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1,200 Attend Finals in Annual Piano
Playing Contest of Glen Bros.-Roberts
First Prize, Chickering Grand Piano, Won by Winifred Ward, Nineteen-Year-Old
High School Girl—Ignaz Friedman Acts as Judge of the Contest
C A L T LAKE CITY, UTAH, December 9.—
^ About 1,200 school teachers, pupils and
music lovers of Salt Lake City and nearby
points attended the final of the Glen Bros.-
Roberts Piano Co.'s music contest held in the
splendid auditorium of the new West Side High
School recently. George S. Glen, president of
the company, and general manager of the Ogden
store, presided. No less a person than Ignaz
Friedman, famous Polish pianist who was in
Salt Lake City for a concert the same evening,
was the judge of the contest. Thomas J. Hol-
land, manager of the Salt Lake City store, acted
as master of ceremonies. The prize was a Chick-
ering grand piano valued at $1,750.
The contest attracted a great deal of inter-
est, and there were originally eighteen entrants,
which number had been reduced to three, all
girls, for the final test at the high school audi-
torium. The winner of the contest was a Salt
Lake City girl named Winifred Ward, 19 years
of age and daughter of the vice-president of a
prominent local dairy company. Miss Ward is
a pupil of a well-known Salt Lake City woman
teacher.
Each contestant showed remarkable tech-
nique, and Ignaz Friedman, the judge of the
contest, was sincere when he said the winner
was selected after the greatest difficulty and
that he wished there had been three pianos to
present instead of but one. In congratulating
the teachers who trained the contestants Fried-
man said, "I am astonished at the ability shown;
the interpretation was wonderful. All show ex-
ceptional ability and training."
President George S. Glen of the company
presided, and introduced Mr. Friedman as the
judge of the contest, and outlined the rules of
the contest. There was one grand piano in the
center of the stage and on which the con-
testants performed. The prize piano, on which
a beautiful bouquet of flowers had been placed,
was on one side of the platform.
Two years ago the Glen Bros.-Roberts Piano
Co., operating stores in Salt Lake City, Ogden,
and in two or three Idaho cities, decided that
it would encourage interest in the piano by
offering a Chickering grand as a prize in a
piano-playing contest open to music students
for three years in succession. This is the sec-
ond year. It would be difficult to say just what
the contests have accomplished so far as a
means of increasing the popularity of the piano;
DECEMBER 17, 1927
ciation, presided. After routine business had
been disposed of there was a round-table dis-
cussion of ways and means of getting members
to come out to the meetings more regularly.
Inasmuch as the general election takes place in
February no definite action will be taken as
regards this, but it will be recommended to the
incoming officers. Another matter discussed,
but left open for action, was the admitting of
radio jobbers to membership in the association.
Heretofore, membership has been exclusively
for those identified with the piano business, but
there is a sentiment for admitting the radio
jobber. Plans for the annual dinner were also
discussed, and it was decided to have the
ladies present on this occasion. A committee
was appointed to look after the details of the
affair.
W. H. Doyle Resigns
W. H. Doyle, advertising manager of the
Kohler Industries has resigned after three years
service in that position. Previously he serviced
with five advertising agencies, and for some
time worked as a free-lance in New York
During his four years with the Kohler Indus-
tries, Mr. Doyle gave extensive study to piano
problems, and came in contact with piano deal-
ers in practically every section of the country.
Mr. Doyle has under consideration two proposi-
tions, but will probably not announce his future
plans before the first of the year.
F. G. Glouser Promoted
Winifred Ward
but that they are doing something in this direc-
tion goes without saying, when one takes into
consideration the large crowds that attend the
finals. The newspapers give space to the con-
test, but not as much as they merit, con-
sidering the valuable prize and the educational
value of the contests.
Cleveland Association
Holds Monthly Meeting
CLEVELAND, O., December 12.—The regular
monthly meeting of the Cleveland Music
Trades Association was held at the Hotel Win-
ton on Monday evening, at which there was
a fair attendance. Dinner preceded the meet-
ing, and A. L. Maresh, president of the asso-
F. G. Clouser, who has been identified with
the Griffith Piano Co. for the past twelve years,
has been appointed general manager of the
company's stores in Scranton, Wilkes-Barre
and Carbondale. He has been located in Scran-
ton for the last four years.
Brunswick Dividend
It is announced that the directors of the
Brunswick-Balke-Collender Co. have authorized
a dividend of 1)4 P e r cent payable January 1,
1928, on the outstanding preferred stock of the
company, as of record December 20, 1927.
McNeil & Co., music dealers of Stockton, Cal.,
have opened a branch store on West Railroad
avenue, Oakdale.
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