Music Trade Review
Issue: 1941 Vol. 100 N. 2 - Page 17
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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW, FEBRUARY, 1H1
17
ary. On a Sunday night someone broke
into his store entering through a window
on the second floor studio. Evidently the
thieves were not interested in money be-
cause they passed up what money there
was in the establishment but took six
small musical instruments. "With increas-
ing demand for instruments we may ex-
pect our merchandise to become more
attractive to the professional racketeers,"
said Mr. Byerly, "and I •would recommend
that dealers place bars on their windows
stallation being made by the Cumberland above the ground floor and buy burglary
Valley Music Co. of Harlan. Ky. It is a insurance."
two manual Orgatron.
* * *
T OOKS like summer in this picture of Dr.
J-i Ashley Manning and John Buttell,
Wurlitzer regional director, in the door-
way of the Big Red Piano which consti-
At the annual meeting of the stock-
tutes the entrance and reception room ol holders of the W. W. Kimball Co., Chicago,
held in January, Ben F. Duvall was elected
secretary of the company. All other
officers were re-elected. Mr. Duvall who
has been assistant secretary for some-
time succeeded Frank P. Whitmore who,
after 46 years with the company, an-
nounced his desire to retire.
Mr. Whitmore entered the employ of
the company in January 1895 and eight
years later became partner in the White
Piano Co., Kimball agents in Fairbury,
Neb. He later ran wholesale branches in
Topeka, Kan. and in Kansas City, Mo. He
became secretary in 1920.
Chicago &
Midwest
ITlHE annual three-day sales meeting of
JL the DeKalb Division of The Rudolph
Wurlitzer Co. was held December 16, 17
and 18 at the Rice Hotel DeKalb, Illinois.
Plans were outlined for 1941 and new
sales features of Wurlitzer pianos and ac-
cordions were thoroughly analyzed.
During a recent visit at the Wurlitzer
factory in DeKalb, Mr. O. S. Williams com-
pleted negotiations to be a distributor of
Wurlitzer Pianos in Toronto, Ohio.
reproduced on Page 3 shows
-L Deanna Durbin, Universal's star, sing-
ing and playing her own accompaniment
on a Louis XV Storygrand, in "Love At
Last," a Joe Pasternak production directed
by Wm. Seiter. Featured with Miss Dur-
bin is a great group of actors including
Robert Benchley, Franchot Tone, Walter
Brennan, Helen Broderick, Robert Stack,
Anne Gwynne, Ann Gillis, Nana Bryant
and Elizabeth Risdon.
Russell Elam, Manager of Barker Bros.,
Story & Clark dealer in Los Angeles, and
Gordon Laughead, Story & Clark Sales
Manager, were guests for lunch and on
the set of Universal executives at the final
shooting of "Love at Last."
* * *
N interesting comment was received
. by the Everett Piano Co., South
Haven, Mich., when a member of a church
in which an Orgatron had been installed
wrote: "We have been using the Orga-
tron for about a year now and it has given
wonderful service. The beautiful part
about this organ is that there is practically
no upkeep expense connected with it at
all. The pastor and his people are de-
lighted with the Orgatron and consider
themselves very fortunate in being able
to have such a beautiful instrument in the
church. We highly recommend the Orga-
tron to any church considering the pur-
chase of an organ."
The church mentioned is the Mary
Helen Church at Coalgood, Ky., the in-
A
Duvall Secretary
of Kimball Co
Perry Looks for
Big 1941 Demand
Dr. Ashley Manning and John Buttell
Manning's Big Red Piano Shop and the
California Piano Supply Co., Los Angeles.
The Big Red Piano is the forerunner to
one of the most amazing and unique piano
stores. As one goes through the entrance
and reception room which it forms he
enters the showroom proper where a great
assortment of pianos is arranged on tiers.
*
* *
•-1EORGE L. BYERLY, president of
v 3 Byerly Bros., Peoria, 111., believes that
all owners of music stores should place
bars over the windows on the second
floor, after the experience he had in Janu-
A visitor to New York during the meet-
ings of the executive committees of the
various associations was Stuart H. Perry,
veteran southeastern representative of the
Everett Piano Co., South Haven. Mich. Mr.
Perry just concluded his fiftieth year oi
traveling and selling pianos and a yea*
which he termed the best of all the fifty.
"The piano business is certainly back in
its glory," he said, "and we are looking
forward to a banner year in 1941. Everett
sales in 1940 forged ahead steadily both
on Everett, Cable-Nelson pianos and Orga-
trons. The factory has been working to
capacity for several months in an e n -
deavor to keep up with the demand.
Even this month there is no let-up. From
all accounts piano prices will be increas-
ing during 1941 and dealers will be wise
to place their commitments as early as
possible.
THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW, FEBRUARY, 1H1
17
ary. On a Sunday night someone broke
into his store entering through a window
on the second floor studio. Evidently the
thieves were not interested in money be-
cause they passed up what money there
was in the establishment but took six
small musical instruments. "With increas-
ing demand for instruments we may ex-
pect our merchandise to become more
attractive to the professional racketeers,"
said Mr. Byerly, "and I •would recommend
that dealers place bars on their windows
stallation being made by the Cumberland above the ground floor and buy burglary
Valley Music Co. of Harlan. Ky. It is a insurance."
two manual Orgatron.
* * *
T OOKS like summer in this picture of Dr.
J-i Ashley Manning and John Buttell,
Wurlitzer regional director, in the door-
way of the Big Red Piano which consti-
At the annual meeting of the stock-
tutes the entrance and reception room ol holders of the W. W. Kimball Co., Chicago,
held in January, Ben F. Duvall was elected
secretary of the company. All other
officers were re-elected. Mr. Duvall who
has been assistant secretary for some-
time succeeded Frank P. Whitmore who,
after 46 years with the company, an-
nounced his desire to retire.
Mr. Whitmore entered the employ of
the company in January 1895 and eight
years later became partner in the White
Piano Co., Kimball agents in Fairbury,
Neb. He later ran wholesale branches in
Topeka, Kan. and in Kansas City, Mo. He
became secretary in 1920.
Chicago &
Midwest
ITlHE annual three-day sales meeting of
JL the DeKalb Division of The Rudolph
Wurlitzer Co. was held December 16, 17
and 18 at the Rice Hotel DeKalb, Illinois.
Plans were outlined for 1941 and new
sales features of Wurlitzer pianos and ac-
cordions were thoroughly analyzed.
During a recent visit at the Wurlitzer
factory in DeKalb, Mr. O. S. Williams com-
pleted negotiations to be a distributor of
Wurlitzer Pianos in Toronto, Ohio.
reproduced on Page 3 shows
-L Deanna Durbin, Universal's star, sing-
ing and playing her own accompaniment
on a Louis XV Storygrand, in "Love At
Last," a Joe Pasternak production directed
by Wm. Seiter. Featured with Miss Dur-
bin is a great group of actors including
Robert Benchley, Franchot Tone, Walter
Brennan, Helen Broderick, Robert Stack,
Anne Gwynne, Ann Gillis, Nana Bryant
and Elizabeth Risdon.
Russell Elam, Manager of Barker Bros.,
Story & Clark dealer in Los Angeles, and
Gordon Laughead, Story & Clark Sales
Manager, were guests for lunch and on
the set of Universal executives at the final
shooting of "Love at Last."
* * *
N interesting comment was received
. by the Everett Piano Co., South
Haven, Mich., when a member of a church
in which an Orgatron had been installed
wrote: "We have been using the Orga-
tron for about a year now and it has given
wonderful service. The beautiful part
about this organ is that there is practically
no upkeep expense connected with it at
all. The pastor and his people are de-
lighted with the Orgatron and consider
themselves very fortunate in being able
to have such a beautiful instrument in the
church. We highly recommend the Orga-
tron to any church considering the pur-
chase of an organ."
The church mentioned is the Mary
Helen Church at Coalgood, Ky., the in-
A
Duvall Secretary
of Kimball Co
Perry Looks for
Big 1941 Demand
Dr. Ashley Manning and John Buttell
Manning's Big Red Piano Shop and the
California Piano Supply Co., Los Angeles.
The Big Red Piano is the forerunner to
one of the most amazing and unique piano
stores. As one goes through the entrance
and reception room which it forms he
enters the showroom proper where a great
assortment of pianos is arranged on tiers.
*
* *
•-1EORGE L. BYERLY, president of
v 3 Byerly Bros., Peoria, 111., believes that
all owners of music stores should place
bars over the windows on the second
floor, after the experience he had in Janu-
A visitor to New York during the meet-
ings of the executive committees of the
various associations was Stuart H. Perry,
veteran southeastern representative of the
Everett Piano Co., South Haven. Mich. Mr.
Perry just concluded his fiftieth year oi
traveling and selling pianos and a yea*
which he termed the best of all the fifty.
"The piano business is certainly back in
its glory," he said, "and we are looking
forward to a banner year in 1941. Everett
sales in 1940 forged ahead steadily both
on Everett, Cable-Nelson pianos and Orga-
trons. The factory has been working to
capacity for several months in an e n -
deavor to keep up with the demand.
Even this month there is no let-up. From
all accounts piano prices will be increas-
ing during 1941 and dealers will be wise
to place their commitments as early as
possible.
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