November 4, 1922.
PRESTO
Christman
COLUMBUS MUSIC SCHOOL
USES THE CHICKERING
Mrs.
Morrey, Head of Institution in Ohio's
Capital City, Has Selected Famous
Boston Instrument.
Grace Hamilton Morrey, who heads the Morrey
School of Music in Columbus, O., and is one of the
best known musicians of the Middle West, now uses
the Chickering piano exclusively. Arrangements were
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WEAVER PIANO CO.'S BIG
SUCCESS AT FAIRS
Line Made in the York, Pa., Increases Its Popularity
in Prosperous Sections.
The fine products of the Weaver Piano Co., Inc.,
York, Pa , are more intimately known to the people
of Pennsylvania at the close of a succession of ex-
hibitions by the company or its representatives made
at the annual fairs. The displays in the various places
have increased the state pride in the success of such
an industry as that of the Weaver Piano Co., Inc.
They showed too the hearty cooperation of the com-
pany with its representatives in the selling of the
attractive line of piano, playerpianos and reproducing
pianos.
At the York County Fair, P. G. Mundorf, manager
of the retail store of the company in York was in
charge of a notable exhibit which included the full
line of the company. The new art designs were
strong attractions for the lovers of fine pianos. These
included an Adam, a Louis XV and a Colonial model.
The management of the exhibit at the State Fair at
the Capital was in the capable hands of G. T. Sanner
and the big crowds that filled Hanover were made to
remember the Weaver commodities in the exhibit of
the instruments from the York factory. The recitals,
continuous every day, showed the artistic merits of
the Weaver reproducing piano with the Welte-Mig-
non patents. Other fine exhibits were made at the
Stewartstown Fair with S. B. Mummert in charge
and at the Fawn Grove Fair with E. A. Atland in
charge.
"The
First
Touch
Tells"
Studio Grand
sires to do. And we are honored by having enrolled in
our membership four hundred and thirty-eight of the
brightest minds in the music trade. What these
minds can do, functioning through an organization
so successfully established as is the Piano Club of
Chicago, is worth your careful consideration."
made through Otto B. Heaton of Columbus, Ohio.
On a recent visit to New York, when Mrs. Morrey
made several recordings for the Ampico she was en-
tertained at a theatre party which included Henry
Souvaine and Dr. Sigmund Spaeth of the American
Piano Company, Daisy Jean, the 'cellist and soprano,
Jean Wiswell, and Miss Marion Morrey, pianist's
daughter. Miss Morey is now studying piano in New
York, and is herself a promising artist. Her mother
began her concert career in Washington at the age of
IS, and three years later became a pupil of Leschet-
izky in Vienna.
CHICAGO PIANO CLUB
ELECTION ILLEGAL?
Shenanigan Methods at Late Event at Drake Hotel
Charged in Following Signed Statement.
The following under date of October 30, 1922, has
been addressed to the Membership, The Piano Club
of Chicago, Inc., and signed by W. S. Jenkins as
president:
Gentlemen: I hereby call a special meeting of the
Piano Club of Chicago, Inc., at the Illinois Athletic
Club, 112 S. Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, for
Monday, November sixth at 12:15 noon, as requested
by sixteen members of the Piano Club of Chicago,
Inc., as witnessed by their written request reading
as follows:
Chicago, 111.,
To the President:
October 30, 1922.
The Piano Club of Chicago, Inc.,
Chicago, 111.
We, the undersigned hereby request that owing to
the illegality of the election of officers held by the
Piano Club of Chicago, on October 23rd, 1922, we
request that a special election be held at the call of
the President.
Signed: Adam Schneider, A. D. King, Jr., Charles
Leiser, K. W. Curtis, Roger O'Connor, Walter Wil-
son, W. A. Lund, W. B. Papineau, Harry Bibb, H. J.
Terwilligar, C. M. Reichardt, E. V. Galloway, C.
Kleauber, F. M. Hood, P. A. Henry, A. E. Nealy.
Yours very truly,
W. S. Jenkins, President.
The meeting of the Piano Club of Chicago on Mon-
day of this week was an open meeting for a discus-
sion of the work of the club for the coming year,
and in the notices the new president, J. T. Bristol,
said: "You are especially urged to attend. This is
your club. You have been proud of the things it has
done in the past. With your help it can do even
greater things in the future."
''The object of the Piano Club of Chicago," Mr.
Bristol continued, "is to promote music and good fel-
lowship in the trade. Your officers are but the execu-
tives selected to carry out the work that the club de-
THE NEW MANAGER OF
CABLE STORE AT AURORA
Local Newspaper's Greeting to Henry C. Billings,
Who Comes to Direct Local Interests.
Announcement has just been made that Henry C.
Billings has been appointed manager of the new
store of the Cable Piano Company, piano and phono-
graph retailers, 46 Fox street, says the Aurora, 111.,
Beacon-News.
Mr. Billings, who has had a long practical experi-
ence in this field, is delighted with the opportunity
Aurora presents. He states that he is glad, indeed,
to come to Aurora, for he believes in the town and
its teachings.
It might be added that Mr. Billings is well known
in the middle west. He is an accomplished pianist,
having made several recordings for player roll com-
panies, and has recently been connected with one of
the large recording laboratories. He feels that this
in itself should be helpful to friends of the Cable
company in Aurora and vicinity.
Mr. Billings has spent the last few days at the
Cable factories at St. Charles making a selection for
the holiday season.
OUR RELATIONS WITH MEXICO.
This interesting item appeared in "Week in
Mexico," of Mexico City: "Owing to the American
Government's failure so far to resume diplomatic
relations with Mexico, American commercial rela-
tions with Mexico arc suffering to a far greater ex-
tent than is being made public, either by the Ameri-
can Government or by the Press. The Canadians
have taken advantage of this condition and are push-
ing their commerce in Mexico for all it will stand.
The reports sent by the Mexican consuls and pub-
lished here show facts sufficiently telling to make
wise people take notice."
VISITED OHIO STORES.
Fred Bassett, vice-president of the M. Schuk: Com-
pany, Chicago, spent a few days last week at the
Company's branch house in Cleveland, Ohio, which
is now handling a large volume of orders for delivery
this fall and winter. Conditions in Cleveland are get-
ting better rapidly because of the revival of the steel
industry, Mr. Bassett noticed. He also called on the
Otto Grau Piano Company at Cincinnati, while away.
NOVEL PORTLAND DISPLAY.
A novel display of the Meier & Frank Co., Port-
land, Ore., recently was a window in which a com-
plete apartment was shown living-room, bedroom,
dining-room and kitchen. One of the prominent fea-
tures of the display was a Knabe grand piano which
the host played in entertaining her friends.
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