Presto
Issue: 1924 1983 - Page 23
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PRESTO
fuly 26, 1924.
PROVES AIR MAIL EFFECTIVE
Standard Pneumatic Action Company, New York,
Transmits Mail by Air Route.
The Standard Pneumatic Action Company has
nade a test of Uncle Sam's new mail transportation
Ha the aerial route to California.
A letter from A. W. Johnston, president of the
company to F, C. Buell, West Coast representative,
eft New York at 11 o'clock on July 10.
The reply from Mr. Buell arrived at the company's
lffices in the first mail Wednesday morning July 15.
Phis gives an elapsed time from the mailing of the
etter to the receipt of the reply of five days.
NEW GIMBEL RADIO STATION
Latest Ordered by Gimbel Brothers Is for New
York Store.
A new 500-watt radio broadcasting station has been
>rdered by Gimbel Brothers to be erected on the
ughth floor of the New York store. The equipment
s now being installed by the Western Electric Com-
pany. It is expected that the first program will be
-adiated before September 1. The Department of
Commerce has allocated the 316-meter wave length
o the new station. Call letters have not been as-
iigned.
The entire station, including the studio in which
he artists perform, the transmitting room and power
•oom, will be in a glass enclosure, so that the public
:an see how broadcasting is done and how the
tpparatus functions. Each instrument will be labeled
uid its purpose briefly explained. Visitors will be al-
owed in the studio when programs are being sent
nto the air and a special receiving room will be pro-
rided which will enable people to gather and hear
mportant events broadcast by various stations.
Louis Gimbel, who will have charge of the station,
aid that it was planned to have land' wires link to-
gether the Gimbel Atlantic City radio studio on the
Million Dollar Pier and Station W I P , Philadelphia,
I
A Pneumatic Action bearing the name
STRAUCH BROS.
is your guide for unfailing quality.
The high quality which has characterized
the Strauch Bros. Piano Actions and Ham-
mers for almost sixty years, distinguishes
our latest product, the
in one circuit so that programs can be picked up and
broadcast simultaneously from any of the three
points.
*
Local programs will consist of debates and concerts
by school children and music students recommended
by teachers of music. A feature of the opening pro-
gram will be Uncle Wip, the bedtime story teller of
Station WIP, Philadelphia, who has organized a club
of 35,000 children by his broadcasts.
The station will be the third to be operated by
Gimbel Brothers. The other stations are WAAK,
Milwaukee, and W I P , Philadelphia. The towers of
the New York station will be 135 feet, raising the
aerials 335 feet above the street.
Miss Lee Morse and Her Washburn Guitar Fas-
cinates Chicago Theater-goers.
Miss Lee Morse is a featured star in "Artists and
Models," now playing • with success at the Apollo
Theater, Chicago.
Miss Morse is an accomplished guitarist. Her
voice, her original Southern songs, and her Wash-
CHILE BUYS PHONOGRAPHS
And American Machines Sell Well in Competition
with English, German and French Models.
No home in Chile is considered complete without
a phonograph, says Rollo S. Smith, secretary to the
Commercial Attache at Santiago, in a report to the
Department of Commerce. The Chileans are great
lovers of good music and the modern craze for danc-
ing has taken so strong a hold on them that it is not
surprising that an instrument which assists them in
satisfying both interests is becoming so generally
accepted.
The Chilean people, even in the metropolis of San-
tiago, are not given to frequenting public places of
amusement in the evening, preferring to limit their
public social activities to promenades in the parks
and plazas, attending theaters, concerts, and recep-
tions before dinner and dedicating the later hours to
home life. It is precisely these hours spent in the
home that have contributed most toward making the
phonograph popular.
The United States has never had any strong rivals
in the phonograph trade in Chile in spite of the fact
that American machines and records are the most
expensive. American machines sell, according to
models, for from 470 paper pesos up to 2,600 pesos.
The portable type of the English Decca sells for 425
pesos, and the German Odeon sells, according to
models, from 175 pesos for the portable to 2,800
pesos for the parlor cabinet type. The French Pathe
machines sell for from 190 pesos for the portable- to
2,000 pesos for the cabinet style.
NEW Q R S
SPECIALS.
The following numbers were released to the trade
July 22 by the Q R S Music Co., Chicago: 2590—
When the Swallows Homeward Fly, Bluebird Ballad.
2695—Call Me Thine Own
(Romance
from
"L'Eclair"), Bluebird Ballad. 2755—Just Some Roses,
waltz. 2758—Paprika, fox-trot.
2761—Savannah
(The Georgianna Blues), fox-trot. 2773—The Grass
Is Always Greener, fox-trot. 2782-—I Can't Get the
One I Want, fox-trot. 2787—Sadie O'Brady, waltz.
STRAUCH BROS.
