Music Trade Review
Issue: 1922 Vol. 75 N. 4 - Page 10
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THE
MUSIC TRADE
REVIEW
JULY 22, 1922
HAPPY REUNION OF CHEEK FAMILY IN ALABAMA HOME
RECORDS OF SMALL FREIGHT LOTS
Father and Sons, Long Identified With the Music Industry, and Married Daughters All Meet in
Birmingham, Ala., After Twenty Years—Cheek Name Prominent in the Music Trade
Music Industries Chamber Urges That Railroads
Keep Records of Small Freight Shipments—
Co-operating With Traffic Men
Welte-Mignon Corp., New York, and has been
The Music Industries Chamber of Commerce
identified with the player action division of the
music industry for many years, having invented is co-operating with the Commercial Traffic Man-
and perfected many devices which are now in agers' Association, Philadelphia, an organization
active use. Milton L. Cheek is well known as consisting of traffic managers of the principal
shippers of that city, in an effort to compel the
railroads of the country to keep records of freight
shipments in less-than-carload lots. Some time
during the period of Federal control many of
the larger roads discontinued the keeping of rec-
ords of less-than-carload shipments, and although
most of them have now resumed the practice
there are a number, notably the Pennsylvania
System in the East, which have not.
The importance of the matter to the music
industry will be readily understood when it is
realized that without such records it is practically
impossible to trace less-than-carload shipments, a
state of affairs which works great hardship to all
shippers of less-than-carload freight. At the
request of the Traffic Managers' Association the
Chamber has addressed a letter of protest to the
Chief of Transportation of the Pennsylvania Sys-
tem, setting forth the requirements of the music
industry in respect to the matter and urging the
immediate resumption of the keeping of records
of less-than-carload shipments.
The Cheek Family at Their Recent Reunion
The matter is being taken up by other national
Standing: Milton L. Check, head instructor of the Dan quard Player Action School; Mrs. ISalford Thompson, Talbot
trade associations and local chambers of com-
F. XJheek, factory superintendent of the Welte-Mignon Co rp.; Mrs. Wallace Shelby, Koy P. Cheek, vice-president and
general manager of the Peerless Action Co. Seated: Mr. and Mrs. Amos B. Cheek and Mrs. Frank Prince.
merce throughout the country.
family owing to the fact that the father and the chief instructor of the Danquard Player Ac-
the three sons have been identified with the music tion School, New York, where he has been for
NEW RETAIL STORE
industry practically all their lives. Amos B. several years.
Cheek was for many years a wholesale merchan-
The other son, Roy P. Cheek, has had a varied
The B. Shoninger Co., piano manufacturer, with
diser of pianos in the South and at one time career in manufacturing and merchandising both headquarters in New York City, has secured
represented the W. W. Kimball Co., the Auto- wholesale and retail and is at present vice-presi- quarters in the Grant Building, Pittsfield, Mass.,
piano Co. and other well-known houses, and has dent and general manager of the new Peerless which will be operated as a retail store.
also been identified with the retail field.
Pneumatic Action Co., New York. The three
Talbot F. Cheek, who appears standing in the daughters who appear in the picture are Mrs. Bal-
Consult the universal Want Directory of
center of the photograph reproduced herewith, is ford Thompson, Mrs. Wallace Shelby and Mrs. The Review. In it advertisements are inserted
at present superintendent of the factory of the Frank Prince.
free of charge for men who desire positions.
The latter part of June saw a reunion of the
family of Mr. and Mrs. Amos B. Cheek at Bir-
mingham, Ala., this being the first time the entire
family has been together in twenty years. It
might be called the reunion of a music trade
MAKERS and MERCHANDISERS
of Reproducing Grand Pianos
TAKE NOTICE
The Staib - Abendschein Reproducing
Grand Action has the Lightest Lost
Motion Attachment on the market.
It eliminates—
All lost motion at capstans and top of jack;
All lost motion between pneumatics and
action parts;
All key dipping;
All change of key depth.
. .
So scientifically perfected that the soft
pedal movement can be adjusted to the
power of the lightest pneumatic. This in
itself has overcome a serious problem and
is recognized as one of the most important
achievements toward making the reproduc-
ing grand more efficient.
This action can be used with all
reproducing Grand Mechanisms.
It will pay to
investigate at once.
Staib-Abendschein Co.
