14
August 11, 1928
P R E S T 0-T I M E S
CLARK ROLL ADVICE
rolls as in the case of newspapers? Give your cus-
tomers the very latest musical "news" and an occa-
sional feature and watch your circulation increase.
When the fourth of July comes around, see to it
that your piano is playing some good snappy marches
and patriotic music: at Christmas time, make use of
appropriate music for the occasion and so on, the
year 'round. In .other words, give your patrons
the music they want and derive the benefits of their
pleasure. If you will but adopt this comparison
and avail yourself of its advantages you will find
that really, your automatic piano is like a huge
printing press. You are the editor and the responsi-
bility of the "news" offered is up to you.
SHEET MUSIC NOTES
The new releases of the Oliver Ditson Co., Boston,
include six preludes for piano in book three by
Abram Chasins, this being the third of a series of
four books by this composer. Other new piano pieces
are "Five Little Tone Stories," by Mildred Hinman,
two pieces, "The Donkey Ride" and "The Strolling
Harp Player" by Milton Harding, and three numbers
The Clark Orchestra Roll Company, De Kalb, 111.,
by Gardner Leland, entitled "In Early Spring," "Lark-
uses The Coin Slot, its lively little house journal, to
spur and Lavender" and "Strollnig in Summer."
stimulate dealers in methods of presenting the rolls
The Crown Music Co., New York, jobbers in sheet
The Circulation Manager.
to the customers. The value of timeliness is par-
music, was placed in receivership recently, following
ticularly impressed. A list of rolls may have a newsy
The Coin Slot is the circulation manager, and your a recent voluntary petition in bankruptcy in which
character that induces sales. This argument is printed selection of music that will have real "news" value its liabilities were listed at $215,000 and assets at about
in The Coin Slot:
will boost your enterprise and build up a larger $75,000. E. C. Mills, chairman of the Music Publish-
"circulation."
The Suggestion.
ers' Protective Association, was named as receiver.
Our monthly bulletins carry a complete list of
Successful newspaper publisheis realize that print-
The Music Corp. of America, located in the Para-
ing whatever is timely is the big factor in the sale music rolls appropriate to almost any occasion, and
of their newspapers. All of our national holidays the many popular rolls released each month assure mount Building, New York, which manages many of
and important events are "played-up" in an interest- you of obtaining musical hits that are "right off the the leading dance orchestras of the country, has or-
ganized a music department for the publication and
ing manner the feature news thus provided, at the press."
appropriate time is a stimulus toward a successful
Do you employ any unusual method in selling distribution of popular music. George D. Lottman,;
business.
music rolls? Perhaps your ideas of servicing are out former manager for Roger Wolfe Kahn and for many
Why not make use of news in the case of music of the ordinary. Successful business methods, can years identified with various branches of the music
and really should be passed along among the dealers. industry, has been placed in charge of the new enter-
We invite your ideas and opinions through the "coin prise.
slot." Write us and we -will gladly publish your
The third annual exposition of school music ma-
"tips" on the sale of music rolls.
terials was held in Aeolian Hall, 689 Fifth avenue,
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Louis J. Livingston, Chicago composer, advertises
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The Newsy Way of Presenting Lists of NeW
Music Recommended to Alert Dealers
by the Clark Orchestra
Roll Company.
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