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A BUSY ROLL
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THE NEW
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WORD ROLLS
75c—FEBRUARY RELEASES—75c
1694 A Little Music in the Moonlight
—Fox Trot
1673 Candy Lips—Fox Trot
1686 Don't Forget the Pal You Left at
Home—Marimba Waltz
1683 Elsie Schultz-En-Heim—Fox Trot
1682 Give Me a Ukulele—Fox Trot
1661 Gone Again Gal—Fox Trot
1685 Knows His Groceries—Fox Trot
1690 Hello, Swanee! Hello!—Fox Trot
1696 How Could Red Riding Hood?—
Fox Trot
1695 I Don't Mind Being Alone—Fox
Trot
1691 If Tears Could Bring You Back to
Me—Fox Trot
1684 I'm Tellin' the Birds—Tellin' the
Bees—Fox Trot
1687 I t Made You Happy When You
Made Me Cry—Fox Trot
1674 I've Got the Girl—Fox Trot
1689 My Baby Knows How—Fox Trot
1693 My Girl Has Eye Trouble—Fox
Trot
1688 Oh, How She Could Play a Uku-
lele—Fox Trot
1675 Original Black Bottom D a n c e
1679 She's Still My Baby—Fox Trot
1672 Sidewalk Blues
1678 Susie's Feller—Fox Trot
1680 Tonight You Belong to Me—Waltz
1676 Trail of Dreams—Waltz
1697 When I First Met Mary—Fox Trot
1681 When I'm in Your Arms—Fox
Trot
1682 Within the Prison of My Dreams
—Fox Trot
Extra Choruses
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PRESTO-TIMES
February 5, 1927.
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Ben J. Segool, head of the sheet music department
of the Boston Store, Milwaukee, who is credited with
the success of the section.
The entire inventory of Frank Clark, Inc., New
Amazing Growth in Favor of Tenor Banjo York music publisher, was recently bought by the
Milton Weil Music Co., Inc.
Type Stimulated by Earnest Work in
In a speech before the British Music Publishers
Development by Manufacturers.
Association recently, President Bowker Andrews
To the professional musician may be credited the said: "There are signs that the public is beginning to
amazing growth of popularity of the tenor banjo. set the real value on music. The opportunity to
Ten years ago the banjo had only limited uses, on make the most of this trend is with us now. Our
the stage almost entirely. With the increase of dance aims, however, will not be accomplished by a mere
orchestras, however, arose the demand for something interchange of compliments and the repetition of
new that would impart a novel character to the music. cheerful phrases."
It provided the occasion for the banjo.
The Department of Education of the State of West
But the banjo was not accepted at first in a class Virginia has distributed 23,000 copies of the "West
with the violin or other stringed instruments used Virginia Song Book," containing 175 songs, among
in the orchestras. Many of the musicians were dis- the schools of the fifty-five counties of the state.
The American Society of Composers, Authors and
dainful of the banjo, which had a history associated
with the comedy of negro minstrelsy. There seemed Publishers has presented the Music Division of the
at the time no incentive to study it. But as the Library of Congress with a plaster cast of the head
advantages of the banjo in the dance orchestra be- of the late Victor Herbert.
came more evident, professionals in the orcheseras
Mrs. Doris Relyea, pianist at Kresge's store,
soon realized that the effort to master the banjo Toledo, O., has written her second song, "I'll Wait
would be worth while.
for You Alone," and the publishers have printed
The introduction of the banjo-mandolin, or rather her portrait on the cover.
