22
May, 1930
P R E S T O-T I M E S
HENRY ZIEQLER DIES; VICE-
PRES. STEINWAY & SONS
He Was a Grandson of Henry Engelhard Steinway,
Founder of the Firm.
Ste'nway & Sons and the piano world in general
were saddened to learn of the death on Friday, May
9, of Henry Ziegler, vice-president of Steinway &
Sons, with which concern he had been associated for
rlftv-two vears. He was 72. His home was at
OBITUARY
REINHARD KOCHMANN DIES.
Reinhard Kochmann of 362 Rich avenue. Mount
Vernon, N. Y., died last month in the Mount Vernon
Hospital, in his 71st year. He was one of the oldest
traveling salesmen in the wholesale piano business
and had been active as a representative of Becker
Brothers, of New York, until a month ago. He had
worked for most of the important piano firms in the
United States. A native of Prussia, he came to this
country when he was 23. A widow, son, Everett L.,
brother and sister, survive.
A. C. CHENEY DIES.
Suddenly Saturday, May 10, 1930, at his late resi-
dence, on Castleton-on-Hudson, Arthur Chapman
Cheney. Funeral services were held on May 13 from
his residence. Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery,
New York. Mr. Cheney was formerly head of the
A. C. Cheney Piano Action Co., of Castleton, N. Y.,
until about three years ago, at which time he sold out
his holdings and retired.
HIOXRY ZlKdl.KK.
Woodmere, L. I. A widow, Albertine S. Ziegler,
and a son, Frederick J. Ziegler, survive.
Mr. Ziegler was a grandson of Henry Engelhard
Steinway, founder of the firm. He was born in New
York and after graduating from Mount Pleasant
Mil'tary Academy at Oss'ning learned the trade of
cabinet-making in his father's shops, the Jacob Ziegler
Co., on Bleecker street.
On the persuasion of his uncle, C. F. Theodore
Steinway, who had perceived his ability and had
noted that he was an independent thinker and a
creator, he joined Steinway & Sous and became a
pupil of his uncle in the art of piano construction.
From LS75 until Mr. Steinway's death in 1889 he
received daily instruction from his uncle, recognized
as one of the great masters in his field.
One of his associates said to a New York Times
reporter last week that Mr. Ziegler, a keen judge of
tonal values,-an inventor and experimenter, built on
Mr. Steinway's fundamental innovations and refined
the tone quality of the Steinway piano through im-
provements in scale and in the resonating properties
of the soundboard. He patented many of his devices
here and abroad.
Mr. Ziegler was one of the few men in the piano
industry to envision the part which the science of
electronics may be destined to contribute to the
development of musical instruments, and he author-
ized the experimental work now being carried on in
this direction by Steinway & Sons.
Since May 1, 1882, Mr. Ziegler had been a director
of the company and s'nce November, 1919, vice-presi-
dent. He was a member of the Standard Pitch Com-
mittee appointed by the Music Industries Chamber
of Commerce. His clubs included the Lotos, New
York Athletic, Rockaway Hunt and Liederkranz.
Beloved by all who knew him in a social or busi-
ness way, his genial, democratic and kindly nature
was a most marked attribute.
Honorary pallbearers at Mr Ziegler's funeral were
as follows: August von Bernuth, Paul H. Bilhuber,
August E. Hobein, Hermann Irion, Albert Menzl,
(Justav \ aupel.
John V. Hartel, aged 71, piano dealer of Doyles-
town, Pa., who some years ago was village mayor,
died in the last week of April.
Jacob Pickert, head of the case department of
Krakauer Bros., died at his home, 1944 Fowler
avenue, New York, on April 16. He had been with
Krakauer Bros, continuously for over forty-one years
and was working until the night he died.
The death was announced last month of Chas. J.
Reichenbach, who for nearly forty-five years had been
engaged in the piano business at Oregon, 111. Mr.
Ritembach was a musician of repute and was well
and favorably known in Ogle County.
J. Harry Deems, 82 years old, music teacher, died
in Baltimore, Md., on April 24. He was superin-
tendent of music in the public schools of Baltimore
for thirty years.
Mrs. Elizabeth Slater Whitson, 52 years old,
author of many popular-song lyrics, including "Meet
Me Tonight in Dreamland," died at her home in
Nashville, Tenn., on April 26.
