Music Trade Review
Issue: 1929 Vol. 88 N. 9 - Page 14
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MUSICAL MERCHANDISE
Billy Murray Getting Fine Results
With Fretted Instrument Groups
X T E W KENSINGTON, PA., February 25.—
Billy Murray, proprietor of Murray's
Music Shop, here, has been very active during
Billy Murray's Melody Girls
the past few months rehearsing amateur music
organizations in conjunction with his teaching
activities. Mr. Murray's hobby is playing and
teaching the fretted instruments, on practically
all of which he is a creditable performer him-
self. He is a stickler on two points, viz., no
student can slight his practicing, and every
student must provide himself with the best
instrument he can afford.
One of the most conspicuous attainments
by Billy Murray during the past season
has been the formation of a fretted instru-
ment ensemble, known as the Murray Mel-
ody Girls, all playing Gibson instruments.
This group of local high school pupils was
trained sufficiently by Mr. and Mrs. Murray
in the short period of eight weeks to make
successful public appearances.
Mr. Murray explains the success of his
fretted instrument groups with the state-
ment that these instruments lend them-
selves to concerted playing better than any
others. He claims that players have more
confidence in themselves and each othtr
get that "unified" feeling more quickly. Mr.
Murray handles the full Gibson line of fretted
instruments, for which he has often expressed
great enthusiasm.
Tonk Bros. Purchase Small Goods
Branch of Artophone Corporation
Important Move Is Made by Chicago Jobbing Concern as Part of Program of Expan-
sion—Stock Is Moved to Chicago Headquarters
/CHICAGO, ILL., February 25.—Tonk Bros.
^ Co., exclusive wholesale distributor of this
city, made another important announcement to
the trade and its customers last week upon
completing the purchase of the entire small
goods' department of the Artophone Corpora-
tion of St. Louis, Mo.
The entire musical merchandise stock of the
Artophone Corporation has been taken over by
Tonk Bros, and the stock moved to the Chicago
headquarters at 623 South Wabash avenue,
where the company has taken over additional
space. The deal, which was consummated be-
tween Paul Moennig, of Tonk Bros. Co., and
H. Shiele, Sr., of the Artophone Corp., does not
afreet the latter company's phonograph, record
or radio departments, which will be continued
bv the St. Louis house as heretofore.
This important deal firmly establishes Tonk
Bros. Co. in the forefront of the leading musi-
cal merchandise jobbers in the country, for the
company also purchased the exclusive whole-
sale selling rights of the musical merchandise
department of Lyon & Healy last July.
With the new lines that have been added to
the Tonk catalog, the company has one of the
largest stocks of musical merchandise in. the
world. The same policy of service which has
been outstanding in the success of the com-
pany will be given to the new customers.
Tonk Bros. Co. was organized in 1893 and
has been under the direction of the present
head, Paul Moennig, for the last fifteen years.
During this period the company has shown a
steady growth and the recent expansion makes
it one of the leading jobbers in the country.
BACON
BANJOS
Jos. W. Nicomede Returns
From Successful Trip
ALTOONA, PA., February 23.—Joseph W. Ni-
comede, head of the Nicomede Music Co., this
city, has just returned from an extensive trip
through the Eastern trade in the interest of
the line of music accessories manufactured by
his firm. Mr. Nicomede states that he gave
demonstrations of the Nicomede Rainbow
Flasher for drums and banjos in dealers' stores
and secured many new accounts. He found
many stores using the flashers as window dis-
plays, a practice that serves the dual purpose
of drawing crowds and building up sales for the
flasher.
Mr. Nicomede is about to release a series of
banjo-band folios, arranged by Thomas J. Arm-
strong, author of the popular Armstrong Plec-
trum Banjo Method. The series will comprise
seventeen separate volumes, graded as to tech-
nical difficulty, so as to be of help to students.
It Is Up to Voters
MADISON, WIS., February 25. — Music dealers
throughout Wisconsin are interested in the
opinion given by the attorney general to John
Callahan, State superintendent of public instruc-
tion, holding that school music is not one of
the subjects which the statutes require school
boards to give for all students, and that the
board therefore does not have to vote funds
for a school band or any other musical organ-
ization or instruction. However, the opinion
held that if the voters of the district want a
school band, they can vote to instruct the
school board to provide one, and if the board
does not do this the electors can vote in a new
board.
Holds Solo Band Contest
CHICAGO, I I I . , February 25.—The third annual
solo contest of the Chicago Public School Band
Association was held F"riday, February 22, at the
Lyon & Healy hall and gold medals were
awarded fourteen high school students who
won first prizes.
Twenty-eight additional
medals of silver and bronze were awarded to
winners of second and third places in the four-
teen divisions of the contest.
The Austin high school took the largest num-
ber of prizes at the competition, four of its
students winning first places.
OIOCST AND U K B T HOUSE Iff THE
Played by Leading
Musicians and Orchestras
Sold by Representative
Music Merchants
BACON BANJO CO., Inc.
Dependable
MUSICAL
MERCHANDISE
mm
WHOLESALE
CATA
APPLI
fSMBUSHCO
9
CBruno frSoa
GROTON, CONN.
