Presto
Issue: 1920 1775 - Page 28
PRESTO
were blue with copy-afters, each trying to get into
the lime-light on the tail of the original number's
kite. We counted twelve "blue" numbers in a sin-
gle theatrical journal.
Then, in this five years, rag-time has given way
to Jazz. Wheth.er the new discovery is an improve-
ment or a degeneration of musical accomplishment
is a question for deep study. Also, it opens worlds
of possibility to the investigator, to find if possible
the exact line of demarkation. When is Rag-time
Jazz or when is Jazz not Rag-time seems fraught
with possibilities.
Bushels and bales of "copy" has been written
about the decline of Jazz. "Jazz has been banned
by many hotels," said the Detroit Journal. "Jazz
is dead; long live rag-time," cried the Albany Argus.
And not wishing to be outdone by any writing per-
son, I make haste to write the epitaph—premature,
perhaps, but no one may strike the psychological
moment exactly, therefor this—
EPITAPH TO JAZZ.
'.The five-year-old infant, Jazz, god-fathered by
Hit-Publisher, being the illegitimate issue of Music,
and the legitimate issue of Rag-time, is said to be
dying out.
We are glad that you have lived that we may
know hereafter how to appreciate music when we
hear it once again.
Rest in peace—the only peaceful thing you ever
did,
. Nothing in your life ever became you half so well
as your leaving it.
On with the dance; may joy be unconfined.
He passed this way but once—
July 31, 1920.
That was enough—
You're where you should be, you ill-begotten mu-
sical monstrosity.
You're dead—
'Nough said!
Just paste this in your show-case and wait. You
may be compelled to wait a long time, but there is
nothing like being prepared. It is always conve-
nient to have an epitaph on hand when one is
wanted.
LIVE LOS ANGELES HOUSE
Churchill, Young & Co. Enlarge and Add a Com-
plete Sheet Music Department.
Churchill, Young & Co., 218 South Broadway, Los
Angeles, Calif., have been busy in getting things
straightened up to start business on a larger scale.
They have added new departments and are now in
a position to handle anything in the music line. They
now do composing, arranging, printing and publish-
ing songs for others. They also have a "plugging"
service, and make slides, as well.
The Los Angeles house wrote Presto some time
ago that it was the intention to represent some of
the eastern music publishers, so as to sell the latest
"hits." They are now representing 14 music pub-
lishers, and many of them will use Churchill, Young
& Co.'s name in their advertisements, on their cir-
culars and other literature as their western repre-
sentatives. For some of them the Los Angeles firm
has taken over the entire business in the West. The
list of publishers represented by the Los Angeles
house is as follows, and the prints of any of them
may be had by ordering of Churchill, Young & Co.:
New York: Jones Music Co.; Pace & Hendy, Inc.;
Triangle Music Pub. Co.; Belwin, Inc.; Jack Mills,
Inc.; Chas. K. Harris.
Chicago: Will Rossiter; Van Alstyne & Curtis;
McKinley Music Co.
Brooklyn, N. Y.: Chas. H. Hochberg & Co.; Ar-
cadia Music Pub. Co.
Akron, Ohio: Success Music Co.
North Fond du Lac, Wis.: Earl E. Zech.
Quincy, 111.: C. Arthur Fifer.
W. T. BRINKERHOFF IN NORTH.
Will T. Brinkerhoff, president of the Brinkerhoff
Piano Company, Chicago, is enjoying his vacation
in and around Hackensack, Minn. He has sent
home 25 pounds of pickerel already and more will
follow as soon as he makes further catches. He is
accompanied by R. D. Gaston, the Brinkerhoff deal-
er from Hastings, Neb. Mrs. Brinkerhoff and Mrs.
Gaston went to these northlands with their hus-
bands. It is understood that p'art of the time is
spent in playing golf.
DISSOLVE PARTNERSHIP.
R. R. Roath and H. A. Britton, of the Britton-
Roath Piano Co., Decatur, 111., have dissolved part-
nership. Mr. Roath will devote all his time to the
sale of pianos as he has for many years, covering a
wide territory. Mr. Britton will continue in business
under the name of Britton Piano Co.
THE
FINDLAY PIANO TRUCK
Nothing Else Like It
KREITER MFG. CO.. Inc
Factory:
Marlnetta. Wl«.
The Findlay Truck
is a two-piece-end
truck with lifting
handles and is Self-
Lifting; no lifting
to truck the piano.
You get more
than full value
for every dollar
invested in this
truck.
175*79 THIRD ST.. MILWAUKEE. WIS.
Place that Want Ad in Presto
SC!! Af f P1ANOSTR1NOC0.
