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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW, MAY, 1U1
Chicago &
Midwest
Gulbransen Co. Announces New
Magnatone Organ With Pedal Board
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because of his completion of 100,000
miles of travel as a passenger on that line.
He is one of the heaviest users of the air
lines in the nation, having traveled more
than 150,000 miles by air in 1940, and
having already ridden more than 40,000
miles this year.
DWARD SCHMIDT, JR.. connected
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with the Wurlitzer sales department
at DeKalb, 111, for a number of years is
now at Camp Forrest, Tullahoma. Term.
Ed, as he is known to his many friends
in the trade, is a member of the 129th In-
The Gulbransen Co., Chicago has just spite of the humid climate, according to fantry of the Illinois National Guard.
announced a new model of the Magna- E. P. Williams, salesmanager of the Gul- When this regiment was called for active
tone organ with a pedal board attached. bransen Co., that when the pedal board duty he was commissioned a Second
With the exception of the pedal board the model was introduced he immediately Lieutenant of the Headquarters Company
Communications Outfit.
specifications of the new instrument are decided to purchase one.
the same as those of the Model C Magna-
"We feel that it is a very high compli-
Mr. Schmidt served in the Reserve
tone Organ which has proved very pop- ment to the Magnatone" said Mr. Wil- Officers Training Corps, in the 338th Field
ular. The addition of the pedal board was liams, "because price was no object but Artillery and until recently he was Staff
decided upon after numerous requests Mr. Barnes felt that the Gulbransen or- Sergeant of the Intelligence Platoon of the
gan was the most practical and most Headquarters Company.
worthwhile instrument that he could
Ed represents the third generation of
place in that climate and he thought it
the
Schmidt family to be associated with
would require little or no service which
the
music industry. His father, Edward
proved to be true."
Schmidt Sr., and his uncle, Herman
Schmidt, Jr., operate the famous Schmidt
Music Co. of Davenport, la.
Grove Travelling
for Estey Corp.
B. K. Settergren, president of the Estey
Piano Corp.. Bluffton, Ind., has announced
the appointment of Floyd E. Grove as
travelling representative of the company.
He has been making his initial trip
throughout the Southeastern part of the
country with splendid success. Mr. Grove
has been connected with the Estey Piano
The New Gulbransen Magnatone with
Corp. for the past twenty-five years and
Pedal Board
for many years was inspector of fine tun-
from professional organists who ex- ing. In addition to this he is a band and
pressed a desire to have an instrument orchestra leader and a musician in his
with which they might create more in- own right. For 3 years he played with
tricate tonal effects.
Sousa's band and traveled extensively
In the accompanying illustration the with this organization. His knowledge of
new organ is being inspected by Dr. Wil- music combined with his practical ex-
liam H. Barnes well known organist and perience in piano making has fitted him
author of "The Contemporary American well for the position which he now holds.
Organ," Walter Flendorf pedagogue and
organist while S. K. Ketterman inventor
and designer of the Magnatone looks on.
ARRY SELZ, president of the Lawrence
Dr. Barnes purchased the instrument in
J H. Selz Organization, publicity coun-
the illustration to replace an earlier in-
strument which he presented to a church sel for the National Piano Manufacturers
in Venice, Florida, sixteen months ago Association, was recently commissioned
and which gave such splendid service in an Admiral by the American Air Lines,
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NE of the most gracious gestures ever
made by a patron of music to a
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composer of music was recently made by
Josiah K. Lilly, Indianapolis, famous col-
lector of Fosteriana, to Arcady Dubensky,
Russian-American composer. In appre-
ciation of a symphonic work entitled
"Stephen Foster," theme, variations and
finale, which Mr. Dubensky wrote at the
suggestion of Fabien Sevitzky, conductor
of the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra,
and dedicated to Mr. Lilly, the collector
purchased for Mr. Dubensky a Steinway
piano. Model M grand, which the com-
poser indicated he would rather receive
than money. On the piano is a placque
inscribed "To Arcady Dubensky from J.
K. Lilly, in Appreciation of his composition
on Stephen Foster."
The composition was given its world
premiere by Mr. Sevitzky and the Indian-
apolis Symphony Orchestra in that city
on Friday afternoon. January 31. 1941, and
its radio premiere over the Orchestra's
regular Sunday morning CBS broadcast
on March 2nd. March 23rd, and March
30th.