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PRESTO
May 26, 1923
SHEET MUSIC TRADE
for its members, and the following letter of advance
plans has been forwarded to members. It is expected
that the sheet music interests this year will exceed
iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiini
anything in the past history of the organization:
THE COMBINED CIRCULATION
Monday, June the 4th, will be registration day. All
of the National Association of Sheet Music
OF PRESTO (EST. 1884), AND MUS- members
Dealers who register will receive a badge which will
ICAL TIMES (EST. 1881), IS BY FAR admit them to its meetings and to the meetings of
THE LARGEST IN THE FIELD OF diiy other of the affiliated associations.
Monday there will be a noonday luncheon of
THE MUSIC TRADE. COMBINA- ihe On entire
Music Industries Chamber of Commerce,
TION RATES OF SPECIAL AT- immediately following which Mr. R. W. Lawrence,
of the Chamber, will open the first session
TRACTIVENESS FOR ADVERTIS- president
of the convention. This session will deal with general
ING SPACE IN BOTH PAPERS business conditions. Mr. George E. Roberts, vice-
of the City National Bank of Chicago, a
WILL BE MADE TO MUSIC PUB- president
widely-known economist, will be the principal
LISHERS.
speaker.
On Tuesday the National Association of Sheet
This department is designed to advance the sales Music Dealers is invited to the meetings of the Na-
of sheet music, and give any current information in tional Association of Music Merchants.
On Wednesday the National Association of Sheet
the Sheet Music Trade.
Music Dealers will begin its sessions. The following
This publication believes that Sheet Music will and
other important topics will be discussed on that
pay the dealer, just as any other commodity pays clay and on Thursday:
those who merchandise it properly.
1. Advertising.
The conductor of this department will review
(a)
Advertising
matter
and the distribution of the
any numbers that are sent in for the purpose. It is
The desirability of having a uniform size for
not the intent to criticise, but to review these offer- same.
catalogs and publishers' bulletins.
ings, giving particular information of the theme and
(b) How dealers can take advantage fo publishers'
a description of the musical setting of the number specia} price offers. The advertising value of the
discussed.
same.
Address all communications to Conductor Sheet
2. Business Methods.
Music Dept, Presto, 407 S. Dearborn, Chicago, 111.
(a) Request to publishers that new issues be not
sent, complimentary or otherwise, to the public before
being sent to dealers. New issues as a means of
keeping in closer contact with customers.
(b) Established retailers the best means of dis-
tribution to the public. The advantage to publishers
of having a good representation of tlieir publications
in every city.
(c) How to keep the popular music business in
music stores.
Important Division of the Music Industries
3. Trade Abuses and Their Remedies.
Issues Letters of Particulars of Its
(a) Music sent on sale, for examination, exchanged,
long-time credits, etc.
Participation in the Events of
(b) The tilling of dealers' orders promptly and in-
June 4-7.
formation concerning missing items.
4. Association Work.
The National Association of Sheet Music Dealers
(a) Standing and special committees and how to
will hold its tenth annual convention at the same time make
them function.
and place as the Music Industries Chamber of Com-
(b) How to take the fullest advantage of trade
merce and most of its affiliated associations—the week papers.
of June 4th, 1923, at the Drake Hotel, Chicago. An
A periodical or bulletin to be sent at intervals
attendance of between fifteen hundred and two thou- to (c)
all members. The educational value of it to sales-
sand is expected at this meeting of representatives of
Publishers' advertisements in it.
the entire industry. This convention will mark the men.
(d) How to take the fullest advantage of the Music
end of our first year as a division member of the Industries
Chamber of Commerce and its Better Busi-
Music Industries Chamber of Commerce. It is hoped
Bureau, Trade Service Bureau and National
that the retail sheet music branch of the industry will ness
Bureau for the Advancement of Music.
make a good showing.
(c) Sheet music groups in local music associations.
The officers of the National Association of Sheet
Reduced railroad rates have been secured for the
Music Dealers have prepared an attractive program
convention. The certificate plan will be used, by
which a return ticket may be purchased at one-half
the regular fare.
Accommodations at the Drake Hotel and other
hotels have been reserved for members of the Music
Industries Chamber of Commerce. For information
on transportation and hotel accommodations watch
the bulletins of the Music Industries Chamber of
Commerce.
