Presto
Issue: 1923 1911 - Page 24
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PRESTO
SHEET MUSIC TRADE NOTES
A Few Items Interesting to People in Sheet Music
Department Are Printed.
Dellon-Stanley, Inc., New York, a firm of music
publishers, has been incorporated for $5,000.
The sheet music department of Oliver's Music
House, Houston, Tex., occupies much larger quar-
ters than heretofore in the store to which the firm
moved last week. The new location is at Texas and
Traver streets.
George Fischer, president of the Music Publish-
ers' Association of the United States, gave an address
on "American Music and Musicians" at the recent
meeting in Washington, D. C, of the National Fed-
eration of Women's Clubs.
A decision in favor of Lawrence Perricone, a St.
Louis shoe factory worker, in the suit over royalties
on "Call Me Back, Pal of Mine," published by Dixon
& Lane, was given in the Circuit Court of St. Louis,
last week. The publishing house had previously
made an arrangement with the lyric composer.
The Buffalo offices of Jerome H. Remick & Co.
have been reopened with William McDermott in
charge.
The words and music of the publications of the
Zoe Publishing Co., Quincy, 111., are credited to Zoe
Swanberg.
March 10, 1923
the English, it is difficult to estimate the number of
cases of shattered nerves sustained by American
radio amateurs in trying to hear the London revelry
on this fantastic schedule.
TESTING THE EXPORT TRADE
BY DOMESTIC CONDITIONS
Any Plan That Won't Work at Home May Be No
Better Abroad.
Every exporting manufacturer, says "Commerce
Reports," should apply the following simple test to
any export selling plan that he wishes to undertake:
"Would this plan appeal to me as sound in the do-
mestic market?" For no selling plan fundamentally
unsound here at home will acquire merit through the
crossing of an imaginary line on the world's sur-
face.
Experience has.shown that the same fundamental
WOULD TAX MUSIC TEACHERS.
methods will sell typewriters in Chicago and Canton.
Mayor Hylan of New York has been asked to rec- The piano manufacturer may lind it necessary to em-
ommend to the Legislature that a law be passed phasize the tone of his instrument in Boston and
forcing the licensing of music teachers. The re- Buenos Aires and its imperviousness to dampness in
quest was made in a letter to the mayor from Philip Seattle and Singapore. The people of Nebraska and
Borolzheimer, City Chamberlain, who pointed out the Netherlands may be essentially interested in price,
that such an act would prove a protection to the and the inhabitants of New York and New Zealand
public and the musical profession. Mr. Borolzheimer in the shape. The wise exporter must know the
said incompetent music teachers had become a men- requirements of his audience, but the 'salesman, the
ace to the city.
sales letter, the advertisement, and the sample (or
testimonial) form the sum and substance of selling
anywhere.
NEW REMICK SONG.
Any modification or combination of these should
Jerome H. Remick & Co., New York, is making
preparations for featuring its new fox-trot novelty, not be applied to the foreign field unless it has gone
THE RADIO DANCE.
"When Will I Know," just out. The song is assured through the acid test of trial in the domestic market
The attention of American reformers should be di- of big sales on its merits alone, but the Remick or unless it is proved that the exception is wise and
rected to the wave of moral turpitude into which the strong publicity will more quickly help in arriving at necessary.
English have either drifted or plunged during the that desirable condition. "When Will I Know" has
last week, writes a correspondent of the New York already been published in orchestral form and is
M. V. D.E FOREEST ON COMMITTEE.
Times. Children in the British Isles are being kept proving a very successful number.
Dr. Hollis Dann, director of music in the Depart-
up until 3 a. m. London time, to hear bed-t?me stories
ment of Public Instruction, Harrisburg, Pa., an-
by radio, after which their elders begin orgies of
nounced last week that M. V. DeForeest, head of
VETOS M. O. CATALOG BONFIRE.
song and dance that continue without cessation until
William C. De Foreest & Son, Sharon, Pa., has been
7:50 a. m. Beyond the probable deleterious effects on
The Federal Trade Commission announced last appointed a member of the Committee of the Penn-
week that it had disapproved the practice of eliminat- sylvania State Music Week, to be held this year.
ing competition by destruction of mail order catalogs.
