Music Trade Review
Issue: 1927 Vol. 85 N. 4 - Page 11
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The Music Trade Review
JULY 23, 1927
New Steck Addition
Built in Four Months
merits to complete the line, so that dealers han-
dling the Steck line in the future will be able
to supply a piano of every size and character.
Baltimore Music Merchants
Congratulate C. J. Roberts
Large New Structure at Neponset Plant of
Company Completed in Record Time
K. W. Curtis Wins
Pacific Coast Golf
Highly Pleased With His Election as President
of National Association of Music Merchants
—Contest Making Fine Progress
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL., July 15.—The golf tourna-
ment which wound up the convention of West-
ern Music Trades Association here this week
was held at the Lake Merced Golf and Country
Club to-day and the honors were carried off by
BALTIMORE, MD., July 18.—At the last meeting of
the music merchants of Baltimore, C. J. Rob-
erts, president of the National Association of
Music Merchants, was greeted by the members
of the association by an enthusiastic meeting
at which were present some of the leaders of
Baltimore's civic and political life.
Arrrong
those present were the following:
Frederick
R. Huber, chairman of the honorary advisory
committee; Gustav Strube, Alexander Sklare-
vski, Henry Broening, former Mayor Jackson,
Frederick P. Stieff, C. J. Roberts, O. P. Settle,
George W. Stieff, B. C. Lewis, Clark R. Nixon,
Theodore R. McKeldin, representing the mayor;
Jesse Rosenstein, Joseph Kink, C. J. Levin, S.
Willard Ahalt, Joseph A. Kunkel, Donald
Kirkley, J. S. Reed, James R. Reed and J. A.
Helprin.
Former Mayor Jackson made a speech of
welcome to Mr. Roberts touching on the im-
portance of the honor bestowed on a Balti-
morean, how proud the Music Merchants of
Maryland as well as the country as a whole
should be in having selected for the president
of the association a man of Mr. Roberts' ability,
energy and enterprise.
Henry Broening, president of the Labor Body
in Maryland, also made an address of welcome,
as did Theodore R. McKeldin, representing the
mayor of the city of Baltimore.
This meeting also was a meeting of the Ad-
visory Board of the members of the Piano
Playing Contest of Baltimore, and one of the
important addresses on the subject was made
by Frederick R. Huber, chairman of the ad-
visory committee. The contest is receiving
general support.
Construction work on the new addition to the
George Steck Piano Co. plant at Neponset,
near Boston, Mass., has been completed four
months after ground was broken. The entire
plant is now 650 feet long, 88 feet wide and
five stories in height. The plant is equipped
= New Addition to
1
|
with an overhead lighting system, making it
possible to operate twenty-four hours a day.
The yard surrounding the Steck factory is*
equipped with a trackage system, utilizing over
a mile of track and the loading platform is said
to be one of the largest and most convenient
in the piano industry. The yard itself has a
capacity of 1,500,000 feet of lumber and a mil-
lion feet of veneer.
Paul Fink, vice-president of the George Steck
Piano Co., has announced the company's inten-
tion of producing many new styles of instru-
Steck
Factory,
Neponset, Mass.
Kenneth W. Curtis, southern California rep-
resentative of the Western Music Corp., who
beat G. T. Lundlee in the play-off after both
men had shot the course in eighty-four. Mr.
Curtis took the championship from Beeman P.
Sibley, president of the Western Music Corp.,
who carried off the honors last year.
Seventy-four members of the association par-
ticipated in the tournament and thirty-seven of
them were listed among the prize winners, the
prizes to the number of forty-eight in all being
donated by the well-known men in the trade.
BJUR BROS. CO.
GORDON PIANO CO.
Est. 18S7
PIANOS AND PLAYER PIANOS OF QUALITY
705-717 Whltlock Ave.
New York
Est. 1845
Manufacturers of
GORDON & SON PIANOS AND PLAYER PIANOS
Whitlock & Legget Aves.
New York
Becker Bros.
High Grade Pianos and Player-Pianos
Makers since 1891
tarxk
Factory and
Warerooms:
767-769
NEW YORK
Grand and Upright Pianos
Player and Reproducing Pianos
High Quality—Greatest Value
in the market today
KURTZMANN
PIANOS
Win Friends for the Dealer
C. KURTZMANN & CO.
FACTORY
526-536 Niagara St., Buffalo, N. Y.
Executive Offices:
228-230 So. Wabash Ave., Chicago
WILL T. BIUNKERHOFF, Vice-President
Factory: 3859 So. Ashland Ave.
Pianos and Player-Pianos
of Superior Quality
Moderately Priced aod Easy to Sell
Don't fail to inpmitigaf
402 410 W».t 14th St.
Grands
Uprights
Player-Pianos
KKAKAIER BROS., Cypress Avenue, 136ftft and 137th Streets
NEW YORK
New York
Consult the Universal Want Directory of
The Review. In it advertisements are inserted
free of charge for men who desire positions.
More Cunningham pianos are found in Philadelphia homes than
any other and you can accomplish the same results in your
city.
