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December 8, 1928
P R E S T 0-T I M E S
CONN DAY IN MILWAUKEE
Visit of Sousa's Band to Milwaukee Made Oc-
casion of Special Display of Flanner-
Hafsoos Music House.
The band instrument department of the Flanner-
Hafsoos Music House, Inc , Milwaukee, this week
was linked up in the advertising with the Sousa band,
which played in several concerts in the city during
the week. The department is under the management
of A. J. Niemiec.
A scheduled event of the week was the conferring
on the famous bandmaster of honorary citizenship
of the city with school bands and civic bands taking
an active part in the celebration. Neighboring cities
also announced that they would have bands at the
event.
The Flanner-Hafsoos Co. featured a special display
of Conn band instruments both in the store, and in
windows, and it also furnished the programs for the
performance of the noted band.
"Because the band is recognized as using Conn
instruments, we feel that it will be worth while to
make some special promotion efforts in connection
with its appearance here," said Mr. Niemiec. "In
former years we have always done some work of
this kind, but this year we are going into it more
strongly than ever we did before."
old quarters afforded. New and elaborate fixtures
and furnishing are being installed. This move was
necessitated by the increased business in the New
Orleans district. R. N. McCormick is sales repre-
sentative of the Brunswick interests at New Orleans
and is assisted by W. J. Dowell, Jr. Frank Winchell
is sales representative in the billiard and bowling di-
vision and H. L. Mahne is in charge of the local
office.
NEW OFFICERS ELECTED
The new president of the Oregon Radio Trades
Association for the coming year is H. P. Harrison,
manager of the radio and phonograph departments
of the J. K. Gill Co., elected to succeed J. W. Con-
don, Jr., of the Condon Co, Inc.; H. A. Killam, of
Killam, Inc. and M. E. Harris, of Radio Headquar-
ters, were re-elected treasurer and secretary, respec-
tively. H. W. Brown, of the Electric Corp., was
elected vice-president.
The board of directors for the coming year was
also named, as follows: J. W. Condon, Jr., of the
Condon Co., Inc.; M. A. Dobbin, of Marshall-Wells
Co.; L. W. Finch, of Star Electric Co.; W. C.
Brown, of the W. C. Brown Radio Service; Joseph
Hallock, of Hallock & Watson; C. W. Hunter, of
Hunter Radio, Inc., and E. B. Lucas, of Stubbs
Electric Co.
MR. GULBRANSEN'S VIEWS.
VICTOR'S NEW INSTRUMENT
The Victor Talking Machine Co. has announced
two new. coin-operated instruments, an Orthophonic
Victrola, listing at $550, and an Electrola, at $950,
the latter instrument being equipped with a modern
dynamic power speaker.
The instruments are
equipped for coin operation, and may be operated
from wall boxes placed at convenient points about
the restaurant or store.
The first shipments of the new instruments will be
made this week, and an attractive broadside has
been issued for the dealer's benefit, setting forth the
outstanding features of the new coin-operated in-
struments, and giving a brief survey of the market,
which includes restaurants, confectionery stores,
dance halls, small hotels, pool rooms, waiting
rooms, etc.
BRUNSWICK IN N E W ORLEANS.
The new salesrooms and offices of the Brunswick-
Balke-Collender Co. in New Orleans city are to be
located at 616 Carondelet Street, and will be under
the management of the St. Louis, Mo., office, of which
J. H. Bennett is head. The new quarters on Caron-
delet Street are about completed and will give ap-
proximately four times the amount of floor space the
A. G. Gulbransen, president of the Gulbransen
Company, Chicago, this week voiced a very interest-
ing and enlightening comment on the annual message
of President Coolidge, which, however, reached the
Presto-Times office too late for insertion in this issue.
The views of Mr. Gulbransen on the economic fac-
tors responsible for the nation's prosperity and things
relating thereto, will be printed next week.
MILTON G. WOLF BUSY.
The Standard Musical Specialties Company is still
located at 1557 Kimball Building, Chicago, and is
headed by Milton G. Wolf. Mr. Wolf says: "We
have not moved these headquarters, nor do we expect
to; although I have opened a shop in which I sell a
line of musical instruments, featuring banjos. How-
ever, we have Vega trumpets and trombones and a
special saxophone of our own and a number of other
items along this line."
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SCHOOL MUSICIANS' PLAN.
Joseph E. Maddy. of the University of Michigan
School of Music at Ann Arbor, Mich., chairman of
the instrumental affairs committee of the Music
Supervisors' National Conference, is busily engaged
in working out the details of a plan whereby an All-
American orchestra of possibly 150 of the most tal-
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it will also give public concerts in London, Berlin
and other large centers.
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