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Music Trade Review

Issue: 1923 Vol. 76 N. 17

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Chickering Gentennial Banquet at Copeley-Plaza Hotel
the affectionate regard in which lie held them whom the watches were presented and their liam S. Ihirkhardt, forty-three years; Jefferson
and all his fellow workmen who were helping years of service were as follows: Jonas John- \). Johnson, forty-three years; Eiic W. Nelson,
to make the fame of the Chickering piano. Per-
forty-three years; James Regan, forty-three
haps some of the older ones may also remember
years; Edward C. Sager, forty-four years; Wil-
me as the little May Chickering who often
liam C Hinds, thirty-eight years; Louis E. Hall,
used to visit the factory and I much regret that,
thirty-six years; John Magnuson, thirty-four
after these many years, I cannot renew my ac-
years; Ncls A. Sandejl, thirty-three years;
quaintance with them. i should like to have
lames l>. McDermott, thirty-two years; George
the pleasure of meeting them all and of hand-
YV. Goodwin, thirty-two years; Frans A. Rosen-
ing them, in mcijiory of my grandfather, the vis-
quist, thirty-one years; John Eckman, thirty
ible evidence of the great appreciation of the
years; Nils J. Kleist, thirty years; Nils G. Kra-
eompany. Will you please tell them this and,
by, thirty years; Martin Sefriansen, twenty-nine
on behalf of myself and the Chickering family,
years, Nils J. Ericsson, twenty-nine years; John
thank them and all the employes for all that
Ahlstrom, twenty-nine years; Robert W. Balam,
they have done and wish them many more years
twenty-eight years; Joseph C. Goodwin, twenty-
of health, happiness and prosperity?
seven years; Albin S. Rylander, twenty-seven
years; Miss A. A. Murray, twenty-six years;
"May I say, in conclusion what a great pride
George W. Lucy, twenty-five years; Gaetano
and gratification it is to me as a Chickering that,
Marco, twenty-five years; Gustav A. Svedeman,
thanks to those who have since labored so well
twenty-five years; George Wilfert, twenty-five
with head and hand, the work begun by my
years James E. Ryan, twenty-five years, and
grandfather a hundred years ago has been car-
Patrick J. Cronin, twenty-four years.
ried on to its present prosperity, and that all
those who are now continuing his work, whether
Bronze Tablet From Chickering Dealers
in I he office or at the bench, are governed by
On Saturday morning the official guests at the
the same high ideals of art, of service and of
celebration journeyed out to the Chickering
business honor that he had and which made him
factory to watch the -presentation of a hand-
so worthy a citizen and so successful in achieve-
some bronze tablet to Chickering & Sons by the
ment?
Chickering representatives throughout the coun-
try. The tablet, the work of Giuseppe Moretti,
"1 again assure you of my very great regret
a sculptor of wide reputation, is reproduced
that I cannot be present on so memorable an
Richard W. Lawrence
herewith. In a large circular panel at the top
occasion, and of my very kind regards to your-
Who Represented the Music Industries
was a portrait in has relief of Jonas Chicker-
self and all who may be present."
Next came the presentation of thirty-one son, fifty-one years; Otto Anderson, forty-seven ing, underneath on the left a reproduction of
watches to the vote-ran employes. Those to years; Edward C. Sager, forty-four years; Wil- the first Chickering square piano, and orj the
Guests at Factory of Chickering & Sons, Boston

