Presto
Issue: 1928 2175 - Page 14
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PRESTO-TIMES
NEW CAPITOL ROLLS FOR APRIL
Popular Music Provided in New Bulletin for Coinola
Electric Pianos.
April 7, 1928
coran, after whom the Corcoran Gallery in Wash-
ington is named. She met the musician, ten years
her junior, and was married to him at Aix-les- Bains,
France in 1905.
IN SMALL GOODS DEPARTMBNT
Greater Interest in Musical Merchandise Shows in
New Stores and Old Ones.
AUTOMATIC RADIO IS HERE
Walter Bradley and George J. Smith have opened
a new music business in Main street, Manchester,
Zenith Radio Corp., Chicago, Acquires Rights to Conn.
Harry N. Marvin Inventions—Seen in Operation.
N. Penachie has openerd a phonograph store at
At Rye, New York, on March 8, the new automatic Fifty-seventh street and Tenth avenue, New York
radio was for the first time displayed to the radio City, for the sale of phonographs.
The Music Box, Inc., Newton Lower Falls, Mass.,
editors of New York City and the radio magazine
editors. There has been considerable comment has a branch in the Colonial Building, Wellesley,
throughout the United States on this new automatic Mass.
Vernon N. Herbster, aged 53, prominent music
radio, but all the comment has been based on the dis-
closure of the original Marvin models without refine- dealer and band leader and musician of Mount
ment. Frank Hinman, radio editor of the Chicago Union, Pa., died recently.
The Moorehead Music Co., Paul's Valley, Okla.,
Tribune, is the first and only radio editor that has
witnessed the actual operation of the developed auto- has moved to a new location and enlarged its stock.
Hyde Music Co., 366 Central avenue, Jersey City;
matic, as it will be applied to the present day radio
$125,000.
set.
JOSEPH HOFMANN MARRIES.
"This set answers all your questions," he said.
Josef Hofmann, famous pianist, who plays the
Steinway in his public recitals, has married his "Automatic control in no way effects the ordinary
protege, Betty Short. Hofmann, who is now a direc- operation of a set. It simply makes it easy for a
tor of the Curtis Institute in Philadelphia, is building listener to get the stations he usually wants to hear
a large home in Merion, Pa., for his wife. The pianist quickly. For instance, the ordinary fan has some fa-
was born in Cracow, Poland, in 1876. His father vorite stations which he listens to more than he does
213 East 19th Street, New York
was a musician and a composer and he made a sen- to others. He can get them, one by one, by simply
sation as a child in Europe before coming to America. pushing the different buttons, but he can also get
Sole Agent* for
His first wife was the granddaughter of W. W. Cor- them, or any other stations, for that matter, by simply
tuning them in the regular way."
The Capitol Music Roll Co., Chicago, has issued
a complete bulletin for April of popular electric music
rolls for Coinola electric pianos, Styles D, C-2, X,
AF, AX, CF, CB, K, and all other orchestrion com-
binations.
The new rolls include all the hits which are inter-
esting electric piano patrons in every state. Roll No.
O864 is a good sample of the timeliness of the tunes:
Ice Cream, one step; The Grass Grows Greener,
one step; Girl of My Dreams, waltz; Gee, but I'm
Blue, fox trot; Play Gypsies, Dance Gypsies, fox trot;
Sunshine, fox trot; Let a Smile Be Your Umbrella,
fox trot; There Must Be a Silver Lining, fox trot;
The Sunrise, fox trot; Coquette, fox trot.
Philip W. Oetting & Son, Inc.
THE FAMOUS
CLARK
ORCHESTRA ROLLS
of De Kalb, Illinois
FILM GUILD'S SECOND PROGRAM.
The second selected motion picture program of the
Chicago Film Guild, composed of Mrs. Edith Rocke-
feller McCormick, Miss Jane Addams, Llewellyn
Jones, Carl Sandburg, Lorado Taft, and Miss Harriet
Monroe, was presented at the Playhouse, 410 South
Michigan avenue, during the week beginning Sunday,
April 1. The program consisted of two features:
D. W. Griffith's "Dream Street," and Robert Wiene's
fantastic German film, "The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari."
Clark Orchestra Roll Company
Manufacturer* — Originator* — Patentee*
De Kalb, Illinois
E. A. BOUSLOG, Inc.
2106 Boulevard Place
INDIANAPOLIS, IND.
