23
PRESTO
July 12, 1924.
ELECTRIC PIANO ROLLS
New List of Music for Coin-Operated Pianos,
Orchestrions and Organs for July Is
Issued.
fox trot; What's the Use of Havin' Honey, fox trot;
Rose of Old Madrid, fox trot; You're in Kentucky
Sure as You're Born, fox trot; Lonesome Cinderella,
fox trot.
SMALL GOODS IN DALLAS, TEX.
Interesting Collection of Items Which Tell of Activi-
ties Promoting Bigger Sales.
PIANO LESSONS BY RADIO
A campaign to raise funds to buy and install radio
tube sets for the shut-ins in nineteen Dallas, Tex.,
welfare institutions will soon be begun by the Dallas
The Automatic Music Roll Co., Chicago, is ship- Broadcasting Station at Kansas City Starts a New Rotary Club, George R. Angel], chairman of the
ping its new music for electric pianos, orchestrions
shut-ins committee, has announced. This -will be a
Venture for Summer Season.
and organs and Seeburg specials listed in the July
part of the program begun last April to place a radio
bulletin. For all standard 65-note rewind coin-
WDAF, Kansas City, is radiocasting piano lessons at the disposal of as many Dallas county shut-ins as
operated pianos and also Seeburg styles A, B, C, E, Tuesday and Friday of each week throughout the possible. "Shut-ins" include all persons who are con-
F, K, P G A and L there are twelve new roles, summer. A series of twenty lessons has been spe- fined to a home or an institution. Mr. Angell said
new creations, blues, waltzes, marches, and foreign cially prepared for radio use.
that large tube sets to amplify through loud speakers
numbers. In the latter there are two Mexican, one
The lessons will be short. The only equipment will be necessary.
Spanish and one Italian roll. "Radio's Whistling necessary at the start is the piano, a radio receiving
Contained in a box 4x5x6 inches, the Cameraphone,
Melodies" is the title of Roll A-1029, which contains set and a "copy book" ruled with the musical staff.
to be the smallest practical phonograph on the
the following: After the Storm, fox trot; When A system will be devised that will permit those taking said
market,
made its appearance on the Dallas, Texas,
Dixie Stars Are Playing Peek-a-Boo, fox trot; I Am the course to send papers to Kansas City for grading. market. has
It
is being handled by the firm of Wer-
Going Back to Home, Sweet Home, fox trot; Land
The course is designed primarily for children, but theimer & Hall, Inc., with temporary headquarters
of My Sunset Dreams, waltz; Where the Lazy Daisies is equally applicable to others.
at 1819 Main street. The instrument weighs five and
Grow, fox trot; You Can Take Me Away from Dixie,
a half pounds and plays any steel needle record. It
fox trot; That's Why You Make Me Cry, waltz;
is designed especially for camping and fishing trips.
TRACES
STOLEN
VIOLIN.
Why Did I Kiss that Girl, fox trot; Never Again,
A telephone number casually mentioned in his con- N. F. Wertheimer and A. H. Hall, associates in the
fox trot; Toodle-Oo, fox trot.
versation" with a stranger last week resulted in firm of Wertheimer & Hall, are organized to do busi-
For Seeburg styles G, KT Orchestrions and styles Artemus L. Smith, 3322 Michigan avenue, Chicago, a ness in fourteen states and Mexico.
P Q and W Motion Picture Players there are nine
Steps are being taken to reorganize the Paris,
musician, recovering his stolen violin, and also re-
rolls in the new presentations. There are new crea- sulted in the booking on a charge of grand larceny Texas, band as a municipal band. Arthur Layton
tion rolls, special request rolls, blues and two Mexi- of George Young, a waiter, 2911 Fillmore street. of Dallas has been employed as director and has
can, one Spanish, and one Cuban roll.
Smith told Acting Captain Gregory Moran of Mar- taken charge of the reorganization.
The music department of Sanger Bros., Dallas,
For Seeburg Orchestrions styles J and H, new quette police station that Young disappeared with his
styles W and M, S, and R pipe organ-orchestra there violin, valued at $1,000, when Smith placed it in his will be doubled in size when the $1,000,000 additions
are six new rolls. These rolls will play all orches- care for a few moments. Young had happened to now being made to the building are completed.
trion effects, except organ, on styles M, S & R.
mention his home phone number in their brief chat,
ADDS FULL RADIO LINE.
A roll of marches (No. H-832) in this series is very Smith said.
A radio department has been recently installed in
attractive. It contains: President Coolidge, America
the store of Budrik Music House, 3343 South Hal-
Courageous, Officer of the Day, Palace of Peace,
sted street, Chicago. To insure big sales a wonderful
Stars and Stripes, Blaze of Glory, Shriners' March,
array of sets are being displayed in the window. In
Sagamore March, The Steel King and The Potomac.
the same window appears also the Gulbransen Reg-
Roll No. H-832 is one of the late winners. Roll
istering piano which is being carried in this store
No. H-847 has five classical numbers as follows:
(CAMBRIDGE)
with good results. The addition of radio to the
Light Cavalry Overture, Suppe; Bowl of Pansies,
store makes it a complete line of music goods.
Reynard; Norma Overture, Bellini; Barcarolle from
Under the management of Jos. F. Budrik this store
Tales of Hoffman, Offenbach; Lustspiel Overture.
reports a fine business.
For Seeburg styles S, M, R. T, V and A DeLuxe,
Pipe Organ orchestras, hand played organ rolls, there
are a "Light Comedy" roll, a "Light Dramatic" roll,
a "Light Comedy Waltz" roll and an organ roll. For
the same instruments there are three "Reviews of
A Pneumatic Action bearing the name
Best Sellers" rolls.
For Seeburg style X, Xpression pianos only. These
rolls will not play on any other Seeburg instrument
excepting Style X. There are six new rolls, two of
which are reviews of best sellers. The contents of
is your guide for unfailing quality.
Roll No. XP-277, a review roll, are: Cover Me With
Kisses, fox trot; California, fox trot; Oh Baby, Don't
Say No, fox trot; Raggedy Ann, fox trot; I'm Goin'
The high quality which has characterized
South, fox trot; Mean Blues, fox trot.
Standard Action company
the Strauch Bros. Piano Actions and Ham-
The other review roll, No. XP-280, contains:
Cambridge, ^Massachusetts
Twelve o'Clock at Night, fox trot; Sunshine of Mine,
mers for almost sixty years, distinguishes
STANDARD
Piano Actions
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