Presto
Issue: 1922 1893 - Page 8
PRESTO
HOLD VICTOR HERBERT
DAY IN PHILADELPHIA
Program at John Wanamaker's Given by Prominent
Artists and the Ampico.
Victor Herbert Day in Philadelphia was celebrated
Thursday, October 12, by Wanamaker's, in regal
style, the eminent American composer himself being
present at a special concert in his honor. A program
was provided by prominent artists and the Ampico.
Egyptian Hall was jammed. "Victor Herbert Day"
began at 11 a. m. with a Herbert program, played on
the Wanamaker Great Organ by Rollo F. Maitland,
organist of the Stanley Theatre, where the composer
had been conducting throughout the week.
The program in Egyptian Hall started with Her-
bert favorites, played on the Ampico. Then Ruth
Lloyd Kinney, mezzo-contralto, sang several songs
with Ampico accompaniment. Dr. Sigmund Spaeth
spoke on "Victor Herbert, the Musician and the
Man." Dr. Spaeth's critique was illustrated by Am-
pico recordings of the composer. Mr. Herbert him-
self made a very happy speech, finishing by playing
his "Kiss Me Again" for Miss Kinney, which was
repeated with his own Ampico recording playing the
accompaniment. A reception followed, after which
Mr. Herbert was entertained at luncheon by John
Wanamaker. Other celebrities at the luncheon in-
cluded Frank Buhler, manager of the Stanley Theatre,
Clarence Bawden, composer-pianist, Mr. Maitland,
Miss Kinney and Dr. Spaeth.
November 4, 1922.
operatic and concert artists during their stay in Chi-
cago.
In a recent fire in Milwaukee, Wis., the musical
merchandise and talking machine stock of Joseph
Goldman was damaged.
The new six-page folder issued by the National
Bureau for the Advancement of Music to assist
dealers in promoting music in their localities, may
be had in quantities from the bureau, 105 West For-
tieth Street, New York.
The Kesselman-O'Driscoll Music House, Milwau-
kee, operates a licensed broadcasting station in con-
nection with its radio department.
MISS WESER MARRIES.
At the Ritz Carlton, New York, on the evening of
October 25, Miss Gertrude Weser, daughter of Mrs.
John Weser, head of the well-known piano manu-
facturing organization, Weser Bros., Inc., became
the bride of James Bradley, Jr., son of a prominent
New York contractor. In the Crystal Room,-where
the wedding took place, several hundred guests and
relatives witnessed the ceremony and participated in
a dinner and dance which followed. For many years,
the Weser family have been actively identified with
the advancement of musical interests, and Mrs. John
Weser, the mother of the bride, is a member of the
leading societies devoted to musical art.
STAGE FOLK HEAR AMPICO.
Items of General News Value from the Field
Throughout the Country.
A distinguished group of stage folk heard Daisy
Jean, Belgian 'cellist and soprano, and the Ampico in
concert at the Hotel Waldorf-Astoria, New York, on
the afternoon of October 13. Among those in the
audience were Zelda Sears, Ruth Chatterton, Dorothy
Francis, Henry Savage, James Forbes and Harold
Levy, the composer. The Ampico not only accom-
panied Miss Jean, but likewise had a group to itself,
re-enacting Mischa Levitzki's playing of the Sixth
Hungarian Rhapsody.
The Chickering line is now included in the piano
and playerpiano presentations of the Stronberg Music
House, Bradford, Pa.
Oscar Springer, proprietor of the Galveston Music
House, Galveston, Tex., returned last week from a
buying trip to New York.
The line of pianos and players of the Poole Piano
Co.. Boston, are successfuly handled at retail in that
city by the Henderson Brunswick Shop.
The Bush & Gerts parlor grand piano has been se-
lected for the Opera Club of Chicago, 18 West Wal-
ton Place, Chicago. The club is headquarters for
A correspondent of the Chicago Tribune writes:
"Please tell me what I can do. I purchased a player
piano of a local piano store, paying $10 down on it.
