Presto
Issue: 1923 1932 - Page 23
ADVICE FOR VIOLIN SALESMEN
Importance
23
PRESTO
August 4, 1923
of Suggestion of Proper
Children Impressed on Trade.
Size for
There are many good suggestions for the musical
merchandise dealer and salesman in an article by Le
Roy V. Brant in the Pacific Coast Musical Review.
In an article in a recent issue Mr. Brant, who is
director of the Institute of Music, Sarr Jose, Cal,,
says:
Many parents make the mistake of buying a full-
size violin for the young child who is about to begin
lessons on that instrument. Some parents, when the
teacher suggests the purchase of a violin of the right
size for the child, become offended and go elsewhere.
I have seen this happen myself. But a child with
small reach and short fingers can no more do justice
to violin lessons on an awkwardly large fiddle than
he could do justice to a man's work. If the child be
very small he should have a half-size instrument, if
a little larger a three-quarter, and by all means he
should be permitted to change his instrument as he
grows. This is not an expense, as so many appear to
think, but a necessity which should receive due atten-
tion in order that the most progress may be made.
I might sum up all that has been said in the pre-
ceding paragraphs briefly in one sentence: One can-
not too carefully see in giving a child a musical edu-
cation that he has the right start. The first impres-
sions are the most lasting. Therefore, let us have
the student's first impression of the violin be one of
beautiful tone, of ease in handling, of good bowing,
and technic in general. If we do this, we have paved
a way for a future violin artist.
SOVIET CONDEMNS THE GUITAR
Russian Government Thinks It Too Much Favored
by Middle Classes.
The guitar has been condemned as bourgeois by
the Soviet Government of Russia, and so is declared
anathema, according to the Moscow Isvestia, said to
be the official Societ Government organ, which says:
"Not long ago some students of the Sverdloff
Communist University in Moscow obtained a few
guitars, which they used to play in their spare time
in the evenings in the university hostels. The admin-
istration of these student lodging places, having de-
cided that 'a guitar is not a class-proletarian instru-
ment and is indeed an instrument favored exclusively
by the bourgeois and middle classes,' has issued the
following decree:
" 'All guitars to be declared prohibited in the
hostels for students of the Sverdloff Communist Uni-
versity.' "
The Isvestia added: "We believe the confiscated
guitars have been presented to the musical Museum
Section of the Commissariat for Education."
VALUE OF EDISON'S GENIUS
Worth in Money to World Computed in Newspaper
Article.
DON'T FORGET AUGUST 14
The value of Edison's genius is placed at $15,000,-
000,000 by the New York Times in an article on the
influence of the "Wizard's" inventions on industrial
The Reminder Is on Postal Mailed This Week by and civic development.
E. G. Brown.
"There is one human brain that has a hard cash
Talking Machine Men, Inc., the trade organiza- market value today in the business and industrial
tion of the states of New York, New Jersey and world of $15,000,000,000," says the Times. "Billions
Connecticut, will hold its outing on August 14 and is correct, not millions. That is within 20 per cent
a postal to remind members of the fact has been of equaling the value of all the gold dug from the
mailed by E. G. Brown, secretary:
mines of the earth since America was discovered.
"Yes, we have not received your check for the
"The brain is that of Thomas Alva Edison, who
T. M. M., Inc., outing, which is to occur on Tuesday, many a time has said to his cronies, 'Well, if worse
August 14, 1923," writes Mr. Brown. "Don't miss comes to worse,' I've got a good trade. I can always
this big event, which includes a two-hour sail on make $75 a month as an expert telegraph operator
Long Island Sound, a short luncheon, dancing on the and I can live comfortably on that.'
boat and at the park, games, swimming races, bath-
"The $15,000,000,000 represents the present invest-
ing, elaborate shore dinner and a moonlight sail
ment
in America alone in industries which are en-
return.
"Reservations are coming in quite rapidly, and, as tirely based on the inventions of Edison or which
the capacity of the steamer "Seagate" is limited to have been materially stimulated by his inventions.
