Music Trade Review
Issue: 1927 Vol. 84 N. 19 - Page 13
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MAY 7, 1927
The Music Trade Review
Finals of the San Francisco Piano
Playing Tournament Are Held This Week
That and Massed Band Concert Outstanding Features of San Francisco's Music Week
—Piano Contest Won Wide Public Enthusiasm
C A N FRANCISCO, CAL., April 28—The
^ thoroughly comprehensive plan of San
Francisco's Music Week is shown by the of-
ficial program, which has been in circulation
for almost a week. Exposition auditorium
events are given most prominence, for in this
great building will take place some of the
most interesting features of the week, May 1
to 8. The finals of the piano-playing tourna-
ment, under the auspices of the San Francisco
Call, will take place on the evening of Wednes-
day, with the Hon. James D. Phelan, chairman,
presiding. The Call has succeeded in holding
public attention all through the preliminary
tests and interest has been growing steadily,
as the number of competitors
steadily
diminishes by the process of elimination. Some
touching stories of human interest have added
to public enthusiasm for the piano-playing
tournament. One ten-year-old girl who held
her place through several preliminary tests is
a little Japanese violinist. A girl who broke
down, after showing talent in previous tests,
was found to have been bereaved of her father
the day before. A number of the human inter-
est stories have shown the earnest interest
many of the competitors have been taking in
the contest.
that requires a little mental effort, and perhaps
they value it even more if they never quite
understand it. The water scales recordings,
showing the dynamic intensity of Rachmani-
noff's touch, is displayed in a window of Kohler
& Chase and some of the people passing the
store can often be found studying it intently.
Of course it is very simple, but to those who
do not immediately get the whole story the
water scales becomes "deep stuff."
Another Panatrope Interests Dealers
The Brunswick company here received yes-
terday a sample of PR138-C. This new and
somewhat expensive instrument has greatly
interested those dealers who have called and
seen it. The PR138-C is equipped with Radiola.
Walter S. Gray Has New Southern Repre-
sentative
Walter S. Gray returned a few days ago from
southern California. In Los Angeles Mr. Gray
left J. J. Grimsey in charge of the warehouse
at 926 Midway place, Los Angeles. He found
business good in the South. Mr. Gray is
sending G. A. Daughtray to travel as his
representative in the States of Oregon and
Washington. Walter S. Gray has added an
extensive line of violins to the goods he car-
ries. He imports them himself.
Makes Quick Visit to the Kimball Factory
Ralph Stein, sales manager of the Union
Music Co., has returned from visiting the Kim-
ball factory in Chicago. He was gone for
eighteen days, including a brief stopover in
Los Angeles en route back.
He found his
brother, Charles Stein, very busy at his piano
factory, working to capacity and behind with
orders.
R. E. Davis, who represents the Kimball fac-
tory and lives at La Jolla, Cal., has been calling
this week on the Union Music Co. in the course
of a Coast trip. He usually comes to San
Francisco about once a month.
Plans to Visit the Border Cities
W. W. Reed, of the Heine Piano Co., has
bought himself a fine make of automobile and
he and Mrs. Reed are preparing to visit the
border line of Arizona and New Mexico on a
vacation trip. They are planning to start soon
and avoid the hot season.
G. O. Heine, who recovered some little time
ago from a surgical operation, is now able to
spend a few hours daily at the Heine Piano Co.
Massed Band Concert Outstanding Event
The massed band concert, under the direction
of E. J. Delano and other conductors, takes
place on the evening of Saturday, May 7. One
thousand high school students will participate
in it. The concert follows the day devoted to
the northern California band contest. There
are a total of over eight hundred and ten
bandsmen enrolled in this contest, over one
hundred of whom are bandswomen. All are
high school students. The High School of
Commerce is also scheduled for some of the
band contest preliminaries on Friday.
Public school contests occupy a large part of
the program and a glance through the remain-
ing places where music will be given during
the week shows that no section of the city's
life seems to have been neglected by those who
are trying to bring home to everyone the slo-
gan of Music Week: "Give a Thought to
Music."
Steinway Piano Sold to Commercial Club
Sherman, Clay & Co. have sold a Steinway
piano, style B, semi-concert grand, to the Com-
mercial Club. This is one of the leading clubs
of the Pacific Coast, its membership including
leading merchants and men of affairs of San
Francisco. It is one of the most luxuriously
furnished clubs of the country, and Harald
1'racht, sales manager for the retail piano de- Convention Arrangement Committee Issues Spe-
partment of Sherman, Clay & Co. here, is
cial Sticker Form for the National Meeting
enthusiastic over the wonderful background for
in Chicago
the Steinway, furnished by the views from the
windows of the Commercial Club. It is on
The attention of the trade will be directed
the two top floors of the Merchants' Exchange toward the coming convention of the music in-
Building. Celebrities visiting the city are fre- dustries by the attractive emblem that will mark
quently entertained at the club and there is all convention publicity issued by the Conven-
often music by excellent artists.
