Classic Mode

Presto

Issue: 1923 1948

PRESTO
November 24, 1923
AMERICAN BAND INSTRUMENTS
Expert Players and Leaders Declare that Foreign
Makes Cannot Compare with Them.
ville, the Flotilla Orchestra alone having spent $25,-
0C0 in railroad fares in one calendar year.
Mr. Yerkes and his associates are reported to have
bought the Olympic Disk recording plant and press-
ing plant at Long Island City and will bring out
their first releases shortly under the trade name of
Yerkes' Dance Records.
Every record made will bear on its label the three
words, "Buescher Instruments Used." All the Yerkes
orchestras use Buescher band instruments and saxo-
phones exclusively.
That American-made band instruments are taking
rank as the equal if not the superior of those made in
Europe is evidenced by the testimonials given Ameri-
can-made instruments by experienced players after
a comparison with foreign makes.
The following letter is typical of those being re-
ceived by American manufacturers. The letter is
from L. F. Sherwood, of Chatham, Mass., a well-
known musician, who has given close study to vari-
Many New Names Appear in Musical Instrument
out makes of instruments. He says:
Business and Old Ones Continue in Activities.
"Some time ago a friend asked me if I wanted
some real pleasure by playing a number for him on
The value of the line of band instruments of C. G.
his saxophone. I played it for him and was 'knocked
cold' by wonderful tone of his instrument, which was Conn, Ltd., Elkhart, Ind., in increasing the public's
a Martin. I have played two foreign make saxes, one interest in music stores is being impressed on dealers
of them a Buffet, but your sax was about perfec- in and around New York City by the Conn New
York Co., 233 to 237 West Forty-seventh street.
tion compared to either of them."
F. D. Streep, the manager, is directing the work.
Discos Gennett en Espanol is the name of a leaflet
issued to the trade for distribution by dealers by the
Starr Piano Co., Richmond, Ind. The Spanish Gen-
netts are sung and played in that deft, light and airy
Yerkes Dance Records to Be Distributed by Yerkes fashion after the manner of all things Spanish. These
are all by well-known Spanish artists and are inter-
Himself from Now Forward.
preted with true artistic appreciation of the many
Harry A. Yerkes, known as the dean of record beauties of the melodies. They add great charm and
makers, for twenty-five years an organizer of fine variety to the Gennett Foreign Library.
orchestras and a specialist in recording work for
In the Player Roll Shops in two choice locations in
phonograph companies, has just effected the release Louisville, Ky., Bruner Greenup has developed an
of his Yerkes's Dance Records direct to the public exclusive roll and record business of a large and prof-
he has built up through his many years of good work itable kind.
Mr. Greenup has a store on Walnut
for the leading companies.
street and another on Fourth avenue, and in both
There is hardly a mechanical company for which stores he "bunches his hits" for the rolls and records.
he has not made innumerable recordings in the past.
His Columbia Saxophone Sextet, the Happy Six,
GLUE ODORS.
Yerkes' S. S. Flotilla Orchestra, Metropolitan Dance
The
odor
of
animal
glue gives some indication of its
Players, Bell Hops Sextet, etc., are known all over
the United States and Canada, not only from their source and its condition. Glue which has an offen-
records, but from their extensive touring in vaude- sive odor is not considered of the highest grade, says
the Woodworker. The bad odor may be due to the
fact that partly decomposed stock was used, or that
the glue itself is decaying. For high-grade work it is
usually specified that the glue be sweet; that is, it
must not have an offensive odor, which is determined
by smelling a hot solution of the glue. The odor of
different glues varies considerably, and it is difficult
or impossible to express the different "shades." It
is not usually difficult, however, to determine whether
or not the odor is clean, or, as it is commonly called,
sweet. The temperature and strength of solution are
not usually specified.
NEWS OF SMALL GOODS FIELD
The Background
A BUSY ROLL
DEPARTMENT
WILL MARKET OWN RECORDS
A Christmas Victrola sale is now attracting atten-
tion in Widener Cushman Music Shop, Hartford,
Conn.
PRACTICAL PIANO MOVING SUPPLIES
INCREASE SELLING POWER
One-Man Steel Cable Hoist; Two-in-One
Loaders, Trucks, Covers, etc.
TUNERS"
745
743
741
742
741
740
739
738
737
736
735
734
733
732
731
730
729
738
727
726
725
Here are
BASS STRINGS
Special attention given to the needs of the tuner and
the dealer
PIANO MOVERS SUPPLY COMPANY
OTTO R. TREFZ, Jr.
2110 Fairnmunt Avenue
FAIRBANKS
December Releases
SYNCHRONIZED WORD ROLLS
724
723
Get Our New CU ul BUCKINGHAM, PA.
