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PRESTO-TIMES
of the Metropolitan Opera House Orchestra. Since
residing in Brooklyn he has given many recitals. In
addition to his concert work he has a large class of
pupils.
Marie Carreras, the distinguished pianist, will be
heard for the second time this season "at the Bald-
Well-Known Piano Man's Home Has Many win" on Sunday evening, September 8. Maria Car-
reras' art has gained a reputation second to none in
Historic Associations.
Germany, Russia, France, Spain, Italy, England, Scan-
Charles Stanley, well-known piano man, who is dinavia, and Portugal where she has repeatedly
spending the summer at his beautiful home at Grand played in over two hundred and fifty cities.
Haven, Mich., appreciates fully this privilege. It is a
large and attractive house, with noble grounds and
it was the birthplace of Stewart Edward White, the
distinguished novelist.
Mrs. Stewart White is dead, at the age of 82 years.
A fall in July at her California home in which she
suffered a broken leg proved fatal. Death arrived in
St. Elizabeth's Hospital, Santa Barbara, Calif. The
funeral was held last week in Grand Rapids. Mrs. E. J. Delano, Band Instrument Department
White had given generously to Butterworth Hospital
Manager in San Francisco, Says Oppor-
there.
The family was well known in Grand Haven. Stew-
tunities for the Formation of Bands
art Edward White, the author, and Gilbert White,
Exist Everywhere and Quotes Facts.
the Paris mural painter, were among the sons.
Roderick and Harwood are of Santa Barbara and
The annual contests of school bands, which begin
Rugee lives in Grand. Rapids.
early in the summer and continue to fall, are consid-
Mrs. White was a sister of Charles A. Daniell, for- ered the most effective means for arousing and pre-
merly of the editorial staff of Presto-Times. Mr. serving interest in band music, and incidentally of
stimulating the business in band instruments. The
Daniell died on July 2, 1927.
spread of school bands is attributed to the band con-
tests by such an observant man as E. J. Delano,
manager of the retail band instrument department of
Sherman, Clay & Co., San Francisco, who is credited
with the growth of the schoo! band movement in his
state. His strength of purpose may be assumed from
Famous Baltimore Music Institution Installs One an expression at a recent trade meeting:
Hundred and Five New Knabe Grand Pianos.
"I wish to testify as an ex-school teacher of nine
It is interesting to note that Wm. Knabe & Com- years' experience that musical instruction in the pub-
pany has recently installed no less than one hundred lic schools is next in importance ofter the English
and five new grand pianos in the Peabody Conserva- language, and this is coming to be recognized by
tory of Music in Baltimore, Md. The arrangements leading educators." Continuing, he said:
"There are opportunities for the formation of
were made directly by H. K. Paynter, president of
bands everywhere. When they tell you that a cer-
Wm. Knabe & Co.
This distinguished institute is one of the foremost tain school is too small to have a band I wish you
of its kind in America. Not only are its music would point out the record of Princeton, Calif. This
teachers outstanding in their field, but their pupils, school is located in a town of about three hundred
who are trained in every branch of musical endeavor, people and has only a total of 4,000 in the whole
have in many instances become stars in the musical district. There are about one hundred and eighty
pupils entered in the high school; 90 per cent of
firmament.
Indeed this order, including five concert grands, these students study instrumental music, and the
which represents the entire piano equipment of the school has a first band of sixty-five and a second
great southern music institute, expresses in more con- band of forty, and in addition it maintains a fine
crete terms than those oft-heard superlative expres- orchestra.
"Every progressive dealer knows what all this
sions of merit, the high esteem with which the Knabe
accomplished for music and the music trades? While
is regarded in Baltimore.
