Music Trade Review
Issue: 1951 Vol. 110 N. 4 - Page 24
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Young's Music Store Sells
Eight Gulbransens to Methodist Church
Harry J. Young, head of Young's
Music Store, McAllen, Texas, recently
sold eight Gulbransen Minuet Studio
pianos to the First Methodist Church
and 120 records, housed in a store
building 20 ft. by 60 ft. Today Young's
Music Store occupies a space 44 ft. by
84 ft. and is the largest music house in
Kisrht (iulforansen Studio Piano* ready to be delivered to the Firs* Methodist Church by Young's
Music Store, McAllen, Texas.
of that city. They are being used in a
new addition used for Sunday School.
In commenting on the sale, Mr. Young
stated that nearly every school and
church in his community has a Gul-
bransen piano. Some of them have been
in use for twenty years.
Young's Music Store was established
in McAllen in 1923. The initial stock
consisted of 3 Brunswick phonographs
the Rio Grande Valley of Texas. The
records and phonographs are gone, hav-
ing been since replaced by the largest
and most complete stock of retail sheet
music in Southwest Texas. Young's has
also added band instruments and ac-
cessories, pianos and appliances to their
steadily expanding business. In 1925
Young's was franchised by the Gulbran-
sen Company.
Wurlilzer Gets Defense Orders;
Civilian Orders to Be Filled
struments, to fill, as promptly as pos-
sible, an enormous backlog of orders.
As announced in The Review last
month the Company was recently
awarded an order by the Quartermaster
R. C. Rolfing, President of The Ru-
dolph Wurlitzer Co., has announced
that Wurlitzer has been awarded more
than $5,000,000 worth of defense con-
tracts from the Army Signal Corps and
Army Ordnance Department. For se-
curity reasons, the precise nature of
these orders cannot be disclosed, but it
was emphasized that substantially all of
the new defense work is the direct re-
sult of the Wurlitzer Company's pro-
gram of engineering and research with
government engineers since the close of
World War II in 1945.
Plant rearrangement and the acqui-
sition of new equipment necessary to
the expanded production of these ma-
terials is under way. Production sched-
ules on Wurlitzer's civilian products . . .
pianos, accordions, electronic organs
and coin-operated phonographs . . .
have been modified in line with the
government's limitation orders. How-
ever, the Wurlitzer company hopes to
continue to produce these musical in-
Corps for 100 Wurlitzer electronic or-
gans to bring music to men in the armed
services throughout the world.
Asked about Company profits in the
current fiscal year, and prospects for
the future, Mr. Rolfing declined to give
specific figures, but said: "In spite of
unsettled world conditions I am opti-
mistic about the future of Wurlitzer.
We ended our last fiscal year on
March 31 with a very good report,
and based on current unfilled orders
for our civilian products as well as on
defense orders already awarded the
company, plus other substantial defense
orders now in the process of negotia-
tion, I have every reason to believe that
operations will continue to be profit-
able and at near capacity for an indefi-
nite period."
WEAVER
The Piano with the
Touch of Genius
^WEAVER PIMD CO., INC.
SINCE 1870 IN YORK, PA.
ELECTRIC
DAMPP-CHASER
PIANO
LIFE SAVER
STOPS
•
•
•
•
sticking piano keys
sluggish action
dampness
rust
a real
LIFE SAVER for
Piano Dealers * Tuners
Easy to sell. Reduces free service calls
. . . A d d s new profits . . . Recommended
a n d used by leading Manufacturers, Dealers
and Tuners. Easy to install. Fits any piano . . . Safe
. . . Five year factory guarantee. For 117 volts A C / D C .
(Other voltages available.) . . . Wonderful Clothes Closet
Accessory to prevent . . . MOLD . . . MILDEW . . . and MUSTY
ODORS . . . Standard discounts to Dealers and Tuners . . . Order
direct or through your favorite supply house.
Packed in colorful d i s p l a y box w i t h instructions and all
hardware.
necessary
LIST plus your installation charges
WRITE TODAY FOR FREE DESCRIPTIVE LITERATURE
DAMPP-CHASER, Inc.
1
UNDERWRITERS
APPROVED
BOX
5 2 0 , HENDERSONVILLE, N. C.
