Presto

Issue: 1923 1952

22
PRESTO
December 22, 1923.
performer on one or more instruments. Many of the
band organizations of the city are due to the activi-
ties of Mr. Williamson and his staff.
May Be Kept Closed Until Band Instrument Com-
The Southern California Saxophone Band, an or-
pany Decides to Purchase It.
ganization composed of amateurs who have purchased
Buescher saxophones from the Southern California
The plant of the E. A. Couterier Band Instrument Music Company and who are rehearsed in ensemble
Company, Laporte, Ind., is closed, and, according to work by Miss Kathryn Thompson, the noted saxo-
Edwin W. Schurz, receiver, will remain closed pend- phoniste of Los Angeles, is frequently heard in radio.
ing the outcome of negotiations with Lyon & Healy, There are forty-five instruments in the band, and they
Chicago, which company had considered taking con- are Buescher instruments. The band has one num-
trol of the factory. Lacking orders, Mr. Schurz ber that it has sort of adopted as its specialty. It is
thought that it was not advisable to borrow money called "True-Tone Triumph March," So many mes-
with which to operate the factory and create more sages come in to the broadcasting station asking that
surplus stock.
it be repeated that it is usually replayed. In Buescher
Approximately $140,000 was paid in wages to men band instruments and saxophones alone the retail
working for the instrument company last year. There sales of the Southern California Music Co. approxi-
were about 100 persons on the pay roll when the mate $255,000' annually.
plant closed recently.
Should the negotiations with the Chicago concern
come to naught, every effort will be made to keep
WALNUT VENEER SITUATION.
the factory from being sold at receiver's sale. The
The report from southern and midwestern points of
only hope; R. N. Smith, attorney for the stockholders, walnut veneer production tells about a shortage in
says, is in completing a deal with a reliable instru- stock. What may be called the usual deterring con-
ment company for purchasing the local factory.
ditions, floods and impassable country roads, are con-
ditions resulting in the situation, in the supply of
walnut logs. The scarcity of logs has caused an
automatic reduction in the veneer output.
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Southern California Music House Fosters Growth of
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Cal., is proud of the size and constant growth of its
band instrument business. The manager is W. S.
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Current buying of hardwoods both north and south
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•Hardwood Record of current issue.
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U. S. MUSIC CO'S. NEW RELEASES
January Offering of Chicago House Characterized by
Usual Variety and Care in Selection.
No, No, Nora, fox-trot. Pinin' Just for You, ballad.
Sittin' in a Corner, fox-trot. Sun-Kist Rose, fox-trot.
Music Only: Liebestraume, Franz Liszt; pianiste,
Cora Mel Hatton. Nocturne D Flat Major Op. 27,
No. 2, Fr. Chopin; pianist, Ivan Petrikoff. Rustle of
Spring, Hans Christian Sinding; pianist, Roger Le
Mar. Polish Dance, Op. 3, No. 1, Scharwenka; pian-
ist, Roger Le Mar.
There is excellent variety in the January releases
of the United States Music Co., Chicago. The num-
ber of rolls of all kinds, Word, Regular, Library and
Foreign, is large and provides a wide choice for roll
buyers. The following are the Word Rolls for
January:
Belfry Chimes, reverie with lyrics, Morrison and The Vocalstyle Music Co. Broadcasts Recording
Seidel. The Dashing Cavaliers, march with lyrics.
Demonstration from Its Studios.
Dream Daddy, fox-trot, Herscher and Keefer. Elegy,
The Vocalstyle Music Company, Cincinnati, manu-
song, Massenet. Four-Leaf Clover, ballad, Higgin-
facturers of Vocalstyle song rolls, and the Crosley
son and Brownell. Happy Go Lucky in My Old
Kentucky Home, fox-trot, Clarence Gaskill. I Still Manufacturing Company, makers of radio equipment,
Believe in You, waltz, Sterling and Chase. If I Can were very successful in a unique experiment made
December 10, when the latter company installed its
Take You from Somebody Else, waltz-fox-trot
chorus; pianist, Harold Wansborough. In the Land equipment in the Vocalstyle recording studios and a
Where the Green Shamrock Grows, ballad, Jerome program of great interest to the radio audience of
and Von Tilzer. I've Got a Song for Sale, fox-trot, Station WLW, Crosley Manufacturing Company, was
Jack Nelson. The Jolly Cobbler, march with lyrics, broadcasted.
H. G. Miller, secretary of the Vocalstyle Music
Rinert and Lincoln. Just a Wearyin' for You, ballad,
Stanton and Bond. Lonesome and Blue, waltz, Ed- Company, gave a talk on the method of recording a
win Tillman. Lovey Came Back, fox-trot. Mamma Vocalstyle hand-played song roll, giving a detailed
Loves Papa, fox-trot. Moonlight Kisses, fox-trot. description of every process from beginning to end.
Miss Mary Allison, in charge of the Vocalstyle Re-
More, a Modern Maiden's Prayer, fox-trot. My
Hawaiian Dream, waltz, Reed and Awan. My Rose cording Studios and Billy Waterworth, two pianists
famous for their Vocalstyle recordings, gave a prac-
of Temptation, waltz, Zoe Swanberg. Old-Fashioned
Love, fox-trot. An Orange Grove in California, fox- tical demonstration of the manner in which a number
trot, Irving Berlin. Pinin' Just for You, ballad. is recorded by pianists.