The present nation-wide Knabe advertising cam- preparing for the state contest, many new instru-
paign, quotes Sig. Gatti Casazza, renowned director ments were bought by the entrants, but this is insig-
of the Metropolitan Opera Company as saying, "We nificant compared to the kick the whole thing has
engage the finest tenor in the world, the most famous given to music. It is early to predict, as the school
soprano, the most brilliant orchestra leader. And we year is not started, but I have kept in somewhat close
are just as critical in selecting a piano as in picking touch with the situation and I am safe in saying
that there will be many bands formed in northern
our singers . . . . so we chose the Knabe."
The Knabe is also the Official Piano of the St. California schools where there have been one here-
tofore.
Louis Municipal Opera Company.
"There is a standard of instrumentation on which
points are marked in state and national contests held
under the National Supervisors' rules. It is a wise
regulation, holding the bands to the finest known
Dan Beddoe, the well-known tenor, and the Tollef- instrumentation for concert bands, and preventing
sen Trio consisting of Carl H. Tollefsen, violinist, their degenerating into brass bands, saxophone bands
Augusta Tollefsen, pianist, and Robert Thrane, 'cellist, or other, non-authentic organizations. The standard
were the soloists "at the Baldwin" on Sunday evening, is high and there is a premium put on complete
September 1. The program was broadcast at 9:45 adherence to it. School bands, though good, see
p. m., Eastern daylight saving time over Station WJZ where they can better themselves by the addition
and the associated stations of the National Broad- of the rarer instruments, all of which is to the benefit
casting chain. Dan Beddoe is cue of the foremost liv- of the trade contests. The school band movement
ing American tenors. As an interpreter of the great is our opportunity. If we get behind this movement
tenor roles of oratorio he stands first in his genera- I can conceive of its rolling up until it engrosses the
tion. As a singer of songs his position is scarcely attention of the nation, on a par with inter-scholastic
less high. He has sung in forty-one states, in Canada, and inter-collegiate athletics. I see these school
trained musicians with lives enriched and refined,
England, Ireland, and W'ales.
carrying
the torch aloft until America, now first in
Carl H. Tollefsen, violinist and founder of the Trio,
is of Scandinavian descent, although born in York- material prosperity, shall be first also in things spirit-
shire, England. He came to this country when very ual, shall lead the world in music."
young and soon after took up the study of the violin.
Mr. Tollefsen was, for several years, one of the first
FACTORIES COVER 60 ACRES.
violins of the New York Symphony Society, People's
Building operations for the Gramophone Company's
Symphony of New York and Concert Master of the
Scandinavian Symphony Orchestra, and is now in factory at Hayes, Middlesex, England, began in
charge of the Violin Department of Berkeley Insti- February, 1907, and on May 13, 1907, Madame Melba
laid the cornerstone of the record factory. The first
tute, Brooklyn.
of gramophone records for issue to the
Augusta Tollefsen, pianist of the Trio, is an Ameri- pressings
public
were
made in July, 1908, and "His Master's
can born in Boise, Idaho. In 1906 she made her Voice" last month
celebrated the 21st anniversary of
American debut with the New York Symphony Or- an
outstanding event in the history of the gramo-
chestra under the direction of Walter Damrosch. phone.
factories now cover 60 acres, and land
Since then she has appeared with the New York has been The
acquired
for important factory extensions,
Philharmonic and Scandinavian orchestras and in
chamber music with the Kneisel Quartette, and the which, when finished, will mean 75 acres of buildings.
Barrere Ensemble.
NOW IT'S EXPLAINED.
Robert Thrane, 'cellist of the Trio, was born in
Eau Claire, Wisconsin. He has appeared as soloist
Talking pictures are to be put in Sing Sing. And
with the Queens Hall Orchestra of London, under people wonder why convicts revolt and shoot down
the direction of Sir Henry Wood. Returning again guards in a desperate attempt to get away.—Funny
to America he spent a number of years as member Column, Chicago Daily News.
CHAS. STANLEY ENJOYS
THE OLD WHITE MANSION
BAND CONTESTS
AIDS TO BUSINESS
PEABODY CONSERVATORY
BUYS FINE PIANOS
ARTISTS AT THE BALDWIN
September 1, 1929
E. H. STORY RETURNS
FROM LONG MOTOR TRIP
President of Story & Clark Piano Toured the East
with Mrs. Story.
