Music Trade Review
Issue: 1918 Vol. 67 N. 13 - Page 6
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THE
MUSIC TRADE
REVIEW
WEAVER REPRODUCING PIANO SHOWN
THE POINT OF VIEW
(Continued from page 5)
ment T took the precaution of inquiring at the
central department of the Y. M. C. A. whether
any definite and systematic maintenance work
were being done. So far as I have been in-
formed nothing systematic has yet been achieved
in this department, nor did the officials seem
to expect any action of the kind. Now, it
does seem as if our patriotic men in the trade,
and that means all of them, should realize, as
soon as they have read this, that a whole lot
of pianos and player-pianos in the camps are
going rapidly to pieces, on account of the sort
of handling they are getting; not to mention
the pedaling. I am quite sure that the Y. M.
C. A. and other organizations who are doing this
camp recreation work for the Government
would be delighted if the maintenance of mu-
sical instruments, especially the pianos and
player-pianos, should be on some kind of a
business basis. Here is a fine piece of genuine
patriotic work; who is capable of doing it? I,
for my part, should be perfectly willing to help.
Demonstrated Most Successfully at Luncheon
of York Rotary Club—Prizes for Guessers
YORK, PA., September 23.—The Weaver piano
starred in a recent noonday luncheon of the
York Rotary Club, of which Percy G. Mundorf,
manager of the Weaver retail warerooms in this
city, was chairman.
As his personal guests
were M. B. Gibson, W. S. Bond, C. D. Bond
and W. L. Bond and others of the staff of the
Weaver Piano Co.
Morgan G. Gipe, disguised as Paderewski,
at the Weaver Welte-Mignon reproducing piano,
rendered Paderewski's Minuet, drawing tre-
mendous applause. This instrument was also
used in accompanying solo and quartet numbers
during the luncheon.
During the course of the event prizes were of-
fered to those guessing closest to the greatest
number of instruments made by the Weaver
Piano Co. in any one year, the number of feet
of lumber carried in the yards of the Weaver
Piano Co. and the number of strings in a
1.
SEPTEMBER 28, 1918
Weaver upright piano. The contest drew forth
many interesting answers depicting the layman's
idea of the subject. The nearest correct an-
swers to the first two questions were 4,447 in-
struments per year and N'M.OOO feet of lumber.
STANDARD PLAYER ACTION 165,000
Shipped This Week to Milton Piano Co.—Rapid
Popularity of This Action Since Its Concep-
tion in 1910 Shown by Great Demand for It
An interesting feature of the business done by
the Standard Pneumatic Action Co., New York,
this week was the fact that the Standard Player
Action No. 165,000 was delivered to the Milton
Piano Co.
The Standard Pneumatic Action Co., whose
extensive factory is located at Fifty-second
street and Twelfth avenue, New York, started
to manufacture player actions in October, 1910,
which is a little less than eight years ago. The
business and the product were established at that
time on such a basis that the Standard player
action received rapid recognition, and its popu-,
larity has constantly grown ever since, as the
record of this tremendous output shows.
R. 0 . HIGEL AGAIN PROMOTED
Obeying Cheerfully
The Government's Orders
we are continuing, with a good meas-
ure of satisfaction and success, to
manufacture and ship
Quickly Made Sergeant After Four Weeks as
Corporal—Says He Is Gaining Weight and Is
in the Best of Health—Gets Excellent Food
Last week The Review published a story re-
garding the promotion of Ralph O. Higel, for-
merly treasurer of the Otto Higel Co., of New
York, and son of Otto Higel, who is a member
of the Fifty-fourth Company, Fifth Group,
MTD, Fort Hancock, Ga. Hardly had the ink
become dry on the story regarding this promo-
tion when a letter was received stating that his
rank is now Sergeant R. O. Higel.
According to Sergeant Higel's letter, the food
which has been served at the camp has been so
good that he has gained several pounds in
weight, and he says he never felt better in his
life.
