Presto
Issue: 1923 1917 - Page 22
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PRESTO
OUTFITTING DRUM CORPS
American Legion Posts Source of Profitable Trade
in Drums of Wilson Bros. Mfg. Co.
The Wilson Bros. Mfg. Co., Chicago, manufactur-
ers of drums and other small goods, has been doing
a considerable business in outfitting drum corps,
within the last few months. This is one of the items
which is making this year one of the most profitable
ones in the history of the Wilson Bros, factory.
Within the last week and a half the Wilson Bros.
Mfg. Co. has outfitted an American Legion post at
San Francisco, Calif.; a post at Des Moines, Iowa;
one at Knoxville, Iowa; and one at Cobleskill, N. \ .
—a coast to coast trade. In addition, the Elks Lodge
of Mendota, 111., contributed a fourteen drum order.
Other American Legion posts are being given Wilson
prices, and are expected to close deals soon.
fed, make a generous selection from the great com-
posers of the world—oratorios, symphonies, sonatas
and serenades. Then add a carefully chosen list from
the folk lore of the nations of the world," she
continues.
"I have met a few people who have professed to
dislike a talking machine and pronounce it an instru-
ment of 'canned music' The fact is the average rec-
ord gives one a better reproduction of the art of the
great masters of the world than they themselves give
in nine instances out of ten when making public
appearances."
SITUATION IN SUPPLIES
Pacts in Various Lines of Commodities Which Enter
Into Musical Instrument Manufacture.
The wool crop of the United States for 1923 will
total about 240,000,000 pounds, valued at over $125,-
according to estimates made public this
NOVELIST A PHONOGRAPH FAN 000,000,
week by F. R. Marshall, secretary of the National
Wool Growers' Association. The 1922 wool crop
Mrs. Gene Stratton Porter Says Purchase of Ma- was 250,000,000 pounds, but prices were somewhat
under those of this year.
chine Comes Before That of Automobile.
Thomas D. Perry, vice-president of the Grand
One of the most enthusiastic talking machine fans Rapids Veneer Works, Grand Rapids, Mich., in a
among the celebrities is Mrs. Gene Stratton Porter, paper read before the American Society of Mechani-
the famous novelist, who puts the purchase of a first cal Engineers in New York, recently discussed three
class phonograph above that of an automobile. "Pur- types of lumber drying kilns—the blower, the con-
chase the very highest-grade talking machine you denser and the ventilated kiln—and showed how the
can encompass with your means and records selected kiln drying of lumber has been put on a scientific
quite as carefully as you would select books," is her basis.
advice in an article in McCall's Magazine.
"If you go less beautifully clothed, less deliciously
A GROWN MAN'S FIDDLE.
A farmer visited a music store to buy an instru-
ment for his young son, of whom he was deter-
mined to make a musical genius. Examining the
stock of organs, pianos, horns and violins, he decided
on the latter. The lad was so small the salesman
thought one of the so-named "half-violins" might do
and showed it to him.
"No," the parent replied, "he will outgrow that.
Beautiful Piano Case
Let me see something larger."
He was then shown a full-sized violin and was
Design and Construction
about to purchase it when his eye lighted on a 'cello.
"I'll take that big fiddle over there," he told the
clerk. "That ought to suit him until he is a full-
grown man."—Saxby's Magazine.
Pian-O-Grand
LEATHER EXPORTS DISTURB FRENCH.
French tanners are becoming disturbed because of
the quantity of hides exported from France, partic-
ularly to the United States and England. The hides
in question are the kind from which soft leathers like
those used in the music industries are made, accord-
ing to Wilber J. Page, chief of the Hide and Leather
Division of the Department of Commerce. Mr. Page
states that numerous requests for an export duty on
raw stock have been made to the Minister of Com-
merce of France, and the question of an export tax
on raw hides is now being considered by a French
commission.
Nothing in the Automatic field to com-
pare with it.
Biggest money maker and most effective
expression coin control instrument on the
market.
Plays Standard 65-Note Rolls
Whether for public places, theatres or
private parlors, it is all that its name
suggests—Pian-O-Grand.
Send for Descriptive Circular
NELSON-WIGGEN PIANO CO.
CHICAGO, ILL.
MORE MEMBERS ASSURED.
The efforts of the officials and members of the Na-
tional Musical Merchandise Association to consider-
ably increase the membership of the organization has
already been crowned with success and by the open-
ing day of the convention of the association at the
Drake Hotel, Chicago, in June, William J. Haussler,
president, will have a big list of new members to an-
nounce in his report. Few big manufacturers or
jobbers of musical merchandise will be on the outside
by June 4. it is claimed, by the association officials.
HOLTON SAXOPHONE POPULAR.
E. J. Meyers, manager of the musical merchandise
department of the Bush & Lane Piano Company at
Portland, Ore., finds it hard to keep Holton saxo-
phones in stock on account of the great popularity of
the instruments in Portland, Oregon. Their last
shipment received last week was noticed on the side-
walk by customers, who came in and waited for
the shipment to be unpacked so as to make their
purchase.
