September 13, 1924.
2)
PRESTO
spiel Overture. Other rolls for the series of instru-
ments are a collection of ten new numbers, one of
hits, one of fox-trots and a well-selected Mexican roll.
For Seeburg Styles S, M, R, T, V and A DeLuxe,
Rolls for Orchestrions and Organs also In- Pipe Organ Orchestras are the following hand-
cluded in September List of Automatic
played organ rolls:
Roll No. MSR-87S—Organ, light dramatic: Mem-
Music Roll Co.
ories, Told at Twilight, Sweetheart of Mine, Thoughts
The September releases of music for electric at Sunset.
Roll No. MSR-876— Organ, light comedy: Want to
pianos and orchestrions and collection of Seeburg
specials have been announced ready for orders by the Be Happy, My Sweetheart, What'll I Do? Jealous.
Roll No. MSR-877—Organ, light comedy waltz
Automatic Music Roll Company, 1510 Dayton street,
Chicago. These rolls have the snap that evokes roll: Nightingale, Waltz Me to Sleep in Your
action in the listeners and brings the nickels into the Arms, Just Some Roses, Sally.
Roll No. MSR-878—Organ, light dramatic: Even-
instruments.
This bulletin gives the rolls for Seeburg Expres- tide, Ricordati (Nocturne), Summer Nights (Idyll),
sion or Style X pianos heretofore catalogued sepa- Woodland Sketches, The Bubble (from High Jinks).
Roll No. MSR-853—Organ, light dramatic: Eve-
rately.
There are twelve new rolls in the September bulle- ning Breeze, Friml; Dream-Love, Friml; Air Castles,
Friml; Smoke Wreaths, Friml; Memories, Friml.
tin for all standard 65-note rewind coin-operated
Roll No. MSR-86.?—Organ, light comedy: Valse
pianos, also Seeburg Styles A, B, C, E, F, K, PGA
Lucille, Why? Valse Christine, Kisses.
and L. The list includes rolls of popular song and
Roll No. MSR-870—Organ, light dramatic:
dance hits, marches, fox-trots, blues, Hawaiian
melodies, and "special request" collections. In addi- Swanee River Moon, Indiana Lullaby, Break o' Morn,
tion the rolls for the instruments named include a Wishing Land, Silversan, Coronado Land; Think,
Love, of Me.
new Spanish, Italian and Mexican number.
Six new rolls are presented for Seeburg Style X,
The alluring quality of the selections for the in-
struments named may be judged by any one of them. Xpression pianos only. These rolls will not play on
Here are the contents of Roll No. A1042: Waiting any other Seeburg instrument except the Style X.
The rolls for these instruments are assurances of
for the Rainbow, one-step: At the End of the Sunset
Trail, fox-trot; The Picture I Painted of You, waltz; satisfaction for piano owners. There are four de-
I Never Had a Mammy, fox-trot; Officer Kelly, one- voted to new dance favorites and two reviews of best
step: I Don't Know Why, fox-trot; Just Some Roses, sellers.
waltz; Monavanna, fox-trot; The Grass Is Always
Greener, One-step; Doodle Doo Doo, fox-trot.
OPENS IN COLUMBUS, O.
Nine new rolls are presented for Seeburg Styles
A. M. Taylor has opened a musical merchandise
G, KT Orchestrions and Styles P, Q and W Motion
store on the second floor, \\2y 2 South High street,
Picture Players. Here's a collection of fox-trots in
Columbus, O. The space, 200 feet by 25 feet, gives
Roll No. G683: Someday Sweetheart, fox-trot;
Please, fox-trot: Say It Again, fox-trot; Minnesota him lots of space to show a nice stock. He has
added a repair shop under the management of Charles
Moon, Waltz; In Spite of All, fox-trot; Sorry for
Weber, who had valuable experience in the band in-
You, fox-trot; Nightingale, waltz; Ha-Ha-Ha-Ha-Ha,
fox-trot; Sunny Jim, fox-trot; The Hoodoo Man, fox- strument factories of Elkhart, Ind.
trot. In addition to dances, songs and hits generally
the presentations for the instruments named last
there are three new foreign rolls, one Spanish, one
Mexican and one Italian.
Six new rolls for September are announced for
Seeburg Orchestrions Styles J and H, new Styles W
and M, S and R Pipe Organ-Orchestra. These rolls
will play all Orchestrion effects, except organ, on
Styles M, S and R. Organ owners may order these
also for organs. They are popular. Among them
is Roll No. H847 containing the following overtures:
2110 Fairmount Ate.
PHILADELPHIA, PA.
Light Cavalry Overture, Bowl of Pansies, Norman
Overture, Barcarolle from Tales of Hoffman, Lust-
ELECTRIC PIANO MUSIC
CENSUS IN PHONOGRAPHS
Federal Bureau Publishes Highly Interesting
Comparative Figures for 1923 and 1921 in
Machines and Supplies.
Talking machine production in 1923 was 67.5 per
cent greater in the fiscal year ending July, 1923, than
that ending July 1, 1921, according to figures just
published by the Census Bureau. A gratifying in-
crease in the production of cabinets, parts and
accessories over the previous year was noted in the
productions for 1923. The valuation of the produc-
tions of the phonograph industry for 1923 was valued
at $107,276,240. In 1921 the value was $98,212,784.
Last year 981,635 phonographs were produced at a
value of $55,551,817. In 1921 the number was 592,493
and the value $3?,361,063. Records and blanks show
a decrease both in number produced and in value
for 1923 compared to 1921. But the value of steel
needles increased 59.8 per cent in comparing the
two years. The production for 1921 was $739,386.
In 1923 it was $1,181,794.
The value of cabinets produced increased 51.1 per
cent, from $1,682,290 in 1921 to $2,544,208 in 1923.
From 154 in 1921 the number of establishments
engaged in the phonograph industry fell to 109 in
1923, but the average number of wage earners in-
creased from 17,938 to 23,194, and the fact is taken
to indicate that conditions in the industry in 1923
were better than in 1921. Of the 109 establishments,
reported last year 24 were located in Illinois, 16 in
New York and 17 in New Jersey.
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