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Issue: 1927 2159

BANJO'S DEVELOPMENT
Great Growth in Sales of Tenor Banjo Stimu-
lated by Earnest Work of Manufacturers
in Perfecting Type.
To the professional musician may be credited the
amazing growth of popularity of the tenor banjo.
Ten years ago the banjo had only limited uses, on
the stage almost entirely. With the increase of dance
orchestras, however, arose the demand for something
new that would impart a novel character to the
music. It provided the occasion for the banjo.
Rut the banjo was not accepted at first in a class
with the violin or other stringed instrument used
in the orchestra. Many of the musicians were dis-
dainful of the banjo, which had a history associated
with the comedy of negro minstrelsy. There seemed
at the time no incentive to study it. But as the
advantages of the banjo in the dance orchestra be-
came more evident, professionals in the orchestras
soon realized that the effort to master the banjo
would be worth while.
The introduction of the banjo-mandolin, or rather
its development, prompted the violinists to turn to it
to supply the demand of the orchestra leaders for the
dance music novelty. But when the banjo-mandolin
CONN TONE
is what prompts the observant
music dealer to choose the line
of band and orchestra instru-
ments for his stock; it is what
the professional or amateur
musician gets when he buys a
band or orchestra instrument
made by C. G. Conn, Ltd.,
Elkhart, Ind. And the perfect-
ing of tone in every Conn
instrument has been the stim-
ulating impulse s i n c e the
founding of the Conn industry.
The achievement of
CONN TONE
is a notable triumph of the
company. It is the admirable
quality t h a t distinguishes
every Conn band and orchestra
instrument from all other
products of the kind. It is the
result of continuous improve-
ment in scientific manufactur-
ing processes. In Conn models
all taper branches are shaped
to exact dimensions by the
famous hydraulic expansion
process, developed and used
only in the Conn factories.
Conn methods conduce to
easier playing and perfect tune
which are potential factors in
the production of the famous
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fell short of the requirements of the snappy music,
the tenor banjo became the logical solution of the
problem. The musicians who had adopted the banjo-
mandolin readily turned to the use of the banjo or
doubled on it in their dance organizations. Anyway
they aided in the rapid growth of popularity for the
tenor banjo. It was then that the most popular ban-
joists today made their first appearance playing the
instrument.
In time, of course, the pioneers became teachers
and their demonstrations aided the increase in the
favorable impression of the banjo in the public mind.
The orchestra leaders also effected the practical adap-
tation of the banjo to dance orchestra needs. It nat-
urally followed that the banjo obtained a fast grow-
ing following among amateurs.
MUSIC AIDS CHOICE.
Music and verse aided the Indiana Society of Chi-
cago in choosing a president of the United States on
the occasion of its annual gridiron dinner last Satur-
day evening, December 17. "How D'ye Do, Mr.
President, How D'ye Do," had been especially pre-
pared. The poem, "Ain't God Good to Indiana?"' by
William Herschell of the Indianapolis News, and
many others by noted IToosiers, were recited and
sung.
GIVES CONTEST RESULTS.
"Some Results of the Music Memory Contest," is
a new booklet published by National Bureau for the
Advancement of Music, 45 West 45th street. New
York. Jt gives opinions of representative music
supervisors and other school officials, from one hun-
dred cities and towns, with a few comments from
individuals and groups outside the schools, indicating
the influence of the contests upon the children par-
ticipating and the community at large.
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FEATURING REMICK HITS
Theater Organists in Many Places Select Remick
Songs for Special Organ Numbers.
In many cities the organists in motion picture the-
aters make it a rule to select a Remick hit for their
own organ arrangements for featuring with specially
prepared slides. The numbers on the theater programs
attract patronage to the houses and incidentally in-
crease the sales of Remick songs at the local sheet
music counters.
The custom adds to the popularity of the Remick
songs. Here are a few of the numbers favored by the
organists:
I Told Them All About You; Who Knows; I'll
Think of You; A Night in June; Swanee Shore;
Gorgeous; Just Like a Butterfly; Surrender; Twing
a Ling; Banjo Eyes; Sail Rose; Russian Doll; Be-
neath Venetian Skies.
Classes in the Schools," "School Bands, How They
May Be Developed," etc. The author is J. E. Maddy,
chairman of the Committee on Instrumental Affairs
of the Music Supervisors' National Conference, who
also prepared the booklet on bands, published by the Commercial Intelligence Division of Bureau of For-
eign and Domestic Commerce Has New Index.
Bureau about a year ago. The present booklet is
being published in the special interest of the National
A valuable aid to the exporter is the world trade
Musical Merchandise Association and has been directory index of foreign merchants prepared by the
financed by that organization.
Commercial Intelligence Division of the Bureau of
Foreign and Domestic Commerce Department of
Commerce, Washington. Its purpose is assisting
American firms seeking connections with foreign
buyers and agents. The lists, prepared by represen-
tatives of the United States, indicate the relative sixe
and importance of each firm, character of the busi-
ness and lines handled.
More detailed data, confidential information that
can only be secured by U. S. representatives on the
ground, is also available on request to the bureau,
which is also well equipped to select and recommend
the names of agents and firms who could properly
represent American exporters in musical goods.
TO D E V E L O P SCHOOL ORCHESTRAS.
A popular book of the National Bureau for the
Advancement of Music, just published for the pro-
motion of instrumental music in the schools, is
"School Orchestras—How They May Be Devel-
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T H E S. E. OVERTON CO.
The S. E. Overtoil Company, Kalamazoo, Mich., is
one of the large manufacturers of piano benches. The
modern buildings of this firm cover 130,000 feet of
floor space. Employed number about 200. The com-
pany also produces fine wood carvings. S. E. Over-
ton is president and generil manager; C. F. Overton,
secretary and treasurer.
C. G. CONN E X P O R T S .
Carl D. Greenleaf, James F. Boyer and Guy B.
Tuthill, of Elkhart, Ind., this week filed with the
secretary of state articles of incorporation for C. G.
Conn, Ltd., export corporation, to handle the export
business of C. G. Conn, Ltd., of Elkhart, manufac-
turers of musical instruments. The export corpora-
tion is capitalized at $10,000.
The F. L. Smith Music Co. has opened a new
store in Elizebethon, Tenn, handling a radio line.
Orin L. Mallett has opened a music store in Stock-
ton, Calif.
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Organs and Orchestrions
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Manufacturers — Originators — Patentees
De Kalb, Illinois
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