Felts
Grand and Upright Hammer*
Made of Weickert Felt
Fine Action Bushing Cloths, etc
90%
General Key Repairs,
Sharps, Etc.
of the Piano, Organ
and Action Trade in
U. S. and Canada
Ivory Sanding, Polishing
and Re-Gluing
Our Ivorine Keys
Heaviest
Write for sample book
Supply especially
for REPAIR MEN
and
Highest Quality
T.L.LUTKINSInc
4 0 SPRUCE ST.. NEWYORK.N.Y.
at
Mc.MacKin
Standard Prices
PtanoSerVice
9 - 2 1 1*1OINDAI*IIN AVE
DESMOINESJOWA.
I Very Prompt Service
/AUSIC PRINTERS
ENGRAVERS AND LITHOGRAPHERS
KEYS RETURNED IN 24 HOURS
BEST GRADE IVORINE
Prompt and efficient service
Striking Pneumatics
Air Motors, Governors, etc., Recovered
and Damper
Pouch Skins
a Specialty
PIANO KEY REPAIRING
RECOVERING
$8.00
BUSHING
3.50
SHARPS
2.50
NEW FRONTS
2.00
PLAYER ACTIONS REPAIRED
Hammer
PIANO KEYS RECOVERED
We Supply More Than
The Best for Automatic Playing Pianos
Organs and Orchestrions
Whether you sell automatic playing in-
struments or not, it will pay you to
handle and be able to furnish
CLARK ORCHESTRA ROLLS
Monthly bulletins of new records. Write
for lists, folders and FULL PARTICU-
LARS.
WEICKERT
/ •
PRINT ANYTHING IN MUSIC
BY ANY PROCESS
SEND FOR QUOTATION AND SAMPLES
NO ORDER TOO SMALL TO RECEIVE ATTENTION
THE LARGEST EXCLUSIVE MUSIC PRINTER VEST OF NEW YORK AND
THE LARGEST ENGRAVING DEPARTMENT IN THE UNITED STATES.
ESTABLISHED 1876
THE O T T O
CINCINNATI,
REFERENCE ANY PUBLISHER
ZIMMERMAN
SON CO.JNC
OHIO.
99%
interested prospects become customers
T\ I*"* C A ¥7 S I*"*
PERFECTION BENCHES
are used by people who have good taste, appreciate fine things and know sound values.
De Luxe
Louis XV
Send for Catalogue
1514-20 Blue Island Ave.
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PRESTO-TIMES
NEW CAPITOL ROLLS FOR APRIL
Popular Music Provided in New Bulletin for Coinola
Electric Pianos.
April 7, 1928
coran, after whom the Corcoran Gallery in Wash-
ington is named. She met the musician, ten years
her junior, and was married to him at Aix-les- Bains,
France in 1905.
IN SMALL GOODS DEPARTMBNT
Greater Interest in Musical Merchandise Shows in
New Stores and Old Ones.
AUTOMATIC RADIO IS HERE
Walter Bradley and George J. Smith have opened
a new music business in Main street, Manchester,
Zenith Radio Corp., Chicago, Acquires Rights to Conn.
Harry N. Marvin Inventions—Seen in Operation.
N. Penachie has openerd a phonograph store at
At Rye, New York, on March 8, the new automatic Fifty-seventh street and Tenth avenue, New York
radio was for the first time displayed to the radio City, for the sale of phonographs.
The Music Box, Inc., Newton Lower Falls, Mass.,
editors of New York City and the radio magazine
editors. There has been considerable comment has a branch in the Colonial Building, Wellesley,
throughout the United States on this new automatic Mass.
Vernon N. Herbster, aged 53, prominent music
radio, but all the comment has been based on the dis-
closure of the original Marvin models without refine- dealer and band leader and musician of Mount
ment. Frank Hinman, radio editor of the Chicago Union, Pa., died recently.
The Moorehead Music Co., Paul's Valley, Okla.,
Tribune, is the first and only radio editor that has
witnessed the actual operation of the developed auto- has moved to a new location and enlarged its stock.
Hyde Music Co., 366 Central avenue, Jersey City;
matic, as it will be applied to the present day radio
$125,000.
set.
JOSEPH HOFMANN MARRIES.
"This set answers all your questions," he said.
