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Issue: 1931 2258

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May, 1931
P R E S T O-T I M E S
MATHUSHEK
CONVENTION EXHIBIT
OFFICIAL EXHIBITS; PALMER HOUSE
The following is a list of the reservations for exhi-
bition space on the eighth floor of the Palmer House,
up to this paper's time of going to press:
PIANO EXHIBITS
The exhibits of pianos at the Palmer House are
to be on the eighth floor of that hostelry, where they
are to be concentrated, there being about 85 rooms
(large and small) and sample rooms available for
exhibition purposes. The following are the leading
exhibitors whose samples of pianos may be seen at
the Palmer House:
American Piano Corporation
(New. York)
Exhibit of the American Piano Corporation line of
pianos, embracing the Chickering, the Knabe & Co.,
Haines Bros., J. & C. Fischer, Foster-Armstrong, in
rooms 855-856, will be represented at their exhibit
there by G. C. Kavanagh, executive vice-president;
R. K. Paynter, vice-president; C. W. Hall and J. E.
Shale.
The Baldwin Piano Co.
(Cincinnati)
The Baldwin exhibit in suite 805 displays a line of
new models by Baldwin, while at the Baldwin store,
323 South Wabash avenue, may be seen an entire line
of Baldwin-built instruments. Representatives at the
Palmer House exhibit will be Philip Wyman, vice-
president; George Lawrence, vice-president; Lionel
Tompkins, advertising manager, and L. C. Wagner,
general manager of the Chicago store.
The Aeolian Co.
(New York)
The Aeolian Co.'s exhibit embraces the Weber,
Wheelock, Duo-Art, Stroud and a full line of Aeolian
instruments.
Everett Piano Co.
(South Haven, Mich.)
The Everett Piano Co.'s exhibit embraces the Ev-
erett and the Cable-Nelson line.
The Kohler-Brambach Co., Inc.
(New York)
A full display of uprights and grands of the Kohler-
Brambach and Kohler Industries line can be seen
here, a special feature of which exhibit will be the
new 6-octave upright piano in its first showing to the
general public.
In attendance at the exhibit there will be Mark P.
Campbell, Gordon G. Campbell, Julius A. White
and Corley Gibson, president, vice-president, treasurer
and secretary respectively of the big organization, and
Guy L. Mclntyre, of the general sales department.
Place of exhibit, suite 842-843 Palmer House.
Mathushek Piano Manufacturing Co.
(New York)
The Mathushek exhibit at 802-803 will consist of a
Louis XVI 5-foot 8 inch grand in walnut, a Sheraton
in mahogany and a Colibri grand 5 feet 2 inches, in
walnut; also a style M upright mahogany, which is 4
feet 1 inch in height. An exhibit of a Mathushek
spinet grand will attract especial attention and is re-
ferred to further elsewhere in this issue.
In attendance at the Mathushek exhibit will be Mr.
C. Albert Jacob, Jr., vice-president of the company;
Mr. John H. Gettell, secretary; Mr. Benjamin Strub,
Mid-Western wholesale representative, and Mr. Louis
F. Goelzlin, Pacific Coast wholesale representative.
Mason & Hamlin Co.
(New York)
The Mason & Hamlin exhibit will be in room 833.
The exhibit will be in charge of W. E. Knightly, who
will welcome any visiting dealers. The exhibit will
consist of conventional and period cases of the regu-
lar Mason & Hamlin line.
Chas. Frederick Stein
(Chicago)
Charles Frederick Stein will exhibit a line of ^rand
pianos and the new Model I Upright—a Chas. Fred-
erick Stein creation of 1931.
The exhibit of Chas. Frederick Stein will show sam-
ples of the grands of this company and also the new
upright Style I piano, just placed on the market.
Steinway & Sons
(New York)
The Steinway & Sons' exhibit in room 836 will not
be large or comprehensive, showing merely some of
their representative models. And at Lyon & Healy's
a full line of Steinway products may be seen.
Vose & Sons Piano Co.
(Boston)
Vose & Sons will exhibit a full line of their grand
and upright pianos. George A. Vose, D. D. Luxton
and Air. Harlow will be in attendance.
Winter & Co.
(New York)
This house will have a full exhibit of grand and
upright pianos of its manufacture on exhibition. W.
G. Heller and Gottlieb Heller expect to be in attend-
ance.
The Wurlitzer Piano Exhibit
(Wurlitzer Grand Piano Co., De Kalb—The Ru-
dolph Wurlitzer Mfg. Co.. North Tonawanda, N. Y.
