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Music Trade Review

Issue: 1941 Vol. 100 N. 10 - Page 13

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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW, 0CT011EU, 1HI
Rita White Wed to President of
Gerald Thompson Executive Ass'n
Miss Rita Molly White, daughter of
Julius A. president of Kohler & Campbell
Inc., New York and Mrs. White, became
the bride of Ensign Gerald Maurice
Thompson, U.S.N., son of Mr. & Mrs.
Arthur F. Thompson of Garden City. L. I.
on Saturday, September 13th. Miss White
had as her maid of honor Miss Marion
Hodenpyl Sutphen, and her bridesmaids
were the Misses. Faith Atkins, Margaret
Centes Morrill. Diantha Summervile, Sara
Jane Arkell and Patricia Sears. The best
man was Charles Kohler White, brother
of the bride, and ushers were Arthur F.
Thompson, Jr., and Andrew T. Thompson,
Maurice A. Gilmartin, Lenox H. Dick and
John Powers. The wedding was held at
five o'clock in the afternoon in St. Ger-
trude's Roman Catholic Church in Bay-
ville, L. I. A reception immediately fol-
lowed at the Creek House, Cedar Creek
Club # Locust Valley. L I.
George N. Mortimore besides putting
in a fulltime effort as vice president of
Wm Knabe & Co., New York, has had
bestowed upon him the honor of becom-
The Clark Music Co., Syracuse, N. Y.,
has designed a stand on which to install
the Hammond Solovox. Attractive in de-
ing the president of the Executive's Asso-
ciation of Greater New York. This associa-
tion was formed several years ago, its
purpose being "to institute and maintain
a method of exchanging and interchang-
ing business information among its mem-
bers and to create and encourage cooper-
ation, business efficiency and service to
its members in touch with business op-
portunities."
The membership comprises one firm
from over 100 industries and a luncheon
is held each Thursday at the Hotel Astor.
Besides this, there is held each year, a
banquet, golf tournament and a presi-
dent's day when the presidents of the
various corporations of the membership
are honored guests. In this way members
of various large industries are brought to-
gether and become acquainted on a com-
mon footing. The roster includes some of
the most prominent firms in the country.
Acrosonic for
Dominican Pres.
One of the important shipments re-
cently made by the Baldwin Piano Co.,
Stand tor the Solovox
sign it will blend into the furnishings of
fine homes where the Solovox may be
used as a separate instrument to be
played in ensemble with other instru-
ments. Also the drum section in an orch-
estra could handle it for special effects
from such a convenient holder, which
may be placed very near at hand like the
other equipment which drummers use. It
may be had in mahogany, walnut, ebony
or blond finish.
the president of the Dominican Republic.
In the accompanying illustration the piano
packed for shipment is shown as it left
the factory.
Among other recent sales of Baldwin
built pianos were six Style 241 Hamilton
pianos to Drake University, Des Moines,
la., made by the Critchett Piano Co.,
Baldwin dealers in that city, and four
Style M Baldwin grand pianos sold to the
McPhail School of Music, Minneapolis,
Minn., by the J. E. Frank Music Co., Bald-
win dealers in Minneapolis. The McPhail
School of Music is reputed to be one of
the largest and best rated schools in that
section of the country.
York Hepplewhite
Popular Model
GEORGE N. MORTIMORE
Stand Designed
for Solovox
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Acrosonic piano box for shipment to the
Dominican President
Cincinnati, was an Acrosonic Style 937 to
For the first time the York Hepplewhite
:nodel was shown at the annual conven-
tion of the National Association of Music
Merchants in New York, by the Weaver
Piano Co., York, Pa. Since then it has be-
come one of the most popular sellers in
the Weaver line. Regarding this new
instrument the company states:
"In the York Hepplewhite piano. Wea-
ver craftsmen have received inspiration
from the beauties of design and work-
The York Hepplewhite Model
manship of the original Hepplewhite. They
have also taken advantage of every mod-
ern improvement in design and construc-
tion to produce a piano that faithfully
mirrors this 'Golden Age' of design and
also a piano that has 'tone above every-
thing.' The York Hepplewhite meets Iho
demand not only of the lover of the beau-
tiful in design, but also every demand of
the musician and home lover.
"Among the outstanding points of merit
in the York Hepplewhite piano are: Wea-
ver Bi-Level Action, continuous treble
bridge without a notch or a break, the
same as the treble bridge of a Concert
Grand piano; flexible extension bass
bridge; hardwood dowels fit and driven
through the ribs and the sounding board
into the bridge welding the sounding
board construction into one composite
whole; nearly 50'i more sounding board
area than any 4' 6" Grand piano."

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