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Presto

Issue: 1923 1919

PRESTO
May 5, 1923
IVORY PRICES AND SUPPLIES
Production of Raw Ivory Has Never Reached the
Figures Common Before the Great War.
Jvory prices in the primary market have increased
from 300 to 400 per cent since 1914, according to the
Foreign Buyer, which says that the great war not
only stopped the commerce in ivory, but also removed
the ivory hunters from their usual haunts and occupa-
tion in various parts of Africa. The offerings from
South Africa are disappointing and the ivory supplies
from East Africa, from the Soudan and from the
Congo have never approached anything like the pro-
portions before the war.
Naturally with the revival of commerce in Europe
and the growth of the ivory requirements in the
United States, the prices of the limited supplies
offered went to unprecedented heights. That fact in
a measure stimulated the hunt for ivory and increased
production was noticeable in recent sales in Antwerp.
PROFIT AND GENNETT RECORDS
Popularity of Line with Phonograph Owners Makes
It Desirable for Dealers to Handle.
Everywhere the favor of Gennett records grows
and big sales show the power of the records to attract
customers and hold them. Progressive dealers see
in them a line of popular commodities profitable in
themselves and with the power to draw trade to their
stores. For one thing the Starr Piano Co., Richmond,
Ind., which produces them is generous in advertising
them in the newspapers, magazines and on billboards,
in railroad stations and other public places. But in
the intrinsic merit of Gennett records lies the great-
est power to make them popular.
Every element requisite to the production of a
well recorded, well made and well advertised record
is used by the Starr Piano Co. The Starr recording
laboratories in New York are in the musical center
of the city with ready access to the latest musical hits
at all times. Therefore when the demand is newest
and greatest Gennett records reach the dealers in
weekly releases.
In the Blue Label Gennett records are found the
latest popular songs, dance hits and standard num-
bers. Their timeliness, wide range and high quality
have given them tremendous popularity the country
over. Hits are released in Gennett records when
thev are hits, when the demand for the numbers is
greatest and the possibilities for profits from their
sale the best.
Gennett records, released under the Green Label
represent the highest attainment in the art of sound
recording. The best standard numbers come under
this label, which assures variety in selection, perfect
reproduction and the real musicianship of the artist.
The appeal of the Green Label Gennetts is excep-
tional and is evidence of the masterful work of Gen-
nett artists who record them.
PERFECTION BENCH CO. MOVES
New Home of Perfection Piano Bench Company
of Chicago Reflects Firm's Expansion.
The Perfection Piano Bench Mfg. Co., Chicago,
is this week completing an important step toward
greater success. The removal of the company to its
new factory, at 1514 Blue Island avenue, was finished
this week. The old factory was at 618 S. Canal street.
The company's new headquarters show the^ great
expansion of the company. Where the former fac-
tory occupied but one floor, the new factory occupies
the entire building. In fact, the floor space in the
new home of the Perfection piano benches is almost
four times that of the old place.
F. S. Smith, president and treasurer of the industry,
is well pleased with his new location and has great
hopes for the company's future, in which he is justi-
fied by the success already attained.
THE AMPLIPHONE MOVES.
Chicago offices of the Ampliphone Phonograph Co.
have changed location. They are now in 820 Repub-
lic Building, State and Adams streets. A full line
of the favorite phonographs are on display and among
them will be found the new console designs which
have grown into great favor in the trade. President
Frank Knight, of the Ampliphone Phonograph Co.,
has made a success of his enterprise and the big fac-
tory at Brazil, Ind., is going full handed. Mr. Knight
divides his time between the factory and the Chicago
offices. Dealers are invited to visit the new Chicago
headquarters in the Republic Building, at any time.
Often it will pay them well to do so.
TUNERS"
BASS STRINGS
Special attention given to the needs of the tuner and
the dealer
OTTO R. TREFZ, Jr.
PHILADELPHIA, PA.
The Piano Repair Shop
PRACTICAL PIANO MOVING SUPPLIES
INCREASE SELLING POWER
One-Man Steel Cable Hoist; Two-in-One
Loaders, Trucks, Covers, etc.
Get Our N«w Circular* and Price*
PIANO MOVERS SUPPLY COMPANY
BUCKINGHAM, PA.
Facts in Various Lines of Commodities Which Enter
Into Musical Instrument Manufacture.
Wool consumed by 610 manufacturers in March
totaled 53,790,287 lbs. of which 28.1 per cent was
domestic, the U. S. census bureau announces. In
March last vear 52,361,000 lbs. were used and in
February this year 50,117,528 lbs.
The "veneer makers everywhere report a big busi-
ness. In Evansville, Ind., several manufacturers are
operating day and niyht.
Lumber is moving freely from Chicago yards and
there is a renewed disposition to advance prices,
especially for hardwoods, distribution of which in the
first quarter was double that in the first three months
of last year.
A firm of importers in Italy requests the names and
addresses of manufacturers of strings for musical
instruments according to the Bureau of Foreign and
Domestic Commerce. The Italian firm desires to be
accorded the agency for Italy in the lines.
AN EDISON VIEW.
