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P. M. Fuller Is Wurlitzer
Merchandise Director
Paul M. Fuller has been appointed
to the position of Director of Merchan-
dise of the North Tonawanda Division
of The Ru-
dolph Wurl-
itzer Co., ac-
cording t o
a n announ-
cement b y
Carl E. Joh-
nson,
Gen-
eral Manag-
er of
the
North Tona-
wanda Divi-
sion. "A rich
background
o f
experi-
PAUL M. FULLER
ence
a n d
material research, product styling a n d
industrial design pre-eminently qual-
ify Mr. Fuller for his enlarged r e -
sponsibilties," Mr. Johnson stated. " H i s
d e p a r t m e n t will serve as a clearing
house for p e r t i n e n t d a t a necessary for
the design of all Wurlitzer products
manufactured at North Tonawanda in
accordance with requirements of the
markets in which they will be sold.
These products include commercial
phonographs, electronic organs and
automatic drink vendors."
After a broad training in art, archi-
tecture and design in Europe and the
United States, Mr. Fuller became asso-
ciated with Marshall Field & Co. in
Chicago, as manager of that large re-
tail establishment's interior decorating
studios and construction departments.
Later he established and directed his
own architectural and interior decorat-
ing business in Chicago, during which
he conceived and created the famous
million-dollar "Black Forest" exhibi-
tion at the Chicago World's Fair in
1934.
Mr. Fuller first became associated
with the Wurlitzer Phonograph Divi-
sion in 1936 as a design consultant and
since that time has been responsible
for the styling of all Wurlitzer com-
mercial phonographs and auxiliary
equipment. In 1944 he resigned all
other activities and was appointed
manager of the Company's Product
Design Department.
Snyder Putting New
Hammers on Old Actions
The Suyder Piano Key Co., 300 W.
55th St., New York, of which Milton
Snyder is the head, has expanded its
service to manufacturers and dealers
and now is in a position to replace
hammers and hammer shanks on used
grand piano actions. This work is done
by piano action craftsmen of long ex-
perience under the supervision of Mr.
Snyder who spent nearly a quarter of
a century in action finishing and regu-
lating in such plants as those of Stein-
way & Sons, Hardman Peck & Co..
Horace Waters & Co. and Janssen
Piano Co.
"We are prepared," said Mr. Snyder,
"to replace hammers and hammer
shanks in all types of grand piano
actions. The hammers we use are made
of the best hammer felt obtainable and
when the actions leave our plant they
have been properly filed and are ready
to be voiced after the action is re-
installed in the piano. Actions sent to
us for new hammers will be returned
with all possible speed."
Tyson Piano Co. Sells Gulbransen
Console Piano to Dallas High School
40 years' experience
in cooperating with
makers of fine pianos
to the end of . . .
BETTER
TONE
STANDARD
Piano Hammer Co.
(Not
inc.J
820 North Kedzie Ave.
CHICAGO 51, ILLINOIS
L
28
A
group of Dallas
High School Students Around their
The Tyson Piano Co., Dallas, Texas,
of which C. J. Tyson is the head, was
successful during the war period in
supplying many institutions with pi-
anos especially hospitals, among them
being the Veterans' Hospital at Lisbon,
new Gulbransen
Texas, Love Field Hospital in Dallas
and the Ashburn General Hospital in
McKinney, Texas. Recently this com-
pany sold a Gulbransen console for
use in the Junior Auditorium of the
Highland Park Senior High School.
THE
MUSIC TRADE REVIEW, APRIL, 1946