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Issue: 1925 2050

A PHONOGRAPH COMBINE
Columbia Phonograph Company Announces
an Alliance Including Four Great Com-
panies with a Common Holding Company.
Alliance of four of the leading phonograph com-
panies of the world representing a total capitaliza-
tion of approximately $18,000,000 and operating fac-
tories in eleven countries was announced last week
by the Columbia Phonograph Co. one of the concerns
involved in the transaction.
The other companies included in the alliance are
the Columbia Graphophone Co., Ltd., of London;
the Carl Lindstrom Co., of Berlin, and the Trans-
Oceanic Trading Co., of Amsterdam. Their alliance,
through a common holding company, the Columbia
International, Ltd., of London, constitutes a world-
wide manufacturing and trade arrangement whereby
their laboratory and factory experts will co-operate
in producing advanced types of phonographs, records
and radio equipment.
SITUATION IN SUPPLIED
ductor, gathered at the school building at Elmore, O.,
to organize a school band.
Fred W. Smith of Champaign, 111., organized a
Boys' Band in Gibson City, 111.
The General Electric band is being reorganized
in Decatur, Ind., and the first rehearsal will be held
this week. Eighteen or twenty musicians have
signed up to play with the band already. Tom
Reid has been engaged to direct the band.
W. J. HAUSSLER NAMED
President Jacobson of Chamber Appoints Man-
ager of Prominent Jobbing House on
Important Committee.
William J. Haussler has been appointed on the
important legislative committee of the Music Indus-
tries Chamber of Commerce, a place where his experi-
CANADA'S MAIL SERVICE.
Canada introduced the one-half cent return post
card some time ago. Now they have issued a one-
half cent outgoing card. Not only do they sell the
card at that price, but they render service with the
card. If you want complete coverage in any town,
group of towns, province, or the whole dominion,
they will tell you just how many cards to print. No
addresses are necessary. A.study of the situation will
convince you that Canada means to give Canadian
industry what it needs in the shape of postal service.
It is interesting to note that the postmasters are in-
structed to sell the service, and they are writing let-
ters to American firms advising them of the innova-
tion and the way in which to use it.
ROTARIANS HEAR NEW MACHINE.
F icts in Various Lines of Commodities Which Enter
Into Musical Instrument Manufacture.
The shipments of oil from Hankow. China, to the
United States during August totalled 12,000 pounds.
An interesting schedule of addresses by prominent
men before the Superintendents' Club of New York
Piano Manufacturers' Association, has been prepared.
The growing scarcity of walnut is prompting t'.ie
walnut lumber manufacturers and the veneer manu-
facturers to become forehanded in securing logs.
NEW BANDS STIMULATE TRADE
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PRESTO
November 7, 1925.
Rotarians of Decatur, 111., at their luncheon in
Hotel Orlando last week heard a concert on the new
orthophonic Victrola through the courtesy of the
Emerson Piano House and Linn & Scruggs Co.,
dealers for that instrument. This formed the enter-
tainment feature of the meeting. Half a dozen Vic-
tor records, demonstrating the vibratory capacity of
the new instrument, were played, all of which were
greeted with applause.
The Anderson Music Co., San Jose, Cal., recently
held a clearance sale of pianos, phonographs, players,
records and rolls to provide space for new stock for
the holiday drive.
W1LLIAM J. HAUSSLER.
Organizations in Many Places Suggest
Opportunities for Energetic Dealers.
The AmericanLegion post of Pittsfield, 111., is or-
ganizing a drum corps.
A full brass band has been organized by students
of the Bartlett school, Memphis, Term. The instru-
ments have been purchased by the Parent-Teachers'
Association and arrangements made to employ a com-
petent teacher.
Ffteen boys and grls from among the rural schools
in Union Township, Wilmington, O., under the lead-
ership of Miss Margaret R. Ball, director of masic
in that township and New Vienna, are arranging to
organize a township school orchestra which will in-
clude the full group.
Announcement was made this week that the or-
ganization of a junior band for Greenville will be
started in Greenville, 111.
There was a special attendance of local musicians
last week at the meeting at the Armory, Gallion, O.,
where a movement to organize a band has been
formed.
Webster township, Ohio, centralized school will
have an orchestra organized by the Musical Educa-
tion Association.
On the evening of October 15, a group of twenty
high school pupils and Herbert R. Hutchinson, con-
ences and study of matters of legislation in relation
to the music business will be valuable.
