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New Four Octave Minshall Chord Organ
Can Be Played with or without Buttons
A revolutionary electronic home
chord organ which is designed for
both the novice and the professional
organ of its size with a standard key-
board and a range of four full
octaves.
servicing, if necessary, can be done
right in the home.
In New York, the new organ is on
display at the A. Messina, organ and
music store, at 159 West 23rd Street.
An advertisement featuring the new
organ will appear in Life magazine
on November 29th.
Her Hobby is Making Min.
Baldwin Pianos in Spare Time
Miss Joan Perrone, is a highly re-
garded pianist and music teacher of
Arlington, Va. She takes great delight
THE
NEW
FOUR OCTAVE
MINSHALL
CHORD
ORGAN
WHICH CAN
BE PLAYED
WITH OR
WITHOUT
BUTTONS
MISS JOAN PERRONE
player, was introduced for the first
time at the Governor Clinton Hotel,
New York, on November 9th, by Bur-
ton Minshall president, Minshall Or-
gan Inc., Brattleboro, Vt.
This new chord organ, which is
smaller and claimed to be more versa-
tile than any chord-type organ on the
market, will sell for $890.00 It will be
available immediately in music and
department stores throughout the
country.
The new organ was created for the
modern, functional home or apart-
ment. In addition to the conventional
mahogany and blonde, it will also be
available in a host of new colors in-
cludin/g Chinese red, blue, green,
ebony, etc., with smartly styled brass
fittings.
The new organ measures 391/£>"
long, is 34" high, and is 2 2 ^ " "in
depth. It weighs approximately 150
pounds, and can easily be moved from
one room to another.
Completely electronic, the new or-
gan features tone-arama, a sound coup-
ling system which gives the listener
the feeling that sound is emanating
from many different quarters of the
room. The new instrument is the only
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Pointing out that the new organ
took several years to develop, Mr.
Minshall said that the company's en-
gineers have made every effort to sim-
plify and make it possible for the
beginner as well as the professional to
enjoy it. "For example, we h'ave kept
down the number of chord buttons to
only ten. Yet it is possible to produce
120 different chords, more than any
chord organ on the market today",
Mr. Minshall said.
Mr. Minshall explained that the new
organ can be played with or without
the chord buttons. "Anyone can sit
down and play it like any other stand-
ard keyboard instrument", he added.
The new org^p also has four tone
groups — flute, diapason, horns and
strings — which are capable of pro-
ducing dozens of tone colors. It also
has a bass volume control, vibrato
control and a simplified swell pedal.
It can produce full eight foot pedal
tones.
The company claims that the new
organ is very easy to service. It has no
moving parts. Tones and effects are
all produced by standard type radio
and television vacuum tubes. The
chassis is easily accessible and any
in creating miniature Baldwin Pianos
in her spare time. The second mini-
ature which she has completed was on
display at the recent N,A.P.T. Conven-
tion banquet, where she received' spe-
cial recognition. What happened to her
first miniature? She gave it to Amparo
Iturbi, Miss Perrone's teacher and
long-time friend.
Chicago P. & O. Association Elects
Grimm President at Annual Meeting
The Chicago Piano and Organ Asso-
ciation held its annual meeting on Oc-
tober 19th and elected Clyde Grimm,
piano service department manager of
Lyon & Healy, Inc. as President. The
other officers elected at the same time
are Robert E. Johnson. Schaff Piano
String Co., First Vice-President; Robert
B. Peyton. Rudolph Wurlitzer Co., Sec-
ond Vice-President; Jackson B. Strange,
W. W. Kimball Co., Secretary, and
E. F. Novak, Cable Piano Co., Treas-
urer.
The nominating committee was com-
posed of Robert E. Fanning, manager
of the Baldwin Piano Co. retail store,
Chicago; Gurney Brownell, Lyon &
Healy, Inc., and Robert A. Burke, Chi-
cago retail store manager of W. W.
Kimball Co.
THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW, NOVEMBER, 1954