Josef Hofmann, famous pianist, who plays the
Steinway in his public recitals, has married his "Automatic control in no way effects the ordinary
protege, Betty Short. Hofmann, who is now a direc- operation of a set. It simply makes it easy for a
tor of the Curtis Institute in Philadelphia, is building listener to get the stations he usually wants to hear
a large home in Merion, Pa., for his wife. The pianist quickly. For instance, the ordinary fan has some fa-
was born in Cracow, Poland, in 1876. His father vorite stations which he listens to more than he does
213 East 19th Street, New York
was a musician and a composer and he made a sen- to others. He can get them, one by one, by simply
sation as a child in Europe before coming to America. pushing the different buttons, but he can also get
Sole Agent* for
His first wife was the granddaughter of W. W. Cor- them, or any other stations, for that matter, by simply
tuning them in the regular way."
The Capitol Music Roll Co., Chicago, has issued
a complete bulletin for April of popular electric music
rolls for Coinola electric pianos, Styles D, C-2, X,
AF, AX, CF, CB, K, and all other orchestrion com-
binations.
The new rolls include all the hits which are inter-
esting electric piano patrons in every state. Roll No.
O864 is a good sample of the timeliness of the tunes:
Ice Cream, one step; The Grass Grows Greener,
one step; Girl of My Dreams, waltz; Gee, but I'm
Blue, fox trot; Play Gypsies, Dance Gypsies, fox trot;
Sunshine, fox trot; Let a Smile Be Your Umbrella,
fox trot; There Must Be a Silver Lining, fox trot;
The Sunrise, fox trot; Coquette, fox trot.
Philip W. Oetting & Son, Inc.
THE FAMOUS
CLARK
ORCHESTRA ROLLS
of De Kalb, Illinois
FILM GUILD'S SECOND PROGRAM.
The second selected motion picture program of the
Chicago Film Guild, composed of Mrs. Edith Rocke-
feller McCormick, Miss Jane Addams, Llewellyn
Jones, Carl Sandburg, Lorado Taft, and Miss Harriet
Monroe, was presented at the Playhouse, 410 South
Michigan avenue, during the week beginning Sunday,
April 1. The program consisted of two features:
D. W. Griffith's "Dream Street," and Robert Wiene's
fantastic German film, "The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari."
Clark Orchestra Roll Company
Manufacturer* — Originator* — Patentee*
De Kalb, Illinois
E. A. BOUSLOG, Inc.
2106 Boulevard Place
INDIANAPOLIS, IND.
Felts
Grand and Upright Hammer*
Made of Weickert Felt
Fine Action Bushing Cloths, etc
90%
General Key Repairs,
Sharps, Etc.
of the Piano, Organ
and Action Trade in
U. S. and Canada
Ivory Sanding, Polishing
and Re-Gluing
Our Ivorine Keys
Heaviest
Write for sample book
Supply especially
for REPAIR MEN
and
Highest Quality
T.L.LUTKINSInc
4 0 SPRUCE ST.. NEWYORK.N.Y.
at
Mc.MacKin
Standard Prices
PtanoSerVice
9 - 2 1 1*1OINDAI*IIN AVE
DESMOINESJOWA.
I Very Prompt Service
/AUSIC PRINTERS
ENGRAVERS AND LITHOGRAPHERS
KEYS RETURNED IN 24 HOURS
BEST GRADE IVORINE
Prompt and efficient service
Striking Pneumatics
Air Motors, Governors, etc., Recovered
and Damper
Pouch Skins
a Specialty
PIANO KEY REPAIRING
RECOVERING
$8.00
BUSHING
3.50
SHARPS
2.50
NEW FRONTS
2.00
PLAYER ACTIONS REPAIRED
Hammer
PIANO KEYS RECOVERED
We Supply More Than
The Best for Automatic Playing Pianos
Organs and Orchestrions
Whether you sell automatic playing in-
struments or not, it will pay you to
handle and be able to furnish
CLARK ORCHESTRA ROLLS
Monthly bulletins of new records. Write
for lists, folders and FULL PARTICU-
LARS.
WEICKERT
/ •
PRINT ANYTHING IN MUSIC
BY ANY PROCESS
SEND FOR QUOTATION AND SAMPLES
NO ORDER TOO SMALL TO RECEIVE ATTENTION
THE LARGEST EXCLUSIVE MUSIC PRINTER VEST OF NEW YORK AND
THE LARGEST ENGRAVING DEPARTMENT IN THE UNITED STATES.
ESTABLISHED 1876
THE O T T O
CINCINNATI,
REFERENCE ANY PUBLISHER
ZIMMERMAN
SON CO.JNC
OHIO.
99%
interested prospects become customers
T\ I*"* C A ¥7 S I*"*
PERFECTION BENCHES
are used by people who have good taste, appreciate fine things and know sound values.
De Luxe
Louis XV
Send for Catalogue
1514-20 Blue Island Ave.
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).