Presto

Issue: 1927 2132

June 11, 1927.
PRESTO-TIMES
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give the choice of three Whippet automobiles, and the
Flanner-Hafsoos Music House will give a Brinker-
hoff grand piano, valued at $735. Besides this there
Second Annual Convention of Growing Organization will be $100 cash divided into ten meritorious prizes.
It was entirely through the courtesy of the Flanner-
Holds Election for 1927 at Council Bluffs.
Hafsoos Music House, publishers and owners of the
The National School Band Association held its an- copyright of the song, that the job of undertaking
such a contest was facilitated.
nual meeting May 27 at Council Bluffs, Iowa, the
first day of the National School Band Contest.
A. R. McAllister, director of the Joliet, 111., High
GERMAN TALKING MACHINES.
School Band, was elected president; Lee M. Lock-
Great progress has been made in the German talk-
hart, of Council Bluffs, first vice-president, and Frank
ing machine industry both in the production of the
Mancini, of Modesto, California, second vice-presi- apparatus and the record. The factories that produce
dent. C. M. Tremaine, director of the National Bu-
the apparatus purchase all the parts—the table, the
reau for the Advancement of Music, New York, was tone-arm, the brake, the case, the motor, etc.—from
re-elected secretary-treasurer. A board of directors special factories, so that they have nothing to do but
with representatives from twenty states was also
to assemble the parts. The manufacture of the
elected.
motors is done mostly in the Black Forest, whilst the
The meeting inaugurated the second year of the other parts are for the most part produced in Saxony.
association's existence and aroused much enthusiasm. As is to be observed in other industries, the large
concerns have established special factories, so that
It was organized to develop school bands throughout
the country, and is already making its influence felt. only an active unit and not an economic separate
Most of its membership of 2,500 were present at the existence exists.
meeting or represented by proxy, and many addi-
tional bands enrolled at the meeting. All who are
RADIO COMMISSION STANDS PAT.
active in school bands are eligible to membership.
Evidence
that the Radio Commission is likely to
It is expected that the numbers affiliated will grow to
stand
by
its
allocation of wave lengths, effective June
10,000 or more during the coming year.
15, was given last week when the commission an-
nounced its rejection of applications made by three
broadcasters for changes in frequencies.
These
broadcasters, two of them operating in the New York
zone, were notified that they would have to accept
Flanner-Hafsoos Music House, Milwaukee, Local the frequencies assigned to them in the commission's-
order of Mav 23.
Newspaper and Automobile Co. Offer Prizes.
BAND ASSOCIATION MEETS
Us!
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Our large stock is very seldom depleted, and your
order, whether large or small, will receive lmme-
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Pianos and Organs.
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110-112 EAST 13th STREET
NEW YORK
CONTEST FOR COMPOSERS
Worry Over Player Details
is avoided by the manufac-
turer who uses the
A. C. Cheney Player Action
in his products. He knows
everything is all right and
that the best musical quali-
ties of his pianos are develop-
ed by the use of this player
mechanism.
A. C. CHENEY
PIANO ACTION COMPANY
CASTLETON, N. Y.
The Wisconsin News and the Flanner-Hafsoos
Music House, of Milwaukee, Wis., have started a con-
test which is arousing considerable interest in the city
and the state as well. The object of the contest is to
write two verses and a chorus for "On Wisconsin,"
which can be sung appropriately wherever Wisconsin
folk meet, whether in political, religious, business, or
athletic gatherings. The present words to the song
are believed to be fitted only primarily for athletic
events, and for that reason do not entirely mirror the
spirit of the state.
As an incentive to participants in the contest,
W r illys-Overland, Inc., and its Milwaukee dealers will
GENERAL PIANO KEY
REPAIRING
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Manufacturers of
DRUM CORPS A FEATURE.
The Girls' Drum Corps of the Springfield, Mo.,
High School is widely known throughout the Ozark
section where, since its organization about a year
ago, it has taken part in programs in many places.
Last week the corps was the leading feature at the
Strawberry Festival at Van Buren, Ark.
BRUNSWICK D I V I D E N D ANNOUNCED.
The Brunswick-Balke-Collender Co., Chicago, has
announced that the directors of the company have
authorized a dividend of \% per cent, payable July 1,
1927, on the outstanding preferred stock of the com-
pany, as of record June 20, 1927.
Greater Beauty and Greater Comfort
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Our-of-town dealers' repair work solic-
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THE PIANO REPAIR SHOP
339 South Wabash Ave.
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Chicago
June 11, 1927.
P R E S T 0-T I M E S
COINOLAS
FOR
RESTAURANTS, CAFES and
A M U S E M E N T CENTERS
JOYOUS OUTING IS PLANNED
Talking Machine and Radio Men, Inc., Has Set July
14 as Picnic Day at Briarcliff Lodge.
. The annual outing of the Talking Machine and
Radio Men, Inc., is to be held at the most beautiful
spot in Westchester County, Briarcliff Lodge, Briar-
cliff Manor, N. Y., with every facility for rest and
recreation, Thursday, July 14.
