Music Trade Review
Issue: 1927 Vol. 84 N. 17 - Page 33
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The Music Trade Review
APRIL 23, 1927
Banjo-Ukulele Playing Contest to Be
Held in Philadelphia During Summer
Preparations for Contest With Finals to Be Held in Willow Grove in July in Hands
of Committee Consisting of Weymann, Kravitz and Davis
PHILADELPHIA, PA., April 21.—While the
banjo ukulele, the list of instruments that will
piano-playing contest has been postponed be permitted will also be extended to the drums,
until next year, the Philadelphia dealers in traps, saxophones and other instruments.
.stringed instruments and accessories will have
Those dealers who desire to join in the con-
an opportunity in sharing in the profits that test and promotion of its work and interest in
may incur from the city-wide contest to be in- their respective towns and cities are requested
augurated through the broadcasting station to get in touch with H. A. Weymann & Son,
WLIT, Lit Bros., this Summer. Beginning 1108 Chestnut street, Philadelphia, or with the
within a few days, the trade has arranged for Lit Bros. Broadcasting Station or B. J. Munch-
the first steps in the promotion of the sale of
weiler who will be glad to supply them with
stringed instruments, such as banjos, ukulele- entrance blanks for their patrons. The contest
banjos, ukuleles, guitars, mandolins and other will be extended to a radius of seventy-five
string goods, through a tournament to be known miles outside Philadelphia so that dealers will
as the Banjo-Ukulele Tournament and Contest. have splendid opportunity of cashing in on this
The plans for the contest will soon be per- novelty in string goods sales promotion plans.
fected, slips for those who desire to enter the The finals of the contest will be held at Wil-
contest now being in the printer's hands. The low Grove Park on July 7, 1927, so that ample
l>anjo-Ukulele Tournament and Contest was time for the dealers to make it a means of
initiated last Wednesday, when Herbert W. profits to their string goods department is as-
Weymann, representing the firm of H. A. Wey- sured. The spacious stage at Willow Grove
mann & Sons, 1108 Chestnut street, and manu- Park, where some of the most prominent of
facturers of the Weymann string instruments, musical directors of the nation have played,
with Bernard J. Munchweiler, buyer for the will give broad opportunity for an event of this
piano and musical goods departments of the character either in large group performances
Lit Bros, department store, with Martin of amateur organizations, school, fraternal and
Kravitz, head of the string goods department, church glee clubs or other musical organiza-
and Uriel Davis, manager of Meyer Davis' tions from the State, territory or city as well as
Willow Grove Park, met in a business session the individual.
at the Lit Bros, store and there formulated
Manufacturers of string and brass instru-
the groundwork for the big contest that is to ments have expressed a willingness to make the
attract youthful enthusiasts and performers in Philadelphia Banjo-Ukulele Tournament and
the amateur field of string instrumentalists, as Contest one of the most interesting events of
well as the older generation, glee clubs and the year and are co-operating with the Phila-
organizations where the string instrument is delphians in promoting sales of the instru-
the chief source of musical entertainment. The ments during the many months that the ama-
tournament-contest will be open to amateurs teurs will be practicing for the big finals at
only and will comprise eligibility of performers Willow Grove Park in July. Many prizes are
on the uke. banjo, banjo-uke, mandolute, man- offered for the various classes of players, among
dolin and any other string instruments either in them being awards for the best all around uke
individual or group form. The street urchin player, best all-round banjo-uke or banjo player,
and the college-trained instrumentalist will be prizes for groups, prizes for novelty playing,
included as well as the itinerant street musician, honors for the cleverest trick instrumentalists
provided he is not a professional. While the and others of a long list. The prizes will in-
string goods are specified as the ukulele and the clude silver cups, gold medals, cash and awards
of string instruments.
BACON
BANJOS
Played by Leading
Musicians and Orchestras
Sold by Representative
Music Merchants
BACON BANJO CO., Inc.
GROTON, CONN.
Brooks Go. Moves
CHICAGO, I I I . , April 19.—The Harry Brooks
Music Co., located for the past four years at
234 South Wabash avenue, will move into new
quarters at 335 South Wabash avenue, next week.
The new quarters gives the company twice as
much space and, being located on the main floor
with a thirty-foot frontage, there will be ample
facilities for a good display of the lines featured,
including the King band instruments, Ludwig &
Ludwig drums and banjos, and Martin fretted
instruments. The formal opening will be held
about May 1.
J. Horenstein Back
From European Trip
Reporting Falling Off in American Buying Has
Caused Unsettled Conditions in European
Music Trade
Conditions in the musical merchandise mar-
kets of Europe are unsettled, according to
Joseph Horenstein, of the musical merchandise
wholesale house of B. Horenstein & Son, Inc.,
45 West Seventeenth street, New York, who
returned last week on the S.S. "Aquitania"
from a ten weeks' European trip.
