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Issue: 1927 2152

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October 29, 1927
PRESTO-TIMES
NEW QULBRANSEN ROLLS
Fine List of Dances, Marches, Ballads and
Other Music With and Without Words
Issued This Week.
The Gulbransen Music Roll Corporation, 3232
West Chicago avenue, Chicago, and 599 Eleventh
avenue, New York City, has issued its November
bulletin of Gulbransen rolls. In the following lists
the names of the recording artists are printed in
parentheses:
Bal'ads (word rolls)—20011, Asleep in the Deep,
key F, Fetrie (Jones); 20092, The Old Oaken Bucket,
key G, Woodworth (Schubert); 20115, The Star
Spangled Banner, Key B flat, Smith (De Mart);
20129, Turkey in the Straw, key G (Spencer); 20130,
The Vacant Chair, Key C, Root (Jones)
Hawaiian (word roll)—2C093, The Old Plantation
(Kuu Home, key F, Xape (Jones).
March (word roll)—20033, General Pershing, key
F, Vandersloot (De Mart).
Marches (instrumental)—30094, General Grant's
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.
Grand March, key F, Mack (Stevens); 30116, The In-
vincible Eagle, key D, Sousa (Henrich).
Salon (instrumental)—30070, Dance of the Demon,
(Grand Galop de Concert), key E flat, Hoist (Hen-
rich); 30074, Dreams, key A flat, Pascal (Haase);
40040, Flower Song, key F, Lange (Henrich); 30109,
Idilio, key A flat, Lack (Haase); 30195, Pierrette,
key E flat, Chaminade (De Mart); 30249, The Swan
(Le Cygne), Saint-Saens (Lybig).
Dance (word rolls)—20380, Are You Happy?' fox
trot, key E flat, Ager (Van Riper); 20381, C'est Vous
("Say Voo"),"It's You," waltz, key F, Greenberg-
Silver-Richman (Stevens); 20382, Baby Your Mother
(Like She Babied You), fox trot, key B flat, Burke
(Wehrlen); 20383, Marvelous, fox trot, key E flat,
de Rose (Osborne); 20384, Dancing Tambourine,
fox trot, key E flat. Polla (Wehrlen); 20385, Just a
Memory, fox trot, key F, Henderson (Stevens);
203 6, My Sweetheart Waltz, waltz, key F, Veo-Xel-
son (Stevens); 20387, Shaking the Blues Away, "The
Ziegfeld Follies," fox trot, key E flat, Berlin (Os-
borne); 20388, Side by Side, fox trot, key E flat,
Woods (Stevens); 20389, Sing Me a Baby Song, fox
trot, key C, Donaldson (Wehrlen).
NEW CENTURY CONTEST.
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Manufacturers of
Strong Array of Favorite Operas Announced for
Regular and Matinee Performances.
The repertoire for the opening week of the Civic
Opera season is announced, constituting what is said
to he the best balanced and most interesting series of
bills that lias inaugurated any season in operatic
history.
The operas listed bring forward a strong array of
favorites, starting with Claudio Muzio and Tito
Schipa in '"La Traviata" on Thursday evening, No-
vember 3. Besides Aluzio and Schipa in "Traviato"
the supporting cast will include Richard Bonelli and
Jose Alojica and will mark the debut of Eleanor El-
derkin. Giorgio 1'olacco will conduct.
"Tannhauser" will constitute the second bill, to be
given on Friday evening, November 4, and will
mark the debut of Leone Kruse, soprano and Hein-
rich Schlusnus, baritone, in this popular German
opera. "Snow Maiden," to be produced for the first
time in English," is scheduled for Saturday after-
noon following, with Edith Mason, Lorna Doone
Jackson, Irene Pavloska, Charles Hackett, Giacomo
Rimini and Chase Baromeo, who will make his debut.
For the first popular priced Saturday evening per-
formance the "Barber of Seville" will be produced.
Sunday introduces a new subscription series of
twelve consecutive matinee performances.
