Classic Mode

Presto

Issue: 1925 2046

October 10, 1925
PRESTO
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NEW BANDS STIMULATE TRADE
Musical Organizations in Many Places Suggest Op-
portunities for Energetic Dealers.
NEW TALKING MACHINE PATENTS
65,901. Design, loud speaker horn. William A.
Darrah, Chicago, 111.
A second orchestra is being started in the Diver-
65,931. Design, combined lamp and sound ampli-
non, 111., high school, to accommodate those who are fier. Samuel Sadler, San Francisco, Calif.
1,515,456. Diaphragm holding ring for talking ma-
beginning to learn to play. Group instruction will be
given them. This will insure a large orchestra for chines and other acoustical instruments. Horace L.
T. Buckle, Yiewsley, England.
the High School band.
1,515,477. Sound-producing device. Leo J. Grub-
Plans for organizing a West High school band with man. New York, N. Y.
more than forty members were announced by In-
1,515,110.
Phonograph transmitting reproducer.
structor L. Ellinwood at a meeting of the west side Oscar E. Heiberg, Brooklyn, N. Y.
1,515,769. Automatic nonset stop for phonographs.
board of education of Aurora, 111., this week.
Lee Gantert, Yoakum, Texas.
The Savanna Drum Corps, organized in Savanna,
1,516,469. Base-tablet for sound records. John S.
111., last week, will consist of at least twenty-five Miller, Jr., Rahway, N. J.
drums and about fifteen trumpets or bugles.
1,516,847. Stylus holder. Dominique Di Natale,
Paris, France.
The Marshall Boys' Band has been organized in
1,516,595. Electrical reproducer for phonographs.
Marshall, Mo., with C. T. Hough as director
Pierre V. Frely, Paris, France.
The Harmonica Band of the Hebrew Orphan Asy-
1,517,058.
Inverse duplex vacuum-tube circuit.
lum, New York, recently won second place in New David Grimes, Grasmere, N. Y.
York City harmonica playing contest.
1,516,603. Phonograph. A. W. Hoover and R.
Reorganization of the Libby band, of Morrison. Winter, Jr., Irwin, Pa.
66,092. Design, sound amplifier. Albert O. Price,
111.,- has now been accomplished and H. W. Burch
Coshocton, Ohio.
has been hired as the director of the new organiza-
1,517,181. Phonograph. Harry T. Tulare, Roches-
tion.
ter, Minn.
1,517,690. Automatic setting device for phono-
A band to be composed of pupils of the North
Manchester High School, Warsaw, Tnd., is being or- graphs. Stephen J. Abt, New Haven, Conn.
ganized.
Following a massed band concert at San Sabo,
OPENS PORTLAND BRANCH.
Tex., recently, the Heart of Texas Band Association
The Munson-Rayner Corp. of San Francisco has
was formed. Membership in the organization is ex-
tended to all bands in the state. The purpose is to opened a branch at Portland, Ore For the present
radio will be the line to be featured. The new samples
stimulate interest in band music.
The band contest in connection with the American of the 1926 Magnavox are being shown and consider-
Legion convention in Omaha this week attracted over able advance business has been booked, suggesting
two hundred entries. The prizes aggregate $1,750. that a busy fall season is ahead. This line will be
The prizes in drum and bugle contests total $2,250. strongly featured in the Pacific Coast Radio Exposi-
Quincy Yoiture, "40 and 8," Quincy, 111., has de- tion to be held soon in San Francisco.
cided to form a drum and bugle corps. This will be
the first "40 and 8" drum and bugle corps in the
PERMISSION TO BORROW.
country, although there are a number of drum and
Frank Elmendorf, receiver for the American Wal-
bugle organizations in the American Legion.
nut Company and the Latonia Talking Machine Com-
The Wesleyan Methodist church, Leighton and pany, Evanston, Ind., was granted permission to
North streets, Kenton, O., plans the organization of a borrow $2,000 with which to carry on the business,
church orchestra, it is announced.
by an order of Judge Edgar S. Durre, Saturday
morning.
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BIG RECORD STOCK.
'j H. E. Poston, general manager of Jesse French &
Sons Piano Co., Montgomery, Ala., says that the
(jlemand for Columbia records is so great that it is
ljiecessary for his record department to carry a
"standing stock" of about ten thousand records. From
tjhis large stock customers are assured of any kind of
record they desire, including all the latest popular
ljumbers as well as the old favorites.
Folding Organs
School Organs
Practice Keyboards
21S Englewood Ave., CHICAGO, ILL.
CONN AGENCY ANNOUNCED.
The B. S. Porter Son Co , Findlay, O., prints the
following announcement in the local newspapers:
"We wish to announce that we have been awarded
the exclusive agency for the C. G. Conn Ltd. band
instruments in Hancock county. Instruments are
on display this week in store window."
The Western Talking Machine Co. recently opened
a store at 9036 Oakland avenue, Detroit, Mich.
May Bell
Slingerland Banjos
are sold the country over because
they are Highest quality and sold
at a reasonable price.
