Music Trade Review
Issue: 1929 Vol. 88 N. 19 - Page 53
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Musical Merchandise Section oi The Music Trade Review
Number of Orchestra
Contests Is Doubled
Kaplan Musical String Co. Formed
to Succeed Muller & Kaplan Firm
Due to the stimulus given to orchestra con-
tests by the combined assistance of the Na-
tional Bureau for the Advancement of Music
and the Committee on Instrumental Affairs of
the Music Supervisors National Conference, the
number of contests have increased from 15 to
31 in two years. This total includes a number
of new States in which orchestra contests have
been held for the first time. The National con-
test will be held this year for the first time
and will take place in Iowa City, May 17-18
under the auspices of the University of Iowa.
A number of States have already held their
1929 contests and announced the winners as
follows: Florida—Manatee County High School
Orchestra; Montana—Great Falls High School
Orchestra; Kentucky—Louisville Male High
School (Class A); Highlands High School, Ft.
Thomas (Class B); Cynthiana High School
(Class C); North Carolina—Greensboro High
School (Class A) first; Winston-Salem High
Officers of the Kaplan Musical String Co. (1)—Otto Kaplan, Assistant Factory Manager; (2)—
School (Class A) second; Birmingham High
Ladislav Kaplan, Head of Manufacturing, and (3) Stanley Kaplan, Sales Manager
School (Class B) first; Roanoke Rapids High
School (Class B) second.
A complete list of the State orchestra con- HP HE firm of Muller & Kaplan, well-known of strings which we feel very certain dealers
•*• string manufacturers, who are now making will be glad to handle and which we will an-
tests for 1929 may be had from the National
their
headquarters in South Norwalk, Conn., nounce later in the month."
Bureau upon request.
is now to be known as the Kaplan Musical
String Co. This change is due to the retire-
ment of Otto J. Muller, which occurred on
May 1. The new company is owned and con-
trolled and will be managed by three members
of the Kaplan family, Ladislav Kaplan, who
One of the most interesting symphony con-
The band of the Henry Clay High School, has been identified with the business practically
Lexington, Ky., won the State music champion- since its inception twenty years ago, and who certs of the current season, unheralded by ex-
ship in the high school music festival held in has had charge of the manufacturing end of travagant announcements on the music pages
of the New York newspapers, took place at
that city recently, thus capturing the $500 piano the business during that time.
Lincoln Experimental School on West Twenty-
as prize. The orchestra of the same school
Assisting in the manufacturing department third street, last week, when 128 school chil-
won second prize in the competition held in
connection with the festival. The record is the will be Otto Kaplan, while the merchandising dren played a concert mainly on instruments
more remarkable in that the Henry Clay School end of the business will be in charge of Stan- of their own manufacture. The bulk of the
ley Kaplan.
orchestra was composed of choirs of revamped
Band was organized only this season.
The company is specializing in the manu- cigar boxes, coffee cans, sea shells and the
facture of fine gut and wound violin, viola, like, augmented by the more orthodox percus-
'cello and bass strings, also the Red-O-Ray sion instruments such as marimbas, bells,
moisture-proof string, the new patented quick- drums and triangles. For the purpose of sup-
attachable metal violin K strings, and Artcraft plying a semblance of normal melody, a few
rosin.
flutes, trumpets, flageolets and violins were in-
AKRON. O., May 6.—Cleveland East High School
In addition to these a new line of strings cluded in the symphony.
student band of 78 pieces played its way to will be announced on May 25, just preceding
The affair was the second annual Spring
victory in the last round of the State high the Convention. A new policy has also been
school band contest here Saturday. By winning inaugurated whereby the company will now symphony concert conducted by the Lincoln
Experimental School, which is affiliated with
first place in the Class A contest, the Cleveland sell their products to dealers only.
Teachers' College, Columbia University. The
band earned the right to represent the State of
Regarding this new departure Stanley Kap-
Ohio in the national band contest. Leader of lan said, this week, to a representative of The symphony was directed by Mrs. Satis N. Cole-
man, who scored the musical offering for the
the winning band is D. Ernest Manring.
