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VOL. 87. No. 21
Published Weekly.
Federated Business Publications, Inc., 420 Lexington A?e., New York, N. Y. Nov. 24,1928
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387 Cities Have Group Glasses
for Piano in Schools
the country and upon those whom they must
interest in order to be able to carry on their
work.
.'The speakers at the Round Table Luncheon
included J. E. Maddy, chairman of the piano
section of the Committee on Instrumental
Affairs, who explained that the supervisors
were carrying on the work in the belief that it
P to the present time 387 cities and towns that have started group piano instruction classes has genuine educational value for the child, and
in their schools have been reported to the piano section of the Committee on Instrumental who also took occasion to comment upon the
Affairs of the Music Supervisors' National Conference. This affords some indication of the financial support given to the movement by
progress that has been made in the matter of group piano instruction since the establishment of the piano manufacturers of the country. Mr.
the committee by the supervisors to look into and promote that movement. Especially is this Maddy urged that those interested in group
true when it is considered that there are probably an equal number of cities not reporting that instruction, or for that matter those opposed to
it, express their views in order
have either started piano classes
that the committee might profit
or plan to start them.
by their advice.
The report of the number of
Status of Piano Glass Teaching in the Schools
One speaker, citing various
cities establishing group piano
Supvrs Supts. Total
experiences, declaring that the
instruction classes was made on
Number of persons requesting the Guide
whole movement depended upon
Monday of this week by 0. M.
issued by the National Bureau for the
discovering or developing a suf-
Tremaine, director of the Na-
540 3143
Advancement of Music
2603
ficient number of competent
tional Bureau for the Advance-
Number of cities represented by requests. 1469 484
1953
teachers, not simply grade
ment of Music, at a meeting of
Number of persons reporting classes
school teachers picked at ran-
the piano section of the Com-
92
511
already started
419
dom, but competent music
mittee on Instrumental Affairs
Those who have started classes and who
teachers who had some idea of
held in conjunction with the
express themselves enthusiastic advocates
class instruction work. It was
Musical Round Table Luncheon
or say the experiment has been satisfac-
stated that practically every
at the Great Northern Hotel,
tory
failure of a class piano instruc-
329
New York. His figures were
51
380
Those who have started classes and who
tion movement thus far re-
gathered from responses that
1
20
state unsatisfactory results
19
ported had been due principally
have come into the Bureau in
6. Those who started classes and discon-
to inefficient teaching methods.
connection with requests for
0
7
tinued them
7
A representative of Teachers'
copies of the Guide to Group
College of Columbia University
7. Those who have not started classes and
Piano Instruction in the schools
874
who answer in negative
655
told of the progress made in
209
compiled and issued by the bu-
188
group instruction there. For
8. Those who do not reply to the question. . 803
reau in behalf of the piano sec-
991
experimental purposes a be-
tion of the Committee on In-
9. Those implying that they have not started
classes by their comments or questions.
ginners' class was started in the
50
27
77
strumental Affairs.
Horace Mann School and its
10. Those who definitely say that they expect
Requests for the Guide came
10
32
progress carefully studied. The
to start classes
22
from nearly 1,500 cities and
students displayed unusual in-
11. Those who express definite interest in the
towns throughout the country
terest, and it was at their re-
piano classes but who do not say that they
and served to emphasize the
quest that not only was a first
expect to start the classes
526
69
595
wide interest that is held gen-
year class started the following
12. Cities where the classes have already been
erally by music supervisors and
term, but a second year class
started
317
89
superintendents in piano class
was also organized, although
(70) *387
work. Of those who reported
this had not been the original
the starting of classes it is sig-
* In some cases the superintendent's report of a class duplicated a supervisor's report..
intention. Reports of the work
In order that the number of cities having classes might not be duplicated, therefore the
nificant that only twenty of the
number 70 from the superintendents' list is added to the number 317 from the supervisors'
spread so widely that it was
list, making a total of 387 different cities where the piano classes have already been
total number reported unsatis-'
inaugurated.
found advisable to organize first
factory results,, and only seven
one and then two outside classes
announced that the classes had
connection with this article,, and should go far and adult interest has been found to be develop-
been discontinued.
The full report of Mr. Tremaine, based upon to convince sceptics that group piano instruc- ing to such a degree that a class made up of
inquiries for the Guide and information de- tion is not a passing fad but has obtained a the mothers of the young outside students is
(Continued on page 6)
veloped from those inquiries, is presented in firm grip upon the educational authorities of
Music Advancement Bureau Reports Result of Survey to Meeting
of Piano Section of Committee on Instrumental Affairs
of National Music Supervisors' Conference
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