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Presto

Issue: 1923 1918

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PRESTO
International Copyright Union. Through reciproca-
tive action the foreign authors and composers would
secure protection for their works in the United States
to the same extent as American authors and com- A Few Items Interesting to People in Sheet Music
posers, provided the foreign country in each case
Department Are Printed.
extended similar protection to American works.
A line of sheet music has been added by the Peter
Drug Co., Paunee, Okla.
MUSIC MEN MEET.
Federal Judge Hand, New York, last week denied
The plans for an outing were discussed at the re- motion of Joe Mittenthal, Inc., a motion for a pre-
cent regular meeting of the Association of Music liminary injunction against Irving Berlin, Inc., re-
Men held at the Old Heidelberg Cafe, New York, but
straining the firm from publishing "Pack Up Your
the fixing of a date for the event was left to a future
Sins" on the ground that it infringed "I Love Sweet
meeting. President Schulz, presiding, appointed the
Angelihe."
following on a membership committee: Chas. G.
The "Hoosier Girl" is a new song with music by
Schloss, Joseph Lunn and A. J. Senger. According
Sheridan Hersee Isaacs, Vincennes, Ind.
to the president the membership is growing in a very
"In the Sweet By and By" is the name of a new
satisfactory way.
song with a title that recalls an old hymn refrain.
The composer is Cecil Teague, organist of the
Majestic Theater, Portland, Ore.
MUSIC IN FLORIDA.
The sheet music department in the new branch of
OPENS IN EL PASO, TEX.
S. Ernest Philpitt & Sons, in Orlando, F"la., will be
Mrs. H. W. Austin is proprietor and manager of
among the most important. The house at its head- the Orndorff Music Shop, recently opened in the
quarters and in all its branches features sheet music
Orndorff Hotel building, El Paso, Tex. Mrs. Austin
in a particular manner. In the new store at 58
is well known in musical circles in that city and in
North Orange Grove, Orlando, a wide range of
addition to business abilities possesses rare musical
popular and classical music will be carried.
ones. She is manager of a dance orchestra and a
much appreciated chamber music orchestra. Her
sheet music shop is one of the pleasantest places in
A NEW JAZZ PALACE.
the city for musical people. Besides the popular
There is no suffocating the jazzaphobia. The
lines she carries a big stock of standard music and
world's biggest jazz palace is to be built at Broad-
teachers' supplies,
way and 53rd street, New York. It will accommo-
date more than 7,000 dancers and will cost a half
million dollars. The jazz orchestra is to have 100
pieces, and the hall will open at 10 o'clock in the
PIONEER SCHOOL FO . PIANO MEN
morning and remain open until 2 a.. m.
Indiana Home," Silver Swanee" and "Dixie High-
way," three songs with so-called territorial titles and
the number of people who have not heard their allur-
ing melodies in band or orchestra is negligible.
SHEET MUSIC TRADE NOTES
FIRST MOVIE CUE SHEETS.
The first and only motion picture to have a com-
plete Thematic music cue sheet with effects is the
popular Pathe release, "Aesop's Film Fables," pro-
duced by Fables Pictures, Inc. Many of the multiple
length feature films have specially prepared cue
sheets, but effects are not included on them. Ac-
cording to the Cameo Publishing Company, who ar-
ranged the "Aesop's Film Fables" music, this is the
first time that any kind of cue sheet has been pre-
pared for a short subject, cartoon or otherwise.
"Thematic" is a brand name used by the publishers
to emphasize the fact and not mere improvisations
are provided.
THOMAS P. WESTENDORF DIES.
Thomas P. Westendorf, reform school organizer,
"bad boys' friend," and song composer, died last
week Thursday at the Mercy hospital, Chicago, fol-
lowing a protracted illness, at the age of 75. He was
instrumental in founding the first Chicago reform
school, and when doing similar work in Louisville,
Ky., he wrote the song "I'll Take You Home Again,
Kathleen," which is still popular. John Church Co.,
of Cincinnati, publishes nearly all of his compositions.
ADDS SHEET MUSIC.