Review: "We have already created a splendid odd instrumentation of this juvenile symphony.
market for the various strings which we manu- More than 800 curious and somewhat skeptical
Band Helps in Music Week
facture, which will be readily realized by deal- parents crowded the hall and voiced a loud ap-
ers who handle these lines. We feel that it is plause at the conclusion of the concert.
NEW ORLEANS. LA., May 4.—National Music
a much more practical method of doing busi-
Week will be ushered in by the Louisiana Rail- ness to give the dealer an opportunity to make
way and Navigation Band, recently organized his profit. We are now working on a new line
by Philip Werlein, Ltd., parading from the rail-
way company's depot to Werlein's store on
Canil street, where a concert will be given. This
is expected to be the source of considerable
NEW ORLEANS, LA., May 4.—Philip Werlein,
publicity for the Werlein company.
Ltd., again took a step forward in the band in-
BAND
The Standard Music Co., Chattanooga, Tenn., strument industry by organizing a band com-
posed
of
employes
of
the
Southern
Bell
and
INSTRUMENTS
has been incorporated with capital stock of
$5,000 by L. G. Dearing, Caroline R. Dearing Telephone Co. It is believed that this is the
REBUILT
only band of this nature in the country.
and Inez O'Connor.
128-Piece Toy Symphony
Scores Hit in Concert
Lexington, Ky., Band Wins
Prize in State Contest
Cleveland High School Band
Proves Victor in Ohio
Telephone Men in Band
"Fine Old Violins"
_ arampunf
Orpheuni
Banner Blue
BANJOS
We have just received from abroad an
unusually interesting collection of medium
priced old violins—Italian, German, Bo-
hemian, Austrian and French makes.
Dealers Write
For Description and Prices
FERRON & KROEPLIN
306 South Wabash Ave.
Chicago, IM.
REPAIRING and PLATING
OUR SPECIALTY
Have Your Old Instruments Made
Like New at a Nominal Cost
25 Years Rebuilding and
1'latina Band Instruments
American Plating & Mfg. Co.
20 £ . Cullerton St.,
Chicago
53
Musical Merchandise Section oi The Music Trade Review
Number of Orchestra
Contests Is Doubled
Kaplan Musical String Co. Formed
to Succeed Muller & Kaplan Firm
Due to the stimulus given to orchestra con-
tests by the combined assistance of the Na-
tional Bureau for the Advancement of Music
and the Committee on Instrumental Affairs of
the Music Supervisors National Conference, the
number of contests have increased from 15 to
31 in two years. This total includes a number
of new States in which orchestra contests have
been held for the first time. The National con-
test will be held this year for the first time
and will take place in Iowa City, May 17-18
under the auspices of the University of Iowa.
A number of States have already held their
1929 contests and announced the winners as
follows: Florida—Manatee County High School
Orchestra; Montana—Great Falls High School
Orchestra; Kentucky—Louisville Male High
School (Class A); Highlands High School, Ft.
Thomas (Class B); Cynthiana High School
(Class C); North Carolina—Greensboro High
School (Class A) first; Winston-Salem High
Officers of the Kaplan Musical String Co. (1)—Otto Kaplan, Assistant Factory Manager; (2)—
School (Class A) second; Birmingham High
Ladislav Kaplan, Head of Manufacturing, and (3) Stanley Kaplan, Sales Manager
School (Class B) first; Roanoke Rapids High
School (Class B) second.
A complete list of the State orchestra con- HP HE firm of Muller & Kaplan, well-known of strings which we feel very certain dealers
•*• string manufacturers, who are now making will be glad to handle and which we will an-
tests for 1929 may be had from the National
their
headquarters in South Norwalk, Conn., nounce later in the month."
Bureau upon request.
is now to be known as the Kaplan Musical
String Co. This change is due to the retire-
ment of Otto J. Muller, which occurred on
May 1. The new company is owned and con-
trolled and will be managed by three members
of the Kaplan family, Ladislav Kaplan, who
One of the most interesting symphony con-
The band of the Henry Clay High School, has been identified with the business practically
Lexington, Ky., won the State music champion- since its inception twenty years ago, and who certs of the current season, unheralded by ex-
ship in the high school music festival held in has had charge of the manufacturing end of travagant announcements on the music pages
of the New York newspapers, took place at
that city recently, thus capturing the $500 piano the business during that time.
