Presto
Issue: 1924 2002 - Page 24
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December 6, 1924.
P RE S TC
SITUATION IN SUPPLIES
Facts in Various Lines of Commodities Which Enter
Into Musical Instrument Manufacture.
Lambskin trading in the primary markets is re-
ported quiet with price levels remaining firm. Trade
in this product, which is used for making pneumatic
pouch leathers in the playerpiano industry, is in an
optimistic mood. Higher prices for raw materials
are a contributing' factor in the present situation.
The domestic veneer trade, supplying phonograph
and piano manufacturers, has lately become interested
in the account of a new process for coloring wood in
the tree now being developed in Germany. There are
many light-colored woods of the hardwood variety
endowed with a sufficiently attractive natural figura-
tion as to make the idea of impregnating them with
coloring matter desirable.
An active market in varnishes, stains, shellac, etc.,
is reported this week. According to reports the re-
cent tightening of the primary markets for vegetable
oils has had no immediate effect on this year's prices
over last year's, but the tendency is upward.
Every head that goes into the first quality drums
is tested to a pressure of over one ton. While this
has absolutely no bearing on the tone value of the
head or its ability to stand up in the instrument,
makers take the precaution so that the buyer of a
high-class drum is assured in every instance of hav-
ing a head of the proper strength,
Lyon & Healy, Inc.. Chicago, has circulated an at-
tractive booklet covering its line of American profes-
sional band instruments. These instruments, which
are as popular as the medium-priced line, are made in
the company's factory at La Porte, Ind., and are in
large demand.
SUCCESSFUL UKE SALESMAN.
The sale of nearly two hundred ukuleles in one
week was the record recently of George N. Brown,
a Lynn, Mass., music dealer, who has been doing an
exceptionally fine business in these instruments. Ac-
cording to Mr. Brown a demand for all kinds of
stringed instruments is necessary as Christmas
approaches.
PHONOGRAPHS IN BUFFALO.
J. N. Adam Co., Buffalo, N. Y., reports improve-
ment in the talking machine department. The open-
ing of the Brunswick department recently stimulated
talking machine sales and brought many buyers.
Sales of the holiday order are surprisingly heavy.
The talking machine department is being strongly
featured in the advertising.
"SUPERIOR" PIANO PLATES
Cleveland, Ohio
NATURELLE
Reg.
U. S. Pat.
Off.
The now famous reproducer, will help you increase your
sales of Phonographs and Records. Keep it on your dem-
onstrating machine. Every phonograph owner in your
neighborhood is a prospective buyer.
Dealer's Price $2.50—Send for Sample.
THE SPECIALTY PHONO. & ACCESS. CO.
210-212 East 113th St.
FAIRBANKS
.
NEW YORK
mw0 PLATES
THE FAIRBANKS CO., Springfield, Ohio
Famous Cornettist and Former Gridiron Champion
Will Travel for Martin Band Instrument Co.
Robert Bruce has accepted a position with the
Martin Baud Instrument Company, of Elkhart, Ind.,
and will become a traveling representative of the
Handcraft factory. America boasts few musicians
as well known as Robert Bruce. He is known as
the Famous Indian Cornet Virtuoso, and during and
immediately following the war was featured cornet
soloist with the "Million Dollar Band" that gained
fame in France and later in the United States.
Nor is his wide reputation as a musician his only
claim to fame. Mr. Bruce's name appeared a few
years ago on the sporting page of every paper of note
in the country because of his prowess on the grid-
iron. Bruce was generally given credit with having
been the only player who could successfully stop the
great Jim Thorpe. In speaking of his new connec-
tion Mr. Bruce said:
"For a long time 1 have admired Martin instru-
ments and have always considered them of exception-
ally high quality. To my way of thinking, one of
their chief assets is the fact that they are always so
well in tune. This is due, I believe, to the fact that
they are built almost entirely by hand. I am highly
pleased with my new connection, and feel also that
it will be further inspiration to me as a player."
EXPORTS OF CZECHOSLOVAKIA
Manufactured by
SUPERIOR FOUNDRY CO.
BRUCE WITH "HANDCRAFT'
Musical Instrument Exports Increased Largely Dur-
ing First Nine Months of This Year.