I have paid $12 a month since. Now I find I cannot
meet the payments. Can this company hold a lien on
my salary and make me pay for the piano?" to which
the newspaper replies: "Unless you have some de-
fense, such as minority or fraud, they can get judg-
ment for the amount that you agreed to pay and can
collect out of your unexempt property or income."
SOME LATE DOINGS IN
THE RETAIL TRADE
PIANO PAYMENTS DUE.
"Admirable Quality; Acknowledged Reputation"—(Standard Dictionary)
PIANOS and PLAYER-PIANOS
MANUFACTURED BY
~
SMITH, BARNES ® STROHBFR CO.
Have for 37 years justified their right to be called
PIANOS OF CHARACTER
FACTORIES
North Milwaukee, Wis.
Chicago, 111.
E.t. 1SS4
OFFICE
1872 Clybourn Ave-ue
Chicago, HI.
BAUER PIANOS
JULIUS BAUER ® COMPANY
Factory
•935 Alttfeld Street. CHICAGO
Office and Warerooma
Old Number, 244 Wabash A«
New Number. 305 S. Wabash Av
Quick Sales and
Satisfied Customers
That's what you want and that's what you get when you sell Straubc-
made players and pianos.
The constant and growing demand for Straube-made instruments is
due to their high quality which is indicated by the kind of people
who buy them. You can see that they are being selected by those
who choose most carefully.
As a dealer you know the advantage of selling a line of instruments
with a standing of this sort. Let us tell you about our interesting
dealer proposition.
STRAUBE PIANO CO., Hammond, Ind.
Josef Rosenblatt, Trained Singer, Heard in Many
Concerts, Chooses Baldwin Piano.
Josef Rosen-
blatt will use
the B a l d w i n
piano for all his
public concert
work during the
coming season.
He is the fore-
most and most
popular of the
Jewish cantors.
His fame, how-
ever, is not limi-
ted to ecclesias-
tic effort, for of
recent years he
has had consid-
erable success as
a recitalist. Also
he has been of-
fered positions
in i r a p o r tant
opera com-
panies. These he
has refused be-
JOSEF ROSENBLATT.
cause the can-
ons of his religion bar all cantors from singing on
the stage.
Josef Rosenblatt was born in Bielaya Tsierkow,
Russia, in 1882, and was trained to the art of can-
torial singing by his father, also of the profession.
At first his efforts as a cantor were limited to the
smaller cities of his adopted Galicia, but soon, his
fame spreading, he was called to other larger and
farther-flung communities.
Through the leading
Jewish centers of the world he traveled until fate
bade his journeying to America. For the past ten
years Josef Rosenblatt has held the post of cantor
in the temple Ohab Zedek of the Hungarian Con-
gregation of New York.
His first appearance in public concert was made
in New York five years ago, when he won a remark-
able tribute from press and public. Since that time
Mr. Rosenblatt has sung over three hundred con-
certs in the United States and Canada, including two
trips to the Pacific Coast.
For QUALITY, SATISFACTION and PROFIT
CHARACTER
i
ROMANTIC STORY OF FAMED
CANTOR NOW IN NEW YORK
NEWMAN BROTHERS PIANOS
NEWMAN BROS. CO.
Established 1870
Factories, 816 DIX ST., Chicago, II
BRINKERHOFF
Player-Pianos and Pianos
The Line That Sells Easily and Satisfies Always
B8INKERH0FF PIANO CO. "
" K ^ E T
CHICAGO
When in doubt refer to
PRESTO BUYERS' GUIDE
E. Leins Piano Company
Makers of Pianos That Are Leaders
in Any Reliable Store
NEW FACTORY. 304 W. 42nd St.. NEW YORK
STULTZ & BAUER
Grand—Upright—Player Pianos
A WORLD'S CHOICE PIANO
338-340 East 31st Street
-
-
NEW YORK
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HOLD VICTOR HERBERT
DAY IN PHILADELPHIA
Program at John Wanamaker's Given by Prominent
Artists and the Ampico.
