Presto
Issue: 1923 1920 - Page 19
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PRESTO
May 12, 1923
SMALL GOODS AND SUPPLIES
here listed: The Q R S Music Co., 306 South Wabash
avenue, Chicago; New York, E. 135th street and
Walnut avenue; Pittsburgh, 907 Penn street; Buf-
falo,
775 Main street; Cincinnati, 138 W. Fourth June Numbers for 65-Note Piano and 88-Note Or-
Additional May Numbers Ready for Shipment From
chestrion Announced This Week.
street; Baltimore, 205 Clay street; St. Louis, 114 N.
All Sources of Supply.
Seventh street; Boston, Mass., 170 Harrison avenue;
•'High Frequency Stuff" is the designation of the
The following May mid-month rolls of the Q R S San Francisco, 423-33 Brannan street; Toronto, 79 Clark Orchestra Roll Co., Chicago, for rolls described
in an advance notice issued to the trade this week,
Music Co., Chicago, are now ready for shipment: Wellington street, W.
which says:
Word rolls—2242 Dreamy Melody, waltz, played
LUMBER TESTS ANNOUNCED.
If you want to see nickels roll into the coin box,
by Scott and Watters; 2244 Farewell Blues, fox trot,
The Forest Products Laboratory, a part of the "tune in" with this June advance roll on your electric
played-by James P. Johnson: 1909 Hula Hula Rose,
Hawaiian waltz, played by Scott and Watters; 2243 United States Forestry Service, situated at Madison, piano and watch the sparks fly. Guaranteed to pro-
duce more oscillations on "four-eighty-five" with less
I'm doing Away to Wear You Off My Mind, fox Wis., recently concluded 150,000 comparative strength impedance
than any roll ever listed. For 65-note re-
trot, played by Clarence Johnson; 2192 I've Got the tests r with specimens of twenty-eight common species
wind pianos, order Roll No. 357. For 88-note or-
River Shannon Blues, waltz, played by Scott and of w ood. The tests were made to find how kiln dry- chestrions, specify Roll O-2135.
Watters; 2238 Keep Off My Shoes, fox trot, played ing compares with air drying. The report said that
No. 357 is a Radio Special. The contents are:
by Pete Wendling; 2248 My Pillow and Me, fox trot, "since wood rapidly increases in strength -with loss Dearest, fox-trot; 'Way Down Yonder in New Or-
leans, fox-trot; Whoa/Tillie, Take Your Time, fox-
played by Clarence Williams; 2227 November Rose of moisture, higher strength values may be obtained
trot; Mellow Moon, waltz; Burning Sands, fox-trot;
(Good-Bye), waltz, played by Arden and Kortlander; fro mkiln-dried than from air-dried wood," and adds
2240 Saw Mill River Road (from "Glory"), fox trot that "such a difference in strength has no significance, Who Did You Fool After All? fox-trot; Blue, fox-
and one-step, played by Victor Arden; 2241 Sunny since in use a piece of wood will come to practically trot; True Blue Sam, fox-trot; Tomorrow, fox-trot;
Jim, fox trot, played by Pete Wendling; 2232 The the same moisture condition whether it is kiln-dried Lovin' Sam, fox-trot.
Rolls 334, 341 and 349 are still "up to the neck" in
Waltz of Love (Come Let LTs Dance), waltz, played or air-dried." The appearance of dried wood is no popularity.
criterion
of
the
effect
the
drying
process
has
had
by Scott and Watters: 2245 Your Time Now ('Twill
Be Mine After a While), fox trot, played by Thomas upon its strength, is a warning in the report.
RUBBER PRICES DROP.
Waller.
The New York crude rubber market 'has suffered
HARDWOOD MEN MEET.
Bluebird Waltz—2228 Just for Tonight—Bluebird
one of the worst breaks in recent months. This
Waltz, played by Phil Ohiuan.