Over 40 Styles of Banjos, Banjo Mandolins, Tenor Banjos
and Banjo Ukuleles, to select from.
Dealer*' Attention Solicited
A. L. WHITE MFG. CO.
A LUMBER CAMPAIGN.
The California Sugar Pine Association has launched
a campaign of- advertising for sugar pine which is
hoped to accomplish for that lumber what lumber
producers in Louisiana twenty years ago achieved for
cypress, a then little" used timber, or what Missouri
lumbermen did for red gum seven years ago.
SLINGERLAND
*!
INCREASES BAND GOODS STOCK.
I Charles M. Brabbit, head of the Western Wood-
wind Shop, Cedar Rapids, la., has considerably in-
creased the line of Martin's Handcraft instruments
with which the company is building up a fine busi-
ness. The display of band instruments provides con-
tinual attraction to the store at 312 Second avenue.
HIGH GRADE
1,517,822. Phonograph stop. Josef Brandstetter,
Chicago, 111.
1,517,864. Wiper for phonograph record cleaning-
attachments. John Runk, Stillwater, Minn.
1,517,813. Sound conveyer for talking machines
Joseph Wolff, Brooklyn, N. Y.
1,519,695. Repeating mechanism for phonographs.
Hilmer Nelson, Marvindale, Pa.
1,519,704. Tray or support for record matter.
James H. Rand, Jr., Tonawanda, and L. C. Broecker,
Buffalo, N. Y.
1,520,008. Governor for talking machines. H. L.
T. Buckle, Yiewsley, England.
1,520,369.
Record container.
Carl Schneider
Xutley, N. J.
1,520,214. Machine for molding phonograph rec-
ords. C. A. Thomson, Belleville, N. J.
1,520.378. Apparatus for recording and reproduc-
ing sound. S. S. Waters, Washington, D. C.
1,521,281. Phonograph. Luis D. Flores, Pomfret,
Conn.
1,520,709. Sound producing device. Leo J. Grub-
man, New York, N. Y.
66.332. Design, phonograph cabinet. George J.
Pike, Grand Rapids, Mich.
66.333. Design, phonograph cabinet. George J.
Pike, Grand Rapids, Mich.
66.334. Design, phonograph cabinet. George J.
Pike, Grand Rapids, Mich.
Write for Catalogue
SLINGERLAND BANJO CO.
1815 Orchard Street
CHICAGO
The Piano Repair Shop
Pianos and Phonographs Rebuilt by
Expert Workmen
Player-actions installed. Instruments
refinished or remodeled and actions and
keys repaired. Work guaranteed. Prices
reasonable.
Our-of-town dealers' repair work solic-
ited. Write for details and terras.
THE PIANO REPAIR SHOP
C. D. GREENLEAF, Pres.
J. F. BOYER, Sec'y
World's largest manufacturers of High Grade Band and Orchestra Instruments. Employs 1,000
expert workmen.
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.
Conn Instruments are noted for their ease of playing, light and reliable valve or key action;
quick response, rich tonal quality, perfect intonation, tone carrying quality, artisticness of design,
beautiful finish and reliable construction.
Conn Instruments are sent to any point in th U. S. subject to ten days free trial. Branch store
or agencies will be found in all large cities. Write for catalogues, prices, etc.
339 South Wabash Are.
C. G. CONN, Ltd.
Chicago
C. G. CONN, Ltd., Elkhart, Ind.
DEPT. MS.
ELKHART, IND.
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Dctober 10, 1925.
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PRESTO
COINOLAS
FOR
RESTAURANTS, CAFES and
A M U S E M E N T CENTERS
ACCOMPANIMENT ROLLS
Mel-O-Dee Music Roll Co. Affords Fine Opportuni-
ties for Lovers of Good Songs.
The new catalog of Music Roll Accompaniments
from the Mel-O-Dee Music Company, New York,
is just out. From a perusal of this interesting record
hook it would seem that music-roll accompaniments
can he secured for practically every standard sony
puhlished and all the classics.
The hooklet should be very valuable and interest-
ing to players and singers. The idea of accompani-
ment rolls also has educational value in that it
affords singers who otherwise could not master the
often somewhat complicated instrumental parts of
tine songs to employ them with absolute correctness
and accuracy of expression.
ANOTHER} DESIRABLE STANDARD
One Covering True Specifications or Recognized
Trade Practices as to Moisture Content Desired.
One form of study and investigation at the United
Style C-2
FROM THE BIGGEST
ORCHESTRION
States Forest Products Laboratory at Madison, Wis.,
is of keen interest to piano manufacturers and to
makers of benches and cabinets. Rolf Thelen, in
charge of the department of timber physics at the
laboratory, has from time to time provided very valu-
able instruction for the industries using wood. In a
recent article he points out the necessities for kiln-
drying of lumber:
"Kconomic conditions which make it desirable to
ship stock in as dry a condition as possible in order
to save freight, the possibility of cutting down the
amount of stock on hand and of avoiding stain and
other losses frequently occurring in air seasoning,
and the realization of the fact that in many cases
stock kiln dried at the mill or in transit can be used
by the consumer without additional drying. One of
the immediate results of these conditions has been a
rapid development in the sale of kiln-dried stock by
the mill man. The consumer without adequate dry-
ing facilities can purchase kiln-dried stock and thus
avoid the necessity of installing and operating drying
equipment of his own. Various mills in different re-
gions are making a specialty of the sale of kiln-dried
lumber and dimension material, and the number of
these mills is constantly increasing.
