Presto

Issue: 1924 1975

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May 31, 1924.
P R E S T O
RADIO CENTER OF AMERICA
LYON & HEALY SERVICE SHOP
CONN PREFERENCES TOLD
Large Chicago Music House Carries Extensive Line
and Calls Cable Corner the Radio Center.
Northwest Section of City Now Provided with
General Music Store by Company.
C. G. Conn, Ltd., in Convincing Display in Saturday
Evening Post, Tells the Reasons.
The Cable Company, Wabash & Jackson, Chicago,
is knowfi the country over "for the completeness of its
lines and the latest addition to its retail department
is a welj chosen Jine of radio. The company has dis-
played a large .'drawing of, JCable Cprner,' with the
words "Radio Center of Atnerica" figured promi-
nently in red.- 1
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The Cdble radio line includes the following: Ze-
nith, Miirod, Operadio, . Garod, Telldyne, Freed
Eiseman, Cutting Washington and the Radiola.
A new Chicago service shop has been opened by
Lyon & Healy at 1569 Milwaukee avenue with en-
trance also at 1935 W. North avenue. This is a fine
store 18 feet in width by 155 feet in depth. It has
double display windows and will reach the crowds on
two thoroughfares.
The new store has been fitted up with record
booths, radio department, sheet music, and player roll
stocks and there will "be two large piano display
rooms. The Lyon & Healy Grand and the Lyon &
Healy Reproducing piano will be featured.- In the
center of the store will be placed a counter containing
THEODORE MORSE DIES:
Theodore Morse, the composer, died in New York six audas for self-service on records.
This store has a commanding location at the junc-
on May 24. He wrote "Haij, tlail! the Gang's All
Here!" "Blue Bell,," "Good-bye Dolly Gray," tion of three carlines. The employes will be able to
"Mother," "Jungletown," '"Dear Old Girl," and other converse in the several languages predominating in
popular melodies. While Mr. Morse was ill with that section. L. George Becker is manager.
pneumonia, it was planned to have a ballet sing some
of his ballads so they might be broadcast to the bed-
AUSTRALIA'S WOOL.
side. The program was carried into effect Sunday
Australia possesses IS per cent of the total number
night, but too la'fe to c.-heer the composer. . He died of sheep in the world. The flocks of the Common-
earlier hi the day. ,
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wealth total over 82,000,000 sheep, which produce in
a single year over 631,000,000 pounds of wool. This
product'ls Australia's greatest asset. Wool accounts
EXHIBIT OF BUESCHER INSTRUMENTS.
for nearly 50 per cent of the total value of the Com-
The New York Band" Instrument Co. will maintain
an extensive exhibit of Buescher band instruments monwealth's exports. Australia is capable of pro-
and saxophones at Rooms 473-475 in the Hotel ducing a still larger portion of the world's supply of
.
McAlpin, one block away from the Waldorf-Astoria. wool.
The store of the New York Band Instrument Co. at
111 East Fourteenth street will also have a Buescher
INDUCEMENT BY RAILROADS.
exhibit where visiting music merchants may see the
Railroad rates of fare and one-half for the round
Buescher line.
trip have been granted to the Music Industries Cham-
ber of Commerce for Association members and de-
pendent members of their families, by the following
passenger associations, for the National Music Indus-
tries Convention in New York City the first week in
June: New England, Central, Southeastern, South-
western, Western, Trans-Continental and Canadian
(CAMBRIDGE)
(Eastern). From the Pacific Coast and Western
Canada, summer excursion rates are lower. The fol-
lowing directions are given:
STANDARD
Piano Actions
She Standard Action company
Cambridge, ^Massachusetts
A FEW NOTES.
. The Howard Piano Co.. Syracuse, N. Y., has moved
from W r est Onondaga street to 618 South Salina
street. The firm" handles the Gulbransen line at the
main store and at a branch store at Fulton, N. Y.
Chestnut Bros. Music Co., Guthria, Okla., is re-
modeling its building and installing a new store front.
While the alterations are being made the firs is oc-
cupying temporary quarters opposite its building at
115 West Oklahoma street.
The Means Music Co. is a new business recently
opened for business in Ottawa, Kan.
The Vals Phonograph House, Inc., St. Louis, Mo.,
was opened recently at 110-112 North Broadway.
