Presto

September 20, 1924.
PRESTO
poration consisting of seventeen rolls, including over
a hundred excerpts from the classics suitable for
dancing in classrooms and for student practice, cov-
ering bar work, center-practice, combinations,
Music for Ballet, Ballroom and Interpretative adagios, folk dances, and Mother Goose melodies.
"In teaching a pupil to dance it is frequently nec-
Dancing Well Represented in List of Re-
essary to repeat a short musical phrase ten or a dozen
cordings for Welte-Mignon (Licensee).
times," said Mrs. Green. "Very well—now we will
stop the music;" she touched a switch, and the
The De Luxe Reproducing Roll Corporation, New music stopped on the last note of a phrase. Touch-
York City, which makes all the records for Welte- ing another lever, the roll rewound, and then the
Mignon (Licensee) Reproducing Pianos, has been ex- switch started the music again on the same note as
panding and dividing its recordings into well-defined before. She repeated this several times, always
groups of musical composition, classic and popular, starting and stopping on the desired note. She was
including accompaniments, and music for ball-room, asked by the interviewer how she controlled the in-
ballet and interpretative dancing. Many of the re- strument so perfectly, and pointed to markings and
cordings of this latter group have been made under notations on the perforated roll which show where
the personal direction of Anna Pavlowa, conceded to the dancing phrases correspond to the musical
be the greatest dancer that ever lived. It is the phrases.
authoritative character of these recordings that is
Mrs. Green pointed out a serious problem in
gaining for the Welte-Mignon (Licensee) Reproduc-
ing Piano wide recognition in the dancing profession. dancing studios which is overcome by the Welte-
Mignon (Licensee) Reproducing Piano when she
Dancing teachers find these instruments not only said: "I have had many wonderful accompanists,
afford them perfect music, but are also economical but they won't stay; they all give up the work—say
and convenient. A very interesting side-light on the the classes are too heavy, and constant repetition
use of these instruments in dance studios is given in becomes too monotonous, and they claim the work
an article that appeared in a recent issue of The is ruinous to their technique."
Music News.
And speaking of the De Luxe Reproducing Roll
This paper interviewed Estella Flanders Green, Corporation,
Mrs. Green had this to say: "The fact
director of the Green Music and Dancing Studios in that one of the
largest companies in the country was
Chicago, who told some important facts concerning enthusiastic enough
to co-operate heartily should
the serviceability of the Welte-Mignon (Licensee) prove
their interest. As a matter of fact, I have been
Reproducing Piano in the dance studio. This is engaged
for the coming season by several of the
what Mrs. Green said:
large piano houses to give 'Demonstration Evenings'
"I was more or less skeptical at first as to how for their patrons. These evenings are to include a
successfully a reproducing piano could be used to combined performance of professional and student
replace an accompanist in all the details of a dancing dancing, both solo and ensemble, with a reproducing
studio. But with the co-operation of one of the large instrument as sole accompanist. Also a demonstra-
piano manufacturers our experiment proved success- tion of class work with the technique rolls."
ful far beyond our expectations. We found that
numerous problems with which we had been con-
The Boston quarters of the Mel-O-Dee Music Co.,
fronted disappeared. A student, after once hearing
the roll played^ knew just exactly what to expect Inc., were moved last week from 162 Boylston street
each time thereafter that she went over her dance, to 10 Carver street.
as the reproducing roll was infallible, never varying
its interpretation. With few exceptions, our pupils
were greatly enthused over it, and in a number of
instances made special requests that they be per-
mitted to dance to the reproducer on our programs;
not because of the novelty of it, but because a repro-
ducer is not temperamental, and the dancer on the
stage knew that the interpretation, tempo, and every
detail of the accompaniment to her dance would be
exactly the s««ne as when she learned it in the
studio, or practiced it in her home."
2110 Fairmount Aye.
PHILADELPHIA, PA.
Mrs. Green has compiled a set of dancing tech-
nique rolls for the De Luxe Reproducing Roll Cor-
FAVOR DE LUXE ROLLS
BAND INSTRUMENT PUBLICITY
Famous Woman Trumpet Soloist and Saxophone Ex-
pert to Broadcast in Tour.
Nellie and Edwin Wetmore recently were presented
to the public in a farewell radio concert by the
Seiberling-Lucas Music Co., of Portland, Ore., prior
to a tour of the United States, on which they will
play duets and solos at all the principal broadcasting
stations of the country for the Buescher Band In-
strument Co., Elkhart, Ind. Wherever they appear it
will be under the auspices of the dealer handling the
Buescher line. Mrs. Wetmore has the distinction of
being the premier woman trumpet soloist of the coun-
try, and before moving to Oregon from the East
made solo records for the Columbia Phonograph Co.
Edwin Wetmore is well known in the West as an
expert saxophone player and has directed some of
the best bands on the Pacific coast.
Frank Lucas of the Seiberling-Lucas Music Co.,
of Portland, Ore., distributors of the Buescher band
instruments and director of a 60-piece band of the
Dramatic Order of Knights of Khorassan, Knights
of Pythias, returned to Portland with his band from
the annual Pacific Northwest convention, with first
prize for the best band in the parade in which bands
from all parts of the Pacific Northwest participated.
A complete line of band instruments made by C. G.
Conn, Elkhart, Ind., was an attraction in the exhibit
of the Flanner-Hafsoos Music House, Inc., Milwau-
kee, during the recent state fair in that city.
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