Presto
Issue: 1923 1941 - Page 21
PRESTO
October 6, 1923
21
SMALL GOODS AND SUPPLIES
WHOLESALE VICTOR MGR.
Walter Roche Advanced in Phonograph De-
partment of the House of Lyon & Healy,
Chicago.
Walter P. Roche, who has been for several years
assistant manager of Lyon & Healy's Victor depart-
ment, was recently made manager of the wholesale
division. L. C. Wiswell remains in charge of the
retail division. This change was occasioned by the
increased demands made by the retail division on Mr.
Wiswell, who has managed both wholesale and re-
position, for he has been with Lyon & Healy for
OCTOBER COLUMBIA ROLLS
eighteen years. Starting as a stockboy, then retail,
wholesale and traveling salesman, next assistant man-
ager, he is today, by sheer merit, manager of the Big Dealers' Response to Latest Announcement of
wholesale Victor Department.
the Columbia Music Roll Company.
Mr. Roche has just made a special trip to the Vic-
The Columbia Music Roll Co., 22 South Peoria
tor factory in order to bring to the trade the most
complete and latest information about both the Vic- street, Chicago, reports a spirited response to the
announcement of the October releases in Columbia
tor and the general talking machine trade prospects.
Word Rolls which is not surprising when the up-to-
date character of the selections is considered. The
list of fox-trots, one-steps, ballads and blues
U. S. MUSIC ROLLS FOR OCTOBER splendid
recorded in a spirited way by such clever artists as
Wayne, Love, Gladys Bagwill, Florence Sanger,
Alluring List of Dance and Ballad Music and Great James Blythe, Nell Morrison, Lila Hicks and Paul
Jones is what provides "the background of a busy
Variety of Foreign Rolls.
roll department," to use an apt phrase of the com-
The new October bulletin of music rolls of the pany.
United States Music Co., Chicago, is one of the most
The Columbia Word Rolls are retailed at a price
alluring ever issued by the Company. It comprises that interests a large number of playerpiano owners,
the most recent songs and dances, marches and bal- and, to quote the announcement of the company: "are
lads, and presents a varied list of foreign rolls to made of the best materials obtainable, will please
satisfy the exacting claims in that field. Some of your trade and double your sales." Good quality and
the attractive numbers are:
alluring price is a combination the Columbia Music
Carolita, Beautiful Blue Danube, The Cat's Whis- Roll Co. believes to be a sure profit producer for the
kers, Dirty Hands Dirty Face, Foolish Child, Har- dealer.
mony Blues, Hot Roasted Peanuts, I've Got a Man
of My Own Blues, Jazzin' Baby Blues, I've Got the
NATHAN L. GLOVER DIES.
Yes, We've Got No Banana Blues, Just For Tonight,
Nathan L. Glover, author of a number of text books
Last Night on the Back Porch, Lonesome and Blue, on choral singing and other musical topics, died re-
Love, My Heart Is Calling You, My Electric Girl, cently in Akron, Ohio, at the age of seventy-one. He
'Neath Egyptian Skies, Nobody Knows But My Pil- had served as supervisor of music in Akron public
low and Me, No, No Nora, Oh Daddy Blues, Other schools for forty-nine years, retiring two years ago.
Lips, A Perfect Kiss, A Smile Will Go a Long Way,
Somebody's Wrong Somehow, Steal a Little Kiss,
Sweetheart's Honeymoon.
WILSON DRUMS
WALTER P. ROCHE.
tail. Mr. Wiswell can now devote his full energies to
the promotion of the retail division of Lyon & Healy
Victor Department.
Retail was Mr. Wiswell's first love and his success
there has been notable. It was through his unremit-
ting efforts that the Victor Department of Lyon &
Healy became so important a factor in the musical
merchandise field.
Mr. Roche does not come as a stranger to fill this
GENNETT OCTOBER RECORDS WIN.
