Presto
Issue: 1925 2043 - Page 23
September 19, 1925.
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PRESTO
COINOLAS
FOR
RESTAURANTS, CAFES and
AMUSEMENT CENTERS
Style C-2
FROM THE BIGGEST
ORCHESTRION
CONN INSTRUMENTS FEATURED
Bell Music Co., Muncie, Ind. f with Fine Line, Sees
Opportunity in Opening of Schools.
The Bell Music Co. is a lively firm in Muncie,
Ind., which sees opportunities for its musical mer-
chandise department in the opening of the schools.
In a big display in the newspapers last week it was
pointed out by the firm that "School-time is Music
Time," and added:
"Music is a subject taught in every school and a
vital necessity in school life. It is almost impossible
to imagine what schools would do without music.
"Musical training is in itself a broadening influence
and also is specialized training towards a definite
profession in life. Since musical training should
begin early in life, quite naturally the first steps are
given in the school room.
"School orchestras are organizing now. Every
youngster wants to join. He can start on any one
of a variety of instruments."
Here followed a list of suggestions in string, wind
and percussion instruments. A complete line of sup-
plies for teacher and student—batons, pitch-pipes,
music-writing paper, etc.
"We sell the C. G. Conn line of band and orches-
tra instruments. These are standard priced and fully
guaranteed. The world's best instrument is here
waiting for you," was the proud announcement.
will sound many different ways, at various tensions
of the heads, to say nothing of different weight sticks
and different methods of playing or 'touch.'
"So what pleases one drummer or his leader will
not please another. If a drum 'plays easy' the
chances are in favor of high praise of the instrument
from its owner, because there are many drummers
who unconsciously think of this first.
"The writer once knew a drummer who visited a
dance and raved over the fine tone of a snare drum
that was being played by another drummer in a
large, prominent dance orchestra. A few days later
the same drummer condemned the same snare drum
(not knowing at the time it was the same one) when
he played upon it himself, saying that it sounded
'rotten,' when the real reason was—it was tensioned
differently than he would have had it for his own par-
ticular 'touch.' In other words, it played differently
to him than it sounded from a distance."
SPECIAL MEL=0=DEE ROLLS
October Bulletin Just Issued by Mel-O-Dee Music
Co. Includes Winning Populars.
The two specials for October announced by the
Mel-O-Dee Music Co., Inc., New York, are song
rolls: 47044—The Kinky Kids' Parade, played by
Alan Moran, and 47045—Save Your Sorrow (For To-
morrow), played by Moran and Leith.
Other song rolls in the October bulletin are: Alone
at Last; Dreaming of My Old Home, Sweet Home;
STIMULATING BAND GOODS SALES The Far Green Hills of Home; Isle of Enchantment;
Kosher Kitty Kelly; Marguerite; Mighty Blue (A
Annual Tournament at Fair in Grand Rapids Assured Mighty Blue Blues); My Sweetie Turned Me Down;
Oh! Boy, What a Girl; Oh, Say! Can I See You To-
of Good Effect on Trade.
night; On a Night Like This; So Am I; What a
The band instrument business in Michigan will be World This Would Be; Who Wouldn't Love You.
stimulated by second annual band tournament to be
A special hand-played roll is The Student Prince
held in Grand Rapids during the West Michigan Fair
Selections, with (1) Deep in My Heart, (2) Students'
this fall.
March, (3) Serenade, (4) Drinking Song.
The bands will be divided into two classes., A and
B. Class A will embrace the four money winners at
the first tournament—Big Rapids, Plainwell, Hastings
and Lowell—and any other bands from towns from
3,000 to 6,000 population. Class B will be represented
by bands in towns up to 3,000 population.
Points will be awarded each band on four counts—
intonation, precision, interpretation and tone quality.
Each band will be allowed to play three selections—•
Player Actions
a preliminary march of its own selection, a test piece
to be selected by the tournament committee and an
Embody Five Cardinal Features;
other march of its own selection.
The judges will be Major Arthur Clark, of the
DURABILITY
Michigan State College, Lansing; Carl Dewey, of the
Reo Motor Car Co., Lansing, and George Bull, Jr.,
SIMPLICITY
secretary of the State Federation of Musicians,
ACCESSIBILITY
Muskegon.