Manufacturers of
•
I
The merits and high value of these trucks are intensely interest-
km, ask us to tell more about them. You can pay more, but
you can't get as good a one anywhere else for the money.
i
Your Money Back If You Want It
FINDLAY PIANO TRUCK CO.
<
HAVE MONEY IN THEM FOR ANY RESPONSIBLE DEALER
They bear critical comparison with any others, They are beaut^fiul
instruments with the winning tone-duality. The new Krai^r F'&cifccifv u
one of the largest and best equipped in the world, Let Us Hear From JTM*.
FINDLAY. OHIO
MANUFACTURERS OF
PIANOS
PLAYER PIANOS
15he TTLanuolo
The Playe r Piano that iu all but human
FACTORIES:
Piano-Forte
Bass Strings
19-2021 CLYBOIRN
AVENUE
Corner Lewis Street
CHICAGO
CINCINNATI CHICAGO
E offer exceptional ad-
vantages to those who
wish to push the Piano busi-
ness on sound and progres-
sive lines. For all informa-
tion apply to
W
124 W. Fourth St.
CINCINNATI
323 S. Wrtash Ave.
CHICAGO
KRAKAUER BROS.;
Cjpreu AYS., 136lb and 137th Sit ;•
NEW YORK
^
sADAM SCHAAF
|j
tj
!
'--•"'- R
" r^ '
Established 1873
MANUFACTURER OF
GRAND, UPRIQH1 and PLAYER-PIANOS
Factory
• t Viral Park Ave. and Fill more St.
L
and B. & O. C. T. R. R.
csnefrestlaioW
mziJica/name
fnffieWorfd.
Office and Salesrooms
700-702 West Madison S
ill Wabash Avenue
PIANOS
Tfc* Heppe, Marcellus and Edouard Jules Plaao
manufactured by the
HEPPE PIANO COMPANY
are the only pianos in the world with
Three Sounding Boards.
Patented In the United States. Great BritalOt
Prance, Germany and Canada.
Liberal arrangements to responsible agents 9mkf»
Main Office. 1117 Chestnut Bt. r ~
PHILADELPHIA. PA.
ORGANS
E5TEY PIAND COMPANY • NEW YOIW CITY
Presto Want Ads
Bring Quick Returns
Cffie Pert profit
producer/or the
dealer in the Trade.
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were blue with copy-afters, each trying to get into
the lime-light on the tail of the original number's
kite. We counted twelve "blue" numbers in a sin-
gle theatrical journal.
Then, in this five years, rag-time has given way
to Jazz. Wheth.er the new discovery is an improve-
ment or a degeneration of musical accomplishment
is a question for deep study. Also, it opens worlds
of possibility to the investigator, to find if possible
the exact line of demarkation. When is Rag-time
Jazz or when is Jazz not Rag-time seems fraught
with possibilities.
Bushels and bales of "copy" has been written
about the decline of Jazz. "Jazz has been banned
by many hotels," said the Detroit Journal. "Jazz
is dead; long live rag-time," cried the Albany Argus.
And not wishing to be outdone by any writing per-
son, I make haste to write the epitaph—premature,
perhaps, but no one may strike the psychological
moment exactly, therefor this—
EPITAPH TO JAZZ.
'.The five-year-old infant, Jazz, god-fathered by
Hit-Publisher, being the illegitimate issue of Music,
and the legitimate issue of Rag-time, is said to be
dying out.
We are glad that you have lived that we may
know hereafter how to appreciate music when we
hear it once again.
Rest in peace—the only peaceful thing you ever
did,
. Nothing in your life ever became you half so well
as your leaving it.
On with the dance; may joy be unconfined.
He passed this way but once—
July 31, 1920.
That was enough—
You're where you should be, you ill-begotten mu-
sical monstrosity.
You're dead—
'Nough said!
Just paste this in your show-case and wait. You
may be compelled to wait a long time, but there is
nothing like being prepared. It is always conve-
nient to have an epitaph on hand when one is
wanted.
LIVE LOS ANGELES HOUSE
Churchill, Young & Co. Enlarge and Add a Com-
plete Sheet Music Department.
Churchill, Young & Co., 218 South Broadway, Los
Angeles, Calif., have been busy in getting things
straightened up to start business on a larger scale.
They have added new departments and are now in
a position to handle anything in the music line. They
now do composing, arranging, printing and publish-
ing songs for others. They also have a "plugging"
service, and make slides, as well.
