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333 No. MICHIGAN
AVENUE
Ben F. Duvall Heads
Piano Club of Chicago
At the annual election of the Piano Club of
Chicago the slate previously announced in last
month's issue was elected so that the officers
for the coming year are Ben F. Duvall, presi-
dent, E. E. Benedict, vice-president, David W.
Kimball, secretary, and Sam Harris, treasurer.
President Duvall is well-known not alone to
FRANK W. KIRK
Manager
accompanied by Mrs. Bassett and their sons.
He covered 3,863 miles in the family auto, going
through Michigan, the principal Canadian points,
as far north as Murray Bay, then to Gaspe, the
Maritime Provinces of Canada, and returning
through the White Mountains and upper New-
York.
Hugh A. Stewart Again
Gulbransen Sales Manager
Advancement of Music
Department f or Lyon &Healy
Just as the Review goes to press Lyon &
Healy announce that they have added a new de-
partment to their extensive business. This will
be called the "Division for the Advancement of
Music," and Leon M. Lang will be director.
This department will be devoted to furthering
"deep appreciation of the happiness that music
One of the most important events of the
month was the announcement of President A.
G. Gulbransen, of the Gulbransen Co., that on
September 15 Hugh A. Stewart resumed the
position of sales manager of the piano division
of the Gulbransen Co. and at once plunged
into work in close co-operation with Mr. Gul-
bransen to bring the Gulbransen line to a place
of front rank importance in the industry.
For many years Mr. Stewart was associated
with the Gulbransen Co., first in charge of the
advertising, and later in charge of sales. As
sales manager, he has won for himself high
trade respect for his abilities, energy, practical
knowledge, and his tireless energy in creating
and developing sales methods and salesmen.
In consequences he enjoys a wide acquaintance
throughout the trade with an enviable reputa-
tion as a practical and capable merchandising
executive.
Concert-Trope Corp, Shows
Automatic Phonograph
Ben F. Duvall
the local trade, but to many dealers throughout
the country. He graduated from the College
of Law University of Illinois in 1924 and having
previously worked for two summer vacations
with the W. W. Kimball Co., at once entered
their service in the wholesale department, where
he now occupies an important executive posi-
tion. His ability at making and keeping friends
indicates a prosperous year for the Club. He
is a prominent member of several Greek letter
fraternities, being a member of Sigma Chi, Phi
Delta Phi, and Delta Sigma Pi.
Vice-President Benedict is one of the leading
concert organists of this territory and his radio
programs are highly popular.
Secretary David W. Kimball is the well-
known Assistant Treasurer and Advertising
Manager of the W. W. Kimball Co., and Mr.
Sam Harris is the Chicago representative of the
Carl Fischer house.
Bassett Tours on Vacation
Treasurer F. P. Bassett of the M. Schulz Co.
returned on September 15 from a vacation trip,
The Concert-Trope Manufacturing Corp. of
Indianapolis, Ind. is now showing its automatic
phonograph, which contains a number of fea-
tures of unusual merit. The Concert-Trope
plays thirty-two records on both sides, giving a
performance in excess of three hours without
any attention required, and the mechanism,
which is unusually compact, permits this large
repertoire without one record ever touching
another. The speaker is on "ear-level," ena-
bling the Concert-Trope to make the most of
the acoustic properties of any auditorium, and
the instrument is equipped also with the Audak
pick-up, pneumatically controlled, Wright-De-
Coster dynamic speaker and 250 amplification.
The tone, both in power and in musical
fidelity, is excellent. Sales Manager C. O.
Gooding is now building up a dealer and dis-
tributor organization of enthusiastic specialists
from among the ranks of the large number of
music merchants who have specialized in auto-
matic instruments, having found them to be
both quickly salable and, owing to the good
unit profit, a highly desirable line to sell.
Alton S. Mygrant has opened a band and
orchestra instrument store on West Mulberry
street, Kokomo, Ind.
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Leon M. Lang
gives and the means through which it is ob-
tained," and the far-reaching effect of this view-
point can be expected to make itself felt in both
wholesale and retail contacts throughout the
areas they cover, both around Chicago and
Cleveland. Full details will be given in tin.
next issue.
B. E. Klank Now Publicity
Director, Transformer Co.
Bernard E. Klank has been appointed director
of publicity for the Transformer Corp. of Amer-
ica with headquarters in Chicago and will de-
vote his entire efforts to centering public at-
tention on the name Clarion as referring to
radio products.
Bledsoe Gives Scholarship
A scholarship in the Dr. David Friedman
Music Club, San Antonio, Tex., provided by
Isaac Bledsoe, of the San Antonio Music Co.,
has been awarded to Raymond Byrn, Jr.