Music Trade Review
Issue: 1952 Vol. 111 N. 8 - Page 25
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board Experience.
So, we see that out of the Keyboard
Experience Class, we are generating
some students who will specialize in
singing, others who will play wind,
percussion, or string instruments, and
some who will play the piano.
Those who decide that the piano is
their instrument will need private in-
struction, since group instruction can-
not take them past a certain level. The
program will eventually mean a decided
expansion of the piano teachers' field.
Now this is a very boiled down de-
scription of Keyboard Experience. For
more details. I again urge you to read
the book—"Handbook for Teaching
Piano Classes." It may be obtained from
the Music Educators National Confer-
ence for Si.50.
The Keyboard Experience movement
has begun to generate considerable
momentum of its own—it has begun
to snowball.
I think this is an indication of the
educational soundness of the Keyboard
Experience idea. We would be foolhardy
to back any idea which was not educa-
tionally sound, no matter how attractive
it might look from a sales standpoint.
Keyboard Experience is educationally
sound and many leading educators
have already publicly placed their bless-
ing on its educational worth.
For instance the supervisor of music
education in a large state was recentlv
quoted as saying. "I am certainly for
more of this throughout the schools in
the state."
How does this affect the American
Society of Piano Technicians? Here's
how:
Effect on A.S.P.T.
Out of every hundred children re-
ceiving group piano instruction, a cer-
tain percentage will insist upon having
a piano in their own homes. These
pianos will be used, because they were
bought for people who found they like
to play the piano. They won't go out of
use as is the case with so many pianos
bought by parents who hope their
children will like it and find out later
they were wrong.
This completely different approach
can mean more demand for the services
of your Association Members . .
simply because more pianos will be
actively used than ever before, both in
homes and in schools.
What can vou people do to further
this program? You can support it in
your local community. You can talk
about it to all of your various contacts.
You can make sure your local school
superintendent, music supervisor, and
others know about it.
THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW, AUGUST, 1952
Pratt, Read & Co. Entertain One Hundred
Members of the American Society
TUNERS VISITED THE PRATT READ PLANT IN IVORYTON, CONN., WHERE
THEY WERE GREETED BY PRESIDENT JAMES A. GOULD. IN THE OTHER
PHOTO WILLARD DAVIS PRESIDENT OF THE ASPT AND OTHER MEMBERS
WATCH REGULATING RAILS BEING BORED.
Janssen Piano Co. Showed
New Janssen Organo
One of the impressive developments
at the NAAM convention was the show-
ing made by the Janssen Piano Co.,
New York of models with a new Lowrey
Organo improvement. Now the control
NEW
light which illuminates both the sheet
music and the tonality tabs.
Simplifies Playing
The new feature further simplifies
the playing of the Janssen-Organo com-
bination which provides fine organ per-
formance without strange and compli-
cated controls. The Janssen-Organo is
easy to play from the same familiar
piano keys, and its selection of fine
organ voices for either hand makes pos-
sible 2-manual performance. Five voices
are added in upper and lower registers
—diapason, flute, horn, eelo and viole.
Pcdalboard with 13 notes, optional.
Three levels of intensity—soft, medium,
and loud.
ALL PIANO SUPPLIES
JANSSEN ORGANO
panel of the Organo is above the keys
on all Janssen models which have the
Organo built in. The setting for the
pane] has been attractively bevelled
and beautified to harmonize with the
general decor of each Janssen model
and now is an integral part of the
piano.
Embellishes Appearance
This newest Janssen feature is an im-
portant refinement in the Janssen-
Organo combination. It embellishes the
appearance of Janssen models and fa-
cilitates the use of the Organo. It per-
mits the musician to quickly and con-
veniently select the proper tab or tabs
in substantialy the same manner as the
organist does in most organs, and it
has the same number of tabs as the
standard Lowrey control panel. An add-
ed feature is a concealed fluorescent
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Fly Brand Tuning Pins
Diamond Brand Music Wire
Punchings
Felt and Cloths
Bridle Straps
Dampp Chasers
Tilting Trucks
Tuners Cases
Regulating Tools
Miscellaneous Springs
YOUR MAIL ORDERS WELCOMED
Send for new catalog Ml
AMERICAN PIANO SUPPLY CO.
Division of
Hammacher, Schlemmer
6 WEST 20th STREET
New York 11, N. Y.