AND
Green Label Gennetts—Serenade (Maszkowsky),
and Spanish Dance (Granados-Kreisler), Scipione
Guidi, Violin, Piano Ace, Thos. Griselle; A Perfect
Day (Carrie Jacobs-Bond), and Calm as the Night
(Bohm), Henry Moeller, tenor, Violin Obligato,
Scipione Guidi, Piano Ace, Thos. Griselle.
Numbers of Varied Appeal—March Barrancas
(Brownfield), and Medley of Poet and Peasant and
When You and I Were Young Maggie, Harvey
Brownfield, Accordion; Beautiful Spring, and Prize
of Victory, Harvey Brownfield, accordion; Broken
Hearted Melody (waltz), and Hula-Hula Rose
(waltz) (Reed-Awan), Palakiko Pala's Hawaiian Ser-
enaders; Melodies of Home, and The Country Lovers,
Fritz Zimmermann and Marcelle Grandville, yodlers.
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.
THE CELEBRATED
F&G
(Felten & Guilleauma)
IMPORTED
MUSIC WIRE
in Black, Red and Green
Label Brands ;s
UNEXCELLED
The "F cfe 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 Ave. and 13th St.
Send for New 96 Page Catalog
WILSON BROS. MFG. CO.
of Fine Drums and Accessories
218-20-22 N.May St.
CHICAGO.ILL
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.
Atk for Circular
Factory and Office.
DOLGEVILLE, N.Y
JULIUS BRECKWOLDT & SON, ING.
Manufacturers of
Saw Mills,
Fulton Chain
and
Tupper Lake
Piano Backs, Boards, Bridges, Bars,
Traplevers and Mouldings
SOLE AGENTS FOR RUDOLF GIESE WIRE
WESTERN REPRESENTATIVE:
CENTRAL STEEL & WIRE CO.,
119-127 N. Peoria Street,
Chicago, III.
J. BRECKWOLDT, Pres.
W. A. BRECKWOLDT. Sec. & Trea s .
MADE ONLY BY
SELF-LIFTING PIANO TRUCK CO.
FINDLAY, OHIO
THE
O
S.
Manufxicturers
KELLY
of
High*
CO
Qradt
PIANO PLATES
SiPRINOF-|El_D
-
-
OHIO.
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October 6, 1923
21
SMALL GOODS AND SUPPLIES
WHOLESALE VICTOR MGR.
Walter Roche Advanced in Phonograph De-
partment of the House of Lyon & Healy,
Chicago.
Walter P. Roche, who has been for several years
assistant manager of Lyon & Healy's Victor depart-
ment, was recently made manager of the wholesale
division. L. C. Wiswell remains in charge of the
retail division. This change was occasioned by the
increased demands made by the retail division on Mr.
Wiswell, who has managed both wholesale and re-
position, for he has been with Lyon & Healy for
OCTOBER COLUMBIA ROLLS
eighteen years. Starting as a stockboy, then retail,
wholesale and traveling salesman, next assistant man-
ager, he is today, by sheer merit, manager of the Big Dealers' Response to Latest Announcement of
wholesale Victor Department.
the Columbia Music Roll Company.
Mr. Roche has just made a special trip to the Vic-
The Columbia Music Roll Co., 22 South Peoria
tor factory in order to bring to the trade the most
complete and latest information about both the Vic- street, Chicago, reports a spirited response to the
announcement of the October releases in Columbia
tor and the general talking machine trade prospects.
Word Rolls which is not surprising when the up-to-
date character of the selections is considered. The
list of fox-trots, one-steps, ballads and blues
U. S. MUSIC ROLLS FOR OCTOBER splendid
recorded in a spirited way by such clever artists as
Wayne, Love, Gladys Bagwill, Florence Sanger,
Alluring List of Dance and Ballad Music and Great James Blythe, Nell Morrison, Lila Hicks and Paul
Jones is what provides "the background of a busy
Variety of Foreign Rolls.
roll department," to use an apt phrase of the com-
The new October bulletin of music rolls of the pany.
