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PRESTO
IN SMALL GOODS DEPARTMENT
Greater Interest in Musical Merchandise Shows in
New Stores and Old Ones.
C. C. Chris'ensen recently opened a music store in
Nile?, Mich.
A movement to aid band instrument sales is now
on foot in New York state for the Municipal Band
or Concert Law. Pat Conway, the famous band-
master, of Ithaca, New York, has consented to act
as state chairman in this movement.
The Premier Music Roll Co. and the Exhibitors'
Music Roll Co., San Francisco, were recently merged,
though the two names are still retained.
The player roll department in the Portland, Ore.,
branch of Sherman, Clay & Co is being remodeled
and the space increased. The Duo-Art and Q R S
music rolls are handled in the department and the
business in the roll line constantly increases.
The Palmer Piano House, Medford, Ore., has se-
cured the exclusive agency for Couturier band iu-
strume'.ns and saxophones made by Lyon & Healy,
Chicago.
L. F. Pollock is a new man on the sales staff of
the Wholesale Musical Merchandise Division of Lvon
December 20, 1924.
& Healy, Chicago, traveling in southern Illinois,
Missouri and Kentucky.
Weiler's, Quincy, 111., has further added to the
lines in its talking machine department.
The new . band instrument department of the
Luebow Music Co., Milwaukee, is in the charge of
N. T. Biehoff, a saxophone player of note.
The Kelley Music Co., Gainesville, Fla., formerly
located on East University avenue, has been removed
to the corner store at East University avenue and
Main street.
A branch of the Charles Emdee Music Store, of
Catskill, has been opened at 107 Main street, Phil-
mont, N. Y.
CHRISTMAS "MUSICAL JOY."
The largest run of "Musical Joy," the dealer book-
let service prepared by Lyon & Healy, Chicago, to
stimulate musical merchandise sales, has just been
printed. This issue is beautifully illustrated in
Christmas colors, with effective sales appeals on
every page. Several hundred dealers in every sec-
tion of the country are making use of this service.
The Widener's Music Store, Inc., at 869 Broad
street, Newark, N. J... handles a small but well se-
lected stock of radio merchandise in conjunction with
its piano and talking machine departments.
Special Numbers Issued on Standing Orders Are
Assured of Big Sales.
Another special release of Q R S music rolls was
made December 16 by the Q R S Music Roll Co.,
Chicago, and shipped on standing orders on that date.
The numbers in the hands of dealers assure added
opportunities for numerous Christmas sales. The fol-
lowing comprise the list:
2953—Ev'rything You Do, fox-trot.
2959— Mille Lac, waltz.
2961—Paradise Valley and You, marimba waltz.
2966—Take Me Back to Your Heart, waltz.
2976—On My Ukulele (Tra La La La La), fox-
trot and one-step.
2985—College Memories, Bluebird march.
2988—Seal It with a Kiss, fox-trot.
2994—Jelly's Blues, fox-trot.
STARR MODELS' APPEAL
Console Types of Phonographs with Singing Throat
Sell Well for Holiday Trade.
The comparisons of different loud speakers in radio
suggest the merits of the "Singing throat of silver
grain spruce" that distinguish the Starr phono-
graph from all others. That feature of the phono-
graph provides an effective talking point to Starr
dealers. By the aid of the "singing throat" the buyer
of a Starr Phonograph is enabled to bring to his
home the world's very best music just as the world's
best artis'.s played or sang it.
The console models in Starr Phonographs are de-
servedly favored by buyers at this time. The Starr
console or "table" phonographs are instruments of
genuine distinction. Beautiful in contour their outer
charm becomes the symbol of their innermost worth,
for from their superb hand-wrought finish to the
most minute point of refinement they are achieve-
ments of artistic supremacy. Immediate appeal is
made because their excellence is at once apparent.
In their rich, pure tone, in design and appointments
is well exemplified the musical character of all Starr-
made instruments.
"SUPERIOR" PIANO PLATES
Manufactured by
Cleveland, Ohio
SUPERIOR FOUNDRY CO.
0 R S RELEASES THIS WEEK
SCHOOL BAND CONTESTS
Movement by the National Bureau of Music Ad-
vancement Is Meeting with Enthusiastic Support.
NATUREL
Reg. U. S. P a t . Off.
The now famous reproducer, will help you increase your
sales of Phonographs and Records. Keep it on your dem-
onstrating machine. Every phonograph owner in your
neighborhood is a prospective buyer.
Dealer's Price $2.50—Send for Sample.
THE SPECIALTY PHONO. & ACCESS. CO.
210-212 East 113th St.
FAIRBANKS
NEW YORK
PIANO PLATES
THE FAIRBANKS CO., Springfield, Ohio
The booklet of rules for next year's state and Na-
tional school band contests prepared by the National
Bureau for the Advancement of Music has been
mailed to the ten thousand and more music super-
visors and directors of instrumental music in the
schools all over the country.
A substantial start has been made in the inaugura-
tion of state band contests, and much further progress
will be made this coming year, and it is expected that
the movement will develop so that in a few years
there may be a national school band contest on a
broad and comprehensive basis, covering nearly all
the states in the Union. There is no doubt that such
a contest will give a material impetus to the sale of
band instruments. The booklet and the band con-
tests campaign should have great interest to all men
of music and the general music loving public.
The prizes and expenses of the campaign are being
contributed by the National Association of Band In-
strument Manufacturers. Dealers can help greatly
by calling attention of local band leaders to the move-
ment already well started by the National Bureau for
the Advancement of Music.
PERFECTION
Benches and Cabinets
The line that sells on sight and satisfies always.
The only solid walnut benches built and sold at
regular prices.
Send for catalog and price list,
No. 25
Perfection Benches with Smith's Patented Interlock*
ing mitre joint.
PERFECTION PIANO BENCH MFG. COMPANY
1514-1520 Blue Island Ave.
Chicago, 111.
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