Music Trade Review
Issue: 1922 Vol. 74 N. 11 - Page 9
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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
MARCH 18, 1922
FRIEDMAN, DAMBOIS AND DUO-ART HEARD IN ST. LOUIS
Famous Pianist and Great 'Cellist Appear is Joint Recital With the Duo-Art Piano Before
Large Audience—G. C. Gilliland Passes Away—Business Quiet, Say Local Dealers
ST. LOUIS, MO., March 13.—Last week's busi-
ness was marked by heaviness, lightened here
and there by spurts which, unfortunately, did
not point to permanence of improvement. Pros-
pects are exhibiting a difference that is hard to
overcome. They do not refuse to buy, but they
are reluctant to do so under present conditions.
Salesmen have to be content with making a sale
here and there and keeping in touch with pros-
pects against a better day.
The musical event of the week was the ap-
pearance of Ignaz Friedman, Polish pianist, and
Maurice Dambois, 'cellist, and the Duo-Art at
the Odeon. They were greeted by a very large
audience, which manifested the greatest apprecia-
tion of the artists and the instrument. The
critics accorded great praise. Richard Spamer,
of the Globe-Democrat, said, in part:
"Mr. Friedman began the evening with the
symphonic poem, 'Les Preludes,' which Franz
Liszt first composed for grand orchestra and
afterward arranged for two pianos. The second
instrument, known as the Duo-Art, reproduced
Mr. Friedman's playing of one piano part while
he himself played the other piano part in the
usual way on another instrument. By some over-
FELT
Helping to Make
American Pianos
the World's Best!
Although the American Felt Company's service
extends to Piano Manufacturers in all parts of the
world, it is with patriotic pride that we declare our
belief in the industrial and musical leadership of
American Makers and the superiority of their product.
That our own constructive efforts in their behalf
have made definite contribution toward this end is an
opinion frequently expressed by American Makers
whose reputations are world-wide.
The ever-present hope that we may find'an oppor-
tunity to still further advance our service prompts us
to give conscientious attention to every request for
co-operation, no matter how ordinary it may seem to
the sender,
.
. • : ,
American Felt
Never before
so well
prepared to
give guick
delivery—
try us on a
small order.
>&8*£a£&3533«^^
Company
TRADE,
100 SUMMER ST.
114 E. 13TH ST.
325 SO. MARKET ST.
.MARK
BOSTON
NEW YORK
CHICAGO
9
sight the reproducing piano was nearest the foot-
lights and Mr. Friedman was placed nearer the
center of the stage.
"The result was that much of the beauty of
his performance was lost amid the big tones
that emerged from the Duo-Art. Yet the me-
chanical song of the latter was little short of
marvelous, nor was there wanting in it what
all inventors of such apparatus have striven for
these many years, and which none except the
wizards of the Duo-Art laboratories seem to have
achieved, namely, a device that preserves the in-
dividuality of the player and what is loosely
called his personality. Listening to Mr. Fried-
man anyone with a knowledge of Liszt's great
composition was easily persuaded that the per-
forming artist was, in fact, must have been, the
same who operated the piano when the reproduc-
tive record was being made.
" 'Les Preludes' was thus presented in a won-
derful way, much to the delight of the house.
"For his introductory number Mr. Dambois
chose the concerto for 'cello and orchestra by
Saint-Saens, and the Duo-Art here reproduced
the piano arrangement from the orchestral score
for accompaniment as played by the 'cellist. Thus
Dambois was heard playing both 'cello and piano
simultaneously. Persons with vivid imagination
may have seen Mr. Dambois' astral body at the
keyboard, so completely was the harmonization
of the two instruments. To others less visionally
gifted it was a delightful experience and testified
eloquently to the progress of mechanical inven-
tion in the domain of musical art."
The Duo-Art was supplied by Manager Chris-
kr, of the St. Louis branch of the Aeolian Co.
The Duo-Art will play another engagement to-
morrow night with Michel Gusikoff, violinist;
David Pesetzki, pianist, and H. Max Steindel,
'cellist.
