Music Trade Review
Issue: 1932 Vol. 91 N. 8 - Page 10
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THE
MUSIC
A VIEW OF THE FIRST KNABE FACTORY
TRADE
REVIEW,
October,
1932
a sufficient price to secure a serviceable
piano—such a piano that will not discour-
age, but benefit the pupil and give enduring
satisfaction."
NAME "SPINETGRAND"
NOW FULLY PROTECTED
The Mathushek Piano Mfg. Co., which
last year originated the term SpinetGrand
to describe the new or rather revived type
of instrument introduced at the Chicago con-
vention, has succeeded in having that name
properly protected through registry in the
United States Patent Office. The great suc-
cess of the Mathushek SpinetCJrand is al-
ready well known in the trade and it is
gratifying to learn that the manufacturers
who have the courage to present the new
type of instrument to the trade should be
protected in their endeavors.
Window Display at Wm. Knabe & Co. Wareroorns During Fifth Avenue Week.
Ninety-Fifth Anniversary of Company.
Also Marks
FIRST KNABE FACTORY
REPRODUCED !N WINDOW
A. H. HOWES MARKS HIS
40TH YEAR WITH GRINNELL
One of the particularly attractive window
displays during the recent "Quality Week"
celebration on Fifth Avenue, New York, was
that at the warerooms of Wm. Knabe &
Co. at Forty-seventh street, indicated by the
fact that during the day and evening there
was an interested crowd about the display.
The display was designed to show a sec-
tion of the original factory of Wm. Knabe
& Co. in Baltimore. There was the work-
bench, the ancient woodworking tools, the
figure of a workman busily carving a sec-
tion of a piano case and, in the corner, an
old Knabe square. Several signs called at-
tention to the fact that the Knabe factory
was first established in Baltimore, Md.,
ninety-five years ago.
A. H. Howes, manager of the piano de-
partment of Grinnell Bros., Detroit, Mich.,
and recognized as one of the most able mer-
chandisers in the country, celebrated last
month the fortieth anniversary of his first
connection with that institution. During his
career with the house, Mr. Howes has seen
it grow from a comparatively small busi-
ness to a point where it not only occupies
a large headquarters building on Woodward
avenue, Detroit, but also operates over 30
branches in Michigan and neighboring states
as well as a piano factory at Howell, Mich.
Mr. Howes who has, for a number of years,
been active in trade association affairs is also
at the present time president of the Down-
town Lions' Club.
"TAX FIXERS" CALLED ON
THE WRONG PROSPECTS
WILKING MUSIC CO. TO
REPRESENT THE BALDWIN
When a pair of "tax fixers" called at the
headquarters of the Story & Clark Piano Co.,
Chicago, recently, and offered to have that
company's tax assessments reduced upon pay-
ment to the fixer of half the savings, which
demand was later reduced to a flat sum of
$300, they picked the wrong customers. L. P.
Bull, vice-president of the company, to whom
Edward F. Story referred the pair, got in
touch with the tax assessors and set a trap
for the fixers. When the latter had accepted
$300 in marked bills they were arrested. It
appears that the pair had access to the files
in the assessor's office and planned to replace
the official assessment papers with those call-
ing for lower figures.
Imperial Industrial Corp.
Manufacturers
Q. R. S. Imperial
and
Recordo Reproducing
New York, N. Y.
Rolls
E. 135th St. & Walnut Ave.
Chicago
4829 S. Kedzie Ave.
The Wilking Music Co., 120 East Ohio
Street, Indianapolis, Ind., has taken over the
Baldwin Piano Studios in 27 East Ohio
Street and wil] dispose of much of this stock
at special sale. The studios will be discon-
tinued on November 1 and after that date
the Wilking Co. will act as distributors for
Baldwin piano in Indianapolis and surround-
ing territory. The Wilking Company was
organized ten years ago with Frank O.
Wilking as president and treasurer, Julia
M. Wilking, vice-president, and Miss Maude
E. Kerr as secretary.
WATKIN URGES PURCHASE OF
GOOD PIANOS FOR STUDENTS
In announcing the opening of the new
music season and offering the facilities of
its music salons to teachers and their pupils,
the Will A. Watkin Co., Dallas, Texas, has
the following pertinent comment to make re-
garding the importance of selecting a good
piano. In a message to parents the company
says:
"The good piano encourages and facilitates
one's piano progress. The poor piano dis-
courages the pupil. A person can pay too
little—and most wisely can one afford to pay
FRED'K P. STIEFF N O W
BLOSSOMS AS AN AUTHOR
Frederick Philip Stieff, vice-president of
Charles M. Stieff, Inc-, Baltimore, has now
blossomed out as a successful author, being
responsible for a new book, "Eat, Drink
and Be Merry in Maryland," published re-
cently by Putnams. The book is a compila-
tion of some 500 recipes gathered from the
kitchens of Manor houses, inns and taverns
in Maryland. No recipe has been taken
from other books except those more than 100
years old. Mr. Stieff in his introduction ex-
plains that cooking is the most ancient of
the arts "for Adam was born hungry."
E S T A B L I S H E D
1 8 3 7
OFFICIAL PIANO OF THE
METROPOLITAN OPERA
The Knabe of today—more
beautiful than ever in its his-
tory — is ennobled by the
widest public appreciation
and a deep entrenchment in
the affections of its legion
of admirers.
W I L L I A M
KNABE
&
C O M P A N Y
Division Aeolian American Corp.
