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P R E S T O-TI M E S
Dccemler 3, 1927
toriums where the echo or reverberation becomes so
violent as to cause the auditorium to tremble from
top to bottom."
The little book is teeming with information to in-
"How Music Is Made," Published by the Great terest as well as amaze the adult as well as the child.
How a poorly constructed bandstand will spoil the
Band Instrument House Accompanies
playing of the best band.
Class Room Charts.
Vibrations.
"How Music Is Made" is the title of a new hand-
That seemingly impossible job, counting vibrations,
hook copyrighted by C. G. Conn, Ltd., Elkhart, Ind., is explained. The structure of tone waves, their
sponsored by Allen Loomis. S. B.. Massachusetts length, and width and how the travel is told in a way
Institute of Technology, and H. W. Schwartz, A. M., that simplifies the study. What happens in the horn
University of Chicago. To add to the allurements it when you blow it and why the lowest notes are diffi-
has a foreword by John Philip Sousa, who says: cult to play, are other interestingly told facts. Do
"This little book, 'How Music Is Made,' had to be you know why telephone operators are instructed to
written by someone and it is to the credit of the trill their R when repeating the number "three"? It
C. G. Conn, Ltd., that this company took the initia- may seem strange but the reason for this lies at
tive to write it. It covers a ground that, to my the basis of tone quality in horns.
knowledge, has never been covered before. In most
"Why low grade instruments lack the proper fla-
readable style and simple language it leads the child
vor; the law relating to mouthpieces; accuracy in
to an understanding of the laws of sound as they length of horns and the flare and size of the bell are
obtain in band and orchestra instruments."
thoughts that suggest topics for the book. It also
The Charts.
describes the form and functions of the various in-
An instrument chart for classrooms is also a recent struments, the cornet, French horn alto, French horn,
bit of printed material for music dealers and music the mellophone, Euphonium, Sousaphone, saxophone
teachers, issued by C. G. Conn, Ltd., Elkhart, Ind. and clarinet. The woodwinds, their history, produc-
Music supervisors in many places have promoted the tions and uses are also treated and drums and tym-
use of the chart in schools and many supervisors pani are other interesting subjects."
have written to the publishers commenting on the
SHIPPING MANY ZENITH SETS.
valuable character of the chart. Many are using the
chart and book in their instrumental courses.
The Zenith Radio Corporation, 3620 Iron street,
Chicago, is very busy just now preparing its goods
What Book Teaches.
In discussing the "raw material" of music the for shipment and shipping them. A Presto-Times
writer says: "The next time you hear a band or representative called there last Saturday and found
orchestra play, ask yourself what the stuff is that all hands hustling and an air of prosperous goodwill
you call music. What is it when the band is playing? prevailing in office and factory. This activity has
Where is it when the band stops? Because of its prevailed for some time, according to J. C. Callahan,
elusiveness we have gotten into the habit of regarding advertising manager of the big radio house.
it as something unlike the ordinary things the world
is full of. This is wrong. A little thought will show
AROUSED BY MUSIC.
you that the stuff of which music is made is every-
Where medical science failed, music is credited
where around you.
with arousing Mrs. Ethel Baldwin from a coma last-
"Music is controlled vibration," is the statement. ing more than 170 hours. She was stricken after the
"The sound wave which seems so beneficent and death of her husband. It was noticed that her eye-
beautiful can also become a terror when it gets out of lids fluttered when sounds of music from a neighbor's
control, because of the tremendous forces wrapped rad : o reached her room. Phonograph and a piano
up in it. This is illustrated in the ventilating stack. were resorted to and she regained consciousness. This
It is also illustrated in incorrectly designed audi-
happened in Los Angeles, Calif.
NEW C. G. CONN BOOKLET
WESSELL, NICKEL & GROSS
DECEMBER LIST OF CLARK ROLLS
Orchestrion Music for the Twelfth Month of 1927
Issued by Clark Orchestra Roll Co.
The Clark Orchestra Roll Company, De Kalb, HI.,
has issued its December bulletin of Orchestrion Rolls
for Coinola and Empress Orchestrions, "Empress"
styles: YY1, B, BB, AS, C, F, V, R, and all orches-
trion combinations. Also "Coinola" styles: D, C2,
X, AF, AX, CF, CB and K.
The list is filled with the pepful numbers that are
sure profit-makers. The dance numbers are particu-
larly lively and the selection of the times shows the
admirable desire of the Clark Orchestra Roll Com-
pany to be up-to-the-minute. Most of the tunes are
nation-wide favorites made familiar in orchestras,
on the stage and over the radio. The new Decem-
ber bulletin provides certain sources of profit for the
dealers and the piano owners.
MARY GARDEN ON JAZZ.
Mary Garden gave some definitions of jazz re-
cently in Camden, N. J., and declared it would be
superseded by more serious music at least for' the
next decade. It is a "passing conglomeration" which
is losing caste now, but which will be in evidence
again at some later period, she said. "Music that is
really art inspires. Did you ever hear of one being
raised to greatness or achievement by lis-
tening to jazz?" asked the great opera singer. "In
listening to music there have been moments in which
I felt capable of cosmic achievement. But jazz? It
is an outcast child of music and machines, inheriting
the worst qualities of both."
OPPOSES NATIONAL ANTHEM.
The Newark Contemporary Club, Newark. N. J.,
has launched a movement to have "America the
Beautiful" substituted for "The Star Spangled Ban-
ner," as the national anthem. "If the club women of
the country would get behind the movement I be-
lieve they could put it over," said Mrs. Ogden, the
president. " 'America the Beautiful' is much mote
singable than 'The Star Spangled Banner' and is
more in keeping with the spirit of the times."
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