Presto

July 18, 1925.
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just recently celebrated his seventieth birthday and
won a prominent place in the world of music as far
back as 1895 as director of the U. S. Marine Band.
In 1910 and 1911 he toured the world with his fa-
List of Illustrious Soloists and Leaders Who mous organization, which was equipped with Conn
Have Left Unqualified Endorsements of
instruments throughout. Sousa's band has always
been a Conn organization and still continues as such.
Conn Wonder Instruments.
Mr. Sousa often stated that "A band fully equipped
The great line of famous musicians included with Conn instruments enhances its musical value
numerous enthusiastic users of instruments made by fully fifty per cent."
C. G. Conn, Ltd., Elkhart, Ind. It has been the
John C. Weber, the well-known bandmaster of
proud lot of Conn instruments to play an important Cincinnati, has written many letters on Conn instru-
part in the lives of some of the most illustrious of ments which his band used. A. Frederick Weldon,
the band loaders and soloists who have left behind recognized as the dean of cornet instructors and
them unqualified endorsements of Conn instruments. under whom most all of the cornet soloists of the
There was Gilmore who, some time before his past and present generation have studied, was direc-
death, wrote to the company, giving his high opinion tor of the Second Infantry Band and his own con-
of the Conn instruments of those days. There was cert band in Chicago. He was a famous cornet solo-
Victor Herbert, who took up the baton that Gilmore ist and for many years was the Conn representa-
laid down, and whose name as a composer and con- tive. Throughout his life he used and endorsed
ductor will stand for all time. "I consider Conn in- nothing but Conns. He passed away in 1914.
The foregoing is only a portion of the long list
struments without doubt the best instruments made,"
was Mr. Herbert's opinion. Then there was Jules prepared in the Musical Truth.
Levy, looked upon by many as the world's premier
CHANGE IN CASPER, WYO.
cornetist of all time. He wrote to C. G. Conn many
years ago, "You are the king of manufacturers, and
Miss Zoe Marks has purchased the interest of Mrs.
I will use no other cornet but yours."
Ress F. Klein in the Klein-Marks Music Co., Casper,
Louis Boos of Jackson, Mich., was with the Gil- Wyo, and changed the name of the business to Zoe
more band as cornetist at a time when it was claimed
Marks, Inc. Miss Marks plans to remodel the inte-
the greatest cornetist of the world comprised the cor- rior of the store and will carry a complete stock of
net section of that great organization. The Boos Victor records, talking machines, radio and sheet
Brothers' Band of Jackson is still spoken of with music in the warerooms.
great reverence by Wolverines, The Boos brothers
were Conn friends throughout their careers and used
O P E N S IN SAN FRANCISCO.
Conn cornets exclusively. Ellis Brook, well-known
H. P. Knoess has opened a musical merchandise
cornetist and bandmaster, enjoyed the best of en- store to be known as Hank's Music Shop, at 132
gagements in Chicago's musical organizations and Jones street, San Francisco, Cal., and will carry a
his own band was prominently known from coast to full line of musical merchandise and accessories, in-
coast. Thomas Preston Brooke was for many years cluding "Hank's Saxophone Pads," which he manu-
director of the Chicago Marine Band and did more, factures.
perhaps, toward the elevating of band concerts in
Chicago than any other up to his time. In one of
CHANGE IN HARTFORD, CONN.
his letters endorsing Conn instruments, he stated
The National Music Co. is the name of a new store
that a competitor had offered him $1,200 a year to
use and endorse the other make of instrument, but recently opened as a branch of the Feinblum Music
nothing would tempt him to abandon his Conn. Store on Windsor street, Hartford, Conn. The Na-
tional Music Co. has taken over the stock and hold-
Thomas, Junior, also developed into a cornetist and
ing of the music firm of Henry Moran & Sons.
likewise used a Conn.
ENDORSING THE CONN
John Philip Sousa might, it might be thought at
first glance, has no place on this list, but Mr. Sousa
The local post of Veterans of Foreign Wars in
Elyria, O., is organizing an orchestra, quartet and
a 16-piece bugle and drum corps.
U. S MUSIC CO.'S BEST SELLERS
Chicago Roll Manufacturer Gives Interesting List of
Music the Player Owner Wants.
The season best sellers in the list of rolls by the
United States Music Co , Chicago, include the fol-
lowing:
Ah, Ha!, fox trot; Alabamy Bound, fox trot; All
Alone, waltz; Because They All Love You, fox trot;
Blue-Eyed Sally, fox trot; By the Light of the Stars,
fox trot; Cheatin' On Me, fox trot; Don't Bring Lulu,
fox trot; Everybody Loves My Baby, fox trot; The
Flapper Wife, fox trot; Hearts and Heroes, march
with lyrics; Honest and Truly, waltz ballad; I Can't
Stop Babying You, fox trot; If you Knew Susie
(Like I Know Susie), fox trot; I Had Someone Else
Before I Had You, fox trot; I Wonder What's Be-
come of Sally, waltz; If I Ever Cry (You'll Never
Know), fox trot; If You See That Gal of Mine Send
Her Home, waltz; In the Baggage Coach Ahead,
waltz; Indian Love Call ("Rose-Marie"), fox trot;
I've Found My Sweetheart Sally, waltz; Just a Little
Drink (a song with a kick); Let Me Call You
Sweetheart, waltz; Me and the Boy Friend, fox trot;
The Midnight Waltz.
Montmartre Rose, fox trot; Moonlight and Roses,
fox trot; No One, fox trot; No Wonder (That I
Love You), fox trot; Nobody Knows What a Red
Head Mamma Can Do, fox trot; Oh, How I Miss
You Tonight, waltz; Oh. Katharina!, one step; The
Only Only One, fox trot; Pal of My Cradle Days,
waltz; The Pal That I Loved Stole "the Gal That I
Loved, waltz; Peter Pan (I Love You), fox trot;
Shadows, fox trot; Show Me the Way, fox trot;
Titina ("Puzzles of 1925"), fox trot; Ukulele Lady,
fox trot; Until Tomorrow, Marimba waltz; When
Eyes of Blue Are Fooling You, fox trot; When I
Think of You, fox trot; When My Sugar Walks
Down the Street, fox trot; When You and I Were
Seventeen, fox trot; Who Takes Care of the Care-
taker's Daughter?, fox trot; Why Couldn't It Be
Poor Little Me?, fox trot; Yearning (Just for You),
fox trot; You're Just a Flower from an Old Bouquet,
fox trot.
John D. Naylor has been employed to teach music
and conduct the school band in Felicity, O., school
this year.
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All of the moit celebrated Artists use and endorse Conn Instruments.
Famous Bandmasters and Orchestra Directors highly endorse and recommend the use of the
Conn Instruments in their organizations.
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