C. G. CONN, Ltd., Elkhart, Ind.
C. D. GREENLEAF, Pres.
J. E. BOYER, Sec'y
World's largest manufacturers of High Grade Band and Orchestra Instruments. Employs 1,000
expert 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 valve 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 any point in the U. S. subject to ten days free trial. Branch store
or agencies will be found in all large cities. Write for catalogues, prices, etc.
C. G. CONN, Ltd.
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That jazz orchestras prefer Conn instruments is told
in a convincing advertisement in the Saturday Eve-
ning Post of May 24, and the reason, too, is stated
by C. G. Conn. Ltd., Elkhart, Ind.:
"Because Conn instruments are easiest to play,
most beautiful in tone, reliable in action, perfect in
scale and handsome in design and finish they are
chosen by the big stars in the world of popular music
—phonograph recording and radio broadcasting or-
ganizations.
"Only a few of these famous orchestras can be
pictured here. Ask the leading professionals in y.our
t o w n — they know Conn's reputation for .su-
premacy. Conns are used and endorsed by concert
band men, symphony and opera orchestra player^ as
well as the foremost jazz artists throughout -the
world.
• "Conn is the only maker of every instrument used
in the band—saxophone, cornet, trombone, flute,
clarinet, drums, etc. Conn violins are renowned for
beauty and richness of tone. More saxophones bear-
ing the name Conn are sold than any other make.
' "Choose the instrument that suits your talent—
you'll make faster progress with a Conn. Win pleas-
ure, popularity—extra income, if you wish. The
prestige of playing a Conn is worth much among
professionals."
"ENTERTAINERS" TESTIFY.
Martin Handeraft instruments are issued by
Youngberg's Entertainers, Oklahoma City, Okla., one
of the most popular dance and concert orchestras in
the Southwest. Martin's are responsible, according
to the unanimous opinion of this excellent orchestra,
for astonishing improvement in both solo and sym-
phonic work. "Youngberg's Entertainers" are so
proud of their Martin's that they have prepared a
card announcing that they are equipped throughout
with band instruments made by Martin Band Instru-
ment Co., Elkhart, Ind.
A Pneumatic Action bearing the name
STRAUCH BROS.
is your guide for unfailing quality.
The high quality which has characterized
the Strauch Bros. Piano Actions and Ham-
mers for almost sixty years, distinguishes
our latest product, the
STRAUCH BROS.
PNEUMATIC ACTIONS
Simple in construction they are
dependable in every particular.
STRAUCH BROS., INC.
327 Walnut Ave.
New York City
ELKHART, IND.
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GR7\ N D P I A N O S
COVERS.
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LIMED A N J D P A D D E O
Remember Bilger's System Moves Grands or Uprights
S T A R T R I G H T — A L W A Y S RIGHT
To make sure of the best—test it.
25 years boiled down
SERVETOU
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B!EC T E H R E
It's "The go get the business" Equipment, Safe and Sure
PIANO MOVERS SUPPLY CO.,
Lancaster Pa.
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PRESTO
May 31, 1924.
LYON & HEALY SMALL GOODS
Fine Variety of Stringed Instruments and Band In-
struments Exhibited a tConvention.
Lyon & Healy will have an elaborate display of
Washburn Stringed Instruments and Lyon & Ilealy
Couturier Band Instruments in the store of C. II.
Ditson & Company, New York.
There will be presented the new Style AA Tenor
Banjo with the special resonator, the summer type
Ukulele, Style UG, and the new Style AA Guitar.
A feature of the Exhibit will be the display of the
Lyon & Healy monthly dealer advertising service—
the dealer magazine "Musical Joy," etc.
All dealers in small goods are cordially invited to
meet with Mr. E. L. Dahlen and Mr. F. E. Worch,
who will be. in constant attendance the whole week.
RADIOS UNDER BERLIN HATS
Midget Receiving Sets, Retailing for $1.75, Are Car-
ried by Pedestrians in German Capital.
The newest thing in wireless in Berlin is a midget
radio set retailing for $1.75 which makes every
man his own antenna when he is carrying the outfit
in his bonnet. The antenna is located in the wearer's
hat, with a wire leading to the other parts of the
apparatus.
