Presto

August 27, 1927.
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PRESTO-TIMES
—thanks to the absolute technical perfection of the
Baldwin Welte-Mignon (licensee) Piano."
He won first prize for violin playing in 1911 at the
Paris Conservatory, the prize for counterpoint in
1914. later a prize for composition, and was compet-
Daughter of Russell A. Alger, Former Secretary of
Fine Instrument Provided with Welte Mignon ing for the Grand Prix de Rome when the World
War
began.
M.
Milhaud,
together
with
a
number
of
War, Buys Chickering Convention Exhibit.
(Licensee) Action Evokes His Praise.
young composers, formed the famous "Group of Six,"
Darius Milhaud, well known among French mu- which set Paris agog with musical "modernism" and
During the recent music trade convention in Chi-
sicians of the younger generation, occupies an impor- with modern French music in particular.
cago, Chickering & Sons exhibited an Ampico built
tant position as pianist, conductor lecturer, and com-
into an Italian Renaissance cabinet. The instrument
poser. He is now on his second visit to the United
was remarkable, not alone because of its unusually
States.
Concerning the Baldwin Welte-Mignon
beautiful case, but because it contained no piano
(licensee) Reproducing Piano he writes:
"A lake on which no breezes play reflects the sur-
AMPICO IN ITALIAN
RENAISSANCE CABINET
DARIUS MILHAUD WRITES
ABOUT THE BALDWIN PIANO
NEW OFFICERS NOMINATED
FOR PIANO CLUB OF CHICAGO
DARIUS MIT.HAUD.
rounding landscape; a mirror portrays the face bend-
ing above; and so the Baldwin Welte-Mignon (licen-
see) Piano reproduces with the same accuracy the
most minute details and nuances of the artist. The
rendering of a musician, his personal interpretations,
cease to be fleeting moments and remain fixed forever
Kenry B. Bibb Named as Head of Organization for
New Term.
The nominating committee of the Piano Club of
Chicago, E. 1'". Lapham, chairman, named this wc-ck
the following ticket of officers for 1928. to be pre-
sented at the annual meeting in October, unless an-
other ticket is prepared in the meantime:
President, Henry B. Bibb of Brunswick- Balke-
Collender Co.
'Vice-President, Roger O'Connor of Kranich &
Bach.
Secretary, G. R. Brownell of Lyon & Mealy.
Treasurer, Carl Sundberg of the Q.R.S. Music Co.
The following are named for the board of gover-
nors to take the place of the live who retire this year:
Jas. T. Bristol. Will H. Collins, E. V. Galloway.'Geo.
S. McLaughlin and Gordon Laughead (member ex-
omcio; retiring president). Fred Ryder was placed
AMPICO IN ITALIAN CAKINKT.
on the Board of Governors to till the unexpired term
of K. W. Curtis, now residing in California. The keyboard. It has now been sold to Mrs. Charles I).
Board of Governors is composed of fifteen members,
Pike, daughter of the late General Russell A. Alger,
including the four officers of the club; president, vice- who w r as Secretary of W r ar in McKinley's cabinet.
president, secretary and treasurer.
This is the third Ampico that Mrs. Pike has pur-
chased, one being in her home in Bar Harbor and
this last purchase going to her Lake Forest residence,
OPENS INDIANA BRANCH.
which is one of the most perfect examples of an
Ed Hewitt, representing the Pearson Piano Com- Italian villa in the United States.
pany branch in Kokomo, Ind., has placed a line of
pianos and phonographs in a store on the west side
of the square in Tipton, Ind. Mr. Hewitt will be in
Gene Sampson, Traverse City, Mich., has been
charge of the Tipton store for a time and is a former made representative for the Baldwin Piano Com-
Tipton resident.
pany.
Just One of
Nineteen
Beautiful
Designs of the
Schiller Line
Style M. Jacobean Schiller
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