Music Trade Review
Issue: 1920 Vol. 71 N. 13 - Page 12
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THE
12
COMPOSING FOR THE PLAYER=PIANO
(Continued from page 11)
smoothness in player-piano performances. The
following passage (also from my "Magic
Guitar")
Fig. 103
could not possibly be managed by any pianist
with anything like smoothness, whereas the
player-piano disposes of it in the most charm-
ing and individual manner. With these ob-
servations, I may fittingly conclude my discus-
sion this month on arranging and shall now go
on to the last section in this study, namely,
plastic music.
(To be continued)
MUSIC TRADE
REVIEW
SEPTEMBER 25,
1920
JOIN BUSH & LANE SALES FORCES
RAISE PRICE OF REPUBLIC ROLLS
PORTLAND, ORE., September 20.—John A. Wolfe
has joined the sales force of the Bush & Lane
Piano Co., a company he was with for eight
years and which he left to join the Lipman,
Wolfe & Co.'s force.
He is "back home
again," he said. The
veteran salesman has
made a number of good
sales since returning to
his "first love."
He
specializes in players
and grands and is an
of
the Bush & Lane
enthusiastic admirer
Rising Cost of Production Given as Reason in
Letter From Paul B. Klugh to the Trade
products.
OPENS STORE IN DAVENPORT
B. E. Allen has arranged to open a music
store in his building on Jefferson street, Daven-
port, la. Pianos, players, Brunswick phono-
graphs and records will be handled.
An increase in the price of Republic Player
Rolls, manufactured by the Republic Player Roll
Corp., Seventy-fifth street at Broadway, New
York, to $1.20 on all new rolls listed on or after
October 1, 1920, was announced this week by
Paul B. Klugh, president of the company, in a
letter which he sent to the trade as follows:
"After a considerable struggle in a continually
rising market, we are forced to raise the price
of Republic Rolls to $1.20. There is no alter-
native. We must either raise the price or lower
the quality, and we won't lower the quality.
"We feel sure you will agree that we have
taken the proper step. Republic quality will
always be better than the best.
"This increase affects only the new rolls listed
on and after October 1, 1920, and does not mean
any change in the large and complete catalog of
recent issues which still remain at the popular
price of $1."
MUSIC ROLL SWINDLER APPEARS
The Player That Can
Be "Played"
The trade is ready to grasp the essential fact
that a player-piano is made to be "played";
and that its success with the consumer is
proportional to its
EASE IN PLAYING
RESPONSIVENESS TO CONTROL
SIMPLICITY
All these supreme qualities are represented
to the utmost in the wonderful
M. Schulz Co. Player-Piano
which for ten years has led in the progress
of technical development and sales popularity.
The SCHULZ is a player-piano that can be
played and that responds, as does no other,
to the impulse of the man or woman at the
pedals.
THIS IS THE PLAYER OF TODAY AND OF TOMORROW
Interested merchants can learn more by
addressing us directly, asking for a
copy of the SCHULZ PLAYER BOOK
M. SCHULZ COMPANY
Founded 1869
General Offices
Schulz Building
711 Milwaukee A n
CHICAGO
Southern Wholesale Branch
1530 Candler Bldg.
ATLANTA, GA.
Offers Philadelphia Player Owners Eight New
Rolls of First Class Make Each Month for
$5.40 a Year—Numerous Victims Complain
Whether or not it may be accepted as evi-
dence of the prosperity or apparent prosperity
of the music trade, the fact remains that there
are reported an unusual number of swindlers
preying upon owners, or prospective owners, of
musical instruments, and even upon music deal-
ers themselves.
The latest report comes from Philadelphia,
where a smooth young man giving the name
of R. C. Ryne, with an office at 909 North
Eleventh street, has been approaching player-
piano owners and collecting money for music
roll service that was never rendered. In Phila-
delphia the plan is as follows: The man calls
at the home and explains that as an advertise-
ment one of the leading music roll companies
is selecting one home in each block in which to
place selections from each monthly list for a
year. The player owner is simply to pay deliv-
ery charges amounting to $5.40 a year, half of it,
or $2.70, at once, and the balance in six months,
for which a formal receipt is given.
The generosity of the offer is almost over-
whelming, for upon payment of the delivery
charges the player owner is to have delivered
to him each month thirty new rolls, from which
he selects and keeps eight, making a total of
ninety-six rolls for the year, or approximately
$120 worth at current prices.
In one case the swindler used the name of the
Q R S Co., and after the victim had waited in
vain for his rolls, having paid the money, he
investigated and found out that the office ad-
dress was a fake. A private detective agency
in the building reported numerous complaints
of a like nature.
Several of the victims, as well as player roll
manufacturers whose names have been used, are
endeavoring to get on the track of the swindler,
of whom an excellent description is on file.
As the victims have simply fallen for the
something-for-nothing idea, they do not appear
deserving of any great amount of sympathy.
The use of the names of player roll manufac-
turers of standing and reputation presents an
angle to the swindler's operations that cannot
be ignored.
AUTOMATIC CONTROLLING DEVICE
WASHINGTON, D. C, September 20.—The Auto
Pneumatic Action Co., New York, is the owner
through assignment by Henry R. Heller, of
Patent No. 1,352,958 for a musical instrument
which relates to improvements in automatic con-
trolling devices adapted for use in connection
with the exhaust chambers of a pneumatically
operated piano or similar mechanism, and the
object is to prevent a jerky effect in playing.