400 persons, please give this your prompt attention. Several of the country's largest industries are in-
"Send check for $6 per person to E. G. Brown, cluded.
"Here is the list, and it touches only the high
secretary, 719 Broadway, Bayonne, N. J."
spots. It shows either the capital or the total in-
vestment,, according to the latest dependable esti-
URUGUAY BUYS PHONOGRAPHS.
mates: Moving pictures, $1,250,000,000; telephones,
The importance of Uruguay in the mind of the $1,000,000,000; electric railways, $6,500,000,000; electric
talking machine exporter grows with the passing of
lighting and power, $5,000,000,000; electrical supplies,
the days. The Uruguayans are good record cus- $857,000,000; fixtures, $37,000,000; phonographs, $105,-
tomers, too, and their ability to spend is expressed in 000,000; electric car shops, $109,000,000; dynamos and
the fact that the country has one passenger automo- motors, $100,000,000; Edison storage batteries, $5,-
bile to every 112 inhabitants. Uruguay is the most 000,000; cement, $271,000,000; telegraph, $350,000,000;
populous of all South American countries in relation wireless telegraph, $15,000,000.
to its size. Within an area of 72,152 square miles
there are 1,400,000 inhabitants. Montevideo, the capi-
W I L L BOOM RECORD SALES.
tal and chief port, has about 400,000 population, and
is the commercial center of the country. The coun-
The possible removal of the ban on dancing in
try is comparatively well served with railways radi- the Methodist Church by the union of the Methodist
ating for 1,650 miles from Montevideo, and there are
Episcopal Church and the Methodist Episcopal
in addition 5,340 miles of public roads, of which 200 Church, South, will increase the number of record
miles are macadamized.
buyers in the opinion of talking machine dealers.
NEW YORK
433 Fifth Ave.
HARDMAN, PECK & CO. CX")
CHICAGO
Republic Bldg.
Manufacturers of the
HARDMAN PIANO
The Official Piano of the Metropolitan Opera Co.
Owning and Operatingthe Autotone Co. makers of the
Owning and Operating E.G. Harrington &Co.,Est.i87i, makers of the
AUTOTONE (K'PL'O)
HARRINGTON
{Supreme A mong Moderately Priced PIANO
Instruments)
The Hensel Piano
The Standard Piano
The Hardman Autotone
The Harrington Autotone
The Autotone The Playotone The Standard Player-Piano
DEALERS AND TUNERS!
Big Cut in Prices Piano Key Repairing
Celluloid, Complete Tops, Set Keys
$7.00
Ivorine (grained), Complete Tops, Set Keys 8.00
Composition, Complete Tops, Set Keys... 10.00
Sole manufacturers and distributors of H. P.
& O. K. Co. famous Ivory White Glue. Needs
no Heating. Applied Cold. Sent anywhere in
U. S. P. P. $1.00 can.
THE KOHLER INDUSTRIE
of NEW YORK
AFFILIATED
HARLEM PIANO & ORGAN KEY CO.
121-123 E. 126th St.
r
dnufacturing for the trade
New York City, N. Y.
Upright and Grand Pianos
Player Pianos
Reproducing Pianos
Auto De Luxe Player Adlions
Standard Player Acftions
Art De Luxe Reproducing Actions
Parts and Accessories
MAGOSY & BUSCHER
First Class
OVAL AND ROUND METAL
SPINNERS
Makers of high-grade hammered Cym-,
bals in Brass and German Silver, from 2
to 18 inches; Brass Mutes for Cornets,
Trombones, French Horns.
Our Hammered Cymbals are as Good as Turk-
ish Cymbals in Sound, and they don't cost as
much.
Drum Major Batons in Wood and Metal.
Makers of the BESTONE Banjo Reso-
nators
We Can Manufacture Any Specialty in
Our Line to Order.
COMPANIES
Wholesale Chicago Office and Service "Departments
San Francisco Office
462 Vhelan ^Building
KOHLER INDUSTRIES
1222 KIMBALL B U I L D I N G
CHICAGO
232 Canal St. and 118 Walker St., NEW YORK
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Importance
23
PRESTO
August 4, 1923
of Suggestion of Proper
Children Impressed on Trade.
