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November 22, 1924.
P R E S T O
DECEMBER Q R S ROLLS
HELP PLAYER SALES
Great Variety Characterizes New List of
Playerpiano Music Issued This Week by
Q R S Music Roll Co.
Specially Released Rolls Not Previously Listed:
I'm Someone Who's No-One to You, marimba waltz
(1124); That's Georgia, fox trot (1124); When the
shadows Fall., waltz (1224); There Is a Fountain,
Bluebird hymn; Though Your Sins Be as Scarlet,
Bluebird hymn; What Shall the Harvest Be? Blue-
bird hymn; Whosoever Will, Bluebird hymn; Yield
Not to Temptation, Bluebird Gospel hymn; Toreador
Song (from "Carmen") (French and English words).
CANADA'S MUSICAL
INSTRUMENT INDUSTRY
The December bulletin of the Q R S Music Co.,
Chicago, with cover gay in seasonable holiday tints,
has been issued to the trade. The new list justifies
the slogan, "Q R S Player Rolls Are Better." It is
a long and varied list of word rolls, concert series Pianos Take First Place, with Showing, of Nearly
Fifty Per Cent of Total.
rolls, hand played rolls and foreign rolls. The fol-
lowing are the presentations in new Word Rolls for
There
are
68
establishments in the musical instru-
December. The name of the recording artist follows
ment industry in Canada, according to a report for
the title:
All Alone, waltz, Phil Ohman; Back Where the 1922 just issued by the Dominion Bureau of Statis-
Daffodils Grow, fox trot, Pete Wendling; Blue Eyed tics, of which Ontario has 46, Quebec 17, Manitoba
Sally, fox trot, Russel Robinson; Choo-Choo, fox 2, Alberta 1, British Columbia 1, and Nova Scotia 1.
Pianos and playerpianos take first place, having a
trot, Pete Wendling; Dear One, fox trot, Arden and
Kortlander; Dixie, I'm Lonesome, marimba waltz, total value of $4,351,956, or 43.8 per cent of the entire
Osborne and Howe; Doo Wacka Doo, fox trot, Pete production. Phonographs take second place, with a
Wendling; Down in Honolulu Town, Hawaiian ma- total value of $1,555,786, or 15.6 per cent of the entire
rimba waltz, Scott and Watters; Haunting Melody, output. Piano actions, keys, hammers, and other
waltz, Harold Scott; Jefferson Davis, fox trot-one- parts and materials account for $1,160,155.
step, Pete Wendling; Lullaby of Long Ago, waltz,
There was a decrease in the value of production in
Harold Scott; My Best Girl, fox trot and one-step,
J. Lawrence Cook; My Twilight Rose, fox trot, Vic- 1922 from 1921 of $529,699. A total capital invest-
tor Arden; No One Knows What It's All About, ment of $13,776,790 was made, which was a decrease
fox trot, Pete Wendling; Rose Marie, fox trot, Arden of $38,585 over the total for 1921. Of this total
and Kortlander; Southern Rose, fox trot, Arden and Quebec contributed 26.5 per cent and Ontario 71
Kortlander; A Sun-Kist Cottage, fox trot, Victor per cent.
Arden; The Ten Commandments of Love, fox trot,
Scott and Watters; Tennessee, fox trot. Max Kort-
lander; You're More Than a Pal to Me, marimba STIMULATING XURTZMANN DEALERS
The special folder introducing an attractive new
waltz, Osborne and Howe; Come, Thou Almighty
King, Bluebird Gospel Hymn, Alfred Parker; The series of advertisement prepared for the use of Kurtz-
End of the Road, Bluebird Sacred Song, Alfred mann dealers in local newspapers, prepared by the C.
Parker; Now the Day Is Over, Bluebird Hymn, Kurtzmann Co., Buffalo, N. Y., has stimulated the
Richard Merton; Sun of My Soul, Bluebird Gospel trade in the desirable manner designed. The adver-
Hymn, Richard Merton.
tisements fit various spaces from one column wide
The new Foreign Rolls for December include two and larger. The outstanding feature of the copy is
Armenian, six Bohemian, one Croatian, one French, the artistic character of the border designs, all of
two German, Five Greek, six Hungarian, five Italian, the mbeing distinctly Egyptian. The series includes
one Jewish, three Lithuanian, eleven Polish, seven advertisements exploiting Kurtzmann grands, up-
Russian, three Slovenian and six Spanish.
rights and playerpianos, and as usual mats are avail-
Concert Series Rolls for December: Mazurka, B able for dealers' use.
Minor, Op. 33, No. 4 (Chopin), Annette Essipoff;
(a) La Fontaine, Op. 6, No. 2 (Nocturne), (b) Petite
AIDS TUNERS' CAMPAIGN.