The annual meeting of the Hardwood Manufac- week spot ribbed smoked sheets and first latex crepe
The Q R S Music Co. announces that no standing turers' Institute was held in Chicago this week, the have dropped to 27% cents, just 3 cents below open-
order will be shipped on any of the numbers listed two principal speakers being James R. Howard, head ing price of 3 0 ^ cents and 2 cents below this year's
below. Dealers are instructed to send orders to of the National Transportation Institute, and J. Van previous record low of 29% cents. The slump here
usual Q R S source of supply.
Norman, general counsel for the Southern Hardwood is attributed to pronounced weakness of the London
The main office and other sources of supply arc Traffic Association. Other speakers were William A. market, to the absence of any real buying interest
Durgin, chief of the division of simplified practice of
and to the distress liquidation of small dealers and
the United States Department of Commerce, and holders of rubber who are being frightened into the
C. H. Markham, president of the Illinois Central Rail-
belief that rubber is going down to last year's low
road Co. The Institute invited all piano factory and
levels around 15 cents.
other buyers of hardwoods to attend the convention
NEW CLARK MUSIC ROLLS
MID=MONTH Q R S BULLETIN
WILSON DRUMS
AND
ACCESSORIES
The Recognized Standard
Drums of distinctive design to retail at a
very moderate price. Each is the fin-
ished result of expert craftsmen work-
ing towards an ideal. Piano dealers find
that the addition of WILSON products
means new customers, greater profits and
more sales.
FREDERICK CARBERRY LEADS.
An important feature of the annual festival of the
Chicago Civic Music Association last Sunday in
Orchestra Hall was community singing under the
inspiring leadership of Frederick Carberry, former
president of the Milwaukee Music Trade Associ-
ation.
EXIT STRADIVARA.
The Stradivara Phonograph factory is a thing of
the past in Portland, Ore. The plant has been turned
over to the Beaver State Manufacturing Co. and the
manufacture of phonographs discontinued.
Send for New 9$ Page Catalog
WILSON BROS. MFG. CO.
Makers of Fine Drums and Accessories
218-20-22 N. May St.
CHICAGO, ILL.
THE CELEBRATED
(F«It«n & GuilUaum*)
IMPORTED
MUSIC WIRE
In Black, Red and Green
Label Brands is
UNEXCELLED
The 41 F & G" Blue Label Brand is
again being used by Rudolph C.
Koch in the manufacture of the
Reinwarth Covered Base Strings.
HAMMACHER, SCHLEMMER & CO.
PIANO and PLAYER, HARDWARE. FELTS and TOOLS
NEW YORK, SINCE 1848
4th Aw. and 13th St.
Paragon Foundries
Company
Manufacturers of
Paragon Piano Plates
Oregon, Illinois
TRUCKS
That Are Labor Savers
Your equipment .is not complete without our TRUCKS for handling
Pianos and Talking Machines.
Sill Trucks and End Trucks
for Pianos
With the LEA TALKING MACHINE TRUCK, one man can
handle the Edison Chippendale, Victor No. 17, Cheney No. 6 Queen
Anne, and other large makes, from show-room to any apartment
floor.
A*k for Circular
MADE ONLY BY
i S S S m u T r JBLIOS BRECKWOLDT & GO.
1 «WI°«tYILLE, if. T.
^
^
Tapper ;Lak«
Manufacturers of
Piano Backs, Boards* Bridges, Bars.
Traplevers and Mouldings
SOLE AGENTS FOR RUDOLF GSESE WIRE
WESTERN REPRESENTATIVE:
O9-127 N. Peorla Street,
FINDLAY, OHIO
THE
CK S. KELLY CO.
ManufTicturera
CENTRAL STEEL & WIRE CO..
& iMSK. *»TOiDr, Prea.
SELF-LIFTING PIANO TRUCK CO.