E. H. Story, president of the Story & Clark Piano
Co., has recently returned to Chicago from a motor
tour of the East.
Mr. Story's permanent home is at Pasadena, Cali-
fornia, but he spends a good many weeks of his life
each year in Chicago, looking after his many interests
here. This year he has been away from California a
little longer than usual, alternating between the gen-
eral office in Chicago and the factory in Grand Haven,
Michigan, and in order to pass his time more pleasant-
ly he purchased a Pierce Arrow touring car and, ac-
companied by Mrs. Story made a trip through East-
ern, Central and New England states.
Both Mr. and Mrs. Story like motoring and this
tour has been a very delightful one.
GULBRANSEN'S WORKING
DAY AND NIGHT SHIFTS
Quick Plunge Into Large Scale Production of Radio
an Astonishing Development.
The Gulbransen Company, who entered upon the
manufacture of radios only a few short months ago,
is already maintaining a day and night shift at their
huge Chicago factory in order to keep up with the
present demand, according to an announcement made
this week by John S. Gorman, vice-president of the
company.
"This quick plunge into such large scale production
has been astonishing even to the Gulbransen officials,"
said Mr. Gorman. "It was made necessary almost
over night by the instantaneous response from radio
jobbers throughout the country to the two new Gul-
bransen models. Although we have set a definite
goal of 1,000 sets per day by October 1st, it appears
now that this number will have to be increased.
"Our jobber and dealer organization is being rapidly
expanded. Plans are under way for an extensive
advertising campaign which will include cooperative
and metropolitan newspaper advertising, trade paper
advertising, and chain broadcasting."
ABOUT AN OLD VOSE.
In the last issue of Presto-Times mention was
made of an old Vose piano. No. 10492, which a mem-
ber of Presto-Times editorial department ran across
in Maplewood Inn. Green Lake, Wis. F. C. Harlow,
of Vose & Sons Piano Co., Watertown, Mass., now
informs us by letter that the files in the factory office
show that the piano was shipped on July 10, 1875.
Our item said the piano was about 50 years old, and
the confirmation from Vose headquarters proves that
we were not far from correct.
C. F. BUSCHMANN CENTENARY.
Trossingen, the W r urtemberg town, commemorates
this year the centenary of Christian Friedrich Busch-
manii, inventor of the mouth organ and the concertina,
which were first manufactured in Trossingen in the
year 1827. One local factory, in existence for 74
years, now employs 4,000 workers, its products going
to all parts of the world, and a local school at Tros-
singen possesses an orchestra equipped solely with
mouth organs.
UNITE TRUTH WITH COURAGE.
Edward A. Filene, known the world over for his
merchandising shrewdness, speaking on August 13
to the 1,600 advertising people gathered at Berlin for
the convention of the International Advertising As-
sociation, said: "The greatest business successes of
the next ten years are going to be the business men
who are at the same time the most truthful and the
most courageous big advertisers."
FATHER DEARBORN'S NEW NAMESAKE.
Dearborn Radio Supply Corp., 330 S. Dearborn
street, Chicago, has just been incorporated. Capital,
$10,000. Manufacture and sell radio and musical mer-
chandise. Incorporators: T. F. Reilly, A. V. Cham-
pagne, Eugene Goldenson. Correspondent: Abner
Goldenson, 160 N. La Salle street.
ORDER FOR 7,520 BRIDGES.
An order for 7,500 bridges was received last week
by the Hoge Lumber Co., New Knoxville, Ohio, but
it caused no excitement. The bridges were for use
with ukuleles manufactured by the Ronald Sanders
Co., west of St. Marys, Ohio, on the Celina road.
The ashes of Bliss Carman, famous Canadian poet,
were buried at Frederickton, N. B., on August 20.
One of his poems, set to music was sung in the
Cathedral.
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