Music Trade Review
Issue: 1926 Vol. 83 N. 26 - Page 4
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The Music Trade Review
DECEMBER 25, 1926
Staff of Edward Lyman Bill, Inc., Publishers
of The Review, Holds Annual Dinner, Dec. 17
H E annual dinner of the executive, editorial
T and
sales staffs of Edward Lyman Bill, Inc.,
publishers of The Review and other business
papers, was held on Friday evening, December
17. at the Twin Oaks Restaurant, New York.
The Chicago P. & O.
Player-Piano Recitals
{Continued from page 3)
thing is salable in direct proportion to its auto-
maticity. For years this has been a stock argu-
ment, not only in the piano trade but in other
trades too. Yet it is hard to find a man who
does not like to drive his own car, and tinker
with it too. It is hard to find a man or a woman
who does not like to fool with a radio set and
put it out of gear. ' Why should music be the
one amusement which must be spoon-fed to
the people? Somehow the argument looks
weak.
Remember the Grown-Ups
Wfth all the talk about promoting piano play-
ing, we must not forget the adults. All the
childless couples of middle age, all the adult
men and women who once took music lessons
or who love music still and who will not for
years, if ever, be able to have it well played
in the home by one of the young people, are
candidates for player ownership. Indeed, it is
perfectly true that the reproducing piano also
exists for these people; but it is also true that
there is a distinct place for the instrument which
asks that it be played personally at the per-
sonal will and impulse of its owner. Music is
a dynamic thing. No one who has ever sung
with others, even in fun, can ever doubt that
simple truth. Golf, one suspects, owes some
of its popularity to its requirement of a certain
amount of both physical and mental effort, and
the last-named not the least.
The foot-player Welte-Mignon
(licensee)
player, recently announced, shows the facts of
the situation plainly. There is room for such
an instrument, which can be played by pedal
and which will take any kind of music roll. It
stands between the ordinary player and the
power-driven reproducer, both in function and
in price. And there can be no doubt that the
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OSCO
Diamond
In addition to making serious dents into
visible supplies of steaks and lobsters, the diners
had provided for them, interesting enter-
tainment, the star number of which was a spe-
cial program by Paul Specht and his orchestra
who play regularly at the Twin Oaks. The
Record Hoys also harmonized for the benefit
of the gathering, and there was considerable
other talent, both male and female. Inter-staff
contests were also held.
aid of the reproducing mechanism, attached to
the principle of personal effort, will be potent in
reviving the popularity of the once very popular
pedal instrument.
One thing is sure: those who know the facts
through their own experiences know that the
pedal player can be played, upon practice and
study, with a degree of artistic freedom that
makes the player-pianist long with intense
longing for the power to transmit his impulses
through a keyboard. If only the piano trade
would wake up and look at facts, instead of
being content to repeat stale phrases which have
lost all meaning! We live in a changing world
in which nothing is impossible. At any rate,
what the Chicago Piano & Organ Association
:s doing is not only interesting but very signifi-
cant, and the outcome of it all will be watched
with a great deal of interest.
Michael LoBoves to Manage
United Piano String Go.
Michael LoBoves has just been appointed
manager of the United Piano String Co., New
York, to succeed the late John Rossi, who died
New Store in Lincoln, Neb.
LINCOLN, NEB., December 20.—The Molzer Music
Co. is a new music store that has just been
opened at 126 North Twelfth street by Pro-
fessor August V. Molzer. The new stock con-
sists of a full line of band and orchestral in-
struments.
Professor Molzer will continue to conduct his
violin school in the Liberty building, giving
only a part of his time to his business. He has
been teaching violin in Lincoln for more than
twenty years. He stated that the opening of
the new store will in no way interfere with his
teaching.
Kate Smith, one of the stars in "Honeymoon
Lane," has been added to the list of exclusive
artists making records for the Columbia Phono-
graph Co.
Consult the Universal Want Directory of
The Review.
M. C. LoBoves
earlier this month. Mr. LoBoves has been
identified with the Kohler Industries for
many years and has gained experience in piano
building in every phase of piano manufacture.
He will also assume charge of the Import Felt
Co., New York, manufacturers of piano ham-
mers. Mr. LoBoves enters his new duties
equipped with a complete knowledge of the
problems with which manufacturers, dealers and
tuners have to contend.
