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Musical Merchandise Section of The Music Trade Review
Vega Co. Branches Out
as Radio Distributors
BOSTON,
MASS.—The
Vega
Co.,
which
has
dealt in fretted and band instruments for a
long time, is branching out and has become
the New England distributors for Peerless and
Courier radio receivers.
The Vega Co. was founded in 1889 by Carl
I.. W. Nelson, who is the president of the
corporation. Associated with Vega in this new
undertaking is E. E. Christianson, formerly
with the Herald-Traveler radio department,
who will manage this new radio department.
The distributing branch will occupy the front
offices of the Vega Co. at 155 Columbus avenue,
this citv.
J. W. Green Co. Selling
Conn Band Equipment
TOLEDO, O.—The J. W. Green Co. has been very
successful in closing deals for Conn band in-
strument equipment recently, according to Sam
Santelli, manager of the band instrument de-
partment of the company. Among the organ-
izations thus equipped were the Community
Traction Band of eighteen pieces, which will
shortly be increased to fifty pieces; the Drum
and Bugle Corps of Troop 66, Boy Scouts, and
the Arlington School Drum and Bugle Corps. In
addition, Harry Baker, of the Paramount The-
atre Orchestra, purchased a gold Conn trumpet,
and John Cassaubon, Jr., of the Empire The-
atre Orchestra, a New Era trumpet.
The Green Co. is now engaged in organizing
a boys' band of fifty pieces. Members are being
enrolled rapidly and the boys will be trained in
the store studios.
was the winner in last year's contest. The sur-
prise of the tourney, however, was the winning
of second place by the Vocational School Girls'
Band. Until the band started to play it was
TOLEDO, 0.—Griunell Bros, have made plans for
generally not believed to be on a par with
the organization of several industrial bands
the boys' organization.
among the employes of local business institu-
Liborius Semmann, of the Conservatory of
tions during the Summer months, and are giv-
Music of Marquette University; Anthony Bum- ing much attention to this phase of promotion
balek, of the music faculty of the same uni- work. The company recently equipped the
versity, and Milton H. Rusch, of the music fac- Shell Oil and Gas Band with King band instru-
ulty of the Milwaukee State Teachers' College, ments and also placed several of those instru-
were the judges at the contest. They used the ments with members of the Toledo Police Sym-
point system in grading, allowing a maximum
phony Orchestra.
of twenty-five points for interpretation, twenty-
five points for tone quality, twenty-five points
for precision and attack, twenty points for
tune and five points for appearance.
Music dealers of the city were much inter-
BUFFALO, N. Y.—The Clawson & Wilson Co.,
ested in the tournament.
for many years a leading dry goods wholesale
house in this city, has just opened a radio de-
Washburn & Farwell, Inc., 1002 Penobscot partment and will act as district distributors
Building, Detroit, Mich., have incorporated with for Sterling sets in eight counties of western
capital stock of $25,000 to deal in household New York. Harry H. Shaprow, formerly with
appliances, musical instruments, etc.
Ncal, Clark & Neal, is manager.
Plan Industrial Bands
Opens Radio Department
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Girls' Band Wins Second
Place in Milwaukee Tourney
MILWAUKEE, WIS.—All Class A bands were en-
tered in the fifth annual Milwaukee County
Junior Band tournament, held at Lake Park,
June 7, an event which attracted the attention
of enterprising music dealers throughout the
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