Presto
Issue: 1924 1960 - Page 20
PRESTO
20
February 16, 1924.
SMALL GOODS AND SUPPLIES
CONN TENOR SAXOPHONE
Highly Important Instrument of Band and
Orchestra Developed to High Degree
by C. G. Conn, Ltd.
One of the most important instruments in the
saxophone line is the tenor and the efforts to con-
stantly improve it are unremitting with C. G. Conn,
Ltd., Elkhart, Ind. The Conn tenor has developed
in popularity among professional musicians to a high
degree through the excellence of its tone and perfect
scale. The tenor saxophone possessing these most
needed features used to be difficult to find, but C. G.
Conn, Ltd., has solved the problems.
Today the Conn tenor saxophone is found in use by
the best known saxophonists of the world. Paul
Biese, Isham Jones, Albert Knecht, Renato Starita
and Hale Byers are all Conn saxophone users and
admirers. The Conn tenor with the latest improve-
ments is considered an ideal instrument for both band
and orchestra.
Isham Jones, of the Isham Jones Chicago Orches-
tra, a household name today through the Brunswick
Talking Machine Company records, says this about
the Conn:
"I find my Conn tenor saxophone the most remark-
able instrument I have ever had. I congratulate
you."
Albert A. Knecht, for a number of years with
Sousa's Band as principal saxophonist, is at present
a member of the Henton-Knecht Music Company, of
Philadelphia, agents for the Conn instruments. This
is Mr. Knecht's opinion:
. "I can truthfully and frankly state that in my
opinion the Conn is the best saxophone I have ever
used and unquestionably the best saxophone you have
ever turned out."
Al Starita and his brothers, Renato and Rudy, with
their piano accompanist, comprise a quartette that is
widely known. Al and Renato are using the Conn
alto and tenor saxophone, which are being featured
in this novel combination, while recording records for
a phonograph company in Boston. Al Starita writes:
"As you know, my orchestra is entirely equipped
with your instruments, all of which are the finest we Installation of Musical Merchandise Department
have ever had. You will note our alto and tenor
Justified by Experiences of Exclusive Firms.
saxophones in this portion of our orchestra, and they
are making good in our recording work."
The spread of favor for the music goods sideline
among department stores is a recognition of the big
possibilities for profits in the goods. It is one of the
most conclusive arguments for a like course by the
exclusive piano house or the exclusive phonograph
Appointment of W. de A. Montgomery Part of Am- house. To both one and the other the addition of
musical merchandise serves.as an attraction that helps
bitious Plans of the Bush & Lane Piano Co.
the sales in the main lines.
W. de A. Montgomery has been made eastern
One thing is certain. No line has such a real, per-
representative of the Duo-Vox phonograph made by manent, substantial, business building quality as musi-
the Bush & Lane Piano Co., Holland, Mich., accord- cal merchandise properly and intelligently carried.
ing to a statement made by W. F. Clevey, sales man- In every case the musical merchandise and the piano
ager of the company this week. Mr. Montgomery and phonograph lines are found mutually helpful.
arrived in Philadelphia this week, in which city he Of course they are related and the fact is borne in
will make his headquarters.
mind by the dealers in displaying the goods. Prop-
Mr. Montgomery has had a wide experience in the erly handled small music goods arc promising things
trade. He was formerly special sales representative for the piano dealer or the talking machine dealer to
for the Brunswick line of phonograph and was promi- add. Proper handling is tantamount to careful han-
nent in organizing the Pittsburgh Dealers' Associa- dling and the idea should be constantly in mind that
store expense is not to be increased and no additional
tion, of which he was vice-president.
The success of the Bush & Lane Piano Co., with overhead incurred. These of course are justified
the Duo-Vox last year has prompted the company to when the sideline shows a profit of a size prompting
strive for bigger sales this year. Under Mr. Clevey expansion.
the sales force has been strengthened and special
plans for a complete service to dealers worked out.
SMALL GOODS TRAVELER KILLED.
B.
Cohen, traveler for the Wall-Kane Needle Co.,
CHANGE IN INDIANAPOLIS.
Brooklyn, N. Y., was fatally injured when a passenger
The Indiana Avenue Music Shop, formerly the In- elevator descended upon him in the Metropole Hotel,
diana Avenue Lyric Shop, Indianapolis, opened its St. Joseph, Mo., recently. He was forty-five years
doors to the public last week at its new location, 610 old and widely known in the musical supply trade.