Size for
There are many good suggestions for the musical
merchandise dealer and salesman in an article by Le
Roy V. Brant in the Pacific Coast Musical Review.
In an article in a recent issue Mr. Brant, who is
director of the Institute of Music, Sarr Jose, Cal,,
says:
Many parents make the mistake of buying a full-
size violin for the young child who is about to begin
lessons on that instrument. Some parents, when the
teacher suggests the purchase of a violin of the right
size for the child, become offended and go elsewhere.
I have seen this happen myself. But a child with
small reach and short fingers can no more do justice
to violin lessons on an awkwardly large fiddle than
he could do justice to a man's work. If the child be
very small he should have a half-size instrument, if
a little larger a three-quarter, and by all means he
should be permitted to change his instrument as he
grows. This is not an expense, as so many appear to
think, but a necessity which should receive due atten-
tion in order that the most progress may be made.
I might sum up all that has been said in the pre-
ceding paragraphs briefly in one sentence: One can-
not too carefully see in giving a child a musical edu-
cation that he has the right start. The first impres-
sions are the most lasting. Therefore, let us have
the student's first impression of the violin be one of
beautiful tone, of ease in handling, of good bowing,
and technic in general. If we do this, we have paved
a way for a future violin artist.
SOVIET CONDEMNS THE GUITAR
Russian Government Thinks It Too Much Favored
by Middle Classes.
The guitar has been condemned as bourgeois by
the Soviet Government of Russia, and so is declared
anathema, according to the Moscow Isvestia, said to
be the official Societ Government organ, which says:
"Not long ago some students of the Sverdloff
Communist University in Moscow obtained a few
guitars, which they used to play in their spare time
in the evenings in the university hostels. The admin-
istration of these student lodging places, having de-
cided that 'a guitar is not a class-proletarian instru-
ment and is indeed an instrument favored exclusively
by the bourgeois and middle classes,' has issued the
following decree:
" 'All guitars to be declared prohibited in the
hostels for students of the Sverdloff Communist Uni-
versity.' "
The Isvestia added: "We believe the confiscated
guitars have been presented to the musical Museum
Section of the Commissariat for Education."
VALUE OF EDISON'S GENIUS
Worth in Money to World Computed in Newspaper
Article.
DON'T FORGET AUGUST 14
The value of Edison's genius is placed at $15,000,-
000,000 by the New York Times in an article on the
influence of the "Wizard's" inventions on industrial
The Reminder Is on Postal Mailed This Week by and civic development.
E. G. Brown.
"There is one human brain that has a hard cash
Talking Machine Men, Inc., the trade organiza- market value today in the business and industrial
tion of the states of New York, New Jersey and world of $15,000,000,000," says the Times. "Billions
Connecticut, will hold its outing on August 14 and is correct, not millions. That is within 20 per cent
a postal to remind members of the fact has been of equaling the value of all the gold dug from the
mailed by E. G. Brown, secretary:
mines of the earth since America was discovered.
"Yes, we have not received your check for the
"The brain is that of Thomas Alva Edison, who
T. M. M., Inc., outing, which is to occur on Tuesday, many a time has said to his cronies, 'Well, if worse
August 14, 1923," writes Mr. Brown. "Don't miss comes to worse,' I've got a good trade. I can always
this big event, which includes a two-hour sail on make $75 a month as an expert telegraph operator
Long Island Sound, a short luncheon, dancing on the and I can live comfortably on that.'
boat and at the park, games, swimming races, bath-
"The $15,000,000,000 represents the present invest-
ing, elaborate shore dinner and a moonlight sail
ment
in America alone in industries which are en-
return.
"Reservations are coming in quite rapidly, and, as tirely based on the inventions of Edison or which
the capacity of the steamer "Seagate" is limited to have been materially stimulated by his inventions.
