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The Jfusic (Jikuk
ESTABLISHED 1879
JULY
VOL. 104 — NO. 7
19 4 5
REVIEW
2786th ISSUE
SERVING
THE
MUSIC
I N D U S T R Y
F O R
CARLETON CHACE, Editor
O V E R
6 5 Y E A R S
OUR FRONT COVER
en
H O W A SMALL TOWN MERCHANT W O N SUCCESS C O N -
SISTANTLY ADVERTISING
5
CEILING PRICE ON BENCHES CERTIFIED
6
PIANO DEALERS FACE CRISIS AS OPA
CEILINGS
SETS NEW
PRICE
8
BUSINESS AS WE SEE IT—Editorial by CARLETON CHACE
"For Flap and Country" seems to be an appro-
priate title for the photograph of members of the
armed scri'ces reproduced on our front cover for
which ue are indebted to the W. W. Kimball Co.
10-11
BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
OF MUSIC MERCHANTS ADOPT NEW BY-LAWS AND PRO-
GRAM AT C H I C A G O MEETING
12
GENERAL ELECTRIC C O . SHOWS
RADIO PHONOGRAPH MODELS
25
ADVERTISING INDEX
Page
Acorn Warehouse Inc
23
American Piano Supply Co
39
American Piano Mart
23
Amsco Wire Products Co
39
Apex Piano Co
23
Atlas Piano Co
20
Baldwin Piano Co
7
Brodwin Piano Co
18
Bromberg, Louis
17
Cornwall & Patterson
31
Curtis. S. L
24 & 26
Gulbransen Co
Outside Back Cover
Halifax Piano Co
23
Hardman Peck & Co
24
Huston-Baldwin Piano Co
27
Janssen Piano Co
19
Klein Piano Co
23
Manhattan Piano Service
23
Mason & Hamlin
2
Messina, A
23
Merriam, A
34
Modern Art Piano Co
20 & 23
Murphy Finishes Corp
31
National Ass'n Piano Tuners
39
National Piano Corp
18
Paragon Foundries
39
Pearl City Plywood Co
31
Pfriemer, Inc.. Chas
39
Pioneer Piano Co
23 .
Philadelphia Piano Exchange
23
Schaff Pian-> String Co
39
Schiller Cable Piano Mfg. Co
4-
Simonson Piano Co
23
Snyder Piano Key Co
39
Standard Hammer Corp
22
Tuners Supply Co
39
Vincent Vilim Inc
31 & 39
Weaver Piano Co
13 & 24
Weser Piano Co
23
Wilking Music Ho se
20
Wood & Brooks Co
35
Wurlitier Co.. Rudolph
9
THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW, JULY, 1945
NEW
TELEVISION
AND
SENATORS PROPOSE INVESTIGATION OF OPA
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THE ELEMENTARY PHASES OF PIANO TUNING
by ALEXANDER HART, Technical Editor.
37
OBITUARIES
38
CHARLES E. WELLS S - -LOUIS
L
C. KAULING - Corp. LEONARD
W. PUTNAM - WALTER M. DAVIS - H. V. BEASLEY
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