Presto
Issue: 1922 1897 - Page 21
December 2, 1922.
21
PRESTO
GENNETT DECEMBER BULLETIN
Splendid Presentation of Seasonable and General
Music and Songs in Long New List.
The seasonable character of many of the Gennett
records for December makes them big and sure win-
ners for the holiday trade. There is the beautiful
and sacred "Silent Night, Holy Night" with the re-
verse "The First Noel" tenderly sung by the Criterion
Quartette, who also have rendered "Nearer, My God,
to Thee" and "Jesus, Savior, Pilot Me" just as ef-
fectively; appropriate new numbers by Homer Rode-
heaver and Ruth Rodeheaver; also exquisite violin
solos by Scipione Guidi.
The characteristic high
quality of all Gennetts is inherent in every one.
Joseph Knecht's Waldorf-Astoria Dance Orchestra
recorded "Old Favorite Waltzes," which fill both
sides of No. 4972. The list of popular dance music
and song hits for December is unusually good. There
are first records by the Friars' Society Orchestra,
lively numbers to get the enthusiastic praise of the
young folks.
Other m Gennett records of interest to talking ma-
chine owners are those of William Houchen, who
has played a typical old-timer on his fiddle in "Ar-
kansaw Traveler" and "Turkey in the Straw."
The two recordings on No. 4977 are "Edelweiss"
(Volkslied) and "Der Tyroler Und Sein Kind"
(Volkslied), sung by Josef Kalman, baritone, whose
clear voice brings out the charm and beauty of the
songs.
, Here are the winning dance numbers in the
December bulletin: By the Friar's Society Orches-
tra under direction of Husk O'Hara: Oriental, Fox
Trot (Myers-Schoebel), and Farewell Blues, Fox
Trot
(Rappollo-Schoebel-Mares);
Discontented
Blues, Fox Trot (Meyers-Schoebel-Miller), and Bugle
Call Blues (Snyder-Pettis-Brunils); Panama, Fox
Trot (Tyers), and Tiger Rag, Fox Trot.
Maui Waltz and Hawaiian Hulas, Fox Trot, Frank
Ferera, ukulele solo; Why Should I Cry Over You?
Waltz (Cohn-Miller), Joseph Knecht's Waldorf-As-
toria Dance Orchestra, and Thru the Night, Waltz
(Logan), Lieut. Matt's Orchestra. No Wonder I'm
Lonesome, Fox Trot (Meyer), Bailey's Lucky Seven,
featuring Lillian Robbins, and Tomorrow, Fox Trot
(Turk-Robinson), Bailey's Lucky Seven.
Lovin'
Sam (The Sheik of Alabam'), Fox Trot (Ager-Yellen),
Reser Trio, Billy Jones sings the chorus, and Plan-
tation Home, Fox Trot (Wilson-Brennan), Reser
Trio—banjo, saxophone and piano. Carolina in the
Morning, Fox Trot (Donaldson), and Homesick, Fox
Trot (Berlin), Bailey's Lucky Seven, featuring Cliff
Edwards (Ukulele Ike). Stuttering, Fox Trot
(Pinkhard), and Toot, Toot, Tootsie (Goo'bye), Fox
Trot (Kahn-Erdman-Russo), Bailey's Lucky Seven.
I'm All Alone, Fox Trot (Coale-Anderson), Falcone's
Metronome Orchestra, and You Remind Me of My
Mother, Fox Trot (Cohan), Joe Samuels and His
Master Players. I'm Just a Little Blue, Waltz (Van
Alstyne), Hudson Pavilion Orchestra, and Lovely
Lucerne, Waltz (Godin), Lieut. Matt's Orchestra.
Tomorrow (Turk-Robinson), Billy Jones, tenor, and
My Buddy (Kahn-Donaldson), Jane Williams,
soprano.
Four Jewish records, eight German, sixteen Span-
ish, and fourteen Italian records are listed in the
December bulletin;
Other Gennetts of special Christmas appeal are:
O Come All Ye Faithful, Elliott Shaw, and Beautiful
Isle of Somewhere, Bell and Sharpe. Abide with Me,
and Softly and Tenderly, Dadmun and Miller. The
Star of Bethelehem, C. Leggett, and Selections from
Faust (Part I I I ) , His Majesty's Scots Guards Band.
O Sanctissima, and Adeste Fideles, Chimes and Ster-
ling Brass Quinettte. Little Orphan Annie, and Just
'Fore Christmas, Harry E. Humphrey, recitation.
The Holy City, and Onward Christian Soldiers, Royal
Dadmun.
OUR JAPANESE CUSTOMERS.