Valse, Op. 28, No. 1 (A. Henselt) Moissaye Bogus-
Letters from leading manufacturers pledging aid
lawski; Barcarolle (Tschaikowsky), Howard Brock-
way; Alice, Romance (Ascher) Barry Mortimer; in the campaign for a larger membership continue to
Minstrels (Claude Debussy), Moissaye Boguslawski. come to the secretary. A letter from the J. P. See-
New Hand-Played Roll for December: Vesper burg Piano Co., manufacturer of automatic instru-
Chimes, Richard Merton.
ments, located at 1508-16 Dayton street, Chicago,
German Christmas Rolls: Alle Jahre wieder reads as follows: "I am in receipt of yours of Oc-
kommt das Christuskind, Der Christbaum ist der tober 15 and assure you that the J. P. Seeburg Piano
schonste Baum, Der Tannebaum, Ihr Kinderlein Co. heart.il yendorses your instiution. As you re-
Kommet; (1) Morgen, Kinder, Wird't Was Geben!
(2) Morgen Kommt Der Weihnachtsmann; O Du quest, we will this day write the Music Industries
Chamber of Commerce and let us take this oppor-
Frohliche; Stille Nacht! Heilige Nacht!
Polish Christmas Rolls: Aniol Pasterzom Mowil, tunity to wish you success in your drive for
Bog sie rodzi, Gdy sie Chrystus rodzi, Hej w Dzien members."
Narodzenia, Lulajze Jezuniu, Pasterze Mili, Radujcie
Sie, Swieta Noc; (1) Wsrod Nocnej Ciszy, (2)
QUINCY STORE REOPENED.
Przybiezeli Do Betlejem Pasterze; W zlobie lezy.
The Beal & McCarthy Music Co. recently pur-
chased the entire stock and fixtures of the Bahr
Music Co., at 1603 Hancock street, Quincy, Mass.,
and reopened the store. Beal & McCarthy was es-
tablished in 1880 by the late J. Q. Beal and now has
three stores, the others being at Rockland and
Brockton.
There's Money
for the Dealer in
Automatic Pianos
Fine Electric Self-Players of eye-
catching design and perfect perform-
ance. Also
COIN OPERATED
for places of entertainment, Theatres,
Movies, Ice Cream Parlors, Etc., Etc.
The best line including the famous
"PIAN-O-GRAND"
"BANJ-O-GRAND"
and "HARP-O-GRAND"
Wide-awake Piano D e a l e r s find
them easy sellers in every community.
Send for illustrated
descriptive circulars.
Nelson -Wiggen Piano Co.
1731 Belmont Ave.,
CHICAGO
COINOLAS
FOR
RESTAURANTS, CAFES and
A M U S E M E N T CENTERS
Style C-2
FROM THE BIGGEST
ORCHESTRION
['Built on Family Pride"
Doll & Sons
Represent the Artistic
in Piano and Player Piano
Construction
JACOB DOLL & SONS
STODART
WELLSMORE
Jacob Doll & Sons, Inc.
Southern Boulevard* E. 133rd St.
E. 134th St. and Cypress Ave.
NEW YORK
Tiny Coinola
THE SMALLEST
KEYLESS :)
Manufactured by
The Operators Piano Co.
715-721 N. Kedzie Ave.
•-
CHICAGO
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November 22, 1924.
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PRESTO
SMALL GOODS AND SUPPLIES
NEW PIN GAUGE FOR TUNERS
Difficulties in Naming Right Size When Ordering
Eliminated by New Device.
For many years tuners have been obliged to send
samples of tuning or center pins to the manufacturer
in order to secure proper sizes for repair work. This
difficulty has been eliminated by a special gauge, now
offered by Lyon & Healy, Chicago. This shows the
actual sizes of all center pins, properly numbered;
also the different thicknesses of tuning pins. This
permits the turner to know immediately what size
pin he needs after he has removed the old one from
the piano.
As for center pins, where they are needed in the
action part, and because of being loose, the tuner may
While our surplus stock of Loaders lasts
your check for
$60—SIXTY DOLLARS—$60
Gets One "BILGER" Loader
Satisfaction, or Money Back
Trucks, Hoists, Covers etc.
Address
Piano Movers Supply Co,
Manufacturers
Lancaster, Penna.
remove one of these center pins, get his correct gauge
from the combination tuning pin and center pin gauge
and then pick the next size larger or the next two
or three sizes larger from the center pin holder and
proceed in re-pinning it.
NEW CHINESE HYMN RECORDS.
The Victor Talking Machine Co. has issued a series
of four records of gospel hymns in Chinese sung by
Theodore B. Tu in the Chinese-Mandarin dialect. In
issuing the records the company announces that ac-
cording to the 1920 census there were over 60,000
Chinese in the United States widely distributed, and
that as many of these Chinese residents are members
of the American Sunday School, Mission or Bible
Classes, there should be a certain demand for records
of the gospel hymns.
