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Baldwin Piano Co. Announces Spinet
Organ; Increases Directorate at Meeting
At the Annual Meeting of Stockhold-
ers of The Baldwin Company, Cincin-
nati, 0., Lucien Wulsin, President, re-
ported 1952 sales of the Company and
LUCIEN WULSIN
its subsidiary. The Baldwin Piano Co.,
of $21,607,000.00 as compared with
$17,218,000.00 for 1951. Net profits
after taxes were $681,000.00 as against
$657,000.00 in 1951. In his Annual Re-
port to Stockholders, Mr. Wulsin re-
viewed progress during the past year,
Stockholders approved increase of
the Board of Directors from seven to
nine. Robert E. Fanning, Manager of
Baldwin's Chicago Sales Division, and
Harold S. Morse, Manager of the New
York Sales Division were elected new
directors. Other directors, all re-elected
are Lucien Wulsin, J. P. Thornton,
Philip Wyman, Geo. W. Lawrence, A. J.
Schoenberger, Lawrence H. Kyte, and
Eugene Wulsin.
Announcement was made at the
meeting of Baldwin's newest product—
the Orga-sonic—a small spinet-type
two keyboard electronic organ. This
instrument is now in production and
will soon be introduced to the public
through Baldwin's nation-wide dealer
organization. The addition of the Orga-
sonic to the Baldwin line of organs as
a companion to the Baldwin Electronic
Organ represents expansion of this
phase of the business into the home
organ field.
Subsequent to the stockholders meet-
ing, the Board of Directors announced
the re-election of officers as follows:
Lucien Wulsin, President; J. P. Thorn-
ton, Vice President; Philip Wyman,
Vice President; A. J. Schoenberger,
Vice President and Treasurer; Eugene
Wulsin, Vice President; R. F. Coghill,
EUGENE WULSIN, J. P. THORNTON, HAROLD S. MORSE AND R. E. FANNING.
and looked forward to 1953 regulations
with reasonable confidence.
Mr. Wulsin told the stockholders of
the decision of J. P. Thornton, Vice-
president in charge of Manufacturing
to retire from active direction of pro-
duction operations. In October of this
year Mr. Thornton will have served
fifty years in the Baldwin organization.
He will remain on the Board of Direc-
tors and will continue with the Com-
pany in an advisory capacity. Appoint-
ment of Mr. Eugene Wulsin to take
direct charge of Manufacturing opera-
tions as of May 1, 1953 was announced.
THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW, APRIL, 1953
Secretary; Wm. H. Smith, Assistant
Treasurer; Irwin Stumborg, Assisiant
Treasurer; L. H. Ellis, Assistant Secre-
tary.
Fire in Laughead Spray Booth
Does Not Delay Shipping
Fire in the plant of the Gordon
Laughhead Co., plant at Grand Haven,
Mich, last month was confined to the
spray booth. No other damage was done
in any other part of the plant. Pianos
were shipped as scheduled and all de-
partments were operating as usual on
April 10th.
"Music In Industry"
Booklet by the AMC
To meet a growing demand for in-
formation about music as a part of in-
dustrial recreation programs, the Amer-
ican Music Conference has compiled a
booklet, "Music in Industry." The how
and why of employee participation in
musical recreation is explained in de-
tailed accounts of successful industrial
music programs.
The stories included in the booklet,
all reprinted from the Industrial Sports
Journal, give industries interested in
musical recreation the groundwork—in
the form of others' experiences — for
establishing their own music programs.
To Encourage Industry
Dr. John C. Kendel, vice-president of
AMC,
pointed out:
"We hope to encourage industry to
seek the benefits of music in industrial
relations by pointing out its success in
many instances. The AMC staff of field
specialists is available without charge
to assist any industrial organizations in
developing music programs."
The new AMC booklet is available
on request and is being distributed to
industrial recreation leaders, industrial
executives and music merchants across
the country.
The music programs included in the
booklet range from marching bands to
choruses, organ groups and guitai
classes.
Among the stories are those about the
Norfolk and Western Railway 68-year-
old band, International Harvester's
Louisville guitar class, the Raybestos-
Manhattan Inc., "Rhythm Boys," Dow
Chemical Co.'s outstanding music pro-
gram that ranges from symphony or-
chestras to singing groups, National
Cash Register's teen-age band, and many
others.
Widely Illustrated
The booklet is widely illustrated with
photographs. Value of the articles lies
not alone in the descriptive material on
financing, organization and mechanics
of membership maintenance, Dr. Ken-
del points out. They also tell the value
of creative recreational outlets as a
morale builder for workers.
The music programs of industry also
satisfy the needs of management, as
pointed out in the final article of the
booklet. Executives are finding music
as a hobby soothes and relaxes pent-up
nerves as well as providing a pleasant
pasttime.
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