Classic Mode

Presto

Issue: 1924 1961

Q R S ROLLS FOR MARCH
Varied and Attractive Bulletin of Classical and
Popular Music for the Playerpiano Now
Ready for Dealers.
The new March list of Q. R. S. rolls has been
issued by the Q. R. S. Music Co., Chicago, and the
variety in selection, keen observance of the trend of
public taste and the names of the recording artists
all aid in the acceptance of the statement that "Q.
R. S. Player Rolls Are Better." In the following
lists the names of the recording artists are printed
in parentheses:
Concert Series Rolls for March—Polonaise, Fr.
Liszt, (Ferruccio Busoni); Song Without Words, F.
Mendelssohn, (Vladimir de Pachmann); Schehere-
zade—Symphonic suite, third movement, N. Rimsky-
Korsalcoff, (Marguerite and Phil Ohman); Mazurka,
Chopin, (Marguerite Volavy); Air de Ballet, Mosz-
kowski, (Howard Brockway); Heart Throbs, Franz
Bendel, (Richa Merton); Selections from Aida,
Verdi, (G. Starke).
The new word rolls are: Along the Old Lake
Trail, from "Kid Boots"—Fox Trot—McCarthy-
Tierney, (Herbert Clair) ; Arcady—Fox Trot—Jol-
son-DeSylva, (Arden and Ohman); California (Here
I Come)—One-step and Fox Trot—Jolson-DeSylva-
Meyer, (Arden and Kortlander); Cover Me With
Kisses—Fox Trot—Arthur Freed, (Pete Wendling) ;
Hula Lou—Fox Trot—Yellen-Charles-King, (Pete
Wendling); If the Rest of the World Don't Want
You (Go Back to Mother and Dad)—Waltz—Gerber-
Dreyer, (Scott and Watters); I'm Goin' South—Fox
Trot—Silver-Woods, (Pete Wendling); It Ain't
Gonna Rain No Mo'—Fox Trot—Wendell W. Hall,
(Pete Wendling); It's a Man, Ev'ry Time, It's a
Man—Marimba Waltz—Dubin-McIIugh-Dash, (Os-
borne and Howe); It's Not the First Time You Left
Afe, (But It's the Last Time You'll Come Back)—
THE HEART OF THE
PIANO
Fox Trot—Bennett-Jerome, (J. Lawrence Cook); I
Wonder Who's Dancing With You Tonight—Fox
Trot—Dixon-Rose-Henderson, (Arden and Kort-
lander) ; Lonesome and Blue—Marimba Waltz—Ed-
win Tillman, (Osborne and Howe).
In the list of foreign rolls are 2 Bohemian, 3 Croa-
tian, 2 German, 5 Italian, 2 Lithuanian, 4 Polish, 2
Slovak and 7 Spanish.
Mississippi Ripples — Marimba Waltz — Hanley-
Earl, (Scott and Watters); Oh, Baby—Fox Trot—
DeSylva-Donaldson, (Max Kortlander); Old Yeller
Dog of Mine—Ballad—Clarke-Leslie-Wendling, (Phil
Ohman); The One I Love (Belongs to Somebody
Else)—Fox Trot—Kahn-Jones, (Arden and Kort-
lander); Raggedy Ann—Fox Trot—Caldwell-Kern,
(Herbert Clair); Rememb'ring (From "Topsy and
Eva")—Fox Trot—Duncan Sisters, (Pete Wendling);
Rose of Old Castile—Tango-—Brown-Spencer, (Al-
fred Parker); Sighing Sands—Hawaiian Waltz—
Magine-Koehler-Lyons, (Scott and Watters); She
Wouldn't Do (What I Asked Her To)—Fox Trot—
Mitchell-Gottlieb-Boutelje-Burt, (Max Kortlander);
A Smile Will Go a Long Long Way—Fox Trot—
Davis-Akst, (Arden and Kortlander); Some Winter's
Night—Fox Trot—Max Kortlander, (Arden and
Kortlander); (You're in Kentucky) Sure as You're
Born—Fox Trot—Little-Gillespie-Shay, (Pete Wend-
ling); Take, Oh Take Those Lips Away (From
"Ziegfeld Follies of 1923-24")—Fox Trot—McCarthy-
Tierney, (Arden and Kortlander); There Are Some
Things You Never Forget (From "One Kiss")—Fox
Trot—Kummer-Yvain, (Victor Arden); When the
Golden Sun Is Setting—Marimba Waltz—Stephen
Fuzy, (Osborne and Howe); In the Land Where the
Green Shamrock Grows—Ballad—Jerome-Von Tilzer,
(Phil Ohman;.
