Presto
Issue: 1924 1961 - Page 22
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P R E S T O
A BANJO PROPOSITION
Slingerland Banjo Co., Chicago, Invites Am-
bitious Music Dealers to Investigate
Opportunities for Profitable Sales.
UJhere Supply
always meets
the Demand 7
Hardware, Felts, Cloths, Hammers, etc |
for Pianos, Organs, Players. Talking
Machines, Special Stampings, Turn-
ings, etc., when you order from us.
The American Piano Supply Co., Inc.
No. 112 East 13th Street
NEW YORK CITY
SCHAFF
Piano String Co.
The Slingerland Banjo Co., 1815 Orchard street,
Chicago, has a proposition that interests all dealers
made aware of its satisfactory nature. The Slinger-
land Banjo Co. makes over forty styles of banjos,
banjo mandolins, tenor banjos and banjo ukuleles
and the extent of the line and the merits of the goods
give an alluring character to the proposals the com-
pany submits to ambitious music dealers.
The Slingerland banjos are sold by representative
dealers in all parts of the country. Professionals and
amateur banjoists are impressed by their tone quality
and every dealer points to a list of Slingerland banjo
users who warmly testify to the durable character of
the instruments.
The importance of the banjo is plain to every music
dealer, and acquiring a good line of the instruments
is a duty he owes to his customers. The banjo has
always been favored for concert and stage use, but its
great vogue began with the creation of special dance
orchestras to make music for the continuous succes-
sion of pepful dances. Orchestra leaders found that
the banjo provided the snap necessary to convey the
spirit of the new dance numbers. Composers wrote
new music for the dances in view of using the banjo
tone. Then the sales of banjos jumped amazingly.
The demand for banjos of all kinds has been a sur-
prise to those who first noted the growth of banjo
favor and its causes. The wonderful progress of the
Slingerland Banjo Co. is the best evidence of the im-
portance of the banjo industry. The new catalog of
the company is now ready.
Manufacturers of
NO JEWELRY TAX ON MUSIC
Band Instruments with Gold or Silver Mountings Are
Not Subject to Levy.
Piano Bass Strings
2009-2021 CLYBOURN AVENUE
Cor er Lewis Street
CHICAGO
Definite advice has just been received by the Music
Industries Chamber of Commerce from Washington
to the effect that musical instruments have been
specifically exempted from taxation under the jewelry
clause of the Revenue Act, according to Section 604-C
of the Tax Bill as reported to the House by the Ways
and Means Committee.
This means that the efforts of the Chamber to elim-
inate the operation of the jewelry clause of the Rev-
enue Act so far as it applied to gold and silver
mounted band instruments has been successful, and
that these instruments are now entirely exempt from
taxation under the Act.
February 23, 1924.
struments (banjo excepted) are almost totally sup-
planted by wind instruments.
"Whispering," "Pale Moon," "I Love You" and
such high-type American numbers were given a genu-
inely Whitemanesque interpretation, tempo and ar-
rangement, scored for two Buescher-grand trumpets
(generally muted), two Buescher-grand trombones
(one used largely with a megaphone and both often
muted), Buescher-phone in BBb to accentuate the
rhythmatic pattern (as early American orchestras
used the bass drum), and a complete choir of
Buescher saxophones, from sopraninos in Eb to the
sax tubas in Bb, all played by the three Whiteman
saxophonists.
The most renowned critics on New York's dailies
took the recital very seriously, and freely predicted
that Paul Whiteman would open the way for an era
of concerts and recitals of distinctly and genuinely
American music in the great auditoriums of the
nation. Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra are being
urged to undertake such a tour for just this purpose,
and one very enthusiastic American multi-millionaire
offers to endow the orchestra and take care of the
deficit should there be one. American performers,
American composers and American arrangers, added
to American instrumentation schemes and American
(Buescher) instruments certainly make a most inter-
esting and not at all unscholarly program.
IN INTEREST OF WOOD USERS
Alfred L. Smith, General Manager of Music Indus-
tries Chamber of Commerce in New Role.
Alfred L. Smith, general manager of the Music
Industries Chamber of Commerce, has been elected a
member of the executive committee of the Associa-
tion of Wood Using Industries. The Chamber be-
came a member of this association recently on ac-
count of the interest which the wood-using members
of the music industry took in the various problems
arising out of the increasing shortage of lumber, and
the efforts of the Wood Users' Association to con-
serve timber resources and make the best use of the
available supply of lumber.