This exhibit is in suite 828-829 and consists of five
uprights and six grands, which includes several new
and sensational models to be shown to the public for
the first time. A late model small Lyric radio, a
Wurlitzer product, will also be on exhibition.
Western Electric Piano Co.
(Chicago)
This exhibit in room 862 will show a complete line
of Western Automatic phonographs along with a line
of public address equipments which is one of the spe-
cial features of this company. James E. Johnson, sec-
retary of the company, will be at the booth to greet
visitors.
The Globe Musical Instrument Co.'s factory at St.
Charles, 111., plan to make an interesting exhibit of
their goods at the Palmer House. President Johnson
will be on hand.
MISCELLANEOUS EXHIBITS
Atwater Kent Mfg. Co.
(Philadelphia)
Radios.
Bacon Banjo Co.
(Groton, Conn.)
This exhibit is to be in room 813 and will show
a full line of their products.
C. G. CONN, LTD.
(Elkhart, Ind.)
The exhibit of C. G. Conn, Ltd., of Elkhart, Ind.,
will also embrace the Pan-American Band Instrument
Co. and Leedy Manufacturing Co., drums and cym-
bals; Elkhart Band Insrtutnent Co., Continental
Music Co., Ludwig & Ludwig, drums.
Gretsch-Brenner Co.
(New York)
Exhibit in room 816.
New York Band Instrument Co.
(New York)
Exhibit of band instruments in room 816.
Henry Stadlmair Co.
(New York)
Exhibit in room 841.
Brunswick Radio Corporation
(New York)
Room 817-818. Exhibit of radios, phonographs,
records, etc.
Bankers Commercial Security Co.
(New York)
Room 857.
Walter M. Gotsch Co.
(Chicago)
The Gotsch house will exhibit piano scarfs and other
piano supplies.
The Harmony Co.
(Chicago)
Small stringed instruments.
Regal Musical Instrument Co.
(Chicago)
Stromberg-Carlson Mfg. Co.
(Rochester, N. Y.)
Radio sets.
Stromberg-Voisenet Co.
(Chicago)
Small stringed instruments
Tonk Bros.
(Chicago)
Displays as musical instrument jobbers.
Vega Co.
(Boston)
General musical instruments.
Slingerland Banjo & Drum Co.
(Chicago)
Banjos and drums.
The Mathushek Piano Mfg. Co., of New York, will
have one of the finest and most attractive displays
of grands and uprights during the convention. This
display will consist of a Louis XVI, five-foot eight-
inch grand in walnut, a Sheraton in mahogany, an
Elite Grand which is five feet eight inches, in ma-
hogany, and also a Colibri Grand, five feet two inches,
in walnut. They will also have a style M upright in
mahogany on display, and this instrument is four feet
one inch in height. The Mathushek constructional
features will constitute a distinctive display. This
will be in the form of a strung back with the various
unique features described on attractive cards. Inci-
dently, this back is a window display which is used
by Mathushek dealers. This should not only be of
great interest to every dealer, but also to tuners.
An exciting interest will be that of an instrument
greatly outside the conventional upright and grand—
namely, a Mathushek "Spinet Grand," a name duly
copyrighted and registered by the company. The
Spinet is built to fit in with any decorative scheme of
room adornment and surroundings.
In conversation with a Presto-Times representative,
John H. Gettell, secretary of the Mathushek com-
pany, said:
"The company has not produced this as an instru-
ment to meet price competition, but has steadfastly
maintained the finest quality of material and the usual
Mathushek craftsmanship.
"This new instrument will open new avenues of
sales, and we are confident that it will be received by
the entire industry with great enthusiasm."
CONOVER GRANDS IN CONCERT
St. Cecilia Club Scores in Annual Concert—24 Pianists
Perform at 12 Conover Grand Pianos.
For the third successive year the St. Cecilia Club
delighted a large audience with its Group Piano Con-
cert on a recent evening at the West Aurora, 111.,
high school auditorium. The 24 pianists at twelve con-
cert grand pianos made a striking picture and they
presented an interesting and varied program. Their
sense of ensemble playing is finely developed and they
display excellent musicianship. So many grand pianos
in unison offer a type of piano'entertainment that is
decidedly novel and one that was enthusiastically
received by the audience.
Much credit for this splendid performance is due the
conductor, William Lester. The twelve Conover
grands were furnished by the Aurora branch of the
Cable Piano Co.
