Presto

August 18, 1928
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PRESTO-TIMES
BALDWIN EASTERN MANAGER
IS C. S. ONDERDONK
Man of Extensive Experience to Be Located with
Headquarters in New York.
Charles S. Onderdonk will assume his duties as
head of the Eastern Division of The Baldwin Piano
Company on September 1. In addition to extensive
retail interests in New York City Mr. Onderdonk will
also assume direction of the widely developed whole-
sale business of The Baldwin Piano Company in
Eastern and New England States.
Mr. Onderdonk has had extensive experience for
the past eighteen years in successful retail and whole-
sale piano merchandising. In addition he is thor-
oughly familiar with the manufacturing and the
financing phases of the piano industry. Under his
administration an aggressive policy of retail develop-
ment and dealer cooperation may be confidently ex-
pected.
POLK COLLEGE OF TUNING
Announces Enrollment Dates for the 1923 Fall Class—
Technical Instruction.
Polk College of Piano Tuning, La Porte, Ind., is
again going through the usual preliminary work be-
fore the fall class of September 12 conies in.
The enrollment dates for the fall class are Septem-
BANG!—WE'RE OFF!
Over 1000 orders were filled the past month to
Professional Artist for this "Song." In every
State of U. S. A.
THE MAN THAT CATCHES ME MUST
HAVE THE GOOD HARD CASH
(Comic with Extra Verses)
Regular Trade Price—Retails at 35c
Write for Special Introductory Rates
(Unsold copies can be exchanged.)
J. S. UNGER MUSIC HOUSE, Publishers
Reading
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Pennsylvania
THE LATEST JESSE
FRENCH PRODUCTIONS
her 10 and 11. School commences on the morning of
the 12th, and for many weeks the student will be
given the fundamental principles of the piano, player-
piano, coin operated and reproducing pianos. At the
end of the term the student is required to tune and
regulate a number of pianos, or until he is able to
obtain the grade of a technician, which is the standard
of the school.
Prospects are very encouraging and Polk College
officials are positive that this class will be the best
of the year.
LIST OF SEPTEMBER
MEL=0=DEE ROLLS
New Range of Word Rolls and Other Music
Included in the New Bulletin of Player-
piano Music.
The September advance bulletin of Mel-O-Dee
music rolls, has been issued by the Mel-O-Dee Music
LISTED AMONG THE TALENTED.
Co., Inc., Meriden, Conn. The name of the record-
In the article "Local Boy Makes Good" in the ing artists are printed in parentheses:
Saturday Evening Post, issue of August 11, one of
Word Rolls—Because My Baby Don't Mean May-
those honorably mentioned is Edward L. Bernays, be Now, fox trot, Walter Donaldson (Ralph Addi-
who is widely known in the music trade from his son); Come Back Chiquita, waltz, E flat, Mabel
advertising association with the Sonora Phonograph Wayne (Pauline Alpert); Crazy Rhythm, "Here's
Company. The local boys who made good are a long Howe," fox trot, Meyer & Kahn (Pauline Alpert);
list, and the author of the article, Wesley Stout, says If You Don't Love Me, fox trot, Milton Alger (Dag-
of Mr. Bernays: "He is from Vienna, a nephew of
mar Nordstrom); I'm on the Crest of a Wave,
good Dr. Sigmund Freud." Though why the writer "George White's Scandals," fox trot, DeSylva, Brown
for the Saturday Evening Post should consider "mak-
& Henderson (Phil Ohman); Lonely Little Blue-
ing good" in New York as any greater performance bird, fox trot, Woods (Harvey Maddon); Lonesome
than succeeding in any other town is past all finding In the Moonlight, fox trot-ballad, Baer (Pauline
out.
Alpert); Old Man Sunshine, "Little Boy Bluebird,"
fox trot, Warren (Frank Milne); (Dreaming Down
ENTERPRISING METHOD IN INDIANA. on) Silver Bay, waltz, key of G, Milne & DeSocio
Routh's Music and Radio Shop, located on the pub- (Frank Milne); Sweet Ella May, fox trot, Renard,
lic square at Salem, Ind., publishes Routh's Music Alpert & Robinson (Harvey Maddon); That's My
and Radio Notes once in a while in the Salem news- Weakness Now, fox trot, Green & Stept (Ernest
papers. It is run in the shape of a miniature news- Leith); What D' Ya Say, "George White's Scandals,"
paper with all the musical and radio notes of the fox trot, DeSylva, Brown & Henderson (Ralph
town published in newsy, spicy form. This "paper" Addison); Who Wouldn't Be Blue, fox trot, Davis
has attracted a great deal of attention among musical & Burke (Frank Milne).
people in that part of the state.
Ballad—Memories, Key C, Sanford (Henri Berg-
man).
HOW UNCLE SAM HELPS.
Instrumental—Punch and Judy, novelette, Vin^
A particularly valuable service rendered by the for- cent (Henri Bergman).
eign offices of the United States Bureau of Foreign
Special Word Rolls—The Sidewalks of New York,
and Domestic Commerce is found in the reports cov- ballad, Lawlor & Blake (Dave Russel).
ering what are known as "trade opportunities." These
French-English Words—Hello, Montreal, fox trot,
reports give complete details pertaining to specific Irving Berlin (Armand Sartorius); Girl of My
opportunities for the sale of designated American Dreams, waltz, Key C, Sunny Clapp (Pauline Al-
merchandise. In addition to the staff of commercial pert).
specialists in the foreign service of the Bureau,
Instrumental—Officer of the Day, march, R. B.
approximately 450 American consuls located in the
Hall (Dave Russel); Old Timer's Waltz Medley,
various foreign countries, co-operate in this work, and Arranged
by Lake.
there is scarcely an area in the world of any commer-
cial importance from where the American manufac-
turer can not receive a definite report prepared by a
CARL O. DONALDSON DIES.
trained man on the ground.
Carl O. Donaldson, prominent piano dealer, who
died at his home in Minneapolis recently, had been
Adam McMurdo, who was formerly in the music in the music business the past eighteen years, both
trade business in Chicago and was a member of the wholesale and retail. Mr. Donaldson represented the
Musical Times staff, is going to New York about the Hallet & Davis Piano Co. for several years, both in
first of September to take a position on one of the the South and the Northwest. He represented the
New York dailies. For some months past Mr. Mc- Bush & Lane Piano Co. for the past nine years until
Murdo has been assisting George P. Bent on the the time of his death. Mr. Donaldson spent the past
composition of Mr. Bent's book soon to be out of winter in Pasadena, Cal., and returned to Minneapolis
press.
in May.
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