Chicago. Ill,
W. A. B1ECKWOIDT. See. & Trmmt
of
High
Orad«
PIANO 'PLATES
SPRINGF"IELD
-
-
OrHIO
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PRESTO
May 12, 1923
SMALL GOODS AND SUPPLIES
here listed: The Q R S Music Co., 306 South Wabash
avenue, Chicago; New York, E. 135th street and
Walnut avenue; Pittsburgh, 907 Penn street; Buf-
falo,
775 Main street; Cincinnati, 138 W. Fourth June Numbers for 65-Note Piano and 88-Note Or-
Additional May Numbers Ready for Shipment From
chestrion Announced This Week.
street; Baltimore, 205 Clay street; St. Louis, 114 N.
All Sources of Supply.
Seventh street; Boston, Mass., 170 Harrison avenue;
•'High Frequency Stuff" is the designation of the
The following May mid-month rolls of the Q R S San Francisco, 423-33 Brannan street; Toronto, 79 Clark Orchestra Roll Co., Chicago, for rolls described
in an advance notice issued to the trade this week,
Music Co., Chicago, are now ready for shipment: Wellington street, W.
which says:
Word rolls—2242 Dreamy Melody, waltz, played
LUMBER TESTS ANNOUNCED.
If you want to see nickels roll into the coin box,
by Scott and Watters; 2244 Farewell Blues, fox trot,
The Forest Products Laboratory, a part of the "tune in" with this June advance roll on your electric
played-by James P. Johnson: 1909 Hula Hula Rose,
Hawaiian waltz, played by Scott and Watters; 2243 United States Forestry Service, situated at Madison, piano and watch the sparks fly. Guaranteed to pro-
duce more oscillations on "four-eighty-five" with less
I'm doing Away to Wear You Off My Mind, fox Wis., recently concluded 150,000 comparative strength impedance
than any roll ever listed. For 65-note re-
trot, played by Clarence Johnson; 2192 I've Got the tests r with specimens of twenty-eight common species
wind pianos, order Roll No. 357. For 88-note or-
River Shannon Blues, waltz, played by Scott and of w ood. The tests were made to find how kiln dry- chestrions, specify Roll O-2135.
Watters; 2238 Keep Off My Shoes, fox trot, played ing compares with air drying. The report said that
No. 357 is a Radio Special. The contents are:
by Pete Wendling; 2248 My Pillow and Me, fox trot, "since wood rapidly increases in strength -with loss Dearest, fox-trot; 'Way Down Yonder in New Or-
leans, fox-trot; Whoa/Tillie, Take Your Time, fox-
played by Clarence Williams; 2227 November Rose of moisture, higher strength values may be obtained
trot; Mellow Moon, waltz; Burning Sands, fox-trot;
(Good-Bye), waltz, played by Arden and Kortlander; fro mkiln-dried than from air-dried wood," and adds
2240 Saw Mill River Road (from "Glory"), fox trot that "such a difference in strength has no significance, Who Did You Fool After All? fox-trot; Blue, fox-
and one-step, played by Victor Arden; 2241 Sunny since in use a piece of wood will come to practically trot; True Blue Sam, fox-trot; Tomorrow, fox-trot;
Jim, fox trot, played by Pete Wendling; 2232 The the same moisture condition whether it is kiln-dried Lovin' Sam, fox-trot.
Rolls 334, 341 and 349 are still "up to the neck" in
Waltz of Love (Come Let LTs Dance), waltz, played or air-dried." The appearance of dried wood is no popularity.
criterion
of
the
effect
the
drying
process
has
had
by Scott and Watters: 2245 Your Time Now ('Twill
Be Mine After a While), fox trot, played by Thomas upon its strength, is a warning in the report.
RUBBER PRICES DROP.
Waller.
The New York crude rubber market 'has suffered
HARDWOOD MEN MEET.
Bluebird Waltz—2228 Just for Tonight—Bluebird
one of the worst breaks in recent months. This
Waltz, played by Phil Ohiuan.