Another addition to the active sheet music counters
of Boston is that recently installed by F. C. Hender-
son, 156 Boylston street. For the present the stock
will be limited to popular numbers but eventually a
full line including standard music and teachers' sup-
plies will be added. The store has a fine business in
rolls and records and for some time the addition of
sheet music has been considered a necessity.
SHEET MUSIC IN COLUMBUS.
Sheet music has a prominent place in the stock of
the C. C. Baker Music Co., recently moved to 123
INTERNATIONAL COPYRIGHT BILL.
South High street, Columbus, O., and the advantage-
Two bills to amend the copyright laws are now ous position of the sheet music department shows that
before Congress, the latest bill, introduced by Rep- the firm considers it an important and profitable one.
resentative Tincher of Kansas, would, if passed, en- The most modern methods for displaying and dem-
able the United States to become a member of the onstrating music are employed.
NBW YORK
•33 Fifth Ave.
April 28, 1923
HARDMAN, PECK & CO.
CHICAGO
m
Republic Bid*.
POLKS
COURTHOUSE SO.
VALPARAISO. IND.
Piano "layer-Piano and Organ Tuning Repairing, RjeguU*
tint
j& Voicing.
Best equipped school in the U. S.
DipJ*"-nM awarded and poiitioni secured. Private and d m
tnst™**tions, both texea.
5*A««f all th* yrnr.
Manufacturers of the
with upwards of
1000
SUCCESSFUL.
GRADUATES
iltuttrmtmd tmtm*»4CMS r««.
POLICS SCHOOL OF TUNING, VALPARAISO, IND
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,makers ot tbe
AUTOTONE GftJSSS
HARRINGTON
(Supreme A mong Moderately Prictd PIANO
Instruments)
The Hardman Autotone
The Harrington Autotone
The Autotone The Playotone The Standard Player-Piano
The Hensel Piano
The Standard Piano
KOHLER INDUSTRIES
Players and Pianos have won their stand-
ing with trade and public by 54 years of
steadfast striving to excel. They repre-
sent the
LARGEST COMPETITIVE VALUE
because of their beauty, reliability, tone
and moderate price. They are profitable
to sell and satisfactory when sold.
of NEW YORK
AFFILIATED
Schaff Bros.
COMPANIES
r
anufacturing for the trade
Brighten Your Line with the
SCHAFF BROS.
Upright and Grand Pianos
Player Pianos
Reproducing Pianos
Auto De Luxe Player A&ions
Standard Player A&ions
Art De Luxe Reproducing Adtions
Parts and Accessories
Wholesale
San Francisco Office
462 Vhelan building
Chicago Office and Service
T)epartments
KOHLER INDUSTRIES
1222 KIMBALL B U I L D I N G
CHICAGO
The Schaff Bros. Co.
Established 1868
Huntington, Ind.
WILLIAMS
PIANOS
The policy of the Williams House is and always
has been to depend upon excellence of product
instead of alluring price. Such a policy doe* not
attract bargain hunters. It does, however, win the
hearty approval and support of a very desirable
and substantial patronage.
Makers of Williams Pianos,
Organs
Epworth Pi . no , and
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PRESTO
April 28, 1923
COINOLAS
FOR
RESTAURANTS, CAFES and
A M U S E M E N T CENTERS
Style SO
FROM THE BIGGEST
ORCHESTRION
WEEK'S ODDS AND ENDS
dress fleeting news for casual readers. Hence a lower
standard is applied to sensational headlines. But this
is publicity that dies in a day.
The message that is to live and bear fruit must be
The Value of Bringing Direct Thought to Pos- indisputably true. Truth is the very foundation of
sound merchandising at home and abroad. The con-
sible Customers Now Well Understood
fidence that arises from it is the prime essential of
by Window Dressers.
success in foreign commerce.
It is gratifying to note that the export publishers
The keenly observant music dealer is everywhere
showing his recognition of the power of suggestion of the country, true to their tradition as pioneers in
in window exhibits. He displays a method in his foreign trade promotion, have banded together to
window shows, and makes them more than mere banish, to the best of their ability, conscious mis-
incidents, but instead causes them to be highly sug- statement in copy accepted by them for their adver-
tising pages.
gestive of the desire to buy.
