Music Trade Review
Issue: 1931 Vol. 90 N. 1 - Page 32
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Musical Merchandise Section of The Music Trade Review
New "Cheer Leader" Uke Detroit Supervisor for
Proves Live Holiday Item
School Banjo Classes
The Harmony Co. of Chicago added to their
line of stringed instruments in time for the
holiday trade a new ukulele which they call
the Cheer Leader. This instrument was built
with the special idea of interesting high school
and college students in playing the ukulele, and
to emphasize this the top is decorated with a
typical college cheer leader in realistic action
before a crowded grandstand. Pennant deco-
rations on the headpiece and as position
markers on the fingerboard carry out the col-
legiate idea.
Also with each instrument there is furnished
a set of twelve miniature college pennants in
transfer form which the new owner can apply
in a moment's time, and thus express his in-
dividual school spirit and loyalty. Separate
series for retail selling in Eastern, Central West
and Western localities enable the dealers in
all parts of the country to put over this new
ukulele.
As a gift item for holiday trade it was com-
bined in an individual box with a collegiate
song book containing 114 popular college songs,
the whole retailing at $5.00, and suitable win-
dow displays and pennants are sent to the
dealers through the Harmony jobbers.
Fox Musical String Co.'s
Line Popular With Musicians
(ireat attention to detail in selecting the best
material and skilled workmanship are charac-
teristic of the strings made by the Fox Musi-
cal String Co., of 3210 Fox avenue, Chicago.
C. Radous, manager of the company, said
"We have in mind always, in selecting our
material and making our strings, the exacting
requirements of the musician who rightly de-
mands a string which will give him the bril-
liance and tone value he needs, and we attrib-
ute our success to the personal attention we
give to our orders. We specialize in strings
for the viola, cello, and double bass, but we
manufacture everything in gut strings and for
all instruments."
GUT STRINGS
For all instruments
With your trade name
Made by noted specialists
Satisfaction guaranteed
Write for samples now.
The Fox Musical Qut
String Mfg. Co*
We Manufacture
Everything
in
Gut Strings.
We Specialize in
Viola, Cello and
Double Bass Strings.
3210 So. Fox Street
Chicago
A warm advocate of group banjo teaching
in the public schools has been revealed in the
person of Clarence Byrn, head of the Music
Department at the Cass Technical High School
in Detroit. Mr. Byrn is also known for his
work in charge of the instrumental department
in the Summer School of Music at New York
University. In writing to the National Bureau
for the Advancement of Music about the banjo
classes at his school, Mr. Byrn stated they were
in charge of Howard Rosser, who is also the
conductor of the school's dance orchestra and
teacher of violin and clarinet. Mr. Byrn added:
"He is very much interested in the banjo. He
believes, with me, that the banjo is coming in
rather than going out. The class in banjo is
one of our busiest and most enthusiastic. Our
banjo class in the day school will be in session
throughout the year and I expect to start an-
other evening school class sometime in Janu-
ary."
One reason for Mr. Byrn's fostering of these
banjo classes consists of their possibilities for
giving the young people an instrumental train-
ing which may help them vocationally in their
adult life. Says Mr. Byrn: "1 try to have all
my French horn players take up banjo. This
cannot interfere with their study of the horn
and it opens up to them a big musical field
which is already giving employment to hun-
dreds of young men in all sections.
"The horn, an instrument not so readily
adapted to rough and tumble routine, does not
offer ready employment to many players in any
particular locality and yet no artistic wind and
string ensemble can function without two to
four horns. Even an ordinary wind band
should have its complete horn choir. There is
need for good horn players but the restricted
number of openings to them in any community
compels many of them to make the bulk of
their living in industry or through doubling on
some utility instrument. Obviously it should
not be another wind instrument. Of course, it
could be a heavy string or percussion instru-
ment. However, there is already an oversup-
ply of percussion players. So the choice nar-
rows down to cither the string bass or the
banjo, with the odds, all conveniences consid-
ered, in favor of the banjo."