Indiana avenue under new management. A recently He is survived by his widow and a son, Harry Cohen,
negotiated deal between the Siedel record concern who operates the State Music House, Syracuse, N. Y.
and George Stewart resulted in the transfer of the
ownership of the Indiana Avenue Music Shop to Mr.
Albert Edelstein, proprietor of the Strand Music
Stewart. The latter for years has been identified in
the record, piano and phonograph selling business in Co., Albany, N. Y., has purchased property at Quack-
Indianapolis. According to Mr. Stewart the follow- enbush street and Broadway, Albany, N. Y., and plans
ing records will be carried: Columbia, Vocalion, to erect a structure suited to his growing music
business.
Paramount, Okeh and Gennctt.
ADDING A SMALL GOODS LINE
FEATURING THE DU0=V0X
WESSELL, NICKEL & GROSS
Manufacturers of
PIANO ACTIONS
HIGHEST GRADE
ONE GRADE ONLY
The Wessell, Nickel & Gross action is a
guarantee of the grade of the instrument
in which it is found.
FACTORIES:
1\J17\X/ V H P V
MO*At*. &W4«th. I l l - - VV
I WIMV
OFFICE:
457 w . 45th s
Street
Comstock, Cheney & Co,
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
Ivory Cutters and Manufacturers
MADE ONLY BY
Piano Keys, Actions and Hammers
SELF-LIFTING PIANO TRUCK CO.
FINDLAY, OHIO
IVORY AND COMPOSITION-COVERED ORGAN KEYS
The «tily Company Furnishing the Keys, Actions, Hammers »nd Brackets Complete
Telegraph and R. R. Station: Essex, Conn.
Office and Factories: Ivory ton, Conn.
THE! O S. KELLY GO
Manuf^oturers
PIANO
SPRINGFIELD
of
High
Orad*
PLATES
-
-
OHIO.
M DOLGEVILLE.N.Y
* ..-OH,- j U U U S BREGKWOLDT & SON, ING.
Manufacturer* 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. Peorla Street,
J. BRECKWOLDT, Pres.
Chicago, 111.
W. A. BREGKWOLDT. Sec. & Treas.
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20
February 16, 1924.
SMALL GOODS AND SUPPLIES
CONN TENOR SAXOPHONE
Highly Important Instrument of Band and
Orchestra Developed to High Degree
by C. G. Conn, Ltd.
One of the most important instruments in the
saxophone line is the tenor and the efforts to con-
stantly improve it are unremitting with C. G. Conn,
Ltd., Elkhart, Ind. The Conn tenor has developed
in popularity among professional musicians to a high
degree through the excellence of its tone and perfect
scale. The tenor saxophone possessing these most
needed features used to be difficult to find, but C. G.
Conn, Ltd., has solved the problems.
Today the Conn tenor saxophone is found in use by
the best known saxophonists of the world. Paul
Biese, Isham Jones, Albert Knecht, Renato Starita
and Hale Byers are all Conn saxophone users and
admirers. The Conn tenor with the latest improve-
ments is considered an ideal instrument for both band
and orchestra.
Isham Jones, of the Isham Jones Chicago Orches-
tra, a household name today through the Brunswick
Talking Machine Company records, says this about
the Conn:
"I find my Conn tenor saxophone the most remark-
able instrument I have ever had. I congratulate
you."
Albert A. Knecht, for a number of years with
Sousa's Band as principal saxophonist, is at present
a member of the Henton-Knecht Music Company, of
Philadelphia, agents for the Conn instruments. This
is Mr. Knecht's opinion:
. "I can truthfully and frankly state that in my
opinion the Conn is the best saxophone I have ever
used and unquestionably the best saxophone you have
ever turned out."
Al Starita and his brothers, Renato and Rudy, with
their piano accompanist, comprise a quartette that is
widely known. Al and Renato are using the Conn
alto and tenor saxophone, which are being featured
in this novel combination, while recording records for
a phonograph company in Boston. Al Starita writes:
"As you know, my orchestra is entirely equipped
with your instruments, all of which are the finest we Installation of Musical Merchandise Department
have ever had. You will note our alto and tenor
Justified by Experiences of Exclusive Firms.
saxophones in this portion of our orchestra, and they
are making good in our recording work."
