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ESTABLISHED 1879
OCTOBER
Vol. 112 — No. 10
19 5 3
2883rd ISSUE
S E R V I N G
OUR
REVIEW
T H E M U S I C
I N D U S T R Y
CARLETON CHACE, Editor
F O R O V E R
7 3 Y E A R S
C O V E R
Content A
N.P.M.A. PRESIDENT FURLONG ASKS EXCISE TAX
REPEAL, URGES MANUFACTURERS AND DEALERS
TO CONTACT CONGRESSMEN
5
MEMBERS OF MUSIC TRADE ASSOCIATIONS GET
QUESTIONNAIRES ABOUT CONVENTION
8
BELIEVE CONVENTIONS IN EAST, WEST AND SOUTH
MAY BE PRACTICAL SOLUTION
SOME OF THE PIANISTS TAKING PART
IN THE STEINWAY CENTENNIAL CON-
CERT AT CARNEGIE HAUL ON OCTOBER
19, 1953, WITH ED SULLIVAN, WHO PRE-
VIEWED THE CONCERT ON HIS CBS-TV
SHOW "TOAST OF THE TOWN" ON OC-
TOBER 18, 1953. LEFT TO RIGHT: MOURA
LYMPANY, MENAHEM PRESSLER, MU-
RIEL
KERR,
EUGENE
LIST,
ABRAM
CHASINS, ALEXANDER UNINSKY, ANIA
DORFMANN,
SASCHA
GORODNITSKI,
GYORGY
SANDER,
LEONID
HAMBRO,
ERNO BALOGH, GARY GRAFFMAN, CON-
STANCE KEENE, ED SULLIVAN, NADIA
REISENBERG,
JACQUES ABRAM, AND
FRANZ RUPP.
ADVERTISING INDEX
American Piano Plate Co
27
American Piano Supply Co
26
Amsco Wire Products Corp
27
Beach Instrument Co
23
Bremen Piano Corp
15
Brodwin Piano Co
18
Cheek, Tolbert F
27
Elkay Producst Co
24 & 27
Estey Piano Corp
23
French & Sons, Jesse
23
Gulbransen Co
Ouside Back Cover
Ivorine Piano Key Co
26
Janssen Piano Co
19
Kelly Co., O. S
27
Kimball Co., W. W
4
Kohler & Campbell, Inc
21
Kranich & Bach
7
Krakauer Bros
22
Mason & Hamlin Piano Co
25
Mehlin & Son
9
National Piano Corp
23
North Hudson Woodcraft Corp
37
Paragon Foundries
27
Paragon Woodturning Co
26
Pfriemer, Inc., Chas
27
Pratt, Read & Co
27
Schaff Piano Sring Corp
27
Tuners Supply Co
27
Vilim, Vincent
27
Weaver Piano Co
23
Weser Piano Co
16
Wickham Piano Plate Co
26
Wicks Organ Co
20
THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW, OCTOBER,
I953
8
BUSINESS AS WE SEE IT (Editorial)
10, I I
By Carleton Chace, Editor
THE STEINWAY CENTENNIAL CONCERT
13
N.A.M.M. NEWS
17
NOTES OF INTEREST ON TUNING
25
By Alexander Hart, Technical Editor
OBITUARIES:
26
Percival Temlett - Raymond D. Fief"
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