Mr. Haussler is vice-president and general man-
ager of C. Bruno & Sons, Inc., New York, oldest
jobber of Victor products and pioneer wholesale
house in the musical merchandise field. He has been
helpfully active in association affairs and during the
term 1924-25, ably filled the office of president of the
National Musical Merchandise Association.
CONN ARTISTS ON RADIO.
Dr. E. Baumgarten, Ph. D., recently of Germany
and trained at the Stuttgart and Munich Conserva-
tories, was with the artists from the Conn National
School of Music, Chicago, last week, in a radio pro-
gram broadcasted over KYW. Other artists who
were heard in the program included Richard Stross,
cornetist; Jaroslav Cimera, trombonist, both formerly
with Sousa's band and both belonging to the faculty
of the school.
Trade Mark
Copyrighted
1924
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CELEBRATE VICTOR DAY.
Victor Day was observed in every city in the
country on Monday of this week, the day, November
2, being set aside for the demonstration of the new
Victor Orthophonic Victrolas. Newspaper displays
by Victor representatives drew attention to the dis-
plays and demonstrations in stores.
DEALERS and TUNERS!
Keys Recovered and Rebushed
All work is done by expert workmen
and modern machinery and you are
assured of correct spacing which is so
important. When keys are replaced they
will appear exactly as when the instru-
ment left the factory.
PRICES FOR PYRALIN IVORY
52 heads and tails
$8.00
52 fronts
2.50
88 keys rehashed
4.00
Express or Parcel Post to
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3767 N. Illinois Street
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Remove from frame, number plainly near Capstan,
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Cleveland, Ohio
Please do not remove the old ivories as
there is dan •r of the wood being broken.
Ivories will be returned if de«ired.
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AMPICO NOVEMBER ROLLS
New Bulletin of Ampico Corporation Includes
Fine Collection of Winners in Dance
and Classical Music.
The Ampico Corporation, New York, repurls the
following successes in November roll issues. The
name of the composer is in parentheses, the name of
the recording artist following-.
Brilliant Selections: Hungarian Rhapsody. \'<\ 4,
E Flat (Liszt), Barth. Sonata, Op. 58. K Minor.
Fourth movement, "Finale, Presto, non tanto"
(Chopin), Moiseiwitsch. Soiress de Vienne, No. 6
(Evenings in Vienna), "Valse Caprice"' (Schubert-
Liszt), Lhevinne. Etude de Concert, Op. 36, !•
Sharp (MacDowell), Cone-Baldwin.
Characteristic Selections: Preludes and Fugues
(The Well-Tempered Clavichord), No. 2. C Minor,
No. 5, D Major (Bach), Suskind. Cuban Dance
Suite—No. 1, The Minstrel; No. 2, Dance in 3-2
Tempo; No. 3, Black Dance (Lecuona), Lection.i.
Caprice Antique (Balogh), Baronoff.
Melodious Selections: Sonata, Op. 58, B Minor,
Second Movement, "Scherzo" (Chopin), Moisei-
witsch. Sonata, Op. 58, B Minor, Third Movement,
"Largo" (Chopin), Moiseiwitsch. W'interreigen, Op.
13, No. 6, Valse Amiable (Pleasing Waltz) (von
Dohnanyi), von Dohnanyi. Valse de Concert (Eter-
nelle Folie), Eternal Folly (Nazare-Aga), Ilgenfritz.
Ballad—with Words: A Brown Bird Singing, G
Major (Wood), Iefevre.
Accompaniment Recordings—for Violin—Adagietto
"L'Arlesienne" (Bizet), played by Mortimer Brown-
ing for Arcadie Birkenholz. Melody (Dawes), played
by Mortimer Browning for Arcadie Birkenholz.
Accompaniment Recordings—with Words—Awak-
ening—B Flat, High Soprano (Golde), Golde. Awak-
ening—A Flat, Mezzo-Soprano (Golde). Golde. La
HIGH GRADE
Folding Organs
School Organs
Practice Keyboards
Dealer*' Attention Solicited
A. L. WHITE MFG. CO.
215 Englewood Ave., CHICAGO, ILL.
November 7, 1925.
Boheme "Michiamano Mimi" (My Name Is Mimi),
(Puccini)—Accompaniment with Italian words; key
of D; High Soprano, Golde.
Recording with Words for Singing—Dear Little
Home of My Dreams (Ball)—A Flat, de Bart.
Recording Without Words—for Dancing—Musical
Comedy Favorites, No. 6 (Introducing: (1) Why Is
Love? from "June Days"; (2) In the Shade of the
Alamo, from "Ziegfeld Follies"; (3') What a World
this Would Be, from "George White's Scandals"; (4)
April Fool, from "Garrick Gaieties"), Delcamp.