The annual meeting of the Hardwood Manufac- week spot ribbed smoked sheets and first latex crepe
The Q R S Music Co. announces that no standing turers' Institute was held in Chicago this week, the have dropped to 27% cents, just 3 cents below open-
order will be shipped on any of the numbers listed two principal speakers being James R. Howard, head ing price of 3 0 ^ cents and 2 cents below this year's
below. Dealers are instructed to send orders to of the National Transportation Institute, and J. Van previous record low of 29% cents. The slump here
usual Q R S source of supply.
Norman, general counsel for the Southern Hardwood is attributed to pronounced weakness of the London
The main office and other sources of supply arc Traffic Association. Other speakers were William A. market, to the absence of any real buying interest
Durgin, chief of the division of simplified practice of
and to the distress liquidation of small dealers and
the United States Department of Commerce, and holders of rubber who are being frightened into the
C. H. Markham, president of the Illinois Central Rail-
belief that rubber is going down to last year's low
road Co. The Institute invited all piano factory and
levels around 15 cents.
other buyers of hardwoods to attend the convention
NEW CLARK MUSIC ROLLS
MID=MONTH Q R S BULLETIN
WILSON DRUMS
AND
ACCESSORIES
The Recognized Standard
Drums of distinctive design to retail at a
very moderate price. Each is the fin-
ished result of expert craftsmen work-
ing towards an ideal. Piano dealers find
that the addition of WILSON products
means new customers, greater profits and
more sales.
FREDERICK CARBERRY LEADS.
An important feature of the annual festival of the
Chicago Civic Music Association last Sunday in
Orchestra Hall was community singing under the
inspiring leadership of Frederick Carberry, former
president of the Milwaukee Music Trade Associ-
ation.
EXIT STRADIVARA.
The Stradivara Phonograph factory is a thing of
the past in Portland, Ore. The plant has been turned
over to the Beaver State Manufacturing Co. and the
manufacture of phonographs discontinued.
Send for New 9$ Page Catalog
WILSON BROS. MFG. CO.
Makers of Fine Drums and Accessories
218-20-22 N. May St.
CHICAGO, ILL.
THE CELEBRATED
(F«It«n & GuilUaum*)
IMPORTED
MUSIC WIRE
In Black, Red and Green
Label Brands is
UNEXCELLED
The 41 F & G" Blue Label Brand is
again being used by Rudolph C.
Koch in the manufacture of the
Reinwarth Covered Base Strings.
HAMMACHER, SCHLEMMER & CO.
PIANO and PLAYER, HARDWARE. FELTS and TOOLS
NEW YORK, SINCE 1848
4th Aw. and 13th St.
Paragon Foundries
Company
Manufacturers of
Paragon Piano Plates
Oregon, Illinois
TRUCKS
That Are Labor Savers
Your equipment .is not complete without our TRUCKS for handling
Pianos and Talking Machines.
Sill Trucks and End Trucks
for Pianos
With the LEA TALKING MACHINE TRUCK, one man can
handle the Edison Chippendale, Victor No. 17, Cheney No. 6 Queen
Anne, and other large makes, from show-room to any apartment
floor.
A*k for Circular
MADE ONLY BY
i S S S m u T r JBLIOS BRECKWOLDT & GO.
1 «WI°«tYILLE, if. T.
^
^
Tapper ;Lak«
Manufacturers of
Piano Backs, Boards* Bridges, Bars.
Traplevers and Mouldings
SOLE AGENTS FOR RUDOLF GSESE WIRE
WESTERN REPRESENTATIVE:
O9-127 N. Peorla Street,
FINDLAY, OHIO
THE
CK S. KELLY CO.
ManufTicturera
CENTRAL STEEL & WIRE CO..
& iMSK. *»TOiDr, Prea.
SELF-LIFTING PIANO TRUCK CO.
Chicago. Ill,
W. A. B1ECKWOIDT. See. & Trmmt
of
High
Orad«
PIANO 'PLATES
SPRINGF"IELD
-
-
OrHIO
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).