PRESTO-TIMES
October IS, 1929
played during the dinner with verve and aplomb,
their self-confidence marking a manner all their
own whic I was approved w.ih due applause.
(Continued from page 5.)
At the end of the dinner, Duke Rehl, international
versity of Rochester's summer school. Through these
saxophonist, a' wjiite man, played two numbers. He
activities in the field Miss Mason has made herself
was excused from playing more after he had ex-
a practical authority in piano class methods.
In addition she has an advantage of peculiar im- Exceedingly Funny Swimming Contests, Elec- plained that"- he was working under the disadvantage
of a brokeri wris.t. As Mr. /Rehl was not a paid
portance in the present status of the movement, and
tion of Officers, Dining, Music, Speeches,
artist, the club felt highly complimented by his con-
that is an impartial mind respecting the various meth-
Mark
the
Annual
Meeting
of
tribution to the entertainment.
ods of group instruction on the market. The school
the Club.
Officers were elected as follows:
people, as well as the private teacher, need assurance
that the counsel they seek is unbiased as well as
President, G. R. Brownell, of Lyon & Healy's.
authoritative.
Vice-president, Ben F. Duvall, of the W. W. Kim-
The annual meeting of the Piano Club of Chicago
Mr. Tremaine and Miss Mason are working out on Monday night, October 7, at the Medinah Athletic ball Gomojpiyr $••••
Secretary, G. S. McLaughlin, of Lyon & Healy.
plans for the extension of piano classes in the schools Club, 505 North Michigan avenue, Chicago, began
and studios which it is confidently believed will have with a most mirth-provoking entertainment on the Treasurer, Edward Benedict, of W. W. Kimball
Company.
a far-reaching beneficial effect upon the market for
Board of governors, Roger O'Connor of Kranich
pianos. Mr. Tremaine wishes the trade to know that
& Bach; James TT. .Bristol; Gordon Laugnead, of ""^ur-
these plans, as well as the securing of Miss Mason,
litzer's; Henry D. Hewitt, of -M. Schulz C V\ iy;
have been made possible by funds provided by the
E. » . Galloway, of
Ty Holtzman & F-Ompar l-
special Piano Promotion Committee of the Piano
pany, and'*Will H. Collins, of Lyon & T ~->ons Con
Manufacturers' Association.
Among; ttiose^who wetfe presented ? rfealy. by
Rogef O'Connor, retiring president, ** the dinnece as
their names were announced, were ar >d who arp presi-
dent of the Nation.-.l Associatio Nels C. Bo^Tuners;
n oi
Henry D. Hewitt,
C,
Pianoaal Piano
Travelers Association ; ' d e n t o f t h e NatioThe Cable
Violinist, Tenor and Pianist to Be Heard Sunday
oy
Company, president i *; •>• Cook, of , o & Organ
Night, October 20, in Broadcast.
Association; E; W. . J, he C h 'cago Piar o f the Conn
School
of Music; M ' i n s : President v -j SO r of Music
Philip Frank, 18-year-old violinist; William Hain,
in
the
'schools
of Mil o-siter. supegh Laughead pre-
young American tenor, and Florence Frantz, pianist,
» is. Gor of Escanaba, Michi-
sented Joe Lyons, j
all winners at the convention of the National Federa-
lealer
gan.
tion of Music Clubs, will be heard "at the Baldwin"
The treasurer's •
.-.howed substantial gains
Sunday evening, October 20. The program will be
both in membersh
in surplus funds.
broadcast over Station WJZ and the associated sta-
As an expressic ,L estedjrn and the appreciation of
tions of the National Broadcasting Chain at 7:30 p. m.,
his devotion to ' ntSr^st's of the club, the retiring
eastern standard time.
'Connor, was presented with a
president, Roge
Miss Frantz will be heard three times during the
ii. The presentation speech was
very fine wrist-v
program and her selections include: Rondo from
Hewitt. Mr. O'Connor said he
made by Henry
Partita in C minor, Bach; two preludes and mazurka,
was deeply appre ative of the fine gift and would
Chopin; the Balakirew arrangement of Glinka's, The
continue to do anyt. ing for the club within his power.
Lark, and Rush Hour in Hong Kong, Chasins.
William Hain, who will be heard singing My
Lovely Celia, Good Ale, and an aria from "Manon,"
is a native New Yorker, horn in. Brooklyn. H e -
started his career as a boy soprano singing in two of
the leading Episcopal churches near his home. At
the age of 18, he began serious study both in New
H. A. Brown Succeeds H. J. Kartheiser, Who Is in
York and Paris with Claude Warford, with whom he
the Building Business.
has been ever since. He also studied opera under
Felix Leroux of the National Opera.
H. J. Kartheiser Has resigned as retail manager of
Philip Frank, the violinist, is ^also a native of Brook-
the Baldwin Piano Company at the big store in Chi-
lyn. He began to study the violin at the age of 7,
cago and has been succeeded by H. A. Brown. Mr.
and received his early instruction from Lacy Coe,
G. R. BROWN ELL.
Kartheiser's real estate interests in the building line
Eddy Brown, Victor Kuzdo, and Leopold Auer. At
were so great that he has been wanting to get free of
present he is a scholarship pupil at Curtis Institute, thirteenth floor at the great swimming pool. The the piano business for two years past, but he was so
Medinah Dolphins, headed by Carl Weber, of Meyer loyal to the Baldwin Piano Company that he held on,
studying under Efram Zimbalist.
The "At the Baldwin" hour inaugurated its fall and & Weber, gave special aquatic exhibits, including saying that he would not quit until the company found
winter radio program Sunday, October 6, over WJZ swimming races, such as swimming feet first, swim- a successor for the work. He has been very success-
and associated NBC stations with Sophie Braslau, ming with what looked like two very refractory ful as a builder, although he had to employ a manager
the celebrated operatic contralto, as the featured artist. lounge mats, the overstroke, swimming blindfolded, for that department while busy at Baldwin's.
Miss Braslau was assisted in this program by the swimming on the back, and, uproariously funny, the
H. A. Brown, the new retail manager, was in the
Baldwin Singers, and Miss Madeline Marshall and lightning change artists races in which a double-
employ of Scruggs, Vandevoort & Barney at St.
ended nightie is pulled by the tail up over the head
Roy Merwin, pianists.
Louis, selling pianos for seven years; that firm closed
of the man who has crossed the pool and the tail-end its piano department and Mr. Brown was then a piano
pulled
down
over
the
head
of
the
man
who
is
about
DAN J. NOLAN'S PROMOTION.
man. for a time at Louisville, Ky., working for Mr.
Dan J. Nolan of Cleveland, an honorary member to finish by recrossing the pool. There seemed to
Kartheiser, then Louisville Baldwin manager. Later
o-f the Music and Radio Merchants' Association of be armholes at both ends of the shirt which went onto Mr. Brown was with the American Piano Co. in
Ohio, was recently appointed general manager of all the second man's body wrong side up and wrong side
Chicago.
the retail stores of The Rudolph Wurlitzer Company, out, and the changes were made with the speed of
and will be located permanently in Cincinnati. For a toad's tongue in action.
Hein-rich T^lingenfeld, violinist, composer and or-
After this, a very palatable dinner was served on chestra conductor, age 74 years, died the other day
several years, Dan has been manager of the Cleveland
store of this same concern. His many friends in the another floor of the new clubhouse—one of the finest in Tacoma, Wash. At one time he was a member of
the board of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and
Ohio organization wish him continued success in his on the North American continent.
The Purple Crackle Jazz Band of colored men Sciences.
new position.
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