HAPPILY MARRIED FIFTY YEARS
The fiftieth anniversary of the wedding of Mr. and
Mrs. Adam Schneider was delightfully celebrated by
the immediate family in a testimonial dinner at the
Medinah Athletic club, Chicago, on the evening of
May 12. The occasion was most delightful, there
being present three sons and a daughter and their
wedded partners and eleven grandchildren. Happily,
in all these fifty years there has not been a break
in the entire group—they are all well and happy. Mr.
Schneider bade adieu for the summer to his friends
at the Piano Club of Chicago at the luncheon this
week, as he has already moved to his country home
at Lake Beulah, Wis. He even said he'd not be able
to attend the convention in Chicago in June; but
his friends say it would be no kind of a convention
without his presence and they threaten to drag him
in if he tries to stay away.
PIANO TALENT AT THE
SCHILLER FACTORY
Presto-Times referred, something o v c r a v e a r a g O f o
the prowess and progress of Lester Shelly, son of B. F.
Shelly, secretary of the Schiller Piano Co., Oregon, Hi.
At that time mention was made of his activities. Lester,
who is home at Oregon for a visit, has developed into
a remarkable piano player. He is a leader of the
orchestra at his college and he has just closed a con-
tract to lead an orchestra at Charleston, S. C, with
a substantial salary.
The Jones family now numbers, besides the well-
known Jones String Quartette, heard occasionally
over the radio, a rather remarkable three-piano trio,
composed, with the advent of young Mr. Shelly this
month, of President Edgar B. Jones of the Schiller
Piano Co., his son, and Lester Shelly, nephew of
Edgar B. These three, led by Edgar Jones, who is
a semi-professional, at least, have recently been giv-
ing visitors to the Schiller factory demonstrations of
three-piano trios, and may accept an invitation already
tendered to broadcast over a Chicago station one of
their special three-piano features.
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May, 1931
P R E S T O-T I M E S
EXHIBITS AT THE STEVENS
HOTEL RADIO SHOW
Among the leading exhibitors whose lines are close-
ly allied with the music trade there are several ex-
hibits planned by the companies mentioned in the
following list. Presto-Times is making no attempt to
give all the exhibits here,
Jesse French & Sons Piano Co.
(New Castle, Ind.)
The Jesse French & Sons Piano Co. will occupy
booth 117, and for demonstration purposes suites
739A and 740A. A representative line of the radios
and pianos of this company's make will be shown in
this exhibit, consisting of the Tudette, a T R F midget
encased in a beautiful hand-carved cabinet of exquisite
finish, with full-vision dial and shadow marker and tone
control, listing at $54.50 complete. They will also have
the Devon model and the Tudor Console model, mak-
ing a very complete exhibit. In attendance at the
show will be Jesse French III, sales manager; Charles
Crowell and Edward R. Fiske. Also H. Edgar French,
president of the company, and Jesse French II, the
vice-president, may be expected at the booth for a
look-in or two.
The Gulbransen Co.
(Chicago)
The Gulbransen radio will occupy booths B, 43 and
44 at the radio show. The exhibit will consist of
Gulbransen radios and also Gulbransen and Edward
B. Healy pianos. Those in attendance at the Gul-
bransen exhibit will be Clark F. Gross, eastern divi-
sion; W. E. Brown, southern division; E. P. McDon-
ald, western division, and Hugh A. Stewart, sales
manager.
The Starr Piano Co.
(Richmond, Ind.)
The Starr exhibit will consist of Starr pianos, Starr
Freeze electric refrigerators, Starr radio cabinets and
Gennett electrical transcriptions for broadcasts, in
booth 66, ball-room, and parlors 1018A. 1019A and
1020A. The company cordially invites visitors to in-
spect its display of new merchandise, which offers the
latest in style, sales features and general distinctive-
ness.
Fred Gennett and C. C. Ball from the Starr factory
will be on hand most of the time during the week and
also Clyde Hunt, Chicago representative, and B. G.
Olson, Kansas City representative and several travel-
ing Starr representatives will be at the Starr booth.
Story & Clark Radio Corporation
(Chicago)
Booths 22 and 23. Demonstration rooms 24JO-01A.
Atwater Kent Mfg. Co.
(Philadelphia)
Booths 23-26. Demonstration rooms 700-1 A.
All-American Mohawk Corporation
(Chicago and North Tonawanda)
Lyric radios. Booths 79-82. Demonstration room
2000-1A.
Colin B. Kennedy Corporation
(South Bend, Ind.)
Radios. Booths 109-110. Demonstration rooms
2104 A-05.
Sparks-Withington Co.
(Jackson, Mich.)