PNEUMATIC ACTIONS
Simple in construction they are
dependable in every particular.
STRAUCH BROS., INC.
327 Walnut Ave.
STAR USES WASHBURN
New York City
Miss LEE MORSE WITH "ARTISTS AND MODELS,"
APOLLO THEATER, PLAYING A WASHBURN
GUITAR.
burn guitar form a combination that wins great ap-
plause wherever she appears. Her numerous per-
formances for radio fans, broadcasting from Station
KYW, Chicago, has brought for her and her guitar
many friends and admirers.
The guitar and other stringed instruments are find-
ing great popularity on the stage. Washburn deal-
ers everywhere are reporting that this is producing a
very healthy effect on sales.
The odor of animal glue gives some indication of
its source and its condition. Glue which has an
offensive odor is not considered of the highest grade,
says the Woodworker. The bad odor may be due
to the fact that partly decomposed stock was used,
or that the glue itself is decaying.
C. G. CONN, Ltd., Elkhart, Ind.
C. D. GREENLEAF, Pres.
J. F. BOYER, Sec'y
World's largest manufacturers of High Grade Band and Orchestra Instruments. Employs 1,000
expert workmen.
All of the most celebrated Artists use and endorse Conn Instruments.
Famous Bandmasters and Orchestra Directors highly endorse and recommend the use of the
Conn Instruments in their organizations.
Conn Instruments are noted for their ease of playing, light and reliable valve or key action;
quick response, rich tonal quality, perfect intonation, tone carrying quality, artisticness of design,
beautiful finish and reliable construction.
Conn Instruments are sent to any point in the U. S. subject to ten days free trial. Branch store
or agencies will be found in all large cities. Write for catalogues, prices, etc.
C. G. CONN, Ltd.
DEPT. MS.
ELKHART, IND.
Sturdy Commercia
The "Bilger"
Steel Cable Hoist
Body Changed
in a Minute
START RIGHT—ALWAYS RIGHT
The "Honest To Goodness" Piano Movers Supplies,
The "BILGER" Goods
experience boiled down.
mean 25 years piano moving
The "Go Get The Business" Equipment is here.
Let Us Serve You
toith"The Good:"
A-No.-l goods, with 100 per cent efficiency in performance,
operation, results. Trade is just around the corner. Are
you ready for 100% business in 1924?
Our one man loader, one man hoist, self lifting trucks have
no superiors.
PIANO MOVERS SUPPLY COMPANY, Lancaster, Pa.
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PRESTO
fuly 26, 1924.
PROVES AIR MAIL EFFECTIVE
Standard Pneumatic Action Company, New York,
Transmits Mail by Air Route.
The Standard Pneumatic Action Company has
nade a test of Uncle Sam's new mail transportation
Ha the aerial route to California.
A letter from A. W. Johnston, president of the
company to F, C. Buell, West Coast representative,
eft New York at 11 o'clock on July 10.
The reply from Mr. Buell arrived at the company's
lffices in the first mail Wednesday morning July 15.
Phis gives an elapsed time from the mailing of the
etter to the receipt of the reply of five days.
NEW GIMBEL RADIO STATION
Latest Ordered by Gimbel Brothers Is for New
York Store.
A new 500-watt radio broadcasting station has been
>rdered by Gimbel Brothers to be erected on the
ughth floor of the New York store. The equipment
s now being installed by the Western Electric Com-
pany. It is expected that the first program will be
-adiated before September 1. The Department of
Commerce has allocated the 316-meter wave length
o the new station. Call letters have not been as-
iigned.
The entire station, including the studio in which
he artists perform, the transmitting room and power
•oom, will be in a glass enclosure, so that the public
:an see how broadcasting is done and how the
tpparatus functions. Each instrument will be labeled
uid its purpose briefly explained. Visitors will be al-
owed in the studio when programs are being sent
nto the air and a special receiving room will be pro-
rided which will enable people to gather and hear
mportant events broadcast by various stations.
Louis Gimbel, who will have charge of the station,
aid that it was planned to have land' wires link to-
gether the Gimbel Atlantic City radio studio on the
Million Dollar Pier and Station W I P , Philadelphia,
I
A Pneumatic Action bearing the name
STRAUCH BROS.
is your guide for unfailing quality.
The high quality which has characterized
the Strauch Bros. Piano Actions and Ham-
mers for almost sixty years, distinguishes
our latest product, the
in one circuit so that programs can be picked up and
broadcast simultaneously from any of the three
points.
*
Local programs will consist of debates and concerts
by school children and music students recommended
by teachers of music. A feature of the opening pro-
gram will be Uncle Wip, the bedtime story teller of
Station WIP, Philadelphia, who has organized a club
of 35,000 children by his broadcasts.