Bluebird ballads for March are: Girls of America
—Bluebird March—Wood-Lincoln, (Osborne and
Howe); Homeland—Bluebird Ballad—Carrie Jacobs-
Bond, (Richard Merton); In the Baggage Coach
Ahead—Bluebird Marimba Waltz—Gussie L. Davis,
(Osborne and Howe); Memory's Garden—Bluebird
Ballad—Gwynne Denni-Lucien Denni, (Richard Mer-
ton) ; Tho' Shadows Fall—Bluebird Ballad—Burns-
MacDermid, (Phil Ohman).
Hand played rolls: In a Rose Garden—Reverie—
Tobia Acciani, (Phil Ohman); "Runnin' Wild" Med-
ley—Fox Trot—1. Charleston. 2. Old Fashioned
Love. 3. Open Your Heart. 4. Love Bug. 5. Old
Fashioned Love, (James P. Johnson).
Arranged roll: Teddy Junior—March—Sol. Woler-
stein.
OPENS MICHIGAN BRANCH.
Devendorf's Brunswick Shop, Flint, Mich., has
opened a branch store in Lapeer, Mich., with H. N.
McManus in charge. Last week the firm occupied
its fine warerooms and installed a complete line of
talking machines and records. The plans of the firm
include the installation of a general music goods
stock.
THE STANDARD ACTION CO.,
CAMBRIDGE. MASS.
VISIT VIOLIN FACTORY.
George Guldan, the Columbus, O., violin manufac-
turer, was visited last week by a group of his old
neighbors and friends from Sandusky, O., who were
amazed at the growth of his violin making plant.
At present he is manufacturing 100 violins a day and
expects to expand his business in the near future to
obtain larger production.
FOR
PLAYERS
ORGANS
PIANOS
PNEUMATIC LEATHERS A SPECIALTY
Packing, Valves, AH Special Tanned
Bellows Leather
T. L. LUTKINS,Inc.
40 Spruce Street
NEW YORK
The Background
A BUSY ROLL
DEPARTMENT
COLUMBIA
WORD ROLLS
March Releases
SYNCHRONIZED WORD ROLLS
Title:
Played by:
When Irish Eyes are Smiling
Nell Morrison Marimba Waltz
813 Waiting for the Rainbow
Edwin Schmidt
Fox-trot
812—Roosevelt March
Clarence Johnson Marimba March
811 Sighing Sands
Nell Morrison Hawaiian Marimba Waltz
810 I Wonder Who's Dancing With
You Tonight
James Blythe Fox-trot
800 Mean Papa, Turn in Your Key
Harry Geise Fox-trot
808 Brother You've Got Me Wrong
Harry Geise Fox-trot
807—Home in Pasadena
Nell Morrison Fox-trot
80fl—Our Little Home
James Blythe Fox-trot
805 31st Street Blues
Harry Geise
Blue
804—I'm All Broken V\t Over You
James Blythe Fox-trot
80S—The One I Love
Harry Geise Fox-trot
801 Lonely Lane
Harry Geise
Waltz
800 Ireland Is Heaven to Me Art Gillham
Ballad
799 M.v Dream Sweetheart
Harry Geise
Waltz
798 Watching the Moon Rise Nell Morrison Fox-trot
797 Light House Blues
Harry Geise
Blue
796 Arizona Stars
Nell Morrison
Waltz
795 You Can't Make a Fool Out of Me
Billy Fitch
Waltz
794 It Alnt Gonna Rain No Mo' Harry Geise Fox-trot
814
To Retail at
Why Pay More?
