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Presto

Issue: 1923 1917

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April 21, 1923
PRESTO
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SCHAFF
TALKING MACHINE MEN MEET
Big Eastern Association of Phonograph Trade Has
Enjoyable Time at Cafe Boulevard, New York.
There were big doings and hearkening to much
glad tidings at the meeting of the Talking Machine
Men, Inc., Wednesday, April 18, at the Cafe Boule-
vard, Forty-first street, near Broadway, New York
City.
J. Newcomb Blackman of the Blackman Talking
Machine Company spoke on a subject of great inter-
est to the trade. Harms, Inc., demonstrated their
latest musical hits, and nominations of officers for
the coming year interested members greatly.
The association in meeting discussed the following
amendment to the constitution and by-laws:
"Article 8, Section 5: (a) The Application Fee of
this Association shall be $10, and accompany each
proposal, and the dues shall be $15, and shall be
paid by each active and associate member in ad-
vance, dating from April first of each fiscal year.
"Article 7, Section 1: (b) The secretary's salary
shall be $900 and the treasurer's salary $100."
The Entertainment Committee has completed- the
full list of artists who are going to provide entertain-
ment at the annual ball, which is to be held on
April 25. "If you have not sent your check for ban-
quet reservations, please do so at once, as the seats
are going fast," was the suggestion of Secretary
E. G. Brown. Reports of the many committees
which are working for the good of the trade were
submitted.
Piano String Co.
JAZZ HOT FROM THE JAZZERY
Manufacturers of
How Mr. Wright, of the Clark Orchestra Rolls Co.,
Delivers It Warm.
Piano Bass Strings
2009-2021 CLYBOURN AVENUE
Comer Lewis Street
CHICAGO
amount of money it will earn when used on a coin
piano.
Judging by the number of voluntary commenda-
tions received from users of these famous rolls, there
is a "something" in Clark Orchestra Rolls that tickles
the public palate.
RADIO HAND-ORGAN APPEARS.
The piano-organ wheeled about on the streets of
London as the hand-organ is in New York has met
a competitor. Considerable amusement has been
caused in the streets of London by the appearance
of a man, a donkey and an old piano-organ case
mounted on wheels. Above the old case extend two
uprights about four feet high, and from them arc
stretched four wires, the antenna for the radio set
which has replaced the organ, in the antique case.
Hanging from the side nearest the curb are four
sets of phones, and for 2 cents anybody can listen
in to the concerts picked up from station 2LO and
other broadcasting stations throughout the British
Isles. The novelty is labeled "Radio Barrel Organ."
NEW LYON & HEALY MANAGER.
C. H. Flint, the new manager of the musical mer-
chandise department of Lyon & Healy, Inc., Chi-
cago, is well known in Chicago business circles as a
man of great originality as well as activity in his
sales methods. He was formerly sales manager of
the American Chicle Co. Mr. Flint's predecessor in
the small goods managership, E. J. Exter, has been
appointed Lyon & Healy representative in special
work on the Pacific Coast.
NEW PIANO REPAIR COMPANY.
The new firm of Roeslcr-Hunholz, Inc., 133 Second
street, Milwaukee, Wis., was recently organized to
specialize in the repairing, rebuilding and tuning of
pianos and playerpianos. Fred W. Roesler is presi-
dent and Elmer H. Hunholz, secretary and general
manager. Both have long and valuable experience in
the rebuilding and refinishing of pianos and installing
player and reproducing actions.
"Getting the Jazz on the Paper While It's Hot" is
W. E. HOTCHKISS IN CHICAGO.
the title of a leaflet issued this week by the Clark
William E. Hotchkiss of the Pathe Phonograph
Orchestra Roll Co., De Kalb, 111. It is the first of a
series of reasons why the Clark Orchestra Rolls and Radio Corporation, 10 Grand avenue, Brooklyn,
N. Y., was in Chicago for several days this week.
Excell. This is said:
Mr. Hotchkiss was the first president of the Sonora
Getting the jazz on paper while it's hot is part of Phonograph Co. and, with his father, was one of the
the work of Mr. Wright in the making of Clark organizers of that company.