United States Music Co., Chicago, is one of the most
The Columbia Word Rolls are retailed at a price
alluring ever issued by the Company. It comprises that interests a large number of playerpiano owners,
the most recent songs and dances, marches and bal- and, to quote the announcement of the company: "are
lads, and presents a varied list of foreign rolls to made of the best materials obtainable, will please
satisfy the exacting claims in that field. Some of your trade and double your sales." Good quality and
the attractive numbers are:
alluring price is a combination the Columbia Music
Carolita, Beautiful Blue Danube, The Cat's Whis- Roll Co. believes to be a sure profit producer for the
kers, Dirty Hands Dirty Face, Foolish Child, Har- dealer.
mony Blues, Hot Roasted Peanuts, I've Got a Man
of My Own Blues, Jazzin' Baby Blues, I've Got the
NATHAN L. GLOVER DIES.
Yes, We've Got No Banana Blues, Just For Tonight,
Nathan L. Glover, author of a number of text books
Last Night on the Back Porch, Lonesome and Blue, on choral singing and other musical topics, died re-
Love, My Heart Is Calling You, My Electric Girl, cently in Akron, Ohio, at the age of seventy-one. He
'Neath Egyptian Skies, Nobody Knows But My Pil- had served as supervisor of music in Akron public
low and Me, No, No Nora, Oh Daddy Blues, Other schools for forty-nine years, retiring two years ago.
Lips, A Perfect Kiss, A Smile Will Go a Long Way,
Somebody's Wrong Somehow, Steal a Little Kiss,
Sweetheart's Honeymoon.
WILSON DRUMS
WALTER P. ROCHE.
tail. Mr. Wiswell can now devote his full energies to
the promotion of the retail division of Lyon & Healy
Victor Department.
Retail was Mr. Wiswell's first love and his success
there has been notable. It was through his unremit-
ting efforts that the Victor Department of Lyon &
Healy became so important a factor in the musical
merchandise field.
Mr. Roche does not come as a stranger to fill this
GENNETT OCTOBER RECORDS WIN.
AND
Green Label Gennetts—Serenade (Maszkowsky),
and Spanish Dance (Granados-Kreisler), Scipione
Guidi, Violin, Piano Ace, Thos. Griselle; A Perfect
Day (Carrie Jacobs-Bond), and Calm as the Night
(Bohm), Henry Moeller, tenor, Violin Obligato,
Scipione Guidi, Piano Ace, Thos. Griselle.
Numbers of Varied Appeal—March Barrancas
(Brownfield), and Medley of Poet and Peasant and
When You and I Were Young Maggie, Harvey
Brownfield, Accordion; Beautiful Spring, and Prize
of Victory, Harvey Brownfield, accordion; Broken
Hearted Melody (waltz), and Hula-Hula Rose
(waltz) (Reed-Awan), Palakiko Pala's Hawaiian Ser-
enaders; Melodies of Home, and The Country Lovers,
Fritz Zimmermann and Marcelle Grandville, yodlers.
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.
THE CELEBRATED
F&G
(Felten & Guilleauma)
IMPORTED
MUSIC WIRE
in Black, Red and Green
Label Brands ;s
UNEXCELLED
The "F cfe 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 Ave. and 13th St.
Send for New 96 Page Catalog
WILSON BROS. MFG. CO.
of Fine Drums and Accessories
218-20-22 N.May St.
CHICAGO.ILL
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.
Atk for Circular
Factory and Office.
DOLGEVILLE, N.Y
JULIUS BRECKWOLDT & SON, ING.
Manufacturers of
Saw Mills,
Fulton Chain
and
Tupper Lake
Piano Backs, Boards, Bridges, Bars,
Traplevers and Mouldings
SOLE AGENTS FOR RUDOLF GIESE WIRE
WESTERN REPRESENTATIVE:
CENTRAL STEEL & WIRE CO.,
119-127 N. Peoria Street,
Chicago, III.
J. BRECKWOLDT, Pres.
W. A. BRECKWOLDT. Sec. & Trea s .
MADE ONLY BY
SELF-LIFTING PIANO TRUCK CO.
FINDLAY, OHIO
THE
O
S.
Manufxicturers
KELLY
of
High*
CO
Qradt
PIANO PLATES
SiPRINOF-|El_D
-
-
OHIO.
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).