The prospects for the future of the sheet music
business are brighter than they have been for many
years. It will always be the earnest endeavor of the
National Association of Sheet Music Dealers and the
Music Industries Chamber of Commerce to exert
every effort for the advancement of the great cause
of music and the welfare of the music business.
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION O F S H E E T
MUSIC DEALERS.
THOMAS J. DONLAN, Secretary-Treasurer.
EDWARD P. L I T T L E . President.
TO PUBLISHERS
DISCUSSIONS FOR
SHEET MUSIC MEN
7 FOREMOST SELLERS
BROADCASTERS DENY TRUCE
Old Status Continues Between Radio Men and Com-
posers and Publishers.
No truce has been declared between the National
Association of Radio Broadcasters and the American
Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers, E. F.
McDonald, Jr., secretary of the broadcasters' organi-
zation, said yesterday.
''Radio broadcasters have never had any trouble
with independent music publishers," Mr. McDonald
said. , "The National Association of Radio Broad-
casters, including some of the largest stations in the
country, has been dealing with the independents all
the time. The broadcasters' organization was formed
when the American Society of Composers, Authors,
and Publishers attempted to charge broadcasters a
fee for sending out music controlled by it.
"The National Association of Radio Broadcasters
has ignored the demand of the organization and will
continue to do so."
"BABE RUTH" PLAYED IN PARK
New Gott Song Rendered When King of Swat Plays
at White Sox Park.
Babe Ruth, baseball's king of swat, was tendered
an ovation last Monday, May 21, when a trio of col-
ored players played "Babe Ruth," the new popular
song of Herbert J. Gott, Chicago publisher, in White
Sox Park, Chicago, where Ruth and his New York
Yankee teammates were playing. A. Atkins, bari-
tone, Erskin Tait, trombone, and James Johnson,
piano, all of New York, compose the trio. They
were brought from New York especially to perform
at the baseball park.
'Babe Ruth" is a new song published by H. J.
Gott of Chicago. When played by Atkins, Tait and
Johnson Monday, it made a big hit with the base-
ball fans, who were not satisfied until "Just Foolin'
You," another new Gott song, was played as an en-
core.
SHEET MUSIC IN PORTLAND
Wiley B. Allen Co. Opens Branch Store in Van-
couver and Remick Songs Are Selling.
The Wiley B. Allen Co. of Portland, Ore., has
opened up a branch store in Vancouver, Wash., and
the store will be in charge of P. G. Dickie, an ex-
perienced piano man, formerly of Yakima, Wash.
The entire line of Wiley B. Allen pianos, led by the
Mason & Hamlin, will be carried. Vancouver is a
good business town and has only one piano house,
that of the G. F. Johnson Piano company's branch.
JONAH
A WHALE OF
A SONG HIT
ONE STEP
FOX TROT
ELIZA DOYLE SMITH
59E.VAN8UBEN ST. CHICAGO
RUTH
Just Foolin' With You
That Wonderful Sweetie of Mine
You're the One Little Girl for Me
Love of the Ages
Dreaming of Love's Old Dream
When I Dream That Auld Erin Is Free
HERBERT J. GOTT
Music
Publisher
1 7 7 No. State St.
CHICAGO
MUSIC FOR BEGINNERS.
The "Very Easy Band Book" is the title of a new
music book just issued by the Chart Music Publish-
ing Co., Chicago. As the name suggests, it contains
selections for new bands, easy to play and catchy in
tune to make them attractive to the beginners. School
bands throughout the country have been circularized.
ERS
9est
ANY PUBLISHER x
OUR REFERENCE
RAYNEE, DALHEIM&GS.
Estimates
'
WORK DONE BY
ALL PROCESSES
REMICK SONG HITS
Falling
Just a Little Blue
Barney Google
Beside a Babbling Brook
My Buddy
Carolina in the Morning
Dream Melody
Sweet One
Rocky Mountain Moon
When Will I Know
Everything is K. O. in K. Y.
Nobody Lied
Sweet Indiana Home
Your Eyes Have Told Me So
Lovable Eyes
J. H. REMICK & CO.
New York
Chicago
Detroit
2054-2060 W.Lake St.Chicago.Ill.