"People are far more willing to pay for being
amused than for anything else," said Thomas E.
Edison in a recent interview. "That is one reason
why the phonograph has been so universally adopted.
Jiut another reason is its simplicity. A child can
operate it. Most people are careless and many in-
ventions are unsuitable to them. The phonograph is
practically foolproof and its operation extremely
simple. The absence of mechanical worries in using
it makes it suitable to everybody."
LEATHER
FOR
PLAYERS
ORGANS
PIANOS
PNEUMATIC LEATHERS A SPECIALTY
Here are
2110 Fairinount Avenue
SITUATION IN SUPPLIES
Pianos and Phonographs Rebuilt by
Expert Workmen
Player-actions installed. Instruments
rehnished or remodeled and actions and
keys repaired. Work guaranteed. Prices
reasonable.
Our-of-town dealers' repair work solic-
ited. Write for details and terms.
THE PIANO REPAIR SHOP
425 South Wabaah Ave.
Packing, Valves, All Special Tanned
Bellows Leather
T. L. LUTKINS, Inc.
40 Spruce Street
NEW YORK
DEALERS AND TUNERS!
Big Cut in Prices Piano Key Repairing
Celluloid, Complete Tops, Set Keys
$7.00
Ivorine (grained), Complete Tops, Set Keys 8.00
Composition, Complete Tops, Set Keys... 10.00
Sole manufacturers and distributors of H. P.
& O. K. Co. famous Ivory White Glue. Needs
no Heating. Applied Cold. Sent anywhere in
U. S. P. P. $1.00 can.
HARLEM PIANO & ORGAN KEY CO.
121-123 E. 126th St.
New York Citj-, N. Y.
Chicago
MAG0SY(& BUSCHER
PERFECTION
PLAYER ROLL CABINET
Furnished in 5 ply veneered 1 3 / 1 6 stock in
Mahogany, Oak and Walnut
Designed and
Manufactured
Our Hammered Cymbals are as Good as Turk-
ish Cymbals in Sound, and they don't cost as
much.
Drum Major Batons in Wood and Metal.
Perfection Piano Bench Mfg. Co.
Makers of the BESTONE Banjo Reso-
nators
We Can Manufacture Any Specialty in
Our Line to Order.
614-618 So. Canal St.
232 Canal St. and 118 Walker St., NEW YORK
By
Capacity, 150 Rolls
First Class
OVAL AND ROUND METAL
SPINNERS
Makers of high-grade hammered Cym-,
bals in Brass and German Silver, from 2
to 18 inches; Brass Mutes for Cornets,
Trombones, French Horns.
CHICAGO
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May 5, 1923
PRESTO
MUSIC IN HARDWARE STORES
Small Music Goods and Band Instruments Have
Quickly Followed Talking Machines in Favor.
The number of hardware dealers handling phono-
graphs and records and in many instances small music
goods increases every year in the United States. And
every store not yet embarked in the music goods busi-
ness is a probable customer for the small goods man-
ufacturer and jobber. Considering the dimensions of
the hardware business the possibilities for extending
the music goods business is very great.
The hardware store is now a good second in pro-
gressiveness to the drug store which always showed
the ability to see a good thing. The latter saw it at
a very early day in the talking machine business and
the drug store today without a talking machine and
record department is an oddity in the trade.
In hardware stores the term "hardware" is fast
becoming a misnomer due to the fact that the term
hardware covers the smallest number of items sold
there. Ten or fifteen years ago the hardware store
was just a hardware store where one purchased any
staple hardware item. But today, in the progressive
race for business the hardware dealer is keen to
handle any profit-making line of commodities that he
can conveniently stock. In the category is that of
talking machines and small music goods.
Thousands of hardware merchants, like their
brothers in the drug trade, freely admit that the
music goods and talking machines have increased
their business in a remarkable way. A few years ago
the hardware dealer who added talking machines
Pian-O-Grand
Nothing in the Automatic field to com-
pare with it.
Biggest money maker and most effective
expression coin control instrument on the
market.
Plays Standard 65-Note Rolls
Whether for public places, theatres or
private parlors, it is all that its name
suggests—Pian-O-Grand.
Send for Descriptive Circular
CHICAGO, ILL.
SHOWING OF SUPPLY ASS'N
A BUSY ROLL
DEPARTMENT
The convention of the Musical Supply Association
of America at the Drake Hotel, Chicago, June 4 and
5 will show a representative character at which the
officials may well be proud. Every phase of the
supply trade serving the music goods manufacturing
industries has strong representation in this compre-
hensive organization. There is a spirit of enthusiasm
too in the supply men's national association that effec-
tive co-operation with the other units of the Music
Industries Chamber of Commerce in formulating
action for the general good.
The extent of the music goods supply industry
may be estimated by a glance at the membership list.
It includes manufacturers of piano cases, talking
machine cabinets, piano actions, playerpiano actions,
piano and organ keys, piano backs and sounding
boards, piano plates, piano bridges, boards, bars, and
mouldings; piano wire, piano felts, glue, hammers,
tuning pins, felts, cloths, hinges and casters; piano
strings, piano punchings, hardware, and leathers;
piano movers' supplies, trucks, piano lumber, veneers
and varnish.
