November 5, 1927
PRESTO-TIMES
also do some work in promoting piano classes for
adults.
The Bureau has equipped itself to assist the deal-
ers in promoting the piano classes in their stores.
Another project is the developing of individual cor-
respondence with the dealers with a view ? to assist- New Sales Manager of Progressive Company Greatly
National Bureau for Advancement of Music ing them in stirring up local musical interest in a
Pleased with Straube Co.'s Artronome.
wide variety of ways.
Active in Furthering Course of Piano
11. A. Stewart, who recently became sales manager
Teaching in Schools.
for the Straube Piano Company, Hammond, Ind..
has moved from St. Charles, 111., where he resided
The first important accomplishment in the develop-
for awhile, and become a citizen of Hammond, where
ment of piano class instruction is the securing by the
he
occupies a beautiful residence with his family not
National Bureau of the appointment of a special
piano committee by the Music Supervisor's National Schumann Piano Company's Official Is Accompanied far from the Straube factory, which is located about
one and a half miles south of the business center
Conference, which is the official organization of the
by Mrs. Van Matre on Trip to Arizona.
of that prosperous city.
Music Supervisors of the country and therefore rep-
Mr. Stewart, although a young man, comparatively,
W. N. Van Matre, president of the Schumann
resents the entire school system as far as music is
concerned. This special piano committee means that Piano Company, Rockford. 111., and his wife left their in years, has had a career in the piano business reach-
there will be an official body to push the piano home at Lake Bluff, 111., this week for the Far West. ing back almost to the time lie was a "kid," to use
They will stop at Phoenix, Ariz., in order to improve a colloquialism. He was successful with the Price
classes in the schools.
the health of Mrs. Van Matre, who is suffering from & Teeple Piano Company and later won further wide
It is proposed, through the Bureau, or the com- the after effects of pneumonia.
recognition in the trade with the Gulbransen Com-
mittee, or both, to carry on circularization and active
From Phoenix they will go to California, and al- pany. And he is very happy in his present situa-
correspondence for the promotion of the piano though no plans have been definitely settled farther tion, fee'ing that he is with an organization composed
classes with the following: Music supervisors, school than California, it is not improbable that Hawaii will not only of good business men but of good piano
superintendents, parent-teacher associations, music be visited by them before their return home next men.
teachers, music clubs and women's clubs. The Bu- spring.
Having a liking for the pedal playing end of the
reau has some valuable literature on the subject, but
business, Mr. Stewart is much pleased with the
will undoubtedly prepare additional literature.
Straube Artronome, which is a perfect playable
NEW MICHIGAN STORE.
One o f the important projects the Bureau will take
piano. Artronome is a name which has succeeded
Announcement
has
been
made
that
the
Wyseng
up is to influence more and more colleges, conserva-
the name "player-piano" with the Straube Piano
tories and normal schools to develop normal classes Music Store will be opened in Eaton Rapids, Mich. Company.
Work
was
started
on
the
store
several
weeks
ago,
for the training of a sufficient number of teachers in
but was halted after C. Beale Wysong and his mother
class methods.
Paul Stothart and his brother Herbert, composer
met with a serious automobile accident at Butler,
To Influence Music Teachers.
Pa., which resulted in Mrs. Wysong's death. Later of "Rose Marie" and other song hits, are given the
The Bureau will carry on a campaign with the stores of a similar nature will be opened in Lansing bulk of the estate left by their mother, Mrs. Hattie
private music teachers urging them to inaugurate and Jackson, and it is understood the Eaton Rapids Stothart, according to the terms of a will tiled in
court in Milwaukee.
such classes among their private pupils. He will store will be used as the shipping center.
H. A. STEWART, OF STRAUBE
CO. SETTLES IN HAMMOND
EFFORT FOR PROMOTION
OF PIANO CLASSES
W. N. VAN MATRE STARTS
FOR WESTERN TRIP
JESSE FRENCH PIANOS FOR FAMOUS ACADEMY
The Jesse French & Sons' piano ; cored another victory recently in selling
through the Wilking Piano Co., Indianapolis, the Academy of St. John at Vin-
cennes, Ind., several more pianos. When the supervisors found a need for addi-
tional instruments they were insistent on buying the Jesse French & Son's
instruments. In recommending the purchase to the Mother Institution at Terre
Haute, Ind., St. Mary's of the Woods, the Sisters at St. John's Academy rec-
Dinmended not only the French piano, but were insistent, having learned from
Father Bosler, the priest of the academy and a finished musician, that the Jesse
FYench & Son's piano was the instrument to purchase. Since all purchases art
made through the institution at Terre Haute, which is under the direction of
the Sisters of Providence, The Wilking Music Company received the order for
one style "S" grand and one of the Boudoir styles.
The institution in which these instruments were placed ranks among the
foremost of the state. Its pupils are composed of the wealthiest families of the
southern part of Indiana and parts of Illinois. Father Bosler, the chaplain of
the institution, and a musician of repute, admires the French instrument on
account of is sweet tone, its responsive action and its excellent reputation among
the music loving public.
The accompanying cuts show the style "S'' grand and "Boudoir" upright
in the Academy of St. Johns, where the instruments have a suitable artistic
setting, and the music department of the academy.
ACADEMY OF ST. JOHN, VINOENNKS, IND.
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