Warren Rosecrans Hedden, aged 68, organist of the
First Reformed Chjrch in Brooklyn, N. Y., and a
professor at the Guilmant Organ School, died on
May 2.
Gustave Anderson, aged 74, died at his home in
lshpeming, Mic.i., on April 24. He manufactured
pipe organs and violins in his own shop in lshpeming
for many years. He was a fine workman and making
violins was his hobby.
Mrs. Olive G. Hewitt, mother of Henry Hewitt,
sales manager of the M. Schulz Co., died last month.
Herman Kahn, who wrote the song, "Mother in
Ireland" for John McCormack, died at the American
Hospital in Chicago on May 7 from the results of
an injury.
John F. Renuer, aged 59, dealer in musical instru-
ments, musician and friend of many noted pianists,
died on April 28 at his home in Sandusky, Ohio.
MATHUSHEK IN SCHOOLS.
The Mathushek piano is meeting with great popu-
larity in schools throughout the nation. Directors
of music in colleges, universities, high schools and
other places where the piano is taught find in it the
instrument that is adapted to their needs, for such
teachers are satisfied only with the best. Here is an
instance of Mathushek popularity as a school instru-
ment: Nine new uprights of the Mathushek make
were sold and delivered recently to Stetson Univer-
sity's music department at DeLand, Fla., by the
DeLand dealer, R. C Bushnell. Prof. Duckwitz, direc-
tor of the music department of the university, is an
enthusiast over the good qualities of the Mathushek
piano, which he declares gives satisfaction in every
way.
The Name
STRJCH & ZEIDLER
CAPEHART DEALER MEETINGS.
Meetings of the Capehart Corp. have been held in
Indianapolis, Detroit, Cincinnati, Philadelphia, New-
ark, Providence, Boston, Albany, Syracuse. Buffalo,
and Cleveland. Each of these meetings was attended
by President H. E. Capehart, who during his tour
talked to more than five hundred dealers on the sub-
jects of "Modern Merchandising" and "Fundamentals
of Selling the Capehart Line " At Indianapolis Mr.
Capehart was accompanied by T. J. Hicklin, general
sales manager, and at Cincinnati and Detroit by C. E.
Ihric, director of advertising and sales promotion, and
W. C. Peterson, director of sales training. In eastern
cities he was accompanied by J. A. Darwin, eastern
regional manager for The Capehart Corp.
WHY NOT A HANSEL SALE?
A friend of Presto-Times has written in for a sug-
gestion for an original method of putting on a spe-
cial-inducement sale of pianos—something different
from "fire sale," "removal sale" or the other hack-
neyed methods, is what he wants. Well, why not
try a "hansel sale?" That word hansel is so old it
would be new again. The first money received in the
morning for the sale of goods is the hansel, and it
is accounted fortunate to be the purchaser. The first
purchaser in a shop newly opened hansels it, as the
first purchaser of the day does a market.
AT THE PARIS FAIR.
The Eighth Salon de la Musique at the Paris Fair
in France is an international affair which takes place
from May 17 to June 1. It is a world market where
can be seen the products of almost every manufac-
turer of the phonograph and radio industries in their
booths.
The Mayfield Music Co., Hutchinson, Kan., is con-
ducting a piano sale.
WHEN TONE
IS DESIRED THE
F. RADLE
FULFILS THE
REQUIREMENTS
The piano is the result of long ex-
perience and ambition to attain a
position of eminence.
CLEAR, BEAUTIFUL TONE
is a distinctive feature of F. Radle
Pianos and the case designs are
always original.
F. RADLE, Inc.
ESTABLISHED
It SO
609 - 611 W. 30TH STREET
NEW YORK, U. S. A.
Worry Over Player Details
on a piano
is a guarantee of
is avoided by the manufac-
turer who uses the
QUALITY
A. C. Cheney Player Action
Expert piano makers of distinction
strive to preserve the reputation for
thoroughness achieved by the Up-
rights and Grands bearing the
STRICH & ZEIDLER NAME
The Homer Piano, also made by
Strich & Zeldler, Inc., has the guar-
antee of dependability which dis-
tinguishes all the products of the
STRICH & ZEIDLER, INC.
740-742 East 136th Street,
NEW YORK CITY, U. S. A.
in his products. He knows
everything is all ri&ht and
that the best musical quali-
ties of his pianos are develop-
ed by the use of this player
mechanism.
A. C. CHENEY
PIANO ACTION COMPANY
CASTLETON, N. Y.
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