Presto
Issue: 1928 2208 - Page 14
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November 24, 1928
PRESTO-TIMES
CONN SAXOPHONES
In the Wide Range of the Instruments the
New Mezzo-Soprano in F Has the Most
Appeal of All the
Saxophones.
The Conn mezzo-so-
prano saxophone in F is
the ideal lead instrument
of the saxophone family.
It is built in F, one whole
tone higher than the E
Hat alto, and has the
brightest, sweetest voice
of all saxophones. This
brightness is due. not
only to the fact that it is
pitched higher than the
alto but is also due to a
completely new bore and
taper not possessed by
any other saxophone.
In building the mezzo-
soprano saxophone in F,
the experts of C. G. Conn,
Ltd., Elkhart, Indiana,
U. S. A., strove to pro-
duce a brilliancy of tone,
and preserve, at the same
time, the voice-like qual-
ity which is characteristic
of the saxophone. To do
this they were compelled
to work out an entirely
new bore and taper. Not
only is the bore smaller,
but the graduation of the
taper is different from all
other saxophones. This
completely new design
lies at the basis of the peculiar excellence of this new
saxophone.
Great Tone Color.
Besides producing a unique brilliancy in tone col-
oring, this new design has produced the most perfect
scale of any saxophone yet built. Several of the
country's greatest saxophone artists have tested this
instrument, and all of them remark about the uni-
formity of the extremely low and extremely high
notes with the rest of the scale. The low B and low
B flat and the notes from D to F in the top of the
scale are produced with the same ease as the notes of
the middle register.
To be able to play from the bottom of the scale
to the extreme top without changing the pressure of
blowing will give any saxophone player a thrill of
satisfaction.
Especially noteworthy is the excellent tone quality
of these extreme notes. There is not a trace of
"warble" in the low notes, both the B and B flat
being solid and rich. The E natural and F in the
top of the scale are big, round and sweet. Nothing
like this quality is found in any other saxophone.
Another Great Feature.
The C sharp on all saxophones has been a difficult
note to bring out with clear resonance. But the C
sharp in both octaves on the mezzo-soprano in F is
uniformly clear and sweet with the rest of the scale.
No other saxophone has such an easy flowing scale
and one whose notes are so evenly spaced throughout,
both as to intonation and pressure of blowing.
CHICAGO CIVIC OPERA
The holiday spirit is reflected in the repertoire
scheduled for Thankskiving week by the Chicago
Civic Opera Company, commencing on Sunday after-
noon, November 25, marking the advent of the fourth
week of the present season of opera at the Audito-
rium.
Featuring the fourth week will be a performance on
Tuesday evening, November 27, of "Boris Godunofr,''
which has not been heard in Chicago for two years,
but remembered for the discussion it created on its
last appearance, when Vanni-Marcoux gave a great
rendition of the name role—a role in which he has
scored triumph after triumph—and in which he is
again scheduled to appear on its presentation this sea-
son.
Another feature that will greatly interest the de-
votees of the opera ballet, is the first performance
this season of a complete dance divertissement to fol-
low the performance of "Rigoletto," on Wednesday
evening, November 28. "Carnival," a character diver-
VIENNA HONORS SCHUBERT.
tissement, was specially arranged by Vechslav Swo-
Another series of national musical festivities and boda. premier dancer and ballet master of the Civic
commemorative exercises to mark the hundredth an- Opera ballet, to the music of Drigo-Liszt. The solo-
niversary of the death of Franz Schubert was inau- ists to appear are Maria Yurieva, premiere danseuse
gurated last week in Vienna. Besides a succession of
etoile; Vechslav Swoboda; Muriel Stuart, premiere
concerts extending for five days, solemn requiem danseuse (at one time a pupil of Anna Pavlowa, after
services were held Sunday and Monday at the modest which she became a member of that artist's famous
house in which-the great writer of songs died. His troupe before, joining the Civic Opera ballet), Har-
grave, which lies beside that of Ludwig von Bee- riet Lundgren, Julia Barashkeva, Ruth Pryor and Ed-
thoven, was decorated with laurel wreaths. Speakers ward Caton.
referred to the fact that when Schubert died he was
so poor that relatives had to sell his clothes and 500
The Emporium, San Francisco, has added the Ze-
manuscripts of his compositions to bury him. They nith to its other lines, which are Radiola, Atwater
received in all only $12, whereas today a single one Kent and Majestic.
of his manuscripts brings $1,000. On Sunday a
fountain commemorating his genius was unveiled in
the street where, at the age of thirty-one, he .died.