Manufacturers of
PIANO ACTIONS
ONE GRADE ONLY
Your equipment is not complete without our TRUCKS for handling
Pianos and Talking Machines.
OFFICE:
457 W. 45th 9tM«t
Comstock, Cheney & Co.
Ivory Cutters and Manufacturer*
TRUCKS
That Are Labor Savers
The Wessell, Nickel & Gross action is a
guarantee of the grade of the instrument
in which it is found.
FACTORIES:
45tft St., IOCn A*».
Old Chicago Musical Merchandise Jobbing House
Finds Larger Space at 629 S. Wabash Avenue.
The Tonk Bros. Co., Chicago, ha? taken a long-
term lease on the sixth floor a*t 629 South Wabash
avenue, and will move from its present location at
323 Sovith Wabash avenue, when the necessary re-
modeling plans are completed. The additional space
gained in the change of locations prompted this old
musical merchandise-jobbing house to leave the old
quarters.
The Tonk Bros. Co. proudly points back to over
thirty years of successful jobbing in musical goods.
The house is a big importer of choice musical mer-
chandise and its stock of foreign and domestic violins
and other orchestral and band instruments has been
expanding rapidly in the past few years. In the new
quarters the company will have added advantages to
continue justifying its slogan, "Service-Quality."
A PORTLAND REMOVAL SALE.
The McDougall-Conn Music Co., Portland, Ore.,
representative of the Conn band instruments, has
concluded a removal sale held preparatory to moving
NEW BRUNSWICK COMMON STOCK.
into its new quarters in the new Elks' Building, at
Twelfth and Alder streets. Attractive window dis-
A block of 130,000 shares of nonpar common stock
plays provided inducements to the purchase of of the Brunswick-Balke-Collender company was of-
instruments.
fered at $49.50 a share this week. The business was
founded in 1845 and has grown to a $12,000,000 cor-
poration. Recently a stock dividend was declared.
ACTIVE IN CONCERT WORK.
It is intended to pay dividends at the rate of $3.60
Miss Blanche Rosebrough, of the Victor Educa- annually on the stock.
tional Department of the Scruggs, Vandervoort &
Barney store, St. Louis, has been engaged to give a
ADDS NEW PHONOGRAPH LINE.
scries of seven lectures at the Community School of
The
Metropolitan Music Co., Minneapolis, Minn.,
St. Louis County in preparation for a series of six
children's concerts to be given by the St. Louis Sym- recently added Brunswick to its customary Victor
line. The department has been remodeled and redec-
phony Orchestra this season.
orated and is now under the management of John
Lang, formerly with the Dayton Co.'s phonograph
CHRISTMAS ROLL TRADE.
department.
The Q R S Music Co. emphasizes the value of
BAND GOODS IN OREGON.
music rolls for Christmas presents in a booklet of
Christmas suggestions for children and grown-ups
The Palmer Piano House, Medford, Ore., has se-
distributed to the trade. These booklets, which are cured the exclusive agency for Lyon & Healy-Cou-
attractively decorated with holiday designs and give turier band instrument and saxophones in Medford
many suggestions of holiday music, are being used by and surrounding territory. An intensive campaign
to introduce this line is planned.
Q R S dealers.
WESSELL, NICKEL & GROSS
HIGHEST GRADE
TONK BROS. CO. TO MOVE
Sill Trucks and End Trucks
for Pianos
With the LEA TALKING MACHINE TRUCK, one man can
handle the Edison Chippendale, Victor No. 17, Cheney No. 6 Quccv
Anne, and other large makes, from show-room to any apartmeni
floor.
Amk for Circular
"
Piano Keys, Actions and Hammers
MADE ONLY BY
SELF-LIFTING PIANO TRUCK CO.
FINDLAY, OHIO
IVORY AND COMPOSITION-COVERED ORGAN KEYS
Th« only Company Furnishing the Kays, Actions, H t m m m and Brackets Complete
Telegraph and R. R. Station: Essex, Conn.
Office and Factories: Ivory ton, Conn.
THE O S. KELLY CO.
Manufacturers
of
JULIUS BRECKWOLDT & SON, ING.
Manufacturers of
-
-
Saw Mills
Pulton Chain
and
Tupper Lake
Piano B a c k s , Boards, Bridges, B a r s ,
Traplevers and Mouldings
SOLE AGENTS FOR RUDOLF GIESE WIRE
WESTERN REPRESENTATIVE:
High* Oracle
PIANO PLATES
SPRINGFIELD
Factory and Office
DOLQEVILLE.N.Y
OHIO
CENTRAL STEEL & WIRE CO.,
119-127 N. Peoria Street,
J. BRECKWOLDT, Prea.
Chicago, 111.
W. A. BRECKWOLDT. Sac. & T r e u .
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