Buell Sees Improvement in Conditions
Fred Buell, Welte-Mignon mechanical expert
for the Pacific Coast, is back at the offices of
the Western Piano Corp., after spending some
time in southern California. Mr. Buell said
that there has been a noticeable improvement
in business in Los Angeles during the past
three weeks. He thinks that the fact of people
having paid their income and personal taxes
as well as their taxes on real estate, etc., may
have caused them to feel that they can now tion Arrangement Committee, Music Industries
spend a little on themselves. He says that Chamber of Commerce and affiliated associa-
the southern California dealers are feeling tions.
quite cheerful over the increase in sales.
T The official insignia of the forthcoming event
People Interested in Water Scales
$ a s been prepared by the Convention Arrange-
A er^at many people- appreciate something ment Committee with G. R. Brownell, of Lyon
Special Seal Adopted
for National Convention
13
& Healy and treasurer of the Piano Club of
Chicago, acting as chairman of the seal com-
mittee. The emblem will no doubt attract a
great deal of attention in calling the trade's in-
terest to the convention in giving an effective
message as shown herewith. The seal is repro-
duced in black and red in sticker form. The
background is black while the printing and
border are red.
Buys Brambach Grand
The Ladies' Auxiliary of the American Legion
branch at Springfield, O., purchased a Brambach
baby grand recently for the parlor of the
Legion clubhouse there. The piano was fur-
In the Legion Clubhouse
nished by the well-known music house of
Earle K. Haweken & Sons, Brambach repre-
sentative, in that city. The young lady shown
in the accompanying photograph is president of
the Auxiliary and it was due to her keen interest
in music and her judgment of quality in piano
construction that the Brambach was selected.
GRAND
KEYS
ACTIONS
PLAYERS
of the
HIGH QUALITY
SKILLED WORKMAN-
" ^ SHIP and ^
_
FINE MATERIALS
found in all
PRATT READ
PRODUCTS
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Established 1806
The Pratt Read Player Action Co.
Deep River, Conn.
MAY 7, 1927
The Music Trade Review
Finals of the San Francisco Piano
Playing Tournament Are Held This Week
That and Massed Band Concert Outstanding Features of San Francisco's Music Week
—Piano Contest Won Wide Public Enthusiasm
C A N FRANCISCO, CAL., April 28—The
^ thoroughly comprehensive plan of San
Francisco's Music Week is shown by the of-
ficial program, which has been in circulation
for almost a week. Exposition auditorium
events are given most prominence, for in this
great building will take place some of the
most interesting features of the week, May 1
to 8. The finals of the piano-playing tourna-
ment, under the auspices of the San Francisco
Call, will take place on the evening of Wednes-
day, with the Hon. James D. Phelan, chairman,
presiding. The Call has succeeded in holding
public attention all through the preliminary
tests and interest has been growing steadily,
as the number of competitors
steadily
diminishes by the process of elimination. Some
touching stories of human interest have added
to public enthusiasm for the piano-playing
tournament. One ten-year-old girl who held
her place through several preliminary tests is
a little Japanese violinist. A girl who broke
down, after showing talent in previous tests,
was found to have been bereaved of her father
the day before. A number of the human inter-
est stories have shown the earnest interest
many of the competitors have been taking in
the contest.
that requires a little mental effort, and perhaps
they value it even more if they never quite
understand it. The water scales recordings,
showing the dynamic intensity of Rachmani-
noff's touch, is displayed in a window of Kohler
& Chase and some of the people passing the
store can often be found studying it intently.
Of course it is very simple, but to those who
do not immediately get the whole story the
water scales becomes "deep stuff."
Another Panatrope Interests Dealers
The Brunswick company here received yes-
terday a sample of PR138-C. This new and
somewhat expensive instrument has greatly
interested those dealers who have called and
seen it. The PR138-C is equipped with Radiola.
Walter S. Gray Has New Southern Repre-
sentative
Walter S. Gray returned a few days ago from
southern California. In Los Angeles Mr. Gray
left J. J. Grimsey in charge of the warehouse
at 926 Midway place, Los Angeles. He found
business good in the South. Mr. Gray is
sending G. A. Daughtray to travel as his
representative in the States of Oregon and
Washington. Walter S. Gray has added an
extensive line of violins to the goods he car-
ries. He imports them himself.