PIANO MAN ENCOURAGES STORK
M. Schulz Company
Player-Pianos
in quantities that will enable dealers
who will "use no other" to do some-
thing towards filling an unprece-
dented retail demand for these re-
markable instruments.
We are always glad to hear from live
dealers; and can do more than some
others, perhaps, to fill their orders.
Col. J. J. Daynes, of Salt Lake City, Makes Spe-
cial Offer to Employes' Wives
SALT
LAKE
CITY,
UTAH,
September
21.—War
is not going to cut down Salt Lake's birth rate
if Col. J. J. Daynes, of the Daynes-Beebe Music
Co., has anything to do with it, for he will
make a gift of $20 to the mother of every child
born during the period of the war whose father
is employed by the Daynes-Beebe Co. Two
mothers have already received such gifts. They
are Mrs. W. M. Dodge and Mrs. Walne M.
Alston.
PREVENTS MUSIC SHEETS DRIFTING
WASHINGTON, D. C, September 23.—The Aeo-
lian Co., New York, are the owners through
assignment by George B. Kelly, Jamaica Plain,
Mass., of Patent No. 1,277,944 for a musical in-
strument.
The present invention relates to improvements
in automatic musical instruments and relates
especially to means in such instruments for pre-
venting the music sheets from drifting out of
track with the tracker bar and for preventing
plural sheets from getting out of synchronism
with each other.
NEW McPHAIL PLAYER PATENT
M. SCHULZ COMPANY
Established 1869
General Offices
Schulz Building
3 Factories in
711 Milwaukee Ave.
CHICAGO
CHICAGO
Southern Wholesale Branch
1530 Candler Bldg.
ATLANTA, GA.
WASHINGTON, D. C, September 23.—The Mc-
Phail Piano Co., Boston, Mass., are the owners
through assignment by John C. McPhail, South
Weymouth, Mass., of Patent No. 1,277,443.
This invention relates to that type of player-
pianos in which the action is operated through
the agency of air, and it has for its object the
construction of improved removable pedals by
which the air-pumping bellows are actuated.
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THE
MUSIC TRADE
REVIEW
WEAVER REPRODUCING PIANO SHOWN
THE POINT OF VIEW
(Continued from page 5)
ment T took the precaution of inquiring at the
central department of the Y. M. C. A. whether
any definite and systematic maintenance work
were being done. So far as I have been in-
formed nothing systematic has yet been achieved
in this department, nor did the officials seem
to expect any action of the kind. Now, it
does seem as if our patriotic men in the trade,
and that means all of them, should realize, as
soon as they have read this, that a whole lot
of pianos and player-pianos in the camps are
going rapidly to pieces, on account of the sort
of handling they are getting; not to mention
the pedaling. I am quite sure that the Y. M.
C. A. and other organizations who are doing this
camp recreation work for the Government
would be delighted if the maintenance of mu-
sical instruments, especially the pianos and
player-pianos, should be on some kind of a
business basis. Here is a fine piece of genuine
patriotic work; who is capable of doing it? I,
for my part, should be perfectly willing to help.
Demonstrated Most Successfully at Luncheon
of York Rotary Club—Prizes for Guessers
YORK, PA., September 23.—The Weaver piano
starred in a recent noonday luncheon of the
York Rotary Club, of which Percy G. Mundorf,
manager of the Weaver retail warerooms in this
city, was chairman.
As his personal guests
were M. B. Gibson, W. S. Bond, C. D. Bond
and W. L. Bond and others of the staff of the
Weaver Piano Co.
Morgan G. Gipe, disguised as Paderewski,
at the Weaver Welte-Mignon reproducing piano,
rendered Paderewski's Minuet, drawing tre-
mendous applause. This instrument was also
used in accompanying solo and quartet numbers
during the luncheon.
During the course of the event prizes were of-
fered to those guessing closest to the greatest
number of instruments made by the Weaver
Piano Co. in any one year, the number of feet
of lumber carried in the yards of the Weaver
Piano Co. and the number of strings in a
1.
