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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
a
NEW SIMPLEX ACTION PUBLICATION
ADOPTS AUTO DE LUXE ACTION
The Simplex Unit, Devoted to Interests of Em-
ployes of Simplex Player Action Co.—C. C.
Conway and Theo. P. Brown Editors
Werner L. Jacobi, Swiss Manufacturer, Visits
U. S. and Adopts Auto De Luxe Player Action
for Instruments of Foreign Manufacture
The Simplex Unit is a very comprehensive
publication, which is now being devoted to the
interests of the employes of the Simplex Player
Action Co., Worcester, Mass. The first number
appeared on December 15 and among other in-
teresting data contains the timely congratula-
tions to the editors of the publication, C. C.
Conway and Theo. P. Brown. Among the vari-
ous news features is a report of the Simplex
Mutual Relief Association, which shows a very,
prosperous condition; the report of the bowling
contest between the regulators and the inspec-
tors, personal items regarding the members of
the organization, several announcements and
the first of a series of stories on the origin and
progress of the Simplex action by R. W. Olm-
sted, in which he says: "Twenty-two years ago,
on April 27, 1897, T. P. Brown was granted
the first patent for a successful player action
which could be installed in a piano case. He
was the first inventor to realize that this type
would eventually be accepted as the criterion
of all player actions. The credit of. having
manufactured the first player-piano must always
remain with Theo. P. Brown, of our company,
for it is an established fact that his U. S. Patent
581,390 was brought out as a player-piano and
not a cabinet player. Mr. Brown at this time
was the leading member of the Brown & Simp-
son Piano Co. and built the first 300 complete
player-pianos, thus being the pioneer manufac-
turer in this field."
Werner L. Jacobi, of the firm of Burger &
Jacobi Piano Mfg. Co., piano manufacturers,
of Bienne, Switzerland, is completing a pro-
longed visit to the United States made expressly
to place contracts for player actions to be in-
stalled in their instruments of Swiss manufac-
ture. Mr. Jacobi, after making a thorough re-
search into the merits of all the player actions
made in this country, came to the conclusion
that the Auto De Luxe player action has many
features which will meet the approval of player-
piano buyers in his country. He has thoroughly
gone into the matter with William C. Heaton,
vice-president of the Auto Pneumatic Action
Co., and it is understood that considerable quan-
ties of the Auto De Luxe player actions will in
the near future be exported to Switzerland.
Mr. Jacobi is an energetic piano manufacturer,
WILCOX & WHITE ROLL RELEASES
January List of Player Rolls Issued by This
Concern of Much Interest
The list of rolls for the Artrio reproducing
piano, which is published below, is especially dis-
tinctive. It is headed by a Rachmaninoff num-
ber played by Godowsky. One could scarcely
ask for a better headliner than this. Other
artists who appear are Herma Menth, Doris
Madden and Victor Jacobi. The Artrio list is
most impressive and will appear henceforth each
month. A fine list of Angelus song rolls is also
appended:
ARTRIO ROLLS
Composer
Title
Played by
Sergei Rachmaninoff—Polka (on a theme by W. R.)
Leopold Godowsky
Albeniz—Seguidilla (Castilian Dance)
Herma Menth
Joh. Seb. Bach (Saint-Saens)—Gavotte (from the Sec-
ond Sonata for Violin)
Doris Madden
Schubert—Moment Musical
Doris Madden
Victor Jacobi—You Are Free. (Love Is Just a Game.)
"Apple Blossoms"
Victor Jacobi
Rudolf Friml—The Little Whopper. Selection
Marion Stanford
Harry Carroll—The Little Blue Devil. Selection
Marion Stanford
Lee S. Roberts—Patches. Fox Trot Song
Marion Stanford
Bernard & Black—Dardanella. (An Echo from the "
East.) Fox Trot
Marion Stanford
Spencer—Slow and Easy. (Slow Drag One Step)
Erlebach & Herzog
Johnson—-Where the Lanterns Glow. Fox Trot
Rudolph O. Erlebach
Kaufman—Swanee Shore. Waltz
Ennison & Hurley
Frank Papa—Why Don't You Drive My Blues Away?
Fox Trot
Harold Weeks—Beautiful Summer Night. Waltz
Harry Akst—My Laddie. Fox Trot
Irving Berlin—Harem Life. Oriental Fox Trot
SONG ROLLS HAND-PLAYED
Composer
Title
Played by
Pete Wendling—All the Quakers Are Shoulder Shakers.
(Down in Quaker Town.) Fox Trot
Harry Stover
Harold Orlob—Because You're Different. "Just a
Minute." Waltz
Erna Rapee
Walter Donaldson—Bless My Swanee River Home.
Fox Trot
Harry Stover
Bernard & Black—Dardanella. Fox Trot ....Harry Akst
Irving Berlin—Harem Life. "Follies 1919." Key F
Oriental Fox Trot
Harry Akst
Olman & Wiedoeft—Karavan. Fox Trot
Frank Banta
Harry Akst—My Laddie. Fox Trot
Harry Akst
Lee S. Roberts—Patches. Fox Trot
Frank Banta
Harold Orlob—Some Other Girl. "Just a Minute"
_
Erna Rapee
Joe Guman—Sometime You'll Try to Remember. D-
flat. Marimba-Fox Trot
Milne & Erlebach
Max Kortlander—Tell Me. Fox Trot
Cliff Hess
Nat Osborne—That Wonderful Kid from Madrid.
Spanish Comedy Waltz
Frank Banta
George W. Meyer—There's a Lot of Blue-Eyed Marys
Down in Maryland. Fox Trot
Cliff Hess
J. Milton Delcamp—Thinking. Fox Trot. Key G
Frank Banta
Jean Schwartz—Tumble In. "Passing Show 1919."
Fox Trot
Cliff Hess
Irving Berlin—You Cannot Make Your Shimmy Shake
on Tea. Fox Trot
„
Harry Akst
DECEMBER 27,
typical of the progressive Swiss nation. He real-
izes the future of the player-piano in his coun-
try and wishes to manufacture an instrument
that will stand the test of time and promote
the desire for better player-piano music. He
is thoroughly familiar with trade conditions
throughout Europe, and predicts a tremendous
player-piano popularity on the continent. The
demand, he feels, has just been started, and his
trip to this country at this time is mainly to
make arrangements with an action manufacturer
so that he may be on a buying basis when this
demand really reaches its height.
While in this country, Mr. Jacobi is taking
advantage of the course of instruction to be ob-
tained at the Danquard Player Action School.
It was during a visit to this school that he be-
came enthusiastic about the possibilities that it
offered and expressed at once a desire that he
be enrolled as a student. He will in this way
be obtaining a practical knowledge of player
mechanisms which he could not get in his coun-
try as the Danquard Player Action School is
equipped with every player action manufactured.
A t the end of our
Tenth Year
of successful manufacture of our own player-
mechanism, in our own pianos, and with more
than a quarter-century of piano making behind
us we can say to all our friends in the trade
during the coming year the wonderful
M. Schulz Company
Player-Piano
will be even finer, even more highly developed,
reliable and efficient than ever.
Plans now perfected and in operation assure
the carrying out of this promise.
We invite correspondence with merchants who
desire something unusually good and completely
reliable, of the highest quality and with exclu-
sive features.
M. SCHULZ COMPANY
Founded 1869
General Offices
Schulz Building
711 Milwaukee Ave.
CHICAGO
1919
Southern Wholesale Branch
1530CandlerBldg.
ATLANTA, GA.