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PRESTO-T1 MES
FEATURING REMICK HITS
Theater Organists in Many Places Select Remick
Songs for Special Organ Numbers.
January 22, 1927.
own organ arrangements for featuring with specially
prepared slides. The numbers on the theater pro-
grams attract patronage to the houses and incidentally
increase the sales of Remick songs at the local sheet
music counters.
RAGTIME RADIO CZAR
Alex. Christensen, of Chicago Piano Club, Is so
Characterized in "Billboard" Sketch.
The
Bill
Board, in its list of radio attractions in
With the Breeze, Bye, Bye Blackbird, Blame It on
MAKING PIANO VARNISHES.
the Waltz, and Breezing Along, all Renrck publi-
Piano varnishes are made from a fossil gum called Chicago makes the following announcement and
biographical record of Axel Christensen, of the Chi-
cations, are foremost among the prime favorites at kauri. The best of all varnishes are made from gum
sheet counters throughout the country. Hi Ho the such as Kauri, Zanzibar, vanilla, rosin and others. cago Piano Club, who is "On the Air" at station WHT,
Merrio continues its claims on-the sheet music buyers The gums are assorted and melted, oils are combined, the Wrigley Tower, this week and next. Heretofore
Christensen has been on the program Tuesday eve-
and keeps up the popularity the tune developed dur- with the addition of some metallic drier's to ass'st
nings
on'y, but from this time forward he will give
ing the outdoor concerts last summer.
the drying properties. Then they are filtered and a
Other favorites with sheet music bayers in the thinner, turpentine or a turpentine substitute is added. Irs Pianologs four nights of the week, commencing at
10:20 p. m. The "Bill Board" places Mr. Chris-
catalog of Jerome H. Remick & Co. are: I'm in In making piano varnish the Kauri gum is heated and
Love With You, That's Why, Ta*ni Ami Trail, Look
combined witli treated linseed oil and usually some tensen before its readers as follows:
Out Here Comes My Cookie, Here Comes Fatima, tung oil. The usual proportion is 53 per cent gum
Billed as "The Czar of Ragtime" and easily ac-
cepted by any audience as a leader in this style of
Don't Be Angry, Cover Me Up With Sunshine, My and 47 per cent oil and driers.
piano playing not only for his accomplishment but
Heart Will Tell Me So, Who Could be More Won-
owing to the fact that he has headed the Christensen
derful Than You?, Here I Am, For My Sweetheart,
schools of music in various cities for many years. His
and Baby Face.
first number is showy and exhibits execution which
In many cities the organists in motion picture thea-
causes comment. He announces an impression of the
ters make it a rule to select a Remick hit for their
late Bert Williams and sings "Somebody Else," a
dandy comedy song which he handles splendidly. He
leaves the piano and reads a letter announces as "from
a Scandinavian.' It is full of laughs and his dialect
2 4 - H O U R S E R V I C E
is perfect. The fourth number is a piano medley and
after his singing and comedy playing is again wel-
come. Next comes an impersonation of an old sol-
RECOVERING
dier chewing tobacco and telling a story. It is
screamingly funny. The final number is a rube num-
BUSHING
SHARPS
ber in which he plays his own accompaniment. Chris-
tensen went over big when reviewed.
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