Total exports of musical instruments from Czecho-
slovakia or old Bavaria, and Saxony, to the United
States for the first nine months of 1924 amounted to
$1,012,500. or $170,391 more than the total for the
corresponding period of 1923. Comparing the first
nine months of the current year with the same period
of 1922, a gain of $332,753 is noted.
Saxon violin manufacturers were able to compete
in the foreign markets to some extent with small
profits. Declared exports of violins to the United
States during the first three-quarters of 1924
amounted to 64,287, valued at $244,886. As com-
pared with the first nine months of 1923 this is a de-
crease of 12,453 violins, valued at $6,640, and with
1922, 26,435 violins, valued at $6,640. Average prices
were $3.80 per instrument during 1924, $3.25 in 1923,
and $4.20 during 1922.
The average price for catgut in 1924 has been $6.50
per pound, a decrease from $8 in 1923, and from $21
in 1922. The decrease in the price per pound of the
catgut is responsible for the large increase in exports
of this article as compared with 1923.
CONCERT AT STORE OPENING.
Olin S. Grove is proprietor of the new Grove
Music & Radio Shop, which recently held a celebra-
tion at the opening of its new store, 515-517 Thir-
teenth street, Oakland, Cal. A large gathering at-
tended the opening and enjoyed the special concert
provided. The new Grove store occupies an area
three times as great as the former establishment.
MUSIC IN FURNITURE STORE.
The new music division of Mather Bros, furniture
store, Forsythe and Hunter streets, Atlanta, Ga., was
formally opened recently, and at the concert many
friends of the firm were entertained with a fine pro-
gram. The Brunswick line of talking machines and
records has been installed and every equipment pro-
vided for demonstration purposes.
PERFECTION
Benches and Cabinets
The line that sells on sight and satisfies always.
The only solid walnut benches built and sold at
regular prices.
Send for catalog and price
No. 25
Perfection Benches with Smith's Patented Interlock,
ing mitre joint.
list.
PERFECTION PIANO BENCH MFG. COMPANY
1514-1520 Blue Island Ave.
Chicago, 111.
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December 6, 1924.
P RE S TC
SITUATION IN SUPPLIES
Facts in Various Lines of Commodities Which Enter
Into Musical Instrument Manufacture.
Lambskin trading in the primary markets is re-
ported quiet with price levels remaining firm. Trade
in this product, which is used for making pneumatic
pouch leathers in the playerpiano industry, is in an
optimistic mood. Higher prices for raw materials
are a contributing' factor in the present situation.
The domestic veneer trade, supplying phonograph
and piano manufacturers, has lately become interested
in the account of a new process for coloring wood in
the tree now being developed in Germany. There are
many light-colored woods of the hardwood variety
endowed with a sufficiently attractive natural figura-
tion as to make the idea of impregnating them with
coloring matter desirable.
An active market in varnishes, stains, shellac, etc.,
is reported this week. According to reports the re-
cent tightening of the primary markets for vegetable
oils has had no immediate effect on this year's prices
over last year's, but the tendency is upward.
Every head that goes into the first quality drums
is tested to a pressure of over one ton. While this
has absolutely no bearing on the tone value of the
head or its ability to stand up in the instrument,
makers take the precaution so that the buyer of a
high-class drum is assured in every instance of hav-
ing a head of the proper strength,
Lyon & Healy, Inc.. Chicago, has circulated an at-
tractive booklet covering its line of American profes-
sional band instruments. These instruments, which
are as popular as the medium-priced line, are made in
the company's factory at La Porte, Ind., and are in
large demand.
SUCCESSFUL UKE SALESMAN.
The sale of nearly two hundred ukuleles in one
week was the record recently of George N. Brown,
a Lynn, Mass., music dealer, who has been doing an
exceptionally fine business in these instruments. Ac-
cording to Mr. Brown a demand for all kinds of
stringed instruments is necessary as Christmas
approaches.
PHONOGRAPHS IN BUFFALO.
J. N. Adam Co., Buffalo, N. Y., reports improve-
ment in the talking machine department. The open-
ing of the Brunswick department recently stimulated
talking machine sales and brought many buyers.