He reported that a falling off in buying from
American sources had brought about un-
satisfactory conditions among the European
manufacturers of musical instruments and a
corresponding depreciation in prices. With the
advent of the Spring buyers to the market and
the looked-for increase* in orders for export
trade it is expected that prices will soon begin
to increase, in Mr. Horenstein's opinion.
Mr. Horenstein spent some time in most of
the important musical merchandise centers of
the old world, visiting manufacturers in Eng-
land, France, Germany and Czecho-Slovakia.
He made a number of important new connec-
tions for the firm and picked up some new lines
of merchandise, including a novelty muted cor-
net, which operates on the "on-and-off" prin-
ciple and which will be featured this Spring.
The store of the Kimball Piano Co., 612 St.
Charles street, Royal Oak, Mich., suffered a
slight loss in a recent fire, the cause of which
is not known.
Consult the Universal Want Directory of
The Review.
MUSICAL INSTRUMENT
and SPECIALTY CASES
Mf R . by
GEIB & SCHAEFER CO.
Est. 1899
1751-9 N. Central Park Ave.
WAVERLY PRODUCTS
We make a complete line of accessories
for (retted instruments. Demand Wav-
erly accessories on your Instruments.
C
NAZARETH, PA
Chicago, 111.
O
Crnuinr M-ARTIN Cu
MunilttliiiK, UkulrKs. I
C ' NAZARETH,PA X )
Waverly Musical Products Co.
71 Tenth St.
Long Island City, N. Y.
Gold Medal Strings
for musical instrument*
Gold-pitted Ste«l mmd
Wound Strings
Gibson Musical String Co. ••|W. IU
SEND FOR TRADE PRICE LIST OF
for
Violin, Viola,
'C«Uo and Bast
MULLER & KAPLAN
154 B u i 8 9 * St., N. Y.
LYNBROOK NU-ART BANJOS
(Registered United States Patent Ofiiec)
The Most Marvelous Toned Banjos on the Market
MANUFACTURERS OF THE CELEBRATED NU-WAY BANJOS,
A LSO DRUMS,
TAMBOURINES, CYMBALS, UKULELE-BANJOS
ALBERT HOUDLETT & SONS, Inc.
Established ISO5
40 Me I rose Street
Brooklyn,
N. Y.
33
The Music Trade Review
APRIL 23, 1927
Banjo-Ukulele Playing Contest to Be
Held in Philadelphia During Summer
Preparations for Contest With Finals to Be Held in Willow Grove in July in Hands
of Committee Consisting of Weymann, Kravitz and Davis
PHILADELPHIA, PA., April 21.—While the
banjo ukulele, the list of instruments that will
piano-playing contest has been postponed be permitted will also be extended to the drums,
until next year, the Philadelphia dealers in traps, saxophones and other instruments.
.stringed instruments and accessories will have
Those dealers who desire to join in the con-
an opportunity in sharing in the profits that test and promotion of its work and interest in
may incur from the city-wide contest to be in- their respective towns and cities are requested
augurated through the broadcasting station to get in touch with H. A. Weymann & Son,
WLIT, Lit Bros., this Summer. Beginning 1108 Chestnut street, Philadelphia, or with the
within a few days, the trade has arranged for Lit Bros. Broadcasting Station or B. J. Munch-
the first steps in the promotion of the sale of
weiler who will be glad to supply them with
stringed instruments, such as banjos, ukulele- entrance blanks for their patrons. The contest
banjos, ukuleles, guitars, mandolins and other will be extended to a radius of seventy-five
string goods, through a tournament to be known miles outside Philadelphia so that dealers will
as the Banjo-Ukulele Tournament and Contest. have splendid opportunity of cashing in on this
The plans for the contest will soon be per- novelty in string goods sales promotion plans.
fected, slips for those who desire to enter the The finals of the contest will be held at Wil-
contest now being in the printer's hands. The low Grove Park on July 7, 1927, so that ample
l>anjo-Ukulele Tournament and Contest was time for the dealers to make it a means of
initiated last Wednesday, when Herbert W. profits to their string goods department is as-
Weymann, representing the firm of H. A. Wey- sured. The spacious stage at Willow Grove
mann & Sons, 1108 Chestnut street, and manu- Park, where some of the most prominent of
facturers of the Weymann string instruments, musical directors of the nation have played,
with Bernard J. Munchweiler, buyer for the will give broad opportunity for an event of this
piano and musical goods departments of the character either in large group performances
Lit Bros, department store, with Martin of amateur organizations, school, fraternal and
Kravitz, head of the string goods department, church glee clubs or other musical organiza-
and Uriel Davis, manager of Meyer Davis' tions from the State, territory or city as well as
Willow Grove Park, met in a business session the individual.