Orchestra Rolls. As snapped here, he is playing
"Smilin' Through" for use on one of the standard 65-
note electric piano rolls.
As his fingers strike the keys of the recording
Established 1867
piano, the notes are automatically transcribed on a
moving master record in the form of short and long
lines which later become perforations under the sharp
punch of the master machine. Nine other composi-
tions must be recorded to compose, with the piece
he is playing, a ten-tune roll.
In addition to the recording of compositions, a
All Well-posted Piano Dealers, Sales-
conference of the musicians of the arranging depart-
ment is held each month to select the best of the
men, and the Piano Buying Public
new music and to determine the most desirable group-
ing of numbers into rolls. The ability of the musi-
recognize the value of this name on a
cians to pick the best music and to inject into the
Piano Action,
records the snap and pep of the dance orchestra de-
termines the quality of the finished roll and the
For more than 55 years it has been associ-
Strauch Bros.
ated with the best products of the Piano
industry. It has always represented
PERFECT PUNCHINGS
A QUARTER CENTURY OF
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AT
TUNING PIN MANUFACTURING MEANS
When a Piano Action bears the name of
Strauch Bros, it is an additional guarantee
of the quality of the instrument containing it.
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PRESTO
April 21, 1923
Sweet One, Fox-trot (Jolson-Silvers); played by Vic-
0 R S MUSIC ROLLS FOR MAY tor
Arden. Wet Yo' Thumb, Fox-trot (Cooper-
Akst); played by the composer.
Whoa, Tillie, Take Your Time! Fox-trot (Creamer-
Word Rolls, Concert Series, and Foreign Numbers
Layton); played by Max Kortlander.
You Said
Presented in Winning Variety.
Something When You Said "Dixie," Fox-trot (Claire-
The new Word Rolls for May are included in a Landres-Friend); played by Pete Wendling. Beale
new bulletin issued this week by the Q R S Music Street Mamma, Fox-trot (Turk-Robinson); played
Co., Chicago:
by J. Russel Robinson. Nothing But, Fox-trot
Bambalina (from "The Wildflower), Fox-trot (Busse-Ward-Grofe); played by Pete Wendling.
(Harbach-Hammerstein-Youmans-Stothart); played Gone (But Still in My Heart), Fox-trot (Ley-David)';
by Phil Ohman. Whose Heart Arc You Breaking played by "Zez" Confrey. Who's Sorry Now? Waltz
Tonight? Fox-trot (Kortlander-Wendling); played (Kalmar-Ruby-Snyder); played by Osborne and
by Arden and Kortlander. Broken-hearted Melody, Howe.
Waltz (Kahn-Jones); played by Scott and Watters.
The Bluebird Ballad in the May offering is: Ire-
Carolina Mammy, Fox-trot (Billy James); played by land, Bluebird Ballad (Bostelmann); played by Phil
Pete Wendling. Crying for You, Waltz and Fox- Ohman.
trot (Miller-Cohn); played by Scott and Watters.
The following are Q R S Concert Series Rolls for
Dearest (You're the Nearest to My Heart), Fox-trot May:
(Davis-Akst); played by Arden and Kortlander.
Polonaise, F Minor (Chopin); played by Josef Haf-
Everything Is K.O. in K-Y, Fox-trot (Egan-Whit- raann. Rhapsody, C Minor, Op. 11, No. 3 (E. Doh-
ing); played by Max Kortlander. Honeymoon manyi); played by Jolanda Mero. Peer Gynt Suite
Chimes (Brown-Earl); played by Scott
and Watters. (Edward Grieg), Morning Mood and Anita's Dance,
Honeymoon Time, Waltz (Caesar-W r eill); played by Valse Triste, Op. 44 (Jean Sibelius); played by
Osborne and Howe. I'm Drifting Back to Dream- Howard Brockway. Valse Elise (Rudolf Priml);
land, Marimba Waltz (Charlesworth-Harrison-Sad- played by the composer. Somewhere a Voice is
ler); played by Scott and Watters. Just for Old Calling (A. F. Tate); played by the composer. The
Time's Sake, Marimba Waltz (Brock-Scott); played Sunshine of Your Smile (Lillian Ray); played by Phil
by Scott and Watters. Laughin' Cryin' Blues, Fox- Ohman. Pacliacci, Intermezzo (Leoncalvallo); ar-
trot (Grainger-Ricketts); played by Thomas Waller. ranged and played by Lee S. Roberts.
