Music Trade Review
Issue: 1951 Vol. 110 N. 11 - Page 20
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Art League Visits Wurlitzer
Piano Plant in DeKalb
A large group from the Municipal
Art League of Chicago recently made a
trip to DeKalb to spend a day at the
Wurlitzer factory. Arrangements were
made for this tour by George Vigorito,
Manager of Wurlitzer's Chicago Retail
Store.
Before starting on their factory trip,
the group gathered in the Wurlitzer
Conference room where Roy Walte-
made, Vice President and Manager of
the DeKalb Division, gave the official
welcome and a historical background of
the company.
Then Roy Newstedt, Chief Engineer,
told about the designing and engineer-
ing of a new piano. Following this a
resume of the manufacturing procedure
was given by Erv Brauer, Chief Indus-
trial Engineer.
At the conclusion of the factory tour
Joe Daurer. Advertising Manager, talked
on the Wurlitzer Advertising Program
and Walter Benson, Assistant Sales
Manager, explained the Sales Policies
of the company and told how the faith-
ful adherence to a definite creed or code
ing, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He is as-
sisted by his son, Jack B. Jones, who
is also well-known in the plywood
industry.
of ethics has enabled Wurlitzer to be-
come one of the leaders in the piano
industry today.
The meeting closed with several piano
duet numbers played by Billy Wenn-
lund of the Service Department and
Maynard Ells of the Traffic Department.
Clarence M. Peltil is Chairman
of Polio Drive in New York
Installs Dampp-Chaser
As Standard Equipment
Clarence M. Pettit, Vice President of
Wm. Knabe & Co., Inc., New York,
N. Y. has been appointed chairman of
the Musical Instruments Division in the
current polio appeal in Greater New
York, Basil O'Connor, president of the
National Foundation for Infantile Par-
alysis, has announced.
Mr. Pettit, will head a committee
formed to secure the active cooperation
of the music industry as a whole in the
city-wide, $4,000,000 polio drive now
underway. Committee members include
Gerard M. Thompson, vice pres., Kohler
& Campbell, Inc.; P. K. Bowers, New
York manager of the Rudolph Wur-
litzer Co.; Edward Meyers, Terminal
Music Supply; Webster E. Janssen.
president, Janssen Piano Co.; and Wal-
ter Mueller, Penzel Mueller & Co.
Latest proof of the music industry's
endorsement of the Dampp-Chaser as a
moisture-regulating unit comes in an
announcement from the Allen Organ
Co. of Allentown, Pa.
They write, "Insofar as we have been
able to determine, it eliminates all
trouble with sticking keys, regardless
of dampness or weather changes. This
very efficient unit is giving complete
satisfaction."
The Allen Company is the second
major manufacturer of musical instru-
ments to include the Dampp-Chaser as
standard equipment on their product
before it leaves the factory.
Perkins Glue Co. Opens
Mid-West Distribution Point
NAPT Members Witness
Film Demonstration in Toledo
Perkins Glue Co., Lansdale, Pa., re-
cently began operations at its Shawano.
Wisconsin Distribution Point for bulk
and packaged wood glues of all types.
The plant, centrally located for servic-
ing large resin glue users in the mid-
west, has the largest bulk handling
facilities in the area.
E. Morris Jones, Perkins District
Representative in Wisconsin for thirty-
one years, is in charge of the new oper-
ation. He will continue to maintain a
business office in the Plankinton Build-
Members of Cleveland, Columbus,
and Toledo Divisions of the National
Association of Piano Tuners, met ia
joint session in the J. W\ Greene Piano
Co. store in Toledo, Ohio on November
10, for the shop practices lecture and
motion picture film by Robert F. Boel-
ter, Saginaw, Mich., Technical Editor ol
Tuners' Journal. The movie depicting
the regulation and repairing of grand
and upright actions was made in Mr.
Boelter's repair and re-building shop.
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Be sure your piano has SH . . .
Standard Piano Hammers . . .
the finest in the world.
AN ACHIEVEMENT IN . . .
*selection of highest quality
materials, including finest
100% pure wool felt,
""maintaining uniformity in
texture and firmness of
hammers.
*producing uniformly true tone
in the finished piano.
Send for booklet on the
interesting story of SH
Piano Hammers.
attention!.
HAMMOND • MINSHALL • WURLITZER
organ dealers
A special 18-note Vibrachime, Model 804 Series, is now available
to fit directly inside of the Model — M Hammond, the single
manual Minshall, and to the Series 14 — 15 Wurlitzer Organs.
This feature completely eliminates the need for additional floor
space to house the Vibrachimes in a separate cabinet.
Cash in on this feature by demonstrating this new compact
Model 804 Series Vibrachime directly on your customer's
premises. Takes only a few minutes to install.
Write today for complete information.
STANDARD
PIANO HAMMER CO.
Serving America's leadtnn
piano manujiicturers and
tuner teckn icians
3220 West Grand Avenue,Chicago 51, Illinois
20
OKQAN
CCA
3015
CASITAS AVE. • LOS ANGELES 39, CALIF.
THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW, NOVEMBER, 1951
Art League Visits Wurlitzer
Piano Plant in DeKalb
A large group from the Municipal
Art League of Chicago recently made a
trip to DeKalb to spend a day at the
Wurlitzer factory. Arrangements were
made for this tour by George Vigorito,
Manager of Wurlitzer's Chicago Retail
Store.
Before starting on their factory trip,
the group gathered in the Wurlitzer
Conference room where Roy Walte-
made, Vice President and Manager of
the DeKalb Division, gave the official
welcome and a historical background of
the company.
Then Roy Newstedt, Chief Engineer,
told about the designing and engineer-
ing of a new piano. Following this a
resume of the manufacturing procedure
was given by Erv Brauer, Chief Indus-
trial Engineer.
At the conclusion of the factory tour
Joe Daurer. Advertising Manager, talked
on the Wurlitzer Advertising Program
and Walter Benson, Assistant Sales
Manager, explained the Sales Policies
of the company and told how the faith-
ful adherence to a definite creed or code
ing, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He is as-
sisted by his son, Jack B. Jones, who
is also well-known in the plywood
industry.
of ethics has enabled Wurlitzer to be-
come one of the leaders in the piano
industry today.
The meeting closed with several piano
duet numbers played by Billy Wenn-
lund of the Service Department and
Maynard Ells of the Traffic Department.
Clarence M. Peltil is Chairman
of Polio Drive in New York
Installs Dampp-Chaser
As Standard Equipment
Clarence M. Pettit, Vice President of
Wm. Knabe & Co., Inc., New York,
N. Y. has been appointed chairman of
the Musical Instruments Division in the
current polio appeal in Greater New
York, Basil O'Connor, president of the
National Foundation for Infantile Par-
alysis, has announced.
Mr. Pettit, will head a committee
formed to secure the active cooperation
of the music industry as a whole in the
city-wide, $4,000,000 polio drive now
underway. Committee members include
Gerard M. Thompson, vice pres., Kohler
& Campbell, Inc.; P. K. Bowers, New
York manager of the Rudolph Wur-
litzer Co.; Edward Meyers, Terminal
Music Supply; Webster E. Janssen.
president, Janssen Piano Co.; and Wal-
ter Mueller, Penzel Mueller & Co.
Latest proof of the music industry's
endorsement of the Dampp-Chaser as a
moisture-regulating unit comes in an
announcement from the Allen Organ
Co. of Allentown, Pa.
They write, "Insofar as we have been
able to determine, it eliminates all
trouble with sticking keys, regardless
of dampness or weather changes. This
very efficient unit is giving complete
satisfaction."
The Allen Company is the second
major manufacturer of musical instru-
ments to include the Dampp-Chaser as
standard equipment on their product
before it leaves the factory.
Perkins Glue Co. Opens
Mid-West Distribution Point
NAPT Members Witness
Film Demonstration in Toledo
Perkins Glue Co., Lansdale, Pa., re-
cently began operations at its Shawano.
Wisconsin Distribution Point for bulk
and packaged wood glues of all types.
The plant, centrally located for servic-
ing large resin glue users in the mid-
west, has the largest bulk handling
facilities in the area.
E. Morris Jones, Perkins District
Representative in Wisconsin for thirty-
one years, is in charge of the new oper-
ation. He will continue to maintain a
business office in the Plankinton Build-
Members of Cleveland, Columbus,
and Toledo Divisions of the National
Association of Piano Tuners, met ia
joint session in the J. W\ Greene Piano
Co. store in Toledo, Ohio on November
10, for the shop practices lecture and
motion picture film by Robert F. Boel-
ter, Saginaw, Mich., Technical Editor ol
Tuners' Journal. The movie depicting
the regulation and repairing of grand
and upright actions was made in Mr.
Boelter's repair and re-building shop.
JOO%
/felt
fotlo l/ie {jPlcwida/iclt^tc
Be sure your piano has SH . . .
Standard Piano Hammers . . .
the finest in the world.
AN ACHIEVEMENT IN . . .
*selection of highest quality
materials, including finest
100% pure wool felt,
""maintaining uniformity in
texture and firmness of
hammers.
*producing uniformly true tone
in the finished piano.
Send for booklet on the
interesting story of SH
Piano Hammers.
attention!.
HAMMOND • MINSHALL • WURLITZER
organ dealers
A special 18-note Vibrachime, Model 804 Series, is now available
to fit directly inside of the Model — M Hammond, the single
manual Minshall, and to the Series 14 — 15 Wurlitzer Organs.
This feature completely eliminates the need for additional floor
space to house the Vibrachimes in a separate cabinet.
Cash in on this feature by demonstrating this new compact
Model 804 Series Vibrachime directly on your customer's
premises. Takes only a few minutes to install.
Write today for complete information.
STANDARD
PIANO HAMMER CO.
Serving America's leadtnn
piano manujiicturers and
tuner teckn icians
3220 West Grand Avenue,Chicago 51, Illinois
20
OKQAN
CCA
3015
CASITAS AVE. • LOS ANGELES 39, CALIF.
THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW, NOVEMBER, 1951
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