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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW, AUGUST, 19U0
number of members of the piano industry. more than two years of ill health. He was
(In Dick Paynter the industry has lost 81 years old.
Mr. Mason graduated from Harvard
one of those stalwarts -whose quiet dignity,
vice-president of Knabe & Co.
kindliness and square dealing had -won College in 1881 with a summa cum laude
in music. He was a son of the late Henry
passes away after
Mason of Boston, co-founder of the Mason
operation
& Hamlin Piano Co., and a grandson of
Lowell Mason, author of "nearer My God
The entire trade was shocked to learn
to Thee" and other famous hymns. He re-
of the death of Richard K. Paynter, vice
tired from Mason & Hamlin in 1915.
president of the Wm. Knabe & Co. which
Mr. Mason leaves four sons, Gregory
occurred after an operation in New York
Mason of Riverside, Professor of Journal-
on August 8th. "Dick" as he was
ism at New York University; Lowell Mason
familiarly known went to Chicago to the
of Stratford, William B. Mason of
Convention but on the Tuesday of that
Old Greenwich and Edward P. Mason
week felt so ill that he returned to New
of Litchfield; two daughters. Miss Ellen T.
York by plane where it was found that he
Mason and Mrs. Henry Ginnell, Ir. of
was suffering from a kidney ailment which
Scarsdale, N. Y., and two brothers, Henry
required an immediate operation. A few
Lowell Mason of Prides Crossing, Mass.,
months ago he was confined for several
and Daniel Gregory Mason of New
weeks with an attack of pneumonia. He
Canaan, who retired recently as head of
was 65 years of age.
the Music Department of Columbia.
"Dick" Paynter had been a familiar
figure in the piano industry for the past
forty years and one of the most lovable
and popular. He entered the employ of
William Knabe & Co. in Baltimore and
soon was put in charge of the Washing-
R. K. Paynter
Baldwin Piano Company, Cincinnati,
ton, D. C. store. Later he came to New
York and managed the retail store at 39th for him the unqualified friendship and re- Ohio, has just issued a new catalog en-
Street and Fifth Ave. At the time of the spect of all who knew him. His untimely titled "Baldwin—The Preference of To-
forming of the American Piano Co. he be- passing is to be regretted but his strength day's Masters." The book is printed with
came president of Wm. Knabe & Co. of character and good deeds will linger in a soft rotogravure finish. Several pages
After the death of W. B. Armstrong he be- the memory of those who knew him for- are devoted to the history of the Baldwin
Piano Company, and the first paragraph is
came vice president of the company and ever. Editor.)
printed opposite a full page illustration of
has traveled extensively calling on
the Baldwin plant in Cincinnati. Other
dealers in the Eastern and Southern terri-
illustrations
show the method of making
tories.
the Baldwin Grand cases.
He is survived by a widow one son
Opposite a full page photograph of the
Richard K. Paynter, Jr., assistant treasurer Once president of Mason & Hamlin
Style M Grand, 5 feet, 2 inches, is a photo-
of the New York Life Insurance Co., and
passes away at age of
graph of Harold Bauer, eminent pianist
three step children Edward Paynter, Mrs.
81 years
and Baldwin artist. The next two pages
Albert Ford and Harrison Paynter. Funeral
are
devoted to a full page illustration of
services were held at St. Bartholomews
Edward Palmer Mason, former president
Chapel, Park Ave., New York, on Saturday, of the Mason <& Hamlin Piano Co. of Bos- the Style R Grand, 5 feet, 8 inches long,
August 10th and was attended by a large ton, died July 17th in Stanford, Conn., after opposite which appears the photoraph of
Walter Gieseking, under which is a brief
history of his career. Style L Grand, 6 feet,
3 inches long, appears opposite a photo-
graph of Eugene Goossins, another Bald-
win artist. Opposite the full page photo-
graph o*f the Style F Grand, which is 7
feet in length, appears the photograph
and signature of Jose Iturbi. Others whose
photgraphs appear are Josef Lhevinne,
Pierre Luboshutz and Genia Nemenoff,
Lily Pons and Moriz Rosenthal. The latter
introduction is shown opposite the Bald-
win Concert Grand, 9 feet in length. In the
back of the book are listed under the
heading "Today's Masters" 70 eminent
artists who have either played or endorsed
the Baldwin. On the last page are the
many honors which have been conferred
on the Baldwin, which include: Grand
Prix, Exposition Universelle Internationale,
Paris, 1900, with Decoration of the French
Legion of Honor. Grand Prize, Louisiana
Purchase Exposition, St.. Louis, 1904.
U. S. PAT. No. 2,073,463. FURTHER PATENT APPLIED FOR.
Grand Prize, Anglo-American Exposition,
London. 1914. Papal Medal, Rome, 1923.
Official Piano, Chicago, Civic Opera Com-
pany, 1922-1932. Official Piano of the
R O C K F O R D ,
I L L I N O I S
Century of Progress, Chicago, 1933, 1934.
W O R L D ' S
L A R G E S T
M A N U F A C T U R E R
O F P I A N O
A C T I O N S
Official Piano for the Cincinnati Sym-
phony Orchestra, Chicago Opera Co.
R. K. Paynter
New Baldwin
Catalog
Edward P. Mason
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