C. G. CONN, Ltd., Elkhart, Ind.
C. D. GREENLEAP, Pi*..
J. E. BOYER, Sec'y
World'* largest muufcokmn of High Gr* •xpert workmen.
All of the most celebrated Artists use and endorse Conn Instruments.
Famous Bandmasters and Orchestra Directors highly endorse and recommend the u*e of tko
Conn Instruments in their orgsmizations.
Conn Instruments are noted for their ease of playing, light and reliable valve or bay action;
quick response, rich tonal quality, perfect intonation, tone carrying quality, artisticness of design,
beautiful finish and reliable construction.
Conn Instruments are sent to aay point in th? U. S. subject to ten Jays free trial. Bnattok store
or agencies will be found in all larg» cities. Writ e for catalogues, prices, etc.
C G. CONN, Ltd.
DEPT. MS.
ELKHART, IND.
April 21, 1923
The Background
of
A BUSY ROLL
DEPARTMENT
COLUMBIA
WORD ROLLS
ADVANCE APRIL LISTINGS
551
552
556
557
558
559
560
561
563
564
565
566
567
568
569
570
Hawaiian Slumber Tune
Fox Trot
Love's Paradise
Waltz
Runnin' Wild
Fox Trot
Crying for You
Waltz
Whoa, Tillie, Take Your Time. .Fox Trot
Little Pal of Long Ago
Waltz
Sweet Lovin' Mama
Fox Trot
On a Saturday Night
Waltz
Mellow Moon
Marimba Waltz
Peggy Dear
Fox Trot
I'll Build a Stairway to Paradise.. .Fox Trot
Lady Butterfly
Fox Trot
Love Sends a Little Gift of Roses. .Ballad
Carolina Mammy
Fox Trot
Burning Sands
Fox Trot
Everyone Is Beautiful in Some-
one's Eyes
Ballad
571 Underneath a Chinese Moon
Fox Trot
572 When Will the Sun Shine for Me Fox Trot
573 Crinoline Days
Fox Trot
To Retail at
Why Pay More?
75
None Better.
Made of the best materials
obtainable.
Will please your trade and
double your sales.
Quality and price make
Columbia rolls the deal-
er's best profit producer
in a roll department.
A trial order will con-
vince you.
Columbia Music Roll Co.
22 S. Peoria St.
CHICAGO
ILL.
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PRESTO
OUTFITTING DRUM CORPS
American Legion Posts Source of Profitable Trade
in Drums of Wilson Bros. Mfg. Co.
The Wilson Bros. Mfg. Co., Chicago, manufactur-
ers of drums and other small goods, has been doing
a considerable business in outfitting drum corps,
within the last few months. This is one of the items
which is making this year one of the most profitable
ones in the history of the Wilson Bros, factory.
Within the last week and a half the Wilson Bros.
Mfg. Co. has outfitted an American Legion post at
San Francisco, Calif.; a post at Des Moines, Iowa;
one at Knoxville, Iowa; and one at Cobleskill, N. \ .
—a coast to coast trade. In addition, the Elks Lodge
of Mendota, 111., contributed a fourteen drum order.
Other American Legion posts are being given Wilson
prices, and are expected to close deals soon.
fed, make a generous selection from the great com-
posers of the world—oratorios, symphonies, sonatas
and serenades. Then add a carefully chosen list from
the folk lore of the nations of the world," she
continues.
"I have met a few people who have professed to
dislike a talking machine and pronounce it an instru-
ment of 'canned music' The fact is the average rec-
ord gives one a better reproduction of the art of the
great masters of the world than they themselves give
in nine instances out of ten when making public
appearances."
SITUATION IN SUPPLIES
Pacts in Various Lines of Commodities Which Enter
Into Musical Instrument Manufacture.
The wool crop of the United States for 1923 will
total about 240,000,000 pounds, valued at over $125,-
according to estimates made public this
NOVELIST A PHONOGRAPH FAN 000,000,
week by F. R. Marshall, secretary of the National
Wool Growers' Association. The 1922 wool crop
Mrs. Gene Stratton Porter Says Purchase of Ma- was 250,000,000 pounds, but prices were somewhat
under those of this year.
chine Comes Before That of Automobile.
Thomas D. Perry, vice-president of the Grand
One of the most enthusiastic talking machine fans Rapids Veneer Works, Grand Rapids, Mich., in a
among the celebrities is Mrs. Gene Stratton Porter, paper read before the American Society of Mechani-
the famous novelist, who puts the purchase of a first cal Engineers in New York, recently discussed three
class phonograph above that of an automobile. "Pur- types of lumber drying kilns—the blower, the con-
chase the very highest-grade talking machine you denser and the ventilated kiln—and showed how the
can encompass with your means and records selected kiln drying of lumber has been put on a scientific
quite as carefully as you would select books," is her basis.
advice in an article in McCall's Magazine.