"The industry finds itself with no adequate specifi-
cation or recognized trade practice concerning the
moisture content of lumber and methods of season-
ing. While individual buyers and sellers have rea-
sonably satisfactory specifications, the industry as a
whole has no workable basis or understanding upon
which to merchandise the stock or settle controversies
which may arise. The result is naturally very un-
satisfactory, not to say chaotic.
"It is just as important that the stock be of proper
quality so far as seasoning is concerned as it is that it
be of proper quality so far as grade is concerned,
and it is necessary that suitable drying specifications
be provided so that the quality from the seasoning
standpoint may be accurately determined. The ad-
vantages to be derived from a standard drying speci-
fication are so obvious and so far outweigh any dis-
advantages that they require no discussion. This
standard specification should be of a technical char-
acter and should be limited to the matter of drying
alone. It coald then be applied to standard sales con-
tracts in any way which mig'it be desired."
PROGRESSIVE BIRMINGHAM FIRM.
The Saxophone Shop, Birmingham, Ala., has moved
to larger and more elaborate quarters at 204 North
Twentieth street, where a special opening was held
last week. Kred Klein, who is very active and well
known in musical circles here, is the proprietor of
this widely known firm, which has developed a big
band instrument business. The new store is com-
pletely equipped with a comprehensive stock of musi-
cal merchandise.
Tiny Coinola
THE SMALLEST
KEYLESS
Manufactured by
The Operators Piano Co.
715-721 N. Kedzie Ave.
CHICAGO
MOVES IN YOUNGSTOWN, O.
The Warner Music Co., Youngstown, O., formerly
known as W T arner's Music Shop, has moved to new
and larger quarters at 16 North Phelps street, where
it moved from the Hippodrome Arcade, in which it
was located for eleven years. In the new quarters
tin's firm will carry a more comprehensive line.
LANDAY BROS. MOVES OFFICES.
Landay Bros., Inc., New York, musical merchan-
dise dealer, has removed the executive offices to the
seventh floor of 147 Fifth avenue, on the southeast
corner of Twenty-first street. The two founders of
the business are Max Landay, president and general
manager, and James B. Landay, vice-president and
treasurer. Their first small music shop was at 288
Fifth avenue, and when upon incorporation they
moved to 400 Fifth avenue they were the only retail
merchants above Thirty-eighth street. Their present
Fifth avenue store at 427 Fifth avenue is rivaled in
beauty only by Landay Hall, at the southwest corner
of Forty-second street and Sixth avenue, and by
Landay Hall, Newark, now under construction.
ADDS MUSICAL MERCHANDISE.
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Our Phonograph Shop, Nashville, Tenn., has an-
nounced the opening of a new musical merchandise
department, an up-tcV-date section in every way.
Band instruments, banjos, drums, and a complete
line of violins and accessories are carried.
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IN SMALL GOODS DEPARTMENT
Greater Interest in Musical Merchandise Shows in
New Stores and Old Ones.
A branch of the Denman Bros. Music Co., of
Anniston, Ala., has been opened in Piedmont, Ala.,
with a full line of musical instruments.
Ralph B. Rhoades, formerly of Yoakum, Tex., has
been named as manager of the New Mexico Piano
Co., 114 North Second street, Albuquerque, N. Mex.
Newton L. Christ is preparing to discontinue his
music business at Millersburg, Ohio.
The Gulick-Mac Fraud Co., music dealers, Dallas
City, 111., has concluded a very successful special sale
of pianos and phonographs and this week will launch
a sale in the newly opened branch store in La Harpe.
The P. and K. Song and Record Shop has been
opened at 718 Hennepin avenue, Minneapolis, Minn.
Tt will specialize in records and sheet music. Another
music store in Minneapolis was opened recently at 612
Hennepin avenue. Records, harmonicas and ukuleles
are featured there.
George C. Will, music merchant of Salem, Ore., has
launched an ambitious program of expansion. He
will erect a new store building at 160-72 South Lib-
erty street.
P
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Player Actions
Embody Five Cardinal Features;
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SIMPLICITY
ACCESSIBILITY
SOLIDARITY
GUARANTEE
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469-485 East 133d Street
NEW YORK
A Pneumatic Action bearing the name
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U your guide for unfailing quality.
The high quality which has characterized
the Strauch Bros. Piano Actions and Ham-
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our latest product, the
STRAUCH BROS.
PNEUMATIC ACTIONS
Simple in construction they are
dependable in every particular.
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327 W.lnut Are.
New York City
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