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November 10, 1928
PRESTO-TIMES
GULBRANSEN SALON IN OMAHA CAMPAIGN SONGS
AT CLUB LUNCHEON
Mild Thrillers Provided at the Piano Club of
Chicago's Luncheon and Some Very
Highly Honored Supply Men Attend
the Weekly Event.
GULBRANSEN PlANO SALON
The luncheon hour of the Piano Club of Chicago
on Monday of this week took on the double semblance
of the session of an election board and an armistice
A SHOWING OF SMART NEW MODELS
day celebration. For the songs were those of war
THE INSTRUMENTS OF TODAY
times and of the candidates.
One of the members (whether a Smithite or a
Hooverite does not matter) suggested that the na-
tional song of the next generatnon be sung, when
"Ted" Benedict at the piano struck up '"The Streets
of New York," which was lustily carried out by the
singing of the audience. It was heartily sung as if to
S elected \
express a last word of cheer to the \ defeated \
candidate. This report was written Monday after-
noon, just before the election, so we had to have a
double line set and now ask the reader to take his
pencil and cross out either the word "elected" or the
word "defeated."
Then "America" was sung as the past national
hymn and "The Star Spangled Banner" as the pres-
ent and to be continued song of the nation. These
were followed by other songs, war-time, election-day
and patriotic in their nature, and then came the gath-
ering up of the electoral-guess ballots, on which every
one present was asked to write down on blanks
printed for the purpose, his impression of how each
state would go, thus giving an account of the entire
531 votes of the national electors.
War pictures were exhibited upon a screen, this
feature having been provided from men at Lyon &
Healy's—Gurney R. Brownell and others. These pic-
tures were taken by the Signal Corps and other of the
war-time organizations that saw action on "the other
side."
W. M. Shailer, secretary of Philip W. Oetting &
Son, Inc., 213 East 19th street, New York, sole
agents for the Weickert hammer and damper fe!ts,
accompanied by his brother, L. L. Shailer, a member
of the Piano Club, living at 4552 Monticello avenue,
Chicago, had as their guest at the luncheon their
uncle, S. R. Shailer, of Comstock, Cheney & Co.,
The accompanying cut shows the Gulbransen Piano souri and Colorado, and among the new features was Tvoryton, Conn. S. R. Shailer has been visiting on
Salon in connection with the regional meeting held a selling plan worked out by the Gulbransen organi- the Pacific Coast for the past three or four weeks
and is now on the way home, and will visit the trade
in Omaha October 23 and 24. The cut shows the zation in direct contact with the public.
entrance to the Florentine Room in the Fontenelle
John S. Gorman, vice-president and sales manager on the way back east. He is a younger brother of
Hotel, Omaha. In the foreground is the Art Model of the Gulbransen Company, unfolded the evidence another Shailer who died in Chicago about two years
Minuet in Japanese red; next the 4 foot 6 inch Art gathered by this company during a year of facing ago and who was the father of W. M. and L. L.
Shailer, and who had been with Comstock, Cheney
Grand in fancy walnut veneer; next the Gulbransen the real facts, that the public properly approached will
Small Grand in walnut and the last Grand shown in buy pianos; that the tight is from without and not & Co., for over fifty years. And now S. R. has been
the picture is the Louis XVI Model. Other instru- from within. Mr. Gorman emphasized the fact that with that great piano action, key and ivory house for
about fifty-three years.
ments that do not show in the picture are the Span- young men put new blood into the retail piano busi-
W. M. Shailer told the assembled members of the
ish Grand, the 4 foot 6 inch Reproducing Grand, the ness; that the industry can win back lost position by
club that he would wager any one of them to prove
Modern Musical Miracle Upright Reproducing Piano united effort.
and other of the staple styles. In the extreme back-
Walter Kiehn, advertising manager of the company, that he had not voted the earliest of any present, as
ground is shown the Art Model Minuet, ivory, with spoke about newspaper advertising, outdoor, direct he had deposited his vote by mail upon leaving New
fancy back exposed.
mail, co-operative advertising and window display and York some ten days ago.
All in all, the Piano Club meeting was a jolly one,
The Gulbransen regional meetings, of which the about a sales plan which the company is now pre-
both pleasant and profitable.
one here was in Omaha, recently, undoubtedly will senting to its dealers.
do more than any other single factor to show the
A plea was made by Mr. Kiehn to the merchants
trade the advantage of carrying on co-operative asso- to increase piano retail advertising of a constructive
DR. HULL, ENGLISH MUSICIAN, DEAD.
ciation work. It is very evident from the attitude of
nature, based on facts and figures, showing percent-
Dr. Eaglefield Hull, noted musician and editor, died
the merchants who gather at the Gulbransen meet- ages that dealers should allow for their total adver- on November 4 in London, England, from heart trou-
ings that they are anxious for ideas; that they are tising and for their various classifications of adver- ble. Largely through his efforts, Hudderstield, his
looking for practical help from the manufacturers; tising, such as newspaper, outdoor, direct mail and
home city, has achieved a reputation as one of the
that they will listen to suggestions. This has been window display.
most musical towns in England.
evident at each of the regional meetings. Merchants
W. G. Karmann, salesman for the Gulbransen Com-
in this business are willing to absorb and to learn, pany in four states, demonstrated to the merchants
also to pass the benefits of their experience along to the complete Gulbransen line, placed on display in
Duco walnut, the Spanish Grand in walnut, the Louis
others.
the Florentine Room of the Fontenelle Hotel. Here, XVI Grand in wa'nut, the Reproducing Art Grand,
The business-building program which the Gulbran- in a setting of attractive decorations and lights, were the Small Grand in mahogany, the Modern Musical
Miracle Reproducing Upright, the two sizes of up-
sen organization has been passing on to its merchants, shown representative instruments of the Gulbransen
with a few new features, was presented at the Omaha line, such as the Art Model Minuets in red, ivory and right pianos and the two sizes of registering instru-
meeting for the dealers of Nebraska, Kansas, Mis- walnut; the 4 foot 6 inch Art Grand in handsome ments.
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