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CAPEHART ENGINEER DEPARTS FOR EUROPE
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August 1, 1929
WILLQ. KARMANN RESIGNS
POST WITH GULBRANSEN
Wholesale Piano Man Whose Recent Terri-
tory Embraced Five Great States Will
Take Brief Rest.
Will G. Karniann, who for several years past has
been the district supervisor for the Gulbransen line
of instruments in the territory of Colorado, Kansas,
Nebraska, Missouri and Iowa, has severed his con-
nection with the Gulbransen Company.
Mr. Karmann's plans for the future have not fully
matured, but he will enjoy the rest of the summer
HEADING FROM LEFT TO RIGHT: J. E. BROYLES, GENERAL PALES MANAGER: FT. E. OAPEHART.
PRESIDENT AND GENERAL MANAGER: MRS. T. W. SMALL AND T. W. SMALL, CONSULTING ENGINEER
OF THE CAPEHART CORPORATION.
T. W. Small, consulting engineer for the Capehart
Automatic Phonograph Corporation, Fort Wayne,
Ind., and Mrs. Small left Fort Wayne a few days ago
for New York City, where they embarked on the S.S
Transylvania Wednesday noon, July 17, for Scotland,
which was to be the first stop of Mr. Small's tour
through Scotland, England and France.
Mr. Small is traveling in the interests of the Cape-
hart corporation, and while abroad will visit Cape-
hart foreign dealers and thoroughly investigate possi-
bilities for sales expansion of the Capehart Orches-
ERNEST H. VOGEL JOINS
AMERICAN PIANO CO. FORCES
trope, as well as investigate locations suitable for the
erection of a Capehart European factory. The Cape-
hart corporation's export business is rapidly expand-
ing and visits from prospects and dealers from other
countries are almost a daily occurrence.
Inquiries concerning the corporation's products
have been received from 98 foreign countries and the
corporation is now selling, through its representatives,
in England, France, Spain, Switzerland, Porto Rico,
New Zealand, Germany, Argentina, Holland, Italy,
Venezuela, Hawaii, Siam, Uruguay, Australia and
Colombia.
CHICAGO PIANO MEN GOLF
Golfers of the Chicago piano trade competed re-
cently at the Evergreen links in a match arranged by
Will Have Responsibility for Creating Advertising
for the Retail Stores.
The American Piano Company announces that
Ernest H. Vogel, formerly merchandise manager of
Kohler Industries, New York, has become a member
Roger O'Connor, Chicago manager for the Kranich
& Bach Co., A complete list of contestants, unfor-
W. G. KARMANN
Representing Gulbransen Pianos
at his home, 12.31 North Harvey avenue, Oak Park,
111., alternating with occasional vacational trips here
and there.
Mr. Karmann was one of the old-time Gulbransen
men—one who had been with H. P. Nelson in his
palmy days, twelve or fifteen years ago. His long
experience as a piano man therefore classifies him as
one of the ablest of the general representatives in
the selling fraternity. His future movements and con-
nections, which will no doubt be within the music
industry and probably with pianos, will be watched
with interest by his many friends.
tunately, is not available. Among those who turned
in low cards were Lesley Wiswell, Sam Harris, W.
Gambill, Ted Bennett and E. V. Galloway. These
five, according to one spectator, did some fine shoot-
ing that ranks them as highly as golfers as they are
rated in the piano trade. In spite of the splendid
organizing efforts of Mr. O'Connor, attendance was
small, owing to the unfavorable weather conditions.
KANSANS WHO GO SKIMMING LIKE BIRDS
E.
H.
VOGEL.
(if its advertising department, with responsibility for
creating the advertising of the retail stores of the
company.
Mr. Vogel comes to his new duties excellently well-
equipped with a successful record of accomplishment
extending over a period of ten years in the piano
industry with Welte-Mignon and the Kohler In-
dustries.
Anyway, the road to happiness is always on the
level, detour or no detour.
Here's a picture of Merle K. Bennett,
head of the Adams-Bennett Music Com-
pany, Kansas' largest music house at
Wichita, inspecting one of the ships in
which Wichita Rotarians flew to the In-
ternational Rotary Convention at Dallas
the last of May.
Reading from left to right—Mr. Ben-
nett, president of the Wichita Rotary
Club: John Kirkwood, president of the
Wichita Chamber of Commerce; Mrs
Merle K. Bennett; Senator Henry J.
Allen: Walter Beach, the famous flier;
Mayor Frank Dunn; L. W. Clapp, presi-
dent of the Park Board of the Municipal
Airport.
Some seventy persons flew from
Wichita to Dallas in ships all made in the
Air Capital. This was probably the larg-
est squadron of ships ever to make a
flight on a peaceful mission. The planes
were equipped with sirens which an-
nounced their arrival over the different
cities en route. Miniature planes were
dropped over the towns as souvenirs. During the
convention, the planes were used to give other
Rotarians an opportunity to try out the Wichita-made
ships.
Mr. Bennett gets a great deal of pleasure and recre-
ation in flying. Wichita is situated among six d:s-
tinct oil fields all within a radius of twenty miles, so
there should be no fear of lack of oil or gas for fuel
for her ten aeroplane factories.
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