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Issue: 1928 2206

November 10, 1928
PRESTO-TIMES
STRAUBE PIANO IN RECITAL
D. L. LOOMIS SPEAKS OF
WESTERN HOSPITALITY
On Return from Trip to West Coast Executive
Secretary of N. A. M. M. Voices Appre-
ciation of Warm Reception.
"The west coast man is not a waster of time—he
works fast himself and apparently likes to talk with
men who work in the same manner, but the west
coast man is always courteous, always willing to give
a visitor all the time necessary to tell his story," said
Delbert L. Loomis, executive secretary of the Na-
tional Association of Music Merchants, who returned
recently from a trip.
"It was an unalloyed joy to meet the western music
men. They expressed keen interest in the National
Association and in the promotional work which is
being carried on in cooperation with the National
Bureau for the Advancement of Music and also in
all of the activities of the Music Industries Chamber
of Commerce, and they backed up this interest by
joining the National Association. In many cities
where previously there was only possibly one and
occasionally no member at all in the National Asso-
ciation, the music merchants became 100 per cent
members in our association.
"In addition to the cities originally scheduled for
the trip, I added one, that of Vancouver, B. C , having
a feeling that our association should extend its greet-
ings and expression of good will to members of the
trade in western Canada. We have a number of mem-
bers of our association located in the cities in the
eastern part of Canada. The same evidence of cor-
George A. Heath, the Straube piano dealer at Wau- handled the Straube piano for many years, and being dial good will was apparent among the members of
seon, Ohio, has endeared himself to the music loving a man of unusual musical and technical qualifications, the trade in Vancouver.
'"One word should be said regarding the hospitality
people of that community through the active interest he is an ardent admirer of the musical eloquence and
he has taken in providing concerts featuring promi- structural stability of the Straube Grand piano. Miss of the western music men. From the moment I ar-
nent musicians and vocalists as well as sponsoring Shadle, whose accomplishments have won wide recog- rived in Los Angeles until I said good-bye to the
nition for her, also is enthusiastic about the Straube last man in Spokane, Wash., it was always the same
the development of the children in the playing of
story—they just could not do enough to make the
musical instruments. In addition to his energy as a piano, and is, herself, an owner of one of them.
stay not only profitable but most enjoyable.
music dealer Mr. Heath is a musician of rare ability
and is well known on the concert stage.
EIGHT-YEAR-OLD MUSICIANS.
"The success of this trip points the way, perhaps,
At the M. E. Church recently, Mr. Heath invited
The Chicago Journal of Monday evening this week to what may be done to bring the National Associa-
the public to hear an interesting piano recital. The published a group picture of thirty little children who tion to a point where it will be the most powerful
program of carefully selected numbers gave pleasure compose a musical chorus. Their little leader was organization in the field of association activities. It
to those assembled. The rendition of the numbers shown back of them with his baton. Under the pic- demonstrates as nothing else could have done, the ex-
by all of the contestants was most commendable. ture was this information: "Eight years old is the traordinary interest which is taken in the promotional
Among the students, Miss Thelma Rychener was cho- maximum limit of musicians of the North School activities of our association by music merchants the
sen by the audience as most deserving of the grand band of Chjckasha, Okla. The little fellows, above, moment they come to a clear understanding of the
prize.
have given many concerts in towns of their neigh- objects we are working for and the accomplishments
which have already taken place.
The "Toledo Blade" in reporting the recital, stated. borhood and are scheduled to play at the Oklahoma
"Wauseon and the vicinity surrounding it may well State Fair."
be proud of its music teachers and music scholars
WELTE-MIGNON ARTIST RETURNS.
and much credit is due Mr. Heath as a pioneer in
ADVERTISING THE STEINWAY.
