Presto
Issue: 1920 1746 - Page 58
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PRESTO
SHEET MUSIC TRADE
SHOWS NEW LIFE
The "Get Together" Movement Is Taking
Hold of the Song Writers and Publish-
ers, and Dealers May Soon Have
Something to Sell.
By T. ROGERS LYONS.
January 8, 1920.
Mr. Powell explains his idea further in these words:
If both sides come in and get together there will
be a gateway for a starter, and it won't be long be-
fore the gate won't be neded—there won't be any-
thing to have a gate in.
So, everybody—user and writer—get a gait on and
help open that gate.
Send in a card—it won't take but a second—and
say you're ready for the get-together idea.
The more writers we hear from the easier it will
be for us to deliver the goods in the line of real help.
You can fight like sixty for sixty writers—you can
compel attention if you have a thousand with you.
The more users of material we get help from the
better material these users will get.
Shoot out a helping hand one to the other. There
IVPLTST BE a helping hand if we are all to climb or
find a gateway.
Rests with Independents.
So far so good. If the independent writer listens,
and the performer using songs listens, and then
both act, the start is made and the music game is
then open to all. The right songs written, and then
sung, will be publishel either by established publish-
ers or by a new publishing concern, and that song
will pay.
But there is another step in the matter. That is
to keep this movement as well as the songs pro-
duced and published, before the dealer, the dis-
tributor, and that is the reason this matter appears
here.
When the "Get Together" movement starts it
must be a triangle. The producer and publisher one
side; the stage and publicity mediums another,
while the third is the musical instrument dealer of
America.
Sheet Music Men, Watch It.
Wherefore it is suggested that the sheet music
dealer watch this "Get Together" movement and,
when the time comes, act! See to it that the good
song, by an unknown writer, published by an un-
known publisher, popularized by unknown singers,
has its proper chance on your music counter.
If this propaganda really gets started, we will see
again a HIT made a hit by popular discrimination,
and not by machine plugging. This pronouncement
contains matter that all interested in sheet music
should consider.
There is right now a rising sun of opportunity for
any independent writer, or publisher, of good songs.
The signs of the times all point that way. First is
noted the scattering of the publishing houses all over
the United States that was spoken of recently in
Presto.
Next, in viewing the situation, we stumbled onto
the get-together corner of Van B. Powell, and noted
with great pleasure what he said on page 36 of the
Nov. 22nd "Billboard."
He urges the song writer to do better work, and
if not given an opportunity, to "GET TOGETHER"
and make the opportunity. Presto said, March 8,
1914:
The Day of Opportunity.
"Today is the opportunity of the independent pub-
lisher, because organized music publishing, insult-
ing publications, and a controlled stage, are all eco-
nomic mistakes; that the members of the Hit Alley
Trust now recognize, and while Hit Alley is devis-
ing ways and means to get back the power it has
frittered away, this is the time for the Independent
to come to his own. If you ever expect to down
the present popular song trust, get together. To-
day is the opportunity of the independent."
The independent did not come; only timidly ven-
tured to look on and see what Presto could do for
him. Since that time Hit Alley, as a combination,
has gone down under the load mentioned; it has
been scattered. The "Billboard" said in November,
1919:
A Helping Hand.
"GET TOGETHER—write something worth
while." Then, addressing the stage: "GET TO-
GETHER, and use these worthwhile offerings of
the independent and unknown writers." All that is
Smith & Heiby is the lively firm handling talking
necessary is that the writer and user get together. machines in Bucyrus, O.
E. KOPRIWA CO.
When in Chicago visit our showrooms
at the Factory
2220 Ward Street, near Clybourn Ave.
Tel. Lincoln 2726
Bureau Now Established Will Foster Better Re-
lations Between the Republics.
The International Trademark Registration Bu-
reau of the American Republics established at Ha-
vana in pursuance of the convention adopted at the
Fourth Pan-American Conference, in Buenos Aires
in 1910, will unquestionably serve as one of the chief
measures to bring the American Republics into
close relationship with each other, is the belief of
Dr. Mario Diaz Yrizar, director of the International
Trademark Registration Bureau at Havana, Cuba.
The bureau will have as its main object the great-
est kind of protection possible for all products to
which a trademark is given. Due to the efforts of
the United States and Cuban governments, it has
been possible to establish the office entrusted to the
supervision of the Cuban Republic with a view to
carry out the provisions of the convention adopted
at Buenos Aires.
The steps to be taken in getting the mechanism of
registration under way have advanced considerably,
so far as concerns the United States, the Govern-
ment of which has already approved the regulations
of the bureau and made an appropriation of the
quota due from the United States toward the sup-
port of the bureau. The Republic of Honduras is
likewise officially known at Havana to have ap-
proved the regulations and appropriated its quota.
Similar action is expected in other countries, of
which unofficial word has been given indirectly to
the bureau, as in Nicaragua and Panama.
