Jerome P. Murphy
STEINU'AY ANNOUNCES ELECTION
()/' NEW BOARD M EM BERS—COMPTROLLER
Stuart B. Miller
NAMED
Steinwav & Sons announced today (Tuesday, April 8) that Mr.
Dudley I\ Felt, a partner in the firm of Robert Heller & Associ-
ates, Inc., of Cleveland, and Mr. Jerome F. Murphy, president
of M. Steinert & Sons Company, Inc., of Host on, have been elected
members of the Hoard of Directors. Mr. Stuart P>. Miller has
been appointed comptroller.
"The election of Mr. Felt and Mr. Murphy," Theodore S.
Steinwav, president of the company, said, "is in keeping with
the modern business policy of having on the Hoard men who are
actively engaged in the industry and familiar with merchandising
and operating problems at first hand.
IN MEMORIAM
J. W. DAW'SOX. SR.. founder and head of the Dawson Music
Company, Phoenix, Arizona, passed away Wednesday, April 9th
at the age of 74. Mr. Dawson is survived by Mrs. Dawson, two
daughters, a son, a son-in-law, two brothers and two sisters.
fosh Dawson was one of the great piano men of America. He
was born at Fast Liverpool, Ohio. February 19, 1867. At the
age of seventeen he started his business career with The Thompson
Music Company of Fast Liverpool. In 1910 he and his brothers
organized the Dawson Piano Company in Pittsburgh. Pa. In
1913. for reasons of ill health, he settled in Phoenix, Arizona,
and under the name of the Dawson Piano Company built up one
of the largest and most successful music houses in Arizona from
the standpoint of financial background and merchandise sold.
f. \\ . Dawson. Jr. has been managing this business recently and
will continue to do so. Mrs. Dawson states that she will cooperate
in the management of the business.
Dr. Dawson was such a loyal friend of so many persons in the
music trade that his passing will be a personal loss to all who
knew him.
WILLIAM J. SCHULTZ. one of the oldest and most success-
ful music merchants in Chicago passed to his last rest on April
7th. in the Suburban Hospital at Herwyn, Illinois. He was buried
April 10th, in St. Joseph's cemetary. Presto Music Times obtained
the following information from his life long friend, Mr. William
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Dudley P. Felt
"Mr. Felt has had extensive practical experience in business
operation, and will be directly associated with the operation of
the company. Mr. Murphy, former president of the National As-
sociation of Music Merchants, an outstanding figure in the music
world, and one of the largest Steinwav dealers in the country,
has been selling Steinwav pianos for many years.
"Mr. Miller comes to the company after more than 20 years
of private and public accounting work in New York City and
Rochester."
At the same time it was announced that Mr. Paul II. Schmidt,
who has been associated with the company for more than 40
years, has retired as a director. While on leave of absence for his
health in California, he will continue his affiliation with the com-
pany in a special capacity.
Lincoln Bush, who for many years manufactured pianos for Mr.
Schultz. Mr. Schultz entered the piano business as a boy in Adam
Schaff's west side store at Madison and Morgan Streets. From
there he graduated into the sales department of J. (i. Twitchell
on W abash Avenue and after twelve years service established his
own retail store at Madison Street and Ashland Avenue. After
ten years of occupancy he built his own model building for musical
merchandise at 2255-57 West Madison Street, which is still oc-
cupied by his Company and several other tenants. He established
a fine dairy farm in Fdwardsville. Michigan, and also had a ten
acre summer home on the shore of Diamond Lake near Cold-
water, Michigan.
SPLENDID PUBLICITY FOR PIANOS
A summary of clippings received by the Lawrence H. Selz
Organization on piano publicitv during the month of March. 1941,
is given below.
1941
January
February
March
TOTAL
TOTAL
CLIPPINGS
TOTAL
314
268
3.070
1.973
1,998
50.000,000
55.500,000
52.000,000
927
7.041
157,500,000
345
1 N C I IKS
TOTAL
CIRCULATION
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