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August, 1930
P R E S T 0-T I M E S
111. Mme. Paggi said she had failed to get results
for a quietus on the noise from the police, so felt
impelled to act for herself.
The toning down of loud speakers after 11 p. m.
in Chicago and vicinity is an important matter to
By popular demand of automatic piano owners
those who wish to sleep. Deputy Health Commis-
everywhere the Clark Orchestra Roll Co., of DeKalb,
sioner Gottfried Koehler heard complaints and has
111., is pleased to introduce the new 8-tune special (the asked broadcasting stations to notify their listeners
roll that gives more music for the money).
that courtesy demands this action. If the polite re-
These new rolls will contain a choice selection of
quests are not needed, Dr. Koehler says other means
the eight most popular musical hits of the day, all of enforcing quiet will be adopted.
elaborately arranged for dancing or concert. Each
of the eight tunes give a much longer musical selec-
tion and are in keeping with the phonograph and
radio in regard to longer playing time. This feature
is especially desired among dancing crowds. The
The Radio Manufacturers' Association Board at its
rolls are so arranged as to play at the proper tempo
midsummer meeting on July 30 at Niagara Falls,
for dancing without any bothersome changing of
Out., took steps to establish a central patent bureau.
speed on the various instruments to which they are
President Morris Metcalf, Springfield, Mass., pre-
adapted.
sided. The patent department will collect, digest,
"More music per nickel" sums up the advantages index and distribute information on radio patents, pub-
of these new feature dance programs, and dealers who lications and litigation, but will not participate in any
sell Clark rolls to places where dancing is the diver- litigation.
sion will be pleased to offer these 8-tune specials as
The following chairmen of the various manufac-
a worthwhile "something new."
turing groups were appointed: Receivers, Capt. Wil-
The first of these new programs will appear in the liam Sparks of Jackson, Mich.; tubes, B. G. Erskine
company's September bulletins (issued August 15th)
of Emporium, Pa.; speakers, Henry C. Forster of
and are arranged for all 65-note instruments.
Chicago, 111.; cabinets, N. P. Bloom of Louisville, Ky.;
amplifiers, A. C. Kleckner of Racine, Wis.; raw ma-
terials, R. T. Pierson of New York; miscellaneous
parts, Lloyd Hammerlund of New York. H. B. Rich-
mond of Cambridge, Mass., former president of the
RMA, was appointed director of the association's
engineering division.
Flower Pot Aimed at Radio Crashes Window—Vigi-
A new director of the association is George K.
lantes Organized at New York.
Throckmorton, executive vice-president of the E. T.
Earnestly-carried-on crusades against noisy radios Cunningham Co. of New York. Mr. Throckmorton
—particularly the squawk-speaker kind—and other was elected to the RMA board to fill a vacancy.
Treasurer E. N. Rauland of Chicago presented and
nerve-racking and harsh, grating sounds that rob peo-
ple of their legitimate sleep are bringing some results the board of directors approved a substantial budget
in many cities. So far no campaigns have been started for carrying on various association activities during
against the voice-in-a-barrel talkies or against the the coming year, and the board also voted to con-
yelping, yapping base-ball announcers; because it is tinue the present schedule of membership dues.
believed, with Jane Addams of Hull House, that
certain individuals must have an escape-valve for their
GIRL WINS STEINWAY AWARD.
excess gal) or they would explode.
Announcement of the award of the Frederick Stein-
It has been announced in the metropolis that New
way Scholarship to Miss Leah Brown of 118 West
York's anti-noise vigilantes are an established insti-
112th street. New York, who has just been graduated
tution, or at least they will continue to operate until from the Institute of Musical Art of the Juillard Foun-
some of the city's more outstanding cacophonies have
dation, was made last month by Dr. Frank Dam-
been hushed. A group of 110 volunteer members of
rosch, dean of the institute. She plays both the piano
the vigilance squad began two weeks ago without
and the violin.
pay to hunt noisy radio stores in New York. Edward
F. Brown, director of the Noise Abatement Commis-
PIANO CRUSHES BOY TO DEATH.
sion, said the new street-car bells on certain cars are,
Angelo Palumba, 4 years old, while playing with
"next to police sirens, the loudest noise in the city."
some little friends in a vacant lot in Brooklyn, N. Y.,
Mme. Ada Paggi. opera singer, objected to radio
disturbance of her sleep from a neighbor's set, so on last week climbed to the top of an old piano, which
tipped over on him. He was taken to St. Mary's
July 26 she threw a flower pot which shattered a
Hospital, where Dr. Lordacas pronounced him dead.
window ivext door at 589 Vernon avenue, Glencoe,
CLARK ORCHESTRA ROLL
CO.'S NEW 8=TUNE ROLL
PATENT BUREAU FOR R. M. A.
ACTIVITIES IN CLARION RADIO.
