Music Trade Review

Issue: 1946 Vol. 105 N. 5

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WICKHAM
Piano Plates
WICKHAM piano plates with over SIXTY YEARS of "KNOW HOW" and
experience in GREY IRON FOUNDRY PRACTICE behind them, continue
to be a strict specification in the building of America's finest pianos,
BECAUSE:
1. The great WICKHAM GREY IRON FOUNDRY is the largest and oldest
piano plate foundry in the United States making plates for the piano trade.
2. The WICKHAM organization has consistently carried on extensive
research work to improve the physical properties of piano plates so
necessary to the long life of fine pianos.
3. WICKHAM PLATES are made from high quality pig irons carefully
selected and blended by chemical analysis resulting in GREY IRON CAST
PLATES of the tensile strength and rigidness required to properly with-
stand the tremendous string tension of the piano scale for the lifetime
of the piano.
4. WICKHAM PLATES are the finest quality GREY CAST IRON and no
SOFT or LIGHTWEIGHT METALS such as magnesium, aluminum, etc., are
used as substitutes. Piano manufacturers insist on the WICKHAM CAST
GREY IRON PIANO PLATES so vitally necessary to give the piano a long
life of fine service.
The WICKHAM foundry has the MOST MODERN MATCH PLATE MA-
CHINE MOLDING AND SAND HANDLING EQUIPMENT IN THE IN-
DUSTRY, much of it especially designed for the very accurate require-
ments of piano plate casting.
HENRY
WICKHAM,
FOUNDER .
ESTABLISHED 1885
INCORPORATED 19 0 3
FAdiOBIES
ICES
NEWY0RK
JO
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CELEBRATED WICKHAM PLATES.
THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW, MAY, 1946
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Waltemade and Payton
Made Wurlitzer V.P.s
Announcement has been made by R.
C. Rolfing, president of the Rudolph
Wurlitzer Co., of the election of Roy
ROY F. WALTEMADE
F. Waltemade, manager of the DeKalb
Division, and Earl C. Payton, manager
of the Retail Store Division, as vice
presidents of the company. The elec-
tion occurred on May 1st during a
meeting of the Board of Directors
which was held at North Tonawanda,
N. Y.
Mr. Payton was made manager of
Veteran's Employment Guide
Now Available to Employers
To aid veterans in returning to civil-
iam employment and to gain the great-
est benefits for themselves from the
fine pool of workers created by the
discharge of millions of service men
and women, employers should have
organized programs for hiring vet-
erans and assisting them in finding
the right job in their establishments,
Perry Faulkner, Chief of the Veterans
Employment Service of the United
States Employment Service, and Rob-
ert C. Goodwin, USES Director, said
recently.
How to establish the kind of a
program which will be of the greatest
assistance to veterans is outlined in
an employers' guide now being dis-
tributed through local offices of the
USES and the state offices of the Vet-
erans Employment Service representa-
tives.
"It is of the utmost importance that
employers who have not developed
organized veterans programs adopt
such programs at once."
Peter Hilton Now
Musicraft President
Announcement was made this month
that Peter Hilton, New York adver-
tising agency
executive h a s
b e e n elected
president
o f
Musicraft Rec-
ords, Inc., New
York and Cal-
ifornia. M r .
Hilton for sev-
eral years has
been vice pres-
ident of Max-
on, Inc.
PETER HILTON
Musicraft Records, Inc. has also an-
nounced the appointment of M. M.
(Mike) Elliott, as executive head of its
newly established sales promotion de-
partment. Mi-. Elliott served as a
Captain in the Army's Chemical War-
fare Division until a few weeks ago.
Brook Mays Piano Co. Doubles
Wareroom Space in Houston, Texas
Spacious new quarters of the Brook Mays Piano Co., Houston, Texas
EARL C. PAYTON
the Retail Store Division about one
year ago. He had previously managed
the Philadelphia store. Mr. Waltemade
was appointed manager of the DeKalb
Division last March succeeding Cyril
Farney who resigned to do research
work. He was formerly connected with
the North Tonawanda Division where
he assisted in directing all phases of
manufacturing.
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The Brook Mays Piano Co. which
has operated in Texas and Louisiana
for over 60 years is now occupying its
newly enlarged store at 1522 Main
St. Corner Leeland, only two blocks
from the new nine million dollar Foley
Bros. Department store now under
construction. This is the sixth ex-^
pansion this stove has had in its more
than 30 years in Houston.
The Brook Mays Piano Co. had been
located on the corner of Main and
Leeland for the past 8 years. It re-
cently renewed its lease, and at the
same time acquired a lease on the
store next door. With the doubling
of the size they have converted it into
one of the most artistic piano show
rooms in the south. Flourescent light-
ing and complete redecoration shows
off the pianos to a much greater ad-
vantage.
They have also installed
sound proof studio rooms and furnished
them in a living room like atmos-
phere for the demonstration of pianos.
Another of their studio rooms is for
the demonstration of the Wurlitzer
Orgatrons.
Joe Sondock, manager and part own-
er of the company has been manager
of the Houston Store for more than
30 years. M. W. Wolfe, who has been
associated with him for more than 25
years, is also a member of the firm and
is in charge of the office and credit
dept. Melvin A. Sondock, son of Joe
Sondock, is the newest member of the
firm. He recently returned from serv-
ice as a fighter pilot with the rank of
first lieutenant, after seeing service
in Italy. He will be in charge of the
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