20
July 18, 1925.
PRESTO
NEW VICTOR SALES MANAGER
Our large stock 19 very seldom depleted, and your
order, whether large or small, will receive imme-
diate attention.
In addition, you get the very
beat of
Felts; Cloths; Hammers; Punching*;
Music Wire; Tuning Pins; Player
Parts; Hinges; Castings; etc.
We have
In stock a full line of
Pianos and Organs.
materials
for
AMERICAN PIANO
SUPPLY COMPANY
110-112 EAST 13th STREET
NEW YORK
Roy A. Forbes, with Wide Experience in Retail Field,
Succeeds Frank K. Dolbeer, Retired.
Roy A. Forbes has been appointed sales and mer-
chandising manager of the Victor Talking Machine
Co., Camden, N. J., to succeed Frank K. Dolbeer,
who has retired.
Mr. Forbes is well fitted for his new post by his
wide experience in the merchandising of talking ma-
chines, He was for a number of years manager of
the talking machine department of James McCreery
& Co., New York, and later manager of the talking
machine department of the John Wanamaker store,
Philadelphia, where he secured noteworthy results
His retail experience gives him great understanding
of the problems of the retailer.
Mr. Dolbeer, the retiring sales manager has been
in the talking machine field for over thirty years,
starting with the Edison Co. in 1893, where he sub-
sequently became sales and credit manager. He
joined the Victor Co. in 1914 as credit manager, re-
signed in 1918, and returned to the Victor Co. in
1921 as head of the traveling department, being
appointed sales manager in 1923.
SITUATION IN SUPPLIES
SCHAFF
Piano String Co.
Manufacturers of
Piano Bass Strings
2009-2021 CLYBOURN AVENUE
Cor er Lewis Street
CHICAGO
F acts in Various Lines of Commodities Which Entet
Into Musical Instrument Manufacture.
In compensation for its copper shortage, Germany
has developed a considerable aluminum industry,
aluminum now being used to a great extent to replace
copper in this country. Production by one plant
( Rheinfelden Werke in Baden) has grown from W)'J
tons in 1913 to 20,000 in 1924.
Exports of wood pulp, most of which is available
for making paper for music rolls, for the first four
months of 1925 show T a considerable increase over
the corresponding period in 1924, according to Con-
sul General Claude I. Dawson, Stockholm, who states
that shipments during the former period reached a
total of 240,726 metric tons (metric ton = 2 204.6
pounds), in contrast to 119,324 tons during the same
period in 1924.
The last wool clip in Uruguay is estimated to be
worth about 40,000,000 pesos, but the market at pres-
ent is almost completely idle, outside of the im-
proved interest shown by American buyers during
the week ended June 20.
A report of the second quarterly ivory sale of
the present year, held in Antwerp in May, has been
issued by Consul General G. S. Messersmith. The
sale was said to be less active than the corresponding
one held in 1924, amounting to 63,137 kilos.
WELCOMES NEW MEMBER.
LEATHER
FOR
PLAYERS
ORGANS
PIANOS
PNEUMATIC LEATHERS A SPECIALTY
Packing, Valves, All Special Tanned
Bellows Leather
T. L. LUTKINS,Inc.
40 Spruce Street
NEW YORK
In welcoming a new member to the American Pro-
tective Tariff League, George R. Meyercord, head of
the Meyercord company of Chicago, said in a letter
dated June 28: "I believe any man who has his
capital invested in America and employs American
labor should be a member of the league It is the
one 'in season and out' influence to guard the inter-
ests of American producers. 1 have been a member
of the league for many years and it is a pleasure
as an officer of the league to welcome you into the
membership."
OTTO R. TREFZ, Jr.
PIANO BASS STRINGS
PIANO REPAIR SUPPLIES
2110 Faiimount Ave.
PHILADELPHIA, PA.
HAMMACHER, SCHLEMMER & CO,
PIANO and PLAYER
HARDWARE, FELTS, TOOLS,
RUBBERIZED PLAYER FABRICS
New York, Since 1848
4th Ave. and 13th St.
The Background
A BUSY ROLL
DEPARTMENT
CAPITOL
WORD ROLLS
No.
Title
Played by
1122 Peter Pan
Carl Westbank Fox-trot
1119 You and I (From My Girl)
Lindsay McPhail Foxtrot
1118 Desert Isle (From My Girl)
Lindsay McPhail Fox-trot
1115 Old Pal Nell Morrison..A beautiful ballad
1114 My Sweetie and Me
Lindsay McPhail Fox-trot
1113 (When You and I Were)
"Seventeen"
Paul Jones
Waltz
1111 Laff It Off (Comedy Song)
Billy Fitch Fox-trot
1110 Only a Weaver of Dreams
Paul Jones
Waltz
1109 I Aint Got Nobody to Love
James Blythe Fox-trot
1108 You Know I Know
Lindsay McPhail One-step
1107 On My Ukulele
Paul Jones Comedy Fox-trot
1106 I'll See You in My Dreams
Lindsay McPhail Fox-trot
1105 Red Red Rose
Billy Fitch Fox-trot
1104 Somebody Like You
Lindsay McPhail Fox-trot
1103 Goo-Goo-Good Night, Dear
(A Stutter Song)
Lindsay McPhail One-step
1102 Christofo Columbo
Paul Jones Comedy Fox-trot
1101 Somebody Loves Me—from
"George White's Scandals"
Lindsay McPhail Fox-trot
1100 Lover's Waltz
Wayne Love
Waltz
1099 When the One You Love
Loves You
Dave Gwin
Waltz
1098 No Wonder (That I
Love You)
Wayne Love Fox-trot
1097 Back Where the Daffodils Grow
Billy Fitch Fox-trot
1096 Insufficient Sweetie
Dave Gwin Fox-trot
1095 Some of These Days
Lindsay McPhail Fox-trot
1094 Let Me Call You Sweetheart
Art Gillham Marimba Waltz
1093 Me and the Boy Friend
Billy Fitch Fox-trot
To Retail at
Why Pay More?
75
None Better.
Made of the best materials
obtainable.
Will please your trade and
double your sales.
Quality and price make
Capitol rolls the deal-
er's best profit producer
in a roll department.
Capitol Roll & Record Co.
721 N. Kedzie Ave., CHICAGO, ILL.
(Formerly Columbia Music Roll Co.)
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