VV'akein & Whipple, Inc., exclusive Chicago, North-
ern Illinois and Northwestern Indiana distributors for
Clarion radio, held their first Clarion dealer meeting
recently at the Graemere Hotel, Chicago. The new
Clarion receivers and Clarion Radio Phonograph were
on the demonstration stage and furnished the musical
entertainment during the luncheon. A sound mov-
ing picture of a tour through the T. C. A. factory,
where the Clarion receiver is manufactured, conducted
by the popular radio announcer, Bill Hay was one
of the big features of the meeting, which included
an address of welcome by Roy A. Whipple. president
of Wakem & Whipple. Inc., who told the assembled
dealers why his company had taken on the distri-
bution of Clarion radio. He was followed by E. J.
Dykstra, general sales manager of Clarion radio, who
outlined to the assembled dealers the merchandising
and sales policies of Clarion.
There are Many Reasons Why the
M. SCHULZ CO.
Line of Pianos
FIGHT AGAINST NOISES BY
THOSE NEEDING REST
OFFICES & SALESROOMS
FACTORY
Corner of Kostner Avenue
319-321 So. Waba*Ji Ave.,
CHICAGO, ILL.
M. SCHULZ CO.
711 Milwaukee Avenue
CHICAGO
Established 183f—Boston
FACTORIES - - NEW YORK CITY
Executive Offices and Wholesale Warerooms
• East 39th St. (at 5th Ave.)
New York City
£VANOS
Established Reputation and Quality Since 1873
4343 Fifth Avenue
Are Easy Sellers
They Combine Quality
with Appearance in a
Most Remarkable
Manner.
—A Line That Gives
Satisfaction to the Pub-
lic and Is a Money-
Maker for the Dealer.
Their G R A N D S Are
W o n d e r f u l . Their
UPRIGHTS Are Stand-
ards of Excellence.
HALLET & DAVIS PIANO CO.
ADAM SCHAAF, Inc.
GRANDS AND UPRIGHTS
GRANDS, UPRIGHTS
PLAYERS
New Adam Schaaf Building
TH E CO MSTOCK, CHEISfE" Y & CO.
IVORYTON, CONN.
IVORY CUTTERS
SINCE 1834
MANUFACTURERS OF
Grand Keys, Actions and Hammers, Upright Keys
Actions and Hammer • Pipe Organ Keys
Piano Forte Ivory for the Trade
STARR PIANOS
STARR PHONOGRAPHS
~ ^ ~ GENNETT
RECORDS
^Represent the ffiqkeftodttainment in cMusical
(Worth
We STARR PIANO COMPANY
Established 1872
Richmond. Indiana
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August, 1930
P R E S T 0-T I M E S
111. Mme. Paggi said she had failed to get results
for a quietus on the noise from the police, so felt
impelled to act for herself.
The toning down of loud speakers after 11 p. m.
in Chicago and vicinity is an important matter to
By popular demand of automatic piano owners
those who wish to sleep. Deputy Health Commis-
everywhere the Clark Orchestra Roll Co., of DeKalb,
sioner Gottfried Koehler heard complaints and has
111., is pleased to introduce the new 8-tune special (the asked broadcasting stations to notify their listeners
roll that gives more music for the money).
that courtesy demands this action. If the polite re-
These new rolls will contain a choice selection of
quests are not needed, Dr. Koehler says other means
the eight most popular musical hits of the day, all of enforcing quiet will be adopted.
elaborately arranged for dancing or concert. Each
of the eight tunes give a much longer musical selec-
tion and are in keeping with the phonograph and
radio in regard to longer playing time. This feature
is especially desired among dancing crowds. The
The Radio Manufacturers' Association Board at its
rolls are so arranged as to play at the proper tempo
midsummer meeting on July 30 at Niagara Falls,
for dancing without any bothersome changing of
Out., took steps to establish a central patent bureau.
speed on the various instruments to which they are
President Morris Metcalf, Springfield, Mass., pre-
adapted.
sided. The patent department will collect, digest,
"More music per nickel" sums up the advantages index and distribute information on radio patents, pub-
of these new feature dance programs, and dealers who lications and litigation, but will not participate in any
sell Clark rolls to places where dancing is the diver- litigation.
sion will be pleased to offer these 8-tune specials as
The following chairmen of the various manufac-
a worthwhile "something new."
turing groups were appointed: Receivers, Capt. Wil-
The first of these new programs will appear in the liam Sparks of Jackson, Mich.; tubes, B. G. Erskine
company's September bulletins (issued August 15th)
of Emporium, Pa.; speakers, Henry C. Forster of
and are arranged for all 65-note instruments.
Chicago, 111.; cabinets, N. P. Bloom of Louisville, Ky.;
amplifiers, A. C. Kleckner of Racine, Wis.; raw ma-
terials, R. T. Pierson of New York; miscellaneous
parts, Lloyd Hammerlund of New York. H. B. Rich-
mond of Cambridge, Mass., former president of the
RMA, was appointed director of the association's
engineering division.
Flower Pot Aimed at Radio Crashes Window—Vigi-
A new director of the association is George K.
lantes Organized at New York.