Newest Bacon Products
Illustrated in Booklet
The Bacon Banjo Co. has recently issued a
new circular describing the latest addition to
the company's line, namely, the "Senorita"
guitars and banjos. The new instruments arc
made in several sizes and types and embody
tlu 1 various well-known Bacon features in struc-
ture and tonal qualities. They have aroused
enthusiasm among dealers who have seen them.
Delano Now Band Master
E. J. Delano, head of the Wurlitzer band in-
strument and orchestra department, has been
chosen bandmaster of the County Legion Band
of San Francisco. The choice was probably due
to the fact that it was learned that he had once
been bandmaster of the Chicago Marine Band.
Band
Instruments Rebuilt
Repairing and Replating
Have your old instruments
made like new at a
THE NEW SENSATION
The "SULTANA"
SILVER BELL
BANJO
MANUFACTURERS OF BAND
INSTRUMENT ACCESSORIES AND
MUSICAL NOVELTIES
New catalogue ready
American Plating & Mfg. Co.
20 E. Cullerton St., Chicago
The Bacon
Banjo Co., Inc.
Groton, Conn.
GUT, WOUND and STEEL
C. F. MARTIN & CO., Inc.
NAZARETH, PENNA.
Established 1833
Maken of the original MARTIN GUITAR
STRINGS
From Factory Direct to You!
Write for our New Wholesale Catalogue of RED-O-RAY
and TONECRAFT STRINGS
KAPLAN MUSICAL STRING CO.
South Norwalk, Conn.
Guitars, Mandolins and
Ukuleles in many styles
REG.U.S.
Send for illustrated catalogue
JSsssL
PAT. OFF.
WOUND VIOLIN STRINGS
Each string packed In an Individual tube.
Dealer stocks always In perfect condition.
Gold Medal
Strings
for musical instruments
L
[gANV,
Gold-plated Steel and Wound Strings
18 Eleventh Street
Long Island City, N. Y.
Gibson Musical String Co.
Belleville, N. J.
They all like the packing
JOKRKR—DEALER—MUSICIAN
V. C. SQUIER COMPANY
BATTLE CREEK, MICH.
Order from your jobber.
Music Trade Review -- © mbsi.org, arcade-museum.com -- digitized with support from namm.org
Musical Merchandise Section of The Music Trade Review
New "Cheer Leader" Uke Detroit Supervisor for
Proves Live Holiday Item
School Banjo Classes
The Harmony Co. of Chicago added to their
line of stringed instruments in time for the
holiday trade a new ukulele which they call
the Cheer Leader. This instrument was built
with the special idea of interesting high school
and college students in playing the ukulele, and
to emphasize this the top is decorated with a
typical college cheer leader in realistic action
before a crowded grandstand. Pennant deco-
rations on the headpiece and as position
markers on the fingerboard carry out the col-
legiate idea.
Also with each instrument there is furnished
a set of twelve miniature college pennants in
transfer form which the new owner can apply
in a moment's time, and thus express his in-
dividual school spirit and loyalty. Separate
series for retail selling in Eastern, Central West
and Western localities enable the dealers in
all parts of the country to put over this new
ukulele.
As a gift item for holiday trade it was com-
bined in an individual box with a collegiate
song book containing 114 popular college songs,
the whole retailing at $5.00, and suitable win-
dow displays and pennants are sent to the
dealers through the Harmony jobbers.
Fox Musical String Co.'s
Line Popular With Musicians
(ireat attention to detail in selecting the best
material and skilled workmanship are charac-
teristic of the strings made by the Fox Musi-
cal String Co., of 3210 Fox avenue, Chicago.
C. Radous, manager of the company, said
"We have in mind always, in selecting our
material and making our strings, the exacting
requirements of the musician who rightly de-
mands a string which will give him the bril-
liance and tone value he needs, and we attrib-
ute our success to the personal attention we
give to our orders. We specialize in strings
for the viola, cello, and double bass, but we
manufacture everything in gut strings and for
all instruments."
GUT STRINGS
For all instruments
With your trade name
Made by noted specialists
Satisfaction guaranteed
Write for samples now.
The Fox Musical Qut
String Mfg. Co*
We Manufacture
Everything
in
Gut Strings.