"If you go less beautifully clothed, less deliciously
A GROWN MAN'S FIDDLE.
A farmer visited a music store to buy an instru-
ment for his young son, of whom he was deter-
mined to make a musical genius. Examining the
stock of organs, pianos, horns and violins, he decided
on the latter. The lad was so small the salesman
thought one of the so-named "half-violins" might do
and showed it to him.
"No," the parent replied, "he will outgrow that.
Beautiful Piano Case
Let me see something larger."
He was then shown a full-sized violin and was
Design and Construction
about to purchase it when his eye lighted on a 'cello.
"I'll take that big fiddle over there," he told the
clerk. "That ought to suit him until he is a full-
grown man."—Saxby's Magazine.
Pian-O-Grand
LEATHER EXPORTS DISTURB FRENCH.
French tanners are becoming disturbed because of
the quantity of hides exported from France, partic-
ularly to the United States and England. The hides
in question are the kind from which soft leathers like
those used in the music industries are made, accord-
ing to Wilber J. Page, chief of the Hide and Leather
Division of the Department of Commerce. Mr. Page
states that numerous requests for an export duty on
raw stock have been made to the Minister of Com-
merce of France, and the question of an export tax
on raw hides is now being considered by a French
commission.
Nothing in the Automatic field to com-
pare with it.
Biggest money maker and most effective
expression coin control instrument on the
market.
Plays Standard 65-Note Rolls
Whether for public places, theatres or
private parlors, it is all that its name
suggests—Pian-O-Grand.
Send for Descriptive Circular
NELSON-WIGGEN PIANO CO.
CHICAGO, ILL.
MORE MEMBERS ASSURED.
The efforts of the officials and members of the Na-
tional Musical Merchandise Association to consider-
ably increase the membership of the organization has
already been crowned with success and by the open-
ing day of the convention of the association at the
Drake Hotel, Chicago, in June, William J. Haussler,
president, will have a big list of new members to an-
nounce in his report. Few big manufacturers or
jobbers of musical merchandise will be on the outside
by June 4. it is claimed, by the association officials.
HOLTON SAXOPHONE POPULAR.
E. J. Meyers, manager of the musical merchandise
department of the Bush & Lane Piano Company at
Portland, Ore., finds it hard to keep Holton saxo-
phones in stock on account of the great popularity of
the instruments in Portland, Oregon. Their last
shipment received last week was noticed on the side-
walk by customers, who came in and waited for
the shipment to be unpacked so as to make their
purchase.
C. G. CONN, Ltd., Elkhart, Ind.
C. D. GREENLEAP, Pi*..
J. E. BOYER, Sec'y
World'* largest muufcokmn of High Gr* •xpert workmen.
All of the most celebrated Artists use and endorse Conn Instruments.
Famous Bandmasters and Orchestra Directors highly endorse and recommend the u*e of tko
Conn Instruments in their orgsmizations.
Conn Instruments are noted for their ease of playing, light and reliable valve or bay action;
quick response, rich tonal quality, perfect intonation, tone carrying quality, artisticness of design,
beautiful finish and reliable construction.
Conn Instruments are sent to aay point in th? U. S. subject to ten Jays free trial. Bnattok store
or agencies will be found in all larg» cities. Writ e for catalogues, prices, etc.
C G. CONN, Ltd.
DEPT. MS.
ELKHART, IND.
April 21, 1923
The Background
of
A BUSY ROLL
DEPARTMENT
COLUMBIA
WORD ROLLS
ADVANCE APRIL LISTINGS
551
552
556
557
558
559
560
561
563
564
565
566
567
568
569
570
Hawaiian Slumber Tune
Fox Trot
Love's Paradise
Waltz
Runnin' Wild
Fox Trot
Crying for You
Waltz
Whoa, Tillie, Take Your Time. .Fox Trot
Little Pal of Long Ago
Waltz
Sweet Lovin' Mama
Fox Trot
On a Saturday Night
Waltz
Mellow Moon
Marimba Waltz
Peggy Dear
Fox Trot
I'll Build a Stairway to Paradise.. .Fox Trot
Lady Butterfly
Fox Trot
Love Sends a Little Gift of Roses. .Ballad
Carolina Mammy
Fox Trot
Burning Sands
Fox Trot
Everyone Is Beautiful in Some-
one's Eyes
Ballad
571 Underneath a Chinese Moon
Fox Trot
572 When Will the Sun Shine for Me Fox Trot
573 Crinoline Days
Fox Trot
To Retail at
Why Pay More?
75
None Better.
Made of the best materials
obtainable.
Will please your trade and
double your sales.
Quality and price make
Columbia rolls the deal-
er's best profit producer
in a roll department.
A trial order will con-
vince you.
Columbia Music Roll Co.
22 S. Peoria St.
CHICAGO
ILL.
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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