Otto Maresch. the German inventor of the set,
claims that by use of it it is possible for persons to
walk along city streets and, with receivers adjusted
to their ears, hear concerts, news and other radio pro-
grams which are being broadcast.
One company which started manufacturing the
midget set received 40,000 orders the first week. The
demand for them is so great that other firms arc
also making them by the thousands. Herr Maresch
says that it is quite likely that within a few months
it will be possible to manufacture a complete radio
set even smaller than the midget one, which will retail
for a dollar and possible less.
NEW DRUMMER'S BOOK.
Ludwig & Ludwig, Chicago, drum manufacturers
and publishers of instruction books for drummers,
has issued a booklet entitled "Military Drumming,"
written by Andrew V. Scott, chief demonstrator for
Ludwig & Ludwig. This is the first and only book
that has ever been issued on the original method of
stick beats and two-stick bass drumming, known a5
the Scotch style of bass drumming. The new book
is illustrated and effectively presented, which will
enable the musician to form many variations to meet
his own individual requirements.
HOW Q R S ROLLS ARE MADE.
The Q R S Music Co., whose factory is in the
Bronx, will welcome visitors to its plant and sales-
rooms ,so they may hear the latest releases. The
processes of roll making followed by the Q R S
Music Co. are always up-to-the-minute in efficiency
and effectiveness. The Q R S plant U. S. GUITARS IN MEXICO
Ninety-five Per Cent of Instruments Purchased There
Are Manufactured in the United States.
Ninety-five per cent of the guitars sold in Tampico
are made in the United States, the remaining hare
5 per cent coming from Germany. The figures are
those of Consul James B. Stewart in a report to the
Department of Commerce in which he gives flatter-
ing explanation that durability counts in Mexico
more than is generally supposed and that the Amer-
ican guitar is characterized by that desirable feature.
The American frankly admits that the American
guitar is less attractive to the eye than the German
instrument but it is stronger and made of better
wood.
But the German violins sell more readily in Mexico
than the violins from elsewhere. Their reputation is
a thing that the interval of the war did not decrease.
When the German violin makers were ready to re-
sume manufacturing and exporting they found their
old Mexican customers ready to do business. All
tiie violins sold in Tampico are imported direct from
Germany or come from that country through the
United States.
Frank Di Leone, music dealer of New Haven,
Conn., will move his business to larger quarters at
106 Temple street.
THIS COULDN'T HAPPEN TODAY.
Sixty years ago Tuesday of this week Calvary
church, Twenty-second street and Indiana avenue,
Chicago, was entered by burglars and a melodeon
belonging to the Sunday school was stolen.
The Only
Completely
Equipped
School in the
United States
"SUPERIOR" PIANO PLATES
Twenty-Third Year of Successful
Operation —• 20,000 Graduate*
Every branch taught, including Repairing,
Regulating and Voicing—All Player Actions,
with Demonstrating Specimens to work with.
Diplomas awarded and positions secured. Pri-
vate and class instructions. Both sexes.
School all year. Catalogs on request
POLK'S TUNING SCHOOL
WELLARD B. POWELL, President
Manufactured by
SUPERIOR FOUNDRY CO.
VALPARAISO, IND.
Cleveland, Ohio
The Piano Repair Shop
TRAVELPHONE PORTABLE
The outstanding phonograph for any occasion. Enables
you to retail a PORTABLE of QUALITY as low as $25.00.
Size Ilj.2xl4; weight 13 pounds.
Built of QUALITY and SERVICE
There will be :-i greater demand for Portables this season
than ever before. Don't delay in sending in your orders.
The Specialty Phonograph and Accessories Company
210-212 East 113th Street, NEW YORK, N. Y.
Pianos and Phonographs Rebuilt by
Expert Workmen
Player-actions installed. Instruments
refinished or remodeled and action* 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 Wabash AT*.
Chicago
PERFECTION
Benches and Cabinets
The line that sells on sight and satisfies always.
The only solid walnut benches built and sold at
regular prices.
Send for catalog and price
No. 25
Perfection Benches with Smith's Patented Interlock-
ing mitre joint,
list.
PERFECTION PIANO BENCH MFG. COMPANY
1514-1520 Blue Island Ave.
Chicago, 111.
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