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leadership and artistic achievements of Jonas
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Chickenng in the development of the American
5. Address by w. J. Henderson--
piano and his devotion to the cause of music
this tablet is erected by the Chickering dealers
of America on the hundredth anniversary of the
founding of the House of Chickering & Sons,
Boston, Mass., April 21, 1923."
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Presentation by Arthur Bissell
At thf nroner moment the fartorv emnlovrs
At tne proper moment tne tactory employes
were a^pembled and the formal presentation of
the tablet made by Arthur Bissell, of the Bissell-
Weisert Co., Chickering representatives in Chi-
cago, who stated that the sentiments he ex-
pressed were those of over two hundred Chick-
ering dealers in all sections of the country. The
tablet was accepted for Chickering & Sons by
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Mme. Eiiy Ney
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Wagner
symphony orchestra
The various artists appeared enthused by the
spirit of the occasion and gave of their best to
make the program, notable in itself, even more
inspiring as a result of their efforts,
Mr. Henderson, in his address, paid high trib-
ute to the inventive and scientific ability of
Jonas Chickering and likened his work in the
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APRIL 28, 1923
Vice-President of the United States, who was
received with tremendous enthusiasm and whose
speech was broadcasted by radio direct from
the banquet hall.
Coolidge Pleads for Musical Democracy
In his address, which is printed in full on
another page of The Review, the Vice-President
emphasized the importance of music as a na-
tional asset and the very necessary place it
found in the life of the people in general. He
made a strong plea for the building up of musi-
cal appreciation from the bottom, arguing that
the normal love for music could be developed
to higher planes, normally and naturally, in con-
trast to the method that often exists of begin-
ning at the top and expecting the untrained to
absorb the love for the higher types of music
from that angle.
In his tribute to Jonas Chickering Mr. Coo-
1. NEY
2. DOHNANYI
3. SCHNITZER
n. MAIER
5. PATTISON
C. H. W. Foster, vice-president of the company.
Later, as the representative of the Canadian
trade, A. P. Willis, of Willis & Co., Ltd., Mon-
treal, Chickering representatives in Canada, de-
livered a short address in which he took the
opportunity of expressing the hope for a better
understanding among the nations of the world
and particularly among the English-speaking
peoples.
The Great Concert at Symphony Hall
In the afternoon at Symphony Hall, Boston,
came the outstanding event of the centennial
program, a concert by the Boston Symphony
Orchestra with Pierre Monteaux, conductor, and
with five of the most noted pianists in this coun-
try at the present time as soloists, they being
Elly Ney, Germaine Schnitzer, Erno Dohnanyi,
Guy Maier and Lee Pattison. The orchestral
concert was preceded by a number by the Han-
del and Haydn Society, with Emil Mollenhauer
as conductor. This great group of voices ren-
dered Gounod's "Unfold, Ye Portals," and then
retired to leave the stage for the orchestra.
The program in full was as follows:
1. ."Unfold, Ye Portals"
Gounod
Handel and Hadyn Society
2. Double Concerto for Two Pianos
Mozart
Mr. Maier and Mr. Pattison
development of the pianoforte to that of the
ancient Romans. As the Romans had applied
practical engineering to their art and thereby
made possible the erection of notable pieces oi
architecture, so had Chickering, in the invention
of his full iron-plate and overstrung scale, suc-
cessfully combined the principles of engineering
and of art in the creation of the improved piano-
forte.
lidge declared that he had accomplished an im-
portant work in the life of the nation through
the development of pianos that were possessed
of greater possibilities for musical expression.
After several numbers for two pianos, played
by Lee Pattison and Guy Maier, Mr. Guild read
telegrams from Sergei Rachmaninoff, Giulio
Gatti-Casazza, Mana Zucca, David Belasco, Ar-
lur Bodanzky, Mme. Marcella Sembrich, and
from Mary Chickering Nichols, a granddaughter
The Brilliant Banquet
The final and most brilliant event in the cen- of Jonas Chickering.
Mayor Curley a Speaker
tennial program was the banquet at the Copley-
Plaza on Saturday evening, attended by over
The next speaker was Mayor James M. Cur-
400 guests from practically every section of the ley, of Boston, who, in a brief address, declared
country and many parts of Europe. It was a that great progress was being made in the de-
brilliant assemblage and worthy of the occasion. mocratizing of music and that the day was
A Message From President Harding
coming when the public as a body would accept
the works of Beethoven, Wagner, Bach and
Courtenay Guild, the president of the Handel
other notable composers of the classics with the
and Haydn Society and chairman of the Boston
same enthusiasm as they accepted the jazz of to-
Committee, presided as toastmaster and, after
day. The Mayor also paid high tribute to Jonas
reading a telegram of congratulation from Presi-
Chickering and to the honor that he had con-
dent Harding, took occasion to review briefly
ferred on Boston as one of its leading citizens.
something of the spirit of Jonas Chickering and
Lawrence Talks for the Industry
of the business of which he was the head. The
The final speaker was Richard W. Lawrence,
chairman then introduced the principal speaker
president of the Music Industries Chamber of
of the evening in the person of Calvin Coolidge,

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