Throckmorton, executive vice-president of the E. T.
Earnestly-carried-on crusades against noisy radios Cunningham Co. of New York. Mr. Throckmorton
—particularly the squawk-speaker kind—and other was elected to the RMA board to fill a vacancy.
Treasurer E. N. Rauland of Chicago presented and
nerve-racking and harsh, grating sounds that rob peo-
ple of their legitimate sleep are bringing some results the board of directors approved a substantial budget
in many cities. So far no campaigns have been started for carrying on various association activities during
against the voice-in-a-barrel talkies or against the the coming year, and the board also voted to con-
yelping, yapping base-ball announcers; because it is tinue the present schedule of membership dues.
believed, with Jane Addams of Hull House, that
certain individuals must have an escape-valve for their
GIRL WINS STEINWAY AWARD.
excess gal) or they would explode.
Announcement of the award of the Frederick Stein-
It has been announced in the metropolis that New
way Scholarship to Miss Leah Brown of 118 West
York's anti-noise vigilantes are an established insti-
112th street. New York, who has just been graduated
tution, or at least they will continue to operate until from the Institute of Musical Art of the Juillard Foun-
some of the city's more outstanding cacophonies have
dation, was made last month by Dr. Frank Dam-
been hushed. A group of 110 volunteer members of
rosch, dean of the institute. She plays both the piano
the vigilance squad began two weeks ago without
and the violin.
pay to hunt noisy radio stores in New York. Edward
F. Brown, director of the Noise Abatement Commis-
PIANO CRUSHES BOY TO DEATH.
sion, said the new street-car bells on certain cars are,
Angelo Palumba, 4 years old, while playing with
"next to police sirens, the loudest noise in the city."
some little friends in a vacant lot in Brooklyn, N. Y.,
Mme. Ada Paggi. opera singer, objected to radio
disturbance of her sleep from a neighbor's set, so on last week climbed to the top of an old piano, which
tipped over on him. He was taken to St. Mary's
July 26 she threw a flower pot which shattered a
Hospital, where Dr. Lordacas pronounced him dead.
window ivext door at 589 Vernon avenue, Glencoe,
CLARK ORCHESTRA ROLL
CO.'S NEW 8=TUNE ROLL
PATENT BUREAU FOR R. M. A.
ACTIVITIES IN CLARION RADIO.
VV'akein & Whipple, Inc., exclusive Chicago, North-
ern Illinois and Northwestern Indiana distributors for
Clarion radio, held their first Clarion dealer meeting
recently at the Graemere Hotel, Chicago. The new
Clarion receivers and Clarion Radio Phonograph were
on the demonstration stage and furnished the musical
entertainment during the luncheon. A sound mov-
ing picture of a tour through the T. C. A. factory,
where the Clarion receiver is manufactured, conducted
by the popular radio announcer, Bill Hay was one
of the big features of the meeting, which included
an address of welcome by Roy A. Whipple. president
of Wakem & Whipple. Inc., who told the assembled
dealers why his company had taken on the distri-
bution of Clarion radio. He was followed by E. J.
Dykstra, general sales manager of Clarion radio, who
outlined to the assembled dealers the merchandising
and sales policies of Clarion.
There are Many Reasons Why the
M. SCHULZ CO.
Line of Pianos
FIGHT AGAINST NOISES BY
THOSE NEEDING REST
OFFICES & SALESROOMS
FACTORY
Corner of Kostner Avenue
319-321 So. Waba*Ji Ave.,
CHICAGO, ILL.
M. SCHULZ CO.
711 Milwaukee Avenue
CHICAGO
Established 183f—Boston
FACTORIES - - NEW YORK CITY
Executive Offices and Wholesale Warerooms
• East 39th St. (at 5th Ave.)
New York City
£VANOS
Established Reputation and Quality Since 1873
4343 Fifth Avenue
Are Easy Sellers
They Combine Quality
with Appearance in a
Most Remarkable
Manner.
—A Line That Gives
Satisfaction to the Pub-
lic and Is a Money-
Maker for the Dealer.
Their G R A N D S Are
W o n d e r f u l . Their
UPRIGHTS Are Stand-
ards of Excellence.
HALLET & DAVIS PIANO CO.
ADAM SCHAAF, Inc.
GRANDS AND UPRIGHTS
GRANDS, UPRIGHTS
PLAYERS
New Adam Schaaf Building
TH E CO MSTOCK, CHEISfE" Y & CO.
IVORYTON, CONN.
IVORY CUTTERS
SINCE 1834
MANUFACTURERS OF
Grand Keys, Actions and Hammers, Upright Keys
Actions and Hammer • Pipe Organ Keys
Piano Forte Ivory for the Trade
STARR PIANOS
STARR PHONOGRAPHS
~ ^ ~ GENNETT
RECORDS
^Represent the ffiqkeftodttainment in cMusical
(Worth
We STARR PIANO COMPANY
Established 1872
Richmond. Indiana
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).