These "shop windows of America," scanned by
One very effective form of musical merchandise
window display is the grouping of instruments for a foreign buyers, will have nothing exhibited that is not
family orchestra, or. as some dealers describe it, a as represented. But the same standard must be ap-
"jazz outfit." They are the instruments usually used plied to circulars, catalogues, and travelers' words.
to produce syncopated music. Frequently the selec- There must lie no sales talk that is not true.
tion is made up of a saxophone, clarinet, banjo, and
violin, an equipment suitable for a family or any
GOOD TRADE IN INDIANA.
group of young people of musical inclinations. Oc-
Music dealers at Evansville, and other Southern
casionally drums and traps are added or the out- Indiana, report that their trade has been unusually
fit otherwise enlarged.
good since the first of April and that the month has
Such shows, according to the reports of dealers, brought in a much larger volume of trade than the
have been instrumental in the creation of new orches- corresponding month of last year. They are well
tras not only of the family kind but in groups, church pleased with the outlook. Dealers say they believe
organizations and societies. The desire to take part that the. country is on the verge of a great wave of
in the making of orchestra or band music is a com- prosperity and that the year will prove to be the best
mon one with young people. It is the evidence of since the close of the world war.
the culturally inclined mind that teachers, and others
who have to do with young people, should be quick
BRAUMULLER DIMINUTIVE GRAND.
to discern and turn to advantage.
A "Diminutive Grand Piano" has been introduced
Spirit can be added to an organization where inter-
est is waning by the formation of an orchestra. Min- by the Braumuller Piano Co., 505 Angelique street,
isters find an orchestra an admirable nucleus for West lloboken, N. J., and the instrument was spe-
church organizations of young people. The orches- cially featured last week at the company's ware-
tras promote interest and prolong it. But the extent rooms at 521 Bergiline avenue, in the same city.
of the field for the formation of orchestras, shows Paper patterns of the exact size of the little grand
dealers the suggestive value of the window display of were distributed to store visitors and printed in the
groups of instruments suitable for a small or large local newspapers.
orchestra.
EVANSVILLE DEALER BUYS.
The orchestra which buys its outfit complete, and
at one time, has the advantage over the orchestra
W. 1\ Schwcntker, piano and music dealer at
formed of instruments bought from different sources Evansville, Ind., has purchased the two story brick
by young people. In the former case the units are building on Main street, in that city located between
sure to be selected with care by a department man- First and Second streets. He will continue to do
ager who knows the musical requirements as well as business at his usual stand for the time being, which
the merits of the instruments required. In this way is on Mary street, but eventually he may occupy the
not only the dealer and his department manager are Main street building just purchased.
back of the instruments, but the instrument manu-
facturer also. Where the instruments in an amateur
orchestra organization have been bought separately
by the members there are obvious disadvantages of a
musical kind.
ORCHESTRA EQUIPMENT
DO NO SALES TALKING THAT
IS NOT ABSOLUTELY TRUE
The Survey of Foreign Trade, Published by the
Department of Commerce, Warns Exporters.
In the primitive forms of trading the callous prin-
ciple prevails: "Let the buyer beware," says "Com-
merce Reports." In enlightened commercial inter-
course the guiding principle is: "Let the buyer be-
lieve."
Slowly but surely the first of these principles has
been discarded by merchants of integrity and vision.
In the enthusiasm of publicity promoters the fanciful
touch of half truth has at times been tolerated in
advertising. But the good sense of those who are
building advertising into a most potent selling force
now rejects any departure whatever from fidelity to
fact.
"Truth in advertising" has come to stay. It is no-
where more vital than in publicity designed to sell
goods abroad.
Some shadow of excuse for half truth on the
printed page might be pleaded by those who must
Tiny Coinola
THE SMALLEST
KEYLESS
HIGH GRADE
Manufactured by
Folding Organs
School Organs
The Operators Piano Co.
Practice Keyboards
16 to 22 South Peoria St.
CHICAGO
Dealers' Attention Solicited
A. L. WHITE MFG. CO.
215 Englewood Ave., CHICAGO, ILL.
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.
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. GET IT NOW.
Give a copy to each of your salesmen.
Price 50 cents per copy.
PRESTO PUBLISHING CO.
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