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vVALTEU S. FISCHER
Walter S. Fischer, president of Carl
Fischer, Inc., music publishers, and vice
president of the Carl Fischer Musical
Instrument Co., Inc., New York, died
on April 26th in his apartment in the
Hotel Westbury after a brief illness.
Mr. Fischer was also a director of
the American Society of Composers,
Authors and Publishers. He had been
on the board of directors of the Music
Publishers Protective Association for
many years.
Born in New York, Mr. Fischer at-
tended Horace Mann School. In 1899
he entered his father's business, then
housed in a small building a few doors
away from its present site at 62 Cooper
Square. With him was his older broth-
er, Carl Jr. A younger brother, George,
joined the firm later. The death of
both brothers left Walter Fischer his
father's sole associate in 1912.
After the death of Carl Fischer, Sr.,
in 1923, the business was incorporated
and Walter Fischer became president.
The concern then moved into its pres-
ent building.
A few months ago Mr. Fischer an-
nounced the purchase of the former
Chaliff Building at 165 West Fifty-
seventh street to house the firm's up-
town store, now at 119 West Fifthy-
seventh Street.
Mr. Fischer's clubs included the Un-
ion League, Wee Burn, Tokeneke, Clove
Valley Rod and Gun, and Mendelssohn
Glee. He also maintained a residence
at Darien, Conn.
He leaves a widow, Mrs. Antoinette
Fischer; a doughter, Mrs. Frank Hay-
den Connor; three sisters, Mrs. Antoin-
ette Fischer Williams, Mrs. Dorothy F.
Lane and Mrs. Edna F. Edgerton, and
three grandchildren.
Funeral services were held on April
27th at the Campbell Funeral Home,
Madison Ave. and 81st Street, New
York at 3 P.M. A large delegation
from the music industry attended.
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MRS.
C. A. HOUSE
Mrs. .Rose Tucker House, widow of
Chauncey A. House and widely known
in business and social circles, Wheeling,
W. Va., died in the Ohio Valley Gen-
eral hospital, where she had been a
patient for the past several weeks.
Until her retirment two years ago from
the active business field, Mrs. House
had been president and general man-
ager of the C. A. House Co. Mrs.
House assumed management upon the
death of her husband in 1920.
Services were held on April 18th in
the Kepner funeral home. Interment
in Greenwood cemetery. A high requiem
mass was also held at St. Michael's
Church, of which she was a member,
on April 22nd.
Serving as pallbearers were F. Oliver
Edwards, Roy B. Herndon, Edwin
Steckel, Alfonso Wingerter, Albert
Waseman, Thomas Cooper, Malcolm
Brice and Thomas Kileen.
Surviving is one sister, Miss Mary
Tucker; a niece, Mrs. George W. Hew-
itt of Woodlawn, and a number of
nieces and nephews, residents of Cleve-
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Sons.
The Board of Education there has
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EDWARD E. VIDAUD
Edward Emile Vidaud, who up to the
time of its liquidation, was office man-
ager of Brambach Piano Co., New York,
passed away on May 3rd at his home
in West Orange, N. J., in his 74th
year. Mr. Vidaud was identified with
the piano industry for many years hav-
ing started with the Weber Piano Co.
in 1894, was later with the Aeolian Co.
when the Weber Company was merged
with that company. He was also with
Lindeman & Sons. During World War
I, he was a member of the Seventh
Regiment Home Guard, of which he
was a veteran. During the war period
he was identified with Haskins & Sells,
accountants. At the time of his death
he was in the accounting department
of the R. H. Muir & Co. department
store in East Orange.
He is survived by a widow, Mrs.
Clara D. F. Vidaud. Funeral services
were held on Monday, May 6th, at the
Church of the Saviour in Brooklyn.
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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW, MAY. 1946