The Los Angeles house wrote Presto some time
ago that it was the intention to represent some of
the eastern music publishers, so as to sell the latest
"hits." They are now representing 14 music pub-
lishers, and many of them will use Churchill, Young
& Co.'s name in their advertisements, on their cir-
culars and other literature as their western repre-
sentatives. For some of them the Los Angeles firm
has taken over the entire business in the West. The
list of publishers represented by the Los Angeles
house is as follows, and the prints of any of them
may be had by ordering of Churchill, Young & Co.:
New York: Jones Music Co.; Pace & Hendy, Inc.;
Triangle Music Pub. Co.; Belwin, Inc.; Jack Mills,
Inc.; Chas. K. Harris.
Chicago: Will Rossiter; Van Alstyne & Curtis;
McKinley Music Co.
Brooklyn, N. Y.: Chas. H. Hochberg & Co.; Ar-
cadia Music Pub. Co.
Akron, Ohio: Success Music Co.
North Fond du Lac, Wis.: Earl E. Zech.
Quincy, 111.: C. Arthur Fifer.
W. T. BRINKERHOFF IN NORTH.
Will T. Brinkerhoff, president of the Brinkerhoff
Piano Company, Chicago, is enjoying his vacation
in and around Hackensack, Minn. He has sent
home 25 pounds of pickerel already and more will
follow as soon as he makes further catches. He is
accompanied by R. D. Gaston, the Brinkerhoff deal-
er from Hastings, Neb. Mrs. Brinkerhoff and Mrs.
Gaston went to these northlands with their hus-
bands. It is understood that p'art of the time is
spent in playing golf.
DISSOLVE PARTNERSHIP.
R. R. Roath and H. A. Britton, of the Britton-
Roath Piano Co., Decatur, 111., have dissolved part-
nership. Mr. Roath will devote all his time to the
sale of pianos as he has for many years, covering a
wide territory. Mr. Britton will continue in business
under the name of Britton Piano Co.
THE
FINDLAY PIANO TRUCK
Nothing Else Like It
KREITER MFG. CO.. Inc
Factory:
Marlnetta. Wl«.
The Findlay Truck
is a two-piece-end
truck with lifting
handles and is Self-
Lifting; no lifting
to truck the piano.
You get more
than full value
for every dollar
invested in this
truck.
175*79 THIRD ST.. MILWAUKEE. WIS.
Place that Want Ad in Presto
SC!! Af f P1ANOSTR1NOC0.
Manufacturers of
•
I
The merits and high value of these trucks are intensely interest-
km, ask us to tell more about them. You can pay more, but
you can't get as good a one anywhere else for the money.
i
Your Money Back If You Want It
FINDLAY PIANO TRUCK CO.
<
HAVE MONEY IN THEM FOR ANY RESPONSIBLE DEALER
They bear critical comparison with any others, They are beaut^fiul
instruments with the winning tone-duality. The new Krai^r F'&cifccifv u
one of the largest and best equipped in the world, Let Us Hear From JTM*.
FINDLAY. OHIO
MANUFACTURERS OF
PIANOS
PLAYER PIANOS
15he TTLanuolo
The Playe r Piano that iu all but human
FACTORIES:
Piano-Forte
Bass Strings
19-2021 CLYBOIRN
AVENUE
Corner Lewis Street
CHICAGO
CINCINNATI CHICAGO
E offer exceptional ad-
vantages to those who
wish to push the Piano busi-
ness on sound and progres-
sive lines. For all informa-
tion apply to
W
124 W. Fourth St.
CINCINNATI
323 S. Wrtash Ave.
CHICAGO
KRAKAUER BROS.;
Cjpreu AYS., 136lb and 137th Sit ;•
NEW YORK
^
sADAM SCHAAF
|j
tj
!
'--•"'- R
" r^ '
Established 1873
MANUFACTURER OF
GRAND, UPRIQH1 and PLAYER-PIANOS
Factory
• t Viral Park Ave. and Fill more St.
L
and B. & O. C. T. R. R.
csnefrestlaioW
mziJica/name
fnffieWorfd.
Office and Salesrooms
700-702 West Madison S
ill Wabash Avenue
PIANOS
Tfc* Heppe, Marcellus and Edouard Jules Plaao
manufactured by the
HEPPE PIANO COMPANY
are the only pianos in the world with
Three Sounding Boards.
Patented In the United States. Great BritalOt
Prance, Germany and Canada.
Liberal arrangements to responsible agents 9mkf»
Main Office. 1117 Chestnut Bt. r ~
PHILADELPHIA. PA.
ORGANS
E5TEY PIAND COMPANY • NEW YOIW CITY
Presto Want Ads
Bring Quick Returns
Cffie Pert profit
producer/or the
dealer in the Trade.
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).