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PRESTO
May 26, 1923
SHEET MUSIC TRADE
for its members, and the following letter of advance
plans has been forwarded to members. It is expected
that the sheet music interests this year will exceed
iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiini
anything in the past history of the organization:
THE COMBINED CIRCULATION
Monday, June the 4th, will be registration day. All
of the National Association of Sheet Music
OF PRESTO (EST. 1884), AND MUS- members
Dealers who register will receive a badge which will
ICAL TIMES (EST. 1881), IS BY FAR admit them to its meetings and to the meetings of
THE LARGEST IN THE FIELD OF diiy other of the affiliated associations.
Monday there will be a noonday luncheon of
THE MUSIC TRADE. COMBINA- ihe On entire
Music Industries Chamber of Commerce,
TION RATES OF SPECIAL AT- immediately following which Mr. R. W. Lawrence,
of the Chamber, will open the first session
TRACTIVENESS FOR ADVERTIS- president
of the convention. This session will deal with general
ING SPACE IN BOTH PAPERS business conditions. Mr. George E. Roberts, vice-
of the City National Bank of Chicago, a
WILL BE MADE TO MUSIC PUB- president
widely-known economist, will be the principal
LISHERS.
speaker.
On Tuesday the National Association of Sheet
This department is designed to advance the sales Music Dealers is invited to the meetings of the Na-
of sheet music, and give any current information in tional Association of Music Merchants.
On Wednesday the National Association of Sheet
the Sheet Music Trade.
Music Dealers will begin its sessions. The following
This publication believes that Sheet Music will and
other important topics will be discussed on that
pay the dealer, just as any other commodity pays clay and on Thursday:
those who merchandise it properly.
1. Advertising.
The conductor of this department will review
(a)
Advertising
matter
and the distribution of the
any numbers that are sent in for the purpose. It is
The desirability of having a uniform size for
not the intent to criticise, but to review these offer- same.
catalogs and publishers' bulletins.
ings, giving particular information of the theme and
(b) How dealers can take advantage fo publishers'
a description of the musical setting of the number specia} price offers. The advertising value of the
discussed.
same.
Address all communications to Conductor Sheet
2. Business Methods.
Music Dept, Presto, 407 S. Dearborn, Chicago, 111.
(a) Request to publishers that new issues be not
sent, complimentary or otherwise, to the public before
being sent to dealers. New issues as a means of
keeping in closer contact with customers.
(b) Established retailers the best means of dis-
tribution to the public. The advantage to publishers
of having a good representation of tlieir publications
in every city.
(c) How to keep the popular music business in
music stores.
Important Division of the Music Industries
3. Trade Abuses and Their Remedies.
Issues Letters of Particulars of Its
(a) Music sent on sale, for examination, exchanged,
long-time credits, etc.
Participation in the Events of
(b) The tilling of dealers' orders promptly and in-
June 4-7.
formation concerning missing items.
4. Association Work.
The National Association of Sheet Music Dealers
(a) Standing and special committees and how to
will hold its tenth annual convention at the same time make
them function.
and place as the Music Industries Chamber of Com-
(b) How to take the fullest advantage of trade
merce and most of its affiliated associations—the week papers.
of June 4th, 1923, at the Drake Hotel, Chicago. An
A periodical or bulletin to be sent at intervals
attendance of between fifteen hundred and two thou- to (c)
all members. The educational value of it to sales-
sand is expected at this meeting of representatives of
Publishers' advertisements in it.
the entire industry. This convention will mark the men.
(d) How to take the fullest advantage of the Music
end of our first year as a division member of the Industries
Chamber of Commerce and its Better Busi-
Music Industries Chamber of Commerce. It is hoped
Bureau, Trade Service Bureau and National
that the retail sheet music branch of the industry will ness
Bureau for the Advancement of Music.
make a good showing.
(c) Sheet music groups in local music associations.
The officers of the National Association of Sheet
Reduced railroad rates have been secured for the
Music Dealers have prepared an attractive program
convention. The certificate plan will be used, by
which a return ticket may be purchased at one-half
the regular fare.
Accommodations at the Drake Hotel and other
hotels have been reserved for members of the Music
Industries Chamber of Commerce. For information
on transportation and hotel accommodations watch
the bulletins of the Music Industries Chamber of
Commerce.
