Music Trade Review
Issue: 1932 Vol. 91 N. 3 - Page 15
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iddle
Chicane
West
FRANK W . KIRK
Manager
333 NO. MICHIGAN
AVENUE
ANNUAL DINNER OF CHICAGO PIANO
& ORGAN ASSOCIATION WELL ATTENDED
HE Annual Dinner of the Chicago
Piano Sc Organ Association, with which
the Piano Club of Chicago is now
merged, was held at the Union League Club
last month. President George L. Hall pre-
sided, and Adam Schneider acted as toast-
master.
The largest delegation present was from
the W. W. Kimball Co., including David W.
Kimball, W. W. Kimball, E. B. Blanchard,
F. P. Whitmore, W. W. Lufkin, George B.
Lufkin, J. V. Sill, B. F. Duvall, Eugene
Whalen, F. S. Moffett, William Gross and
Harold VanSteenderen. From the Cable Co.
were present George J. Dowling, George L.
Hall, R. J. Cook, Stanley Morrow, Fred Ryder
and Thure Johansen. From the Baldwin Co.,
Louis C. Wagner and Frank Bennett. F. P.
Bassett represented M. Schulz Co. and Percy
Tonk, president, the Tonk Manufacturing
Co. Others present were Henry E. Weissert,
John Weissert, S. D. Harris, Ben Strub, J. S.
Weible, E. A. Leville, Frank J. Weiser, Platt
P. Gibbs, L. B. Malecki, Marshall Solberg
and A. A. Huesby.
A letter was read from Dr. J. Lewis
Browne, supervisor of music in the public
schools of Chicago, expressing his regret that
lie could not be present, but recording the ap-
preciation to the local piano trade for the loan
of some 187 pianos now used in the public
schools or" Chicago for group piano instruc-
tion, these loans having been made because of
insufficient funds of the School Board prevent-
ing any more purchases at present.
Paul Klugh, of the Zenith Radio Corp., told
of his recent trip to England to arrange for
making Zenith radios there. He lauded the
licensing system for home auditions on
radios in Great Britain, and spoke of the
necessity for united trade opposition to the
efforts now being made in Congress to con-
trol advertising on radio. He argued that
radio broadcasting of advertising alone made
possible the broadcasting of entertainment to
the American public.
Herbert Witherspoon, director of the Chi-
cago Civic Opera, and Chairman of the
musical activities for the Chicago World's
Fair of 193 3, made the principal speech. He
explained the superiority of opera such as is
given in Chicago to European opera as pre-
sented to the public there, and made a plea
T
THE
MUSIC
TRADE
for more general support of this great civic
enterprise, which has been made possible
through the efforts of a few wealthy local men
who have cheerfully paid the annual deficits
year after year. However, he warned the
public that the drain on these men, while
lessening, was so great that there is a strong
possibility of opera here passing out unless
the general public supports it better by at-
tendance and subscription.
His comments on what the Chicago Fair
authorities are preparing for the musical
activities in 1933 are interesting.
He an-
nounced, as he said, with authority, that the
Fair would certainly be held as planned next
year, notwithstanding local reports to the
contrary.
Among the plans of the music division for
properly representing music to the American
public is the erection of a hall to seat 5,000
people and to contain an orchestra of one
hundred and a chorus of eight hundred. In
addition, there will be several smaller halls
for various musical events.
The purpose now is to give 120 days of
musical activities of various kinds during
the time of the Fair. It is also planned to
give an elaborate series of operas in Soldiers'
Field, Chicago, to audiences of up to 20,000
people.
GREATER CHICAGO DIVISION OF TUNERS
HOLDS FIRST REGIONAL CONVENTION
T
HE first regional convention held by
the Greater Chicago Division of the Na-
tional Association of Piano Tuners, at
the Auditorium Hotel, Chicago, February 15-
16, was a distinct success. Quite a number
of tuners from outside the Chicago area were
present, and sixty-five people sat down to the
banquet which ended the two days' sessions.
It was an earnest working body, with interest-
ing discussions generally following the trade
speeches.