American musical instruments follow American
styles and the relation of the piano to Occidental
skirts and waists, rolled hose and bobbed hair must
be accounted for in any discussion of the changing
East. The American guitar has followed the georg-
ette waist to Japan and the flappers of the Flowery
Kingdom have canned the native m'yhama for the
imported mandolin. According to the report of a
United States Consul in Tokio musical instruments,
especially mandolins, are being imported in increas-
ing quantities, and Western music is so fashionable
that a study of the piano is now considered a neces-
sary part of the education of Japanese giri. The
playing of "Koto," the national harp, and of the
"samisen," has not been abandoned.
PLANS FOR NEXT MEETING.
The next meeting of the Talking Machine Men
Inc., the association of the trade of New York, New
Jersey and Connecticut, will be on December 6 at
the Cafe Boulevard, New York, and the meeting will
be addressed by an official of the Columbia Grapho-
phone Co., whose name will be announced next week.
New members of the association are: George A.
Sheehan, Robert H. Kieth and Lee S. Coupe, all as-
sociated with the Long Island Phonograph Co.; Alex-
ander Broadman of the Broadman Wood Works and
the General Phonograph Corp.
Perfection Piano Bench Mfg. Co.
614-618 So. Canal St.
Chicago
LEATHER
FOR
PLAYERS
ORGANS
PIANOS
PNEUMATIC LEATHERS A SPECIALTY
Packing, Valves, All Special Tanned
Bellows Leather
T. L. LUTKINS, Inc.
40 Spruce Street
NEW YORK
Relative Resistance of Hardwoods Employed in
Manufacture of Many Musical Instruments.
The U. S. Forests Laboratory at Madison Wis.,
has prepared a statement of the relative durability
and resistence to decay of untreated woods.
Black locust and osage orange are the most dur-
able of the native woods. When exposed to condi-
tions which favor decay they will probably last almost
twice as long as white oak, and from three to four
times as long as red oak. Bald cypress, redwood,
catalpa and most of the cedars are also highly durable
species. Douglas fir, longleaf pine, the white pines
and western larch average only a little less durable
than white oak. Hemlock, the true firs, and loblolly,
lodgepole and western yellow pines fall considerably
lower. The sapwood of practically all species has
very low durability. White oak, black walnut and
chestnut rank high.
No attempt has been made to translate the relative
durability given here in per cent into years of life,
since the variety of climate, soil and moisture condi-
tions to which timbers might be exposed would make
such data worthless. Individual timbers of the same
species may differ considerably in durability, too, ac-
cording to the amount of heartwood and sapwood
they contain, and to their state of preservation when
they are placed in service. Under any given set of
conditions, however, the average service life of tim-
bers of the different species will probably vary in pro-
portion to the percentages given.
MASTERS USED VENEER.
The interesting fact is clear that Sheraton, Chip-
pendale, Heppelwhite and the brothers Adam all used
veneer in the building and finishing of their finest
creations. They also made use of the ply wood prin-
ciple in their methods. Chippendale even veneered
his finest chairs and Sheraton's famous sideboard
built for the London Times was built of plywood
veneer.
Dividends
Declared!
Dealers, E V E R Y -
W H E R E , declare
that Clark Orchestra
Rolls produce bigger
dividends from electric
pianos than other
makes of electric rolls.
NOT IN
ANY
TRUST
Quality, Service, Price
DURABILITY IN WOODS
In Three Parts:
1. Instruments of Established
Names and Character.
2. Instruments that bear Spe-
cial Names or Trade Marks.
3. Manufacturers of Pianos
and Player-Pianos with Chap-
ters on Piano Building and Buy-
ing designed for the guidance
of prospective purchasers.
Facsimile Fall-
board Names of Leading Pianos
and Player-Pianos in Colors
Revised
Annually
NO PIANO DEALER OR SALESMAN
CAN AFFORD TO BE WITHOUT IT.
IF YOU DON'T CONSULT "PRESTO
BUYERS' GUIDE" YOU ARE MISSING
OPPORTUNITIES. G E T I T NOW.
Give a copy to each of your salesmen „
Price 50 cents per copy.
PRESTO PUBLISHING CO.
A Safe Investment
CLARK ORCHESTRA ROLL CO.
De Kalb, HI.
The Piano Repair Shop
Pianos and Phonographs Rebuilt by
Expert Workmen
Player-actions installed. Instruments
refinished or remodeled and actions and
keys repaired. Work guaranteed. Prices
reasonable.
Our-of-town dealers' repair work solic-
ited. Write for details and terms.