The practical aim of the bureau is to enable mer-
chants and manufacturers to deposit their trade
marks in the countries which constitute the Pan-
American Union, and in a simple and economical
way to secure extension through the International
Bureau at Havana of the protection given at home.
With the application for such extension of trade-
mark protection will go a money order of $50, and
an electrotype of the design of the mark. The
patent office at Washington, for example, will trans-
Quality—Supremacy—EBE—New York
THE ORIGINAL RELIABLE
ARTISTIC CARVINGS
for PIANO and PHONOGRAPH
Manufacturers
HIGH-GRADE CARVED
NOVELTIES
Lamps, Wall Brackets, Book Ends,
Pedestals, etc.
TO SAFEGUARD TRADE-
MARKS IN SOUTH AMERICA
RIAINO
(STRICTLY HIGH GRADE)
Snare Sellers.
Certain Satisfaction
Thirty years of satisfactory service in American homes.
QBNERAL OPFICES AND FACTORY
WEBD and DAYTON STREETS
KROEGER
BRINKERHOFF
(Established 1S32)
Player-Pianos and Pianos
Hi* Lin* That Sells Easily and Satisfies Always
BRINKERtlOFF PIANO CO. m S £ X £ " CHICAGO
BAUER PIANOS
JULIUS BAUER © COMPANY
Office a n d Warerooma
Factory
1335 Altgeld Street. CHICAGO
Old Number. 244 Wabash Ave.
New Number. 305 S. Wabash Avo.
Leins Piano Company
Makers of Pianos That Are Leaders
in Any Reliable Store
NEW FACTORY. 304 W. 42nd St.. NEW YORK
1
The name alone is enough to suggest to dealers the Best
Artistic and Commercial Values.
The New Style Players Are Finest Yet. If you can
get the Agency you ought to have it.
KROEGER PIANO CO. '
NEW YORK, N. Y.
and
STANFORD. CONM,
TWO TRADE WINNERS
HARTFORD
I CHURCHILL
If you want Good Goods at Right Prices, here ars two
that will meet your requirements—Players and Pianos.
RELIABLE — FINE TONE — BEAUTIFUL
Made By
HARTFORD PIANO COMPANY
1223-1227 MILLER STREET, CHICAGO
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PRESTO
SHEET MUSIC TRADE
SHOWS NEW LIFE
The "Get Together" Movement Is Taking
Hold of the Song Writers and Publish-
ers, and Dealers May Soon Have
Something to Sell.
By T. ROGERS LYONS.
January 8, 1920.
Mr. Powell explains his idea further in these words:
If both sides come in and get together there will
be a gateway for a starter, and it won't be long be-
fore the gate won't be neded—there won't be any-
thing to have a gate in.
So, everybody—user and writer—get a gait on and
help open that gate.
Send in a card—it won't take but a second—and
say you're ready for the get-together idea.
The more writers we hear from the easier it will
be for us to deliver the goods in the line of real help.
You can fight like sixty for sixty writers—you can
compel attention if you have a thousand with you.
The more users of material we get help from the
better material these users will get.
Shoot out a helping hand one to the other. There
IVPLTST BE a helping hand if we are all to climb or
find a gateway.
Rests with Independents.
So far so good. If the independent writer listens,
and the performer using songs listens, and then
both act, the start is made and the music game is
then open to all. The right songs written, and then
sung, will be publishel either by established publish-
ers or by a new publishing concern, and that song
will pay.
But there is another step in the matter. That is
to keep this movement as well as the songs pro-
duced and published, before the dealer, the dis-
tributor, and that is the reason this matter appears
here.
When the "Get Together" movement starts it
must be a triangle. The producer and publisher one
side; the stage and publicity mediums another,
while the third is the musical instrument dealer of
America.
Sheet Music Men, Watch It.
Wherefore it is suggested that the sheet music
dealer watch this "Get Together" movement and,
when the time comes, act! See to it that the good
song, by an unknown writer, published by an un-
known publisher, popularized by unknown singers,
has its proper chance on your music counter.
If this propaganda really gets started, we will see
again a HIT made a hit by popular discrimination,
and not by machine plugging. This pronouncement
contains matter that all interested in sheet music
should consider.
There is right now a rising sun of opportunity for
any independent writer, or publisher, of good songs.
The signs of the times all point that way. First is
noted the scattering of the publishing houses all over
the United States that was spoken of recently in
Presto.
Next, in viewing the situation, we stumbled onto
the get-together corner of Van B. Powell, and noted
with great pleasure what he said on page 36 of the
Nov. 22nd "Billboard."
He urges the song writer to do better work, and
if not given an opportunity, to "GET TOGETHER"
and make the opportunity. Presto said, March 8,
1914:
The Day of Opportunity.
