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ESTABLISHED 1879
APRIL
VOL 105 — NO. 4
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REVIEW
2795th ISSUE
S E R V I N G
T H E
M U S I C
I N D U S T R Y
F O R
CARLETON CHACE, Editor
O V E R
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Y E A R S
OUR FRONT COVER
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WHY 650 TINY TOTS ENJOY PIANO LESSONS IN BALTIMORE
SCHOOLS
by Omar P. Steinwald—Supervisor of Instrumental Music, Balti-
more Public School, Baltimore, Md.
5
THE VALUE OF PREPARING FOR " O N THE JOB 11 VETERAN TRAIN-
ING
by Steve Carroll, Clark Music Co., Syracuse, N. Y.
EDITORIAL—BUSINESS AS WE SEE IT
by CARLETON CHACE, Editor
Two of the 650 primary students in the piano
classes in the Baltimore Schools play a duet for
their classmates. Lessons are underwritten by the
Parent Teachers Association at a cost of 27c per
lesson. Photo by AP Features.
ADVERTISING INDEX
Page
Acme Piano Moving Co
15
American Piano Supply Co
31
American Piano Mart
15
Amsco Wire Products Co
31
Atlas Piano Co
15
Braunsdorf, George W
31
Brodwin Piano Co
16
Conover Cable Piano Co.. . . Outside Back Cover
Classified
30
S. L. Curtis
13
Gulbransen Co
19
Hardman Peck & Co
14
Harmony School of Piano Tuning
27
Ivaloid Piano Key Co
15
Klein Piano Co
15
Manhattan Piano Service
15
Mason & Hamlin
4
Midwest Piano Co
15
Modern Art Piano Co
15
National Ass'n of Piano Tuners
29
Paragon Foundries
31
Philadelphia Piano Exchange
15
Pfriemer Inc., Chas
31
Pratt Read & Co
7
Schaff Piano String Co
31
Simonson Piano Co
15
Six Bros. Piano Co
14
Snyder Piano Key Co
31
Standard Hammer Corp
28
Starr Piano Co
26
Tuners Supply Co
31
Vincent Vilim Inc
31
Weaver Piano Co
18
Weser Piano Co
15
Wickham Piano Plate Co
26
Wurlitzer Co., Rudolph (Orgatron)
2
THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW, APRIL, 1946
8
10-11
NATIONAL PIANO TRAVELERS ASSOCIATION APPOINTS TEM-
PORARY OFFICERS
12
PRATT, READ & C O . ANNOUNCES LIGHT METAL PIANO PLATE
AND BACK AND OTHER INNOVATIONS
13
NEW STORE OF EMERSON PIANO HOUSE A N EXAMPLE OF
MODERNIZATION
20
NATIONAL PIANO MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION PETITIONS
OPA TO RAISE LUMBER PRICES
26
INFORMATION ABOUT PIANOS
by Alexander Hart, Technical Ecfitor
29
OBITUARIES
MORRISON SWANWICK - LEWIS H. CLEMENT - CECIL
JAMES GOULD - EDWARD A. GEISSLER - MRS. CLARENCE
HAMMOND
30
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