COLUMBIA
WORD ROLLS
721
720
710
Title
Played by:
Take, Oh Take Those Lips
Away
Wayne Love Fox-trot
Brokenhearted Melody
Nell Morrison
Waltz
Sittin' in a Corner
Paul Jones Fox-trot
Out TliTe in the Sunshine
with You
Wayne Love
Waltz
Salt Your Sugar
Paul Jones
Blue
President CoUidge March
Wayne Love Marimba March
Sunshine of Mine (I Call
You Sunshine)
Wayne Love Fox-trot
Mamma Goes Where Papa Goes
(Or Papa Don't Go Out
Tonight)
James Blythe Fox-trot
Steal a Little Kins
Nell Morrison
Waltz
Louisiana
Wayne Love Fox-trot
Half Past Ten (Sop Tim Bom)
Nell Morrison Chinese Waltz
Pal of My Dreams Paul Jones Marimba Waltz
Rio Nights
Wayne Love Marimba Waltz
Sweet Anabel
Nell Morrison
Waltz
Rose of Sunny Italy
Wayne Love Fox-trot
That Old Gang of Mine
Wayne Love Fox-trot
Just a Girl that Men Forget Wayne Love
Waltz
Mean, Mean Mama
James Blythe Fox-trot
Stealing to Virginia
Paul Jones Fox-trot
In Fair Hawaii
Nell Morrison Marimba Waltz
Last Night on the Back
Porch
James Blythe Fox-trot
Easy Melody
Paul Jones Fox-trot
Every Night I Cry Myself to
Sleep Over You
Nt-ll Morrison Fox-trot
Kansas City Man Blues James Blythe
Blue
Not Here Not There
Nell Morrison Fox-trot
Dirty Hands! Dirty Face! Wayne Love Fox-trot
Cruel Back-Bitin' Blues James Blythe
Blue
To Retail at
PHILADELPHIA. PA.
PIAN0 PLATES
THE FAIRBANKS CO., Springfield, Ohio
Why Pay More?
75
None Better.
Made of the best materials
obtainable.
Will please your trade and
double your sales.
PERFECTION
PLAYER ROLL CABINET
Quality and price make
Columbia rolls Ihe deal-
er's best profit producer
in a roll department.
Furnished in 5 ply veneered 13/16 stock in
Mahogany, Oak and Walnut
A trial order will con-
vince you.
Designed and Manufactured
By
Columbia Music Roll Co.
Perfection Piano Bench Mfg. Co.
Capacity. 150 Roll*
1516 Blue Island Ave.
CHICAGO
22 S. Peoria St.
CHICAGO
ILL.
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PI1STO
LATEST QENNETT RELEASES
Another Fine List of Easy Selling Gennett Records
Ready for Trade This Week.
The Starr Piano Co., Richmond, Ind., makes time-'
liness the watchword where Gennett records are con-
cerned. It is a feature of Gennett presentation that
conduces considerably to the ever growing popular-
ity of the records.
This week a Green Label record No. 10083 has two
songs by Henry Moeller, tenor: All Through the
Night (Maynard), and Silver Threads Among the
Gold (Rexford-Danks).
Other records of varied appeal released this week
are:
No. 5295—Why Should I Give My Love to You?
(West-Conrad-Siras), and Why Must My Pal Grow
Old? (Daniels-Fitzgibbons), Lewis James.
No. 5294—1 Still Believe in You,'waltz (Sterling-
Chase), and Love Is All I Ask of You (Henry),
Hawaiian Entertainers.
No. 5296—Hibiscus Blooms, waltz (A. J. Dicker-
man), The Sunshine Orchestra, and Fluttering But-
terfly (Glantz-De Bueris), Nathan Glantz.
No. 5297—He's an Odd Fellow (George Hunt),
Criterion Quartette, and Sabre and Spurs (John
Philip Sousa), Gennett Military Band.
A new foreign record (German) is Die Post Im
Walde (Walzer), Die Lustigen Briider (Polka), Na-
tional Kapelle.
In the dance releases for November the following
numbers have proved big sellers and the call for
them continues to grow:
No. 5210—E Flat Blues, fox trot (Morris), and
Original Charleston Strut, fox trot (Morris), Porter's
Blue Devils.
No. 5211—Love, fox trot (Lewis-Young), The Bilt-
more Hotel Orchestra, Hazay Natzy, Director, and
Chas. Hart sings the Chorus; March of the Siamese,
fox trot (Lincke), The Biltmore Hotel Orchestra,
Hazay Natzy, Director.
No. 5212—Good Night, waltz (Wood-Bibo-Con-
DEALERS AND TUNERS!
Big Cut in Prices Piano Key Repairing
Celluloid, Complete Top*, Set Keys
$7.60
Worine (grained), Complete Tops, Set Key* 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 City, N. Y.
MAGOSY & BUSCHER
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.
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.
Makers of the BESTONE Banjo Reso-
nators
We Can Manufacture Any Specialty in
Our Line to Order.
232 Canal St. and US Walker St., NEW YORK
rad), The Biltmore Hotel Orchestra, Hazay Natzy,
Director, and Hawaiian Moon, waltz (Gerkie-Brnn-
ner), Specialty Orchestra, featuring Virginia Btirt.
