September 10, 1927
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as unusual as it has been successful. At the age of
11 years he played the piano in a motion picture
theater after school hours, and four years later, at
the age of 15, he had become conductor of the orches-
tra of a vaudeville theater controlled by the present
owners of the Stanley Company of America. Grad-
Eighth Series Marks Another Achievement in uating from the Combs Conservatory of Music in
Philadelphia in 1915, Mr. Delcamp entered the music
the Continuous Triumph at Recording
roll
held, in which he has continued and in which,
by the Young Vice-President.
after twelve years, he has achieved what may be
The favored features of the Ampico Recording s:
laboratory have been the dinner music recordings
Mr. Delcainp's first position was with the American
played by J. Milton Delcamp. The series has now Music Roll Company of Philadelphia which, after
operating for several years, was taken over by the
Kohler Industries. With them Mr. Delcamp re-
signed as head of the recording department when
he joined the American Piano Company in charge ot
music roll sales. His ability as a musician and as
an executive has given him an extraordinary knowl-
edge not only of what is musically worthwhile but
what is commercially possible.
When in June, 1927, the American Piano Company
reorganized its active executive staff, Mr. Delcamp
took over all Ampico activities and in June of this
year he was made vice-president of the Ampico
Corporation.
THE DELCAMP DINNER
SERIES VERY POPULAR
GERMAN FOREIGN TRADE DECLINES.
J. MILTON DELCAMP.
arrived at its eighth issue and bids fair to continue
indefinitely.
Mr. Delcamp, who was recently made vice-presi-
dent of the Ampico Corporation in active charge
of all its activities, has a background which is quite
According to statistics printed by Deutsche Inst.
Zeitung, the exportation of musical instruments by
Germany in May has declined, and has reached the
lowest level since the beginning of the current year.
Compared with the preceding months, it has declined
from 15,684 doppelzentner to 14,890 dz. In these
figures the leading features, apart from pianos are:
Fiddles, from 7,625 units to 5,500; plucked string in-
struments, from 13,690 units to 8,303 units; records,
from 1,120 dz. to 1,077 dz.; accordions, from 831
dz. to 688 dz. There has been an increased export,
however, of grand pianos, from 220 units to 292,
whilst business in pianos generally shows a decline
from 3,078 units to 2,988 units. The improvement in
grand piano exports refers particularly to England;
but there has also been an improvement in exporta-
tion of these to Holland. The importation of musical
instruments is said to have remained practically un-
changed. But in records there is an increase from
41,628 units to 54,077. All the foregoing figures refer
to April and May respectively, and in the order given.
STRAUBE STYLE L FOR
GARY, IND., SCHOOLS
The Pleasant Fact Suggests to the Straube
Piano Company an Interesting Propo-
sition to Dealers.
Sixteen of the new Style L Straube pianos with
duplex overstrung scale, made by the Straube Piano
Company, Hammond, Ind., have just been ordered
for the public schools of Gary, Ind., where the
platoon system of teaching in the schools is an inno-
vation. It has been the subject of considerab'e dis-
cussion and many articles have been written about it.
School officials everywhere watch with keen interest
this modern activity of teaching and the equipment
selected.
"The choice by the Gary School Board of the
Style L Duplex Overstrung is more than a distinct
tribute to the Straube piano," says the company in
a letter to the trade. "It is a point of interest that
every Straube dealer should know about and remem-
ber. Better still, it will serve his advantage to pre-
sent this information to the various members of the
local Board of Education and the superintendent of
schools.
"The selection of the Style L by the Gary Board
of Education is the strongest kind of a testimonial
regarding the musical excellence, structural worth and
suitability of this particular piano for school purposes.
At this particular time in connection with school
activities, many teachers of music, superintendents
of schools, boards of education can no doubt be inter-
ested in the piano subject. We suggest calling upon
them and presenting the Style L."
REQUIREMENTS IN SPRUCE.
The spruce lumber that enters into the construc-
tion of the sound board must be perfectly clear. The
only stock available for this purpose is taken from
the butt logs, which average from twelve to fourteen
feet in length. A tree for sound board purposes must
be of perfectly straight growth, free from knots and
with a smooth bark. The best trees are sixteen
inches or over in diameter, and in sawing them they
must be perfectly quartered and then sawed into
five-eighths inch stock.
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