Recordings with Words for Singing and Dancing—
The Kinky Kids' Parade (Donaldson)—Key of C—
fox-trot, Lopez, assisted. Sweet Man (Pinkard) —
Key of F—fox-trot, Confrey. Loud Speakin' Papa
( Pollack—E Flat), fox-trot, Confrey. Brown Hyes,
Why Are You Blue? (Meyer)—Key of G, fox-trot,
Delcamp. Let's Wander Away (Owens)—Key of
F, fox-trot, Grofe. Cecilia (Dreyer)—Key of C, fox-
trot, Carroll. Nobody But Fanny (from "Big Boy")
—Key of G, fox-trot, Carroll. My Sweetie Turned
Me Down (Donaldson)—Key of F, fox-trot, Fair-
child. Oh, Lovey, Be Mine (Donaldson)—Key of G.
fox-trot, Lane. Oh! Boy, What a Girl (from "Gay
Paree")—Key of F, fox-trot, Lane.
RADIO EXPERT ELECTROCUTED.
Klden F. Horn, aged twenty-six, president of the
Mountain States Radio Distributing Company and a
writer of radio technique, was killed when super
vising the. construction of a radio system in the St.
Matthews cathedral, Laramie, Wyoming. In some
manner the antennae became entangled in a 7,500 volt
circuit, and Horn died, regardless of all efforts to
resuscitate him. Mr. Horn was a well educated man,
his knowledge of electricity, chemistry and astronomy
being sought by many for help and guidance and he
was ever ready to assist.
NOW SLOT RADIO.
According to recent reports, the city of Rome offers
the newest novelty in radio reception, in the form of
"penny in the slot" radio listening stations, run on the
same principle as our own penny arcade. For the
equivalent of one penny, a pair of phones are placed
on the head of the listener and he is allowed to hear
one selection. There is but one master receiver and
many sets of phones, but the listener must be con-
tent with whatever the operator tunes in.
NEW PORTLAND BRANCH.
E. B. Hyatt, of the Hyatt Music Co., 386 Morrison
street. Portland, Ore., has opened another store at
1422 Sandy boulevard, near Fifty-second street. Mr.
Hyatt has installed a phonograph and record depart-
ment there. Victor and Brunswick lines and Radiola
and Atwater Kent radio products will be featured.
Butler's Music House, Marion, Ind., has announced
plans for remodeling its store.
SAXOPHONE IN SCHOOLS
General Favor for the Instrument Among Boys
Discussed by C. C. Birchard at Meet-
ing of Supervisors.
The place of the saxophone in bands and orches-
tras was discussed at a recent meeting of the Na-
tional Music Supervisors' Association, and an inter-
esting viewpoint was submitted by C. C. Birchard,
who, commenting upon the favor for the instrument
among school boys, said:
"It seems to be a moot point in the orchestral ques-
tion for schools as to whether the saxophone should
be provided for as an essential instrument or only as
a cued-in instrument. In discussing the question it is
necessary to state in general the aims in teaching the
instruments, and the ensemble playing of instruments
by the young people. Doubtless the aim most held is
the cultural one, that our hoys and girls be brought
to an early appreciation of good music. The other
aim is of music as a means of self-expression. This
last, to my mind, is the true aim—to use music as an
exercise for the growth of the entire boy and the
entire girl, for character development through pleasur-
able, spontaneous activity, an exercise, to the fullest
extent possible, of the physical, mental and spiritual
faculties. When the boy and girl exercise in their
games, they are more than out of mischief; they are
forming the habit of good behavior. That form and
exercise of music which engages enthusiasm is the
one in which music should most persistently be pre-
sented to the young."
Mr. Birchard then goes on to show that there is no
doubt of the preference given to the saxophone by
pupils. He points out that even professional musi-
cians are beginning to give the saxophone a place in
their orchestras.
"There are composers of the first rank preparing
manuscripts in the hope of acceptance by Mr. White-
man. We are told that only recently Mr. Stock of
Chicago has played an important new work using
saxophones. Mr. Mengelberg of New York City has
quite recently conducted a concerto for violin and
orchestra by Samuel Gardner in which saxophones
were used. Mr. Ganz of St. Louis is, we are told,
giving attention to the saxophone as a coming instru-
ment in the modern orchestra."
A SUCCESSFUL DEMONSTRATION.
The Carberry-Parker Co., Milwaukee, has been
very successful with demonstrations of the Ortho-
phonic Victrola recently, and a very active business
is expected when the first shipment of instruments is
received, according to W. A. Bye, new manager of
the store.
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