A large number of music teachers had been
invited, and some forty attended the Tuesday
session, where the mutual benefits of coopera-
tion between the tuner and the music teacher
to the ultimate benefit of the entire trade were
explained and applauded.
The discussions also developed the fact that
a large number of the tuners are becoming
interested in piano sales, and it is quite evi-
dent that from the ranks of these practical
and earnest men will come a large number
of piano dealers of the future.
Tuesday afternoon Dr. J. Lewis Browne,
director of music in the public schools of
Chicago, addressed the body, and made a re-
sume of the work of music instruction which
his department had planned and supervised.
He stated that the departmental records show-
ed that since the group piano instruction had
been started in Chicago over four years ago,
inore than 36,000 pupils had taken this ele-
mentary instruction, and of these more than
REVIEW,
March,
1932
6,000 had been or are now pursuing ad-
vanced courses under various private teachers.
This, of course, is manifestly to the advantage
of the music teacher, and offers a tre-
mendously valuable field to the dealer and
manufacturer, since it is obvious that any
parents with sufficient pride in their child's
aptitude to pay for somewhat expensive pri-
vate instruction are the best of all pros-
pects for piano sales.
Clair O. Musser, acoustical engineer of J.
C. Deagan, made a scholarly and interest-
ing analysis and demonstration of combined
musical tones.
Walther Spry, of the Columbia School of
Music, talked on tuner cooperation, and one
of the members of the Byrd Expedition to
the South Pole—Richard Gale Brophy—told
of the food supplies and mechanical equip-
ment of the Expedition.
Charles Frederick Stein, maker of the piano
bearing his name, was selected by the tuners
as the principal trade speaker, and he ex-
plained in detail, from the purchasing and
treatment of the lumber up to the completion
for the concert platform, how pianos are built
and why so much care and technical skill is
required.
Also Tuesday afternoon, classes were form-
ed in grand action regulation, presided over
by Mr. Stein, and many of the tuners took
this unusual opportunity to get first-hand in-
struction from a master of that difficult art.
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iddle
Chicane
West
FRANK W . KIRK
Manager
333 NO. MICHIGAN
AVENUE
ANNUAL DINNER OF CHICAGO PIANO
& ORGAN ASSOCIATION WELL ATTENDED
HE Annual Dinner of the Chicago
Piano Sc Organ Association, with which
the Piano Club of Chicago is now
merged, was held at the Union League Club
last month. President George L. Hall pre-
sided, and Adam Schneider acted as toast-
master.
The largest delegation present was from
the W. W. Kimball Co., including David W.
Kimball, W. W. Kimball, E. B. Blanchard,
F. P. Whitmore, W. W. Lufkin, George B.
Lufkin, J. V. Sill, B. F. Duvall, Eugene
Whalen, F. S. Moffett, William Gross and
Harold VanSteenderen. From the Cable Co.
were present George J. Dowling, George L.
Hall, R. J. Cook, Stanley Morrow, Fred Ryder
and Thure Johansen. From the Baldwin Co.,
Louis C. Wagner and Frank Bennett. F. P.
Bassett represented M. Schulz Co. and Percy
Tonk, president, the Tonk Manufacturing
Co. Others present were Henry E. Weissert,
John Weissert, S. D. Harris, Ben Strub, J. S.
Weible, E. A. Leville, Frank J. Weiser, Platt
P. Gibbs, L. B. Malecki, Marshall Solberg
and A. A. Huesby.
A letter was read from Dr. J. Lewis
Browne, supervisor of music in the public
schools of Chicago, expressing his regret that
lie could not be present, but recording the ap-
preciation to the local piano trade for the loan
of some 187 pianos now used in the public
schools or" Chicago for group piano instruc-
tion, these loans having been made because of
insufficient funds of the School Board prevent-
ing any more purchases at present.