Acting in a case brought from Missoula, Mont., the
SUGGESTED THE SLOGAN.
commission held that for local merchants, through
Alexander McDonald, of Sohmer & Company,
their chamber of commerce, to offer bounties for mail
order catalogs, to collect them for destruction, con- New York, is the man who originated the slogan
stitutes a hindrance to interstate commerce. The "1923 Prosperity Convention," which has been adopt-
ed by the convention committee, minus the "1923."
usual order to "cease and desist" was issued.
TAKES ADVANTAGE OF CONCERT.
The S. Salem Music Shop, Oak Park, 111., arranged
a special window display featuring Cyrena Van Gor-
don and her records, when the star appeared at Oak
Park in a concert early in March. The concert was
held in the Oak Park High School auditorium under
the management of the woman's auxiliary of the
West Suburban Hospital. Mr. Salem, manager of
the music shop, also featured the singer in newspaper
advertising.
HIGH GRADE
Folding Organs
School Organs
Practice Keyboards
Dealers' Attention Solicited
A. L. WHITE MFG. CO.
215 Englewood Ave., CHICAGO, ILL.
NEW YORK
433 Fifth Ave.
HARDMAN, PECK & CO. ( Founded\ )
CHICAGO
Republic Bid*.
Manufacturers of the
HARDMAN PIANO
The Official Piano of the Metropolitan Opera Co.
Owning and Operating-the Autotone Co. makers of the
Owning and Operating E.G. Harrington & Co., Est. 1871,makers of the
AUTOTONE GS£ffi2)
HARRINGTON
PIANO
(Supreme A mong Moderately Priced Instruments')
The Hardman Autotone
The Harrington Autotone
The Autotone The Playotone The Standard Player-Piano
The Hensel Piano
The Standard Piano
THE KOHLERINDUST
of NEW YORK
AFFILIATED COMPANIES
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.
r
anufactoring for the trade
Upright and Grand Pianos
Player Pianos
Reproducing Pianos
Auto D e Luxe Player Actions
Standard Player Actions
Art De Luxe Reproducing Actions
Parts and Accessories
Fac-simile 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. GET IT NOW.
Give a copy to each of your salesmen.
Price 50 cents per copy.
Wholesale Chicago Office and Service departments
San Francisco Office
462 Thelan building
KOHLER INDUSTRIES
1222 KIMBALL B U I L D I N G
CHICAGO
PRESTO PUBLISHING CO.
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PRESTO
SHEET MUSIC TRADE NOTES
A Few Items Interesting to People in Sheet Music
Department Are Printed.
Dellon-Stanley, Inc., New York, a firm of music
publishers, has been incorporated for $5,000.
The sheet music department of Oliver's Music
House, Houston, Tex., occupies much larger quar-
ters than heretofore in the store to which the firm
moved last week. The new location is at Texas and
Traver streets.
George Fischer, president of the Music Publish-
ers' Association of the United States, gave an address
on "American Music and Musicians" at the recent
meeting in Washington, D. C, of the National Fed-
eration of Women's Clubs.
A decision in favor of Lawrence Perricone, a St.
Louis shoe factory worker, in the suit over royalties
on "Call Me Back, Pal of Mine," published by Dixon
& Lane, was given in the Circuit Court of St. Louis,
last week. The publishing house had previously
made an arrangement with the lyric composer.
The Buffalo offices of Jerome H. Remick & Co.
have been reopened with William McDermott in
charge.
The words and music of the publications of the
Zoe Publishing Co., Quincy, 111., are credited to Zoe
Swanberg.
March 10, 1923
the English, it is difficult to estimate the number of
cases of shattered nerves sustained by American
radio amateurs in trying to hear the London revelry
on this fantastic schedule.
TESTING THE EXPORT TRADE
BY DOMESTIC CONDITIONS
Any Plan That Won't Work at Home May Be No
Better Abroad.
Every exporting manufacturer, says "Commerce
Reports," should apply the following simple test to
any export selling plan that he wishes to undertake:
"Would this plan appeal to me as sound in the do-
mestic market?" For no selling plan fundamentally
unsound here at home will acquire merit through the
crossing of an imaginary line on the world's sur-
face.
Experience has.shown that the same fundamental
WOULD TAX MUSIC TEACHERS.
methods will sell typewriters in Chicago and Canton.
