Music Trade Review
Issue: 1931 Vol. 90 N. 7 - Page 25
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Chicagc
PLANNING TO MERCE PIANO CLUB
AND P. AND O. ASSOCIATION IN CHICAGO
NOTHER consolidation is contem-
plated, this time of two Chicago
trade bodies. After the Piano Club
luncheon on June 15 the Board of Governors
of the club officially took under consideration
the matter of a possible merger with the
Chicago Piano & Organ Association. The
move would be a manifest advantage to both
organizations, but if and when agreed to,
would probably not go into force until the
end of the fiscal year of the Piano Club,
about October 1. The status at present is
that the board of governors of the Piano
Club voted in favor of the merger with the
Chicago Piano & Organ Association if and
when this proposal is sanctioned by the mem-
bership of the Piano Club and the officers
of the Chicago Piano & Organ Association
and suitable mergeT plans agreed on.
At the June 22 luncheon the members of
the Piano Club present voted in favor of the
proposal, and President B. F. Duvall, who
is one of its advocates, appointed a commit-
tee consisting of Eugene Whalen, chairman,
H. D. Hewitt and Roger O'Connor, to con-
sult with a similar committee to be appointed
by the Chicago Piano & Organ Association
at a mutually convenient time in the near
future, then to report the result of their
conference to the two organizations for action
by the members of both bodies.
President H. E. Weisert of the Chicago
Piano & Organ Association is now in the
East on a business trip and up to the time
of going to press had not announced his
committee to discuss the matter. The annual
dues of each body are the same and many
members belong to both.
President B. F. Duvall also commented on
the fact that the Piano Club has about $6,000
in cash in its treasury and they believe that
with a luncheon meeting every other week
a larger attendance could be secured and
greater interest aroused.
P. J.MUELLER APPOINTED
KAUN MUSIC CO. MANAGER
in the company's new factory building.
The new offices have been arranged in the
most up-to-date manner and with the latest
equipment for the carrying on of the large
business of the company.
The decorations are all new and in excel-
lent taste and the entire effect is both impres-
sive and harmonious. Private offices have
been provided for A. G. Gulbransen, chair-
man of the board; A. S. Wells, president;
G. M. Gardner, vice-president; George Mc-
Dermott, vice-president; Frank Dillbahner,
treasurer, and E. Q. Kruchten, assistant treas-
urer.
The Piano Sales Department in charge of
Hugh A. Stewart, Sales Manager, has its
special quarters for Mr. Stewart and his as-
sistants. In connection with the new offices,
adequate space has been reserved for piano
and radio display rooms.
A
Paul J. Mueller has been appointed general
manager of the William A. Kaun Music Co.
of Milwaukee, Wis., succeeding Charles J.
Haussman, who recently resigned to become
a special sales representative in the piano,
radio and pipe organ departments of the J.
B. Bradford Piano Co. of Milwaukee.
Mr. Mueller, who is widely known to the
music trade of Wisconsin and northern
Michigan, has been associated with the Kaun
company foT the past thirty years, and has
become known during this time as an author-
ity on sheet music. Through his work in
merchandising sheet music and band and or-
chestra instruments he has many friends
among the teaching profession in the state.
ATTRACTIVE NEW OFFICES
OCCUPIED BY GULBRANSEN
During the week preceding the Music
Trades Convention the Gulbransen Co.,
Chicago, moved its offices from 3232 W.
Chicago avenue to 816 N. Kedzie avenue,
Telephone Van Buren 9000, into space located
MUSIC
TRADE
West
FRANK W . KIRK
Manager
333 NO. MICHIGAN
AVENUE
THE
iddle
MANY DEALERS VISIT
GULBRANSEN DISPLAY
Before the convention the Gulbransen Co.
adopted the slogan "Piano Music Enriches
Home Life" which made a distinct hit with
the numerous dealers who visited the com-
REVIEW,
July, 1931
panv's exhibit while in Chicago. The dis-
play was made at the company's factory and
the dealers could not only see the instruments
themselves, but also inspect the plant in
which they were manufactured.
A. S. Wells, president; G. M. Gardner,
vice-president, and Frank Dillbahner, treas-
urer, the new executives of the company,
were present to greet the dealers and the
display itself was in charge of Hugh A.
Stewart, sales manager of the piano depart-
ment of the Gulbransen Co. Dealers were
particularly interested in the promotional ac-
tivities of the company designed to make the
public piano conscious to a point wheTe they
were actually in a frame of mind to buy
pianos and other musical instruments.
The Rousellot Music Co., Inc., Milwaukee,
has been incorporated to deal in pianos, or-
gans, radios, etc., by M. Rousellot, M. M.
Rousellot and D. B. Rousellot.
SCHULZ
A
CRITERION
AMONG FINER
PIANOS
SINCE 1869
The Schulz catalog depicts
a pleasing assortment of
quick-selling — good-will-cre-
ating pianos.
Write for it.
