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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW, JULY, 19U
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Tuners Society Organizes
Julian Leviton played Chopin, Debussy.
Liszt and Ravel. The Two Ambassadors
hit it up with violin and accordion. Mar-
tin Barnett did some thrilling tricks with
cards, rings and balls, Marion King kicked
up pretty heels in some diverting and tre-
mendously difficult toe dancing; this fur-
nished the entertainment, and very fine it
was.
Alfred H. Utterberg, newly elected pres-
ident of the A. S. P. T.-T.. made his inaug-
ural presidential address.
Exhibitors included: American Steel &
Wire Co., Baldwin Piano Co., Cable Piano
Co., Chicago; J. C. Deagan, Inc., Chicago;
Gulbransen Co.. Chicago; Haddorff Pi-
ano Co., Chicaao.; Hardman. Peck & Co.,
New York; W. W. Kimhall Co., Chicago;
Krakauer Bros., New York; Lester Piano
Co.. Philadelphia, Pa.; Pratt Read & Co.,
Ivoryton, Conn.; Srhaff P ; nno Strinq Co.,
Chicaao; Charles Frederick Stein, Stein-
way & Sons, New York; Tonk Bros. Co.,
Chicago; Winter & Co., New York; Ru-
dolph Wurlitzer Co.. De Kalb, 111.
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Co., Chicago, Dr. William Braid White,
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of the School of P-anoforte Tech-
(Continued from Page 35)
that will
nology,
Carl
Frederick Kob. manager,
upon campaigns for building up State As-
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sociations, to be affiliated with the So- piano department, Lyon & Healy, and
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The Banauet took place on Wednesday
Illinois Association
With this book you can learn to tune a
evening and was a joint affair, represent-
piano, organ, or accordion; also take apart
The business meeting of the Illinois As- ing both the national and the local As-
and repair them. Every American Tuner will
sociation was held on Tuesday morning, sociations. The toastmaster was Paul
want this Money-making Time Saving Book.
and was for members only.
Ludwigs, president of the Piano Tuners
SCIENTIFIC PIANO TUNING
The remaining time of the three days Association of Illinois, who had also con-
AND SERVICING
was taken up by a continuous series of ducted successfully all the meetinqs of the
by
features, talks, demonstrations, and prac- Illinois Association described above.
ALFRED H. HOWE
tical classes.
One hundred and sixty-three persons sat
116 PINEHURST AVE.
Speakers included Philip Maxwell, Chi- down to a choice dinner in the famous Bal
New York. N. Y., $3.00 post-paid
cago Tribune, Eugene Whelan, W. W. Tabarin.
Kimball Co., Peter Comstock. Pratt Read
& Co., Robert Johnson, Schaff Piano String
Co., J. H. Broadhurst, technician of the
Baldwin Piano Co., J. W. Simpson. IUinois
Bell Telephone Co., demonstrating the
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1941
Voice Mirror, whereby one may hear
one's own voice, as it is to others, S. K.
Ketterman, Gulbransen Co., R. W. E.
Sperry, Rudolph Wurlitzer Co.. Robert E.
We point with justifiable pride to the long con-
Fanning, Chicago, Baldwin Piano Co-
Charles Frederick Stein, demonstrating
tinued use of MURPHY FINISHES on America's
his method of installing a set of ham-
finest pianos and musical instruments — and to our
mers in a grand piano action, C. O. Mus-
belief
that we are the largest individual supplier to
ser, acoustical engineer of J. C. Deagan.
Inc., Lawrence H. Selz, publicity Counsel
the radio cabinet field.
for the National Piano Manufacturers As-
sociation, on "The Tuner, the public rela-
Invention of the modern speed stains and crea-
tions man of the piano industry," P. E.
tion of the first flexible synthetic resin lacquer — re-
Mason, sales manager of the Raddorff
Piano Co., on the Acoustic Coupler, and
sistant to moisture and cold checking and destructive
Charles Messerschmitt, chief concert tuner
sun rays—are outstanding accomplishments of our
and voicer for Steinway & Sons, on Stein-
WOOD
FINISH RESEARCH program which is being
way methods of regulating and voicing.
On Wednesday a large group of visit-
further expanded to meet present day emergencies.
ing tuners was taken through the great
double-console $50,000 pipeorgan of the
Chicago Theatre.
At the Wednesday afternoon session
speakers were Ovid D. Seaman, of the
NEWARK
SAN FRANCISCO
CHICAGO
Piano Tuners Association of Illinois, Wal-
ter Jenkins, Retail Manager, Cable Piano
MURPHY VARNISH COMPANY