No. 5217—Milenbcrg Joys, fox trot (Rappolo-
Mares-Morton), and Marguerite, fox trot (Pierce-
Xovak), New Orleans Rhythm Kings.
No. 5219—Sobbin' Blues, fox trot (Kassel-Berton),
and Angry, fox trot (Brunies-Brunies-Yules), New
Orleans Rhythm Kings.
No. 5222—In a Covered Wagon, fox trot (Nor-
worth-Stover), and Poppies, fox trot (Norworth),
Art Landry and His Call of the North Orchestra,
COINOLAS
FOR
RESTAURANTS, CAFES and
A M U S E M E N T CENTERS
COLUMBIA DECEMBER LIST
Usual Well Balanced Assortment of Fox-Trots,
Waltzes, Blues and Marches in New Presentations.
The December releases of synchronized word rolls
issued by the Columbia Music Roll Co., Chicago,
shows admirable variety in fox-trots, waltzes,
marches and blues. Wayne Love, Nell Morrison,
Paul Jones and James Blythe are old favorites among
the recording artists. The following numbers are
included in the December list:
Fox-trots—Take, Oh Take Those Lips Away,
Wayne Love; Sittin' in a Corner, Paul Jones; Sun-
shine of Mine, Wayne Love; Mama Goes Where
Papa Goes, James Blythe; Lou'siana, Wayne Love;
Rose of Sunny Italy, Wayne Love; That Old Gal of
Mine, Wayne Love; Mean, Mean Mama, James
Blythe; Stealing to Virginia, Paul Jones; Last Night
on the Back Porch, James Blythe; Easy Melody,
Paul Jones; Every Night I Cry Myself to Sleep Over
You, Nell Morrison; Not Here, Not There, Nell Mor-
rison; Dirty Hands, Dirty Face, Wayne Love.
Waltzes; Brokenhearted Melody, Nell Morrison;
Out There in the Sunshine With You, Wayne Love;
Steal a Little Kiss, Nell Morrison; Half Past Ten,
Nell Morrison; Pal O' My Dreams, Paul Jones; Rio
Nights (Marimba), Wayne Love; Sweet Anabel, Nell
Morrison; Just a Girl That Men Forget, Wayne
Love; In Fair Hawaii (Marimba), Nell Morrison.
Blues—Salt Your Sugar, Paul Jones; Kansas City
Man Blues, James Blythe; Cruel Back-Bitin' Blues,
James Blythe.
March (Marimba)—President Coolidge March,
Wayne Love.
Style C-2
FROM THE BIGGEST
ORCHESTRION
PREPARES FOR HOLIDAYS.
The Mammoth', Urbana, Ohio, for several years has
made a specialty of the popular records. During the
past week the Mammoth has opened a special Victor
room at the store on North Main street, where cus-
tomers may enjoy buying records in undisturbed
comfort. Deep-toned hangings cover the windows
and in this room every type of Victrola is displayed;
cabinet, desk and portable. A large stock of records
is carried. A number of changes are also being made
in the interior of the store, which changes will afford
a better display of the holiday goods arriving each
day.
A FEW NOTES.
A new Iowa law permits towns under 40,000 popu-
lation to maintain town bands at the expense of the
taxpayers.
W. A. McDougall, of the McDougall-Conn Music
Co., Portland, Ore., is leader of the Elks' Band,
winning first prize as best fraternal band at Van-
couver festival.
A growth in all departments and an increase of 25
per cent in business over last year are shown by
C. G. Conn, Ltd., Elkhant, Ind.
REMINDER FOR DEALERS.
The Vocalstyle Music Co., Cincinnati, this week
mailed a return postal to dealers, on the return por-
tion of which was printed an order for the six timely
hits the company has been featuring in national maga-
zines. The list is: Blue Hoosier Blues, fox trot; Cut
Yourself a Piece of Cake, fox trot; Love Tales, fox
trot; No No Nora, fox trot; Saw Mill River Road,
one step; Swingin' Down the Lane, fox trot.
C. G. CONN, Ltd., Elkhart, Ind.
C. O. GREENLEAF, Pr*s.
J. E. BOYER, Sec'y
World's largest manuAaeftosws of High Grade Band and Orchestra Instruments. Employs l,Mt
expert workmen-
All el tke most celebrated Artists ose and endorse Conn Instruments.
Famous Bandmasters and Orchestra Directors highly endorse and recommend the u*e of tke
Conn Instruments in their organisations.
Conn Instruments are noted for their ease ef playing, light and reliable Talre or key
quick response, rich tonal quality, perfect intonation, tone carrying quality, artieticness el
beautiful finish and reliable construction.
Conn Instruments are sent to aay point in tk U. S. subject to ten <3eys free trial. Bswaak store
•r ajeaeies will be found in all Urge cities. Writ e for catalogues, prices, etc.
C. G. CONN, Ltd.
November 24, 1923
DEPT. MS.
ELKHART, IND.
THE SMALLEST
KEYLESS
Manufactured by
The Operators Piano Co.
16 to 22 South Peoria St.
CHICAGO
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