P
e e r 1 e s s
SOLIDARITY
GUARANTEE
THE TONE OF A DRUM
What Qualities Go to Produce the Best Tone Told
by Expert Drummer.
What constitutes the best snare drum from the
tonal point of view is told, in Leedy's Drum Topics,
published by the Leedy Mfg. Co., Indianapolis, which
says:
"Artists pretty well agree on what constitutes the
finest tone of the various instruments in the brasses,
reeds and strings, but leaders, drummers and other
musicians have many opinions when it comes to the
tone of a drum.
"As tastes in all things vary, this is not surprising,
owing to the fact that the drum can be assembled in
so many different ways. The many thicknesses of
heads, both snare and batter, the many kinds of
snares and their sizes, and the many sizes of drums,
both wood and metal shells, make it possible to pro-
duce hundreds of combinations resulting in many
qualities of tone. In addition to this, any one drum
Write for Prices and Territory
We Have Something of Interest for You
Peerless Pneumatic Piano Action
Co., Inc.
TOLBERT F. CHEEK, Prcident
469-485 East 133d Street
NEW YORK
A Pneumatic Action bearing the name
STRAUCH BROS.
if your guide for unfailing quality.
UNITEDSPECIAUT@.
Tiny Coinola
THE SMALLEST
KEYLESS
Manufactured by
The Operators Piano Co.
715-721 N. Kedzie Ave.
CHICAGO
EXPERIENCED FACTORY SERVICE
Recovering and Rebushing Keys
Repairing Pneumatics
We make them the Same as New.
FAST SERVICE
52 Heads and Tails (best heavy pyralin Ivory)
$8.00
52 Fronts
2.50
88 Keys Rebushed
4.00
52 Fronts cleaned and polished
1-00
SEND US YOUR REPAIR WORK
__
.
^
UNITEDSPEOALTY(5.
g
Monticello, Indiana
The high quality which has characterized
the Strauch Bros. Piano Actions and Ham-
mers for almost sixty years, distinguishes
our latest product, the
STRAUCH BROS.
PNEUMATIC ACTIONS
Simple w construction they are
dependable, in every particular.
STRAUCH BROS., INC
327 Walnut Are.
New York City
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23
PRESTO
COINOLAS
FOR
RESTAURANTS, CAFES and
AMUSEMENT CENTERS
Style C-2
FROM THE BIGGEST
ORCHESTRION
CONN INSTRUMENTS FEATURED
Bell Music Co., Muncie, Ind. f with Fine Line, Sees
Opportunity in Opening of Schools.
The Bell Music Co. is a lively firm in Muncie,
Ind., which sees opportunities for its musical mer-
chandise department in the opening of the schools.
In a big display in the newspapers last week it was
pointed out by the firm that "School-time is Music
Time," and added:
"Music is a subject taught in every school and a
vital necessity in school life. It is almost impossible
to imagine what schools would do without music.
"Musical training is in itself a broadening influence
and also is specialized training towards a definite
profession in life. Since musical training should
begin early in life, quite naturally the first steps are
given in the school room.
"School orchestras are organizing now. Every
youngster wants to join. He can start on any one
of a variety of instruments."
Here followed a list of suggestions in string, wind
and percussion instruments. A complete line of sup-
plies for teacher and student—batons, pitch-pipes,
music-writing paper, etc.
"We sell the C. G. Conn line of band and orches-
tra instruments. These are standard priced and fully
guaranteed. The world's best instrument is here
waiting for you," was the proud announcement.
will sound many different ways, at various tensions
of the heads, to say nothing of different weight sticks
and different methods of playing or 'touch.'
"So what pleases one drummer or his leader will
not please another. If a drum 'plays easy' the
chances are in favor of high praise of the instrument
from its owner, because there are many drummers
who unconsciously think of this first.
"The writer once knew a drummer who visited a
dance and raved over the fine tone of a snare drum
that was being played by another drummer in a
large, prominent dance orchestra. A few days later
the same drummer condemned the same snare drum
(not knowing at the time it was the same one) when
he played upon it himself, saying that it sounded
'rotten,' when the real reason was—it was tensioned
differently than he would have had it for his own par-
ticular 'touch.' In other words, it played differently
to him than it sounded from a distance."
