23
PRESTO
December 12, 1925.
COINOLAS
FOR
RESTAURANTS, CAFES and
AMUSEMENT CENTERS
Service League of New York. The cabinets in the
medium priced outfits are barren of decoration, while
the panels are cluttered with switch levers and points,
Sales Show Steady Growth of Instrument Said to Be knobs, small dials, and heavy binding posts that give
the sets a rather imposing scientific aspect. In many
Favored by Vice-President Dawes.
of the receivers the tubes themselves, or the "valves,"
Public life is full of paradoxes, and one of t h e as they are universally known in England, are
most noteworthy is the partiality of our forceful attached directly to the panels or protrude over the
Vice-President, Charles G. Dawes, for the gentle tops of the cabinets.
flute. "General Dawes can play the piano and violin
with more than ordinary skill, but his favorite instru-
More space has been added to the sheet music de-
ment is the flute," according to Earl Chapin May, partment in the store of C. W. Damm, Brazil, Ind.
writing in Collier's.
The flute is best known as an orchestra instru-
ment, but a surprising number of amateurs love it
for its melodious tones. General Dawes says it is
more sedative in its effects than his well-advertised
pipe. The soothing strains of his "Melody in A
Keys Recovered and Rebushed
Major" were first conceived while he played his
flute, more than twelve years ago, long before he
All work is done by expert workmen
became a vice-presidential possibility.
Playing the flute was his first musical effort. "Then
and modern machinery and you are
he learned to play the piano and the violin. And
assured of correct spacing which is so
heaven only knows where he might have gone if a
important. When keys are replaced they
stern father had not muted his musical endeavors,"
says the writer in Collier's.
will appear exactly as when the instru-
AMATEURS FAVOR THE FLUTE
DEALERS and TUNERS!
ment left the factory.
DECEMBER LIST OF U. S. ROLLS
Style C-2
FROM THE BIGGEST
ORCHESTRION
Very Attractive Selections of Auto-Art and Library
Edition Music in New Bulletin.
The following are the new releases in music rolls
by the United States Music Co., Chicago:
Auto-Art.—These rolls for reproducing and ex-
pression player pianos using standardized tracker
bar. Word Rolls with the name of the recording
artist added: Because, song, McNair Ilgenfritz; I
Wonder Where My Baby Is Tonight, fox trot, Rob-
ert Billings; Oh, Dry Those Tears, song, McNair
Ilgenfritz; Roll 'Em Girls, fox trot, Lee Sims;
Sleepy Time Gal, fox trot, Lee Sims; What Do We
Care if It's One o'clock (or Two, or Three or Four)?,
waltz; You Told Me to Go, fox trot, Lee Sims.
Auto-Art, instrumental rolls, music only: Faust,
"Favorite Strains," McNair Ilgenfritz; La Czarine,
Mazurka Russe, McNair Ilgenfritz; Lullaby, (Ber-
ceuse from "Jocelyn"), McNair Ilgenfritz.
Library Edition, word rolls: In the Shadows, song,
Robert Billings; Roses of Picardy, ballad, Robert
Billings.
Library Edition, music only: Au Fait (Oh Fay),
intermezzo, McNair Ilgenfritz; Buona Notte (Good
Night), "A Day in Venice," McNair Ilgenfritz; Cro-
quis et Silhouettes No. 3, McNair Ilgenfritz; Gon-
dolieri (Gondoliers), "A Day in Venice," McNair
Ilgenfritz; Hearts and Flowers (Coeurs and Fleurs),
McNair Ilgenfritz; Liebesleid, Viennese waltz, Mc-
Nair Ilgenfritz; Second Mazurka, McNair Ilgenfritz;
Serenade "Les Millions d' Arlequin," McNair Ilgen-
fritz; Spring Song, Song without Words, McNair
Ilgenfritz; Tosca, selections, McNair Ilgenfritz.
PRICES FOR PYRALIN IVORY
52 heads and tails
$8.00
52 fronts
2.50
88 keys rebushed
4.00
Express or Parcel Post to
FRIELD MILLER & CO.
3767 N. Illinois Street
INDIANAPOLIS, IND.
HOW TO S E N D
Ramov* from frame, number plainly near Capstan,
wrap or bos securely, and ship Parcel Post or Express.
Pleas* do not remove the old ivories as
there is dan »r of the wood being broken.
Ivories will be returned if devired.
UNITED SPECIALTY®.
EXPERIENCED FACTORY SERVICE
Recovering and Rebushing Keys
• Repairing Pneumatics
We make them the Same as New.
FAST SERVICE
52 Heads and Tails (best heavy pyralin Ivory)
52 Fronts
88 Keys Rebushed
52 Fronts cleaned and polished
SEND US YOUR REPAIR WORK
RADIO VALUES COMPARED.
British radio broadcast receivers are inferior to
American in general design and appearance, and dis-
play none of the pleasing refinements that character-
ize our sets, says a bulletin from the National Radio
$8.00
2.50
4.00
1.00
Monticelio, Indiana
SLINGERLAND
May Bell
Slingerland Banjos
THE SMALLEST
KEYLESS
Manufactured by
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.
The Operators Piano Co.
Write for Catalogue
713-721 N. Kedzie Ave.
SLINGERLAND BANJO CO.
CHICAGO
1815 Orchard Street
CHICAGO
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