Lincoln Experimental School on West Twenty-
as prize. The orchestra of the same school
Assisting in the manufacturing department third street, last week, when 128 school chil-
won second prize in the competition held in
connection with the festival. The record is the will be Otto Kaplan, while the merchandising dren played a concert mainly on instruments
more remarkable in that the Henry Clay School end of the business will be in charge of Stan- of their own manufacture. The bulk of the
ley Kaplan.
orchestra was composed of choirs of revamped
Band was organized only this season.
The company is specializing in the manu- cigar boxes, coffee cans, sea shells and the
facture of fine gut and wound violin, viola, like, augmented by the more orthodox percus-
'cello and bass strings, also the Red-O-Ray sion instruments such as marimbas, bells,
moisture-proof string, the new patented quick- drums and triangles. For the purpose of sup-
attachable metal violin K strings, and Artcraft plying a semblance of normal melody, a few
rosin.
flutes, trumpets, flageolets and violins were in-
AKRON. O., May 6.—Cleveland East High School
In addition to these a new line of strings cluded in the symphony.
student band of 78 pieces played its way to will be announced on May 25, just preceding
The affair was the second annual Spring
victory in the last round of the State high the Convention. A new policy has also been
school band contest here Saturday. By winning inaugurated whereby the company will now symphony concert conducted by the Lincoln
Experimental School, which is affiliated with
first place in the Class A contest, the Cleveland sell their products to dealers only.
Teachers' College, Columbia University. The
band earned the right to represent the State of
Regarding this new departure Stanley Kap-
Ohio in the national band contest. Leader of lan said, this week, to a representative of The symphony was directed by Mrs. Satis N. Cole-
man, who scored the musical offering for the
the winning band is D. Ernest Manring.
Review: "We have already created a splendid odd instrumentation of this juvenile symphony.
market for the various strings which we manu- More than 800 curious and somewhat skeptical
Band Helps in Music Week
facture, which will be readily realized by deal- parents crowded the hall and voiced a loud ap-
ers who handle these lines. We feel that it is plause at the conclusion of the concert.
NEW ORLEANS. LA., May 4.—National Music
a much more practical method of doing busi-
Week will be ushered in by the Louisiana Rail- ness to give the dealer an opportunity to make
way and Navigation Band, recently organized his profit. We are now working on a new line
by Philip Werlein, Ltd., parading from the rail-
way company's depot to Werlein's store on
Canil street, where a concert will be given. This
is expected to be the source of considerable
NEW ORLEANS, LA., May 4.—Philip Werlein,
publicity for the Werlein company.
Ltd., again took a step forward in the band in-
BAND
The Standard Music Co., Chattanooga, Tenn., strument industry by organizing a band com-
posed
of
employes
of
the
Southern
Bell
and
INSTRUMENTS
has been incorporated with capital stock of
$5,000 by L. G. Dearing, Caroline R. Dearing Telephone Co. It is believed that this is the
REBUILT
only band of this nature in the country.
and Inez O'Connor.
128-Piece Toy Symphony
Scores Hit in Concert
Lexington, Ky., Band Wins
Prize in State Contest
Cleveland High School Band
Proves Victor in Ohio
Telephone Men in Band
"Fine Old Violins"
_ arampunf
Orpheuni
Banner Blue
BANJOS
We have just received from abroad an
unusually interesting collection of medium
priced old violins—Italian, German, Bo-
hemian, Austrian and French makes.
Dealers Write
For Description and Prices
FERRON & KROEPLIN
306 South Wabash Ave.
Chicago, IM.
REPAIRING and PLATING
OUR SPECIALTY
Have Your Old Instruments Made
Like New at a Nominal Cost
25 Years Rebuilding and
1'latina Band Instruments
American Plating & Mfg. Co.
20 £ . Cullerton St.,
Chicago
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