Paul Klugh, of the Zenith Radio Corp., told
of his recent trip to England to arrange for
making Zenith radios there. He lauded the
licensing system for home auditions on
radios in Great Britain, and spoke of the
necessity for united trade opposition to the
efforts now being made in Congress to con-
trol advertising on radio. He argued that
radio broadcasting of advertising alone made
possible the broadcasting of entertainment to
the American public.
Herbert Witherspoon, director of the Chi-
cago Civic Opera, and Chairman of the
musical activities for the Chicago World's
Fair of 193 3, made the principal speech. He
explained the superiority of opera such as is
given in Chicago to European opera as pre-
sented to the public there, and made a plea
T
THE
MUSIC
TRADE
for more general support of this great civic
enterprise, which has been made possible
through the efforts of a few wealthy local men
who have cheerfully paid the annual deficits
year after year. However, he warned the
public that the drain on these men, while
lessening, was so great that there is a strong
possibility of opera here passing out unless
the general public supports it better by at-
tendance and subscription.
His comments on what the Chicago Fair
authorities are preparing for the musical
activities in 1933 are interesting.
He an-
nounced, as he said, with authority, that the
Fair would certainly be held as planned next
year, notwithstanding local reports to the
contrary.
Among the plans of the music division for
properly representing music to the American
public is the erection of a hall to seat 5,000
people and to contain an orchestra of one
hundred and a chorus of eight hundred. In
addition, there will be several smaller halls
for various musical events.
The purpose now is to give 120 days of
musical activities of various kinds during
the time of the Fair. It is also planned to
give an elaborate series of operas in Soldiers'
Field, Chicago, to audiences of up to 20,000
people.
GREATER CHICAGO DIVISION OF TUNERS
HOLDS FIRST REGIONAL CONVENTION
T
HE first regional convention held by
the Greater Chicago Division of the Na-
tional Association of Piano Tuners, at
the Auditorium Hotel, Chicago, February 15-
16, was a distinct success. Quite a number
of tuners from outside the Chicago area were
present, and sixty-five people sat down to the
banquet which ended the two days' sessions.
It was an earnest working body, with interest-
ing discussions generally following the trade
speeches.
A large number of music teachers had been
invited, and some forty attended the Tuesday
session, where the mutual benefits of coopera-
tion between the tuner and the music teacher
to the ultimate benefit of the entire trade were
explained and applauded.
The discussions also developed the fact that
a large number of the tuners are becoming
interested in piano sales, and it is quite evi-
dent that from the ranks of these practical
and earnest men will come a large number
of piano dealers of the future.
Tuesday afternoon Dr. J. Lewis Browne,
director of music in the public schools of
Chicago, addressed the body, and made a re-
sume of the work of music instruction which
his department had planned and supervised.
He stated that the departmental records show-
ed that since the group piano instruction had
been started in Chicago over four years ago,
inore than 36,000 pupils had taken this ele-
mentary instruction, and of these more than
REVIEW,
March,
1932
6,000 had been or are now pursuing ad-
vanced courses under various private teachers.
This, of course, is manifestly to the advantage
of the music teacher, and offers a tre-
mendously valuable field to the dealer and
manufacturer, since it is obvious that any
parents with sufficient pride in their child's
aptitude to pay for somewhat expensive pri-
vate instruction are the best of all pros-
pects for piano sales.
Clair O. Musser, acoustical engineer of J.
C. Deagan, made a scholarly and interest-
ing analysis and demonstration of combined
musical tones.
Walther Spry, of the Columbia School of
Music, talked on tuner cooperation, and one
of the members of the Byrd Expedition to
the South Pole—Richard Gale Brophy—told
of the food supplies and mechanical equip-
ment of the Expedition.
Charles Frederick Stein, maker of the piano
bearing his name, was selected by the tuners
as the principal trade speaker, and he ex-
plained in detail, from the purchasing and
treatment of the lumber up to the completion
for the concert platform, how pianos are built
and why so much care and technical skill is
required.
Also Tuesday afternoon, classes were form-
ed in grand action regulation, presided over
by Mr. Stein, and many of the tuners took
this unusual opportunity to get first-hand in-
struction from a master of that difficult art.
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