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Music Trade Review

Issue: 1954 Vol. 113 N. 10

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ing agent between the educational and
commercial interests wherever it works
throughout the nation. The coordination
of this television project is only one
indication of how effectively this job
can be carried out.
Association members who have inter-
est in bringing this deevlopment to edu-
cational television stations in their cit-
ies, and also members whose cities do
not yet have such stations, are invited
to state their interest in this work to
the Association.
Bremen Piano Featured in
"Castles in the Woods" Model Home
"Art Inspired by Music" a
Sleinway Centennial Feature
A large and unusual exhibition of
art inspired by music is being held
this month at the Carnegie Hall Gal-
lery. New York. This "Art Inspired by
Music" collection is the result of a
nationwide competition in junior and
senior high schools throughout the
United States during the Steinway Cen-
tennial Year, 1953-1954, under the
auspices of Scholastic Magazines, hon-
oring the 100th Anniversary of the
noted piano firm.
The thirty-seven prize-winning pic-
tures comprising this show are the
work of young artists who range in
age from 12 to 18 and present a vari-
ety of media, including water colors,
gouaches, pastels, montages, etc. The
exhibit is scheduled for a national tour
following the New York premiere and
will be seen under the sponsorship of
local music and art groups.
The coordinated efforts of thousands
of art and music teachers throughout
America have made this show possible.
"Art Inspired by Music" exhibit
throughout the month of October, is
one of the many special events mark-
ing the nationwide celebration of
"Steinway Week," October 18-24^-the
101st Anniversary of Steinway & Sons.
BREMEN PIANO IN "CASTLES IN THE WOODS" MODEL HOME
In the accompanying illustration
there is shown an interior view of the
model home in "Castles in the Woods"
development in the Royal Woods area
Bremen Piano Corp., Franklin Park.
During a recent exhibit of this home
and three others in this locality, for the
benefit of the Children's Lukemia Hos-
T H E N E W B R E M E N P L A N T IN F R A N K L I N P A R K , I L L I N O I S
of San Fernando Valley in California,
furnished by Barker Bros, of Los An-
geles, in which is featured a Bremen
spinet piano manufactured by the
pital, the homes were visited by several
thousand people, each of whom donat-
ed $1.00 each for the benefit of the
hospital.
TV PIANO CLASSES
stations, although there will be no com-
mercials as such.
It is the function of the NAMM Ed-
ucation Division to act as a coordinat-
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daily paper. Those who wish university
credit, however, must still pay a tui-
tion fee and attend a certain number
of sessions on the campus.
Two Piano Courses
Two piano courses are being offered
this semester on KUHT-TV—a repeat
of last year's beginning series, and an
advanced course (by demand of last
year's beginners) that carries on where
the first course left off. The advanced
course is expected to attract many of
those who were previously enrolled, as
well as a number of adults who have
given up their music or desire a refresh-
er course.
The sponsoring stores will get their
names mentioned at the beginning and
end of each program, in accordance
with FCC regulations for educational
THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW, OCTOBER, 1954
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PIANO
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VNE of the few pianos now on
the market that is made, owned
and operated by the same family
that created it.
F OUR generations of the Kra-
kauer family have produced the
Krakauer piano—over 75 years
in the same family.
1 HE Krakauer is the best piano
for "Tone," "Responsiveness" and
"Case Design."
Established 1869
K R A K A U ER
BROS.
Retail Warerooms:
Factory:
401 WEST 124th STREET
25 WEST 57th STREET
NEW YORK
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Eight Story & Clark Studio Pianos
Purchased for CBS Television City
CBS TELEVISION CITY, LOS ANGELES, CAL.
Michael G. DuBrow, sales manager
of the Story & Clark Piano Co., Chi-
cago, 111., recently returned from the
Coast and reported that CBS, Los An-
geles, has recently purchased eight Story
& Clark 44 Studio uprights for official
use in their studios.
The accompanying illustration shows
the CBS Television City within the walls
of which are the Story & Clark pianos.
Two New 38" Gulbransen
Pianos With Direct Blow
Piano Actions
in New York, recently presented Bur-
ton Minshall, president of the Minshall
The Gulbransen Co., Melrose Park,
111., recently introduced a new 38-inch
scale piano with a full standard direct-
blow action, styled as the "Metropoli-
tan." The action is exactly the same
type of standard direct-blow action
which is used in the 41-inch master
console. The piano is furnished in satin
ebony, mahogany, walnut, blonde ma-
hogany and blonde oak.
In commenting on the reception
which this instrument has received,
E. P. Williams, Sales Manager of the
company, stated: "Not only our dealers
but tuners and teachers alike are equal-
ly warm in their praise of the standard
direct-blow action in this type of pi-
ano. The success of the Metropolitan
has been so phenomenal that this
month we are shipping a new model to
be known as the 'Classic' with ihe same
scale and action. The Classic, of mod-
ern design, will be in our most ex-
pensive case, available in ebony, ma-
hogany, blonde oak and blonde ma-
hogany, satin or high-sheen finish."
"In view of the fact," said Mr. Wil-
liams, "that orders are in excess of
our factory capacity at the present time,
we urge dealers to advise us of their
requirements for the holidays season as
quickly as possible."
Burton Minshall Receives
Public Service Award
Mary Fran Halprin, associate direc-
tor of the Academy of Broadcast Arts
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BURTON MINSHALL RECEIVES
SERVICE AWARD
Organ Inc., Brattleboro, Vt., with the
annual public service award for "cre-
ating an electronic organ designed
especially for the radio and television
industry".
The Minshall organ is currently be-
ing used on the "Strike It Rich" show,
which is seen and heard by approxi-
mately 20,000,000 people each day on
the CBS television network and the
NBC radio network.
In accepting the award, Mr. Minshall
disclosed that other network shows
have requested the Minshall organ.
L. P. Bull Elected a Director
of C. G. Conn Ltd.. Elkhart, Ind.
L. P. Bull, president, Story & Clark
Piano Co., Chicago, 111., was recently
elected a director of C. G. Conn, Ltd. y
Elkhart, Indiana.
Mr. Bull has been prominent in the
piano industry ever since he joined the
organization of Story & Clark Piano
Co., of which he was Vice-President for
many years, and succeeded the late
F. F. Story as President of the com-
pany. He has always been very active
in association affairs, was President of
the National Piano Manufacturers As-
sociation from 1936 to 1937, also Treas-
urer of the American Music Conference
and at the present time is a Trustee to
the American Music Conference from
the National Piano Manufacturers Asso-
ciation. He also served on the Nominat-
ing Committee this year.
He is the grandson-in-law of the
founder of Story & Clark Piano Co.,
Hampton L. Story.
Tiller-Faith Piano Co. Sells Winter Pianos
to Owensboro, Ky. Baptist Church
MEMBERS OF THE TILLER-FAITH PIANO CO. STAND BEHIND
WINTER PIANOS SOLD TO BAPTIST CHURCH
Thirteen new Winter school pianos
are now installed in the Third Baptist
Church of Owensboro, Ky. Recently
sold by the Tiller-Faith Piano Co. of
Evansville, Ind., the pianos are all the
Winter Style J.
In the photograph herewith standing
behind the pianos are: (right to left)
Mr. Ray Rutter, Tiller-Faith service
manager; Mr. Jack Geors, of the Gears
Moving Co.; Messrs. Phil Manfre and
John B. Schaefer, representing the Til-
ler-Faith Piano Company; Mr. Floyd
Patterson, Minister of Music; and the
Reverend H. B. Kuhnle, Minister of the
Church.
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