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THE
MUSIC
TRADE
REVIEW,
February, 1932
DONALD V. STEGER
TO RUN FOR SENATE
CHAS. FREDERICK STEIN
UPRIGHTS PLEASE DEALERS
DRIVE TO PROMOTE
RADIO IN SCHOOLS
A recent political item interested many
members of the local trade. It was the an-
nouncement by Donald V. Steger that he
would be a candidate for election to the
State Senate from the Thirty-first Senatorial
District, with the backing of the regular Re-
publican organization.
Mr. Steger is the son of Chris G. Steger
and the grandson of the late John V. Steger.
He is an attorney and a member of the firm
of Enright, Steger & Enright. He is an able
speaker and debater, and quite popular i:i
his district, so success for his ambition seems
to be reasonably certain.
The great Steger piano plant at Steger,
111., is idle, but much interest has been excited
here by the report that Chris G. Steger con-
templated its use again as a piano factory.
The report at the moment seems premature,
as no plans are yet made, and Mr. Steger
himself was not willing to discuss it.
Charles Frederick Stein's new uprights
continue to make a great impression upon all
who test them, either dealer or customer. A
certain dealer in Northeastern Maine ordered
one of the Stein Style 1 colored uprights,
reasoning that it would prove as impressive
as the Stein grands which he has handled.
January 1+ Mr. Stein received from that
dealer a letter as follows: "Well, the little
upright, Style I, arrived January 11 at
2 P. M. I got it on the floor and at 6 P. M.
I sold it to a customer I had been after for
years, but who thought that nothing but a
would do. But he would not pay
the
price so your little style I did
the trick.
"•Needless to say I am delighted with it
and want my order put in at once for another
one, immediate shipment, in mahogany."
The Federal Bureau of Education and the
Radio Manufacturers' Association have ar-
ranged to cooperate in a plan to promote
education by radio and equipment of schools
with radio and sound apparatus. In co-
operation with Dr. C. M. Koon, in charge
of radio for the Bureau of Education, under
the U. S. Department of Interior, plans are
being developed by the RMA to stimulate
installation in schools of radio and sound
equipment.
At the Cleveland meeting of the RMA
board of directors on November 19 a special
committee to work with the federal educa-
tional authorities was authorized. President
Coit of the Association appointed as chair-
man of the special committee Mr. A. C.
Kleckner of Racine, Wis.
FOLDER PRESENTS NEW
HOWARD PIANO LINE
The Baldwin Piano Co., Cincinnati, O.,
has just issued an imposing folder containing
some brief descriptive matter and excellent
photographic illustrations of the new line of
Howard pianos. The folder, of modernistic
design in light green and black, has, inside,
a pocket in the form of a piano keyboard in
which are found the piano illustrations, each
on a separate sheet. The instruments fea-
tured in the new line include four five-foot
grands and three four-foot-seven-inch grands,
in a pleasing variety of case designs, together
with a small upright, only three feet ten
inches high. The folder makes a most val-
uable addition to Baldwin Co. literature.
BUSH TEMPLE OF MUSIC
IN DALLAS IS BURNED
The Bush Temple of Music at Dallas, Tex.
was destroyed by fire on January 22. This
building had been the center of musical
activities in Dallas for the past 25 years,
during which time (up to last November)
it had been the headquarters of the Bush &
Gerts Piano Co. of Texas, the lease having
been executed by William L. Bush, as presi-
dent of the Texas company.
Billings Enters New Field
One of the well-known Cable representa-
tives, Earl Billings, has now left that service
to take on the Kansas City, Mo., representa-
tion of Chil-Aire. This is a portable cooling
system which has already demonstrated its
usefulness in homes and institutions, and Mr.
Billings anticipates great success in his new
field. He is a Cable Piano Co. veteran, hav-
ing been in the wholesale department as a
traveling man; also a Cable representative in
Florida and Minnesota.
The Rudolph Wurlitzer Co., Cincinnati,
O., is this year celebrating the seventy-fifth
anniversary of the establishment of the busi-
ness, the occasion being marked by dinners
and other celebrations at the headquarters of
the company and its branches throughout the
country.
