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OBITUARIES
READ A. DIMMOCK
• Read A. Dimmock, president and
general manager of the Fowler Piano
Co., Inc., of Binghamton, N. Y., passed
away on August 27, at the age of 81
years.
Mr. Dimmock was born in London,
England, and came to the United States
at the age of 21. His first connection
with the music business was as a retail
salesman for Norris & Hyde, piano
manufacturers, at Roxbury Crossing,
Boston. When the Norris & Hyde and
Merrill piano manufacturing operations
were merged at Lawrence, Mass., Mr.
Dimmock moved to that city as retail
sales manager in the community. Later
a retail store was opened, separate from
the factory, and Mr. Dimmock operated
that store as manager. Later he was
manager of the M. Steinert & Son Co.
retail store in Lawrence.
In the year 1904 Mr. Dimmock
bought an interest in the music business
of R. G. Knuepfer in Lawrence and the
firm name was changed to Knuepfer &
Dimmock. In 1914, Mr. Dimmock sold
his interest in Knuepfer & Dimmock to
his partner and shortly afterward en-
tered the business in Binghamton.
Mr. Dimmock's is survived by his
widow, Mrs. Agnes G. Dimmock. He
had been a member of the National As-
sociation of Music Merchants for many
years, and was a 32nd Degree Mason.
He was also a member of the Bing-
hamton Chamber of Commerce and of
Trinity Church of that city.
The TuneTAloney
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HARRY BURDETT CLARK
• Harry B. Clark, 74, of the Neal-
Clark-Neal Company, Buffalo, N. Y.,
passed away suddenly on August 26,
following a heart attack. He had been
treasurer of the firm since its founding
on August 18, 1904.
Mr. Clark was, for the past 20 years,
treasurer of the Central Park Methodist
Church of Buffalo, and was a member
of the DeMolay Lodge, A. F. & A. M.
and the Ismailia Temple of the Shrine.
He is survived by his widow, the
former Laura Stewart, and three sons,
Waid, Harold and Paul.
New Shoninger Moderne
Model Popular Seller
A new model piano, which was re-
cently produced by the National Piano
Corp., New York, and the first one of
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Opportunity for Piano Salesman of
outstanding ability to establish his
own business on a percentage basis
with Hammond Organ Salesroom
opening December 1st, in Brooklyn,
N. Y.—Answer Box 196, Music Trade
Review, Room 510, 1270 Sixth Ave.,
New York 20, N. Y.
ORGAN SALESMAN wanted for
Brooklyn territory. Must be able to
demonstrate the Hammond ORGAN
—Answer Box No. 92—Music Trade
Review, Room 510, 1270 Sixth Ave.,
New York 20, N. Y.
growing, according to William Perl-
man, President of the company. The
instrument is 371/2 inches high.
Office of Price Stabilization
Admits Typographical Error
After a protest by the National Piano
Manufacturers Association, regarding
the OPS statement about pianos, elec-
tric organs and electronic organ attach-
ments for pianos and organs under
Category 860, which in Appendix E
under "Percentage Mark-Up on Costs"
SHONINGER MODERNE
were marked 58%, whereas, other mus-
ical instruments under 861 were set
which was shown at the N.A.M.M. Con-
vention in Chicago last July, is the forth at 8 1 % , the OPS admitted that
Shoninger Moderne. shown in the ac- the 58% was a typographical error and
should have been 85%.
companying illustration.
Correction having been made, it per-
This piano, which is available in
mits dealers who wish to add pianos,
limed oak and mahogany, as well as
organs and electronic attachments to
ebony, has become one of the most pop-
their business may price the merchan-
ular models which have been produced
dise to permit approximately 46% gross
by this company and the demand for it
profit on the selling price.
since the Convention has been steadily
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