E. M. Love, secretary and general sales man-
ager of the Story & Clark Piano Co., Chicago,
was here Friday on the first lap of a short South-
ern trip. He said the company's business in-
creased 38 per cent last month over the corre-
sponding month last year.
Manager Russell Elam, of the Scruggs, Van-
dervoort & Barney piano department, spent part
of the past week in Chicago on business.
Earl Holland, of the Q R S Music Co., was
here last week.
Groves C. Gilliland, credit manager of the Leh-
man Piano Co. for the past four years, died sud-
denly Monday morning at his home, following a
hemorrhage. He was at his desk Saturday and
went driving Sunday. He was thirty-six years
old and was recognized as one of the most capa-
ble credit men in St. Louis. He is survived by
his widow. The funeral was at his former home,
at Walnut Grove, Mo. P. A. Lehman attended it.
The credit department of the house is tempo-
rarily in charge of Miss Josephine Breen.
P. E. Conroy, president of the Conroy Piano
Co., returned the latter part of the week from a
stay of several weeks on the Florida coast.
A meeting of the Music Merchants' Associa-
tion of St. Louis, called by President Lehman,
was held at noon to-day at the Jefferson Hotel
to complete the arrangements for the banquet to-
morrow night at the Statler, in honor of Presi-
dent DeForeest and his party.
MUSICIAN GETS PHILADELPHIA AWARD
PHILADELPHIA, PA., March 13.—Leopold Stokow-
ski, leader of the Philadelphia Orchestra, is the
first recipient of the $10,000 "Philadelphia
Award," created by Edward W. Bok, which is
to be given annually to the person who, in the
opinion of the board of trustees, shall have
rendered the most valuable service to the City
of Philadelphia the preceding year.
The award was presented to Dr. Stokowski
last week at special exercises in the Academy of
Music by Dr. W. W. Keen, Chairman of the
Board of Trustees.
Watkin Bros., piano dealers, of Waterbury,
Conn., have removed their business from Main
street to North Main street.
THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
MARCH 18, 1922
FRIEDMAN, DAMBOIS AND DUO-ART HEARD IN ST. LOUIS
Famous Pianist and Great 'Cellist Appear is Joint Recital With the Duo-Art Piano Before
Large Audience—G. C. Gilliland Passes Away—Business Quiet, Say Local Dealers
ST. LOUIS, MO., March 13.—Last week's busi-
ness was marked by heaviness, lightened here
and there by spurts which, unfortunately, did
not point to permanence of improvement. Pros-
pects are exhibiting a difference that is hard to
overcome. They do not refuse to buy, but they
are reluctant to do so under present conditions.
Salesmen have to be content with making a sale
here and there and keeping in touch with pros-
pects against a better day.
The musical event of the week was the ap-
pearance of Ignaz Friedman, Polish pianist, and
Maurice Dambois, 'cellist, and the Duo-Art at
the Odeon. They were greeted by a very large
audience, which manifested the greatest apprecia-
tion of the artists and the instrument. The
critics accorded great praise. Richard Spamer,
of the Globe-Democrat, said, in part:
"Mr. Friedman began the evening with the
symphonic poem, 'Les Preludes,' which Franz
Liszt first composed for grand orchestra and
afterward arranged for two pianos. The second
instrument, known as the Duo-Art, reproduced
Mr. Friedman's playing of one piano part while
he himself played the other piano part in the
usual way on another instrument. By some over-
FELT
Helping to Make
American Pianos
the World's Best!
Although the American Felt Company's service
extends to Piano Manufacturers in all parts of the
world, it is with patriotic pride that we declare our
belief in the industrial and musical leadership of
American Makers and the superiority of their product.
That our own constructive efforts in their behalf
have made definite contribution toward this end is an
opinion frequently expressed by American Makers
whose reputations are world-wide.
The ever-present hope that we may find'an oppor-
tunity to still further advance our service prompts us
to give conscientious attention to every request for
co-operation, no matter how ordinary it may seem to
the sender,
.