Arrangements had been perfected for a record-
Raggedy Ann, fox-trot. Roses of Picardy, waltz.
Shake Your Feet, fox-trot. Silver Threads Among breaking production of the roll, and Mr. Miller had
the Gold, ballad. Sing Me to Sleep, ballad. Sleep, promised that the finished roll itself l would be played
waltz. Stay Home, Little Girl, Stay Home, waltz. a little later in the program. In 9 / 2 minutes, to be
exact, radio enthusiasts all over the U. S. A. heard
Sunny Spain, a Spanish waltz, story. Sunshine of
Mine, fox-trot. That's My Baby, fox-trot. There's the roll played on a playerpiano in the Vocalstyle
studios.
a Bend at the End of the Swanec, fox-trot. Think
Before the program was completed telegrams and
of Me, fox-trot. When Lights Are Low, waltz.
Why Should I Blame It on You? waltz, fox-trot local and long-distance phone calls came in, in increas-
chorus. Wow! fox-trot, Ted Baxter. You Better ing number. Everyone wanted that first roll as a
Keep Babying Baby, fox-trot. You Can't Make a souvenir. Many even offered to pay a good premium
above catalogue price for it.
Fool Out of Me, waltz. Your Mamma's Gonna Slow
You Down, fox-trot.
NEW FORESTRY LEGISLATION.
Library Edition (music only): Arabesque, Ar-
nold; pianist, Robert Billings. Florence, Valse de
The new national forestry legislation, now being
Concert, Op. 12, E. Liebling. Liebestraume, Dream
drafted by the Senate Reforestation Committee, will
of Love, Nocturne No. 3, Franz Liszt; pianiste, Cora be completed and presented as a bill probably the
Mel Hatton. Polish Dance, Scharwenka; pianist, middle of January or the first week in February for
Roger LeMar. Prelude C Sharp Minor, Rachmanin-
Congress' consideration, and will include: Indorse-
off; pianist, Ivan Petrikoff. Rustle of Spring, Hans
ment of state and municipal forests. Completion of
Christian Sinding; pianist, Roger Le Mar.
purchases contemplated by the Weeks law for the
Regular Rolls: Homeland, march. I've Got a
protection of navigable streams. Enlargement of
Song for Sale, fox-trot. Mamma Loves Papa, fox-
Federal purchase policy.
trot. Mamma Goes Where Papa Goes, fox-trot.
Roses of Picardy, waltz.
The Matchless March.
PHONOGRAPH IN WINDOW SHOW.
When Lights Are Low, waltz.
In
a
recent contest for the best fall window display
Auto-Art
Rolls: Word
Rolls—Chansonnette,
among the furniture dealers of Pawtucket, R. I., the
ballad. If I Can't Get the Sweetie I Want, fox-trot
J. J. Beard Furniture Co. won the first prize. The
window showed the arrangement of a living room
suite, which of course included a talking machine.
'The house has a big and prosperous phonograph de-
Here are
partment.
SHOWING HOW ROLL IS MADE
TUNERS"
BASS STRINGS
Special attention given to the needs of the tuner and
the dealer
OTTO R. TREFZ, Jr.
2110 Fairmunnt Avenue
23
PRESTO
December 22, 1923.
PHILADELPHIA, PA.
The Background
A BUSY ROLL
DEPARTMENT
COLUMBIA
WORD ROLLS
January Releases
SYNCHRONIZED WORD ROLLS
769
768
760
765
764
763
762
761
760
759
758
757
756
755
754
753
752
751
750
749
748
747
BUSY NEW HAVEN HOUSE.
One of the active talking machine houses in New
Haven, Conn., is Blair & Broadrib, 103 Orange
street, which recently celebrated a formal opening.
This company has prosperous branches in Bristol and
Waterbury, Conn.
746
Title
Played by:
Clarence Johnson Fox-trot
Low Down Papa
Sleep
Nell Morrison
Waltz
The West, a Nest and Yon
Nell Morrison Marimba "Waltz
Arcacly (Al Jolson's Hit Sensation)
Florence Sanger Fox-trot
You Darling:, You
Nell Morrison Fox-trot
Little Butterfly (From the Music
Box Revue)
Florence Sanger Fox-trot
In Loce with You
Gus Drobegg Fox-trot
I'm Sittin' Pretty in a Pretty
Little City
James Blythe Fox-trot
Linger Awhile
Paul Jones Fox-trot
The Waltz of Long: Ago
Clarence Johnson
Waltz
An Orange Grove in California
Wayne Love Fox-trot
Mamma Loves Papa, Papa Loves
Mamma
James Blythe Fox-trot
The Girl of the Olden West Wayne Love
Waltz
Roses of Pieardy
Clarence Johnson Fox-trot
I've Got a Cross-Eyed Papa
Clarence Johnson Fox-trot
Bring Back That Old Fashioned
Waltz
Billy Fitch
Waltz
More
Clarence Johnson
Waltz
Bahama
Billy Fitch Oriental Fox-trot
Morning Will Come
Clarence Johnson Marimba Fox-trot
When June Comes Along with a Song
Wayne Love Fox-trot
Tell All the Folks in Kentucky
James Blythe Fox-trot
Love (My Heart Is Calling You)
Everett Robbins Fox-trot
Remember the Waltz
Nell Morrison
Waltz
To Retail at
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