Mayor Hylan of New York has been asked to rec- The piano manufacturer may lind it necessary to em-
ommend to the Legislature that a law be passed phasize the tone of his instrument in Boston and
forcing the licensing of music teachers. The re- Buenos Aires and its imperviousness to dampness in
quest was made in a letter to the mayor from Philip Seattle and Singapore. The people of Nebraska and
Borolzheimer, City Chamberlain, who pointed out the Netherlands may be essentially interested in price,
that such an act would prove a protection to the and the inhabitants of New York and New Zealand
public and the musical profession. Mr. Borolzheimer in the shape. The wise exporter must know the
said incompetent music teachers had become a men- requirements of his audience, but the 'salesman, the
ace to the city.
sales letter, the advertisement, and the sample (or
testimonial) form the sum and substance of selling
anywhere.
NEW REMICK SONG.
Any modification or combination of these should
Jerome H. Remick & Co., New York, is making
preparations for featuring its new fox-trot novelty, not be applied to the foreign field unless it has gone
THE RADIO DANCE.
"When Will I Know," just out. The song is assured through the acid test of trial in the domestic market
The attention of American reformers should be di- of big sales on its merits alone, but the Remick or unless it is proved that the exception is wise and
rected to the wave of moral turpitude into which the strong publicity will more quickly help in arriving at necessary.
English have either drifted or plunged during the that desirable condition. "When Will I Know" has
last week, writes a correspondent of the New York already been published in orchestral form and is
M. V. D.E FOREEST ON COMMITTEE.
Times. Children in the British Isles are being kept proving a very successful number.
Dr. Hollis Dann, director of music in the Depart-
up until 3 a. m. London time, to hear bed-t?me stories
ment of Public Instruction, Harrisburg, Pa., an-
by radio, after which their elders begin orgies of
nounced last week that M. V. DeForeest, head of
VETOS M. O. CATALOG BONFIRE.
song and dance that continue without cessation until
William C. De Foreest & Son, Sharon, Pa., has been
7:50 a. m. Beyond the probable deleterious effects on
The Federal Trade Commission announced last appointed a member of the Committee of the Penn-
week that it had disapproved the practice of eliminat- sylvania State Music Week, to be held this year.
ing competition by destruction of mail order catalogs.
Acting in a case brought from Missoula, Mont., the
SUGGESTED THE SLOGAN.
commission held that for local merchants, through
Alexander McDonald, of Sohmer & Company,
their chamber of commerce, to offer bounties for mail
order catalogs, to collect them for destruction, con- New York, is the man who originated the slogan
stitutes a hindrance to interstate commerce. The "1923 Prosperity Convention," which has been adopt-
ed by the convention committee, minus the "1923."
usual order to "cease and desist" was issued.
TAKES ADVANTAGE OF CONCERT.
The S. Salem Music Shop, Oak Park, 111., arranged
a special window display featuring Cyrena Van Gor-
don and her records, when the star appeared at Oak
Park in a concert early in March. The concert was
held in the Oak Park High School auditorium under
the management of the woman's auxiliary of the
West Suburban Hospital. Mr. Salem, manager of
the music shop, also featured the singer in newspaper
advertising.
HIGH GRADE
Folding Organs
School Organs
Practice Keyboards
Dealers' Attention Solicited
A. L. WHITE MFG. CO.
215 Englewood Ave., CHICAGO, ILL.
NEW YORK
433 Fifth Ave.
HARDMAN, PECK & CO. ( Founded\ )
CHICAGO
Republic Bid*.
Manufacturers of the
HARDMAN PIANO
The Official Piano of the Metropolitan Opera Co.
Owning and Operating-the Autotone Co. makers of the
Owning and Operating E.G. Harrington & Co., Est. 1871,makers of the
AUTOTONE GS£ffi2)
HARRINGTON
PIANO
(Supreme A mong Moderately Priced Instruments')
The Hardman Autotone
The Harrington Autotone
The Autotone The Playotone The Standard Player-Piano
The Hensel Piano
The Standard Piano
THE KOHLERINDUST
of NEW YORK
AFFILIATED COMPANIES
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.
r
anufactoring for the trade
Upright and Grand Pianos
Player Pianos
Reproducing Pianos
Auto D e Luxe Player Actions
Standard Player Actions
Art De Luxe Reproducing Actions
Parts and Accessories
Fac-simile 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. GET IT NOW.
Give a copy to each of your salesmen.
Price 50 cents per copy.
Wholesale Chicago Office and Service departments
San Francisco Office
462 Thelan building
KOHLER INDUSTRIES
1222 KIMBALL B U I L D I N G
CHICAGO
PRESTO PUBLISHING CO.
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).