The Century Music Publishing Co., New York,
has decided to stage a new window' dressing compe-
tition, similar to the one of last year, which will start
at once and end December 31, 1927. The suggestion
is made by the firm that the use of musical instru-
DEMONSTRATING LINCOLN RADIO.
ments to back up the display, a practice w r hich many
At the Schaeffer Piano Company's headquarters,
Century dealers followed last year, be followed. The
Republic Building, Chicago, Albert Price showed a
awards will include several handsome clocks, ranging
from $100 value as first prize; $50 value as second Presto-Times reporter a new Lincoln Radio, which is
prize and $25 value as third, fourth and fifth prizes. manufactured in Chicago. In demonstrating the ma-
In case of a tie, equal prizes will be awarded. Addi- the extent of fitting a dual synchronizing mechanism
tional cash prizes of $10 will be awarded to deserving chine Mr. Price showed how well it picked up the
contestants. The company desires that all dealers WGN waves in the Loop. Mr. Price said that some
entering the contest shall have a good professional one had said it was next to impossible to pick up
photograph taken of the window and will credit $3 to WGN in the Loop; but this machine easily did so
It has no batteries. Its name is the Schaeffer Ortho-
the store's account toward the cost of the picture.
Electric.
Greater Beauty
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OPENING WEEK OF OPERA
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PRESTO-TIMES
October 29, 1927
COINOLAS
FOR
RESTAURANTS, CAFES and
AMUSEMENT CENTERS
military devices of a special nature were developed
under his supervision.
With Victor Five Years.
S. T. Williams, Chief Engineer, Named to Succeed
Mr. Williams' Victor connection dates from No-
vember, 1922, and shortly after it began he was made
C. S. Wickes, Who Retires.
chief engineer. In this capacity he played a part
The executive offices of the Victor Talking Ma- of
first importance in developing the Orthophonic
chine Company announced on October 20 the resig-
from a mathematical formula to a perfected
nation of C. S. Wickes, general superintendent, who Victrola
product. During the last commencement
thereby ends a long and successful career of twenty- commercial
St. Lawrence University conferred upon him
live years in the Victor service. Mr. Wickes will be season,
degree of Master of Science in recognition of Mr.
succeeded by S. T. Williams, who is at present chief the
accomplishment in making the new Victor
engineer at the Camden plant of the Victor Company. Williams'
instruments practically, as well as scientifically, pos-
Mr. Wickes plans to take a long rest, an experience sible.
which he has never allowed himself during the quar-
Mr. Williams will undertake his new duties assured
ter century of his connection with the Victor Com-
pany. From his coming to the organization in 1902 of the valuable cooperation of all with whom he
up to the present, his career has been one of con- comes in contact in the Victor organization. His
spicuous success. In co-ordinating the Victor manu- marked and generally acknowledged ability, his geni-
facturing facilities to meet the problem of changing ality, his infinite patience and tact, are regarded as
from the old style Victrola to the new types Mr. highly valuable assets.
The change in the position of general superin-
Wickes accomplished what was perhaps the most
important achievement of his Victor career. He tendent is effective as of October 19.
leaves the company with the good wishes of all his
associates and with thorough appreciation of the
work accomplished by him during his long period
of service.
His Great Experience.
PIANO BASS STRINGS —PIANO REPAIR SUPPLIES
S. T. Williams brings to his new responsibilities a
TUNERS AND REPAIRERS
background of technical training and experience of
Our new Illustrated Catalogue of Piano
the first order. He is a graduate of St. Lawrence
and Player Hardware, Felts and Tools
University (1913) and three years later received a
is now ready. If you haven't received
second degree from Worcester Polytechnic Institute.
your copy let us know.
He has been technical editor of the "Motor World
1305-09
North 27th St., PHILADELPHIA, PA.
Magazine," has undertaken editorial work for various
kindred publications and is the author of a book on
automobile repairing. During the war he joined the
staff of the Naval Aircraft plant at Philadelphia,
organized by the Government shortly after the out-
break of the war. Here he became experimental
engineer and later assistant chief engineer, and in
these capacities was responsible to a great degree for
the development of the flying boat known as the
Navy F-5L, a parent of the present PN-9. Other
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OTTO R. TREFZ, Jr.
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