Victor Herbert Day in Philadelphia was celebrated
Thursday, October 12, by Wanamaker's, in regal
style, the eminent American composer himself being
present at a special concert in his honor. A program
was provided by prominent artists and the Ampico.
Egyptian Hall was jammed. "Victor Herbert Day"
began at 11 a. m. with a Herbert program, played on
the Wanamaker Great Organ by Rollo F. Maitland,
organist of the Stanley Theatre, where the composer
had been conducting throughout the week.
The program in Egyptian Hall started with Her-
bert favorites, played on the Ampico. Then Ruth
Lloyd Kinney, mezzo-contralto, sang several songs
with Ampico accompaniment. Dr. Sigmund Spaeth
spoke on "Victor Herbert, the Musician and the
Man." Dr. Spaeth's critique was illustrated by Am-
pico recordings of the composer. Mr. Herbert him-
self made a very happy speech, finishing by playing
his "Kiss Me Again" for Miss Kinney, which was
repeated with his own Ampico recording playing the
accompaniment. A reception followed, after which
Mr. Herbert was entertained at luncheon by John
Wanamaker. Other celebrities at the luncheon in-
cluded Frank Buhler, manager of the Stanley Theatre,
Clarence Bawden, composer-pianist, Mr. Maitland,
Miss Kinney and Dr. Spaeth.
November 4, 1922.
operatic and concert artists during their stay in Chi-
cago.
In a recent fire in Milwaukee, Wis., the musical
merchandise and talking machine stock of Joseph
Goldman was damaged.
The new six-page folder issued by the National
Bureau for the Advancement of Music to assist
dealers in promoting music in their localities, may
be had in quantities from the bureau, 105 West For-
tieth Street, New York.
The Kesselman-O'Driscoll Music House, Milwau-
kee, operates a licensed broadcasting station in con-
nection with its radio department.
MISS WESER MARRIES.
At the Ritz Carlton, New York, on the evening of
October 25, Miss Gertrude Weser, daughter of Mrs.
John Weser, head of the well-known piano manu-
facturing organization, Weser Bros., Inc., became
the bride of James Bradley, Jr., son of a prominent
New York contractor. In the Crystal Room,-where
the wedding took place, several hundred guests and
relatives witnessed the ceremony and participated in
a dinner and dance which followed. For many years,
the Weser family have been actively identified with
the advancement of musical interests, and Mrs. John
Weser, the mother of the bride, is a member of the
leading societies devoted to musical art.
STAGE FOLK HEAR AMPICO.
Items of General News Value from the Field
Throughout the Country.
A distinguished group of stage folk heard Daisy
Jean, Belgian 'cellist and soprano, and the Ampico in
concert at the Hotel Waldorf-Astoria, New York, on
the afternoon of October 13. Among those in the
audience were Zelda Sears, Ruth Chatterton, Dorothy
Francis, Henry Savage, James Forbes and Harold
Levy, the composer. The Ampico not only accom-
panied Miss Jean, but likewise had a group to itself,
re-enacting Mischa Levitzki's playing of the Sixth
Hungarian Rhapsody.
The Chickering line is now included in the piano
and playerpiano presentations of the Stronberg Music
House, Bradford, Pa.
Oscar Springer, proprietor of the Galveston Music
House, Galveston, Tex., returned last week from a
buying trip to New York.
The line of pianos and players of the Poole Piano
Co.. Boston, are successfuly handled at retail in that
city by the Henderson Brunswick Shop.
The Bush & Gerts parlor grand piano has been se-
lected for the Opera Club of Chicago, 18 West Wal-
ton Place, Chicago. The club is headquarters for
A correspondent of the Chicago Tribune writes:
"Please tell me what I can do. I purchased a player
piano of a local piano store, paying $10 down on it.
