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piano matched beautifully with the finest new furniture money
would buy. She assured me that she was well pleased with the
selection that she had made and that I was most welcome at all
times to bring or send prospects to see her piano."
MUSIC DEALERS',
ORDER NOW!
BE WISE!
Prices are soaring! Materials of every kind are increasing in
cost. Lumber for all kinds of cabinetry is more expensive.
The prices of all metal goods are rising continuously. This
means that strings, plates, and hardware of all sorts will cost
more. Paints, varnishes, lacquers, and other finishing materials
are also going up in costs. Practically everything that goes into
the making of pianos, organs, radios, phonographs, brass and
reed instruments, accordions, and even harmonicas will cost the
manufacturer more. He must, of course, add this increase to the
cost of his product if he is going to maintain his margin of profit
which in many cases is not very great. Are we on the verge of
repeating the experiences of the World War? It looks so. The
shrewd dealer will place his orders at the earliest moment for
the largest number of instruments possible and thus escape the
increased costs of production in so far as he can.
Lucien Wulsin, Jr.
LUCIEN WULSIN, JR.—GOES
TO ST. LOUIS, MO.
Just about a year ago Lucien Wulsin, Jr., son of the Presi-
dent of the Baldwin Piano Co. entered the Baldwin factory after
having graduated from Harvard University with the degree of
Bachelor of Arts (cum lande). After a year of intensive study
and work in the factory at Cincinnati, Ohio, Mr. Wulsin is being
transferred to the Baldwin retail store in St. Louis to study
another branch of the Baldwin business. Lucien Jr. is the third
generation of Wulsins to be identified with the House of Baldwin,
his grandfather, Lucien Wulsin, having founded the business
in 1866. With his technical training in the factory and with his
studies in the sales and advertising departments and now in the
retail division Mr. Wulsin will round out a training that will
thoroughly equip him to carry on the fine business traditions of
his family in a manner both pleasing and successful.
MASSED PIANO RECITAL AT BATTLE CREEK, MICH.
The Roat Music Company, Battle Creek, Michigan, sponsored
a huge piano recital in conjunction with the State Music Teachers
Convention. The affair was held Thursday evening, October 17,
and was attended by thousands of people. Twenty Wurlitzer
Pianos were used in the recital being played simultaneously under
the direction of a prominent guest conductor. Mr. E. E. Wood,
president of the Roat Music Co., was the promoter of this interest-
ing recital.
JVURLITZER BUTTERFLY GRAND
CHOSEN FOR $42,000 HOME
IN FLORIDA
An excerpt from a letter received from Mr. G. C. McKinnon,
McKinnon Music House, Inc., Wurlitzer dealer at Pensacola,
Florida, reads as follows:
"Earlier in the day I reported the sale of a Model 1411 Wur-
litzer Grand to Mrs. A. D. Harkins of Mariana, Florida. Mrs.
Harkins has just moved into her new $42,000 home and the
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An interesting coincidence—On October 8th
PRESTO
MUSIC TIMES received a letter from a large manufacturer of
musical instruments containing a copy of a letter to dealers with
this heading: "Important Announcement—Revised Prices".
DEALERS, BE WISE, ORDER NOW.
E. A. PARKS ADDRESSES
HIGH SCHOOL CLUB
E. A. Parks, renowned in the piano industry, recently gave a
very inspiring talk on the growth and prominence of the piano
before the Hannibal High Twelve Club, Hannibal, Missouri.
Mr. Parks is owner of the Parks Music Company of that city.
ON THE SEA OF
MATRIMONY
Lawrence "Larry" Kane, piano salesman for Kneupfer &
Dimmock, music dealer at Lawrence, Massachusetts, recently set
sail on the sea of matrimony. Larry married a charming young
lady, Miss Mae Armstrong of Lowell. Prior to her marriage
Mrs. Kane was a school teacher in West Medford, Massachusetts,
so evidently Larry will have to watch his "P's and "Q's" from
now on.
ORGATRON
WORLD
The "Orgatron World", sponsored by the Everett Piano Com-
pany and maker of the Everett Orgatron and Everett pianos,
carries in its September issue several interesting stories and pic-
tures. On the first page there are pictures of the front view and
interior of the chapel of the new Deseret Mortuary, Ogden, Utah.
The one of the interior shows Miss Erma Chadwick seated at
the console of the Orgatron. On the two inside pages are pic-
tures of the McKinley Ward Chapel, Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter-Day Saints, Salt Lake City; the Layton Ward Chapel.
Layton, Utah; and the new Inglewood Mormon Church, Ingle-
wood, California. There was also a recent installation of a single
manual Orgatron in the chapel of the Southgate Ward Mormon
Church, Salt Lake City. The amusement hall of this building
is being used as a chapel temporarily and later when a new chapel
is constructed a larger Orgatron will be installed.
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