Music Trade Review
Issue: 1951 Vol. 110 N. 11 - Page 10
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the processes which are being discovered through
necessity may in the future be those that will be used
permanently. We have always said that the versatility
of the piano manufacturers and dealers has always
carried them through a crisis, and it is undoubtedly
doing so at the present time. Fortunately, allotments
for production for the first quarter of 1952, and in
some instances for longer periods than that, have
been made on a much more satisfactory basis, than
was anticipated and unless some unforeseen change
in the international situation takes place, pianos will
probably be manufactured in such a quantity to take
care of a very appreciable demand.
The
REVIEW
Established 1879
CARLETON CHACE, Editor
Alex H. Kolbe, Publisher
Group Piano Lessons by Radio
V. T. Costello
Associate Editor
NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION
OF MUSIC
MERCHANTS
Alexander Hart
Technical Editor
Mary Louise Kauffman
Circulation Manager
Published monthly at 510 RKO Building, Radio
City, 1270 Sixth Avenue, New York 20, N. Y.
Telephone: Circle 7-5842-5843-5844
Vol. 110
NOVEMBER, 1951
No.
A CCORDING to some music merchants, there is
A % an actual shortage of pianos this fall. Others,
• ^ "^" however, seem to have a pretty good stock,
but they are lacking certain models which they could
use to good advantage if they had them. In these
cases, it just simmers down to the
point where, if a prospect decides
to buy a certain model, he must
either be switched to another or
else wait until their favorite
model can be received from a
manufacturer at a later date. In
some sections of the country, the
piano business has been picking
up ever since the first of October.
In other sections, it has been quite
CARLETON CHACE
spotty, and there are sections also
where the dealers state that the
fall business is just about average. In the meantime,
the manufacturers are doing the best they can with
curtailed production, their most urgent problem be-
ing the need of a greater supply of copper. How-
ever, efforts are being made to relieve that situation.
Piano strings are being produced by a copper weld
process as well as being supplied with copper coat-
ing. Both of these have been helping the situation
considerably, with the result that perhaps some of
10
A
BIT of cheering news arrived at our desk
just about the time we were starting to write
this editorial. This told about a course of
group piano lessons, without cost to the people tak-
ing them, which is now being offered by the Univer-
sity of Michigan Extension Service, in which the
use of radio to give piano lessons has been resorted
to. At the present time, this group piano instruction
is given via the air waves each Tuesday at 4:15 p.m.
over the University Station WUOM-FM in Ann
Arbor, Mich. The initial group comprises more than
300 persons who were enrolled for the lessons after
an introductory program. The plan for teaching
piano by radio was worked out with the assistance
of Dean Earl P. Moore of the University of Michigan
School of Music and members of the Piano Depart-
ment of the school. It is conducted by James L. Buck-
borough, head of the Instrumental Music for the
Highland Park Board of Education, and State Chair-
man of the Class Piano Program for Michigan. Its
purpose is to give adults sufficient training so that
they can play for relaxation and recreation. "It is
not necessary to have a piano in order to follow the
radio lessons," Mr. Abbott explained. "A practice
keyboard is sent to all who register as are the music
books needed for the course. There is no registration
fee." And here is. another interesting factor, one
which again shows how a piano merchant can coop-
erate in promoting these piano lessons. Grinnell
Bros., Detroit, Mich., are furnishing the practice key-
boards and music books without expense to the Uni-
versity. With group piano lessons established by
radio, we feel that it won't be long before television
will be doing the same thing.
Editor
THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW, NOVEMBER, 1951
the processes which are being discovered through
necessity may in the future be those that will be used
permanently. We have always said that the versatility
of the piano manufacturers and dealers has always
carried them through a crisis, and it is undoubtedly
doing so at the present time. Fortunately, allotments
for production for the first quarter of 1952, and in
some instances for longer periods than that, have
been made on a much more satisfactory basis, than
was anticipated and unless some unforeseen change
in the international situation takes place, pianos will
probably be manufactured in such a quantity to take
care of a very appreciable demand.
The
REVIEW
Established 1879
CARLETON CHACE, Editor
Alex H. Kolbe, Publisher
Group Piano Lessons by Radio
V. T. Costello
Associate Editor
NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION
OF MUSIC
MERCHANTS
Alexander Hart
Technical Editor
Mary Louise Kauffman
Circulation Manager
Published monthly at 510 RKO Building, Radio
City, 1270 Sixth Avenue, New York 20, N. Y.
Telephone: Circle 7-5842-5843-5844
Vol. 110
NOVEMBER, 1951
No.
A CCORDING to some music merchants, there is
A % an actual shortage of pianos this fall. Others,
• ^ "^" however, seem to have a pretty good stock,
but they are lacking certain models which they could
use to good advantage if they had them. In these
cases, it just simmers down to the
point where, if a prospect decides
to buy a certain model, he must
either be switched to another or
else wait until their favorite
model can be received from a
manufacturer at a later date. In
some sections of the country, the
piano business has been picking
up ever since the first of October.
In other sections, it has been quite
CARLETON CHACE
spotty, and there are sections also
where the dealers state that the
fall business is just about average. In the meantime,
the manufacturers are doing the best they can with
curtailed production, their most urgent problem be-
ing the need of a greater supply of copper. How-
ever, efforts are being made to relieve that situation.
Piano strings are being produced by a copper weld
process as well as being supplied with copper coat-
ing. Both of these have been helping the situation
considerably, with the result that perhaps some of
10
A
BIT of cheering news arrived at our desk
just about the time we were starting to write
this editorial. This told about a course of
group piano lessons, without cost to the people tak-
ing them, which is now being offered by the Univer-
sity of Michigan Extension Service, in which the
use of radio to give piano lessons has been resorted
to. At the present time, this group piano instruction
is given via the air waves each Tuesday at 4:15 p.m.
over the University Station WUOM-FM in Ann
Arbor, Mich. The initial group comprises more than
300 persons who were enrolled for the lessons after
an introductory program. The plan for teaching
piano by radio was worked out with the assistance
of Dean Earl P. Moore of the University of Michigan
School of Music and members of the Piano Depart-
ment of the school. It is conducted by James L. Buck-
borough, head of the Instrumental Music for the
Highland Park Board of Education, and State Chair-
man of the Class Piano Program for Michigan. Its
purpose is to give adults sufficient training so that
they can play for relaxation and recreation. "It is
not necessary to have a piano in order to follow the
radio lessons," Mr. Abbott explained. "A practice
keyboard is sent to all who register as are the music
books needed for the course. There is no registration
fee." And here is. another interesting factor, one
which again shows how a piano merchant can coop-
erate in promoting these piano lessons. Grinnell
Bros., Detroit, Mich., are furnishing the practice key-
boards and music books without expense to the Uni-
versity. With group piano lessons established by
radio, we feel that it won't be long before television
will be doing the same thing.
Editor
THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW, NOVEMBER, 1951
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