Presto
Issue: 1927 2119 - Page 16
PRESTO-TIMES
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soon the banjo became a necessity in the dance
orchestra. But at first it seemed almost an insur-
mountable task to convince the violinists and some
others among the more conservative players, that
Recent History of Instrument Shows Remark- learning to play the banjo would be worth while.
able Effect of Dance Music on Its Devel-
But in time came the incentive for study for many—
the desire to hold their jobs. The banjo had not only
opment and Sales Increase.
arrived but also with the saxophone had come to dom-
The growth in sales of tenor banjos continues and inate the sounds.
in it is seen an interesting phase in the development
The tenor banjo was the logical solution of a prob-
of a demand. A favor for the instrument, begun by lem in the dance orchestra. Some players took up
professional players, has been increased and con- the banjo when its prominence was recognized and
tinued by amateurs. But the great favor for tenor others in preference to their regular instruments.
banjos may be attributed to a change in the char- Soon the professional banjoists were admired features
acter of the dance orchestras.
on vaudeville bills and as the ranks of professional
When jazz began to put its stamp on dance music banjoists grew in the orchestras and on the siage,
a demand automatically arose for something new in the favor for the intsrument spread to the amateurs.
the musical instruments of the dance orchestras. The Today the business with amateurs is of the greatest
banjo finally supplied the need for something new importance in the banjo industry.
that would help produce the effects that made the
new music different from the old. Up to that time
the banjo was monopolized by the minstrel show
and negro impersonator and its introduction to 'the
orchestras aroused mixed feelings among the play- Movement for Former New Organizations Gains in
ers. Many musicians were disdainful of the banjo
Enthusiasm All Over the Country.
and at first it was not accepted in a class with the
A committee of business men in Maysville, Ky., is
violin or other stringed instruments.
The composers of the popular songs and those who pledged to support the Maysville Cardinal Band.
Uniforms for 'the Norwalk, O., high school band,
arranged the orchestrations were quick to recognize
costing $525, have been purchased by the Central
the usefulness of the banjo for their purposes and
Parent-Teachers' Association.
The Elks Club Band, Gary, Ind., numbering thirty
pieces, made its first appearance March 7.
A band of thirty-one pieces has been organized at
NEW SPARKLING SONGS FOR YOUR
Columbus, Ind.
COUNTERS
A band being organized at Jonesville, Ind., will
Your Arms Are Home Sweet Home to Me.
have thirty members.
Yes, Dreams Come True. (Waltz Ballad.)
Paris, 111., will vote on the band tax proposition at
We Don't Know Where We're Going:. (Comic.)
the April elections.
Memories Dream. (Very Pleasing Ballad.)
My Heart Calls, My Love, Come Back, Be True.
A new seventeen piece orchestra has been formed
The Man That Catches Me Must Have the Good
in the Webster school. East St. Louis, 111.
Hard Cash. (Now All the Base.)
A band of twenty-eight pieces is being organized in
Our catalog is coming: to the front from all points
Lacon, 111.
of IT. S, A. Write for our special trade rates.
The Jackson County Band has been organized in
Jackson, O.
J. S. UNGER MUSIC HOUSE, Music Pub.
The McComb, Miss., municipal band is being re-
Reading, Pa.
vived.
Alfred E. Mayer has been made bandmaster for the
Birmingham, Ala., public schools.
A municipal band is being organized in Edina, Mo.
Instruments and uniforms have been purchased for
the High School Band, Norwalk, O.
The West Texas Division of the Texas Band
Teachers' Association has made plans for a band con-
test in Wichita Falls on May 16 and 17.
STATUS OF THE BANJO
NEW BANDS STIMULATE TRADE
REMICK SONG HITS
Hello, Blue Bird
Blame It on the Waltz
Baby Face
Breezing Along with the Breeze
For My Sweetheart
I'm Looking Over a Four-leaf Clover
All I Want Is You
Moonbeam, Kiss Her for Me
I've Got to Get Myself Somebody to Love
I Need Lovin'
If I'd Only Believe in You
Here Comes Fatima
Gone Again, Gal
What Could I Do
Bye, Bye, Black Bird
CLARK ROLLS PROFITABLE.
The rolls of the Clark Orchestra Roll Co., De Kalb,
111., evoke constant proofs that not only are they
the best for automatic pianos, organs and orches-
trions, but that they are assured money makers for
the owners and dealers as well. Another well proven
fact is that whether or not a dealer sells automatic
instruments it will pay him to handle Clark Orchestra
Rolls.
March 12, 1927.
