Music Trade Review
Issue: 1926 Vol. 82 N. 3 - Page 9
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THE
JANUARY 16, 1926
MUSIC TRADE
REVIEW
Weaver Piano Go. Holds Fourth Annual
Pioneers' Dinner for Veteran Employes
Thirty-one Present at Event Who Have Records of More Than Twenty Years' Continuous
Service With the Company—One Showed the Fine Record of Forty-two Years
V/'ORK, PA., January 8.—Four years ago, W.
S. Bond, president of the Weaver Piano Co.,
Inc., of this city, inaugurated the happy idea of
holding a function which would emphasize the
harmony and good feeling existing between the
employes and executives of the company. This
function was called the Pioneers' Dinner and
given in honor of the men who had served for
twenty years and more with the Weaver Piano
Co.
The fourth such dinner was held on Tuesday
afternoon, January 5, at the Lafayette Club, this
city. There were thirty-one present who each
have a record of more than twenty years' serv-
ice with the company, while one has reached the
high total of forty-two years. During the past
year since the last Pioneers' Dinner there have
been no breaks in the ranks, which is rather re-
markable in a group so large.
A unique souvenir menu folder was distributed
to the guests. This folder had a cover like the
1926 Weaver piano catalog, with the following
added inscription: "Fourth Pioneers' Dinner, in
Honor of the Men Who Have Faithfully Served
Twenty Years and More." Each guest's name
was also printed on his individual copy, which
made it also serve as a place card. In addition
to the menu the folder contains a view of the
Weaver factory, a list of the guests, with their
positions and years of service and an illustration
of the company's most recent creation, the Style
XX York piano.
The guests were classed as Honored Guests,
Baby Honored Guests, Guests and Wall Flow-
ers. The Honored Guests, numbering seven-
teen, have all served more than twenty-five
years. The Baby Honored Guests were the two
men who, during the past year, reached the
twenty-five years of service with the company.
The Guests were the twelve men who have each
served more than twenty years but less than
twenty-five years. The Wall Flowers were those
executives and foremen who have served less
than twenty years.
In his talk to the men, W. S. Bond remarked:
"The most successful piano manufacturers are
those who develop men as well as pianos and
who give their customers the greatest satisfac-
tion in the use of their product. The crafts-
man who helps to produce a fine piano con-
tributes to the advancement of high ideals and
places himself in a position of honor."
William C. Busser, who entered the factory as
an apprentice in 1901, is the poet of the Weaver
organization, and for the Fourth Annual Pio-
neers' Dinner composed and read the following
poem entitled:
Nightfall in the Weaver Factory
Here in this great building, mute, alone am I,
'Mid silence and the shadows that with evening fall,
And all about me strange and curious things there lie,
Sent here from ends of earth through some magician's
call.
And here, also, magicians plan and work
With wondrous skill in art and science, too;
Some wizards in dark corners now may lurk
Who fashion marvelous things, forever new.
This soundless wood, these dumb and silent strings,
Will same day speak, and in an universal tongue,
Awake to life these dead, unfeeling things
With music some great artist from his heart has wrung.
Room after room, and floor on floor there are
Of pieces, to be placed in one harmonious whole,
Which will, for those who beauty seek, the doors unbar
To realms, where one who hears will find a soul.
Who put it there to cheer the heart and ease the mind,
If not the workmen who have gone away
And left this stillness, this ghostly solitude,
To wake again to throbbing life with dawn of day?
These rasping planes and whirring saws will get their
daily food,
These toilers, with their skillful hands, will push the
work along;
These dry and dusty seeds of cloth and iron and wood
Will he reborn, and flower into radiant life and song.
Highest
Quality
The Honored Guests and their record of serv-
ice with the company were: Fred Bluckinger,
1883, assistant, piano department; Ferdinand
Petry, 1887, gluer; Michael Feiser, 1888, assist-
ant, rubbing department; Philip Quickel, 1888,
cabinet room assistant; William Selemeyer,
1890, superintendent, player department; W. S.
Bond, 1891, president; John Petry, 1891, planer
boss; Charles A. Blauser, 1894, superintendent,
mill department; Joseph Beaverson, 1895, superin-
tendent, lumber yard; Harry Ginter, 1895, fore-
man, regulating department; George H. Bill-
meyer, 1898, superintendent, cabinet department;
Allen E. Ness, 1898, foreman, veneer depart-
ment, and Samuel Rudy, 1898, foreman var-
nisher; R. A. Gleitz, 1899, acoustic engineer;
Percy G. Mundorf, 1899, secretary and manager
retail department; Harry Beck, 1899, player in-
staller; Daniel Nickey, 1899, foreman of main-
tenance.