Sales of the holiday order are surprisingly heavy.
The talking machine department is being strongly
featured in the advertising.
"SUPERIOR" PIANO PLATES
Cleveland, Ohio
NATURELLE
Reg.
U. S. Pat.
Off.
The now famous reproducer, will help you increase your
sales of Phonographs and Records. Keep it on your dem-
onstrating machine. Every phonograph owner in your
neighborhood is a prospective buyer.
Dealer's Price $2.50—Send for Sample.
THE SPECIALTY PHONO. & ACCESS. CO.
210-212 East 113th St.
FAIRBANKS
.
NEW YORK
mw0 PLATES
THE FAIRBANKS CO., Springfield, Ohio
Famous Cornettist and Former Gridiron Champion
Will Travel for Martin Band Instrument Co.
Robert Bruce has accepted a position with the
Martin Baud Instrument Company, of Elkhart, Ind.,
and will become a traveling representative of the
Handcraft factory. America boasts few musicians
as well known as Robert Bruce. He is known as
the Famous Indian Cornet Virtuoso, and during and
immediately following the war was featured cornet
soloist with the "Million Dollar Band" that gained
fame in France and later in the United States.
Nor is his wide reputation as a musician his only
claim to fame. Mr. Bruce's name appeared a few
years ago on the sporting page of every paper of note
in the country because of his prowess on the grid-
iron. Bruce was generally given credit with having
been the only player who could successfully stop the
great Jim Thorpe. In speaking of his new connec-
tion Mr. Bruce said:
"For a long time 1 have admired Martin instru-
ments and have always considered them of exception-
ally high quality. To my way of thinking, one of
their chief assets is the fact that they are always so
well in tune. This is due, I believe, to the fact that
they are built almost entirely by hand. I am highly
pleased with my new connection, and feel also that
it will be further inspiration to me as a player."
EXPORTS OF CZECHOSLOVAKIA
Manufactured by
SUPERIOR FOUNDRY CO.
BRUCE WITH "HANDCRAFT'
Musical Instrument Exports Increased Largely Dur-
ing First Nine Months of This Year.
Total exports of musical instruments from Czecho-
slovakia or old Bavaria, and Saxony, to the United
States for the first nine months of 1924 amounted to
$1,012,500. or $170,391 more than the total for the
corresponding period of 1923. Comparing the first
nine months of the current year with the same period
of 1922, a gain of $332,753 is noted.
Saxon violin manufacturers were able to compete
in the foreign markets to some extent with small
profits. Declared exports of violins to the United
States during the first three-quarters of 1924
amounted to 64,287, valued at $244,886. As com-
pared with the first nine months of 1923 this is a de-
crease of 12,453 violins, valued at $6,640, and with
1922, 26,435 violins, valued at $6,640. Average prices
were $3.80 per instrument during 1924, $3.25 in 1923,
and $4.20 during 1922.
The average price for catgut in 1924 has been $6.50
per pound, a decrease from $8 in 1923, and from $21
in 1922. The decrease in the price per pound of the
catgut is responsible for the large increase in exports
of this article as compared with 1923.
CONCERT AT STORE OPENING.
Olin S. Grove is proprietor of the new Grove
Music & Radio Shop, which recently held a celebra-
tion at the opening of its new store, 515-517 Thir-
teenth street, Oakland, Cal. A large gathering at-
tended the opening and enjoyed the special concert
provided. The new Grove store occupies an area
three times as great as the former establishment.
MUSIC IN FURNITURE STORE.
The new music division of Mather Bros, furniture
store, Forsythe and Hunter streets, Atlanta, Ga., was
formally opened recently, and at the concert many
friends of the firm were entertained with a fine pro-
gram. The Brunswick line of talking machines and
records has been installed and every equipment pro-
vided for demonstration purposes.
PERFECTION
Benches and Cabinets
The line that sells on sight and satisfies always.
The only solid walnut benches built and sold at
regular prices.
Send for catalog and price
No. 25
Perfection Benches with Smith's Patented Interlock,
ing mitre joint.
list.
PERFECTION PIANO BENCH MFG. COMPANY
1514-1520 Blue Island Ave.
Chicago, 111.
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).