LEATHER
TUNERS'
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PRESTO
February 23, 1924.
Established 1867
Strauch Bros.
All Well-posted Piano Dealers, Sales-
men, and the Piano Buying Public
recognize
the value of this name on a
Piano Action,
For more than 55 years it has been associ-
ated with the best products of the Piano
industry* It ha s always represented
Quality and Merit
When a Piano Action bears the name of
Strauch Bros, it is an additional guarantee
of the quality of the instrument containing it.
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-
er's best profit producer
in a roll department.
A trial order will con-
vince you.
Here are
BASS STRINGS
STRAUCH BROS.,Inc.
OTTO R. TREFZ, Jr.
327 to 347 Walnut Ave.. at 141ft Street
NEW YORK
Special attention given to the needs of the tuner and
the dealer
2110 Falrmuunt Avenue
PHILADELPHIA, PA.
Piano Action*, Hammer* and Repair*
Columbia Music Roll Co.
22 S. Peoria St.
CHICAGO
ILL,
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PRESTO
February 23, 1924.
for phonograph motor mechanisms. Montford Mor-
rison, Chicago, 111.
1,424,840. Phonograph envelope and making the
same. Marc G. Markgraf, Brooklyn, N. Y.
1,425,281. Phonograph record. Donald B. Porter,
San Francisco, Calif.
1,422,989. Record turner for phonographs. Glenn
1,422.022. Sound recording and reproducing ma-
1,425,132. Matrix cleaner. Russell 1\ Reed, San
R. Knick, Troy, Ohio.
chine. William E. Birket, Peoria, 111.
Francisco, Calif.
1,423,360. Attachment for phonographs. Carleton
1,421,391. Display rack for phonograph disks.
1.424.780. Phonograph record album. F. W. Sea,
R. Preston, Providence, R. I.
Chester A. Bower, Castor, Canada.
Chicago, 111.
1,423,044. Automatic stop for gramophones. Ole
1,421,404. Motor for talking machines. Forest
1.424.781. Phonograph record album. F. W. Sea,
O. Storle, Tacoma, Wash.
Cheney. Chicago, 111.
Chicago, 111.
1,423,368. Sound box diaphragm. Herbert L.
1,421,568. Apparatus for resetting sound repro-
1.424.778. Phonograph record album. F. W. Sea,
Tifft, Willimantic, Conn.
ducers. Jacob J. Riser, Shelbyville, Ind.
Chicago, 111.
1.422,909. Taking an orchestra conductor for cine-
1,421,652. Phonograph. John Youngquist, Chi-
1.424.779. Phonograph record album. F. W. Sea,
matographic exhibition. Eugen Wolff, Tempelhof, Chicago, 111.
cago, 111.
near
Berlin,
Germany.
61,183. Design.
Phonograph cabinet.
Joseph
1,425,353. Motor friction phonograph mechanism.
1,423,707. Sound box. Henry Berman, Ossining, E. W. Winslow, Belle Plaine, Iowa.
Wolff, Brooklyn, N. Y.
T
1,422,166. Phonograph record brush. Edward J. \ . Y.
61.344. Design, phonograph table. Fred G. Mayer,
1,423,832. Tone modifier for phonographs. Fred Richmond, Ind.
Bakula, St. Louis, Mo.
1,422,266. Talking machine. Frank C. Hinckley, \V. Cooley, Minneapolis, Minn.
61.345. Design, phonograph cabinet. W. H. Miller,
1,423,517. Laminated talking machine record. Vic- Chicago, 111.
Bridgeport, Conn.
1,422,712. Talking machine. Delaware J. Hood, tor H. Emerson, New York, N. Y.
1,426,034. Lifting device for phonograph disks.
1,423,523. Brush for talking machines. Thomas Jacob L. Bauer, Milwaukee, Wis.
Philadelphia, Pa.
1,422,453. Phonograph. Peter J. Landin, Denver, S. Grow, Allentown, Pa.