THE PIANO REPAIR SHOP
425 South Wabash Ave.
Chicago
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21
PRESTO
GENNETT DECEMBER BULLETIN
Splendid Presentation of Seasonable and General
Music and Songs in Long New List.
The seasonable character of many of the Gennett
records for December makes them big and sure win-
ners for the holiday trade. There is the beautiful
and sacred "Silent Night, Holy Night" with the re-
verse "The First Noel" tenderly sung by the Criterion
Quartette, who also have rendered "Nearer, My God,
to Thee" and "Jesus, Savior, Pilot Me" just as ef-
fectively; appropriate new numbers by Homer Rode-
heaver and Ruth Rodeheaver; also exquisite violin
solos by Scipione Guidi.
The characteristic high
quality of all Gennetts is inherent in every one.
Joseph Knecht's Waldorf-Astoria Dance Orchestra
recorded "Old Favorite Waltzes," which fill both
sides of No. 4972. The list of popular dance music
and song hits for December is unusually good. There
are first records by the Friars' Society Orchestra,
lively numbers to get the enthusiastic praise of the
young folks.
Other m Gennett records of interest to talking ma-
chine owners are those of William Houchen, who
has played a typical old-timer on his fiddle in "Ar-
kansaw Traveler" and "Turkey in the Straw."
The two recordings on No. 4977 are "Edelweiss"
(Volkslied) and "Der Tyroler Und Sein Kind"
(Volkslied), sung by Josef Kalman, baritone, whose
clear voice brings out the charm and beauty of the
songs.
, Here are the winning dance numbers in the
December bulletin: By the Friar's Society Orches-
tra under direction of Husk O'Hara: Oriental, Fox
Trot (Myers-Schoebel), and Farewell Blues, Fox
Trot
(Rappollo-Schoebel-Mares);
Discontented
Blues, Fox Trot (Meyers-Schoebel-Miller), and Bugle
Call Blues (Snyder-Pettis-Brunils); Panama, Fox
Trot (Tyers), and Tiger Rag, Fox Trot.
Maui Waltz and Hawaiian Hulas, Fox Trot, Frank
Ferera, ukulele solo; Why Should I Cry Over You?
Waltz (Cohn-Miller), Joseph Knecht's Waldorf-As-
toria Dance Orchestra, and Thru the Night, Waltz
(Logan), Lieut. Matt's Orchestra. No Wonder I'm
Lonesome, Fox Trot (Meyer), Bailey's Lucky Seven,
featuring Lillian Robbins, and Tomorrow, Fox Trot
(Turk-Robinson), Bailey's Lucky Seven.
Lovin'
Sam (The Sheik of Alabam'), Fox Trot (Ager-Yellen),
Reser Trio, Billy Jones sings the chorus, and Plan-
tation Home, Fox Trot (Wilson-Brennan), Reser
Trio—banjo, saxophone and piano. Carolina in the
Morning, Fox Trot (Donaldson), and Homesick, Fox
Trot (Berlin), Bailey's Lucky Seven, featuring Cliff
Edwards (Ukulele Ike). Stuttering, Fox Trot
(Pinkhard), and Toot, Toot, Tootsie (Goo'bye), Fox
Trot (Kahn-Erdman-Russo), Bailey's Lucky Seven.
I'm All Alone, Fox Trot (Coale-Anderson), Falcone's
Metronome Orchestra, and You Remind Me of My
Mother, Fox Trot (Cohan), Joe Samuels and His
Master Players. I'm Just a Little Blue, Waltz (Van
Alstyne), Hudson Pavilion Orchestra, and Lovely
Lucerne, Waltz (Godin), Lieut. Matt's Orchestra.
Tomorrow (Turk-Robinson), Billy Jones, tenor, and
My Buddy (Kahn-Donaldson), Jane Williams,
soprano.
Four Jewish records, eight German, sixteen Span-
ish, and fourteen Italian records are listed in the
December bulletin;
Other Gennetts of special Christmas appeal are:
O Come All Ye Faithful, Elliott Shaw, and Beautiful
Isle of Somewhere, Bell and Sharpe. Abide with Me,
and Softly and Tenderly, Dadmun and Miller. The
Star of Bethelehem, C. Leggett, and Selections from
Faust (Part I I I ) , His Majesty's Scots Guards Band.
O Sanctissima, and Adeste Fideles, Chimes and Ster-
ling Brass Quinettte. Little Orphan Annie, and Just
'Fore Christmas, Harry E. Humphrey, recitation.
The Holy City, and Onward Christian Soldiers, Royal
Dadmun.
OUR JAPANESE CUSTOMERS.
