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APRIL 5, 1924
THE
MUSIC
TRADE
13
REVIEW
Herma Menth, Weil-Known Pianist, Plays
for Hallet & Davis Factory Employes
Gives Concert With Angelus at Factory After Brilliant Success in Recital in Boston With Same
Instrument—Also Appears in Informal Recital in Angelus Studios
COINOLAS
Supremacy thru their
Performance
DOSTON, MASS., March 28.—Herma Menth,
the brilliant young pianist mentioned last
week as going to give a recital at Jordan Hall,
found herself in the presence of a large, distin-
guished and responsive audience when she played
on Tuesday evening, and among the audience
were the Hallet & Davis officers, as well as many
sky waltz proving a delightful feature. The ova-
tion accorded Miss Menth was long and vigor-
ous. The pianist gave a short talk on her impres-
sion of the Angelus as a reproducing medium
and paid a splendid tribute to the men who have
made this wonder instrument possible and their
contribution toward its success.
Herma Menth Concert in
of the office and factory staff. Her program in-
cluded numbers by Liszt, Schumann, Debussy,
Godowsky, Dohnanyi, Scriabine and Saint-Saens,
whose "Danse Macabre" was done with two
instruments, Miss Menth playing one and the
Angelus recording of Miss Menth being done
on the accompanying instrument. The fact that
no mention of the Angelus was made in con-
nection with this number on the program only
added to the interest of the audience, who
were thus given an unusual surprise.
On Wednesday morning Miss Menth ap-
peared at the Hallet & Davis factory, where
she gave a recital to the employes, who will
not soon forget the thrill of delight which her
playing prompted. Here, too, her program was
well chosen, and again two instruments were
used, her own Angelus recording of the Aren-
Hallet & Davis Factory
During the same afternoon Miss Menth gave
an informal recital at the Angelus studio at 661
Boylston street, and that evening she led the
radio program of broadcasting from WNAC,
the Shepard Stores. Speaking of Miss Menth,
a Boston Post writer said:
"Miss Herma Menth, the pianist, who played
at Jordan Hall, her first Boston appearance, the
night before, broadcasted some selections from
Godowsky, Mendelssohn, and three divine
waltzes of Brahms. What a pity, I thought, that
I sought other places when the music at home
was so superb. And how grateful I was to
those disturbances in the atmosphere which
saved the evening for WNAC. But for that I
might have missed Miss Menth. Artists are
not so rare these days, but artists like Miss
Menth occur, it seems to me, once in an age."
Durability that has
defied the years
United States Word Rolls
Reduced to 75 Gents
justify it. Even though the trade may have for-
gotten this, we have not. We are striving to
do more than produce the finest roll that skill,
money and eighteen years of specialization can
accomplish. We are not satisfied to provide in-
comparable quality at an unprecedented price.
We want most of all to have this industry
realize that we are a constructive institution,
whose only policy is trade welfare.
"We are not swayed by competitive condi-
tions, we have no axes to grind, nor do ulterior
motives determine our policies. The largest and
most profitable business in our history, not only
enables us to make this reduction, but inspires
it of our own free will, in the spirit of trade
co-operation.
"U. S. Rolls are not obtainable in a variety of
grades or with different label disguises. The
few pennies difference between the cheapest and
the best may mean thousands in dollars to your
player trade. You won't have to apologize when
you sell U. S. Rolls or give them with players.
You can enjoy the feeling of security and
capitalize the fact that—U. S. Rolls sell players."
Reproduco Player Organ
U. S. Music Co. Announces Lower Price Becom-
ing Effective on April 1—Announcement Ac-
companied by Statement From President
The United States Music Co. has announced
that, effective April 1, the price on U. S. Word
Rolls has been reduced to 75 cents, and that on
the same date the U. S. exchange plan and the
special allowances made for rolls given with
players has been discontinued.
In a letter to the trade announcing the price-
reduction, Arthur A. Friestcdt, president of the
U. S. Music Co., under the caption "Keeping
Faith," has the following to say:
"U. S. Word Rolls now cost no more than the
best phonograph records—their price was re-
duced to 75 cents on April 1. Neither musical
excellence, workmanship, quality, quantity nor
materials will be affected. We will not cheapen
our product. On the contrary, we shall do our
utmost to improve its character and lower the
price to whatever extent increased volume may
dictate.
"It is a pleasant duty to express our apprecia-
tion of the vastly increased popularity of U. S.
Rolls in terms that provide a substantial saving
and enable player owners to get greater enjoy-
ment from their player-piano investments.
"When U. S. Word Rolls were reduced dur-
ing June, 1922, from $1.25 to $1.00, we pledged
to improve their quality and reduce their price
still more, when the volume was sufficient to
1,000,000 Music Week Stickers
The National Bureau for the Advancement of
Music reports that various organizations and
individuals in the trade have purchased and are
using over a million National Music Week
stickers, placing them on mail matter. It is
expected that before the opening of National
Music Week a half million more stickers will
have been put in circulation.
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16-22 S. Peoria Street
Chicago
Illinois