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MAY
9, 1925
the hope, my friends and fellow-workers, that,
as in the past, so in the future, we and our
successors may ever bear in mind the aims and
purposes of the founders of this business; and
may we so act that those who come after us
THE
MUSIC TRADE
REVIEW
pany's president, for his thirty-six years of serv-
ice, and to Harold Bauer, the famous pianist,
for his twenty-five years of loyalty to the Mason
& Hamlin piano as the medium for the inter-
pretation of his art.
Harold Bauer Plays
Following the presentation ceremonies, Mr.
Bauer, as an honored guest of the occasion,
played a well selected group of numbers, in-
cluding Chopin's ballade in A-Flat, his own ar-
rangement of a group of tunes from the eight-
President Henry L. Mason
may be justified in saying, as we now say of
those who preceded us, they were practical
idealists, and in the product of their achieve-
ment lay reflected the guiding principle of their
lives—integrity of character."
The Presentation of the Awards
The actual presentation of the awards was
Vice-President Paul H. Taylor
made by Paul H. Taylor, vice-president and
factory superintendent, but Mr. Mason could eenth century, Schubert's impromptu in A-Flat,
not resist the opportunity of shaking hands with and San-Saens etude in waltz form, all of which
each of the veterans personally and extending were received enthusiastically.
At the conclusion of the set program, a col-
his own felicitations, particularly to those who
lation was served in one of the ante-
had passed, or were approaching,
rooms of the hall, in the course of
the half-century service mark.
which the members of the audience
To those who had been with the
had an opportunity for congratulat-
company continuously for periods
ing personally the veterans of the
ranging from five to twenty-five
organization who had been honored.
years, there were presented attrac-
In addition to President Mason,
tive "Honorable Service" medals of
Vice-president Taylor and Harold
gold richly decorated in enamel,
Bauer, there were on the stage dur-
each medal bearing on its face the
ing the ceremony F. H. B. Byrne,
years of service of the recipient. To
director of publicity of the Mason
those who had been in the com- The Service Medal
pany's service from twenty-five to fifty years & Hamlin Co., who was in a large measure
there were presented, in addition to the responsible for the success of the arrangements,
medals, handsome gold watches suitably en- and Arthur L. Wessell, of Wessell, Nickel &
Danquard Traveling School
Now in Session in Buffalo
Eastern Division Opens Course in That City
After Successful Class in Boston—Hub Men
Plan Local Association
The Eastern Division of the Danquard Player
Action School has begun its sessions in Buffalo,
N. Y., taking up headquarters in the Hotel
Lafayette. The four-weeks' session in Boston,
Mass., was completed April 22, under the per-
sonal direction of Milton L. Cheek, who was
well pleased with the attendance there, as were
the supporting companies of the school.
The headquarters for the Danquard School in
Boston were located in the Hotel Bellevue, situ-
ated on Boston's historic Beacon Hill. About
one hundred students registered for the course,
and both the afternoon and evening sessions
were well attended. Tuners and repairmen were
pleased at the opportunities afforded to study
at first hand under expert guidance the Stand-
ard Pneumatic and Auto Pneumatic actions, as
well as the Welte-Mignon (Licensee) reproduc-
ing action.
Among the speakers before the school in Bos-
ton was John T. Gibson, manager of the Welte-
Mignon (Licensee) De Luxe Roll Recording
Department, who gave an interesting address
on the methods of recording the music rolls, for
which this company is famous. A. K. Gutsohn,
general superintendent of the plant of the
Standard Pneumatic Action Co., also spoke on
the principles of player construction, and upon
the high quality of materials necessary to pro-
duce a quality action.
The men attending the classes came not only
from Boston, but from surrounding towns, one
man, C. Taylor, coming from Nova Scotia, Can-
ada, to attend the sessions. Edwin Fowler, of
Watertown, Mass., was enrolled for the course,
being a student at the Perkins Institute for the
Blind in that city. One of the most popular
men taking the course was Frank Read, a well-
known and capable Boston tuner. Mr. Read
boasts of two distinctions: that he has not worn
a hat in twenty years, and that he carries the
lightest kit of any tuner in town, weighing only
nine pounds. After the sessions were closed the
greater number of the men got together to con-
sider the formation of a branch of the National
Association of Piano Tuners, and Mr. Taylor
was prevailed upon to remain in the United
States a few extra days as temporary chairman
to complete the organization of such a branch.
Shellac Name Gases
WASHINGTON. D. C, May 3.—Use of the words
"pure shellac" or "shellac," alone or in connec-
tion with a color adjective unless the product
designated is indeed pure gum shellac, is pro-
hibited under the terms of cease-and-desist
orders directed by the Federal Trade Commis-
sion against Dings & Shuster, Long Island City,
N. Y.; Baer Bros., Stamford, Conn., and New
York City; and the DeGolyer Varnish Works,
Troy, N, Y. These concerns are manufacturers
of paints and varnishes and allied products.
In the cases of the first two named, the orders
are modifications of previous orders issued
against them in October, 1923. Commissioners
Nugent and Thompson dissented from the issu-
ance of the orders, based upon their views in
the Don-O-Lac case.
Back of Presentation Watch
graved, and for the two men who had passed
the half-century mark, each with a record of
fifty-six years, there were also purses of gold.
The roll of honor appears elsewhere in this
account.
Mason and Bauer Among Veterans
Two particularly interesting features of the
presentation ceremony were the awarding of
service medals to Henry L. Mason, the corn-
Face of Presentation Watch
Gross, New York. The stage was decorated
with potted palms and flowers in a manner
that indicated that the purse strings had not
been held tightly.
In every way the occasion was a memorable
one for those privileged to participate in it, and
the character of the program was such as to
enhance in every particular the spirit of loyalty
of the Mason & Hamlin organization.
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Buys Platteville Shop
PLATTEVILLE, WIS., May 1.—Lambert Groenier,
of Lancaster, has recently purchased the stock
of pianos, phonographs and small goods of the
Platteville Music Shop, of this city, which re-
cently has been operated by Charles H. Schefft,
of Milwaukee. The store will be continued by
Mr. Groenier, and his nephew, Ray Groenier,
who has been identified with him for ten years,
will manage the business,