134th Street and Brook Avenue
New York
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THE
MUSIC TRADE
REVIEW
JULY 22, 1922
HAPPY REUNION OF CHEEK FAMILY IN ALABAMA HOME
RECORDS OF SMALL FREIGHT LOTS
Father and Sons, Long Identified With the Music Industry, and Married Daughters All Meet in
Birmingham, Ala., After Twenty Years—Cheek Name Prominent in the Music Trade
Music Industries Chamber Urges That Railroads
Keep Records of Small Freight Shipments—
Co-operating With Traffic Men
Welte-Mignon Corp., New York, and has been
The Music Industries Chamber of Commerce
identified with the player action division of the
music industry for many years, having invented is co-operating with the Commercial Traffic Man-
and perfected many devices which are now in agers' Association, Philadelphia, an organization
active use. Milton L. Cheek is well known as consisting of traffic managers of the principal
shippers of that city, in an effort to compel the
railroads of the country to keep records of freight
shipments in less-than-carload lots. Some time
during the period of Federal control many of
the larger roads discontinued the keeping of rec-
ords of less-than-carload shipments, and although
most of them have now resumed the practice
there are a number, notably the Pennsylvania
System in the East, which have not.
The importance of the matter to the music
industry will be readily understood when it is
realized that without such records it is practically
impossible to trace less-than-carload shipments, a
state of affairs which works great hardship to all
shippers of less-than-carload freight. At the
request of the Traffic Managers' Association the
Chamber has addressed a letter of protest to the
Chief of Transportation of the Pennsylvania Sys-
tem, setting forth the requirements of the music
industry in respect to the matter and urging the
immediate resumption of the keeping of records
of less-than-carload shipments.
The Cheek Family at Their Recent Reunion
The matter is being taken up by other national
Standing: Milton L. Check, head instructor of the Dan quard Player Action School; Mrs. ISalford Thompson, Talbot
trade associations and local chambers of com-
F. XJheek, factory superintendent of the Welte-Mignon Co rp.; Mrs. Wallace Shelby, Koy P. Cheek, vice-president and
general manager of the Peerless Action Co. Seated: Mr. and Mrs. Amos B. Cheek and Mrs. Frank Prince.
merce throughout the country.
family owing to the fact that the father and the chief instructor of the Danquard Player Ac-
the three sons have been identified with the music tion School, New York, where he has been for
NEW RETAIL STORE
industry practically all their lives. Amos B. several years.
Cheek was for many years a wholesale merchan-
The other son, Roy P. Cheek, has had a varied
The B. Shoninger Co., piano manufacturer, with
diser of pianos in the South and at one time career in manufacturing and merchandising both headquarters in New York City, has secured
represented the W. W. Kimball Co., the Auto- wholesale and retail and is at present vice-presi- quarters in the Grant Building, Pittsfield, Mass.,
piano Co. and other well-known houses, and has dent and general manager of the new Peerless which will be operated as a retail store.
also been identified with the retail field.
Pneumatic Action Co., New York. The three
Talbot F. Cheek, who appears standing in the daughters who appear in the picture are Mrs. Bal-
Consult the universal Want Directory of
center of the photograph reproduced herewith, is ford Thompson, Mrs. Wallace Shelby and Mrs. The Review. In it advertisements are inserted
at present superintendent of the factory of the Frank Prince.
free of charge for men who desire positions.
The latter part of June saw a reunion of the
family of Mr. and Mrs. Amos B. Cheek at Bir-
mingham, Ala., this being the first time the entire
family has been together in twenty years. It
might be called the reunion of a music trade
MAKERS and MERCHANDISERS
of Reproducing Grand Pianos
TAKE NOTICE
The Staib - Abendschein Reproducing
Grand Action has the Lightest Lost
Motion Attachment on the market.
It eliminates—
All lost motion at capstans and top of jack;
All lost motion between pneumatics and
action parts;
All key dipping;
All change of key depth.
. .
So scientifically perfected that the soft
pedal movement can be adjusted to the
power of the lightest pneumatic. This in
itself has overcome a serious problem and
is recognized as one of the most important
achievements toward making the reproduc-
ing grand more efficient.
This action can be used with all
reproducing Grand Mechanisms.
It will pay to
investigate at once.
Staib-Abendschein Co.
134th Street and Brook Avenue
New York
1%
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