The station will be the third to be operated by
Gimbel Brothers. The other stations are WAAK,
Milwaukee, and W I P , Philadelphia. The towers of
the New York station will be 135 feet, raising the
aerials 335 feet above the street.
Miss Lee Morse and Her Washburn Guitar Fas-
cinates Chicago Theater-goers.
Miss Lee Morse is a featured star in "Artists and
Models," now playing • with success at the Apollo
Theater, Chicago.
Miss Morse is an accomplished guitarist. Her
voice, her original Southern songs, and her Wash-
CHILE BUYS PHONOGRAPHS
And American Machines Sell Well in Competition
with English, German and French Models.
No home in Chile is considered complete without
a phonograph, says Rollo S. Smith, secretary to the
Commercial Attache at Santiago, in a report to the
Department of Commerce. The Chileans are great
lovers of good music and the modern craze for danc-
ing has taken so strong a hold on them that it is not
surprising that an instrument which assists them in
satisfying both interests is becoming so generally
accepted.
The Chilean people, even in the metropolis of San-
tiago, are not given to frequenting public places of
amusement in the evening, preferring to limit their
public social activities to promenades in the parks
and plazas, attending theaters, concerts, and recep-
tions before dinner and dedicating the later hours to
home life. It is precisely these hours spent in the
home that have contributed most toward making the
phonograph popular.
The United States has never had any strong rivals
in the phonograph trade in Chile in spite of the fact
that American machines and records are the most
expensive. American machines sell, according to
models, for from 470 paper pesos up to 2,600 pesos.
The portable type of the English Decca sells for 425
pesos, and the German Odeon sells, according to
models, from 175 pesos for the portable to 2,800
pesos for the parlor cabinet type. The French Pathe
machines sell for from 190 pesos for the portable- to
2,000 pesos for the cabinet style.
NEW Q R S
SPECIALS.
The following numbers were released to the trade
July 22 by the Q R S Music Co., Chicago: 2590—
When the Swallows Homeward Fly, Bluebird Ballad.
2695—Call Me Thine Own
(Romance
from
"L'Eclair"), Bluebird Ballad. 2755—Just Some Roses,
waltz. 2758—Paprika, fox-trot.
2761—Savannah
(The Georgianna Blues), fox-trot. 2773—The Grass
Is Always Greener, fox-trot. 2782-—I Can't Get the
One I Want, fox-trot. 2787—Sadie O'Brady, waltz.
STRAUCH BROS.
PNEUMATIC ACTIONS
Simple in construction they are
dependable in every particular.
STRAUCH BROS., INC.
327 Walnut Ave.
STAR USES WASHBURN
New York City
Miss LEE MORSE WITH "ARTISTS AND MODELS,"
APOLLO THEATER, PLAYING A WASHBURN
GUITAR.
burn guitar form a combination that wins great ap-
plause wherever she appears. Her numerous per-
formances for radio fans, broadcasting from Station
KYW, Chicago, has brought for her and her guitar
many friends and admirers.
The guitar and other stringed instruments are find-
ing great popularity on the stage. Washburn deal-
ers everywhere are reporting that this is producing a
very healthy effect on sales.
The odor of animal glue gives some indication of
its source and its condition. Glue which has an
offensive odor is not considered of the highest grade,
says the Woodworker. The bad odor may be due
to the fact that partly decomposed stock was used,
or that the glue itself is decaying.
C. G. CONN, Ltd., Elkhart, Ind.
C. D. GREENLEAF, Pres.
J. F. BOYER, Sec'y
World's largest manufacturers of High Grade Band and Orchestra Instruments. Employs 1,000
expert workmen.
All of the most celebrated Artists use and endorse Conn Instruments.
Famous Bandmasters and Orchestra Directors highly endorse and recommend the use of the
Conn Instruments in their organizations.
Conn Instruments are noted for their ease of playing, light and reliable valve or key action;
quick response, rich tonal quality, perfect intonation, tone carrying quality, artisticness of design,
beautiful finish and reliable construction.
Conn Instruments are sent to any point in the U. S. subject to ten days free trial. Branch store
or agencies will be found in all large cities. Write for catalogues, prices, etc.
C. G. CONN, Ltd.
DEPT. MS.
ELKHART, IND.
Sturdy Commercia
The "Bilger"
Steel Cable Hoist
Body Changed
in a Minute
START RIGHT—ALWAYS RIGHT
The "Honest To Goodness" Piano Movers Supplies,
The "BILGER" Goods
experience boiled down.
mean 25 years piano moving
The "Go Get The Business" Equipment is here.
Let Us Serve You
toith"The Good:"
A-No.-l goods, with 100 per cent efficiency in performance,
operation, results. Trade is just around the corner. Are
you ready for 100% business in 1924?
Our one man loader, one man hoist, self lifting trucks have
no superiors.
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).