584 Fifth Avenue
New York
Factories: East Rochester, N. Y.
10
THE
MUSIC
A VIEW OF THE FIRST KNABE FACTORY
TRADE
REVIEW,
October,
1932
a sufficient price to secure a serviceable
piano—such a piano that will not discour-
age, but benefit the pupil and give enduring
satisfaction."
NAME "SPINETGRAND"
NOW FULLY PROTECTED
The Mathushek Piano Mfg. Co., which
last year originated the term SpinetGrand
to describe the new or rather revived type
of instrument introduced at the Chicago con-
vention, has succeeded in having that name
properly protected through registry in the
United States Patent Office. The great suc-
cess of the Mathushek SpinetCJrand is al-
ready well known in the trade and it is
gratifying to learn that the manufacturers
who have the courage to present the new
type of instrument to the trade should be
protected in their endeavors.
Window Display at Wm. Knabe & Co. Wareroorns During Fifth Avenue Week.
Ninety-Fifth Anniversary of Company.
Also Marks
FIRST KNABE FACTORY
REPRODUCED !N WINDOW
A. H. HOWES MARKS HIS
40TH YEAR WITH GRINNELL
One of the particularly attractive window
displays during the recent "Quality Week"
celebration on Fifth Avenue, New York, was
that at the warerooms of Wm. Knabe &
Co. at Forty-seventh street, indicated by the
fact that during the day and evening there
was an interested crowd about the display.
The display was designed to show a sec-
tion of the original factory of Wm. Knabe
& Co. in Baltimore. There was the work-
bench, the ancient woodworking tools, the
figure of a workman busily carving a sec-
tion of a piano case and, in the corner, an
old Knabe square. Several signs called at-
tention to the fact that the Knabe factory
was first established in Baltimore, Md.,
ninety-five years ago.
A. H. Howes, manager of the piano de-
partment of Grinnell Bros., Detroit, Mich.,
and recognized as one of the most able mer-
chandisers in the country, celebrated last
month the fortieth anniversary of his first
connection with that institution. During his
career with the house, Mr. Howes has seen
it grow from a comparatively small busi-
ness to a point where it not only occupies
a large headquarters building on Woodward
avenue, Detroit, but also operates over 30
branches in Michigan and neighboring states
as well as a piano factory at Howell, Mich.
Mr. Howes who has, for a number of years,
been active in trade association affairs is also
at the present time president of the Down-
town Lions' Club.
"TAX FIXERS" CALLED ON
THE WRONG PROSPECTS
WILKING MUSIC CO. TO
REPRESENT THE BALDWIN
When a pair of "tax fixers" called at the
headquarters of the Story & Clark Piano Co.,
Chicago, recently, and offered to have that
company's tax assessments reduced upon pay-
ment to the fixer of half the savings, which
demand was later reduced to a flat sum of
$300, they picked the wrong customers. L. P.
Bull, vice-president of the company, to whom
Edward F. Story referred the pair, got in
touch with the tax assessors and set a trap
for the fixers. When the latter had accepted
$300 in marked bills they were arrested. It
appears that the pair had access to the files
in the assessor's office and planned to replace
the official assessment papers with those call-
ing for lower figures.
Imperial Industrial Corp.
Manufacturers
Q. R. S. Imperial
and
Recordo Reproducing
New York, N. Y.
Rolls
E. 135th St. & Walnut Ave.
Chicago
4829 S. Kedzie Ave.
The Wilking Music Co., 120 East Ohio
Street, Indianapolis, Ind., has taken over the
Baldwin Piano Studios in 27 East Ohio
Street and wil] dispose of much of this stock
at special sale. The studios will be discon-
tinued on November 1 and after that date
the Wilking Co. will act as distributors for
Baldwin piano in Indianapolis and surround-
ing territory. The Wilking Company was
organized ten years ago with Frank O.
Wilking as president and treasurer, Julia
M. Wilking, vice-president, and Miss Maude
E. Kerr as secretary.
WATKIN URGES PURCHASE OF
GOOD PIANOS FOR STUDENTS
In announcing the opening of the new
music season and offering the facilities of
its music salons to teachers and their pupils,
the Will A. Watkin Co., Dallas, Texas, has
the following pertinent comment to make re-
garding the importance of selecting a good
piano. In a message to parents the company
says:
"The good piano encourages and facilitates
one's piano progress. The poor piano dis-
courages the pupil. A person can pay too
little—and most wisely can one afford to pay
FRED'K P. STIEFF N O W
BLOSSOMS AS AN AUTHOR
Frederick Philip Stieff, vice-president of
Charles M. Stieff, Inc-, Baltimore, has now
blossomed out as a successful author, being
responsible for a new book, "Eat, Drink
and Be Merry in Maryland," published re-
cently by Putnams. The book is a compila-
tion of some 500 recipes gathered from the
kitchens of Manor houses, inns and taverns
in Maryland. No recipe has been taken
from other books except those more than 100
years old. Mr. Stieff in his introduction ex-
plains that cooking is the most ancient of
the arts "for Adam was born hungry."
E S T A B L I S H E D
1 8 3 7
OFFICIAL PIANO OF THE
METROPOLITAN OPERA
The Knabe of today—more
beautiful than ever in its his-
tory — is ennobled by the
widest public appreciation
and a deep entrenchment in
the affections of its legion
of admirers.
W I L L I A M
KNABE
&
C O M P A N Y
Division Aeolian American Corp.
584 Fifth Avenue
New York
Factories: East Rochester, N. Y.
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