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AUGUST 19,
THE
1922
MUSIC
TRADE
REVIEW
39
IN THE MUSICAL MERCHANDISE DOMAIN— (Cont'd from page 38)
BE CAREFUL WITH DRUM HEAD
LUDWIQ & LUDWIG AT PAGEANT
Armour & Co. Sound Note of Warning When
Putting on Drum Head
Interesting Booklet Distributed to Visitors at
Chicago's Recent Exposition
CHICAGO, August 14.—Drum heads being of a de-
structible nature, Armour & Co. give some im-
portant instructions for putting them on. First
of all, the head should be soaked in water with
a temperature of about 75 degrees until it is soft
and pliable, and then smoothed out on a flat
surface with the flesh side up. The flesh hoop
should be placed in.] the center and all surplus
margin cut away, leaving just enough to be
tucked around the hoop. An important point
that should not be overlooked is first to tuck the
head at four opposite points before tucking in
the rest of the margin. The strain must be
evenly distributed so that there will be no
wrinkles. The next step is to put on the shell
and allow to dry slowly in a room of moderate
temperature. Whenever possible, twenty-four
to thirty-six hours should be given, so that the
head will be thoroughly dry before tightening,
as this process will eliminate breakage.
CHICAGO, August 14.—An attractive little folder
that was handed out by Ludwig & Ludwig at
the Pageant of Progress exposition created
much interest among visiting dealers. The
frontispiece is devoted to a photograph of
the world's largest bass drum, showing it as a
pageant feature. The folder also has a photo-
graph and complete description of the Ludwig
juvenile trap drum outfit, the Ludwig juvenile
parade drum and the popular Ludwig song
whistle. Ludwig & Ludwig announce that they
have received numerous orders from dealers re-
questing several thousand of these folders with
dealer's imprint. It is noticeable that not only
is there a large field for juvenile instruments, but
that by pushing the juvenile lines the dealer may
secure a larger future trade than he ever could
have anticipated, as the juveniles of to-day are
the purchasers of to-morrow.
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NEW COPYRIGHT CONFERENCE
FINE VIOLIN COLLECTION
Lyon & Healy Secure Score of Violins and
Bows Made by Old Masters
CHICAGO, I I I . , August 12.—'The world's finest selec-
tion of violins, according to a prominent member of
the musical merchandise trade, arrived in Chi-
cago last week. This collection is the Dwight
J. Partello collection of old and rare violins, said
by experts to be the finest private array of mas-
terpieces in the world. It is now in the vaults of
1 .yon & Healy's store waiting to be unpacked and
placed on display.
The collector, for years American Consul at
Berlin, spent forty years gathering the priceless
instruments. Last week representatives from
foreign countries in the United States bid against
each other in Washington when the violins were
put up for sale. The successful bidders were
John R. Dubbs and Herman Kroeplin, repre-
sentatives of the small goods department of Lyon
& Healy.
Mr. Dubbs estimates the value of the collec-
tion at more than $250,000. It includes twenty
violins, violas and one 'cello. There are also
sixteen bows, the handiwork of Francois Dourte.
' Four of the violins are by Antonius Stradivarius.
DESIGN NEW DISPLAY CABINET
Schireson
Bros. Manufacturing Convenient
Small Goods Display Cabinet
Los ANGELES, CAL., August 12.—Schireson Bros.,
in their capacity of jobbers of musical merchan-
dise, have recently manufactured a cabinet for
display purposes and use on counters in music
stores. The cabinet, which is filled with all kinds
of strings, reeds, bridges and other accessories
for musical merchandise, is particularly adapt-
able for small stores and for stores in the out-
side territory where phonographs only are car-
ried.
Milton G. Schiller & Co., musical merchandise
importers, New York City and Scranton, Pa.,
have closed their offices in both cities.
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Manufacturer*
Importers and Jobbers of
MUSICAL
MERCHANDISE
Attractive Specialties
Modern S e r v i c e
ESTABLISHED 1834
Berlin to Be Scene of International Copyright
Gathering in September
As the societies interested in copyright matter
agreed at their last London congress to postpone
the scheduled Madrid conference the societies
have been invited to attend the "International
Conference for Musical Performance and Copy-
rights," to be held in Berlin, Germany, September
26-28, 1922. The meeting is to be held under
the presidency of His Excellency, V. Koerner,
late director of foreign affairs, who has had the
invitations to the congress sent out. Among the
societies in the United States that have been in-
vited to attend is the American Society of Com-
posers, Authors and Publishers.
With the invitation extended to the A. S. C.
A. P. is a request for the society to prepare a
paper on every question of the agenda, which
was attached, especially that of legislation in their
country and any desired reforms. Special rap-
porteurs, said the invitation, will be appointed to
sum up the contents of the different papers sub-
mitted by the various societies.
According to the London Reglement, six
months' notice must be served when a conference
is to be held and invitations extended. As the
suggestion was but recently made that the con-
gress be held in Berlin the usual six months'
notice could not be observed and the different
copyright organizations given that much time to
prepare their papers on questions of the agenda.
The agenda attached to the invitations are:
1. The protection of musical performing
rights in different countries.
2. The international protection of musical per-
forming rights. Desirable reforms.
3. The protection of mechanical rights in dif-
ferent countries.
4. The international protection of mechanical
rights. Desirable reforms.
5. The introduction of a uniform protection
for a term of fifty years.
6. The organization of a permanent office of
the societies for the protection of performing and
mechanical rights.
Section 9 of the London Reglement provides
for questions other than contained in the agenda
to be discussed only with the consent of all
society representatives in attendance, etc.
It has not yet been definitely decided by the
American Society of Composers, Authors and
Publishers to send a representative to Berlin.
The firm of Valentine & O'Gorman has been
formed to retail band and orchestra instruments
in New York City. A store has been opened at
259 West Forty-eighth street, and will cater
to the wants of professional musicians. The firm
members are Richard Valentine and William
O'Gorman. The former was connected with Sel-
mer's for many years.
N
EVER in the history of banjo-mak-
ing has the equal of the Paramount
banjo in beautiful tone, carrying power
and artistic workmanship been produced.
This is convincingly proved by the rush
of crack professionals and talented ama-
teurs everywhere to secure Paramount
instruments. The Paramount is the banjo
you hear with the
famous Paul White-
New Features
man orchestra as
reproduced in Vic-
T a i l p i e c e , stick
wedge, bridge, orig-
tor records. Nine
inal pearl designs
o t h e r record-pro-
and pegbeads, spe-
ducing companies
c i a 1 1 y constructed
using Paramounts
and patented ampli-
fying: rim, modify-
include A e o l i a n ,
ing tone band, de-
Arto,
Brunswick,
tachable acoustlcon.
Columbia, Emerson,
Lyric, Okeh, Pathe,
and Paramount. The Paramount line in-
cludes regular banjos, tenor banjos, and
banjo-mandolins.
MADE IN SIX STYLES
A—$130
D—$240
B— 150
E— 290
C— 185
F— 350
Retail Prices
Exclusive Agencies to First-Class Dealers
Write for proposition
Some territory still open
WM. L. LANGE
Successor to Rettberg & Lange
225-227 E. 24th St.
New York