PRESTO-TIMES
November 26, 1927
banjo. It will take us three years to complete the
job."
The Times stated that "It won't be long until the
ukulele, that hybrid of the musical instrument family,
Interesting Stories in Daily Newspapers Allude to becomes
a standardized and legitimate relative of the Special Model Manufactured to Suit Reason-
Incidents in the Musical Merchandise Trade.
ably-Priced Grand Pianos Presented to
guitar and mandolin." It also indicated that "it will
be safe to call a ukulele a ukulele, and to ignore all
Trade by Tonk Manufacturing Co.
The standardization of the ukulele by the National the hundred and one fantastic variants that used to
Piano dealers should be prepared to satisfy the
Association of Musical Instrument and Accessories masquerade as the genuine Hawaiian article."
various requirements of the piano bench buyer, and
Manufacturers was the subject of a story in the New
the Tonk Manufacturing Company, Chicago, fully
York Evening Post on November 10. The account,
realizes that responsibility of the trade. That com-
headed "Lowly Ukulele Becomes Standardized In-
pany foresaw the great demand for grand benches of
strument," also stirred up comment in the pages of
the Times on November 12 i nan editorial headed Judge in Federal Court, Chicago, Gives Favorable many styles, finishes, and prepared accordingly.
Keenly observing the favor for grands of all kinds,
"Standardizing the Ukulele."
Decision in Suit Over Advertising.
the company anticipated the call for benches for use
The Post describes the specifications and also gave
A favorable decision was granted the Zenith Radio with reasonably priced grands and the Tonkbench
the prediction of H. C. Lcnb, chairman of the Stand- Corporation of Chicago by Charles C. Simons, Judge No. 6225^4 is the result. The judgment of the com-
ardization Committee, that as a result of the Stand- of the P'ederal District Court of Detroit, Monday, pany is again justified.
ardization program "business will be improved so November 21, in a suit over certain interests adver-
The Tonk Manufacturing Company has the testi-
that the good product can be sold some day as tising "McMillan" radio sets in connection with Arctic mony of hundreds of representative dealers who have
cheaply as the poor product is now." He stated fur- expeditions and the use of Commander Donald B. purchased the Tonkbench No. 622S l / 2 for use with
ther that "What Henry Ford did for automobiles MacMillan's name. Zenith wins the first of a series their reasonably-priced grand and the unvaried opin-
we want to do for ukuleles. We have chosen it as of suits directed against misleading advertising.
ion is that in style, quality of material and workman-
the fisrt instrument to be standardized because it is
In accordance with prayer of bill fo complaint of ship this bench is a winner. This new Tonkbench
the most popular and simplest. We are now going Zenith Radio Corporation, the misleading advertising is now produced with added economies which make
on to the others, the guitar, the mandolin and the was used by Lansing and Detroit radio dealers who it possible for the company to offer it with full size
alleged that "McMillan" radio sets were the same music compartment at an attractively lower price.
as used by Commander Donald B. MacMillan on his The bench may be had 18 inches high in brown or
several Arctic expeditions. Zenith Radio was used red mahogany, dull, polished or highlight finish with
by MacMillan on all of his expeditions and Com- a square or beveled edge, 36x15-inch top.
mander E. F. McDonald, who accompanied MacMil-
len into the far north, was present in court with his
BAND CONTESTS IN 1928.
attorney, Irving Herriott, to substantiate statements
is avoided by the manufac-
Preparations are well under way for the 1928 state
of Zenith.
turer who uses the
and national school band contests, with indications
that there will be at least twenty-five states fully
SAN FRANCISCO CELEBRATES.
organized, including five or six new states and more
On November 22, San Francisco celebrated the sev- entries in all the old states. The annual booklet of
enth centennary of the death of St. Frances Assisi rules and information is the most impressive of the
for whom the city was named. Musical events spon- series yet issued, containing sixty-four pages and
in his products. He knows
sored by the Board of Supervisors were held in the pictures of the forty-nine prize winning school
everything is all right and
the Civic Auditorium and celebrations with notable bands. The first application for entry in the 1928
that the best musical quali-
musical programs were given in churches of many contests has just been received by the National Bu-
ties of his pianos are develop-
denominations.
reau for the Advancement of Music.
STANDARDIZE THE UKULELE
A WINNING TONKBENCH
ZENITH WINS SUIT
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