The Baby Honored Guests were: S. P. Mum-
mert, 1900, salesman; Fred Heckert, 1900, action
finisher; William Heltzer, 1901, foreman, glue
room.
The Guests were: William Westerhold, 1901,
superintendent, finishing department; William
BuSser, 1901, tuner, retail department; Charles
Little, 1902, foreman, packing room; Lincoln
Hoopes, 1902, band sawyer; Norman Allison,
1902, office manager;. Percy Hall, 1902, tuner,
retail department; Charles F. Baer, vice-presi-
dent; R. A. Paules, director; Edw. Morning-
star, 1903, foreman stringer; John Rhodes, 1903,
tone regulator; Frank Rhinehart, 1903, fore-
man, bench department; A. E. Fair, 1903, cabi-
net finisher, and Charles Stauffer, 1903, cabinet
iinisher.
Designated as Wall Flowers were: Walter L.
Bond, 1909, treasurer; Chauncey D. Bond, 1910,
general superintendent; Raymond Reisinger,
1912, foreman, oiliag department, and Daniel G.
Meckley, Jr., 1914, assistant superintendent.
The Weaver Piano Co. was established by J.
O. Weaver in 1870 and incorporated in 1882.
The presidents of the company from its incor-
poration to date were: J. O. Weaver, 1882-1885;
William D. Elliott, 1888; Jacob H. Baer, 1888-
1896; M. B. Gibson, 1896-1919, and W. S\ Bond,
1919.
The officers of the company are: W. S. Bond,
president; Charles F. Baer, vice-president; P.
G. Mundorf, secretary; W. L. Bond, treasurer;
R. A. Paules, director, and C. D. Bond, general
superintendent, assistant secretary and assistant
treasurer.
Eleanor Shaw and Duo-Art
High Above San Francisco
Popular Pianist Gives Recital in Chateau of
R. F. Oaks Built on Top of Apartment House
on Highest Hill in the City
Outstanding in interest among many enthu-
siastic appearances of Miss Eleanor Shaw, Duo-
Art concert pianist, on her Pacific Coast tour
was a private recital given in the magnificent
French chauteau of R. F. Oaks, built on the
roof of the tallest apartment house in San Fran-
cisco, situated on the highest hill in the city,
and to anyone familiar with the lay of the land
out San Francisco way that means a great deal.
A large gathering of representative San Fran-
cisco families were invited by Mr. Oaks to hear
Miss Shaw's recital with the Duo-Art.
The chateau, two stories in height, is a per-
fect reproduction of a French chateau of the
Louis XVI period—the paneled doors and many
of the fixtures having been made in France. It
overlooks the entire city. On the second story
of the chateau is a spacious studio, containing
an Aeolian pipe organ, which is broadcast at
certain hours by radio, and a Duo-Art.
Under the auspices of Sherman, Clay & Co.,
Miss Shaw is giving a series of costume and
other recitals with the Duo-Art which have been
highly successful. Miss Shaw was a former
resident of Spokane, Wash., and is widely known
on the Pacific Coast, as well as in the East.
She records exclusively for the Duo-Art.
Warner Go. Concentrates
YOUNGSTOWN, O., January 12.—All merchandise
in the Arcade Music Shoppe, 4 Hipp Arcade,
owned by the Warner Music Co., has been
moved to the new store of the company, 16
North Phelps street. This location recently was
occupied by the Warner Co. with its pianos
and talking machines. Now the entire activities
of the well-known music concern are centered
under one roof and the store is one of the most
complete in eastern Ohio.
The formal opening of the newly built Lan-
day Hall, at 726 Broad street, Newark, N. J.,
was held on Monday, January 4, the occasion
being marked by a grand reception and musical
entertainment. A full line of pianos, phono-
graphs and other musical instruments has been
installed, and the Newark store has been placed
under the direction of Harold A. Glasser.
Pratt Read
Products
P i a n o Ivory
Piano Keys
P i a n o Actions
Player Actions
Established in
1806
at Deep River, Conn.
Still There
Standard Service and Highest
Quality
Special Repair Departments
Maintained for Convenience
of Dealers
PRATT, READ & CO.
THE PRATT READ
PLAYER ACTION CO.