William Arms Fisher, president of the Boston
its development, prompted the violinists to turn to it
to supply the demand of the orchestra leaders for the Music Publishers' Association, has appointed a com-
mittee to prepare for the annual meeting of the
dance music novelty. But when the banjo-mandolin
association next month.
fell short of the requirements of the snappy music,
the tenor banjo became the logical solution of the
problem. The musicians who had adopted the banjo-
mandolin readily turned to the use of the banjo or
doubled on it in their dance organizations. Anyway
they aided in the rapid growth of popularity, for the Many New Names Appear in Musical Instrument
Business and Old Ones Continue in Activities.
tenor banjo. It was then that the most popular ban-
joists today made their first appearance playing the
A new method of finishing musical instruments has
instrument.
been perfected by Frank Kordick, president and gen-
In time, of course, the pioneers became teachers eral manager of the Regal Mfg. Co., manufacturers
and their demonstrations aided the increase in the of musical instruments, Chicago. The new finish,
favorable impression of the banjo in the public mind. guaranteed not to chip or wear off, is now being
The orchestra leaders also effected the practical adap- applied to instruments produced by the company.
The musical merchandise section of the Goldsmith
tation of the banjo to dance orchestra needs. It nat-
urally followed that the banjo obtained a fast grow- Music Store, 73 East Long street, Columbus, O., has
been leased to Ernest Dahleen, formerly a traveling
ing following among amateurs.
salesman for Lyon & Healy, Chicago.
A. R. Cummings, manager of the small goods de-
partment of Grinnell Bros., Toledo, O. ( has resigned
to join the sales staff of Gibson, Inc., manufacturers
Ludwig Military Instruments from Chicago Chosen of stringed instruments, Kalamazoo, Mich.
The Molzer Music Co. is the name of a new musi-
for the Fifth Regiment Veteran Corps.
cal merchandise firm in Lincoln, Neb. August Mol-
The newly organized drum corps of the Fifth Regi- zer is manager of the store, which is at 126 North
ment Veteran Corps was equipped with Ludwig Twelfth street.
drums by the H. R. Eisenbrandt & Sons Company,
417 North Howard street, musical instrument dealers.
OLD SONG RE-SUNG.
The drums were used by the corps for the first
Drink to me only with thine eyes,
time at the inauguration of Albert C. Ritchie as gov-
And I will pledge with mine,
ernor of Maryland. This makes the third term for
For modern booze, despite all lies,
Ritchie as governor of this state. The Drum corps
Doth taste like turpentine!
participated in the parade incidental to or with the
—Seattle Star.
inauguration ceremonies.
H. R. Eisenbrandt & Sons Company is the Balti-
CHINA AS A MARKET.
more dealer in the Ludwig Drums, which are a
China's
possibilities
as a market for musical in-
feature of the firm's business. This firm is one of
the oldest in Baltimore, having been founded in struments is a natural suggestion to a musical instru-
ment manufacturer at a time when the attention of
1811 by the late H. R. Eisenbrandt.
the world is focused on Chinese events. The China-
man likes music, but is indifferent to it, although
there is a slight element in Chinese society that
coquettes with Western music. Besides, the newly-
awakened nationalism is not favorable to Western
A Few Items Interesting to People in Sheet Music forms of culture. A correspondent, Deutsche Instru-
Department Are Printed.
mentembau Zeitung, referring to the suggestion that
The Jerome H. Remick & Co 's offices in San the economic state of China justifies the hope of a
Francisco are in the remodeled Kress Building, for- good musical instrument business there in the near
merly the Pantages Theater Building-, on Market future, observes that the published rates of remunera-
tion for work are more theoretical than real. To
street.
Adolph Suppan, a staff artist at Station WSOE, know what poverty is we must know the condition
Milwaukee, has been appointed manager of the sheet of the millions of China and India.
music and orchestration department of the Walker
Musical Exchange in that city.
REMICK SONG SELLS BEST.
Music and music studies will have a leading place
"For My Sweetheart," a hit of Jerome H. Remick
in the new University of Pittsburgh building which
& Co., is the best seller in the sheet music depart-
will be 500 feet high and accommodate 10,000 ment of the Schmoller & Mueller Piano Co., Omaha,
students.
Neb. The song is steadily gaining in sales and the
You can create a steady business for standard
calls for it have been noticeably increased by the
music if you feature it consistently, is the belief of
featuring by organists in two theaters.
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