The spread of favor for the music goods sideline
among department stores is a recognition of the big
possibilities for profits in the goods. It is one of the
most conclusive arguments for a like course by the
exclusive piano house or the exclusive phonograph
Appointment of W. de A. Montgomery Part of Am- house. To both one and the other the addition of
musical merchandise serves.as an attraction that helps
bitious Plans of the Bush & Lane Piano Co.
the sales in the main lines.
W. de A. Montgomery has been made eastern
One thing is certain. No line has such a real, per-
representative of the Duo-Vox phonograph made by manent, substantial, business building quality as musi-
the Bush & Lane Piano Co., Holland, Mich., accord- cal merchandise properly and intelligently carried.
ing to a statement made by W. F. Clevey, sales man- In every case the musical merchandise and the piano
ager of the company this week. Mr. Montgomery and phonograph lines are found mutually helpful.
arrived in Philadelphia this week, in which city he Of course they are related and the fact is borne in
will make his headquarters.
mind by the dealers in displaying the goods. Prop-
Mr. Montgomery has had a wide experience in the erly handled small music goods arc promising things
trade. He was formerly special sales representative for the piano dealer or the talking machine dealer to
for the Brunswick line of phonograph and was promi- add. Proper handling is tantamount to careful han-
nent in organizing the Pittsburgh Dealers' Associa- dling and the idea should be constantly in mind that
store expense is not to be increased and no additional
tion, of which he was vice-president.
The success of the Bush & Lane Piano Co., with overhead incurred. These of course are justified
the Duo-Vox last year has prompted the company to when the sideline shows a profit of a size prompting
strive for bigger sales this year. Under Mr. Clevey expansion.
the sales force has been strengthened and special
plans for a complete service to dealers worked out.
SMALL GOODS TRAVELER KILLED.
B.
Cohen, traveler for the Wall-Kane Needle Co.,
CHANGE IN INDIANAPOLIS.
Brooklyn, N. Y., was fatally injured when a passenger
The Indiana Avenue Music Shop, formerly the In- elevator descended upon him in the Metropole Hotel,
diana Avenue Lyric Shop, Indianapolis, opened its St. Joseph, Mo., recently. He was forty-five years
doors to the public last week at its new location, 610 old and widely known in the musical supply trade.
Indiana avenue under new management. A recently He is survived by his widow and a son, Harry Cohen,
negotiated deal between the Siedel record concern who operates the State Music House, Syracuse, N. Y.
and George Stewart resulted in the transfer of the
ownership of the Indiana Avenue Music Shop to Mr.
Albert Edelstein, proprietor of the Strand Music
Stewart. The latter for years has been identified in
the record, piano and phonograph selling business in Co., Albany, N. Y., has purchased property at Quack-
Indianapolis. According to Mr. Stewart the follow- enbush street and Broadway, Albany, N. Y., and plans
ing records will be carried: Columbia, Vocalion, to erect a structure suited to his growing music
business.
Paramount, Okeh and Gennctt.
ADDING A SMALL GOODS LINE
FEATURING THE DU0=V0X
WESSELL, NICKEL & GROSS
Manufacturers of
PIANO ACTIONS
HIGHEST GRADE
ONE GRADE ONLY
The Wessell, Nickel & Gross action is a
guarantee of the grade of the instrument
in which it is found.
FACTORIES:
1\J17\X/ V H P V
MO*At*. &W4«th. I l l - - VV
I WIMV
OFFICE:
457 w . 45th s
Street
Comstock, Cheney & Co,
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
Ivory Cutters and Manufacturers
MADE ONLY BY
Piano Keys, Actions and Hammers
SELF-LIFTING PIANO TRUCK CO.
FINDLAY, OHIO
IVORY AND COMPOSITION-COVERED ORGAN KEYS
The «tily Company Furnishing the Keys, Actions, Hammers »nd Brackets Complete
Telegraph and R. R. Station: Essex, Conn.
Office and Factories: Ivory ton, Conn.
THE! O S. KELLY GO
Manuf^oturers
PIANO
SPRINGFIELD
of
High
Orad*
PLATES
-
-
OHIO.
M DOLGEVILLE.N.Y
* ..-OH,- j U U U S BREGKWOLDT & SON, ING.
Manufacturer* 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. Peorla Street,
J. BRECKWOLDT, Pres.
Chicago, 111.
W. A. BREGKWOLDT. Sec. & Treas.
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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