PRESTO-TIMES
October 8, 1927
exhibitor, as were the Reed, French Piano Co., B. R.
Brassfield and Sherman, Clay & Co. Mrs. H. G.
Reed, wife of Mr. Reed, represented the "Spirit of
The G. F. Johnson Piano Co. Selects C. G. Conn Civilization" in the five scenes of the prologue. Forty Movement for Forming New Organizations Gains in
artistic displays of merchandise were shown in the
Enthusiasm All Over the Country.
Band Instruments for Convincing Reasons.
wings of the auditorium and were thrown open to
The
civic
amateur bands and professional organiza-
the
public
before
and
after
each
performance.
The G. F. Johnson Piano Co. of Portland, Ore.,
tions playing at the Wisconsin State Fair recently
has added the Conn hand instruments to its line in
held in Milwaukee were the most attractive features
the musical merchandise department. Mr. Johnson
of the entire program, according to A. J. Niemiec, of
stated that he did so on account of the popularity
the Flanner-Hafsoos Music House. Inc.
of the Conn instruments in that vicinity. Harry W.
Miss Mary Louise Beam, the new director of music
Parsons, formerly of Sherman, Clay & Co., has been
in the Cuba, 111., schools, has organized an orchestra
placed in charge of the department, replacing Lylc Famous English Musician Urges Discouragement of
of more than thirty pieces.
What He Called Essence of Vulgarity.
Lewis, who resigned to affiliate with the Nash Auto
Lansing Conservatory of Music, Lansing, Mich.,
Company.
Jazz must be banned by the white races if they opened Tuesday, September 6, with a faculty of
Rodney Johnson, son of G. F. Johnson of the wish to maintain their prestige, said Sir Henry seventeen teachers.
G. F. Johnson Piano Co., and formerly with his Coward, famous musician, addressing the Sheffield
During the convention of the Northwestern Kan-
father in the small goods department, left September Rotary Club in London last week. Jazz was largely sas Bandmen's Association, held at Mankato, Neb.,
26 for New York City, where he will take voice responsible for lowering pre-war standards, he said, recently a band concert was given by nearly 500
and it must be taboo in every shape and form until
culture under Yeatman Griffith.
musicians under the leadership of Cal Huntsinger,
The specialty merchants of Portland, Ore., put on its baneful influence is gone.
bandmaster of Mankato.
"Jazz
is
a
low
type
of
primitive
music,
founded
on
a pageant September 21, 22 and 23 in the Public
Auditorium, which was attended by over 13,000 dur- crude rhythms suggested by stamping feet and clap-
ing the three evenings of the pageant. E. R. Hyatt ping hands. It puts emphasis on the grotesque by
of the Hvatt Music Co. is a director and was an the banging and clanging of pots and pans or any
shimmering metallic substance reinforced with special
drums. It debases both music and instruments by
making both farcical. The noble trombone is made
213 East 19th Street, New York
to bray like an ass, guffaw like a village idiot and
moan like a cow in distress. The silver-toned trum-
Sole Agents for
pet, associated in poetry with seraphim, is made to
screech
and
produce
sounds
like
drawing
a
nail
on
a
is avoided by the manufac-
slate, tearing calico or the wailing of a nocturnal
turer who uses the
tomcat.
Hammer and Damper Felts
"Jazz cannot be made anything but the essence of
vulgarity. The popularization of jazz and the at-
tendant immodest dances are lowering the prestige
Grand and Upright Ham-
mer* Made of Weickert Felt
of
the white races."
in his products. He knows
NEW BANDS STIMULATES TRADE
CONN LINE IN PORTLAND
WHITE RACE SHOULD BAN JAZZ
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The Torrington, Conn., Fife, Drum and Bugle
Corps recently observed its fifteenth anniversary with
a street parade.
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