"We will leave the northeast corner of 93rd Street
and Broadway, Manhattan, proceeding by buses up
the beautiful Hudson Valley through the most beau-
tiful section of Westchester County to Briarcliff
Lodge, with its riding, golf, tennis, swimming and
every opportunity for rest and recreation," says the
notice to members.
"On arrival at the inn a fine lunch will be served,
with dancing during it furnished by Ben Selvin
Orchestra. A lucky number prize will be given.
After lunch, games, swimming, baseball, golf, all for
prizes. Then supper, with more dancing and more
prizes."
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300 compositions, representing about forty composers
and as many different arti&ts."
Although very few records other than piano per-
formances are used, the students are fitted to appre-
ciate music in other media, because most of the forms
explained are used in all types of instrumental music.
Professor Frampton has a library of almost 1,500
piano records from which to choose material for the
course.
NEW HITS IN REMICK SONGS
West and East Agree in Strong Favor for Easy-
Selling Numbers on the List.
"I'm Back in Love Again," the succesful song of
Jerome H. Remick & Co., is achieving its greatest
sales in the West. In Portland, Ore., it leads all
other popular songs in the extent of sale. In the
Remick Song Shop the song "sells itself," according
to Irving Sklare, manager, who says the extreme
favor for the song is in a great measure due to the
featuring in theaters.
Among the organizations co-operating with Mr.
Sklare in augmenting the favor for "I'm Back in
Love Again" are the Broadway Band, Georgie Stoll,
leader, and the Rivolians, conducted by Chuck White-
head.
Music Rolls Also Utilized in Effective Way at Law-
Other strong Remick favorites with the song
buyers, "The Whisper Song," "Just Like a Butterfly,"
rence College, Appleton, Wis.
"Moonbeam, Kiss Her for Me," "Four Leaf Clovers,"
Because students cannot appreciate music unless "I'll Take Care of Your Cares" and "When Will We
they hear it, Lawrence College, Appleton, Wis., has a Meet Again."
course in which 300 phonograph records are used. In-
"Hello, Blue Bird" and "Blame It on the Waltz"
stead of hearing dull lectures by professors in the
musical appreciation course, attempting to explain the continue to be good sellers everywhere and best
value of certain compositions by black and white sheet sellers in many places.
methods, a record is turned on while the class is in
NOTED PIANO ACTION MAKER DIES.
session.
The father of William M. Shailer, general sales
The plan, according to Professor John R. Framp-
ton, is based upon the idea that appreciation in any representative of Philip W. Oetting & Son, Inc.,
art requires actual contact with that art, if only in American agents for the Weickert hammer and
damper felts, 213 East 19th street, New York, passed
reproductions of its masterpieces.
away at the home of one of his sons, in Chicago last
"The college course," he said, "in appreciation of
The deceased gentleman was a noted piano
music is primarily one in hearing phonograph records week.
action
maker
for many years prior to taking up
of the master works of piano literature as played by his home with and
a son in Chicago, held important posi-
the greatest pianists. It includes a hearing of about
tions in the great Comstock, Cheney & Co. factories
at Ivoryton, Conn.
RECORDS IN COLLEGE COURSE
Style C-2
FROM THE BIGGEST
ORCHESTRION
Crossman Lumber
Company
Choice Lower Michigan
End Dried White Maple
Quartered Maple
Wide Maple
All thicknesses
SELLS CONN OUTFIT.
A complete outfit of band instruments made by
C. G. Conn, Ltd., Elkhart, Ind., the Elks Band re-
cently formed in Somerville, Mass., and the first Elks
band to be established in New England. The equip-
ment was sold by .the Conn Boston Co., of which
Maxwell Meyers is manager. The band numbers
fifty pieces. Another sale recently made by Mr.
Meyers was an outfit of twenty-six instruments to
the De Molay Band of Rochester, N. H.
The Jones Music Co., recently opened in Hennessy,
Okla., carries a ilne of musical merchandise and sheet
Grand Rapids, Michigan
Philip W. Oetting & Son, Inc.
213 East 19th Street, New York
HIGH GRADE
Folding Organs
School Organs
Sole Agents for
WEICKERT
Hammer and Damper Felts
Practice Keyboards
Grand and Upright Ham-
mer* Made of Weickert Felt
Dealers' Attention Solicited
A. L. WHITE MFG. CO.
215 Englevrood Av«., CHICAGO, ILL.
Fine Action Bushing Cloths, etc
KEYS RECOVERED AND REBUSHED
Tiny Colnola
THE SMALLEST
KEYLESS
FRIELD MILLER & COMPANY
Samples of Work on Request
Prompt anil Efficient Service
3355 North Illinois Street, INDIANAPOLIS, IND.
Manufactured by
The Operators Piano Co.
715-721 N. Kedzie Ave.
CHICAGO
FAIRBANKS
PIANO PLATES
THE FAIRBANKS CO., Springfield, Ohio
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