July 1, 1929
PRESTO-TIMES
14
NEW STEP IN CAREER
OF WALTER KIEHN
Resigns as Advertising Manager and Director
at the Gulbransen Company to Take
Good Position with R. S. Williams
& Co. at Toronto Canada.
Walter Kiehn, advertising manager and a director
of the Gulbransen Company, piano and radio manu-
Co. and Q. R. S. Canadian Corporation, Ltd., of
Toronto, Canada. In his new connection Mr. Kiehn
will he a director and sales promotion manager of
the Williams Company and advertising and sales
promotion manager of the Q. R. S. Canadian organi-
Zenith Dealer from Baltimore Finds Lost Brother!
zation.
Through Attending the Radio Show,
Mr. Kiehn has been with the Gulbransen Company
for nine years and has developed the advertising and
Separated for twenty years, one of them believed
publicity activities of the house to include all types dead, two brothers found each other at the recent
R. M. A. Show in Chicago.
Little did David Torchin, radio buyer for Hecht's
e
department store in Baltimore, authorized Zenith deal-
ers, know that he would meet his long lost brother
when he attended the radio show.
„-, *The two brothers had been separated in Russia
"when,both were small children, the family scattering
during the many uprisings and massacres. David,
upon reaching America some years ago, immediately
started search for his brother Albert through the
police departments of every city and through radio
broadcasts. He was finally notified that his brother
had died years ago in Chicago.
Strolling through the lobby of the Congress Hotel
during the trade show, David met a party .of friends
and the conversation drifted to,his brother. Inform-
ing his friends that h:s brother had passed away,
David was startled to learn that he was greatly mis-
taken and that his brother was well and alive, living
in Chicago.
A telephone call brought Albert down to the Con-
gress, where there was great rejoicing, followed by
a celebration. Before leaving for Baltimore, -David
presented his brother with a Zenith automatic radio
as a token of gratitude. Moral: "What a small
world this is after all!"
, P '*, # *-yf•"
RADIO WORKS IN
AN ENTIRELY NEW WAY
CHICKERING ADDS f'S "PRESTIGE.
TEN-STORY BUILDING OF H. S. WILLIAMS & CO.
of media and promotion, penetrating practically
every corner of the globe. In leaving the Gulbran-
sen Company he carries with him the best-wishes
of the organization and of Mr. A. G. Gulbransen per-
sonally, with whom he has had very close contact.
Mr. Kiehn has been secretary of the Chicago Piano
WALTER KIEHN.
& Organ Association, charter member of the Piano
facturers of Chicago, has resigned to accept an im- Club of Chicago, active in national association
affairs and member of. various clubs and fraternities.
portant position with the affiliated R. S. Williams
Chickering is America's oldest piano. The, first
Chickering was built only a few years after the time
of George Washington.
During the succeeding
decade Jonas Chickering accomplished many revolu-
tionary improvements in pianoforte design. .These
improvements were seen to be so important that the
Chickering immediately gained world-wide promi-
nence and subsequently France awarded her highest
honor—the Imperial Cross of the Legion of Honor
to Frank Chickering for his achievement. Each and
every year since, Chickering has added to that pres-
tige, has won increased admiration for its magnifi-
cent tone and outward grace.
Harmon Ford Davenport, former vice-president of
the Briinswick-Balke-Collender Co., of Chicago, died
in Los Angeles, Calif., last week, at the age of 68
years."
GREAT FACTORY OF STORY/ & CLARK PIANO COMPANY.
3:30 a. m., when the lightning struck. He was
knocked to the floor and lay stunned for a few min-
utes before he could turn in the alarm.
It seems a bolt of lightning followed a wire lead-
Electrical Storm Damages Story & Clark Piano Co.'s ing into the lacquer room in the finishing depart-
Factory at Grand Haven, Mich.—$150,000.
ment, setting the inflammables on fire. This soon set
A severe electrical storm which struck Grand Ha- off the sprinkler system, rsulting in serious damage.
ven, Mich., early Wednesday morning. June 19, re- The water filtered through to the two floors beneath,
sulted in a fire and water loss of about $150,000 to doing considerable damage to both finished and un-
linished stock in this unit of the factory. The fac-
iho Story & Clark Piano Company's Grand Haven
folant. The loss, however, was fully covered by in- tory building, however, sustained practically no fire
damage.
surance.
. .
The night watchman was making his rounds at
A shipment of 600 Story & Clark pianos was
LIGHTNING STRIKES THE
STORY & CLARK FACTORY
made during the last few days, and several hundred
more completed instruments had recently been mover*
from the damaged unit to the shipping room which'
fortunately was not seriously damaged. These are
all awaiting shipments on pending orders and are ex-|
pected to go out without any delay.
Production will go on just the same as usual in
all the other departments, and the Story & Clark
authorities are assured of no serious delays in the
damaged unit.
At the Story & Clark headquarters in Chicago, op-
timism prevailed with bright prospects for a brisk
summer and fall business.
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