Presto
Issue: 1927 2111 - Page 20
20
January 15, 1927.
PRESTO-TIMES
SWEDISH IMPORTATION OF RADIO
American Share of Trade, However, Decreased to
Only 7 Per Cent of Purchases.
ments approximately 23 per cent as compared with
1924.
France and Denmark furnished about S per cent
each, imports from the former country declining by
22,492 crowns, while those from Denmark increased
by 38,492 crowns. Norway, whose export of this
equipment to Sweden in 1924 totaled 226,125 crowns,
declined to only 125,029 crowns in 1925.
About 20 per cent of the Swedish export of radio
equipment went to Norway.
While Sweden, increased its imports of radio equip-
ment in 1925, as compared with 1924, the share of the
United States decreased by nearly a quarter, and
this country had only 7 per cent of the Swedish trade
in 1925. The Swedish exports of radio apparatus fell
off during the year, the United States having no
FULL BAND PHONOGRAPH.
recorded share in this trade.
A phonograph which, it is claimed, produces the
Purchases from Germany constituted about 55 per tone volume of twenty orchestral instruments, has
cent of the total imports and the value of German been invented conjointly by a locksmith, Paul Garn,
goods received during 1925 was more than double and a carpenter, William Pachali, of Berlin, Germany.
that of 1924. Great Britain, which supplied over 13 A mixture of atomized air and oil is generated with
per cent of the total, increased its sales by a little the aid of a hand-pump and projected through a tube
to the resonator.
over 9 per cent.
Imports from The Netherlands, which furnished
9 per cent, increased in value from 90,891 crowns in
1924 to 393,504 crowns in 1925. The United States
supplied 7 per cent, decreasing the value of its ship-
GENERAL PIANO KEY
REPAIRING
24-HOUR SERVI CE
RECOVERING
BUSHING
SHARPS
E. A. BOUSLOG, Inc.
2106 Boulevard Place
Our large stock la very seldom depleted, and your
order, whether large or small, will receive Imme-
diate attention. In addition, you set the very
best of
Felts; Cloths; Hammers; Punching*;
Music Wire; Tuning Pins; Player
Parts; Hinges; Castings; etc.
We have in stock a full line of materials for
Pianos and Organs.
AMERICAN PIANO
SUPPLY COMPANY
110-112 EAST 13th STREET
NEW YORK
INDIANAPOLIS, IND.
OTTO R. TREFZ, Jr.
PIANO BASS STRINGS —PIANO REPAIR SUPPLIES
TUNERS AND REPAIRERS
Our new Illustrated Catalogue of Piano
and Player Hardware, Felts and Tools
is now ready. If you haven't received
your copy let us know.
2110 Fairmount Ave.
Greater Beauty
PHILADELPHIA, PA.
and Greater
SCARFS,
CUSH-
IONS,
COVERS
SIKtf
SCHAFF
Piano String Cd.
Manufacturers of
Comfort
Bench Cushions, Piano Throws, Bags
for Small Instruments, Upholstered
Bench Tops.
Illustrated Folders On Request
Period Drapery and Mfg. Co.
NEW ALBANY, IND.
PIANO KEYS RECOVERED
Piano Bass Strings
2009-2021 CLYBOURN AVENUE
Corner Lewis Street
CHICAGO
Heaviest grade Pyralin Ivory, beveled
and polished to look like the finest ivory
keyboards built. Beautiful work, guaran-
teed. Sharps ebonized, bushings, etc.
We begin work on your keys the minute they
arrive. Write for New Price List.
McMACKIN PIANO SERVICE
Factory: 1721-3 Mondamin Avenue
DES MOINES, IA.
HAMMACHER, SCHLEMMER &
PIANO and PLAYER
HARDWARE, FELTS, TOOLS,
RUBBERIZED PLAYER FABRICS
New York, Since 1848
4th Ave. and 13th SL
DIGS INTO MUSICAL LOVE
Prominent Musical Director Is Conducting
Interesting Experiments to Determine
Popularity of Certain Instruments.
Paul Specht is conducting a series of novel con-
certs, in which the radio audience is invited to assist
in a research into musical history. The object is to
determine whether the development of certain music
has made necessary the invention of new instruments,
or whether the invention of new musical instruments
has developed another style of music.