25
board Experience.
So, we see that out of the Keyboard
Experience Class, we are generating
some students who will specialize in
singing, others who will play wind,
percussion, or string instruments, and
some who will play the piano.
Those who decide that the piano is
their instrument will need private in-
struction, since group instruction can-
not take them past a certain level. The
program will eventually mean a decided
expansion of the piano teachers' field.
Now this is a very boiled down de-
scription of Keyboard Experience. For
more details. I again urge you to read
the book—"Handbook for Teaching
Piano Classes." It may be obtained from
the Music Educators National Confer-
ence for Si.50.
The Keyboard Experience movement
has begun to generate considerable
momentum of its own—it has begun
to snowball.
I think this is an indication of the
educational soundness of the Keyboard
Experience idea. We would be foolhardy
to back any idea which was not educa-
tionally sound, no matter how attractive
it might look from a sales standpoint.
Keyboard Experience is educationally
sound and many leading educators
have already publicly placed their bless-
ing on its educational worth.
For instance the supervisor of music
education in a large state was recentlv
quoted as saying. "I am certainly for
more of this throughout the schools in
the state."
How does this affect the American
Society of Piano Technicians? Here's
how:
Effect on A.S.P.T.
Out of every hundred children re-
ceiving group piano instruction, a cer-
tain percentage will insist upon having
a piano in their own homes. These
pianos will be used, because they were
bought for people who found they like
to play the piano. They won't go out of
use as is the case with so many pianos
bought by parents who hope their
children will like it and find out later
they were wrong.
This completely different approach
can mean more demand for the services
of your Association Members . .
simply because more pianos will be
actively used than ever before, both in
homes and in schools.
What can vou people do to further
this program? You can support it in
your local community. You can talk
about it to all of your various contacts.
You can make sure your local school
superintendent, music supervisor, and
others know about it.
THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW, AUGUST, 1952
Pratt, Read & Co. Entertain One Hundred
Members of the American Society
TUNERS VISITED THE PRATT READ PLANT IN IVORYTON, CONN., WHERE
THEY WERE GREETED BY PRESIDENT JAMES A. GOULD. IN THE OTHER
PHOTO WILLARD DAVIS PRESIDENT OF THE ASPT AND OTHER MEMBERS
WATCH REGULATING RAILS BEING BORED.
Janssen Piano Co. Showed
New Janssen Organo
One of the impressive developments
at the NAAM convention was the show-
ing made by the Janssen Piano Co.,
New York of models with a new Lowrey
Organo improvement. Now the control
NEW
light which illuminates both the sheet
music and the tonality tabs.
Simplifies Playing
The new feature further simplifies
the playing of the Janssen-Organo com-
bination which provides fine organ per-
formance without strange and compli-
cated controls. The Janssen-Organo is
easy to play from the same familiar
piano keys, and its selection of fine
organ voices for either hand makes pos-
sible 2-manual performance. Five voices
are added in upper and lower registers
—diapason, flute, horn, eelo and viole.
Pcdalboard with 13 notes, optional.
Three levels of intensity—soft, medium,
and loud.
ALL PIANO SUPPLIES
JANSSEN ORGANO
panel of the Organo is above the keys
on all Janssen models which have the
Organo built in. The setting for the
pane] has been attractively bevelled
and beautified to harmonize with the
general decor of each Janssen model
and now is an integral part of the
piano.
Embellishes Appearance
This newest Janssen feature is an im-
portant refinement in the Janssen-
Organo combination. It embellishes the
appearance of Janssen models and fa-
cilitates the use of the Organo. It per-
mits the musician to quickly and con-
veniently select the proper tab or tabs
in substantialy the same manner as the
organist does in most organs, and it
has the same number of tabs as the
standard Lowrey control panel. An add-
ed feature is a concealed fluorescent
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
Fly Brand Tuning Pins
Diamond Brand Music Wire
Punchings
Felt and Cloths
Bridle Straps
Dampp Chasers
Tilting Trucks
Tuners Cases
Regulating Tools
Miscellaneous Springs
YOUR MAIL ORDERS WELCOMED
Send for new catalog Ml
AMERICAN PIANO SUPPLY CO.
Division of
Hammacher, Schlemmer
6 WEST 20th STREET
New York 11, N. Y.
25
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