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PRESTO-TIMES
"High School Cadets" and "Semper Fidelis" were
all written during this period. "The Liberty Bell"
was written as a novelty for his first American
tour, and "Stars and Stripes Forever" was written
March King, Who Has Been a Conductor when Sousa's Band was yet a new organization.
Thirty-six annual tours and sixteen transcontinental
Since 1878, Now on Tour of
tours have made Sousa not only the most famous,
American Cities.
but also the most beloved of American musicians,
All America seems to be turning out this year to and a public which adores him has poured at his feet
help Lieutenant Commander John Philip Sousa cele- a golden fortune in excess of a million dollars, mak-
brate his golden jubilee as a conductor. In 1878, ing him the only American who has accumulated
when Hayes was president, Sousa, then twenty-four such a degree of wealth from the Musical arts.
years old, picked up his baton for the first time as
Sousa's season began this year on July 19 and will
leader of the orchestra in a Washington theater. continue for more than twenty weeks. Chicago will
Two years later, Hayes, still president, appointed
be reached on Sunday, September 23, when an aft-
Sousa director of the United States Marine Band. ernoon and evening concert will be given in the
Twelve' years later President Harrison regretfully Auditorium Theater.
accepted his resignation that he might form his own
The new marches, among the other novelties of his
musical organization, and for the past thirty-six years programs, are "Golden," and "The Cornhuskers,"
Sousa has been appearing continuously at the head
dedicated to the Universitv of Nebraska.
of his own band.
Sousa was the "March King" before he resigned
TELEVISION DRAMA WITH MUSIC.
his Marine commission. "The Washington Post,"
A puppet drama with synchronized musical accom-
paniment and explanatory comment was presented by
a combination of television and radio in the L. Bam-
berger & Co. store in Newark, N. J., on Tuesday of
this week in what was said to be the first demonstra-
tion of its kind. Those sponsoring the test pointed
KEYS RETURNED IN 24 HOURS
to the synchronization of sight and sound, mingled
BEST GRADE IVORINE
speech and action, as combiirng all the elements of
RECOVERING
$8.00
a potential art.
BUSHING
3.50
SHARPS
2.50
NEW SONG BOOK PUBLISHED.
NEW FRONTS
2.00
A Community Song Book, containing the words
PLAYER ACTIONS REPAIRED
Prompt and efficient service
of 150 familiar songs, has just been published by the
Striking: Pneumatics
Los Angeles playground department. This book has
Air Motors, Governors, etc., Recovered
been prepared in response to the widespread demand
for community singing in Los Angeles and was com-
piled by Glenn M. Tindall, supervisor of musical
2106 Boulevard Place
INDIANAPOLIS, IND.
activities of the playground department.
SOUSA'S GOLDEN JUBILEE
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OTTO R. TREFZ, Jr.
PIANO BASS STRINGS —PIANO REPAIR SUPPLIES
Worry Over Player Details
TUNERS AND REPAIRERS
is avoided by the manufac-
turer who uses the
Our new Illustrated Catalogue of Piano
and Player Hardware, Felts and Tools
is now ready. If you haven't received
your copy let us know.
A. C. Cheney Player Action
1305-09 North 27th St.,
PHILADELPHIA, PA.
Philip W. Oetting & Son, Inc.
213 East 19th Street, New York
Sole Agent* for
WEICKERT
Hammer
and Damper
Felts
Grand and Upright Hammers
Made of Weickert Felt
Fine Action Bushing Cloths, etc.
SCHAFF
Piano String Co.
Manufacturers of
in his products. He knows
everything is all right and
that the best musical quali-
ties of his pianos are develop-
ed by the use of this player
mechanism.
A. C. CHENEY
PIANO ACTION COMPANY
CASTLETON, N. Y.
The Piano Repair Shop
Pianos and Phonograph* Rebuilt by
Expert Workmen
Player-actions installed. Instruments
refinished or remodeled and actions and
keys repaired. Work guaranteed. Prices
reasonable.
Our-of-town dealers' repair work solic-
ited. Write for details and terms.
THE PIANO REPAIR SHOP
339 South Wabash AT«.
Chicago
September 15, 1928
AMERICAN PIANO SUPPLY CO.
Efficient Division of Hammacher, Schlemmer & Co.,
Which Fulfills Purposes Suggested by Name.
The distinctive quality of the wire and tuning pins
of the Montz Poehlmann brands, represented by
the American Piano Supply Co. division of Ham-
macher, Schlemmer & Co., New York, is that which
assures honest merit. For generations Poehlmann
Music Wire and Fly Brand Tuning Pins have made
many pianos famous for the renowned tonal quali-
ties.
The cominued prestige of Fly Brand 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 life-
time, they embody every known requisite for qual-
ity. That is why many manufacturers of high grade
pianos demand Poehlmann Wire and Fly Brand Pins.
The world-wide fame of some American pianos is
paralleled by a similarly proud characteristic distin-
guishing some of our piano supply houses. And in
viewing the position of the pianos and the piano sup-
plies, the observant piano man sees the relation of
one or the other. When the founders of the fine old
American pianos determined to make instruments
of the highest type, they also provided a purpose for
the manufacturers of piano supplies. The pioneers
in the piano supply field realized the necessities of
the early piano makers and as the years progressed
they kept constantly in view ihe constant require-
ments of the ambitious piano makers.
Hammacher, Schlemmer & Co. points to a history
which includes association with the piano in its suc-
cessive stages, and the supply house kept pace in the
consistently progressive manner of the ambitious
piano makers. An analysis of the triumphs of piano
history shows that efficiency in the production of
piano supplies was a prompt response to the demands
of the piano makers.
Any review of piano supply makers must include
mention of the piano supply distributors whose busi-
ness adds to the convenience of the piano manufac-
turers, dealers, tuners and repairmen. The name
of the American Piano Supply Co., a division of
Hammacher, Schlemmer & Co., naturally suggests
itself to every reader. Since 1848 the house has been
one of the most important feactors in supplying the
piano industry with tools peculiar to its purposes.
Today in the great workrooms at 104-106 East 13th
s.reet. New York, are stocks of dependable matc-
r'als required by the piano maker, tuner and repair-
man; piano and player hardware, felts, tools, rub-
berized player fabrics and other commodities, and
an array of tools in great variety.
ZENITH RADIO EARNINGS.
The Zenith Radio Corporation reports earnings in
July at $155,936 after deductions for royalties, depre-
ciation and other charges but before Federal taxes, as
compared with earnings of $167,081 for June. The
total of $32>',018 for the two months is equivalent to
$3.32 a share on 1C0.000 cap'tal shares outstanding.
PIANO KEYS RECOVERED
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Sharps, Etc.
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and Re-Gluing
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