PIANO
PIANO S C A R F S
COVERS and BENCH-CUSHIONS
0. SIMMS MFG. CO.
Look for
the
OSCO
Diamond
The Music Trade Review
DECEMBER 25, 1926
Staff of Edward Lyman Bill, Inc., Publishers
of The Review, Holds Annual Dinner, Dec. 17
H E annual dinner of the executive, editorial
T and
sales staffs of Edward Lyman Bill, Inc.,
publishers of The Review and other business
papers, was held on Friday evening, December
17. at the Twin Oaks Restaurant, New York.
The Chicago P. & O.
Player-Piano Recitals
{Continued from page 3)
thing is salable in direct proportion to its auto-
maticity. For years this has been a stock argu-
ment, not only in the piano trade but in other
trades too. Yet it is hard to find a man who
does not like to drive his own car, and tinker
with it too. It is hard to find a man or a woman
who does not like to fool with a radio set and
put it out of gear. ' Why should music be the
one amusement which must be spoon-fed to
the people? Somehow the argument looks
weak.
Remember the Grown-Ups
Wfth all the talk about promoting piano play-
ing, we must not forget the adults. All the
childless couples of middle age, all the adult
men and women who once took music lessons
or who love music still and who will not for
years, if ever, be able to have it well played
in the home by one of the young people, are
candidates for player ownership. Indeed, it is
perfectly true that the reproducing piano also
exists for these people; but it is also true that
there is a distinct place for the instrument which
asks that it be played personally at the per-
sonal will and impulse of its owner. Music is
a dynamic thing. No one who has ever sung
with others, even in fun, can ever doubt that
simple truth. Golf, one suspects, owes some
of its popularity to its requirement of a certain
amount of both physical and mental effort, and
the last-named not the least.
The foot-player Welte-Mignon
(licensee)
player, recently announced, shows the facts of
the situation plainly. There is room for such
an instrument, which can be played by pedal
and which will take any kind of music roll. It
stands between the ordinary player and the
power-driven reproducer, both in function and
in price. And there can be no doubt that the
Look for
th«
OSCO
Diamond
In addition to making serious dents into
visible supplies of steaks and lobsters, the diners
had provided for them, interesting enter-
tainment, the star number of which was a spe-
cial program by Paul Specht and his orchestra
who play regularly at the Twin Oaks. The
Record Hoys also harmonized for the benefit
of the gathering, and there was considerable
other talent, both male and female. Inter-staff
contests were also held.
aid of the reproducing mechanism, attached to
the principle of personal effort, will be potent in
reviving the popularity of the once very popular
pedal instrument.
One thing is sure: those who know the facts
through their own experiences know that the
pedal player can be played, upon practice and
study, with a degree of artistic freedom that
makes the player-pianist long with intense
longing for the power to transmit his impulses
through a keyboard. If only the piano trade
would wake up and look at facts, instead of
being content to repeat stale phrases which have
lost all meaning! We live in a changing world
in which nothing is impossible. At any rate,
what the Chicago Piano & Organ Association
:s doing is not only interesting but very signifi-
cant, and the outcome of it all will be watched
with a great deal of interest.
Michael LoBoves to Manage
United Piano String Go.
Michael LoBoves has just been appointed
manager of the United Piano String Co., New
York, to succeed the late John Rossi, who died
New Store in Lincoln, Neb.
LINCOLN, NEB., December 20.—The Molzer Music
Co. is a new music store that has just been
opened at 126 North Twelfth street by Pro-
fessor August V. Molzer. The new stock con-
sists of a full line of band and orchestral in-
struments.
Professor Molzer will continue to conduct his
violin school in the Liberty building, giving
only a part of his time to his business. He has
been teaching violin in Lincoln for more than
twenty years. He stated that the opening of
the new store will in no way interfere with his
teaching.
Kate Smith, one of the stars in "Honeymoon
Lane," has been added to the list of exclusive
artists making records for the Columbia Phono-
graph Co.
Consult the Universal Want Directory of
The Review.
M. C. LoBoves
earlier this month. Mr. LoBoves has been
identified with the Kohler Industries for
many years and has gained experience in piano
building in every phase of piano manufacture.
He will also assume charge of the Import Felt
Co., New York, manufacturers of piano ham-
mers. Mr. LoBoves enters his new duties
equipped with a complete knowledge of the
problems with which manufacturers, dealers and
tuners have to contend.
PIANO
PIANO S C A R F S
COVERS and BENCH-CUSHIONS
0. SIMMS MFG. CO.
Look for
the
OSCO
Diamond
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