We Specialize in
Viola, Cello and
Double Bass Strings.
3210 So. Fox Street
Chicago
A warm advocate of group banjo teaching
in the public schools has been revealed in the
person of Clarence Byrn, head of the Music
Department at the Cass Technical High School
in Detroit. Mr. Byrn is also known for his
work in charge of the instrumental department
in the Summer School of Music at New York
University. In writing to the National Bureau
for the Advancement of Music about the banjo
classes at his school, Mr. Byrn stated they were
in charge of Howard Rosser, who is also the
conductor of the school's dance orchestra and
teacher of violin and clarinet. Mr. Byrn added:
"He is very much interested in the banjo. He
believes, with me, that the banjo is coming in
rather than going out. The class in banjo is
one of our busiest and most enthusiastic. Our
banjo class in the day school will be in session
throughout the year and I expect to start an-
other evening school class sometime in Janu-
ary."
One reason for Mr. Byrn's fostering of these
banjo classes consists of their possibilities for
giving the young people an instrumental train-
ing which may help them vocationally in their
adult life. Says Mr. Byrn: "1 try to have all
my French horn players take up banjo. This
cannot interfere with their study of the horn
and it opens up to them a big musical field
which is already giving employment to hun-
dreds of young men in all sections.
"The horn, an instrument not so readily
adapted to rough and tumble routine, does not
offer ready employment to many players in any
particular locality and yet no artistic wind and
string ensemble can function without two to
four horns. Even an ordinary wind band
should have its complete horn choir. There is
need for good horn players but the restricted
number of openings to them in any community
compels many of them to make the bulk of
their living in industry or through doubling on
some utility instrument. Obviously it should
not be another wind instrument. Of course, it
could be a heavy string or percussion instru-
ment. However, there is already an oversup-
ply of percussion players. So the choice nar-
rows down to cither the string bass or the
banjo, with the odds, all conveniences consid-
ered, in favor of the banjo."
Newest Bacon Products
Illustrated in Booklet
The Bacon Banjo Co. has recently issued a
new circular describing the latest addition to
the company's line, namely, the "Senorita"
guitars and banjos. The new instruments arc
made in several sizes and types and embody
tlu 1 various well-known Bacon features in struc-
ture and tonal qualities. They have aroused
enthusiasm among dealers who have seen them.
Delano Now Band Master
E. J. Delano, head of the Wurlitzer band in-
strument and orchestra department, has been
chosen bandmaster of the County Legion Band
of San Francisco. The choice was probably due
to the fact that it was learned that he had once
been bandmaster of the Chicago Marine Band.
Band
Instruments Rebuilt
Repairing and Replating
Have your old instruments
made like new at a
THE NEW SENSATION
The "SULTANA"
SILVER BELL
BANJO
MANUFACTURERS OF BAND
INSTRUMENT ACCESSORIES AND
MUSICAL NOVELTIES
New catalogue ready
American Plating & Mfg. Co.
20 E. Cullerton St., Chicago
The Bacon
Banjo Co., Inc.
Groton, Conn.
GUT, WOUND and STEEL
C. F. MARTIN & CO., Inc.
NAZARETH, PENNA.
Established 1833
Maken of the original MARTIN GUITAR
STRINGS
From Factory Direct to You!
Write for our New Wholesale Catalogue of RED-O-RAY
and TONECRAFT STRINGS
KAPLAN MUSICAL STRING CO.
South Norwalk, Conn.
Guitars, Mandolins and
Ukuleles in many styles
REG.U.S.
Send for illustrated catalogue
JSsssL
PAT. OFF.
WOUND VIOLIN STRINGS
Each string packed In an Individual tube.
Dealer stocks always In perfect condition.
Gold Medal
Strings
for musical instruments
L
[gANV,
Gold-plated Steel and Wound Strings
18 Eleventh Street
Long Island City, N. Y.
Gibson Musical String Co.
Belleville, N. J.
They all like the packing
JOKRKR—DEALER—MUSICIAN
V. C. SQUIER COMPANY
BATTLE CREEK, MICH.
Order from your jobber.
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