American musical instruments follow American
styles and the relation of the piano to Occidental
skirts and waists, rolled hose and bobbed hair must
be accounted for in any discussion of the changing
East. The American guitar has followed the georg-
ette waist to Japan and the flappers of the Flowery
Kingdom have canned the native m'yhama for the
imported mandolin. According to the report of a
United States Consul in Tokio musical instruments,
especially mandolins, are being imported in increas-
ing quantities, and Western music is so fashionable
that a study of the piano is now considered a neces-
sary part of the education of Japanese giri. The
playing of "Koto," the national harp, and of the
"samisen," has not been abandoned.
PLANS FOR NEXT MEETING.
The next meeting of the Talking Machine Men
Inc., the association of the trade of New York, New
Jersey and Connecticut, will be on December 6 at
the Cafe Boulevard, New York, and the meeting will
be addressed by an official of the Columbia Grapho-
phone Co., whose name will be announced next week.
New members of the association are: George A.
Sheehan, Robert H. Kieth and Lee S. Coupe, all as-
sociated with the Long Island Phonograph Co.; Alex-
ander Broadman of the Broadman Wood Works and
the General Phonograph Corp.
Perfection Piano Bench Mfg. Co.
614-618 So. Canal St.
Chicago
LEATHER
FOR
PLAYERS
ORGANS
PIANOS
PNEUMATIC LEATHERS A SPECIALTY
Packing, Valves, All Special Tanned
Bellows Leather
T. L. LUTKINS, Inc.
40 Spruce Street
NEW YORK
Relative Resistance of Hardwoods Employed in
Manufacture of Many Musical Instruments.
The U. S. Forests Laboratory at Madison Wis.,
has prepared a statement of the relative durability
and resistence to decay of untreated woods.
Black locust and osage orange are the most dur-
able of the native woods. When exposed to condi-
tions which favor decay they will probably last almost
twice as long as white oak, and from three to four
times as long as red oak. Bald cypress, redwood,
catalpa and most of the cedars are also highly durable
species. Douglas fir, longleaf pine, the white pines
and western larch average only a little less durable
than white oak. Hemlock, the true firs, and loblolly,
lodgepole and western yellow pines fall considerably
lower. The sapwood of practically all species has
very low durability. White oak, black walnut and
chestnut rank high.
No attempt has been made to translate the relative
durability given here in per cent into years of life,
since the variety of climate, soil and moisture condi-
tions to which timbers might be exposed would make
such data worthless. Individual timbers of the same
species may differ considerably in durability, too, ac-
cording to the amount of heartwood and sapwood
they contain, and to their state of preservation when
they are placed in service. Under any given set of
conditions, however, the average service life of tim-
bers of the different species will probably vary in pro-
portion to the percentages given.
MASTERS USED VENEER.
The interesting fact is clear that Sheraton, Chip-
pendale, Heppelwhite and the brothers Adam all used
veneer in the building and finishing of their finest
creations. They also made use of the ply wood prin-
ciple in their methods. Chippendale even veneered
his finest chairs and Sheraton's famous sideboard
built for the London Times was built of plywood
veneer.
Dividends
Declared!
Dealers, E V E R Y -
W H E R E , declare
that Clark Orchestra
Rolls produce bigger
dividends from electric
pianos than other
makes of electric rolls.
NOT IN
ANY
TRUST
Quality, Service, Price
DURABILITY IN WOODS
In Three Parts:
1. Instruments of Established
Names and Character.
2. Instruments that bear Spe-
cial Names or Trade Marks.
3. Manufacturers of Pianos
and Player-Pianos with Chap-
ters on Piano Building and Buy-
ing designed for the guidance
of prospective purchasers.
Facsimile Fall-
board Names of Leading Pianos
and Player-Pianos in Colors
Revised
Annually
NO PIANO DEALER OR SALESMAN
CAN AFFORD TO BE WITHOUT IT.
IF YOU DON'T CONSULT "PRESTO
BUYERS' GUIDE" YOU ARE MISSING
OPPORTUNITIES. G E T I T NOW.
Give a copy to each of your salesmen „
Price 50 cents per copy.
PRESTO PUBLISHING CO.
A Safe Investment
CLARK ORCHESTRA ROLL CO.
De Kalb, HI.
The Piano Repair Shop
Pianos and Phonographs Rebuilt by
Expert Workmen
Player-actions installed. Instruments
refinished or remodeled and actions and
keys repaired. Work guaranteed. Prices
reasonable.
Our-of-town dealers' repair work solic-
ited. Write for details and terms.
THE PIANO REPAIR SHOP
425 South Wabash Ave.
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).