OTTO R. TREFZ, Jr.
PIANO BASS STRINGS —PIANO REPAIR SUPPLIES
Worry Over Player Details
is avoided by the manufac-
turer who uses the
A. C. Cheney Player Action
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.
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PHILADELPHIA, PA.
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.
PIANO KEY REPAIRING
PLAYER ACTIONS REPAIRED
213 East 19th Street, New York
A. C. CHENEY
PIANO ACTION COMPANY
Sole Agents for
CASTLETON, N. Y.
Philip W. Oetting & Son, Inc.
and Damper
Felts
Grand and Upright Hammmr*
Mad* of Weiehtrt Felt
Fine Action Bushing Cloths, etc
SCHAFF
Piano String Co.
RECOVERING
BUSHING
SHARPS
NEW FRONTS
Prompt and efficient service
Striking Pneumatics
Air Motors, Governors, etc., Recovered
2106 Boulevard Place
The Piano Repair Shop
Playei -actions installed. Instruments
refinished or remodeled and actions and
keys repaired. Work guaranteed. Price*
reasonable.
Our-of-town dealers' repair work solic-
ited. Write ior details and terms.
THE PIANO REPAIR SHOP
339 South Wabaah AT*.
Chicago
INDIANAPOLIS, IND.
PIANO KEYS RECOVERED
General Key Repairs,
Sharps, Etc.
Pianos and Phonograph* Rebuilt fcy
Expert Workmen
Manufacturers of
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3.50
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WEICKERT
Hammer
KEYS RETURNED IN 24 HOURS
BEST GRADE IVORINE
Ivory Sanding, Polishing
and Re-Gluing
Our Ivorine Keys
Heaviest
and
Highest Quality
Mc.MacKin
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DESMOINES.IOWA.
at
Standard Prices
Very Prompt Service
KEYS RECOVERED AND REBUSHED
FRIELD MILLER & COMPANY
Samples of Work on Request
Prompt and Efficient Service
3355 North Illinois Street, INDIANAPOLIS, IND.
Piano Bass Strings
2009-2021 CLYBOURN AVENUE
Con er Lewis Street
CHICAGO
FAIRBANKS
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November 24, 1928
PRESTO-TIMES
CONN SAXOPHONES
In the Wide Range of the Instruments the
New Mezzo-Soprano in F Has the Most
Appeal of All the
Saxophones.
The Conn mezzo-so-
prano saxophone in F is
the ideal lead instrument
of the saxophone family.
It is built in F, one whole
tone higher than the E
Hat alto, and has the
brightest, sweetest voice
of all saxophones. This
brightness is due. not
only to the fact that it is
pitched higher than the
alto but is also due to a
completely new bore and
taper not possessed by
any other saxophone.
In building the mezzo-
soprano saxophone in F,
the experts of C. G. Conn,
Ltd., Elkhart, Indiana,
U. S. A., strove to pro-
duce a brilliancy of tone,
and preserve, at the same
time, the voice-like qual-
ity which is characteristic
of the saxophone. To do
this they were compelled
to work out an entirely
new bore and taper. Not
only is the bore smaller,
but the graduation of the
taper is different from all
other saxophones. This
completely new design
lies at the basis of the peculiar excellence of this new
saxophone.
Great Tone Color.
Besides producing a unique brilliancy in tone col-
oring, this new design has produced the most perfect
scale of any saxophone yet built. Several of the
country's greatest saxophone artists have tested this
instrument, and all of them remark about the uni-
formity of the extremely low and extremely high
notes with the rest of the scale. The low B and low
B flat and the notes from D to F in the top of the
scale are produced with the same ease as the notes of
the middle register.
To be able to play from the bottom of the scale
to the extreme top without changing the pressure of
blowing will give any saxophone player a thrill of
satisfaction.
Especially noteworthy is the excellent tone quality
of these extreme notes. There is not a trace of
"warble" in the low notes, both the B and B flat
being solid and rich. The E natural and F in the
top of the scale are big, round and sweet. Nothing
like this quality is found in any other saxophone.
Another Great Feature.
The C sharp on all saxophones has been a difficult
note to bring out with clear resonance. But the C
sharp in both octaves on the mezzo-soprano in F is
uniformly clear and sweet with the rest of the scale.
No other saxophone has such an easy flowing scale
and one whose notes are so evenly spaced throughout,
both as to intonation and pressure of blowing.