400 persons, please give this your prompt attention. Several of the country's largest industries are in-
"Send check for $6 per person to E. G. Brown, cluded.
"Here is the list, and it touches only the high
secretary, 719 Broadway, Bayonne, N. J."
spots. It shows either the capital or the total in-
vestment,, according to the latest dependable esti-
URUGUAY BUYS PHONOGRAPHS.
mates: Moving pictures, $1,250,000,000; telephones,
The importance of Uruguay in the mind of the $1,000,000,000; electric railways, $6,500,000,000; electric
talking machine exporter grows with the passing of
lighting and power, $5,000,000,000; electrical supplies,
the days. The Uruguayans are good record cus- $857,000,000; fixtures, $37,000,000; phonographs, $105,-
tomers, too, and their ability to spend is expressed in 000,000; electric car shops, $109,000,000; dynamos and
the fact that the country has one passenger automo- motors, $100,000,000; Edison storage batteries, $5,-
bile to every 112 inhabitants. Uruguay is the most 000,000; cement, $271,000,000; telegraph, $350,000,000;
populous of all South American countries in relation wireless telegraph, $15,000,000.
to its size. Within an area of 72,152 square miles
there are 1,400,000 inhabitants. Montevideo, the capi-
W I L L BOOM RECORD SALES.
tal and chief port, has about 400,000 population, and
is the commercial center of the country. The coun-
The possible removal of the ban on dancing in
try is comparatively well served with railways radi- the Methodist Church by the union of the Methodist
ating for 1,650 miles from Montevideo, and there are
Episcopal Church and the Methodist Episcopal
in addition 5,340 miles of public roads, of which 200 Church, South, will increase the number of record
miles are macadamized.
buyers in the opinion of talking machine dealers.
NEW YORK
433 Fifth Ave.
HARDMAN, PECK & CO. CX")
CHICAGO
Republic Bldg.
Manufacturers of the
HARDMAN PIANO
The Official Piano of the Metropolitan Opera Co.
Owning and Operatingthe Autotone Co. makers of the
Owning and Operating E.G. Harrington &Co.,Est.i87i, makers of the
AUTOTONE (K'PL'O)
HARRINGTON
{Supreme A mong Moderately Priced PIANO
Instruments)
The Hensel Piano
The Standard Piano
The Hardman Autotone
The Harrington Autotone
The Autotone The Playotone The Standard Player-Piano
DEALERS AND TUNERS!
Big Cut in Prices Piano Key Repairing
Celluloid, Complete Tops, Set Keys
$7.00
Ivorine (grained), Complete Tops, Set Keys 8.00
Composition, Complete Tops, Set Keys... 10.00
Sole manufacturers and distributors of H. P.
& O. K. Co. famous Ivory White Glue. Needs
no Heating. Applied Cold. Sent anywhere in
U. S. P. P. $1.00 can.
THE KOHLER INDUSTRIE
of NEW YORK
AFFILIATED
HARLEM PIANO & ORGAN KEY CO.
121-123 E. 126th St.
r
dnufacturing for the trade
New York City, N. Y.
Upright and Grand Pianos
Player Pianos
Reproducing Pianos
Auto De Luxe Player Adlions
Standard Player Acftions
Art De Luxe Reproducing Actions
Parts and Accessories
MAGOSY & BUSCHER
First Class
OVAL AND ROUND METAL
SPINNERS
Makers of high-grade hammered Cym-,
bals in Brass and German Silver, from 2
to 18 inches; Brass Mutes for Cornets,
Trombones, French Horns.
Our Hammered Cymbals are as Good as Turk-
ish Cymbals in Sound, and they don't cost as
much.
Drum Major Batons in Wood and Metal.
Makers of the BESTONE Banjo Reso-
nators
We Can Manufacture Any Specialty in
Our Line to Order.
COMPANIES
Wholesale Chicago Office and Service "Departments
San Francisco Office
462 Vhelan ^Building
KOHLER INDUSTRIES
1222 KIMBALL B U I L D I N G
CHICAGO
232 Canal St. and 118 Walker St., NEW YORK
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).