Experiments are being conducted under the
auspices of the Wood Using Industries to ascertain
the best manner of using different woods and of pre-
serving them with paint and varnish, also to stand-
ardize terms and sizes of* lumber, both softwood and
hardwood.
Research work of great interest to the lumber-using
members of the industry is at present being conducted
by the Department of Commerce and the Central
Committee on Lumber Standards, and it is expected
that results of great value to the industry will be
achieved in this way.
PAUL WHITEMAN'S CONCERT
Orchestra Makes Debut in Aeolian Hall, Using All
Buescher True-Tone Instruments.
PERFECT PUNCH INGS
AT
C.FGDEPEL&CO
137 E A S T I3 T J ST.
N E.W YORK
On Tuesday, February 12, birthday anniversary of
Abraham Lincoln, Paul Whiteman and His Orches-
tra gave the first recital in American history devoted
wholly to genuinely American music, and gave it in
New York's leading concert auditorium—Aeolian Hall.
The program took in every genuine type of Ameri-
can music, from jazz-band conceptions of "Livery
Stable Blues" and "Alexander's Ragtime Band" up
to the smoothest symphonic arrangements of numbers
from popular Broadway shows, including bits from
the works of Zez Confrey, George Gerschwin, Irving
Berlin and Victor Herbert, who wrote four serenades
for this first
Orchestra, making no apologies for its 100 per cent
American plan of instrumentation, in which string in-
Paragon Foundries
Company
Manufacturers of
Paragon Piano Plates
Oregon, Illinois
HAMMACHER, SCHLEMMER & CO.
PIANO and PLAYER
HARDWARE, FELTS, TOOLS,
RUBBERIZED PLAYER FABRICS
New York, Since 1848
4th AVC and 13th St.
PRACTICAL PIANO MOVING SUPPLIES
INCREASE SELLING POWER
One-Man Steel Cable Hoist; Two-in-One
Loaders, Trucks, Covers, etc.
G«t Our New Ctr< ulars and PricM
PIANO MOVERS SUPPLY COMPANY
LANCASTER, PA.
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P R E S T O
A BANJO PROPOSITION
Slingerland Banjo Co., Chicago, Invites Am-
bitious Music Dealers to Investigate
Opportunities for Profitable Sales.
UJhere Supply
always meets
the Demand 7
Hardware, Felts, Cloths, Hammers, etc |
for Pianos, Organs, Players. Talking
Machines, Special Stampings, Turn-
ings, etc., when you order from us.
The American Piano Supply Co., Inc.
No. 112 East 13th Street
NEW YORK CITY
SCHAFF
Piano String Co.
The Slingerland Banjo Co., 1815 Orchard street,
Chicago, has a proposition that interests all dealers
made aware of its satisfactory nature. The Slinger-
land Banjo Co. makes over forty styles of banjos,
banjo mandolins, tenor banjos and banjo ukuleles
and the extent of the line and the merits of the goods
give an alluring character to the proposals the com-
pany submits to ambitious music dealers.
The Slingerland banjos are sold by representative
dealers in all parts of the country. Professionals and
amateur banjoists are impressed by their tone quality
and every dealer points to a list of Slingerland banjo
users who warmly testify to the durable character of
the instruments.
The importance of the banjo is plain to every music
dealer, and acquiring a good line of the instruments
is a duty he owes to his customers. The banjo has
always been favored for concert and stage use, but its
great vogue began with the creation of special dance
orchestras to make music for the continuous succes-
sion of pepful dances. Orchestra leaders found that
the banjo provided the snap necessary to convey the
spirit of the new dance numbers. Composers wrote
new music for the dances in view of using the banjo
tone. Then the sales of banjos jumped amazingly.
The demand for banjos of all kinds has been a sur-
prise to those who first noted the growth of banjo
favor and its causes. The wonderful progress of the
Slingerland Banjo Co. is the best evidence of the im-
portance of the banjo industry. The new catalog of
the company is now ready.
Manufacturers of
NO JEWELRY TAX ON MUSIC
Band Instruments with Gold or Silver Mountings Are
Not Subject to Levy.