Ask for our plan of selling Cunningham pianos.
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The Music Trade Review
JULY 23, 1927
New Steck Addition
Built in Four Months
merits to complete the line, so that dealers han-
dling the Steck line in the future will be able
to supply a piano of every size and character.
Baltimore Music Merchants
Congratulate C. J. Roberts
Large New Structure at Neponset Plant of
Company Completed in Record Time
K. W. Curtis Wins
Pacific Coast Golf
Highly Pleased With His Election as President
of National Association of Music Merchants
—Contest Making Fine Progress
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL., July 15.—The golf tourna-
ment which wound up the convention of West-
ern Music Trades Association here this week
was held at the Lake Merced Golf and Country
Club to-day and the honors were carried off by
BALTIMORE, MD., July 18.—At the last meeting of
the music merchants of Baltimore, C. J. Rob-
erts, president of the National Association of
Music Merchants, was greeted by the members
of the association by an enthusiastic meeting
at which were present some of the leaders of
Baltimore's civic and political life.
Arrrong
those present were the following:
Frederick
R. Huber, chairman of the honorary advisory
committee; Gustav Strube, Alexander Sklare-
vski, Henry Broening, former Mayor Jackson,
Frederick P. Stieff, C. J. Roberts, O. P. Settle,
George W. Stieff, B. C. Lewis, Clark R. Nixon,
Theodore R. McKeldin, representing the mayor;
Jesse Rosenstein, Joseph Kink, C. J. Levin, S.
Willard Ahalt, Joseph A. Kunkel, Donald
Kirkley, J. S. Reed, James R. Reed and J. A.
Helprin.
Former Mayor Jackson made a speech of
welcome to Mr. Roberts touching on the im-
portance of the honor bestowed on a Balti-
morean, how proud the Music Merchants of
Maryland as well as the country as a whole
should be in having selected for the president
of the association a man of Mr. Roberts' ability,
energy and enterprise.
Henry Broening, president of the Labor Body
in Maryland, also made an address of welcome,
as did Theodore R. McKeldin, representing the
mayor of the city of Baltimore.
This meeting also was a meeting of the Ad-
visory Board of the members of the Piano
Playing Contest of Baltimore, and one of the
important addresses on the subject was made
by Frederick R. Huber, chairman of the ad-
visory committee. The contest is receiving
general support.
Construction work on the new addition to the
George Steck Piano Co. plant at Neponset,
near Boston, Mass., has been completed four
months after ground was broken. The entire
plant is now 650 feet long, 88 feet wide and
five stories in height. The plant is equipped
= New Addition to
1
|
with an overhead lighting system, making it
possible to operate twenty-four hours a day.
The yard surrounding the Steck factory is*
equipped with a trackage system, utilizing over
a mile of track and the loading platform is said
to be one of the largest and most convenient
in the piano industry. The yard itself has a
capacity of 1,500,000 feet of lumber and a mil-
lion feet of veneer.
Paul Fink, vice-president of the George Steck
Piano Co., has announced the company's inten-
tion of producing many new styles of instru-
Steck
Factory,
Neponset, Mass.
Kenneth W. Curtis, southern California rep-
resentative of the Western Music Corp., who
beat G. T. Lundlee in the play-off after both
men had shot the course in eighty-four. Mr.
Curtis took the championship from Beeman P.
Sibley, president of the Western Music Corp.,
who carried off the honors last year.
Seventy-four members of the association par-
ticipated in the tournament and thirty-seven of
them were listed among the prize winners, the
prizes to the number of forty-eight in all being
donated by the well-known men in the trade.
BJUR BROS. CO.
GORDON PIANO CO.
Est. 18S7
PIANOS AND PLAYER PIANOS OF QUALITY
705-717 Whltlock Ave.
New York
Est. 1845
Manufacturers of
GORDON & SON PIANOS AND PLAYER PIANOS
Whitlock & Legget Aves.
New York
Becker Bros.
High Grade Pianos and Player-Pianos
Makers since 1891
tarxk
Factory and
Warerooms:
767-769
NEW YORK
Grand and Upright Pianos
Player and Reproducing Pianos
High Quality—Greatest Value
in the market today
KURTZMANN
PIANOS
Win Friends for the Dealer
C. KURTZMANN & CO.
FACTORY
526-536 Niagara St., Buffalo, N. Y.
Executive Offices:
228-230 So. Wabash Ave., Chicago
WILL T. BIUNKERHOFF, Vice-President
Factory: 3859 So. Ashland Ave.
Pianos and Player-Pianos
of Superior Quality
Moderately Priced aod Easy to Sell
Don't fail to inpmitigaf
402 410 W».t 14th St.
Grands
Uprights
Player-Pianos
KKAKAIER BROS., Cypress Avenue, 136ftft and 137th Streets
NEW YORK
New York
Consult the Universal Want Directory of
The Review. In it advertisements are inserted
free of charge for men who desire positions.
More Cunningham pianos are found in Philadelphia homes than
any other and you can accomplish the same results in your
city.
Ask for our plan of selling Cunningham pianos.
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