TO VOTE ON BAND TAX
Several Illinois Towns to Have the Question Up at
the Elections in April.
According to a law of 'the state of Illinois, which
was enacted two years ago, and became effective July 1,
1925, cities of under 100,000 population in the state
were given the right to vote on a proposition of sup-
porting a municipal band, the law giving them the
right to vote two mills on each $1.00. Several towns
have voted on this proposition during the past year.
Springfield, the state capital, is the latest city to
signify its intention of voting on the project. Other
cities which will vote on the tax this spring are
Spring Valley, Alton, Farmington, Elmwood Park.
Tinley Park, River Forest, Mt. Prospect, St. Charles,
Waukegau, Crete, Coal City, Evanston, Lockport,
Morris, Home wood, South Holland, Elmhurst, Glen
Ellyn, Harvey, Lyons, Glencoe, Harrington, La
Grange, Western Springs, Park Ridge, Mokena and
Downer's Grove.
POLICY PROTECTS BUYERS.
The Frederic Tietz Shoppe, 712 Broadway, Albany.
N. Y., is the inventor of the "New Paramount Pol
icy," which guarantees satisfaction to buyers of phon-
ograph records. Mr. Tietz prints this assurance:
"The policy safeguards the public against wornout
records and guarantees first run records that have
never been played at lower prices. Under the Para :
mount Policy dealers are not allowed to play records."
The Albany dealer handles musical merchandise,
pianos, sheet music and radio and operates a reliable
repair shop as well as a school of music.
A bill permitting Nevada cities lo impose a band
tax has been introduced in the legislature.
The Only
Completely
Equipped
School in the
United States
In Successful Operation (or 24 Years
In its own new building especially designed and
equipped for its purposes.
Every branch taught, including Repairing.
Regulating and Voicing—All Player Actions,
with Demonstrating Specimens to work with.
Diplomas awarded and positions secured. Pri-
vate and class instructions. Both sexes.
School all year. Catalogs on request.
POLKS COLLEGE OF PIANO TUNING
WH.I.ARD R. POWELL, President
LA PORTE, IND.
J. H. REMICK & CO.
New York
Chicago
Detroit
FOR TRUE ECONOMY BUY
PERFECTION
Benches and Cabinets
The line that sells on sight and satisfies always
STYLE 25
Send for catalog and price list
PERFECTION PIANO BENCH MFG. COMPANY
1514-1520 Blue Island Ave.
Chicago, 111.
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soon the banjo became a necessity in the dance
orchestra. But at first it seemed almost an insur-
mountable task to convince the violinists and some
others among the more conservative players, that
Recent History of Instrument Shows Remark- learning to play the banjo would be worth while.
able Effect of Dance Music on Its Devel-
But in time came the incentive for study for many—
the desire to hold their jobs. The banjo had not only
opment and Sales Increase.
arrived but also with the saxophone had come to dom-
The growth in sales of tenor banjos continues and inate the sounds.
in it is seen an interesting phase in the development
The tenor banjo was the logical solution of a prob-
of a demand. A favor for the instrument, begun by lem in the dance orchestra. Some players took up
professional players, has been increased and con- the banjo when its prominence was recognized and
tinued by amateurs. But the great favor for tenor others in preference to their regular instruments.
banjos may be attributed to a change in the char- Soon the professional banjoists were admired features
acter of the dance orchestras.
on vaudeville bills and as the ranks of professional
When jazz began to put its stamp on dance music banjoists grew in the orchestras and on the siage,
a demand automatically arose for something new in the favor for the intsrument spread to the amateurs.
the musical instruments of the dance orchestras. The Today the business with amateurs is of the greatest
banjo finally supplied the need for something new importance in the banjo industry.
that would help produce the effects that made the
new music different from the old. Up to that time
the banjo was monopolized by the minstrel show
and negro impersonator and its introduction to 'the
orchestras aroused mixed feelings among the play- Movement for Former New Organizations Gains in
ers. Many musicians were disdainful of the banjo
Enthusiasm All Over the Country.
and at first it was not accepted in a class with the
A committee of business men in Maysville, Ky., is
violin or other stringed instruments.
The composers of the popular songs and those who pledged to support the Maysville Cardinal Band.
Uniforms for 'the Norwalk, O., high school band,
arranged the orchestrations were quick to recognize
costing $525, have been purchased by the Central
the usefulness of the banjo for their purposes and
Parent-Teachers' Association.
The Elks Club Band, Gary, Ind., numbering thirty
pieces, made its first appearance March 7.
A band of thirty-one pieces has been organized at
NEW SPARKLING SONGS FOR YOUR
Columbus, Ind.