Makes Quick Visit to the Kimball Factory
Ralph Stein, sales manager of the Union
Music Co., has returned from visiting the Kim-
ball factory in Chicago. He was gone for
eighteen days, including a brief stopover in
Los Angeles en route back.
He found his
brother, Charles Stein, very busy at his piano
factory, working to capacity and behind with
orders.
R. E. Davis, who represents the Kimball fac-
tory and lives at La Jolla, Cal., has been calling
this week on the Union Music Co. in the course
of a Coast trip. He usually comes to San
Francisco about once a month.
Plans to Visit the Border Cities
W. W. Reed, of the Heine Piano Co., has
bought himself a fine make of automobile and
he and Mrs. Reed are preparing to visit the
border line of Arizona and New Mexico on a
vacation trip. They are planning to start soon
and avoid the hot season.
G. O. Heine, who recovered some little time
ago from a surgical operation, is now able to
spend a few hours daily at the Heine Piano Co.
Massed Band Concert Outstanding Event
The massed band concert, under the direction
of E. J. Delano and other conductors, takes
place on the evening of Saturday, May 7. One
thousand high school students will participate
in it. The concert follows the day devoted to
the northern California band contest. There
are a total of over eight hundred and ten
bandsmen enrolled in this contest, over one
hundred of whom are bandswomen. All are
high school students. The High School of
Commerce is also scheduled for some of the
band contest preliminaries on Friday.
Public school contests occupy a large part of
the program and a glance through the remain-
ing places where music will be given during
the week shows that no section of the city's
life seems to have been neglected by those who
are trying to bring home to everyone the slo-
gan of Music Week: "Give a Thought to
Music."
Steinway Piano Sold to Commercial Club
Sherman, Clay & Co. have sold a Steinway
piano, style B, semi-concert grand, to the Com-
mercial Club. This is one of the leading clubs
of the Pacific Coast, its membership including
leading merchants and men of affairs of San
Francisco. It is one of the most luxuriously
furnished clubs of the country, and Harald
1'racht, sales manager for the retail piano de- Convention Arrangement Committee Issues Spe-
partment of Sherman, Clay & Co. here, is
cial Sticker Form for the National Meeting
enthusiastic over the wonderful background for
in Chicago
the Steinway, furnished by the views from the
windows of the Commercial Club. It is on
The attention of the trade will be directed
the two top floors of the Merchants' Exchange toward the coming convention of the music in-
Building. Celebrities visiting the city are fre- dustries by the attractive emblem that will mark
quently entertained at the club and there is all convention publicity issued by the Conven-
often music by excellent artists.
Buell Sees Improvement in Conditions
Fred Buell, Welte-Mignon mechanical expert
for the Pacific Coast, is back at the offices of
the Western Piano Corp., after spending some
time in southern California. Mr. Buell said
that there has been a noticeable improvement
in business in Los Angeles during the past
three weeks. He thinks that the fact of people
having paid their income and personal taxes
as well as their taxes on real estate, etc., may
have caused them to feel that they can now tion Arrangement Committee, Music Industries
spend a little on themselves. He says that Chamber of Commerce and affiliated associa-
the southern California dealers are feeling tions.
quite cheerful over the increase in sales.
T The official insignia of the forthcoming event
People Interested in Water Scales
$ a s been prepared by the Convention Arrange-
A er^at many people- appreciate something ment Committee with G. R. Brownell, of Lyon
Special Seal Adopted
for National Convention
13
& Healy and treasurer of the Piano Club of
Chicago, acting as chairman of the seal com-
mittee. The emblem will no doubt attract a
great deal of attention in calling the trade's in-
terest to the convention in giving an effective
message as shown herewith. The seal is repro-
duced in black and red in sticker form. The
background is black while the printing and
border are red.
Buys Brambach Grand
The Ladies' Auxiliary of the American Legion
branch at Springfield, O., purchased a Brambach
baby grand recently for the parlor of the
Legion clubhouse there. The piano was fur-
In the Legion Clubhouse
nished by the well-known music house of
Earle K. Haweken & Sons, Brambach repre-
sentative, in that city. The young lady shown
in the accompanying photograph is president of
the Auxiliary and it was due to her keen interest
in music and her judgment of quality in piano
construction that the Brambach was selected.
GRAND
KEYS
ACTIONS
PLAYERS
of the
HIGH QUALITY
SKILLED WORKMAN-
" ^ SHIP and ^
_
FINE MATERIALS
found in all
PRATT READ
PRODUCTS
Write us NOW
PRATT, READ & CO.
Established 1806
The Pratt Read Player Action Co.
Deep River, Conn.
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