CHICAGO CIVIC OPERA
The holiday spirit is reflected in the repertoire
scheduled for Thankskiving week by the Chicago
Civic Opera Company, commencing on Sunday after-
noon, November 25, marking the advent of the fourth
week of the present season of opera at the Audito-
rium.
Featuring the fourth week will be a performance on
Tuesday evening, November 27, of "Boris Godunofr,''
which has not been heard in Chicago for two years,
but remembered for the discussion it created on its
last appearance, when Vanni-Marcoux gave a great
rendition of the name role—a role in which he has
scored triumph after triumph—and in which he is
again scheduled to appear on its presentation this sea-
son.
Another feature that will greatly interest the de-
votees of the opera ballet, is the first performance
this season of a complete dance divertissement to fol-
low the performance of "Rigoletto," on Wednesday
evening, November 28. "Carnival," a character diver-
VIENNA HONORS SCHUBERT.
tissement, was specially arranged by Vechslav Swo-
Another series of national musical festivities and boda. premier dancer and ballet master of the Civic
commemorative exercises to mark the hundredth an- Opera ballet, to the music of Drigo-Liszt. The solo-
niversary of the death of Franz Schubert was inau- ists to appear are Maria Yurieva, premiere danseuse
gurated last week in Vienna. Besides a succession of
etoile; Vechslav Swoboda; Muriel Stuart, premiere
concerts extending for five days, solemn requiem danseuse (at one time a pupil of Anna Pavlowa, after
services were held Sunday and Monday at the modest which she became a member of that artist's famous
house in which-the great writer of songs died. His troupe before, joining the Civic Opera ballet), Har-
grave, which lies beside that of Ludwig von Bee- riet Lundgren, Julia Barashkeva, Ruth Pryor and Ed-
thoven, was decorated with laurel wreaths. Speakers ward Caton.
referred to the fact that when Schubert died he was
so poor that relatives had to sell his clothes and 500
The Emporium, San Francisco, has added the Ze-
manuscripts of his compositions to bury him. They nith to its other lines, which are Radiola, Atwater
received in all only $12, whereas today a single one Kent and Majestic.
of his manuscripts brings $1,000. On Sunday a
fountain commemorating his genius was unveiled in
the street where, at the age of thirty-one, he .died.
OTTO R. TREFZ, Jr.
PIANO BASS STRINGS —PIANO REPAIR SUPPLIES
Worry Over Player Details
is avoided by the manufac-
turer who uses the
A. C. Cheney Player Action
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.
1305-09 North 27th St.,
PHILADELPHIA, PA.
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.
PIANO KEY REPAIRING
PLAYER ACTIONS REPAIRED
213 East 19th Street, New York
A. C. CHENEY
PIANO ACTION COMPANY
Sole Agents for
CASTLETON, N. Y.
Philip W. Oetting & Son, Inc.
and Damper
Felts
Grand and Upright Hammmr*
Mad* of Weiehtrt Felt
Fine Action Bushing Cloths, etc
SCHAFF
Piano String Co.
RECOVERING
BUSHING
SHARPS
NEW FRONTS
Prompt and efficient service
Striking Pneumatics
Air Motors, Governors, etc., Recovered
2106 Boulevard Place
The Piano Repair Shop
Playei -actions installed. Instruments
refinished or remodeled and actions and
keys repaired. Work guaranteed. Price*
reasonable.
Our-of-town dealers' repair work solic-
ited. Write ior details and terms.
THE PIANO REPAIR SHOP
339 South Wabaah AT*.
Chicago
INDIANAPOLIS, IND.
PIANO KEYS RECOVERED
General Key Repairs,
Sharps, Etc.
Pianos and Phonograph* Rebuilt fcy
Expert Workmen
Manufacturers of
$8.00
3.50
2.50
2.00
E. A. BOUSLOG, Inc.
WEICKERT
Hammer
KEYS RETURNED IN 24 HOURS
BEST GRADE IVORINE
Ivory Sanding, Polishing
and Re-Gluing
Our Ivorine Keys
Heaviest
and
Highest Quality
Mc.MacKin
PianoTScrVi.ee
DESMOINES.IOWA.
at
Standard Prices
Very Prompt Service
KEYS RECOVERED AND REBUSHED
FRIELD MILLER & COMPANY
Samples of Work on Request
Prompt and Efficient Service
3355 North Illinois Street, INDIANAPOLIS, IND.
Piano Bass Strings
2009-2021 CLYBOURN AVENUE
Con er Lewis Street
CHICAGO
FAIRBANKS
THE FAIRBANKS CO., Springfield, Ohio
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