351-553 FOURTH AVE -
14
VICTOR
TALKING
MACHINES
BRUNO M
MUSICAL MERCHANDISE
Billy Murray Getting Fine Results
With Fretted Instrument Groups
X T E W KENSINGTON, PA., February 25.—
Billy Murray, proprietor of Murray's
Music Shop, here, has been very active during
Billy Murray's Melody Girls
the past few months rehearsing amateur music
organizations in conjunction with his teaching
activities. Mr. Murray's hobby is playing and
teaching the fretted instruments, on practically
all of which he is a creditable performer him-
self. He is a stickler on two points, viz., no
student can slight his practicing, and every
student must provide himself with the best
instrument he can afford.
One of the most conspicuous attainments
by Billy Murray during the past season
has been the formation of a fretted instru-
ment ensemble, known as the Murray Mel-
ody Girls, all playing Gibson instruments.
This group of local high school pupils was
trained sufficiently by Mr. and Mrs. Murray
in the short period of eight weeks to make
successful public appearances.
Mr. Murray explains the success of his
fretted instrument groups with the state-
ment that these instruments lend them-
selves to concerted playing better than any
others. He claims that players have more
confidence in themselves and each othtr
get that "unified" feeling more quickly. Mr.
Murray handles the full Gibson line of fretted
instruments, for which he has often expressed
great enthusiasm.
Tonk Bros. Purchase Small Goods
Branch of Artophone Corporation
Important Move Is Made by Chicago Jobbing Concern as Part of Program of Expan-
sion—Stock Is Moved to Chicago Headquarters
/CHICAGO, ILL., February 25.—Tonk Bros.
^ Co., exclusive wholesale distributor of this
city, made another important announcement to
the trade and its customers last week upon
completing the purchase of the entire small
goods' department of the Artophone Corpora-
tion of St. Louis, Mo.
The entire musical merchandise stock of the
Artophone Corporation has been taken over by
Tonk Bros, and the stock moved to the Chicago
headquarters at 623 South Wabash avenue,
where the company has taken over additional
space. The deal, which was consummated be-
tween Paul Moennig, of Tonk Bros. Co., and
H. Shiele, Sr., of the Artophone Corp., does not
afreet the latter company's phonograph, record
or radio departments, which will be continued
bv the St. Louis house as heretofore.
This important deal firmly establishes Tonk
Bros. Co. in the forefront of the leading musi-
cal merchandise jobbers in the country, for the
company also purchased the exclusive whole-
sale selling rights of the musical merchandise
department of Lyon & Healy last July.
With the new lines that have been added to
the Tonk catalog, the company has one of the
largest stocks of musical merchandise in. the
world. The same policy of service which has
been outstanding in the success of the com-
pany will be given to the new customers.
Tonk Bros. Co. was organized in 1893 and
has been under the direction of the present
head, Paul Moennig, for the last fifteen years.
During this period the company has shown a
steady growth and the recent expansion makes
it one of the leading jobbers in the country.
BACON
BANJOS
Jos. W. Nicomede Returns
From Successful Trip
ALTOONA, PA., February 23.—Joseph W. Ni-
comede, head of the Nicomede Music Co., this
city, has just returned from an extensive trip
through the Eastern trade in the interest of
the line of music accessories manufactured by
his firm. Mr. Nicomede states that he gave
demonstrations of the Nicomede Rainbow
Flasher for drums and banjos in dealers' stores
and secured many new accounts. He found
many stores using the flashers as window dis-
plays, a practice that serves the dual purpose
of drawing crowds and building up sales for the
flasher.
Mr. Nicomede is about to release a series of
banjo-band folios, arranged by Thomas J. Arm-
strong, author of the popular Armstrong Plec-
trum Banjo Method. The series will comprise
seventeen separate volumes, graded as to tech-
nical difficulty, so as to be of help to students.
It Is Up to Voters
MADISON, WIS., February 25. — Music dealers
throughout Wisconsin are interested in the
opinion given by the attorney general to John
Callahan, State superintendent of public instruc-
tion, holding that school music is not one of
the subjects which the statutes require school
boards to give for all students, and that the
board therefore does not have to vote funds
for a school band or any other musical organ-
ization or instruction. However, the opinion
held that if the voters of the district want a
school band, they can vote to instruct the
school board to provide one, and if the board
does not do this the electors can vote in a new
board.
Holds Solo Band Contest
CHICAGO, I I I . , February 25.—The third annual
solo contest of the Chicago Public School Band
Association was held F"riday, February 22, at the
Lyon & Healy hall and gold medals were
awarded fourteen high school students who
won first prizes.
Twenty-eight additional
medals of silver and bronze were awarded to
winners of second and third places in the four-
teen divisions of the contest.
The Austin high school took the largest num-
ber of prizes at the competition, four of its
students winning first places.
OIOCST AND U K B T HOUSE Iff THE
Played by Leading
Musicians and Orchestras
Sold by Representative
Music Merchants
BACON BANJO CO., Inc.
Dependable
MUSICAL
MERCHANDISE
mm
WHOLESALE
CATA
APPLI
fSMBUSHCO
9
CBruno frSoa
GROTON, CONN.
351-553 FOURTH AVE -
14
VICTOR
TALKING
MACHINES
BRUNO M
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