The prospects for the future of the sheet music
business are brighter than they have been for many
years. It will always be the earnest endeavor of the
National Association of Sheet Music Dealers and the
Music Industries Chamber of Commerce to exert
every effort for the advancement of the great cause
of music and the welfare of the music business.
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION O F S H E E T
MUSIC DEALERS.
THOMAS J. DONLAN, Secretary-Treasurer.
EDWARD P. L I T T L E . President.
TO PUBLISHERS
DISCUSSIONS FOR
SHEET MUSIC MEN
7 FOREMOST SELLERS
BROADCASTERS DENY TRUCE
Old Status Continues Between Radio Men and Com-
posers and Publishers.
No truce has been declared between the National
Association of Radio Broadcasters and the American
Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers, E. F.
McDonald, Jr., secretary of the broadcasters' organi-
zation, said yesterday.
''Radio broadcasters have never had any trouble
with independent music publishers," Mr. McDonald
said. , "The National Association of Radio Broad-
casters, including some of the largest stations in the
country, has been dealing with the independents all
the time. The broadcasters' organization was formed
when the American Society of Composers, Authors,
and Publishers attempted to charge broadcasters a
fee for sending out music controlled by it.
"The National Association of Radio Broadcasters
has ignored the demand of the organization and will
continue to do so."
"BABE RUTH" PLAYED IN PARK
New Gott Song Rendered When King of Swat Plays
at White Sox Park.
Babe Ruth, baseball's king of swat, was tendered
an ovation last Monday, May 21, when a trio of col-
ored players played "Babe Ruth," the new popular
song of Herbert J. Gott, Chicago publisher, in White
Sox Park, Chicago, where Ruth and his New York
Yankee teammates were playing. A. Atkins, bari-
tone, Erskin Tait, trombone, and James Johnson,
piano, all of New York, compose the trio. They
were brought from New York especially to perform
at the baseball park.
'Babe Ruth" is a new song published by H. J.
Gott of Chicago. When played by Atkins, Tait and
Johnson Monday, it made a big hit with the base-
ball fans, who were not satisfied until "Just Foolin'
You," another new Gott song, was played as an en-
core.
SHEET MUSIC IN PORTLAND
Wiley B. Allen Co. Opens Branch Store in Van-
couver and Remick Songs Are Selling.
The Wiley B. Allen Co. of Portland, Ore., has
opened up a branch store in Vancouver, Wash., and
the store will be in charge of P. G. Dickie, an ex-
perienced piano man, formerly of Yakima, Wash.
The entire line of Wiley B. Allen pianos, led by the
Mason & Hamlin, will be carried. Vancouver is a
good business town and has only one piano house,
that of the G. F. Johnson Piano company's branch.
JONAH
A WHALE OF
A SONG HIT
ONE STEP
FOX TROT
ELIZA DOYLE SMITH
59E.VAN8UBEN ST. CHICAGO
RUTH
Just Foolin' With You
That Wonderful Sweetie of Mine
You're the One Little Girl for Me
Love of the Ages
Dreaming of Love's Old Dream
When I Dream That Auld Erin Is Free
HERBERT J. GOTT
Music
Publisher
1 7 7 No. State St.
CHICAGO
MUSIC FOR BEGINNERS.
The "Very Easy Band Book" is the title of a new
music book just issued by the Chart Music Publish-
ing Co., Chicago. As the name suggests, it contains
selections for new bands, easy to play and catchy in
tune to make them attractive to the beginners. School
bands throughout the country have been circularized.
ERS
9est
ANY PUBLISHER x
OUR REFERENCE
RAYNEE, DALHEIM&GS.
Estimates
'
WORK DONE BY
ALL PROCESSES
REMICK SONG HITS
Falling
Just a Little Blue
Barney Google
Beside a Babbling Brook
My Buddy
Carolina in the Morning
Dream Melody
Sweet One
Rocky Mountain Moon
When Will I Know
Everything is K. O. in K. Y.
Nobody Lied
Sweet Indiana Home
Your Eyes Have Told Me So
Lovable Eyes
J. H. REMICK & CO.
New York
Chicago
Detroit
2054-2060 W.Lake 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/
Future scanning projects are planned by the International Arcade Museum Library (IAML).