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NEW MEL=O=DEE SUCCESSES
List of January Rolls Arouses Interest of Player
Owners, According to Report.
The following January rolls of the Mel-O-Dee
Music Co., New York, promise to be big sellers,
according to the report of the company. The name
of the recording artist follows the title:
Let Us Waltz as We Say "Goodbye," Ray Per-
kins; Bam Bam Bamy Shore, Ruby Bloom; The
Bells of St. Mary's, Henri Bergman; The Camel
Walk, Willard Robinson; Carolina Sweetheart, Jack
Wehrlen; Days of Hearts and Flowers, John Beverly;
Five Foot Two Eyes of Blue, Phil Ohman; 1 Never
Knew, Constance Mering; I'm Gonna Charleston
Back to Charleston, Ruby Bloom; Tust a Little Thing
Called Rhythm, Phil Ohman; Lonesome Me, Con-
stance Mering; No Man's Mama, Edythe Baker; That
Certain Party, Alan Moran; Your Eyes Have Told
Me So, John Beverly.
Four successful foreign recordings for January are:
Jarabe Tapatio, Arr. by F. A. Partichela; Peregrina
(with words), Cancion Yucateca, Palmerin; Navarra,
I. Albeniz; Triana, I. Albeniz.
IN SMALL GOODS DEPARTMENT
Greater Interest in Musical Merchandise Shows in
New Stores and Old Ones.
Our Phonograph Shop, Nashville. Tenn., has
opened a new musical merchandise department. Band
instruments, banjos, drums, and a complete line of
violins and accessories are carried.
The Talking Machine Shop. 114 West State street,
Rockford, 111., has increased its stock of music mer-
chandise.
H. E. Poston, general manager of Jesse French &
Sons Piano Co., Montgomery, Ala., says that the de-
mand for Columbia records is so great that it is nec-
essary for his record department to carry a "standing
stock" of about ten thousand records.
The "Home Beautiful" at Little Rock, Ark., re-
cently was equipped with a radio and other musical
instruments furnished by the Hollenberg Music Co.
of that city.
The Better Music Store, Wabash. lad., has been
sold to Eugene Marks.
The B. S. Porter Son Co., 573 South Main street,
l'indlay, O., has been awarded the exclusive agency
for the C. G. Conn, Ltd., band instruments in Han-
cock County.
The Better Music Store, Wabash. lnd., has been
sold to Eugene Marks.
The B. S. Porter Son Co., 573 Soath Main street.
Findlay, O., has been awarded the exclusive agency
The Piano Repair Shop
December 26, 1925.
for the C. G. Conn, Ltd., band instruments in Han-
cock County.
Sousa is starring the saxophones in "Jazz Amer-
ica," one of six of his own new composition, in pro-
grams on his present tour.
The Saxophone Shop, Birmingham, Ala., has
moved to larger quarters at 204 North Twentieth
street, where a special opening was held recently.
Fred Klein is the proprietor.
Charles Gist has been made manager of the Okeh
record department of the Walter S. Gray Co., San
Francisco.
Dressel Martin, manager of the talking machine
section of The Emporium, San Francisco, reports a
great interest in the Orthophonic Victrola.
A demonstration of the Brunswick Panatrope was
recently given at the new Hotel Grim, Texarkana,
Ark., recently by the Maynor Piano Co.
A report from Washington, D. C, says Japan again
leads the fiscal month's radio exports with purchases
amounting to $288,664.
The Brunswick Panatrope was recently demon-
strated in the ballroom of the Hotel Marion, Little
Rock, Ark., under the auspices of the Hollenberg
Music Co.
The Saxophone Band of the Public Service Co., of
Colorado, twenty-five pieces, is equipped with Conn
saxophones.
A new branch store has been opened by Kohler &
Chase, San Francisco, in a two-story building re-
cently purchased on O'Farrell street.
A store in the Viquesney Block, Spencer, Tnd., has
been rented by E. M. Patterson, of Bloomington, for
a music store.
R. J. Mueller, manager of the Cleveland district of
the Columbia Phonograph Co., announces the ap-
pointment of J. W. Hannah as sales representative.
COLUMBIA IN NORTHWEST.
William Lawton, Pacific Northwest manager of
the Columbia Phonograph Co., recently visited Port-
land, Ore., and declared that business is increasing
steadily over the district. He noted the improved con-
ditions and was especiall yelated over the new Co-
lumbia accounts that were opening up. These in-
cluded the Potter Drug Co. at Grand and East Mor-
rison streets, one of Portland's largest and most com-
plete East Side shops.
ENCOURAGING NEW BANDS
Civic Organizations and Music Dealers Active in
Forming Orchestras and Bands in Many Places.
At the last session of the state legislature a bill was
passed making it possible for communities to levy a
small tax for the support of municipal bands and
band concert work. Amongst the towns taking ad-
vantage of the law is Arcola, 111., which already has a
high school band. The school board of Mt. Vernon,
111., has authorized the organization of a band among
the pupils. Every school is to be represented in the
band, according to present plans. The school band
movement is attracting considerable attention in
Southern Illinois, but Mt. Vernon is said to be the
first to take action looking to the organization of a
grade school band.
The Schwartz Creek, Mich., band will be recog-
nized at Michigan State College this winter, accord-
ing to Larry Skellenger, leader.
The business men of Pendleton, lnd., are organ-
izing a municipal band.
The Methods Orchestra has been organized in
Roseville, 111 , with Guy Arter as leader.
The Holland High School, Grand Haven, Mich.,
is to have a new band, according to the plans of the
board of education.
TEXAS FIRM SELLS ORGANS.
The Will A. Watkiu Co., Dallas, Tex., recently in-
stalled Hillgreen Lane organs in prominent institu-
tions in Oklahoma and Texas. A four-manual and
echo organ was placed in Southern Methodist Uni-
versity. Dallas; a four-manual organ in the South-
western Baptist- Theological Seminary, Fort Worth,
Tex.; a three-manual organ in the McFarlin Memo-
rial M. E. Church, Norman, Okla.; a four-manual
organ in the First Presbyterian Church, Tulsa, Okla.,
and a three-manual and echo organ in the First Chris-
tion Church. Tulsa, Okla.
The Connor Piano Co. has opened a new store in
Central City, Neb.
HIGH GRADE
Folding Organs
School Organs
RADIO AND PHONOGRAPHS.
Extensive alterations have been completed on t.ie
second floor of the wholesale quarters of Sherman,
Clay .& Co. on Mission street, San Francisco. This
week part of the radio department has been moved
there. The talking machine department is on that
floor, and the location for the radio was chosen owing
to the close connection between the two.
The Home Music Co., dealer in Starr pianos, Can-
ton, Ohio, has opened a new store on Fourth street,
N. W.
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