Presto

Issue: 1924 1981

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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
STRAUCH BROS.
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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, artistieness 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.
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Simple in construction they are
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face finished with wax or oil. A high polish is not
possible with either wax or oil.
It is erroneously supposed by many that mahogany
requires much care, that it gets murky, is hard to
clean and scratches- easily. These conditions occur,
but they have nothing to do with mahogany.. The
wood does not get murky and scratched, though the
finish may. Any given finish will get murky and
scratch easily, regardless of the wood underneath it.
To care for highly polished mahogany, secure from
any hardware man a bottle filled with three-fourths
crude oil and one-fourth benzine. Rub on sparingly
with a piece of cheesecloth and then thoroughly polish
lengthwise with the grain of the wood, with, another
piece of dry cheesecloth. The murk will disappear
and so will many little scratches. This is not hard
work, and makes the piano case look well for a long
time. Bear in mind, however, it is recommended
only for varnish, shellac, French polish and lacquer
—not for wax or boiled oil.
The Mahogany Association, Inc., ia composed of
manufacturers and handlers of mahogany logs, lum-
ber and veneers.
RADIO SHOW FOR FRISCO
Exposition Under Direction of Pacific Trade Asso-
ciation Opens August 16.
The second annual Pacific Radio Exposition will
be held in the Exposition Auditorium, San Francisco,
August 16 to 21, under the direction of the Pacific
Trade Association, of which H. E. Metcalf is presi-
dent. The show will he featured by displays of the
latest types of radio receiving sets, educational ex-
hibits and elaborate decorative effects. The main
floor will be divided into one hundred and sixty
booths, separated by miniature radio towers from
which aerials will be strung. Inverted loud speakers
will be installed on top of each tower for holding
flowers.
A. S. Lindstrom, of San Francisco, is chairman of
the executive committee, the other members of
which are P. L. Jensen, F. J. Cramm, H. W. Dickow
and C. C. Langevin.
CARE OF MAHOGANY CASES
Interesting Booklet- Issued by the Mahogany Asso-
ciation, Inc., Has Valuable Information.
The, Mahogany Association, Inc., 1133 Broadway,
New York City, has published a book called "Stately
Mahogany," which contains interesting facts for the
piano manufacturers and makers of cabinets and
benches. According to the book the natural color of
freshly manufactured unfinished mahogany is a light,
salmon pink. The color sometimes shades toward
brown. To develop its best tone, the light must reach
this wood. Hence, it is necessary to use a stain that
will permit -light to penetrate and produce the true
development of figure, tone and transparency surface.
One color or shade of mahogany finish that most
piano manufacturers favor avoiding is the flaring dark
red, which at one time was used for furniture.
Mahogany that has aged properly is not that color,
any more than it is black.
Properly treated mahogany should be a light color
when bought, so that with age it can assume a soft
mellow tone with a transparent surface splashed with
light and shade. That kind of finish the old masters
used to produce the antiques of today.
The surface coats may be varnish, shellac, French
polish, or lacquer, as preferred. All of these will
take a high polish, semi-polish, satin finish, eggshell
finish or dull finish, depending on how the final coat
has been rubbed. The less highly polished surfaces
do not so readily show the almost inevitable scratches
and blemishes of service.
Wax and boiled linseed oil also are used for top
coats. These have advantages worth noting. If the
piece gets marred, the damage may be repaired by
rubbing on, with a soft cloth, a little wax or oil, as
the case may be.
If wax had been used, it should be rubbed to a
soft lustrous surface after fifteen or twenty minutes,
with a clean, soft cloth. Boiled linseed oil, as applied
sparingly with a cloth pad, takes longer to dry—
usually three days. Hot dishes do not ring the sur-
SCORES LUMBER WASTE.
Little attention has been paid to the reduction of
lumber wastage in the past, according, to Carle M.
Bigelow, of Boston, Mass., addressing the Forest
Products Division at a meeting of the American So-
ciety of Mechanical Engineers, held in New York.
Even now few concerns to which lumber wastage is
vital, including manufacturers of musical instruments,
give the subject the consideration it merits, the
speaker maintained. Mr. Bigelow, who is chief engi-
neer with Cooley & Marvin Co., Boston, pointed out
in ''Mechanical Engineering," that probably not over
35 per cent of the average tree is actually developed
into lumber. And the wastage of this amount is esti-
mated to run from 11 to as high as 60 per cent in the
course of manufacturing processes. For these rea-
sons, Mr. Bigelow concludes that "the necessity for
conservation is evident."
July 12, 1924.
COINOLAS
FOR
RESTAURANTS, CAFES and
AMUSEMENT CENTERS
Style C-2
FROM THE BIGGEST
ORCHESTRION
INCREASED RADIO BUSINESS.
The country wide interest in the deadlock in the
Democratic Convention in Madison Square Gardens,
Xew York, and curiosity as to the outcome resulted
in vastly increased sales of radio sets everywhere.
The June business is expected to figure up consid-
erably greater than that of May. According to
Ralph Sterling, radio manager for M. Stewart &
Sons, Boston, radio business for the month of May
showed an increase of 600 per cent over that of last
year, showing the phenomenal growth of the radio in
this section. Mr. Sterling said that with the De
Forest it was impossible to keep enough sets in stock,
and when interviewed confessed that the only set
available was a mongrel type. On the second day
of the Democratic convention Mr. Sterling reported
the sale of over a half-dozen sets, all D-10's.
The Minnesota Music Teachers' Association held
its annual convention in St. Paul last week, and the
following officers were elected: President, Donald N.
Ferguson, president of the University of Minnesota
Music Department; first vice-president, John A.
Jaeger; second vice-president, Mrs. E. E. Holt; sec-
retary-treasurer, Esther Jones Guyer.
SLINGERLAND
May Bell
Slingerland Banjos
Tiny Coinola
are sold the country over because
they are Highest quality and sold
at a reasonable price.
Over 40 Styles of Banjos, Banjo Mandolins, Tenor Banjos
and Banjo Ukuleles, to select from.
THE SMALLEST
KEYLESS
Write for Catalogue
The Operators Piano Co.
SLINGERLAND BANJO CO.
1815 Orchard Street
CHICAGO
Manufactured by
715-721 N. Kedzie Ave. _
CHICAGO
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