The following foreign rolls for May are included
Maxie Jones (King of the Saxophones), Fox-trot
(Leslie-Clark-Wending); played by the composer. in the newest bulletin:
Bohemian—Matinka to Nedovoli (Pochod), Ko-
No One Loves You Any Better Than Your M-A-
Double-M-Y, Fox-trot (Nelson-Link); played by Pete varna v Lese (Forge in the Forest), Polka.
German—Sei Nicht Bos! (lied aus der Operette
Wendling. Once Upon a Time (from "The Clinging
Vine), Fox-trot (Sears-Leavey); played by Victor "Der Obersteiger"); Mariechen Sass Weinend Im
Arden. One Little Smile (Before We Say Farewell), Garten; Drei Uhr Morgens (Three O'Clock in the
Marimba Waltz (Coleman-Herbert); played by Scott Morning).
Italian—Signorina Mia (Come Sei Bella), Ma-
and Watters. Panama Twilight, Hawaiian Waltz
(Lee-Thompson); played by Osborne and Howe. zurka; Tosca (Complete in three rolls), Puccini. Roll
Seven or Eleven (My Dixie Pair o' Dice), Fox-trot 1. L Introduzione. 2. Recondita Armoria. 3. Perche
(Brown-Donaldson): played by Pete Wendling. chiuso. 4. Non la sospiri. 5. Mia gelosa. Tosca
(Complete in three rolls), Puccini. Roll 2: 1. Tosca
divina. 2. Finale. 3. Tarda e la notte. 4. Quest 'ora
io l'attendeva. 5. Vissi d'arte. Tosca (complete in
three rolls), Puccini. Roll: E lucevan le stelle. 2. O
dolci mani. 3. Amaro sol per te. 4. Finale.
Jewish—A Chulem, Die Shaine Yugend.
Polish—-Kwiaty, Wale; Ognisty, Mazur; Pod Bia-
lem Orlem, Marsz; Skowronek, Polka; Talizman
Special attention given to the needs of tbe tuner and
the dealer
Szczescia, Wale do spiewu; Owczarek.
Slovenian—Venice, 1.
OTTO R. TREFZ, Jr.
Spanish—Alma de Ghana, Vals; El Costeno, Fox
2110 Fairmount Avenue
PHILADELPHIA, PA.
Trot; As de Oros, Danzon; El Borrachito, Cancion;
La Cancion de la Sonrisa, Fox Trot.
Swedish—Nicolina.
TUNERS——
BASS STRINGS
Albert Dodd, piano dealer, Sodus, N. Y., died re-
cently at the age of seventy-two years.
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A BUSY PIANO PLATE PLANT
Full Force of Workers of O. S. Kelly Co., Spring-
field, O., Assures Prompt Deliveries.
The busy conditions in the piano plate foundries
are accepted as good omens for the piano industry.
And in the plant of the O. S. Kelly Co., Springfield,
O., the encouraging signs are very plain. Armin
Kelly, president of the company, said this week that
prospects were never so good and that everything
points to an excellent season.
A full force of men is employed at the present time
in the plant of the O. S. Kelly Co., and this fact as-
sures a continuance of the factory rule for prompt
deliveries. This characteristic of the O. S. Kelly Co.
has been a powerful factor in keeping the business
made by the absolute dependability of its manufac-
tured products.
KEEPS TRADE REMINDED.
Magosy & Buscher, 232 Canal street, New York,
oval and round metal spinners, keeps the trade re-
minded of its activities and abilities to serve by mail-
ing customers a monthly blotter of handsome design
and bearing an effective message. In one recently
sent out this is said: "Do you know that we do the
best work at most moderate rates? Twenty-two
years in same locality, satisfying the most fastidious
customers. Oval and round metal spinners. If you
have any metal spinning or sheet metal work to be
done consult us.
Experienced mechanics in all
branches."
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232 Canal St. and 118 Walker St., NEW YORK
CHICAGO
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