THE
12
COMPOSING FOR THE PLAYER=PIANO
(Continued from page 11)
smoothness in player-piano performances. The
following passage (also from my "Magic
Guitar")
Fig. 103
could not possibly be managed by any pianist
with anything like smoothness, whereas the
player-piano disposes of it in the most charm-
ing and individual manner. With these ob-
servations, I may fittingly conclude my discus-
sion this month on arranging and shall now go
on to the last section in this study, namely,
plastic music.
(To be continued)
MUSIC TRADE
REVIEW
SEPTEMBER 25,
1920
JOIN BUSH & LANE SALES FORCES
RAISE PRICE OF REPUBLIC ROLLS
PORTLAND, ORE., September 20.—John A. Wolfe
has joined the sales force of the Bush & Lane
Piano Co., a company he was with for eight
years and which he left to join the Lipman,
Wolfe & Co.'s force.
He is "back home
again," he said. The
veteran salesman has
made a number of good
sales since returning to
his "first love."
He
specializes in players
and grands and is an
of
the Bush & Lane
enthusiastic admirer
Rising Cost of Production Given as Reason in
Letter From Paul B. Klugh to the Trade
products.
OPENS STORE IN DAVENPORT
B. E. Allen has arranged to open a music
store in his building on Jefferson street, Daven-
port, la. Pianos, players, Brunswick phono-
graphs and records will be handled.
An increase in the price of Republic Player
Rolls, manufactured by the Republic Player Roll
Corp., Seventy-fifth street at Broadway, New
York, to $1.20 on all new rolls listed on or after
October 1, 1920, was announced this week by
Paul B. Klugh, president of the company, in a
letter which he sent to the trade as follows:
"After a considerable struggle in a continually
rising market, we are forced to raise the price
of Republic Rolls to $1.20. There is no alter-
native. We must either raise the price or lower
the quality, and we won't lower the quality.
"We feel sure you will agree that we have
taken the proper step. Republic quality will
always be better than the best.
"This increase affects only the new rolls listed
on and after October 1, 1920, and does not mean
any change in the large and complete catalog of
recent issues which still remain at the popular
price of $1."
MUSIC ROLL SWINDLER APPEARS
The Player That Can
Be "Played"
The trade is ready to grasp the essential fact
that a player-piano is made to be "played";
and that its success with the consumer is
proportional to its
EASE IN PLAYING
RESPONSIVENESS TO CONTROL
SIMPLICITY
All these supreme qualities are represented
to the utmost in the wonderful
M. Schulz Co. Player-Piano
which for ten years has led in the progress
of technical development and sales popularity.
The SCHULZ is a player-piano that can be
played and that responds, as does no other,
to the impulse of the man or woman at the
pedals.
THIS IS THE PLAYER OF TODAY AND OF TOMORROW
Interested merchants can learn more by
addressing us directly, asking for a
copy of the SCHULZ PLAYER BOOK
M. SCHULZ COMPANY
Founded 1869
General Offices
Schulz Building
711 Milwaukee A n
CHICAGO
Southern Wholesale Branch
1530 Candler Bldg.
ATLANTA, GA.
Offers Philadelphia Player Owners Eight New
Rolls of First Class Make Each Month for
$5.40 a Year—Numerous Victims Complain
Whether or not it may be accepted as evi-
dence of the prosperity or apparent prosperity
of the music trade, the fact remains that there
are reported an unusual number of swindlers
preying upon owners, or prospective owners, of
musical instruments, and even upon music deal-
ers themselves.
The latest report comes from Philadelphia,
where a smooth young man giving the name
of R. C. Ryne, with an office at 909 North
Eleventh street, has been approaching player-
piano owners and collecting money for music
roll service that was never rendered. In Phila-
delphia the plan is as follows: The man calls
at the home and explains that as an advertise-
ment one of the leading music roll companies
is selecting one home in each block in which to
place selections from each monthly list for a
year. The player owner is simply to pay deliv-
ery charges amounting to $5.40 a year, half of it,
or $2.70, at once, and the balance in six months,
for which a formal receipt is given.
The generosity of the offer is almost over-
whelming, for upon payment of the delivery
charges the player owner is to have delivered
to him each month thirty new rolls, from which
he selects and keeps eight, making a total of
ninety-six rolls for the year, or approximately
$120 worth at current prices.
In one case the swindler used the name of the
Q R S Co., and after the victim had waited in
vain for his rolls, having paid the money, he
investigated and found out that the office ad-
dress was a fake. A private detective agency
in the building reported numerous complaints
of a like nature.
Several of the victims, as well as player roll
manufacturers whose names have been used, are
endeavoring to get on the track of the swindler,
of whom an excellent description is on file.
As the victims have simply fallen for the
something-for-nothing idea, they do not appear
deserving of any great amount of sympathy.
The use of the names of player roll manufac-
turers of standing and reputation presents an
angle to the swindler's operations that cannot
be ignored.
AUTOMATIC CONTROLLING DEVICE
WASHINGTON, D. C, September 20.—The Auto
Pneumatic Action Co., New York, is the owner
through assignment by Henry R. Heller, of
Patent No. 1,352,958 for a musical instrument
which relates to improvements in automatic con-
trolling devices adapted for use in connection
with the exhaust chambers of a pneumatically
operated piano or similar mechanism, and the
object is to prevent a jerky effect in playing.
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