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MAY
THE MUSIC TRADE
10, 1919
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REVIEW
AEOLIAN SOLDIERS WELCOMED
STARR PIANO CO. TO ERECT NEW SIX-STORY FACTORY
Aeolian Employes' Association Gives Entertain-
ment and Dance in Honor of Returning Sol-
diers at Aeolian Concert Hall
Plans Approved for Erection of Reinforced Concrete Structure in Richmond, Ind., Which Will
Give Employment to 250 Additional Employes, and Increase the Starr Output Materially
The Aeolian Employes' Association gave a
"Welcome Home" buffet entertainment and
dance for the Aeolian boys in khaki and blue
last Friday evening, which was the most suc-
cessful affair that has yet been given by this
association.
This entertainment and dance
served to emphasize the spirit of good fellow-
ship and good will that has been fostered and
promoted by this association since its incep-
tion. Several events of this kind are given dur-
ing the year, and the A. E. A. members re-
spond enthusiastically to the suggestions that
are advanced by the Aeolian Co. and the ex-
ecutives of their association for the purpose of
making this association an impressive success.
The Aeolianites assembled at 6 o'clock Friday
evening on the fourth floor of Aeolian Hall,
where a catered supper was served, the details
of which were arranged for and handled by the
Aeolian Co. At 7.30 p. m. the party visited the
Aeolian concert hall, where a dress rehearsal of
the "Tumble-in Social Club" was presented by
the retail credit and collection department of
Aeolian Hall. This dress rehearsal consisted of
a minstrel show, and the splendid talent that
abounds in these two departments was evidenced
in the remarkable performance given by every
man in the show.
The program for this entertainment was as
follows: "Drop Me Down in Dixie," sung by
Joe Denek; "Wonderful Mother," by Mike Rein;
"Love's Lullaby," by Ed Evans; "How Are You
Coin' to Wet Your Whistle," by Jim Cabbie
(End Song); "Chong," by M. Ehrlich; "Old
Black Joe," by Pop Meisinger; "Anything Is
Nice If It Comes From Dixieland," by Jim
Dolan (End Song); "My Chocolate Soldier Sam-
my Boy," by Tom Devine; "When You and I
Were Young," by "Missing" Lynke; "Bring
Back Those Wonderful Days," by Tom O'Don-
nell; "My Evening Love," by "Shorty" Bur-
well; "Southern Melodies," by Quartet; closing
chorus.
The master of ceremonies was T. J. O'Don-
nell; the orchestra consisted of T. B. Devine,
H. H. Braun, O. P. DeZort, P. Southard; the
chorus was S. L. Robinson, F. E. Griffin, T.
Leary, C. Neumann, J. Cummins, A. Funck, P.
R. Bowers, A. Fischer, C. Miller, C. Unbach, and
Geo. Connors was sheriff.
Every number on this program received an
ovation, and it was necessary for the singers to
give two and three encores before the audi-
ence was satisfied. Many of the songs were
rendered in a way which would have been cred-
itable for a professional, and this minstrel show
by amateur talent exclusively gave the Aeolian
employes ample opportunity to appreciate the
ability of their own boys.
At the close of the entertainment the entire
assemblage adjoined to the fourth floor, where
the "Tumble-In" orchestra, comprising the four
boys who had accredited themselves so admir-
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Weaver Piano Co., Inc.
FACTORY
YORK, PA.
Established 1870
RICHMOND, IND., May 5.—Plans for the erection
by the Starr Piano Co. of a six-story factory
building on the firm's property at First and
South A, B, C, D and E streets, which will
provide 100,000 feet of additional floor space,
were formally announced to-day by Fred Gen-
nett, secretary of the company. The building
will be constructed of reinforced concrete and
will be six stories. The foundation will be
200 by 100 feet. The contract for its construc-
tion was let to the Grant Smith Co. of Chi-
cago, general contractors.
The structure will be the forerunner of other
buildings to be erected this fall. The company
will soon have plans drawn for a garage and
cafeteria, each to occupy a separate building.
The latter two will not be started until after
the completion of the factory-structure, which
will be ready for occupancy by September 1,
1919. Work on the site of the new building
will be started immediately, Mr. Gennett said.
The factory building will be erected at the
south end of the company's property. The first
floor will be 200 by 100, while the five additional
stories will be 200 by 80.
The building will add another to the twenty
other buildings the factory occupies, and upon
its completion will necessitate the addition of
250 employes to the 1,000 who are employed at
present.
"The necessity for the erection of a new
building is not the expansion of any one de-
partment of our business," said Mr. Gennett,
"but the general growth of the plant as a whole.
While the piano department will occupy the new
building, it is being built for the purpose of
giving us more room in all branches. We have
not yet decided upon the proportions of the
two buildings that will house the cafeteria and
the garage; they will be decided upon when the
factory addition is completed. I do not know
how many men will be employed in the erection
of the building, but it will take a great many
to finish it in the time we have specified."
ably at the minstrel show, gave a program of
modern dance music that was thoroughly en-
joyed by everyone. More than 600 members
of the Aeolian Employes' Association with their
friends were present at this entertainment and
dance, and judging from the success of this
event a similar affair will be held in the very
near future.
NEW INCORPORATION
NEW PLAN FOR MEETING PAY-ROLL
The Marsh-Marley Music Co., of Dallas, Tex.,
has been incorporated with a capital stock of
$50,000 by John Marley and A. M. Belsher.
AWARDED
British Concern Opens Wage Account for Em-
ployes in Local Bank, Covers Entire Pay-roll
With One Check, and Men Draw From Ac-
counts Money for Living Expenses by Check
A prominent British manufacturing concern
has solved the question of the pay line in a
manner that should interest large employers of
labor in this country. The English house felt
that much time and labor was wasted in pre-
paring and checking up pay envelopes each
week and in having several thousand men stand
in line for an hour or more to receive their
wages.
The plan was hit upon of arranging with the
bank to open accounts for all the employes.
The manufacturing house now simply sends to
the bank a list of wage credits to the men's
accounts with one check to cover the entire
amount. The employes then draw the sums
necessary for their household expenses or other
purposes by check.
The. plan has been worked out far enough
to indicate that it is calculated to influence the
employes to save money, for those who did
not have a shilling in their pockets on the
morning of pay day have, through drawing
enough to meet expenses, been able to main-
tain growing balances in the bank. As a time
and labor saver the idea is worth consideration
and probably well worthy of application in some
modified form at least.
TAMPA CONCERN ENLARGES STORE
The Frey-Magnon Co., of Tampa, Fla., has
enlarged its present quarters by taking the ad-
joining building on Seventh avenue. This will
double the floor space and make it possible to
carry on business on a larger scale than ever be-
fore. This concern has grown rapidly in the
last few years, due to the efforts of Carl Frey
and Wilmer Magnon. A complete line of pianos
and musical instruments is carried as well as
Columbia Grafonolas.
A. L. Jewett, of the National Piano Co., Bos-
ton, Mass., was in New York last week and paid
a visit to Louis R. Dressier, of the piano de-
partment of Chas. H. Ditson & Co. He was
very optimistic over the outlook for the coming
year.
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