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VOL. LXXX. No. 19 Published Every Saturday. Edward Lyman Bill, Inc., 383 Madison Ave., New York, N.Y., May 9, 1925
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Mason & Hamlin Go. Celebrates Its
Seventieth Anniversary
Seventh Decade of Production of Mason & Hamlin Piano Marked With Commemorative Meeting in Jordan
Hall, Boston, on Evening of May 1, and With Presentation of Watches and Medals to Em-
ployes of Force Who Are Veterans in the Service of the Company
ORDAN HALL in Boston has been the careful training were evident by their playing who had served the company for varying pe-
scene of many musical events which might of the numbers on their program.
riods. But, prior to the presentation of the
be described as of international importance,
Next in order came the honoring of those medals and watches, Henry L. Mason, president
but it is doubtful if the
of the company, deliv-
hall ever held a more
ered a brief address in
sincerely enthusiastic au-
which he outlined the
dience than that which
reason for the gathering
gathered on the night of
and what part the work-
May 1 to take part in
ers had played in the
the celebration of the
successful career of the
seventieth anniversary
company. In his talk
c e l e b r a t i o n of the
Mr. Mason said:
Mason & Hamlin Co.
"Upon this unique oc-
Ti^ere are various
casion it gives me pleas-
ways in which such oc-
ure to extend you the
casions are marked, but
heartiest of greetings
the Mason & Hamlin
and the warmest of wel-
Co. officials chose a
come on behalf of the
course which served to
Mason & Hamlin Co.
acknowledge the services
The occasion is unique
of those men who for
in that we meet to com-
many years have given
memorate the company's
of their best in the fac-
seventieth birthday anni-
tory to produce the in-
versary, the completion
struments that have
of threescore years and
Twenty-Five Year Group of Mason & Hamlin Employees
given prestige to the
ten of its life and ac-
Back Row (left to right): Ralph P. Russell, manager Ampico music rolls dept.; Joseph J. Kolbe, foreman
Mason & Hamlin name.
tivity.
While this may
pattern dept.; Charles E. Brockington, manager concert dept., New York; Sylvester B. Colbert, foreman
traffic dept.; O. Anderson, foreman sounding board dept.; J. A. Kallander, foreman action finishing dept.;
This acknowledgment
not
be
an
apt opportun-
Sidney V. Jordan, foreman voicing dept.; Andrew H. Sallstrom, foreman varnish dept. Third Row: Isaac
was given to all those
ity, for rehearsing in
B. Beeler, foreman mill dept.; Peter A. Anderson, foreman upright action dept.; John Murray, foreman yard
dept.; John F. Cunha, maintenance dept.; Henry L. Mason, president; Henry C. Ruhl, foreman upright
who have served the
detail the history of
trimming dept.; George W. Simpson, foreman upright regulating dept.; Thomas F. Carty, auditor.
Second Row: Richard Wheater, mill dept.; Michael J. Hanlon, maintenance dept.; Patrick J. Colbert,
company from periods
these seventy years, it
general inspector; Carl G. Olsen, foreman hammer boring dept.; Charles F. Reed, foreman Agraffe dept.;
ranging from five years
may well be said, I think,
William \V. Dowsing, mill dept.; Frank C. Bartlett, mill dept. Front Row: Danforth S. Steele, mill dept.;
. Norman W. Stone, foreman string dept.
to fifty-six years, with
that the company's exist-'
special honors for those
ence covers a period
who had twenty-five or
synchronous to a large
more years of service to
degree, at least, with
their credit with the Boston house.
that of the development of music
Jordan Hall was crowded to ca-
and of the appreciation of music in
Fifty Years and Over
Mary Ellen O'Hearn
33 Years
33 Years
Patrick John Colbert 56 Years Henry Conrad Ruhl
pacity with employes of the Mason
America, and that the instruments
31 Years
Carl Gunerius Olsen
56 Years John Murray
& Hamlin Co. and their families,
and the influence of this company
Ralph Perkins Russell 31 Years
the central parquet section being re-
have aided and abetted that develop-
Forty Years and Over
Twenty-five Years and Over
served for the accommodation of the
ment not only in America, but
Frank Cowan Bartlett 48 Years
29 Years
Michael Joseph Hanlon 48 Years Olof Anderson
veteran employes. The program
throughout the world as well.
Isaac Bryden Beeler
28 Years
Chas.
Ferdinand
Reed
47
Years
opened most appropriately with a
"In 1854 the two men who found-
John
Alfred
Kallander
26
Years
Danforth S. Steele
46 Years
selection, "Stradella," by V. Flotow,
26 Years
ed this business, and whose names
Chas. E. Brockington 45 Years George W. Simpson
played by the Mason & Hamlin Em-
f m . W. Dowsing
41 Years Peter August Anderson 25 Years
it bears, selected as their guide and
Sylvester B. Colbert
25 Years
ployes' Orchestra, under the baton
goal the lofty ideal, perfection; and
Thirty Years and Over
John Felix Cunha
25 Years
of C. Roland Reasoner. This or-
to
this ideal they remained stead-
Chirles
James
Hughes
25
Years
Richard Wheater
38 Years
chestra, which was organized only
Henry L. Mason
fastly and constantly true. They
36 Years Sidnev V'etor Jordan 25 Years
Norman Webber Stone 36 Years Joseph John Kolb
25 Years
a few months ago, is made up en-
put forth the best that was in them;
Thomas Francis Carty 33 Years Andrew H. Sallstrom 25 Years
tirely _ of factory employes, whose
they never deviated from their pur-
earnestness of purpose,, ability and
pose of serving and attaining, so far
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