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Here pianos are overhauled, remod-
eled and refinished. New action-, sound
hoard and pin block installation is
routine; at this writing 52 pianos are
in the school awaiting complete over-
haul, 14 of them grand pianos.
Mr. Turner earnestly believes that
the success of the piano industry ul-
timately must depend upon fine tuning
—and therefore upon not only the
ability, but also the integrity of the
service man. As might be expected, his
course stresses a definite and "self-
proving" system of tuning, and em-
phasizes related theory in all work.
Not everyone is able to become a
fine tuner and technician, of course,
and to help in picking the best of
the applicants, Mr. Turner requires
AMERICAN PIANO
SUPPLY CO.
Headquarters
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Action Bolts
Ball Bolts
Piano Casters
Music Wire
Paper Punchings
Cloth & Felt Punchings
Miscellaneous Felts
Tuning Pins — Imported
Present Class of High Caliber
AMERICAN PIANO SUPPLY CO.
Division of
HAMMACHERSCHLEMMER&CO.
889 BROADWAY
(N. W. Cor. 19th St.)
NEW YORK 3, N. Y.
GRamercy 7-4540
MCNftY WICKMAM.
Ftunder
that, besides having a personal inter-
view, each would-be student answer a
questionnaire which includes 20 ques-
tions which when answered clearly
prove the aptitude of the applicant.
If a man successfully passes these
hurdles, he is admitted to the first of
two five-month semesters and is put
to work at chipping, tuning, regulat-
ing (upright and grand), stringing,
cabinet work, used-piano repair, re-
finishing, business fundamentals, or
any of the varied and fascinating
skills necessary to becoming a well-
rounded piano technician. During his
course of study, the student completes
a total of 1,200 hours of practice and
is marked on Attendance, Neatness,
Accuracy, Theory, Handling of Tools.
Desire to Learn, School Rules, Tuning
Progress, Class Room, Written Exami-
nations. His record is totaled weekly
and gives a good indication of his
progress, and of his final status at the
end of the course. At the present writ-
ing there are 20 men in the Day class
and 11 at night.
While visiting the Piano School I
addressed the students in class and
also spoke to them individually. I was
much impressed by the atmosphere of
sincerity, industry and enthusiasm
which pervades the school. We piano
men all know that the service end of
the piano business, at least, is at a
pretty low ebb right now. The public
often can't get even a poor tuner, let
alone a good one! But I really felt
very much encouraged during my visit
with Mr. Turner and his students. I
was impressed by the caliber of his
"boys", as he likes to call them. I
felt that here was an answer to the
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desperate shortage of technicians in
the piano industry today, and that
here was a "Man with a Mission", if
Mr. Turner will allow me; that here
was a group of men taking a firm hold
on the unprecedented opportunity of-
fered the skilled technician in the field
of Service to the Piano Industry and
to the Public today.
My hat is off, in this column, to
Earle M. Turner, the Piano Crafts De-
partment, and the New York Trade
School'
10 Kimball Pianos For
Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. Schools
After making a careful study of
many makes of pianos, the Music De-
partment of the Fort Lauderdale
School System, Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.,
selected ten Kimball Studio pianos.
The music teachers of this school sys-
tem report that, after a thorough trial,
these Kimballs are giving perfect sat-
isfaction. The Braman Studios, an af-
filiate of the Braman Piano Company,
Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., who sold these
pianos to the public school system,
also uses Kimball pianos to train its
more than two hundred students.
FRED L. SHOOP
Fred L. Shoop died February 11,
1954 at his home in Kingston, Pa., at
the age of 68. For the past eight years,
he had been head salesman for the
Snyder Piano Co., Wilkes-Barre, Pa.,
selling Weaver and Wurlitzer pianos.
Mr. Shoop had a long and honorable
career as a piano salesman. Among
the pallbearers was Mr. Holden Shoop,
who operates the Sunbury Piano Com-
pany at Sunbury, Pa.
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1201 Stirling St.
26
Tel. 1241 Coat»svllle, Pa.
THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW, APRIL. I954