at the Lit Bros, store and there formulated
Manufacturers of string and brass instru-
the groundwork for the big contest that is to ments have expressed a willingness to make the
attract youthful enthusiasts and performers in Philadelphia Banjo-Ukulele Tournament and
the amateur field of string instrumentalists, as Contest one of the most interesting events of
well as the older generation, glee clubs and the year and are co-operating with the Phila-
organizations where the string instrument is delphians in promoting sales of the instru-
the chief source of musical entertainment. The ments during the many months that the ama-
tournament-contest will be open to amateurs teurs will be practicing for the big finals at
only and will comprise eligibility of performers Willow Grove Park in July. Many prizes are
on the uke. banjo, banjo-uke, mandolute, man- offered for the various classes of players, among
dolin and any other string instruments either in them being awards for the best all around uke
individual or group form. The street urchin player, best all-round banjo-uke or banjo player,
and the college-trained instrumentalist will be prizes for groups, prizes for novelty playing,
included as well as the itinerant street musician, honors for the cleverest trick instrumentalists
provided he is not a professional. While the and others of a long list. The prizes will in-
string goods are specified as the ukulele and the clude silver cups, gold medals, cash and awards
of string instruments.
BACON
BANJOS
Played by Leading
Musicians and Orchestras
Sold by Representative
Music Merchants
BACON BANJO CO., Inc.
GROTON, CONN.
Brooks Go. Moves
CHICAGO, I I I . , April 19.—The Harry Brooks
Music Co., located for the past four years at
234 South Wabash avenue, will move into new
quarters at 335 South Wabash avenue, next week.
The new quarters gives the company twice as
much space and, being located on the main floor
with a thirty-foot frontage, there will be ample
facilities for a good display of the lines featured,
including the King band instruments, Ludwig &
Ludwig drums and banjos, and Martin fretted
instruments. The formal opening will be held
about May 1.
J. Horenstein Back
From European Trip
Reporting Falling Off in American Buying Has
Caused Unsettled Conditions in European
Music Trade
Conditions in the musical merchandise mar-
kets of Europe are unsettled, according to
Joseph Horenstein, of the musical merchandise
wholesale house of B. Horenstein & Son, Inc.,
45 West Seventeenth street, New York, who
returned last week on the S.S. "Aquitania"
from a ten weeks' European trip.
He reported that a falling off in buying from
American sources had brought about un-
satisfactory conditions among the European
manufacturers of musical instruments and a
corresponding depreciation in prices. With the
advent of the Spring buyers to the market and
the looked-for increase* in orders for export
trade it is expected that prices will soon begin
to increase, in Mr. Horenstein's opinion.
Mr. Horenstein spent some time in most of
the important musical merchandise centers of
the old world, visiting manufacturers in Eng-
land, France, Germany and Czecho-Slovakia.
He made a number of important new connec-
tions for the firm and picked up some new lines
of merchandise, including a novelty muted cor-
net, which operates on the "on-and-off" prin-
ciple and which will be featured this Spring.
The store of the Kimball Piano Co., 612 St.
Charles street, Royal Oak, Mich., suffered a
slight loss in a recent fire, the cause of which
is not known.
Consult the Universal Want Directory of
The Review.
MUSICAL INSTRUMENT
and SPECIALTY CASES
Mf R . by
GEIB & SCHAEFER CO.
Est. 1899
1751-9 N. Central Park Ave.
WAVERLY PRODUCTS
We make a complete line of accessories
for (retted instruments. Demand Wav-
erly accessories on your Instruments.
C
NAZARETH, PA
Chicago, 111.
O
Crnuinr M-ARTIN Cu
MunilttliiiK, UkulrKs. I
C ' NAZARETH,PA X )
Waverly Musical Products Co.
71 Tenth St.
Long Island City, N. Y.
Gold Medal Strings
for musical instrument*
Gold-pitted Ste«l mmd
Wound Strings
Gibson Musical String Co. ••|W. IU
SEND FOR TRADE PRICE LIST OF
for
Violin, Viola,
'C«Uo and Bast
MULLER & KAPLAN
154 B u i 8 9 * St., N. Y.
LYNBROOK NU-ART BANJOS
(Registered United States Patent Ofiiec)
The Most Marvelous Toned Banjos on the Market
MANUFACTURERS OF THE CELEBRATED NU-WAY BANJOS,
A LSO DRUMS,
TAMBOURINES, CYMBALS, UKULELE-BANJOS
ALBERT HOUDLETT & SONS, Inc.
Established ISO5
40 Me I rose Street
Brooklyn,
N. Y.
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