Piano Bass Strings
2009-2021 CLYBOURN AVENUE
Cor er Lewis Street
CHICAGO
Definite advice has just been received by the Music
Industries Chamber of Commerce from Washington
to the effect that musical instruments have been
specifically exempted from taxation under the jewelry
clause of the Revenue Act, according to Section 604-C
of the Tax Bill as reported to the House by the Ways
and Means Committee.
This means that the efforts of the Chamber to elim-
inate the operation of the jewelry clause of the Rev-
enue Act so far as it applied to gold and silver
mounted band instruments has been successful, and
that these instruments are now entirely exempt from
taxation under the Act.
February 23, 1924.
struments (banjo excepted) are almost totally sup-
planted by wind instruments.
"Whispering," "Pale Moon," "I Love You" and
such high-type American numbers were given a genu-
inely Whitemanesque interpretation, tempo and ar-
rangement, scored for two Buescher-grand trumpets
(generally muted), two Buescher-grand trombones
(one used largely with a megaphone and both often
muted), Buescher-phone in BBb to accentuate the
rhythmatic pattern (as early American orchestras
used the bass drum), and a complete choir of
Buescher saxophones, from sopraninos in Eb to the
sax tubas in Bb, all played by the three Whiteman
saxophonists.
The most renowned critics on New York's dailies
took the recital very seriously, and freely predicted
that Paul Whiteman would open the way for an era
of concerts and recitals of distinctly and genuinely
American music in the great auditoriums of the
nation. Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra are being
urged to undertake such a tour for just this purpose,
and one very enthusiastic American multi-millionaire
offers to endow the orchestra and take care of the
deficit should there be one. American performers,
American composers and American arrangers, added
to American instrumentation schemes and American
(Buescher) instruments certainly make a most inter-
esting and not at all unscholarly program.
IN INTEREST OF WOOD USERS
Alfred L. Smith, General Manager of Music Indus-
tries Chamber of Commerce in New Role.
Alfred L. Smith, general manager of the Music
Industries Chamber of Commerce, has been elected a
member of the executive committee of the Associa-
tion of Wood Using Industries. The Chamber be-
came a member of this association recently on ac-
count of the interest which the wood-using members
of the music industry took in the various problems
arising out of the increasing shortage of lumber, and
the efforts of the Wood Users' Association to con-
serve timber resources and make the best use of the
available supply of lumber.
Experiments are being conducted under the
auspices of the Wood Using Industries to ascertain
the best manner of using different woods and of pre-
serving them with paint and varnish, also to stand-
ardize terms and sizes of* lumber, both softwood and
hardwood.
Research work of great interest to the lumber-using
members of the industry is at present being conducted
by the Department of Commerce and the Central
Committee on Lumber Standards, and it is expected
that results of great value to the industry will be
achieved in this way.
PAUL WHITEMAN'S CONCERT
Orchestra Makes Debut in Aeolian Hall, Using All
Buescher True-Tone Instruments.
PERFECT PUNCH INGS
AT
C.FGDEPEL&CO
137 E A S T I3 T J ST.
N E.W YORK
On Tuesday, February 12, birthday anniversary of
Abraham Lincoln, Paul Whiteman and His Orches-
tra gave the first recital in American history devoted
wholly to genuinely American music, and gave it in
New York's leading concert auditorium—Aeolian Hall.
The program took in every genuine type of Ameri-
can music, from jazz-band conceptions of "Livery
Stable Blues" and "Alexander's Ragtime Band" up
to the smoothest symphonic arrangements of numbers
from popular Broadway shows, including bits from
the works of Zez Confrey, George Gerschwin, Irving
Berlin and Victor Herbert, who wrote four serenades
for this first
Orchestra, making no apologies for its 100 per cent
American plan of instrumentation, in which string in-
Paragon Foundries
Company
Manufacturers of
Paragon Piano Plates
Oregon, Illinois
HAMMACHER, SCHLEMMER & CO.
PIANO and PLAYER
HARDWARE, FELTS, TOOLS,
RUBBERIZED PLAYER FABRICS
New York, Since 1848
4th AVC and 13th St.
PRACTICAL PIANO MOVING SUPPLIES
INCREASE SELLING POWER
One-Man Steel Cable Hoist; Two-in-One
Loaders, Trucks, Covers, etc.
G«t Our New Ctr< ulars and PricM
PIANO MOVERS SUPPLY COMPANY
LANCASTER, PA.
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).