In the past decade many new musical instruments
have come into common use. Among these the most
prominent and well-known are the saxophone, the
xylophone, the banjo-mandolin, the vibraphone, the
steel guitar and the ukulele. What Specht desires to
learn is whether these instruments have forced song
writers into the type of music they are now writing,
or whether the new songs have made necessary the
invention of these new instruments.
In order to investigate this, he had obtained the
permission of several museums to take some of the
old-time musical instruments and attempt to play
modern music on them. He started with the old
Greek lyre, and will continue the investigation until
he has used every musical instrument of history up
to the present time. These tests will be conducted
every Friday night from the Twin Oaks, New York,
during the broadcast by WJZ.
NEW BANDS STIMULATE TRADE
Movement for Former New Organizations Gains in
Enthusiasm All Over the Country.
A drum and bugle corp has been organized in Fair-
bury, 111.
A band will be organized in the junior high school
at Huntington, Ind.
The Business Men's Association of Kirklin, Ind.,
is organizing a band of their own for the concerts to
be given next summer.
Ed. Shenette of Clinton, 111., widely known as a
band leader and musician, is sponsoring the idea of
a Fourth Division band for the 17th, 18th, 19th and
21st district of the American Legion Department of
Illinois.
A new band has been organized in Cannelton, Ind.
Prof. Harry S. Miller is organizing a ladies saxa-
phone band in Assumption, 111.
WILL REPEAT TRIP ABROAD.
Mr. Bassett, president of the Martin Band Instru-
ment Co., Elkhart, Ind., was so favorably impressed
with European travel last year that he anticipates
another visit abroad during 1927.
Worry Over Player Details
is avoided by the manufac-
turer who uses the
A. C. Cheney Player Action
in his products. He knows
everything is all right and
that the best musical quali-
ties of his pianos are develop-
ed by the use of this player
mechanism.
A. C. CHENEY
PIANO ACTION COMPANY
CASTLETON, N. Y.
The Piano Repair Shop
Pianos and Phonographs Rebuilt by
Expert Workmen
Player-actions installed. Instruments
refinished or remodeled and actions and
keys repaired. Work guaranteed. Prices
reasonable.
Our-of-town dealers' repair work solic-
ited. Write for details and terms.
THE PIANO REPAIR SHOP
339 South Wabaah ATB.
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January 15, 1927.
PRESTO-TIMES
SWEDISH IMPORTATION OF RADIO
American Share of Trade, However, Decreased to
Only 7 Per Cent of Purchases.
ments approximately 23 per cent as compared with
1924.
France and Denmark furnished about S per cent
each, imports from the former country declining by
22,492 crowns, while those from Denmark increased
by 38,492 crowns. Norway, whose export of this
equipment to Sweden in 1924 totaled 226,125 crowns,
declined to only 125,029 crowns in 1925.
About 20 per cent of the Swedish export of radio
equipment went to Norway.
While Sweden, increased its imports of radio equip-
ment in 1925, as compared with 1924, the share of the
United States decreased by nearly a quarter, and
this country had only 7 per cent of the Swedish trade
in 1925. The Swedish exports of radio apparatus fell
off during the year, the United States having no
FULL BAND PHONOGRAPH.
recorded share in this trade.
A phonograph which, it is claimed, produces the
Purchases from Germany constituted about 55 per tone volume of twenty orchestral instruments, has
cent of the total imports and the value of German been invented conjointly by a locksmith, Paul Garn,
goods received during 1925 was more than double and a carpenter, William Pachali, of Berlin, Germany.
that of 1924. Great Britain, which supplied over 13 A mixture of atomized air and oil is generated with
per cent of the total, increased its sales by a little the aid of a hand-pump and projected through a tube
to the resonator.
over 9 per cent.
Imports from The Netherlands, which furnished
9 per cent, increased in value from 90,891 crowns in
1924 to 393,504 crowns in 1925. The United States
supplied 7 per cent, decreasing the value of its ship-
GENERAL PIANO KEY
REPAIRING
24-HOUR SERVI CE
RECOVERING
BUSHING
SHARPS
E. A. BOUSLOG, Inc.
2106 Boulevard Place
Our large stock la very seldom depleted, and your
order, whether large or small, will receive Imme-
diate attention. In addition, you set the very
best of
Felts; Cloths; Hammers; Punching*;
Music Wire; Tuning Pins; Player
Parts; Hinges; Castings; etc.
We have in stock a full line of materials for
Pianos and Organs.
