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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW, SEPTEMBER, 1W
Chicago &
Midwest
Wurlitzer Moves
to Chicago
Jack Henderson
with Gulbransen
The executive offices of the Rudolph
Wurlitzer Co., were moved from Cincin-
nati where they had been located since
the founding of the company in 185G, to
the 34th floor of the Bankers Building,
105 West Adams St., Chicago, 111., on
September 1st.
Approximately forty of the staff which
has been employed in the Cincinnati
office will now make their headquarters
in Chicago. Rudolph H. Wurlitzer Chair-
man of the Board of Directors will remain
in Cincinnati. Other officials including
President R. C. Rolf ing -will make their
headquarters in the new offices in Chi-
cago.
S. E. Zack president of the Gulbransen
Co., Chicago, 111., has announced the ap-
pointment of Jack Henderson as traveling
Miss Laughead Wed to
Marquette Football Star
Miss Mary Frances Laughead, a senior
in the School of Speech, Northwestern
University, Evanston, Illinois, eloped fol-
lowing the recent music trade convention
with M. Dick Kahlow, a well known foot-
ball player and college athlete from
Marquette University. The 21 year old
bride is the daughter of Gordon Laug-
head, sales manager of Story & Clark.
The young couple reside in New Jersey.
Mr. Kahlow is an engineer in a New
Jersey submarine parts factory engaged
in defense work.
Creditors of Henry G. Johnson
Piano Manufacturing Co.
formerly of BELLEVUE, IOWA,
communicate with W. A. MENNIE,
45 West 45th St., N.Y.C., before
Oct. 15, 1941. Subject: Additional
dividend available.
Jack Henderson with his lather J. C. Henderson
representative for part of the southeast,
Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Ken-
tucky.
Jack is the son of J. C. Henderson who
has represented Gulbransen for several
years in the southeast. He has never
traveled before, but has been in the re-
tail piano business since boyhood, his
last venture being at Tampa, Florida in
partnership with J. A. Turner, prior to
which he was in the employ of the Grif-
fith Piano Co., Newark, N. J.
Said E. P. Williams, sales manager for
the company: "This retail experience will
no doubt be of great value to Jack in his
forthcoming wholesale activities. We, of
course, do not need to dwell on the long
and active part J. C. Henderson has taken
in the industry.
17
Building Pianos
for 5 5 Years
When Charles H. Bartholomee started
to apprentice at the age of 13 in the
Steinway <& Sons factory and later in the
Weber plant he hoped that someday he
would become a superintendent and
either own or become a partner in a
piano manufacturing business. This hope
was realized last year when he became
vice president of Straube Pianos Inc. as
weli as superintendent.
He is the third generation of piano
builders in his family. His grandfather
had a factory in Germany, his father one
is New York.
Mr. Bartholomee worked as action
finisher and regulator at the Newcombe
Piano Co. of Toronto, Canada when his
father was superintendent. Later he had
charge of fine regulating and grand
action work at D. W. Karn Piano Co. of
Woodstock, Canada. He was also with
the Thomas Organ and Piano Co. of
Woodstock. Coming west to Chicago in
1896, his first job was with the Steger
Piano Co. at Steger, 111.. He left there to
take a position as assistant superintend-
ent to Walter Lane of the Russell Piano
Co., Chicago. His next position was with
G. P. Bent where for ten years he was in
charge of fine regulating, tone regulating
and the repair department. After that he
became superintendent of the Werner
Piano Co. of Chicago and later was super-
intendent of Smith & Barnes, Chicago.
Then he joined P. A. Starck and formed
the P. A. Starck Piano Co. After 20 years
he and his sons went into business. In
1926 he returned to the P. A. Starck
Piano Co. as superintendent until the
crash of 1929 when the factory closed.
Shortly thereafter he made connection
with the Straube Piano Co. then of Ham-
mond, Ind. (now of Chicago Heights, 111.)
as superintendent and later on was also
made vice-president.
The scales now being used in Straube
pianos were created by Mr. Bartolomee.
WANTED:
Expert fine tuner, tone
regulator and action regulator for per-
manent position with large retail piano
dealer in western New York. State ex-
perience, ability, references, age, salary
expected. Address—Reliable, % THE
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