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VOL. 105 —
No. 5
2796th ISSUE
S E R V I N G
MAY
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CARLETON CHACE. Editor
1879
T H E
REVIEW
M U S I C
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REVIEW
SOME RESISTANCE TO NEW PIANO PRICES SAY DEALERS
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EDITORIAL—BUSINESS AS WE SEE IT
by CARLETON CHACE, Editor
SURVEY
BY
INSURANCE
COMPANY
DISCLOSES
INCREASE
COST IN PIANOS; THAT 8 MILLION PLAY PIANO
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SOME SUGGESTIONS BY DEALERS OF TOPICS TO BE DISCUSSED
AT THE CONVENTION
May and June arc usually recital months when
piano pupils show their talents to parents and
friends.
Many of these recitals arc held in a
dealer's store like the one above at the Hastings
Piano Co., Hastings, Neb.
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ADVERTISING INDEX
Abard Piano Co
Acme Piano Moving Co
American Piano Plate Co
American Piano Supply Co
American Piano Mart
Amsco Wire Products Co
Atlas Piano Co
Braunsdorf, George W
Brodwin Piano Co
Classified
S. L. Curtis
Gulbransen Co
Hordman Peek & Co
Harmony School of Piano Tuning
Ivaloid Piano Key Co
Klein Piano Co
Manhattan Piano Service
Midwest Piano Co
Modern Art Piano Co
National Ass'n of Piano Tuners
Paragon Foundries
Philadelphia Piano Exchange
Pfrietner Inc., Chas
Pratt Read & Co
Rockwell School of Tuning
Schaff Piano String Co
Simonson Piano Co
Six Bros. Piano Co
Snyder Piano Key Co
Standard Hammer Corp
Tuners Supply Co
Vincent Vilim Inc
Weaver Piano Co
Weser Piano Co
Wickham Piano Plat* Co
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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW, MAY, 1946
PREPARING FOR " O N THE JOB" VETERAN TRAINING—PART II
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by Ste'phan S. Carroll, Clark Music Co., Syracuse, N. Y.
NEW
TUNING
SCHOOLS
OPEN
IN
PHILADELPHIA
AND
BOSTON
25&30
INFORMATION ABOUT PIANOS
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by Alexander Hart, Technical Editor
OBITUARIES
WALTER
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S. FISCHER - EDWARD
E. VIDAUD
- Mrs. C.
A.
HOUSE
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