Oldest and Best
Highest
Quality
THE
JANUARY 16, 1926
MUSIC TRADE
REVIEW
Weaver Piano Go. Holds Fourth Annual
Pioneers' Dinner for Veteran Employes
Thirty-one Present at Event Who Have Records of More Than Twenty Years' Continuous
Service With the Company—One Showed the Fine Record of Forty-two Years
V/'ORK, PA., January 8.—Four years ago, W.
S. Bond, president of the Weaver Piano Co.,
Inc., of this city, inaugurated the happy idea of
holding a function which would emphasize the
harmony and good feeling existing between the
employes and executives of the company. This
function was called the Pioneers' Dinner and
given in honor of the men who had served for
twenty years and more with the Weaver Piano
Co.
The fourth such dinner was held on Tuesday
afternoon, January 5, at the Lafayette Club, this
city. There were thirty-one present who each
have a record of more than twenty years' serv-
ice with the company, while one has reached the
high total of forty-two years. During the past
year since the last Pioneers' Dinner there have
been no breaks in the ranks, which is rather re-
markable in a group so large.
A unique souvenir menu folder was distributed
to the guests. This folder had a cover like the
1926 Weaver piano catalog, with the following
added inscription: "Fourth Pioneers' Dinner, in
Honor of the Men Who Have Faithfully Served
Twenty Years and More." Each guest's name
was also printed on his individual copy, which
made it also serve as a place card. In addition
to the menu the folder contains a view of the
Weaver factory, a list of the guests, with their
positions and years of service and an illustration
of the company's most recent creation, the Style
XX York piano.
The guests were classed as Honored Guests,
Baby Honored Guests, Guests and Wall Flow-
ers. The Honored Guests, numbering seven-
teen, have all served more than twenty-five
years. The Baby Honored Guests were the two
men who, during the past year, reached the
twenty-five years of service with the company.
The Guests were the twelve men who have each
served more than twenty years but less than
twenty-five years. The Wall Flowers were those
executives and foremen who have served less
than twenty years.
In his talk to the men, W. S. Bond remarked:
"The most successful piano manufacturers are
those who develop men as well as pianos and
who give their customers the greatest satisfac-
tion in the use of their product. The crafts-
man who helps to produce a fine piano con-
tributes to the advancement of high ideals and
places himself in a position of honor."
William C. Busser, who entered the factory as
an apprentice in 1901, is the poet of the Weaver
organization, and for the Fourth Annual Pio-
neers' Dinner composed and read the following
poem entitled:
Nightfall in the Weaver Factory
Here in this great building, mute, alone am I,
'Mid silence and the shadows that with evening fall,
And all about me strange and curious things there lie,
Sent here from ends of earth through some magician's
call.
And here, also, magicians plan and work
With wondrous skill in art and science, too;
Some wizards in dark corners now may lurk
Who fashion marvelous things, forever new.
This soundless wood, these dumb and silent strings,
Will same day speak, and in an universal tongue,
Awake to life these dead, unfeeling things
With music some great artist from his heart has wrung.
Room after room, and floor on floor there are
Of pieces, to be placed in one harmonious whole,
Which will, for those who beauty seek, the doors unbar
To realms, where one who hears will find a soul.
Who put it there to cheer the heart and ease the mind,
If not the workmen who have gone away
And left this stillness, this ghostly solitude,
To wake again to throbbing life with dawn of day?
These rasping planes and whirring saws will get their
daily food,
These toilers, with their skillful hands, will push the
work along;
These dry and dusty seeds of cloth and iron and wood
Will he reborn, and flower into radiant life and song.
Highest
Quality
The Honored Guests and their record of serv-
ice with the company were: Fred Bluckinger,
1883, assistant, piano department; Ferdinand
Petry, 1887, gluer; Michael Feiser, 1888, assist-
ant, rubbing department; Philip Quickel, 1888,
cabinet room assistant; William Selemeyer,
1890, superintendent, player department; W. S.
Bond, 1891, president; John Petry, 1891, planer
boss; Charles A. Blauser, 1894, superintendent,
mill department; Joseph Beaverson, 1895, superin-
tendent, lumber yard; Harry Ginter, 1895, fore-
man, regulating department; George H. Bill-
meyer, 1898, superintendent, cabinet department;
Allen E. Ness, 1898, foreman, veneer depart-
ment, and Samuel Rudy, 1898, foreman var-
nisher; R. A. Gleitz, 1899, acoustic engineer;
Percy G. Mundorf, 1899, secretary and manager
retail department; Harry Beck, 1899, player in-
staller; Daniel Nickey, 1899, foreman of main-
tenance.