"Today is the opportunity of the independent pub-
lisher, because organized music publishing, insult-
ing publications, and a controlled stage, are all eco-
nomic mistakes; that the members of the Hit Alley
Trust now recognize, and while Hit Alley is devis-
ing ways and means to get back the power it has
frittered away, this is the time for the Independent
to come to his own. If you ever expect to down
the present popular song trust, get together. To-
day is the opportunity of the independent."
The independent did not come; only timidly ven-
tured to look on and see what Presto could do for
him. Since that time Hit Alley, as a combination,
has gone down under the load mentioned; it has
been scattered. The "Billboard" said in November,
1919:
A Helping Hand.
"GET TOGETHER—write something worth
while." Then, addressing the stage: "GET TO-
GETHER, and use these worthwhile offerings of
the independent and unknown writers." All that is
Smith & Heiby is the lively firm handling talking
necessary is that the writer and user get together. machines in Bucyrus, O.
E. KOPRIWA CO.
When in Chicago visit our showrooms
at the Factory
2220 Ward Street, near Clybourn Ave.
Tel. Lincoln 2726
Bureau Now Established Will Foster Better Re-
lations Between the Republics.
The International Trademark Registration Bu-
reau of the American Republics established at Ha-
vana in pursuance of the convention adopted at the
Fourth Pan-American Conference, in Buenos Aires
in 1910, will unquestionably serve as one of the chief
measures to bring the American Republics into
close relationship with each other, is the belief of
Dr. Mario Diaz Yrizar, director of the International
Trademark Registration Bureau at Havana, Cuba.
The bureau will have as its main object the great-
est kind of protection possible for all products to
which a trademark is given. Due to the efforts of
the United States and Cuban governments, it has
been possible to establish the office entrusted to the
supervision of the Cuban Republic with a view to
carry out the provisions of the convention adopted
at Buenos Aires.
The steps to be taken in getting the mechanism of
registration under way have advanced considerably,
so far as concerns the United States, the Govern-
ment of which has already approved the regulations
of the bureau and made an appropriation of the
quota due from the United States toward the sup-
port of the bureau. The Republic of Honduras is
likewise officially known at Havana to have ap-
proved the regulations and appropriated its quota.
Similar action is expected in other countries, of
which unofficial word has been given indirectly to
the bureau, as in Nicaragua and Panama.
The practical aim of the bureau is to enable mer-
chants and manufacturers to deposit their trade
marks in the countries which constitute the Pan-
American Union, and in a simple and economical
way to secure extension through the International
Bureau at Havana of the protection given at home.
With the application for such extension of trade-
mark protection will go a money order of $50, and
an electrotype of the design of the mark. The
patent office at Washington, for example, will trans-
Quality—Supremacy—EBE—New York
THE ORIGINAL RELIABLE
ARTISTIC CARVINGS
for PIANO and PHONOGRAPH
Manufacturers
HIGH-GRADE CARVED
NOVELTIES
Lamps, Wall Brackets, Book Ends,
Pedestals, etc.
TO SAFEGUARD TRADE-
MARKS IN SOUTH AMERICA
RIAINO
(STRICTLY HIGH GRADE)
Snare Sellers.
Certain Satisfaction
Thirty years of satisfactory service in American homes.
QBNERAL OPFICES AND FACTORY
WEBD and DAYTON STREETS
KROEGER
BRINKERHOFF
(Established 1S32)
Player-Pianos and Pianos
Hi* Lin* That Sells Easily and Satisfies Always
BRINKERtlOFF PIANO CO. m S £ X £ " CHICAGO
BAUER PIANOS
JULIUS BAUER © COMPANY
Office a n d Warerooma
Factory
1335 Altgeld Street. CHICAGO
Old Number. 244 Wabash Ave.
New Number. 305 S. Wabash Avo.
Leins Piano Company
Makers of Pianos That Are Leaders
in Any Reliable Store
NEW FACTORY. 304 W. 42nd St.. NEW YORK
1
The name alone is enough to suggest to dealers the Best
Artistic and Commercial Values.
The New Style Players Are Finest Yet. If you can
get the Agency you ought to have it.
KROEGER PIANO CO. '
NEW YORK, N. Y.
and
STANFORD. CONM,
TWO TRADE WINNERS
HARTFORD
I CHURCHILL
If you want Good Goods at Right Prices, here ars two
that will meet your requirements—Players and Pianos.
RELIABLE — FINE TONE — BEAUTIFUL
Made By
HARTFORD PIANO COMPANY
1223-1227 MILLER STREET, CHICAGO
Enhanced content © 2008-2009 and presented by MBSI - The Musical Box Society International (www.mbsi.org) and the International Arcade Museum (www.arcade-museum.com).
All Rights Reserved. Digitized from the archives of the MBSI with support from NAMM - The International Music Products Association (www.namm.org).
Additional enhancement, optimization, and distribution by the International Arcade Museum. An extensive collection of Presto can be found online at http://www.arcade-museum.com/library/
Future scanning projects are planned by the International Arcade Museum Library (IAML).