* PRICE SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE
THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW, APRIL,
1951
Young's Music Store Sells
Eight Gulbransens to Methodist Church
Harry J. Young, head of Young's
Music Store, McAllen, Texas, recently
sold eight Gulbransen Minuet Studio
pianos to the First Methodist Church
and 120 records, housed in a store
building 20 ft. by 60 ft. Today Young's
Music Store occupies a space 44 ft. by
84 ft. and is the largest music house in
Kisrht (iulforansen Studio Piano* ready to be delivered to the Firs* Methodist Church by Young's
Music Store, McAllen, Texas.
of that city. They are being used in a
new addition used for Sunday School.
In commenting on the sale, Mr. Young
stated that nearly every school and
church in his community has a Gul-
bransen piano. Some of them have been
in use for twenty years.
Young's Music Store was established
in McAllen in 1923. The initial stock
consisted of 3 Brunswick phonographs
the Rio Grande Valley of Texas. The
records and phonographs are gone, hav-
ing been since replaced by the largest
and most complete stock of retail sheet
music in Southwest Texas. Young's has
also added band instruments and ac-
cessories, pianos and appliances to their
steadily expanding business. In 1925
Young's was franchised by the Gulbran-
sen Company.
Wurlilzer Gets Defense Orders;
Civilian Orders to Be Filled
struments, to fill, as promptly as pos-
sible, an enormous backlog of orders.
As announced in The Review last
month the Company was recently
awarded an order by the Quartermaster
R. C. Rolfing, President of The Ru-
dolph Wurlitzer Co., has announced
that Wurlitzer has been awarded more
than $5,000,000 worth of defense con-
tracts from the Army Signal Corps and
Army Ordnance Department. For se-
curity reasons, the precise nature of
these orders cannot be disclosed, but it
was emphasized that substantially all of
the new defense work is the direct re-
sult of the Wurlitzer Company's pro-
gram of engineering and research with
government engineers since the close of
World War II in 1945.
Plant rearrangement and the acqui-
sition of new equipment necessary to
the expanded production of these ma-
terials is under way. Production sched-
ules on Wurlitzer's civilian products . . .
pianos, accordions, electronic organs
and coin-operated phonographs . . .
have been modified in line with the
government's limitation orders. How-
ever, the Wurlitzer company hopes to
continue to produce these musical in-
Corps for 100 Wurlitzer electronic or-
gans to bring music to men in the armed
services throughout the world.
Asked about Company profits in the
current fiscal year, and prospects for
the future, Mr. Rolfing declined to give
specific figures, but said: "In spite of
unsettled world conditions I am opti-
mistic about the future of Wurlitzer.
We ended our last fiscal year on
March 31 with a very good report,
and based on current unfilled orders
for our civilian products as well as on
defense orders already awarded the
company, plus other substantial defense
orders now in the process of negotia-
tion, I have every reason to believe that
operations will continue to be profit-
able and at near capacity for an indefi-
nite period."
WEAVER
The Piano with the
Touch of Genius
^WEAVER PIMD CO., INC.
SINCE 1870 IN YORK, PA.
ELECTRIC
DAMPP-CHASER
PIANO
LIFE SAVER
STOPS
•
•
•
•
sticking piano keys
sluggish action
dampness
rust
a real
LIFE SAVER for
Piano Dealers * Tuners
Easy to sell. Reduces free service calls
. . . A d d s new profits . . . Recommended
a n d used by leading Manufacturers, Dealers
and Tuners. Easy to install. Fits any piano . . . Safe
. . . Five year factory guarantee. For 117 volts A C / D C .
(Other voltages available.) . . . Wonderful Clothes Closet
Accessory to prevent . . . MOLD . . . MILDEW . . . and MUSTY
ODORS . . . Standard discounts to Dealers and Tuners . . . Order
direct or through your favorite supply house.
Packed in colorful d i s p l a y box w i t h instructions and all
hardware.
necessary
LIST plus your installation charges
WRITE TODAY FOR FREE DESCRIPTIVE LITERATURE
DAMPP-CHASER, Inc.
1
UNDERWRITERS
APPROVED
BOX
5 2 0 , HENDERSONVILLE, N. C.
* PRICE SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE
THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW, APRIL,
1951
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