Dorothy Miller Duckwitz, Welte-Mignon artist, re-
this line. The advantages of the vocal and instru-
"The Steinway is everywhere so well and favorably
mental training of pupils while young in years, and known, that some people assume it to lie beyond their turned to New York this week from a six months'
trip in Europe, where she enjoyed a real vacation and
the value of junior classes cannot be overestimated as means," says Lyon & Healy, Chicago, in a newspaper
spent some time coaching a number of students she
was evidenced at this recital."
ad in the Sunday papers. "Yet nothing could be took with her. Mrs. Duckwitz visited southern Italy,
In the accompanying photograph, Mr. Heath is farther from the truth. The Steinway today is better
Switzerland, and Paris, and left some of her pupils
shown at the Straube Grand Piano. Mr. Wave Shaf- than it has ever been, but the new deferred-payment
with her old master, Isador Philipp, in Paris. She
fer at the organ, Miss Dorothy Shadle, soprano, and purchase plan has brought it well within the reach of
has now opened up her New York Studio at 314
Miss Marie Sharpe, near the chimes. Mr. Heath has the most limited income."
West 92nd street, New York city.
JACOB BROS. CO.
Manufacturers of "Pianos of Quality
Established 1878
We have a financing proposition worthy
of vour investigation.
JACOB BROS. CO.
3O6 East 1 3 3 rd St.
NEW YORK
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November 10, 1928
PRESTO-TIMES
Christmas
HPHE two newest Packard Instruments,
X
the Louis XVI, Style XX, Art Grand
and the Louis XVI, Style B, Upright,
have brought real Christmas Profits to
all Packard Dealers.
HTHE Packard Free Piano Lesson Ser-
vice is helping to make every month
of the year as good as the Christmas
Season. It works all year.
3335 Packard Avenue
The Packard Piano Co.
Fort Wayne, Indiana
VOLNEY BAYLEY'S FEAT
IN BIG GAME HUNTING
Sixteen-Year-Old Son of Frank J. Bayley,
Detroit, Brings Down Thousand Pound
Buck in Ontario.
Sixty people were present recently at a moose buf-
fet dinner given at 35 Longfellow avenue, Detroit,
the home of Frank J. Bayley, head of the Bayley
Piano Co. of that city. The chef of the Book-Cad-
illac Hotel presided and the guests included judges,
hearing makes it difficult to get near enough to the
animals to get a shot.
Volney brought the big buck down with the first
shot. His father, who has hunted big game for years
didn't even see a moose, much less get a shot at one.
Volney is a familiar figure at all of the horse shows
and hunt club races. He is one of the best of
the younger riders around Detroit, being equally
capable at handling a hunter over the jumps or racing
on the flat. He is a junior member of the Detroit
Riding and Hunt Club. During the summer he spent
considerable time practicing polo.
PEORIA, ILL, MUSIC FIRM
MOVES TO NEW QUARTERS
Black, Derges & Marshall Now Occupy Its Own
Building at 226 South Adams.
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PKAXK J. BAYLEY (LEFT) AND HIS SON VOLNEY.
business friends of Mr. Bayley, prominent city officials
and newspapermen.
The 1,100-pound moose shipped from Nakina, Out.,
by Volney Bayley, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank J. Bay-
ley, provided the joints for the dinner. The moose
was shot by young Mr. Bayley in his trip to the
big game section of Ontario.
Perhaps hunters as young have bagged moose be-
fore. Other facts, however, make Volney's achieve-
ment somewhat remarkable. It was the first time he
ever had hunted big game. He shot the moose within
four days after arriving at the camp.
Accompanied by his father and Louis Marchon. a
French guide, and Michell LeGarde, an Indian guide,
young Bayley journeyed to Nakina, about 100 miles
north of Port Arthur, the end of a railroad. They
traveled through a chain of lakes with canoes, having
to portage canoes and provisions frequently.
They had expected to spend at least two weeks
hunting moose as the guides said no one had bagged
a moose in less than two weeks and that it usually
took about a month. The brush had all been burned
over and the moose were in the swamps.
The hunting season follows the mating season and
the moose do not answer the call. Hunters have to
stalk them and the moose's keen sense of smell and
The new music store of Black, Derges & Marshall,
Peoria, 111., was opened last week at 629 Main street.
The firm recently moved into its own building from
226 South Adams street, and at once started a thor-
ough and ingenious redecorating process, which has
culminated in a strikingly beautiful rendition.