The Baby Honored Guests were: S. P. Mum-
mert, 1900, salesman; Fred Heckert, 1900, action
finisher; William Heltzer, 1901, foreman, glue
room.
The Guests were: William Westerhold, 1901,
superintendent, finishing department; William
BuSser, 1901, tuner, retail department; Charles
Little, 1902, foreman, packing room; Lincoln
Hoopes, 1902, band sawyer; Norman Allison,
1902, office manager;. Percy Hall, 1902, tuner,
retail department; Charles F. Baer, vice-presi-
dent; R. A. Paules, director; Edw. Morning-
star, 1903, foreman stringer; John Rhodes, 1903,
tone regulator; Frank Rhinehart, 1903, fore-
man, bench department; A. E. Fair, 1903, cabi-
net finisher, and Charles Stauffer, 1903, cabinet
iinisher.
Designated as Wall Flowers were: Walter L.
Bond, 1909, treasurer; Chauncey D. Bond, 1910,
general superintendent; Raymond Reisinger,
1912, foreman, oiliag department, and Daniel G.
Meckley, Jr., 1914, assistant superintendent.
The Weaver Piano Co. was established by J.
O. Weaver in 1870 and incorporated in 1882.
The presidents of the company from its incor-
poration to date were: J. O. Weaver, 1882-1885;
William D. Elliott, 1888; Jacob H. Baer, 1888-
1896; M. B. Gibson, 1896-1919, and W. S\ Bond,
1919.
The officers of the company are: W. S. Bond,
president; Charles F. Baer, vice-president; P.
G. Mundorf, secretary; W. L. Bond, treasurer;
R. A. Paules, director, and C. D. Bond, general
superintendent, assistant secretary and assistant
treasurer.
Eleanor Shaw and Duo-Art
High Above San Francisco
Popular Pianist Gives Recital in Chateau of
R. F. Oaks Built on Top of Apartment House
on Highest Hill in the City
Outstanding in interest among many enthu-
siastic appearances of Miss Eleanor Shaw, Duo-
Art concert pianist, on her Pacific Coast tour
was a private recital given in the magnificent
French chauteau of R. F. Oaks, built on the
roof of the tallest apartment house in San Fran-
cisco, situated on the highest hill in the city,
and to anyone familiar with the lay of the land
out San Francisco way that means a great deal.
A large gathering of representative San Fran-
cisco families were invited by Mr. Oaks to hear
Miss Shaw's recital with the Duo-Art.
The chateau, two stories in height, is a per-
fect reproduction of a French chateau of the
Louis XVI period—the paneled doors and many
of the fixtures having been made in France. It
overlooks the entire city. On the second story
of the chateau is a spacious studio, containing
an Aeolian pipe organ, which is broadcast at
certain hours by radio, and a Duo-Art.
Under the auspices of Sherman, Clay & Co.,
Miss Shaw is giving a series of costume and
other recitals with the Duo-Art which have been
highly successful. Miss Shaw was a former
resident of Spokane, Wash., and is widely known
on the Pacific Coast, as well as in the East.
She records exclusively for the Duo-Art.
Warner Go. Concentrates
YOUNGSTOWN, O., January 12.—All merchandise
in the Arcade Music Shoppe, 4 Hipp Arcade,
owned by the Warner Music Co., has been
moved to the new store of the company, 16
North Phelps street. This location recently was
occupied by the Warner Co. with its pianos
and talking machines. Now the entire activities
of the well-known music concern are centered
under one roof and the store is one of the most
complete in eastern Ohio.
The formal opening of the newly built Lan-
day Hall, at 726 Broad street, Newark, N. J.,
was held on Monday, January 4, the occasion
being marked by a grand reception and musical
entertainment. A full line of pianos, phono-
graphs and other musical instruments has been
installed, and the Newark store has been placed
under the direction of Harold A. Glasser.
Pratt Read
Products
P i a n o Ivory
Piano Keys
P i a n o Actions
Player Actions
Established in
1806
at Deep River, Conn.
Still There
Standard Service and Highest
Quality
Special Repair Departments
Maintained for Convenience
of Dealers
PRATT, READ & CO.
THE PRATT READ
PLAYER ACTION CO.
Oldest and Best
Highest
Quality
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