. • : ,
American Felt
Never before
so well
prepared to
give guick
delivery—
try us on a
small order.
>&8*£a£&3533«^^
Company
TRADE,
100 SUMMER ST.
114 E. 13TH ST.
325 SO. MARKET ST.
.MARK
BOSTON
NEW YORK
CHICAGO
9
sight the reproducing piano was nearest the foot-
lights and Mr. Friedman was placed nearer the
center of the stage.
"The result was that much of the beauty of
his performance was lost amid the big tones
that emerged from the Duo-Art. Yet the me-
chanical song of the latter was little short of
marvelous, nor was there wanting in it what
all inventors of such apparatus have striven for
these many years, and which none except the
wizards of the Duo-Art laboratories seem to have
achieved, namely, a device that preserves the in-
dividuality of the player and what is loosely
called his personality. Listening to Mr. Fried-
man anyone with a knowledge of Liszt's great
composition was easily persuaded that the per-
forming artist was, in fact, must have been, the
same who operated the piano when the reproduc-
tive record was being made.
" 'Les Preludes' was thus presented in a won-
derful way, much to the delight of the house.
"For his introductory number Mr. Dambois
chose the concerto for 'cello and orchestra by
Saint-Saens, and the Duo-Art here reproduced
the piano arrangement from the orchestral score
for accompaniment as played by the 'cellist. Thus
Dambois was heard playing both 'cello and piano
simultaneously. Persons with vivid imagination
may have seen Mr. Dambois' astral body at the
keyboard, so completely was the harmonization
of the two instruments. To others less visionally
gifted it was a delightful experience and testified
eloquently to the progress of mechanical inven-
tion in the domain of musical art."
The Duo-Art was supplied by Manager Chris-
kr, of the St. Louis branch of the Aeolian Co.
The Duo-Art will play another engagement to-
morrow night with Michel Gusikoff, violinist;
David Pesetzki, pianist, and H. Max Steindel,
'cellist.
E. M. Love, secretary and general sales man-
ager of the Story & Clark Piano Co., Chicago,
was here Friday on the first lap of a short South-
ern trip. He said the company's business in-
creased 38 per cent last month over the corre-
sponding month last year.
Manager Russell Elam, of the Scruggs, Van-
dervoort & Barney piano department, spent part
of the past week in Chicago on business.
Earl Holland, of the Q R S Music Co., was
here last week.
Groves C. Gilliland, credit manager of the Leh-
man Piano Co. for the past four years, died sud-
denly Monday morning at his home, following a
hemorrhage. He was at his desk Saturday and
went driving Sunday. He was thirty-six years
old and was recognized as one of the most capa-
ble credit men in St. Louis. He is survived by
his widow. The funeral was at his former home,
at Walnut Grove, Mo. P. A. Lehman attended it.
The credit department of the house is tempo-
rarily in charge of Miss Josephine Breen.
P. E. Conroy, president of the Conroy Piano
Co., returned the latter part of the week from a
stay of several weeks on the Florida coast.
A meeting of the Music Merchants' Associa-
tion of St. Louis, called by President Lehman,
was held at noon to-day at the Jefferson Hotel
to complete the arrangements for the banquet to-
morrow night at the Statler, in honor of Presi-
dent DeForeest and his party.
MUSICIAN GETS PHILADELPHIA AWARD
PHILADELPHIA, PA., March 13.—Leopold Stokow-
ski, leader of the Philadelphia Orchestra, is the
first recipient of the $10,000 "Philadelphia
Award," created by Edward W. Bok, which is
to be given annually to the person who, in the
opinion of the board of trustees, shall have
rendered the most valuable service to the City
of Philadelphia the preceding year.
The award was presented to Dr. Stokowski
last week at special exercises in the Academy of
Music by Dr. W. W. Keen, Chairman of the
Board of Trustees.
Watkin Bros., piano dealers, of Waterbury,
Conn., have removed their business from Main
street to North Main street.
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