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MAGNIFICENT
TWO MANUAL
PADLESS WOODWIND PATENT
ISSUED TO SELMER
X iNSTiuiivtDINTS so definitely
better, so radically diderent you can prove superior-
ity in a one-minute demonstration!
Sounds fantastic . . . but it's a reality with
I lie new Selmer-U.S. Padless Woodwinds and the
amazing Tone Booster invention (U. S. Patent No.
2,227.230). Look at this unmatched list ot impor-
tant features:
lioosts lone, response, volume.
Improves airtightness 120'/>.
Makes extreme pianissimo possible.
Provides shorter key action.
Speeds and improves execution.
Produces more definite tonal separation.
A super-heavy barrage of Selmer advertising and
publicity is broadcasting the astonishing story of
Padless Woodwinds to the musical world.
Not only these sensational Padless Woodwinds,
but also a complete line of fine brasses is included
in the Selmer-U. S. Padless line. It's a profitable
line that will be sold through a restricted number
of dealers. Selmer-U.S. Padless Saxaphones are
already being delivered in limited quantities. Clari-
nets and other woodwinds will follow.
Write today for full information.
may be available in your territory.
Sdmer
APRIL, 1941
The agency
Dept. 12PT
ELKHART, INDIANA
CATHOLIC CATHEDREL
ORGATRON
BUYS
NEW
^ Facing the camera in the accompanying picture is Mr. M. Tl.
Fontein, manager of the Piano and Orgatron Department for the
(iraves Music Company of Corpus Christi, Texas. Mr. Fontein
is talking with Mr. Francis Blossman, organist at the magnificent
new Catholic Cathedral recently completed in Corpus Christi. Mr.
Blossman is seated at the console of one of the new Series 600
two manual Orgatrons and. in fact, this particular instrument is
the very first one of that new series to he sold and installed.
In a statement to Mr. Fontein, Mr. Rlossman who had played
the pipe organ in the old Cathedral for thirty-seven years, had
this to say about the Orgatron; "While I still have a soft spot
in my heart for the pipe organ 1 played so many years in the old
Cathedral, to he privileged to play on the new Orgatron is some-
thing difficult to express in words. I can say this much, now I
can play as softly as I want to and again I am able to produce a
powerful fortissimo with a variety of tonal effects such as 1 hoped
for in the past but was never able to produce. It is indeed a plea-
sure to play upon the Orgatron."
The (iraves Music Company has had the Kvcrett Orgatron
agency for just a year, hut during that time a very highly satis-
factory business has been developed and a firm foundation for
future business has been laid. An excellent idea of the job which
the (iraves Music Company is doing with Kverett products may
be gained from excerpts from a letter written to the Kverett
Piano Company on March 10th by Mr. Foutcin.
Writes Mr. Fontein; "Radio Station KKYS went on the ait-
yesterday for the first time and in their studios is a new Series
490 Everett (irand piano which the station purchased from us.
Also, we are arranging for a remote control wire to the hack part
of our store where are located the (iraves Music Company studios,
one of which is the Kverett Orgatron studio. This studio is com-
pletely sound proof and acoustically fixed for best broadcasting
effects."
Again referring to the Series 490 Kverett (irand, Mr. Fonteiu
writes; "Mrs. Elizabeth Brian who is now the proud possessor
of the first 490 (irand you shipped me is a very much pleased
Kverett (irand piano owner. She is a very successful teacher in
our city with a tremendously large class of pupils. It is my be-
lief that this particular sale will be of great benefit to the Kverett
Piano Company as well as ourselves.
"The 490 (irand which we placed in the KKYS studios also
came through in very fine order. Yesterday 1 enjoyed the tone
of the instrument a great deal when I was listening at my home
over the radio. I believe you are making an excellent job of that
particular instrument. It is nicely finished everywhere, sturdily
constructed, the action work is beautifully done, and it has a tone
which is pleasingly surprising for a (irand piano less than five
feet in size."
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