
COMPANIES
Wholesale Chicago Office and Service
San Francisco Office
462 tPhelan building
'Department*
KOHLER INDUSTRIES
1222 KIMBALL B U I L D I N G
CHICAGO
PRESTO PUBLISHING CO.
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PRESTO
March 31, 1923
COINOLAS
FOR
RESTAURANTS, CAFES and
A M U S E M E N T CENTERS
WEEK'S ODDS AND ENDS
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS AT
AMERICAN EXPOSITION FAIR
One of the Great Groups at Atlantic City Will In-
clude Musical Goods.
Style SO
FROM THE BIGGEST
ORCHESTRION
Pianos, playerpianos, reproducing pianos, talking
machines, musical merchandise and sheet music will
be included in the exhibits at the American Exposi-
tion Fair, to rival the greatest of those of European
countries, and will take place on Young's Million
Dollar Pier, Atlantic City, N. J., from June 16 to
September 8, 1923. The affair is given under the
auspices of the American Home and City Beautiful
Association with the twofold object of encouraging
the use of articles of American manufacture and edu-
cation of the people of the United States in home and
city beautification. Management of the exposition is
in the hands of A. Conrad Ekholm, exposition man-
ager, former president of the Avenue Hotel Associa-
tion of Atlantic City, and director of many exposi-
tions in the resort.
The industrial exposition has been arranged partly
in response to the desire of American manufacturers
to focus attention on their products, and partly at
the recommendation of many interested in better
home and city development and who see the possi-
bilities of educating the public to higher standards
through proper exhibitions of methods conducive to
improvements in the home and municipality.
All of the exhibit floor space of the Million Dollar
Pier, America's largest and finest exhibition struc-
ture, in excess of 100,000 square feet, has been en-
gaged for this exhibit, which will be devoted to eight
principal groups, one of which includes musical
instruments.
A GOOD MARKET FOR
REED ORGANS IN INDIA
The Familiar "Parlor" Style Cases and the "Portable"
Types Are in Demand.
The Indian market calls for two types of organs—
the small portable and the medium-sized five-octave
type. The former is in demand in both folding and
nonfolding models. The folding type requires hinged
legs, so that the organ may be folded away in its
own box, while the nonfolding model has rigid legs,
which should, however, be easily detachable.
\
There is a market for the five-octave organ in dark
walnut or mahogany finish, equipped with 3 to 5 sets
of reeds, 6 to 11 stops, lamp brackets, and knee
swell. The retail price is now between 400 and 600
rupees ($129 to $194). The small organs are priced
from 115 to 180 rupees ($37 to $58) for the nonfold-
ing, and from 125 to 200 rupees ($40 to $64) for the
folding types. The conversion has been made at the
normal rate of exchange—one rupee=$0.32443—al-
though the exchange value of the rupee is now about
31 cents, says the Calcutta Commercial Gazette.
MUSIC GOODS IMPORTERS'
INTEREST IN TARIFF LAW
Clause No. 526 Has Bearing on Important Feature
in Phase of Trade.
Tiny Coinola
THE SMALLEST
KEYLESS
Manufactured by
The Operators Piano Co.
16 to 22 South Peoria St.
CHICAGO
The new tariff law may contain surprises for the
importers of musical goods into the United States.
A perusal of the patent and trade-mark clause in the
act, which was inserted in the last hours before the
passing of the law, may prove enlightening to many.