Weidelman Music Co. Moves
Edgar C. Smith
The Weidelman Music Co., Houghton,
Mich., has moved from 315 Fifth street to
One of the most widely known members of
the trade, Edgar C. Smith, died in the Wes- new quarters at Oak and Fifth streets, that
ley Memorial Hospital on January 20, fol- city, where increased facilities are available
for the display and sale of musical merchan-
lowing an operation.
Mr. Smith was 71 years of age, and had dise and pianos. A special music room for
resided at Long Beach, Ind., since his retire- the use of teachers and clubs is a feature of
ment from the W. W. Kimball Co., in whose the new store.
service he had spent more than fifty years.
For a long time he had been general man-
ager of the retail department of the Kimball
company and had also been a member of the
board of directors.
His passing was greatly regretted by his
old associates and other members of the in-
PIANO TRAVELER WANTED by
dustry, and he was highly respected for his
prominent Eastern manufacturer to
ability and general character. He is survived
cover New England and Eastern states.
by a widow.
Opportunity for energetic producer.
Give age, experience, etc. Box 3436,
Music Trade Review, 420 Lexington
PIANOS AGAIN COMING
Avenue, New York.
THE REVIEW'S
WANT DIRECTORY
INTO THEIR O W N IN BELGIUM
The following very interesting item from
Brussels, Belgium, appeared recently in the
New York Times, and, as various members
of the trade have remarked, it is to be hoped
that the new influence finds its way across the
ocean and has a similar effect here.
The .report read: Pianos of the old brand,
played by hand, are coming into fashion
again, after a bad slump. Merchants say they
are selling them easily, at good prices, in spite
of the competition of the mechanical piano,
radio and phonograph. Musicians, thrown out
of work by the new inventions, are taking
heart again, as this Winter's mode is old-
fashioned music, whether for dancing, con-
certs, in cafes or other kinds of entertain-
ment.
The slump in the demand for pianofortes,
a leading pianomaker says, was really due
to bad teaching. Instead of learning to inter-
pret the sentiments of the composers, begin-
ners simply regarded piano playing as a
mechanical exercise, something like writing
on a typewriter, and they were encouraged
in feats of endurance by their teachers. Hard
times have induced teachers and pupils to
take more pains.
The M. Earl Clark music store, Monroe,
Wis., is moving to a new location in the
Syndicate block, on Eleventh street, a block
west of the former store.
PIANO TRAVELER WANTED for
high-grade manufacturer.
Write and
state salary and experience. Address
Box 3433, Music Trade Review, 420 Lex-
ington Avenue, New York.
POSITION WANTED—Salesmanager; IS years'
retail experience with Aeolian, Steinway and
American Piano Companies' lines in N. Y. C.
Clean record. Highest recommendations. Now on
coast.
Will go anywhere.
Address Box 3434,
Music Trade Review, 420 Lexington Avenue, New
York.
RADIO SERVICEMAN, PIANO TUNER and
REPAIRER, will buy half interest or a tuning
route. Prefer Western States. Address Box 3435,
Music Trade Review, 420 Lexington Avenue, New
York.
WILL RENT space in our music store for a
sheet music department—only one other such de-
partment in city of 300,000.
Excellent oppor-
tunity. Address Box 3427, Music Trade Review,
420 Lexington Ave., New York.
POSITION WANTED—Wholesale Representa-
tive, by man of 35. Can produce. Willing to
accept compensation based on results. Employed
now but have excellent reasons for changing.
Address Box 3430, Music Trade Review, 420
Lexington Ave., New York.
POSITION WANTED^-Tuner, who can do
minor repairs for outside work in Yonkers, N. Y.
Steady work; state lowest salary, etc.
Address
Box 3428, Music Trade Review, 420 Lexington
Avenue. New York.
POSITION WANTED—Piano tuner, fully ex-
perienced. Age 42. Tuning, repairing, case re-
pairing and finishing. Pianist. Available now
anywhere.
Single.
Address Box 3426, Music
Trade Review. 420 Lrxineton Avenue, New York.