A new and enlarged stock of musical instruments
and radios has been installed in the new Black,
Derges & Marshall store. These occupy completely
the first floor and the extensive basement, which in-
cludes a modern repair shop. A distinctly "different"
feature of the arrangement of stock is the classifi-
cation rooms, small glass enclosed apartments, which
feature one particular instrument. Witness the "Stein-
way room," showing exclusively the latest grand
piano models of that especial make.
The scheme of interior decoration in the renovated
music display has achieved that rare combination—
elaborate and rich fittings without blatant display.
Peorians entering the establishment at the public
opening were charmed, indeed.
VENEER CO. PRESIDENT DIES.
Frank Scott, 43, of 3202 Sheridan road, widely
known to piano manufacturers, was asphyxiated by
carbon monoxide fumes from the exhaust of his
automobile in the garage beside the R. S. Bacon
Veneer Company, 4807 Augusta street, Chicago, of
which he was president. An employe discovered
Mr. Scott overcome behind the steering wheel of the
car. He was rushed to the West Suburban Hospital,
but died before reaching there. He had been a resi-
dent at the Belmont Hotel, Chicago, for a number
of years.
GRINNELL BROTHERS' BRANCH.
Announcement was made this week that Grinnell
Brothers' Music House has established a store at 235
South Main street, Findlay, O. Charles W. Bell,
prominent Findlay citizen, who has had wide experi-
ence in the piano business, has been made manager of
the store. Officials of the Grinnell firm stated that a
store was established in Findlay because they consid-
ered it one of northwestern Ohio's outstanding cities.
A store was established in Lima six months ago.
I. N. RICE'S TRIBUTE TO
THE LATE R. K. MAYNARD
Mr. Rice Deeply Feels the Loss of His Friend
as Told to a Presto-Times
Correspondent.
I. N. Rice, of Los Angeles, Calif., speaking to a
Presto-Times correspondent of the death and funeral
of R. K. Maynard, western and Pacific Coast repre-
sentative of the M. Schulz Company, of Chicago, said:
"He went suddenly—exactly as the doctor told him
might happen, as he told me on his return from his
last trip. On Sunday we went to the home to see
the bereaved family; on Monday we went to the
funeral. It was a Christian Science service at the
undertakers. The flowers were beautiful; several
large pieces were decidedly lovely.
"I feel terribly depressed over his going; in fact,
it overwhelms me, as he was my most intimate friend
and I made it a point to see him often. He was a
likeable friend, and ready to lend a helping hand
at all times.
"On our return from Mr. Maynard's funeral I found
a letter from D. D. Luxton, vice-president of the
Vose Piano Co., Boston, in which he spoke of having
read in Presto-Times an account of my birthday din-
ner, and he referred to my kindness to him many
years ago when he was struggling in Buffalo. I am
glad Mr. Luxton has done so well."
CHICAGO PIANO MFRS.
ASSN. HOLDS ELECTION
George B. Lufkin Chosen President and Other Offi-
cers and Executive Committee Elected at
Great Northern Hotel Meeting.
After a luncheon at the Great Northern Hotel, Chi-
cago, on Thursday, November 1, the Chicago Piano
Manufacturers' Association listened to reports of the
various committees and elected officers to serve one
year. The association is composed of 30 members.
The following officers were elected:
George B. Lufkin, of the W. W. Kimball Company,
president; Fred P. Bassett, of the M. Schulz Com-
pany, vice-president; John S. Gorman, of the Gul-
bransen Company, secretary; Adam Schneider, treas-
urer; Kdward A. Laveille, assistant secretary and
traffic manager.
Executive Committee: George J. Dowling, of The
Cable Company; Curtis N. Kimball, of the W. W.
Kimball Company; John H. Parnham, of the Cable-
Nelson Piano Company; Frank F. Story, of the Story
& Clark Piano Company; F. R. Jacobson, of the
Straube Piano Company.
The United Reproducers' Corporation, Peerless
Division, Rochester, N. Y., claims radically new fea-
tures for the Peerless Dynamic Speaker "and a
depth and perfection of tone such as you have never
enjoyed before on more distant stations."
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