I have paid $12 a month since. Now I find I cannot
meet the payments. Can this company hold a lien on
my salary and make me pay for the piano?" to which
the newspaper replies: "Unless you have some de-
fense, such as minority or fraud, they can get judg-
ment for the amount that you agreed to pay and can
collect out of your unexempt property or income."
SOME LATE DOINGS IN
THE RETAIL TRADE
PIANO PAYMENTS DUE.
"Admirable Quality; Acknowledged Reputation"—(Standard Dictionary)
PIANOS and PLAYER-PIANOS
MANUFACTURED BY
~
SMITH, BARNES ® STROHBFR CO.
Have for 37 years justified their right to be called
PIANOS OF CHARACTER
FACTORIES
North Milwaukee, Wis.
Chicago, 111.
E.t. 1SS4
OFFICE
1872 Clybourn Ave-ue
Chicago, HI.
BAUER PIANOS
JULIUS BAUER ® COMPANY
Factory
•935 Alttfeld Street. CHICAGO
Office and Warerooma
Old Number, 244 Wabash A«
New Number. 305 S. Wabash Av
Quick Sales and
Satisfied Customers
That's what you want and that's what you get when you sell Straubc-
made players and pianos.
The constant and growing demand for Straube-made instruments is
due to their high quality which is indicated by the kind of people
who buy them. You can see that they are being selected by those
who choose most carefully.
As a dealer you know the advantage of selling a line of instruments
with a standing of this sort. Let us tell you about our interesting
dealer proposition.
STRAUBE PIANO CO., Hammond, Ind.
Josef Rosenblatt, Trained Singer, Heard in Many
Concerts, Chooses Baldwin Piano.
Josef Rosen-
blatt will use
the B a l d w i n
piano for all his
public concert
work during the
coming season.
He is the fore-
most and most
popular of the
Jewish cantors.
His fame, how-
ever, is not limi-
ted to ecclesias-
tic effort, for of
recent years he
has had consid-
erable success as
a recitalist. Also
he has been of-
fered positions
in i r a p o r tant
opera com-
panies. These he
has refused be-
JOSEF ROSENBLATT.
cause the can-
ons of his religion bar all cantors from singing on
the stage.
Josef Rosenblatt was born in Bielaya Tsierkow,
Russia, in 1882, and was trained to the art of can-
torial singing by his father, also of the profession.
At first his efforts as a cantor were limited to the
smaller cities of his adopted Galicia, but soon, his
fame spreading, he was called to other larger and
farther-flung communities.
Through the leading
Jewish centers of the world he traveled until fate
bade his journeying to America. For the past ten
years Josef Rosenblatt has held the post of cantor
in the temple Ohab Zedek of the Hungarian Con-
gregation of New York.
His first appearance in public concert was made
in New York five years ago, when he won a remark-
able tribute from press and public. Since that time
Mr. Rosenblatt has sung over three hundred con-
certs in the United States and Canada, including two
trips to the Pacific Coast.
For QUALITY, SATISFACTION and PROFIT
CHARACTER
i
ROMANTIC STORY OF FAMED
CANTOR NOW IN NEW YORK
NEWMAN BROTHERS PIANOS
NEWMAN BROS. CO.
Established 1870
Factories, 816 DIX ST., Chicago, II
BRINKERHOFF
Player-Pianos and Pianos
The Line That Sells Easily and Satisfies Always
B8INKERH0FF PIANO CO. "
" K ^ E T
CHICAGO
When in doubt refer to
PRESTO BUYERS' GUIDE
E. Leins Piano Company
Makers of Pianos That Are Leaders
in Any Reliable Store
NEW FACTORY. 304 W. 42nd St.. NEW YORK
STULTZ & BAUER
Grand—Upright—Player Pianos
A WORLD'S CHOICE PIANO
338-340 East 31st Street
-
-
NEW YORK
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/
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