Sparton radios. Booths B17 to B22. Demonstra-
tion rooms 512-513.
Stewart-Warner Corporation
(Chicago)
Radios. Booth 95.
Stromberg-Carlson Mfg. Co.
(Rochester, N. Y.
Radios. Booths B4 to B8. Demonstration rooms
1404-07.
Silver-Marshall, Inc.
(Chicago)
Radios. Booth B81. Demonstrating rooms 533 to
536.
Crosley Radio Corporation
(Cincinnati, Ohio)
Booths 30-33. Demonstration rooms 2300-01-01A.
Echophone Radio Mfg. Co., Ltd.
(Waukegan, 111.)
Booth 52. Demonstration rooms 556, 557.
Operadio Mfg. Co.. Storage Battery Co. (Philco)
(Philadelphia, Pa.) "
Booth B14. Demonstration room 553.
Wells-Gardner Division of Gulbransen Co.
(Chicago, 111.)
Booth G43.
Transformer Corporation of America
(Chicago)
Radios. Booths 76, 77 and 78. Demonstrating
rooms 704-707.
Utah Radio Products Co.
(Chicago)
Radios. Booths 35-36. Demonstrating rooms 600A-
02 A.
RCA-Victor Co.
(Camden, N. J.)
Booths 55-58. Demonstration rooms 502A to 509A.
Howard Radio Co.
(South Haven, Mich.)
Booths 112-113. Demonstrating rooms 905-906.
The Capehart Corporation
(Fort Wayne, Ind.)
The Capehart exhibit will occupy booths Nos. 65,
66 and 67; demonstration rooms 504-509. Here will
be shown a full and complete line of the Capehart
instruments, including the two new models. The
Capehart booth will be one of the most interesting
in the entire show and is bound to attract a great
deal of attention from the visitors.
Carter Radio Co.
(Chicago)
The Carter exhibit consists of volume controls,
phonograph adapters, transformers, resistors and
switches. Their entire line includes over 1,500 parts of
all types.
Grigsby-Grunow Co.
(5801 Dickens avenue, Chicago)
An exhibit of Majestic radios and refrigerators at
its big factories at the above address.
Zenith Radio Corporation
(Chicago)
An exhibit of its radios at its plant, 3620 Tron street,
Chicago.
Comstock, Cheney & Co., whose keys, action, ham-
mers and ivory are to be found in the pianos exhibited
at the convention, is a concern whose products are
known wherever pianos are made. Their works, lo-
cated at Ivoryton, Conn., are among the oldest in
the list of successful piano auxiliary industries.
While the American Piano Corporation is to have
an extensive exhibit at the Palmer House, several
pianos of its make can be seen at the Bissell-Welsert
Piano Co.'s warerooms at North Michigan avenue
and Ohio street in the Michigan Square building. Here
the Knabe pianos may be seen.
COMPLIMENTS BEN STRUB
None of the wholesale piano men have more friends
or better success in the field than Ben M. Strub,
wholesale representative of
the Mathushek Piano Mfg.
Co.
Mr. Strub makes his
headquarters in Chicago,
residing in a Chicago sub-
urb, and his territory is
Mid-western.
He will be present at the
Mathushek exhibit at the
Palmer House next month,
where he expects to meet
many of his friends of the
trade. Mr. Strub is more
than a piano salesman—he
is a student of the piano as
to its construction and ef-
fectiveness, having had a
great deal of experience
along this line while he
was associated with manu-
facturers in the supply
trade.
BKN M. STUL'B
In the department known as "Views on Many Top-
ics by Readers of the Daily News" the follow'ng
signed communication appeared in the Chicago Daily
News a few days ago:
"PIANO PITCH AND TUNING
"The article by B. M. Strub in this department
April 22 on the pitch of a piano is interesting. L^p to
about six years ago the A-435 pitch was used by
most piano manufacturers. However, some manu-
facturers of brass and other instruments having an
unchangeable pitch used A-440 and, of course, when
these instruments were used with the piano the pitches
would not correspond. About 1925 the Piano Manu-
facturers' Association, the Piano Tuners' Association
and representatives of the L T nited States marine band
decided on A-440 as the standard pitch.
"I have found pianos tuned at A-440 to run slightly
flat in winter owing to the extreme dry air in the
home at that time of the year or on the other hand
slightly sharp in the summer on account of the excess
moisture. At least this is the condition that exists
in the region of the great lakes. Some years ago I
tuned several pianos in South Dakota and several
years later on my return found no difference in the
pitch although no work had been done on them in
the meantime.