SEPTEMBER 28, 1918
Weaver upright piano. The contest drew forth
many interesting answers depicting the layman's
idea of the subject. The nearest correct an-
swers to the first two questions were 4,447 in-
struments per year and N'M.OOO feet of lumber.
STANDARD PLAYER ACTION 165,000
Shipped This Week to Milton Piano Co.—Rapid
Popularity of This Action Since Its Concep-
tion in 1910 Shown by Great Demand for It
An interesting feature of the business done by
the Standard Pneumatic Action Co., New York,
this week was the fact that the Standard Player
Action No. 165,000 was delivered to the Milton
Piano Co.
The Standard Pneumatic Action Co., whose
extensive factory is located at Fifty-second
street and Twelfth avenue, New York, started
to manufacture player actions in October, 1910,
which is a little less than eight years ago. The
business and the product were established at that
time on such a basis that the Standard player
action received rapid recognition, and its popu-,
larity has constantly grown ever since, as the
record of this tremendous output shows.
R. 0 . HIGEL AGAIN PROMOTED
Obeying Cheerfully
The Government's Orders
we are continuing, with a good meas-
ure of satisfaction and success, to
manufacture and ship
Quickly Made Sergeant After Four Weeks as
Corporal—Says He Is Gaining Weight and Is
in the Best of Health—Gets Excellent Food
Last week The Review published a story re-
garding the promotion of Ralph O. Higel, for-
merly treasurer of the Otto Higel Co., of New
York, and son of Otto Higel, who is a member
of the Fifty-fourth Company, Fifth Group,
MTD, Fort Hancock, Ga. Hardly had the ink
become dry on the story regarding this promo-
tion when a letter was received stating that his
rank is now Sergeant R. O. Higel.
According to Sergeant Higel's letter, the food
which has been served at the camp has been so
good that he has gained several pounds in
weight, and he says he never felt better in his
life.
PIANO MAN ENCOURAGES STORK
M. Schulz Company
Player-Pianos
in quantities that will enable dealers
who will "use no other" to do some-
thing towards filling an unprece-
dented retail demand for these re-
markable instruments.
We are always glad to hear from live
dealers; and can do more than some
others, perhaps, to fill their orders.
Col. J. J. Daynes, of Salt Lake City, Makes Spe-
cial Offer to Employes' Wives
SALT
LAKE
CITY,
UTAH,
September
21.—War
is not going to cut down Salt Lake's birth rate
if Col. J. J. Daynes, of the Daynes-Beebe Music
Co., has anything to do with it, for he will
make a gift of $20 to the mother of every child
born during the period of the war whose father
is employed by the Daynes-Beebe Co. Two
mothers have already received such gifts. They
are Mrs. W. M. Dodge and Mrs. Walne M.
Alston.
PREVENTS MUSIC SHEETS DRIFTING
WASHINGTON, D. C, September 23.—The Aeo-
lian Co., New York, are the owners through
assignment by George B. Kelly, Jamaica Plain,
Mass., of Patent No. 1,277,944 for a musical in-
strument.
The present invention relates to improvements
in automatic musical instruments and relates
especially to means in such instruments for pre-
venting the music sheets from drifting out of
track with the tracker bar and for preventing
plural sheets from getting out of synchronism
with each other.
NEW McPHAIL PLAYER PATENT
M. SCHULZ COMPANY
Established 1869
General Offices
Schulz Building
3 Factories in
711 Milwaukee Ave.
CHICAGO
CHICAGO
Southern Wholesale Branch
1530 Candler Bldg.
ATLANTA, GA.
WASHINGTON, D. C, September 23.—The Mc-
Phail Piano Co., Boston, Mass., are the owners
through assignment by John C. McPhail, South
Weymouth, Mass., of Patent No. 1,277,443.
This invention relates to that type of player-
pianos in which the action is operated through
the agency of air, and it has for its object the
construction of improved removable pedals by
which the air-pumping bellows are actuated.
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