M. SCHULZ CO.
711 Milwaukee Ave.
CHICAGO
25
Chicagc
PLANNING TO MERCE PIANO CLUB
AND P. AND O. ASSOCIATION IN CHICAGO
NOTHER consolidation is contem-
plated, this time of two Chicago
trade bodies. After the Piano Club
luncheon on June 15 the Board of Governors
of the club officially took under consideration
the matter of a possible merger with the
Chicago Piano & Organ Association. The
move would be a manifest advantage to both
organizations, but if and when agreed to,
would probably not go into force until the
end of the fiscal year of the Piano Club,
about October 1. The status at present is
that the board of governors of the Piano
Club voted in favor of the merger with the
Chicago Piano & Organ Association if and
when this proposal is sanctioned by the mem-
bership of the Piano Club and the officers
of the Chicago Piano & Organ Association
and suitable mergeT plans agreed on.
At the June 22 luncheon the members of
the Piano Club present voted in favor of the
proposal, and President B. F. Duvall, who
is one of its advocates, appointed a commit-
tee consisting of Eugene Whalen, chairman,
H. D. Hewitt and Roger O'Connor, to con-
sult with a similar committee to be appointed
by the Chicago Piano & Organ Association
at a mutually convenient time in the near
future, then to report the result of their
conference to the two organizations for action
by the members of both bodies.
President H. E. Weisert of the Chicago
Piano & Organ Association is now in the
East on a business trip and up to the time
of going to press had not announced his
committee to discuss the matter. The annual
dues of each body are the same and many
members belong to both.
President B. F. Duvall also commented on
the fact that the Piano Club has about $6,000
in cash in its treasury and they believe that
with a luncheon meeting every other week
a larger attendance could be secured and
greater interest aroused.
P. J.MUELLER APPOINTED
KAUN MUSIC CO. MANAGER
in the company's new factory building.
The new offices have been arranged in the
most up-to-date manner and with the latest
equipment for the carrying on of the large
business of the company.
The decorations are all new and in excel-
lent taste and the entire effect is both impres-
sive and harmonious. Private offices have
been provided for A. G. Gulbransen, chair-
man of the board; A. S. Wells, president;
G. M. Gardner, vice-president; George Mc-
Dermott, vice-president; Frank Dillbahner,
treasurer, and E. Q. Kruchten, assistant treas-
urer.
The Piano Sales Department in charge of
Hugh A. Stewart, Sales Manager, has its
special quarters for Mr. Stewart and his as-
sistants. In connection with the new offices,
adequate space has been reserved for piano
and radio display rooms.
A
Paul J. Mueller has been appointed general
manager of the William A. Kaun Music Co.
of Milwaukee, Wis., succeeding Charles J.
Haussman, who recently resigned to become
a special sales representative in the piano,
radio and pipe organ departments of the J.
B. Bradford Piano Co. of Milwaukee.
Mr. Mueller, who is widely known to the
music trade of Wisconsin and northern
Michigan, has been associated with the Kaun
company foT the past thirty years, and has
become known during this time as an author-
ity on sheet music. Through his work in
merchandising sheet music and band and or-
chestra instruments he has many friends
among the teaching profession in the state.
ATTRACTIVE NEW OFFICES
OCCUPIED BY GULBRANSEN
During the week preceding the Music
Trades Convention the Gulbransen Co.,
Chicago, moved its offices from 3232 W.
Chicago avenue to 816 N. Kedzie avenue,
Telephone Van Buren 9000, into space located
MUSIC
TRADE
West
FRANK W . KIRK
Manager
333 NO. MICHIGAN
AVENUE
THE
iddle
MANY DEALERS VISIT
GULBRANSEN DISPLAY
Before the convention the Gulbransen Co.
adopted the slogan "Piano Music Enriches
Home Life" which made a distinct hit with
the numerous dealers who visited the com-
REVIEW,
July, 1931
panv's exhibit while in Chicago. The dis-
play was made at the company's factory and
the dealers could not only see the instruments
themselves, but also inspect the plant in
which they were manufactured.
A. S. Wells, president; G. M. Gardner,
vice-president, and Frank Dillbahner, treas-
urer, the new executives of the company,
were present to greet the dealers and the
display itself was in charge of Hugh A.
Stewart, sales manager of the piano depart-
ment of the Gulbransen Co. Dealers were
particularly interested in the promotional ac-
tivities of the company designed to make the
public piano conscious to a point wheTe they
were actually in a frame of mind to buy
pianos and other musical instruments.
The Rousellot Music Co., Inc., Milwaukee,
has been incorporated to deal in pianos, or-
gans, radios, etc., by M. Rousellot, M. M.
Rousellot and D. B. Rousellot.
SCHULZ
A
CRITERION
AMONG FINER
PIANOS
SINCE 1869
The Schulz catalog depicts
a pleasing assortment of
quick-selling — good-will-cre-
ating pianos.
Write for it.
M. SCHULZ CO.
711 Milwaukee Ave.
CHICAGO
25
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