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FIFTEEN LESTER GRAND PIANOS USED
IN SINGLE RECITAL IN PHILADELPHIA
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N Tuesday, March 1, the Matinee
Musical Club of Philadelphia pre-
sented a fifteen-piano ensemble, Ag-
nes Clune Quinlan, director, at the Bellevue
Stratford Hotel. The recital was held in the
ballroom and the program included "Polo-
naise," by Moszkowski, for eight pianos;
"Y T alse Brillante," for fifteen pianos, by
Schulhoff, and the overture from the "Merry
Wives of Windsor," by Nicolai for fifteen
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REVIEW,
April, 1932
CHICAGO PIANO & ORGAN
ASSOCIATION MEETS
The March luncheon meeting of the
Chicago Piano and Organ Association was
held on March 31 at the Auditorium Hotel
and was well attended. President G. L.
Hall presided and the principal business
was a general discussion of the tax bills
now before Congress which finally resulted
in the decision that the trade protest against
certain of the tax measures that might im-
pose an unfair burden on the trade. Some
satisfaction was found in the fact that thus
far pianos and other musical instruments
seem to have been left free from special
taxes. The Ways and Means Committee
of the Association, of which H. E. Weisert
is chairman, was authorized to make such
tax protests as seemed necessary.
pianos, as well as other interesting selec-
L. E. Lines Music Co., Springfield, Mo.,
tions.
has taken the agency for the Norge refrigera-
The piano ensemble of the Matinee Mu- tor in that city and territory.
sical Club has proved very popular with the
musical audiences and another recital is con-
templated in the very near future.
The cooperation of the F. A. North Co.,
furnishing fifteen Lester grand pianos for
the occasion, has had a great deal to do
with making these recitals possible.
THE REVIEW'S
WANT DIRECTORY
MUSIC WEEK MOVEMENT SHOWS DISTINCT
CAIN THIS YEAR-OBSERVANCE MAY 1-7
HETHER times are good or bad, the
Music Week Movement continues to
gain ground and there is every ex-
pectation that the observance this year from
May 1 to 7 will exceed all previous rec-
ords. Although various communities have
organized year after year to carry on elabo-
rate musical programs during the year it is
emphasized by the National Bureau for the
Advancement of Music that the occasion af-
fords an unusual opportunity for the mem-
bers of the retail music trade to tie up with
the movement in their particular territory.
As a matter of fact a large number of
dealers take an active part in local observ-
ances but success will not be complete until
every dealer realizes the w r isdom of such a
course.
At the present time more than 2,000 cities
and towns throughout the nation are pre-
paring their Music Week program either
under official or unofficial auspices. Not only
is the observance endorsed by President
Hoover, who heads the honorary committee,
but it has also the endorsement of the Gov-
ernors of practically all the states and of a
host of mayors and civic officials. SpeciaJ
features of the week will be the celebra-
tion of the hundredth anniversary of the
writing of "America," by Dr. Samuel F.
Smith; of the adoption during the year of
the "Star Spangled Banner" as the national
anthem, and, third, the musical observance of
the George Washington Bi-Centennial.
"Music Week is expected to render more
service to music this year than ever before
in the eight years of its history," such was
the declaration made, when announcing the
new plans, by C. M. Tremaine, secretary of
the National Music Week Committee. "Mu-
TRADE
sic is never a more vital force in human
life than it is in a time of stress such as
the present. Although Music Week may be
considered by some as being merely a period
of one week in which the public is asked to
'give more thought to music,' it is much more
than that. It represents in the various com-
munities a period of two or three months in
which all sorts of groups get together to
prepare for their own participation in the
local Music Week. Moreover, many of those
groups experience such pleasure in that
preparation that, following the Music Week,
they frequently determine to make such mu-
sical activities a permanent feature of their
group life. The Music Week on May 1-7
will therefore not merely be illustrative of the
value of music in an emergency such as the
present, but it will be stimulative of many
musical activities which will continue after
this emergency has passed. It is therefore
to be hoped that the coming Music Week will
be observed as widely as possible in order
that it may be a strong life-enriching factor
in our national situation."
Marks & Son Chartered
M. Doyle Marks & Son, Inc., Elmira,
N. Y., has been chartered with capital stock
of $20,000 to operate a retail music busi-
ness, the incorporators being Kenneth W.
Marks, M. Doyle and Mary Marks. The
business was originally established thirty-five
years ago and has long been a factor in the
musical life of New York State.
Jenkins & Sons Music Co., Kansas City,
Mo., occupied its new eight-story building in
that city on April 6.
GOOD MUSICAL INSTRUMENT
MAN who is able to vigorously push the
business in city of about 100,000 popula-
tion, on percentage basis. Prefer one
who has had teaching experience. An
excellent opportunity. Write confiden-
tially. Box 3439, Music Trade Review,
420 Lexington Ave., New York.
RENT FREE to party who can oper-
ate sheet music department in city of
about 100,000. Please write us. Box
3438, Music Trade Review, 420 Lexing-
ton Avenue, New York.
POSITION WANTED — Hy factory
trained
piano tuner and mechanic. Sober and industrious
American.
Have had selling and collecting ex-
perience.
Prefer the East.
Box 3440. Music
Trade Review, 420 Lexington Avenue, New York
City.
PIANO TUNER with factory, store and out-
side
experience,
desires
permanent
position.
Highly recommended and will go anywhere.
Steady work more important than high wages.
Box 3441, Music Trade Review, 420 Lexington
Avenue, New York City.
POSITION WANTED—Hy piano tuner and
repairman with 20 years' experience. Also a good
salesman.
Box 3442, Music Trade Review, 420
Lexington Avenue, New York City.
POSITION WANTED—Salesmanager; 15 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.