COLUMBIA
WORD ROLLS
ELIMINATES SOUND DISTORTION
MAY, 1923
SYNCHRONIZED WORD ROLLS
WANT WILSON DRUMS.
Business in drums and traps for family orchestra
uses is adding to the size of dealers orders to the
Wilson Bros. Mfg. Co., Chicago, makers of drums
and accessories. The formation of school bands and
orchestras in all parts of the country has also stimu-
lated the dealers business which in turn made all
departments busier in the factory of the Wilson Mfg.
Co., 218-222 North May street. Recent orders for
equipment from American Legion Posts in Des
Moines, la., San Francisco, Cobleskill, N. Y., and
Glendive, Colo., and the Elks' Club, Mendota, 111.
A FEW NOTES.
A new music store has been opened in the Rialto
Building, High Bridge, N. J.
The Igoe House Furnishing Co., 2249 Cass avenue,
Chicago, has added a line of talking machines and
records.
As usual in early spring the heavy rains in the
southwest is delaying the logging operations in the
hardwood sections.
C. G. CONN, Ltd., Elkhart, Ind.
C. D. GREENLEAF, P*e..
J. E. BOYER, Sec'y
World'* largest manulaoftarwr* o! High Gnda Band and Orchestra Instruments. Employs 1,000
•xpert workmen.
All of the most celebrated Artists use and endorse Conn Instruments.
Famous Bandmasters and Orchestra Directors highly endorse and recommend the use of the
Conn Instruments in their organizations.
Conn Instruments are noted for their ease of playing, light and reliable ralve or key action;
quick response, rich tonal quality, perfect intonation, tone carrying quality, artisticness of design,
beautiful finish and reliable construction.
Conn Instruments are sent to aay point in th t U. S. subject to ten <5ays free trial. Branch store
or agencies will be found in all large cities. Writ e for catalogues, prices, etc.
C. G. CONN, Ltd.
The Background
Comprehensive Character of the National Organiza-
tion of Supply Men to Be Shown at Convention.
"Speaking Flame" to Revolutionize Present Methods
of Transmitting Voice and Music Sounds.
A "speaking flame" which transmits sound waves
into electrical waves without distortion has been ex-
plained by Mr. De Forest at his laboratories. The
microphonic device will enable talking motion pic-
tures to give a perfect illusion of a speaker's voice,
while it will eliminate distortion of sound waves from
radio, if the promise made in a statement from the
laboratories is fulfilled by the invention.
"The 'speaking flame' gives promise of revolution-
izing the present methods of transmitting voice sound
into electrical waves," the statement says.
"Take the ordinary bat wing gas burner, insert two
heat resisting electrodes therein in proper relation to
the flame and each other, and connect these electrodes
to an appropriate electro-motive force.
"You will then have an extremely sensitive sound
converter which gives an electric reproduction of the
sound waves in the air enveloping the flames."
Beautiful Piano Case
Design and Construction
NELSON-WIGGEN PIANO CO.
and records was looked upon by his fellows in the
trade as silly. Today hardware dealers everywhere
carry and strongly feature the talking machine line.
Success with talking machines in hardware stores
was soon followed by a similar success with lines of
banjos, ukuleles, mandolins, guitars, violins and
musical supplies. And it is not uncommon to see the
hardware stores in progressive towns showing and
selling band instruments.
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ELKHART, IND.
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Title
Played by:
By the Shalimar
James Blythe Fox-trot
Ain't Iiove a Wonderful Thing
Nell Morrison Fox-trot
Paul Jones
Blues
Sugar Blues
James Blythe Fox-trot
Uttle Rover
Paul Jones Fox-trot
You Tell Her—I Stutter
James Blythe
Blues
Farewell Blues
Nell
Morrison
Ballad
Love's Ship
Apple Sauce
Paul Jones Fox-trot
When Hearts Are Young Nell Morrison Fox-trot
When You and I Were Young Maggie, Blues
Blythe & Jones
Blues
Seven or Eleven
James Blythe Fox-trot
Sweet One
Nell Morrison Fox-trot
I'm a Harmony Baby
Nell Morrison Fox-trot
Starlight Bay
Jones & Love Fox-trot
After Kvery Party
Nell Morrison Fox-trot
Jolly Peter
Jones & Love Fox-trot
Hawaiian Rainbow (With Ukulele Effects)
James Blythe
Waltz
The Trail to Long Ago
Nell Morrison Marimba Ballad
Georgia Cabin Door
James Blythe Fox-trot
Rose of the Rio Grande
Nell Morrison Fox-trot
The Lovelight in Your Eyes
Marg. Thompson Fox-trot
To Retail at
Why Pay More?
75
None Better.
Made of the best materials
obtainable.
Will please your trade and
double your sales.
Quality and price make
Columbia rolls the deal-
ers best profit producer
in a roll department.
A trial order will 1 con-
vince you.
Columbia Music Roll Co.
22 S. Peoria S t w
CHICAGO
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