SPECIAL MEL=0=DEE ROLLS
October Bulletin Just Issued by Mel-O-Dee Music
Co. Includes Winning Populars.
The two specials for October announced by the
Mel-O-Dee Music Co., Inc., New York, are song
rolls: 47044—The Kinky Kids' Parade, played by
Alan Moran, and 47045—Save Your Sorrow (For To-
morrow), played by Moran and Leith.
Other song rolls in the October bulletin are: Alone
at Last; Dreaming of My Old Home, Sweet Home;
STIMULATING BAND GOODS SALES The Far Green Hills of Home; Isle of Enchantment;
Kosher Kitty Kelly; Marguerite; Mighty Blue (A
Annual Tournament at Fair in Grand Rapids Assured Mighty Blue Blues); My Sweetie Turned Me Down;
Oh! Boy, What a Girl; Oh, Say! Can I See You To-
of Good Effect on Trade.
night; On a Night Like This; So Am I; What a
The band instrument business in Michigan will be World This Would Be; Who Wouldn't Love You.
stimulated by second annual band tournament to be
A special hand-played roll is The Student Prince
held in Grand Rapids during the West Michigan Fair
Selections, with (1) Deep in My Heart, (2) Students'
this fall.
March, (3) Serenade, (4) Drinking Song.
The bands will be divided into two classes., A and
B. Class A will embrace the four money winners at
the first tournament—Big Rapids, Plainwell, Hastings
and Lowell—and any other bands from towns from
3,000 to 6,000 population. Class B will be represented
by bands in towns up to 3,000 population.
Points will be awarded each band on four counts—
intonation, precision, interpretation and tone quality.
Each band will be allowed to play three selections—•
Player Actions
a preliminary march of its own selection, a test piece
to be selected by the tournament committee and an
Embody Five Cardinal Features;
other march of its own selection.
The judges will be Major Arthur Clark, of the
DURABILITY
Michigan State College, Lansing; Carl Dewey, of the
Reo Motor Car Co., Lansing, and George Bull, Jr.,
SIMPLICITY
secretary of the State Federation of Musicians,
ACCESSIBILITY
Muskegon.
P
e e r 1 e s s
SOLIDARITY
GUARANTEE
THE TONE OF A DRUM
What Qualities Go to Produce the Best Tone Told
by Expert Drummer.
What constitutes the best snare drum from the
tonal point of view is told, in Leedy's Drum Topics,
published by the Leedy Mfg. Co., Indianapolis, which
says:
"Artists pretty well agree on what constitutes the
finest tone of the various instruments in the brasses,
reeds and strings, but leaders, drummers and other
musicians have many opinions when it comes to the
tone of a drum.
"As tastes in all things vary, this is not surprising,
owing to the fact that the drum can be assembled in
so many different ways. The many thicknesses of
heads, both snare and batter, the many kinds of
snares and their sizes, and the many sizes of drums,
both wood and metal shells, make it possible to pro-
duce hundreds of combinations resulting in many
qualities of tone. In addition to this, any one drum
Write for Prices and Territory
We Have Something of Interest for You
Peerless Pneumatic Piano Action
Co., Inc.
TOLBERT F. CHEEK, Prcident
469-485 East 133d Street
NEW YORK
A Pneumatic Action bearing the name
STRAUCH BROS.
if your guide for unfailing quality.
UNITEDSPECIAUT@.
Tiny Coinola
THE SMALLEST
KEYLESS
Manufactured by
The Operators Piano Co.
715-721 N. Kedzie Ave.
CHICAGO
EXPERIENCED FACTORY SERVICE
Recovering and Rebushing Keys
Repairing Pneumatics
We make them the Same as New.
FAST SERVICE
52 Heads and Tails (best heavy pyralin Ivory)
$8.00
52 Fronts
2.50
88 Keys Rebushed
4.00
52 Fronts cleaned and polished
1-00
SEND US YOUR REPAIR WORK
__
.
^
UNITEDSPEOALTY(5.
g
Monticello, Indiana
The high quality which has characterized
the Strauch Bros. Piano Actions and Ham-
mers for almost sixty years, distinguishes
our latest product, the
STRAUCH BROS.
PNEUMATIC ACTIONS
Simple w construction they are
dependable, in every particular.
STRAUCH BROS., INC
327 Walnut Are.
New York City
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).