Presto

Issue: 1928 2193

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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,
KEYS RETURNED IN 24 HOURS
New York, from July 17 to 20, inclusive, under thei
GIVES RADIO DEMONSTRATION
BEST GRADE IVORINE
auspices of the educational department of Aeolian Co.
Louis J. Livingston, Chicago composer, advertises
RECOVERING
$8.00
BUSHING
3.50
his music compositions by mailing a card to radio
BUYS CONN EQUIPMENT.
SHARPS
2.50
owners worded as follows:
The Euclid Music Co., Cleveland, O., agents for;
NEW FRONTS
2.00
"You are invited to listen in to the playing of my the line of band instruments made by C. G. Conn,'
PLAYER ACTIONS REPAIRED
composition, 'Betty Blythe's Waltz,' by the superb Ltd., Elkhart, Ind., has equipped Ace Brigode and his
Prompt and efficient service
Chicago Daily News Concert Orchestra, over Sta- orchestra at Dance Land, the largest dance hall in
Striking Pneumatics
tion WQJ, Chicago, between 6 and 6:30 p. m., Chi- Cleveland, and Joe Smith and his orchestra at Euclid
Air Motors, Governors, etc., Recovered
cago daylight savings time, Saturday, July 21, 1928. Beach. The company has had a lot of success in
Please let me know what you think of it, and oblige." selling professional musicians in Cleveland.
The Newsy Way of Presenting Lists of NeW
Music Recommended to Alert Dealers
by the Clark Orchestra
Roll Company.
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iano String Co.
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August 11, 1928
15
PRESTO-TIMES
VIOLIN FAVORED BY PUPILS
Saxophone Runs a Close Second with Music Students,
According to Tabulated Figures.
Music is more than a means of self-expression to
thousands of men in college today. It spells bread
and butter to many of them, and an occasional spread
of jam for a great many more, says the Conn Music
Center, published by C. G. Conn, Ltd., Elkhart, Ind.
When it comes down to selecting the instrument that
is going to do all this for him, the majority of the
votes are cast in favor of the violin, college professors
and musical directors told the Conn Music Center
recently in its investigation of the situation. Thirty-
one per cent of musician-students select this instru-
ment, these authorities say.
Although centuries behind the violin in point of
time, the newest instrument of them all, the saxo-
phone, runs a close second as the choice of 30 per
cent of such students, due to its enormous popularity
for dancing, vaudeville, motion pictures and for solos.
The piano is elected to third place with 21 per cent;
the cornet and organ are chosen by 6 and 3 per cent,
respectively. The remaining 9 per cent is scattered
over half a dozen string and wind instruments which
have a necessary, but less prominent place in the band
and orchestra.
The financial benefits of being able to play an
instrument, the Music Center points out, are not con-
fined to the money earned while in college or to the
student at all or even to the professional. The value
of industrial bands is being recognized to a point
where one applicant for a position receives preference
over another if he can play, especially as a soloist, in
the organization band.
A PACIFIC COAST REPRESENTATIVE.
The Cooley Rayfoto, which is being merchandised
by the Radiovision Corporation of 62 West 39th
street, New York, will be represented on the Pacific
Coast by Lombard J. Smith, who is to take over the
Southern California territory running north to Bakers-
field and including Los Angeles. A. J. Anderson, who
has just associated himself with Alex Kelly, will spon-
sor the Rayfoto kit in San Francisco and south to
Rakersfield.
For generations Poehlmann
Music Wire and Fly Brand
Tuning Pins have made
many pianos famous for
their r e n o w n e d tonal
qualities.
The continued prestige of Fly BranC
Pins and Poehlmann Wire is due solely
to quality. Every detail is watched
minutely. Made from special drawn wire
by men who have done nothing else for* a
lifetime, they embody every known
requisite for quality. That is why many
manufacturers of high grade pianos de-
mand Poehlmann W i r e a n d Fly
Brand Pins.
"BETTY BLYTHE'S WALTZ."
"Betty Blythe's Waltz," the alluring composition
of Louis J. Livingston, Detroit, was played by the
Chicago Daily News Concert Orchestra at the La
Salle Hotel Studio, over Radio Station WQJ, Satur-
day, July 21.
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