AMERICAN PIANO
SUPPLY COMPANY
110-112 EAST 13th STREET
NEW YORK
INDIANAPOLIS, IND.
OTTO R. TREFZ, Jr.
PIANO BASS STRINGS —PIANO REPAIR SUPPLIES
TUNERS AND REPAIRERS
Our new Illustrated Catalogue of Piano
and Player Hardware, Felts and Tools
is now ready. If you haven't received
your copy let us know.
2110 Fairmount Ave.
Greater Beauty
PHILADELPHIA, PA.
and Greater
SCARFS,
CUSH-
IONS,
COVERS
SIKtf
SCHAFF
Piano String Cd.
Manufacturers of
Comfort
Bench Cushions, Piano Throws, Bags
for Small Instruments, Upholstered
Bench Tops.
Illustrated Folders On Request
Period Drapery and Mfg. Co.
NEW ALBANY, IND.
PIANO KEYS RECOVERED
Piano Bass Strings
2009-2021 CLYBOURN AVENUE
Corner Lewis Street
CHICAGO
Heaviest grade Pyralin Ivory, beveled
and polished to look like the finest ivory
keyboards built. Beautiful work, guaran-
teed. Sharps ebonized, bushings, etc.
We begin work on your keys the minute they
arrive. Write for New Price List.
McMACKIN PIANO SERVICE
Factory: 1721-3 Mondamin Avenue
DES MOINES, IA.
HAMMACHER, SCHLEMMER &
PIANO and PLAYER
HARDWARE, FELTS, TOOLS,
RUBBERIZED PLAYER FABRICS
New York, Since 1848
4th Ave. and 13th SL
DIGS INTO MUSICAL LOVE
Prominent Musical Director Is Conducting
Interesting Experiments to Determine
Popularity of Certain Instruments.
Paul Specht is conducting a series of novel con-
certs, in which the radio audience is invited to assist
in a research into musical history. The object is to
determine whether the development of certain music
has made necessary the invention of new instruments,
or whether the invention of new musical instruments
has developed another style of music.
In the past decade many new musical instruments
have come into common use. Among these the most
prominent and well-known are the saxophone, the
xylophone, the banjo-mandolin, the vibraphone, the
steel guitar and the ukulele. What Specht desires to
learn is whether these instruments have forced song
writers into the type of music they are now writing,
or whether the new songs have made necessary the
invention of these new instruments.
In order to investigate this, he had obtained the
permission of several museums to take some of the
old-time musical instruments and attempt to play
modern music on them. He started with the old
Greek lyre, and will continue the investigation until
he has used every musical instrument of history up
to the present time. These tests will be conducted
every Friday night from the Twin Oaks, New York,
during the broadcast by WJZ.
NEW BANDS STIMULATE TRADE
Movement for Former New Organizations Gains in
Enthusiasm All Over the Country.
A drum and bugle corp has been organized in Fair-
bury, 111.
A band will be organized in the junior high school
at Huntington, Ind.
The Business Men's Association of Kirklin, Ind.,
is organizing a band of their own for the concerts to
be given next summer.
Ed. Shenette of Clinton, 111., widely known as a
band leader and musician, is sponsoring the idea of
a Fourth Division band for the 17th, 18th, 19th and
21st district of the American Legion Department of
Illinois.
A new band has been organized in Cannelton, Ind.
Prof. Harry S. Miller is organizing a ladies saxa-
phone band in Assumption, 111.
WILL REPEAT TRIP ABROAD.
Mr. Bassett, president of the Martin Band Instru-
ment Co., Elkhart, Ind., was so favorably impressed
with European travel last year that he anticipates
another visit abroad during 1927.
Worry Over Player Details
is avoided by the manufac-
turer who uses the
A. C. Cheney Player Action
in his products. He knows
everything is all right and
that the best musical quali-
ties of his pianos are develop-
ed by the use of this player
mechanism.
A. C. CHENEY
PIANO ACTION COMPANY
CASTLETON, N. Y.
The Piano Repair Shop
Pianos and Phonographs Rebuilt by
Expert Workmen
Player-actions installed. Instruments
refinished or remodeled and actions and
keys repaired. Work guaranteed. Prices
reasonable.
Our-of-town dealers' repair work solic-
ited. Write for details and terms.
THE PIANO REPAIR SHOP
339 South Wabaah ATB.
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/
Chicago
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