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Nuns from Chicago Spend a Day
Visiting Wurlitzer DeKalb Plant
Forty Catholic Sisters—all music in-
structors in Chicago Parochial schools
—recently spent a day at the Wurlitzer
factory so they could see how modern
pianos are built. It was a three-hour
trip, starting in the lumber yard where
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Monterey branch of the California
Music Teachers Association. This ad-
dress was held at the Graham Music
Co.'s salesroom on Saturday night, July
15th. Mr. Stauffer was in Carmel for
the music festival, and he discussed the
value of organization, and reviewed the
recently held 40th annual Music Teach-
ers State Annual Convention in Long
Beach.
At the time of his address, Mr. Stauf-
fer's pupil, Kenneth Stoddard, played a
piano solo. He recently played the 'Schu-
man Concerto' with Grossmont's Orches-
tra, and has appeared in the Rose Bowl
and held recitals in San Diego and Es-
condito. Mr. Stoddard has been awarded
the Harvard scholarship and will spend
the rest of his vacation in Rhode Island.
Cable Piano Co. in New Office
The Cable Piano Co. of which W. E.
Guylee is president and operates stores
in Detroit, Minneapolis, and Atlanta but
have not operated a store in Chicago for
some time since the store at 228 South
Wabash Ave. was sold to Marshall Field
& Co., has now taken office space on the
13th floor of the building at 20 East
Jackson Blvd., Chicago.
Forty Catholic Sisters who visited the Wurlitzer DeKalb plant are told how Wurlitzer pianos are
constructed by Joe Daurer and Walter Benson.
factory, DeKalb, 111. A full day program
was planned for the group by Wurlitzer
officials. They were escorted to the fac-
tory from Chicago by members of the
sales and executive staff of the Wurlitzer
Chicago Retail Store.
Upon arrival George Vigorito, Wur-
litzer Store Manager, introduced Henry
B. Home, Assistant Secretary and Comp-
troller of the DeKalb Division, who gave
a short welcome address. Then Roy
Newstedt, Wurlitzer Chief Engineer, told
how a newly designed piano is engi-
neered. The Sisters were then divided
into small groups and taken through the
all the species of woods used in a piano
are thoroughly seasoned—on through
each department until finally they
reached the shipping docks where the
instruments are loaded into box cars
and Wurlitzer trucks for shipment to
dealers in the United States and foreign
countries.
After the factory trip they again as-
sembled in the Wurlitzer Conference
Room where Walter Benson, Assistant
Sales Manager, and Joe Daurer, Adver-
tising Manager, gave a joint lecture on
the "Anatomy of the Piano."
Sohmer Pianos for
Richmond, Va. Church
Eight Sohmer & Co. pianos were re-
cently sold to the First Baptist Church
of Richmond, Va. by Lee Fergusson of
the Lee Fergusson Piano Co. All of
these pianos were in walnut, with egg-
shell finish, to match the decoration of
the church.
Sidney Tollman with
Aeolian Co. of Missouri
Sidney Tallman has been named Edu-
cational Director of the Aeolian Co. of
Missouri, St. Louis, it has been an
nounced. Mr. Tallman was formerly with
the staff of the "Music News."
I., to R.—(iciiiTiil view of the Wurlitzer exhibit at the recent Convention on Chieasro—Bert Yockey, president of the Ohio Mimic Merchants AsHoeiation and
his MRS., lihten to Billy Wennlund play—Everett Rothschild, District Mgr., Roy Waltenmde, vice president and niRr. Wurlitzer DeKalb »ivlnion, Calvin Veith,
Southern California Music Co., San Diego, Cal. ( Hugh Stewart, vice-pres. and Halesmanager, DeKalb Division and Joe Daurer, AdvertiNing Manager.
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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW, AUGUST, 1950