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The Music Centre, Baltimore
Appointed Steinway Agents
The Music Centre, 313 North Charles
St., Baltimore, Md. of which Ernest
R. Fink is president and general man-
ager, has been appointed Steinway rep-
resentatives it has been announced by
William R. Steinway, vice president
of Steinway & Sons, New York.
Musical Training Is
Magnavox Policy
In, keeping with its policy of promot-
ing music appreciation, The Magnavox
Company, Fort Wayne, Ind., has just
issued a booklet entitled "Music—A
Priceless Heritage," remarkably free
of advertising ballyhoo, ar.d written by
the noted composer and author, Sig-
mund Spaeth.
Dr. Spaeth asks and answers:
1. "How early should a child be ex-
posed to music and when should the
lessons begin?"
2. "Are all children sufficiently mus-
ical to be worth training to some ex-
tent?"
3. "If a child shows extraordinary
musical talent, even genius, what shall
we do about it?"
Dr. Spaeth expands his answers to
include evaluations not only of listen-
ing to music, but of singing, beating
time, mock-conducting, etc., and to in-
clude discussion of the posibilities and
relative importance of early partici-
pation through piano, organ, accordion,
harmonica, ocarina, toy trumpets and
drums.
He includes an outline of the best
recorded children's music as offered by
Victor, Columbia and Decca (with
names of the interpreting artists in
each instance) and a table of more
than 200 specifically recommended
pieces of music, listed progressively to
follow the child's probable course of
development—and the pattern of th o
parent's own belated experience of good
music. Those available on phonograph
records are so indicated.
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Mr. Fink was formerly manager of
the piano department of Hecht Bros,
from which he resigned a year ago.
Hecht Bros, have been Steinway repre-
sentatives for several years.
The Music Centre takes over the
agency on April 1st.
to cancel any sale made to any bidder
who acted on behalf of an undisclosed
-principal.
Under the new bidding procedure,
which supplants "informal" bidding by
letter, telephone, telegraph, or personal
interview, prospective bidders who in-
dicate an interest in surplus property
which has been advertised for sale,
will be furnished bid forms contain-
ing detailed descriptions of the prop-
erty and advised of the day and hour
when bids for such property are to be
opened. Bidders will be entitled to be
represented at the opening of their
bids. Former practices of opening bids
as received and of offering property
without a definite closing time for the
submission of bids are to be discon-
tinued.
The new conditions relating to undis-
closed principals has been adopted, it
was said at Treasury's Office of Sur-
plus Property, as a means of discour-
aging speculative transactions by per-
sons falsely representing themselves
to be agents for unnamed business
houses.
Clarifies Accounting Practice
To clarify accounting practices con-
nected with contract settlements and
assure greater uniformity in their
application, Regulation No. 14, dealing
with Termination Cost Memorandums,
was issued recently by Robert H. Hinck-
ley, Director of Contract Settlement.
GULBRANSEN PIANOS
OF TOMORROW
of course will be
"America's Smartest Piano Fashions"
GULBRANSEN CO.
816 N. Kedzie
TUNERS' CARRYING CASE
The popularity of
this roomy tool case
is well deserved, for
if is a perfect "car-
ry-all" for the piano
tuners'
equipment.
Seal grain imitation
leather covers :^the
inside gind outside,
and #'fs fitted withj
substantial I o c k*V.
catches and corners
in gun metal finish; <
Weighs just under
seven pounds.
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New Method of Bidding
On Surplus Property
The Office of Surplus Propcrtv of
the Treasury's Procurement Division
announced on March 3rd its adoption
of new procedures to be effective in
the near future, to bring about uni-
formity in its Regional Offices through-
out the country in the forms and meth-
ods used for competitive bidding. At
the same time announcement was made
of a new provision in Treasury's sales
contracts permitting the Government
THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW, MARCH, 1945
Chicago 51
Larqe compartment
K'A"xl%"x4" :-*,
Left hand trays
l4l/ 4 "x|3/ 4 "x|l/ 2 "
AMERICAN PIANO SUPPLY CO.
Division of HAMMACHER, SCHLEMMER & CO.
229 4th AVENUE
Sirce 1848
NEW YORK 3, N. Y.
Right hand frays
l4'/ 4 "x3'/ 4 "xl
Price
$12.50
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