September 22, 1928
P R E S T 0-T I M E S
DANCE MUSIC ON THE AMPICO
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NORTH CAROLINA MUSIC
MERCHANTS IN CONVENTION
Prominent Members of the Music Trade Present at
Interesting Meeting Held in Charlotte.
The North Carolina Music Merchants' Association
held its annual convention on Friday of this week
in Raleigh. The meeting was presided over by
Charles S. Andrews, president of the association and
head of the Andrews Music Store, Inc., Charlotte.
At the interesting business session addresses were
made by W. R. Murray, S. W. Gardner, H. A. Dun-
ham of the North Carolina organization, and also by
Charles M. Stieff, of Charles M. Stieff, Inc., Balti-
more, and Delbert L. Loomis, executive secretary of
the National Association of Music Merchants, who
represented C. J. Roberts, president of that body.
Mr. Stieff spoke on "Selling Pianos on Instalment."
John S. Gorman, sales manager of the Gulbransen
Company, Kedzie and Chicago avenues, Chicago, was
in attendance this week at the convention at Raleigh,
N. C. Mr. Gorman brought an interesting message to
the conventioners. He is expected back in Chicago
on Mondav next.
LIVELY M. SCHULZ CO. TRAVELER.
GROUP PTOTURE TAKEN AT BOOK-CADIL.LAC HOTRL
The brilliant display of the Ampico was one of
the features of the convention of the Dancing Mas-
ters of America, held recently at the Book-Cadillac
Hotel, Detroit. The presentation was in charge of
J. J. Davin, of The Ampico Corporation, assisted
by Mme. Sturkow Ryder, and the hearty cooperation
of the J. L. Hudson Company of Detroit, who sup-
plied the instruments for the hotel exhibit and the
concert demonstrations.
A feature of the opening session of the convention,
known as Presidents' Night, was the appearance of
Mme. Sturkow Ryder who, in a short talk traced the
origin of dance music and its development through-
out the centuries. Ampico illustrations of various
dance forms made Mme. Ryder's talk of especial in-
terest. Miss Madge Fraser, chairman of the conven-
tion, gave her number on the evening's program with
the Ampico, and the concluding number by the mas-
ter of ceremonies, Tom Sheehy of Chicago, was a
waltz clog danced to the Pat Mooney Ampico re-
cording of a tap waltz.
The Ampico exhibit was just outside the ballroom,
where it was a center for the gathering of interested
delegates all during the week and impromptu per-
formances again and again demonstrated the effective-
ness of the Ampico as an instrument for the dancing
studio. The Ampico, as is well known, is used
regularly in the most important dancing studios in
the country, notably that of the Denishawn's, New
Weyburn, Alexis Kosloff, Oscar Duryea, and many
others.
Amongst the enthusiastic advocates of the Ampico
to augment the services of the living accompanist,
was Leo T. Kohl, of Detroit, who purchased an
Ampico in November, 1927. Mr. Kohl stated that
the Ampico had paid for itself by March of this year
in the savings he had made in the elimination of a
considerable part of his accompanist's expense. Con-
tinuing, Mr. Kohl said, "One of the most fascinating
things about the Ampico that my advanced students
have found thrilling is the fact that they are doing
their solo and specialty numbers accompanied by the
greatest artists in the world who make Ampico
classic and popular recordings. Dancing the Minuet
with Rachmaninoff at the piano, through the medium
of the Ampico, is indeed inspirational."
The increasing interest in dancing has been met
by the Ampico Corporation with special attention to
the requirements of dancing teachers. One of the
most recent announcements of special features of this
character was the exclusive arrangement concluded
with Pat Mooney for the direction of special record-
ings for tap dancing. This is but one of several
endeavors of the Ampico Corporation to cooperate
closely with the work of dancing teachers.
MOVES IN DETROIT.
The Bayley Music House, Detroit, has been moved
to 1449-1451 Broadway, to the store formerly occu-
pied by the Brunswick Shop. The store is admir-
ably located, has a 25-foot display window, large dis-
play floors.
Mart Mayer of St. Louis, Mo., traveler in the Cen-
tral West for the M. Schulz Co. of Chicago, was in
Toledo with Henry Hewitt at the hotel when Presto-
Times man called.
Mr. Mayer had come on
to the convention to get acquainted with the Ohio
dealers for, as Mr. Hewitt said, he will be assigned to
the Ohio territory. Mr. Mayer said that Kansas has
had a wonderful wheat crop this year—199,000,000
bushels.
A. F. Bradtield, owner of the Bradtield Music Co.,
Hobart, Okla., has recently closed a deal in which
he acquired the Appleby-Tatum music and radio store
at Altus.
TheCABLECOMPANY
Makers of Grand, Upright
and Inner'Player Pianos,
including Conover, Cable,
Kingsbury, Wellington and
Euphona.
Chicago
Advertising Manager Callahan, of the Zenith Radio
Corp., 3620 Iron street;"' Chicago, is expecting to
attend the radio convention in New York next week.
JACOB BROS. CO.
Manufacturers of "Pianos of Quality
Established 1878
We have a financing proposition worthy
of vour investigation.
JACOB BROS. CO.
3O6 East 1 3 3 rd St.
NEW YORK
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