"In the great lakes region pianos should be tuned
at least twice a year and sometimes oftener.
"Paul H. Ludwigs, Chicago."
GULBRANSEN AT THE STEVENS
Gulbransen Company Invites Dealers to Visit the
Gulbransen Factory.
The Gulbransen Co. exhibit at the Stevens Hotel
during convention week will be a great center of
attraction, for it will really be a triple show, with
Gulbransen radios, Gulbransen pianos and Edward B.
Healy pianos, all in adjoining booths. The Gulbran-
sen Co. extends a cordial invitation to visit the Gul-
bransen factory, Kedzie avenue and West Chicago
avenue, at show time. In view of the fact that the
Gulbransen Co. is now very active in the manufacture
of both pianos and radios and is offering to the trade
the finest values ever extended in all Gulbransen his-
tory, dealers visiting Chicago should make it a point
to investigate for themselves and see what it is that
is causing the Gulbransen Co. to enjoy remarkable
sales volume under present conditions.
THE JESSE FRENCH EXHIBIT
The thousand and one dealers who have found profit
and pleasure for years in selling Jesse French & Sons
pianos will find the radio exhibit of Jesse French &
Sons Piano Co. at the Stevens Hotel to be exceed-
ingly interesting, for it will show their Tudette, a
T R F midget using pentole in the audio, two variable-
nm tube's in the radio frequency, encased in a beauti-
ful hand-carved cabinet of exquisite finish with full-
vision dial with shadow marker and tone control. It
will list at $54.50 complete. They will have the
Devon, a most attractive superheterodyne mantel type
with their seven-tube heterodyne chassis using a
pentode tube in the audio and two variable-mu tubes
in the radio frequency, seven tubes in all, listing at
$69.50. They will also have the Tudor Console model,
at $89.50, and the Tudor Combination, same chassis
and cabinet as the Tudor Console with the addition
of phonograph apparatus, automatic stop and record
compartment, at $129.50.
Among the exhibits at the Stevens Hotel one of the
most interesting displays will be that of the Starr
Piano Co.—pianos, radios, radio cabinets, Starr Freeze
refrigerators, the new line of electrical transmission
for broadcasting. Not the least of these lines will be
the beautiful Starr pianos.
The Starr exhibit will consist of a complete line of
pianos, radio cabinets and the new Starr Freeze elec-
tric refrigerator and also the new Starr line of elec-
trical transcription for radio broadcasting. An inter-
esting booklet containing much general information
on the products of the Starr factory will be dis-
tributed.
One of the pleasantest and most instructive out-
ings would be to take a run over from the Chicago
convention to Findlay, Ohio, and visit the Self-Lifting
Piano Truck Co.'s factory located there. It is only a
short trip from Chicago, and the factory is an active
one, as the firm has kept at it until it is, to all appear-
ances, about the only manufacturer now actively en-
gaged in piano truck manufacture.
As for the National Piano Travelers' Association's
special dinner, it is going to be not exactly a whoopee
affair, but a very lively and exuberant meeting at that.
They have secured Clansi as chief vocalist and their
program is undergoing other changes, including some
surprises.
Breckwoldt's Contribution to the Exhibits
Although Julius Breckwoldt & Son, Inc., of Dolge-
ville, N. Y., will not make a special exhibit at the
convention, nevertheless some of the products of
Breckwoldt mills are probably contained in every
American-made piano. The Breckwoldt corporation
is famous for producing sounding boards, backs and
other supplies that enter into pianoforte construction,
for this house, which has has by faithfully and effi-
ciently serving the piano manufacturers for many
years, now is able to meet the heavy demand of the
manufacturer. Invisible and visible parts of the pianos
on exhibition are the contribution of the Breckwoldt
firm to the big show.
BOGUSLAWSKI FOR THE BANQUET
Through the courtesy of the Baldwin Piano Co.,
Moissaye Boguslawski, one of the great exponents of
Russian pianism which began with Anton Rubenstein,
will be on the entertainment program in connection
with the thirteenth annual banquet of the Nat'onal
Association of Music Merchants, Palmer House, Chi-
cago, Tuesday evening, June 9.
Mr. Boguslawski is a pian'st of unusual attainment
who has appeared throughout the United States in
concert and recital. He has been soloist wit'.i the
Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Minneapolis Symphony
Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, and the
Metropolitan Opera House Orchestra in New York.
Mr. Boguslawski possesses a noble style and rich
imagination.
Mr. Boguslawski is widely known throughout the
country, and will be a very important addition to a
particularly fine entertainment program for the com-
ing banquet.
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