1.425.505. Apparatus for recording, reproducing
1,424,015. Mechanical toy operated by gramo- and amplifying sound. Charles Blieberger, New
Colo.
1.422.612. Record cabinet for talking machines. phones. Herbert J. Hastings and C. S. Smith, East York, N. Y.
Twickenham, England.
John B. Ogden, Lynchburg, Va.
1.425.506. Apparatus for measuring the value of
1,424,023. Record wiper for phonographs. Charley the efforts and of the deformations to which organs
1.422.613. Convertible stand and table. John B.
Landgraf and J. Hernacki, Chicago, 111.
Ogden, Lynchburg, Va.
are submitted when working. Louis R. W. Boulas-
1,424,054. Phonograph record cabinet.
Alfred sier, Paris, France.
1,422,310. Phonograph. James Shaw, Toronto,
Wiehl, Brooklyn, N. Y.
Canada.
1,425,944. Sound recording and reproducing instru-
1,424,352. Illuminating device for reproducing ma- ment. W. E. Clifton and J. S. Ewart, Nottingham,
1,422,321. Automatic phonograph. Hadwen Swain,
chines. Robert F. Good, New York, N. Y.
San Francisco, Calif.
England.
1,424,681. Portable phonograph. Jacob R. Rose,
61,203. Design, phonograph cabinet.
Lachlan
1,425,966.
Phonograph.
Joseph Hoffay, New
Philadelphia, Pa.
MacLachlan, Grand Rapids, Mich.
York, N. Y.
61,291. Design. Combined lamp and phonograph.
61,216. Design, combined phonograph and lamp
1,425,771. Phonographic-disk record ejector. Ein-
A. J. Burns, Indiana Harbor, Ind.
stand. Solomon Trustman, Detroit, Mich.
mett M. Howard, Baltimore, Md.
1,425,018. Phonograph record. Earle W. Jones,
1,423,293. Tonometer. Alfred Amsler, Staffhausen,
1,426.128. Phonograph. Harry S. Uber, Philadel-
Xew York, N. Y., and E. R. Harris, Arlington, N. J. phia, Pa.
Switzerland.
1,425,486. Phonograph record. Thomas D. Jones
1,423,387. Phonograph sound box. Louis J. Berg-
1,426,125. Stop for phonographs. Herman W.
and J. H. Barr, deceased, Kansas City, Mo.; M. Barr, Troeger, Detroit, Mich.
son, Philadelphia, Pa.
1,423,078. Music roll cabinet. Edward L. Carlson, executrix.
1,425,566. Diaphragm frame mounting for repro-
1,424,835. Phonograph construction and housing. ducers. David H. Wilson, Philadelphia, Pa.
Denver, Colo.
1,423,206. Phonograph record. John H. Geddes, Frederick H. Livingston, Binghamton, N. Y.
1,426,970. Sound box. Harry J. Durborow, Phila-
1,424,838. Reproducer for talking machines. E. M. delphia, Pa.
Waterbury, Conn.
Low,
Brooklyn,
N.
Y.
1,422,959. Talking machine disc record cabinet.
1,426,568.
Phonograph
cabinet.
Edwin
E.
1,424,769. Hysteresis power transmitter and brake Hutshing, Seattle, Wash.
Harry H. Gerstner, Dayton, Ohio.
1,426,743. Electro-magnetic sound-producing de-
vice. Frank J. and W. L. Kaehni, Cleveland, Ohio.
1,426,693. Attachment for phonographs. Wm. H.
Weasser, Pittsfield, Mass.
1,427,717. Automatic stop for talking machines.
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Josef Brandstetter, Rochester, Minn.
1,427,198. Sound box. Elmer Fletcher, Chicago,
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1,427,373. Multiple sound-record tablet. Charles
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H. Gill, Chicago, 111.
1,427,734. Phonographic apparatus. Charles C.
Guernsey, East Barrington, N. H.
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1,427,211. Sound-reproducing instrument.
John
which will be of great interest and value to you
Jofeh, London, England.
1,427,479. Automatic start and stop attachment for
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