It is identified as No. 526 (a) and as originally in-
troduced into the tariff bill was confined to the chemi-
cal sections such as dyestuffs, etc. It was later in-
serted in the administrative section where it is no
longer limited in application to chemicals only but
covers importations of every kind. The section is
said to be favorable to American manufacturers who
are making goods under trade-marks established here
by German concerns and reads as follows:
"That it shall be unlawful to import into the
United States any merchandise of foreign manufac-
ture if such merchandise or the label, sign, printed
package, wrapper, or receptacle bears a trade-mark
owned by a citizen of or by an association or cor-
poration created or organized within the United
States, and registered in the Patent Office by a per-
son domiciled in the United States under provisions
of the act entitled: 'An Act to Authorize ttie Regis-
tration of Trade-marks Used in Commerce With
Foreign Nations or Among the Several States and to
Protect the Same,' approved Feb. 20, 1905, as
amended, if a copy of the certificate of registration
of such trade-mark is filed with the Secretary of the
Treasury, in the manner provided in section 27 of
such act, and unless written consent of the owner of
such trade-mark is produced at the time of making
the entry."
COMPETITION AT HOME
FOR AMERICAN PIANOS
France and England Sending Considerable Instru-
ments to This Country According to Report.
Pianos to the amount of $20,258 were imported into
the United States during the month of October, 1922,
This is a surprising item in the latest statistics pub-
lished by the Department of Commerce. And the
pianos causing the surprise did not come from Ger-
many but from England and France. It is said, too,
in department circles that the piano import figures
for succeeding months up to and including January
will show graduated increases over the October figr
ures.
'
'
The American piano manufacturer has heretofore
enjoyed freedom from competition by foreign manu-
facturers in the home market, so that the Government
figures provide something of a sensation. It is con-
ceded the opportunity has always been here, provided
the foreign manufacturers would have been alive to
the limitations as well as its possibilities. When Op-
portunity knocks for the foreign piano with orders
amounting to twenty thousand dollars, the reverbera-
tions are certain to be noticed by even the most in-
different members of the industry.
NEW INCORPORATIONS
IN MUSIC GOODS TRADE
Mew and Cld Concerns Secure Charters in Va»»i>us
Places.
Horrocks Piano Co., Brockton, Mass.; musical in-
struments; capital, $15,000; incorporators: Charles
G. Faux of Wollaston, Hardy Horrocks pf Paw-
tucket and Maurice Wolf of Dorchester.
Macer Phonograph Reproducer Co., Inc.; sound
producing machines; $500,000; Wilmington, Del.
The Miller & Hunt Company, Portland, Me., to
deal in musical instruments and supplies; $50,000.
Directors: Charles M. Drummond, R. B. Buzzell,
and Wadleigh B. Drummond, all of Portland.
Horrocks Piano Co., Brockton, Mass.; musical in-
struments; capital, $15,000; incorporators, Charles G.
Faux of Wollaston, Hardy Horrocks of Pawtucket
and Maurice Wolf of Dorchester.
The Easy Method Music Co., Chicago; to publish a
new method of music writing; $30,000; David B.
Clarkson, J. Howard Start and Charles R. Young.
Bronx Music House, New York City; to manufac-
ture musical instruments; $20,000; A. r Cabat, M.
Fischler and A. Zeitlin.
T. Taylor Buckley, Inc., Trenton, N. J.; to retail
musical instruments; T. Taylor Buckley, Marion M.
Buckley and Karl Bernstein.
:
SAY IT WITH
Congratulations are in order for Jay C. Hobson,
Gulbransen-Dickinson Co.'s traveler in Ohio and In-
diana and Mrs. Hobson, at the birth of their baby
girl, Virginia Lucile, on March 20 in Martinsville,
hid. Before her marriage to Mr. Hobson, Mrs. Hob-
son was manager of the Henry Ackerman Piano COJ'S
store in Galion, O.
PIONEER SCHOOL FO PIANO MEN
POLKS
TUNING.
Iti it's 20-*year
with upwards aC
1OOO
SUCCESSFUL
GRADUATES
Piano °layer-Piano and Organ Tuning Repairing. Regula-
tinf
A Voicing. Best equipped school in tkt U. S.
pfpJ"-ni> awirdea and petitions secured. Private and daas
in»»"'*lions. both texe*.
SeM—l mil thm jrmmr. fthiMtrmfd M t u f t i m rmm.
SCHOOL OF TUNING, VALPARAISO, IND
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