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I OBITUARIES j
Henry D. Hewitt, Kimball Co.
Passes Away at 66
Henry D. Hewitt, for many years an
executive in the wholesale sales divi-
sion of W. W. Kimball Co. in Chicago,
passed away on
Wednesday, May
28th, in the Illi-
nois Masonic Hos-
pital after an ill-
ness of t h r e e
weeks.
Mr. Hewitt, who
was 66 years of
age, joined the W.
W. Kimball Co. in
February, 1932.
Previous to that
H. D. HEWITT
time he was sales
manger of the M. Schulz Co.
He has had a long successful career
in the piano business, and was an active
member of the National Piano Travel-
ers Association, being one of its past
presidents.
Mr. Hewitt is survived by a widow,
Mabel, two daughters, Mrs. Kennett
Cowan, Jr., Evanston, 111., and Mrs.
Sam Hicks, St. Petersburg, Fla., and
two sons, Robert and Franklin D.
Hewitt.
Memorial services were held at 1:30
p.m. on May 29th in Evanston, 111., and
interment was private.
E. P. VAN HARLINGEN
Word has been received of the death
of E. P. Van Harlingen, which occurred
about the middle of May in Los An-
geles, Calif. Mr. Van Harlingen, who
was 81 years of age at the time of his
death, was western representative for
THE REVIEW many years ago and will
be remembered by the older members
of the middle western music industry.
Since 1940, he had been living in Los
Angeles with his son, Irving. It was in
the early twenties that he retired as
western manager of THE REVIEW and
was later succeeded by the late Frank
W. Kirk. He is survived by a widow,
one son and one daughter.
WILLIAM V. SWORDS
William V. Swords, retired New
York broker, died on May 21st at his
summer home on Great Island, Mass.
He was 77 years of age.
Mr. Swords will be remembered as
having at one time been Vice-President
of the Aeolian Co., New York. He was
also a member of the firm Toby & Kirk,
THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW, JUNE, 1952
stock brokers, and had been a resident
of West Yarmouth, Mass., for thirty
years, and had a winter home in Palm
Beach, Fla. He is survived by his wife,
Hazel.
Dampp-Chaser Units Now
Made for Drums and Tympani
The drum industry has been quick
to voice its approval of the first success-
ful drum heater of its kind . . . the
new model Dampp-Chaser for Drums
and Tympani . . . recently introduced
by Dampp-Chaser, Inc., of Henderson-
ville, N. C.
The new Dampp-Chasers have already
proven that they can keep drum heads
Midwest Piano Co. Moves
Into Chicago Loop Site
Midwest Piano Co., wholesale suppli-
ers of used pianos, has moved into new,
larger quarters at 171-173 West Lake
Street, Chicago 1, 111. The company,
long known to the piano trade, was
formerly located at 534 North Wells
Street in Chicago.
The new sales and display rooms will
occupy the entire second floor of the
building, conveniently located in the
Loop. This June 1st move, which brings
Midwest right into the heart of Chicago,
was made "to accommodate our con-
stantly increasing business and offer our
customers the added convenience of a
Loop location," said Alvin Rubin, own-
er of the firm.
DAMPP-CHASER FOR KETTLE DRUM, BASS DRUM AND TYMPANI.
tight regardless of dampness, humidity
and sudden weather changes. Even when
a drum is being used outdoors, the
Dampp-Chaser is effective in maintain-
ing constant temperature. In fact, ac-
cording to the manufacturer, these new
heating units will keep a tympani in
tune during an entire performance. Gen-
erally, the tympani must be tuned dur-
ing a performance.
As shown in the accompanying photo-
graphs, the Drum Model Dampp-Chas-
ers are heating units enclosed in a
polished aluminum tube shaped into a
12-inch circle. They operate on 117 volt
AC or DC current . . . and can heat a
drum for playing in about 15 mintues.
The Dampp-Chaser unit fastens rigid-
ly to inside of drum with a special
mounting bracket which requires only
one quarter-inch hole and a few eighth-
inch holes for the bolts. The unit comes
complete and ready for installation with
an electric cord set which may be de-
tached as needed. A permanent installa-
tion takes only a few minutes. The sat-
isfaction to performers is complete, for
with the Dampp-Chaser on, the artist
is sure that the temperature and humid-
ity will not vary. The drum head re-
mains stretched to a constant tension
and the drum tone gains in quality,
and the pitch is held. It is safe to leave
the Drum Dampp-Chaser on during an
entire performance.
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been taken care of.
The octave above middle "C" can
come next—so you keep the three C's
intact—perfect, no beats.
The tonal distance between A h C-3,
an octave above middle C is an impor-
tant test, because the same brilliancy or
sparkle exists when they are sounded
together.
It is good practice to tune the octave
below A b and E b , then you can relate B
below E b with a test corresponding to
-C-E.
B, however, is associated with G a
major third in the key of G major, and
G is a fourth from C and serving in the
same key.
The test resolves into hearing differ-
ent qualities of sounds in the various
tonalities.
Third procedure—K-B-C, harmonize
G-B- and D#-E b two major thirds, com-
pare them with the proceeding triad
G# C-E-.
Tune octaves—then you have har-
monized the key of G major. G-B-D.
The D of course must be balanced to
fit another keynote and must harmonize
as a tempered fourth and fifth, other-
wise the D would not fit musically its
associates F# and A # .
Next article will explain this.