COUNTERS
A band being organized at Jonesville, Ind., will
Your Arms Are Home Sweet Home to Me.
have thirty members.
Yes, Dreams Come True. (Waltz Ballad.)
Paris, 111., will vote on the band tax proposition at
We Don't Know Where We're Going:. (Comic.)
the April elections.
Memories Dream. (Very Pleasing Ballad.)
My Heart Calls, My Love, Come Back, Be True.
A new seventeen piece orchestra has been formed
The Man That Catches Me Must Have the Good
in the Webster school. East St. Louis, 111.
Hard Cash. (Now All the Base.)
A band of twenty-eight pieces is being organized in
Our catalog is coming: to the front from all points
Lacon, 111.
of IT. S, A. Write for our special trade rates.
The Jackson County Band has been organized in
Jackson, O.
J. S. UNGER MUSIC HOUSE, Music Pub.
The McComb, Miss., municipal band is being re-
Reading, Pa.
vived.
Alfred E. Mayer has been made bandmaster for the
Birmingham, Ala., public schools.
A municipal band is being organized in Edina, Mo.
Instruments and uniforms have been purchased for
the High School Band, Norwalk, O.
The West Texas Division of the Texas Band
Teachers' Association has made plans for a band con-
test in Wichita Falls on May 16 and 17.
STATUS OF THE BANJO
NEW BANDS STIMULATE TRADE
REMICK SONG HITS
Hello, Blue Bird
Blame It on the Waltz
Baby Face
Breezing Along with the Breeze
For My Sweetheart
I'm Looking Over a Four-leaf Clover
All I Want Is You
Moonbeam, Kiss Her for Me
I've Got to Get Myself Somebody to Love
I Need Lovin'
If I'd Only Believe in You
Here Comes Fatima
Gone Again, Gal
What Could I Do
Bye, Bye, Black Bird
CLARK ROLLS PROFITABLE.
The rolls of the Clark Orchestra Roll Co., De Kalb,
111., evoke constant proofs that not only are they
the best for automatic pianos, organs and orches-
trions, but that they are assured money makers for
the owners and dealers as well. Another well proven
fact is that whether or not a dealer sells automatic
instruments it will pay him to handle Clark Orchestra
Rolls.
March 12, 1927.
TO VOTE ON BAND TAX
Several Illinois Towns to Have the Question Up at
the Elections in April.
According to a law of 'the state of Illinois, which
was enacted two years ago, and became effective July 1,
1925, cities of under 100,000 population in the state
were given the right to vote on a proposition of sup-
porting a municipal band, the law giving them the
right to vote two mills on each $1.00. Several towns
have voted on this proposition during the past year.
Springfield, the state capital, is the latest city to
signify its intention of voting on the project. Other
cities which will vote on the tax this spring are
Spring Valley, Alton, Farmington, Elmwood Park.
Tinley Park, River Forest, Mt. Prospect, St. Charles,
Waukegau, Crete, Coal City, Evanston, Lockport,
Morris, Home wood, South Holland, Elmhurst, Glen
Ellyn, Harvey, Lyons, Glencoe, Harrington, La
Grange, Western Springs, Park Ridge, Mokena and
Downer's Grove.
POLICY PROTECTS BUYERS.
The Frederic Tietz Shoppe, 712 Broadway, Albany.
N. Y., is the inventor of the "New Paramount Pol
icy," which guarantees satisfaction to buyers of phon-
ograph records. Mr. Tietz prints this assurance:
"The policy safeguards the public against wornout
records and guarantees first run records that have
never been played at lower prices. Under the Para :
mount Policy dealers are not allowed to play records."
The Albany dealer handles musical merchandise,
pianos, sheet music and radio and operates a reliable
repair shop as well as a school of music.
A bill permitting Nevada cities lo impose a band
tax has been introduced in the legislature.
The Only
Completely
Equipped
School in the
United States
In Successful Operation (or 24 Years
In its own new building especially designed and
equipped for its purposes.
Every branch taught, including Repairing.
Regulating and Voicing—All Player Actions,
with Demonstrating Specimens to work with.
Diplomas awarded and positions secured. Pri-
vate and class instructions. Both sexes.
School all year. Catalogs on request.
POLKS COLLEGE OF PIANO TUNING
WH.I.ARD R. POWELL, President
LA PORTE, IND.
J. H. REMICK & CO.
New York
Chicago
Detroit
FOR TRUE ECONOMY BUY
PERFECTION
Benches and Cabinets
The line that sells on sight and satisfies always
STYLE 25
Send for catalog and price 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).