Music Trade Review
Issue: 1953 Vol. 112 N. 11 - Page 9
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Ellington Piano Co. and the Hamilton
Organ Co.
In the summer of 1899. Mr. Baldwin
died rather suddenly, and according to
his will, after a few minor bequests the
whole Baldwin estate went to the Board
and Home of Foreign Missions of the
Presbyterian Church. It showed that the
estate was four-fifths of the business of
D. H. Baldwin & Co. The other part-
ners finally worked out a plan for the
consolidation of the various parts of the
business into one corporation, namely,
the Baldwin Co.
Mr. Wulsin goes into detail telling
how the Baldwin piano won the grand
prize at the Paris Exposition of 1900.
It was after this that the Baldwin
Co. actively entered the concert field,
and during the past 50 years it con-
tinued to be an increasingly important
factor in this field.
Other prizes were won by the Bald-
win piano include the Grand Prize at
the St. Louis Exposition in 1901 and
the Grand Prize at the Anglo-American
Exposition in London in 191 I.
In 1902 two additional factory build-
ings and a powerhouse were added to
the Cincinnati factory and in 1903
the Chicago factory was moved to Chi
cago Heights where a new and en-
larged unit was constructed.
It was in 1920 that Mr. Macy retired
and Mr. Armstrong did the same thing
in 1926. at which time Lucien Wulsin.
present President of the company, suc-
ceeded him.
The Company To-day
Mr. \^ ulsin then explains that today
the company has a closely knit sales
force, all reporting to Cincinnati, that
it operates 11 company-owned retail
stores, besides supplying hundreds of
dealers with the products of the Bald-
win factories. In addition to the Bald-
win pianos these include the Hamilton
piano, the Acrosonic piano, a spinet
design developed during the 30's and
the Baldwin electronic organs, the
product of research activities over re-
cent .years.
In concluding his address. Mr.
Wulsin states: ' L In retrospect, it is in-
deed true what Mr. Armstrong, the last
survivor of the Baldwin partners, always
said 'Mr. Baldwin was outstanding for
his ability to surround himself with
partners a lot abler than he was/ Each
partner had made Mr. Baldwin's share
of the business, which he started in
1862 with $2,000. amount to nearly
half a million when he died in 1899.
Each partner further created the organ-
ization which designed and built the
Baldwin piano and made it famous
throughout the musical world. Still the
THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW, NOVEMBER, 1953
germ of it all came from Mr. Baldwin's
decision 90 years ago to give up the
teaching of music to sell pianos."
The Newcomen Society
The Newcomen Society of England
and North America is named for Thom-
as Newcomen. British pioneer whose
valuable contribution of an improve-
ment to the newly invented steam en-
gine brought him lasting fame in the
field of mechanic art. This society per-
petuates his life and work, and has as
its purpose "that of increasing appreci-
ation of American and British tradi-
tions and ideals in the arts and sci-
ences, especially in that bond of sym-
pathy for the cultural and spiritual
forces which are common to the two
countries, and secondly, to serve as an-
other link in the intimately friendly re-
lations existing between Great Britain
and the United States of America."
Sherman Music Co. Opens Concert
in New Annex in Helena, Mont.
The Sherman Music Co. of Helena,
Mont, has just completed an annex to
their store, which contains a concert
hall with seating capacity of 100.
DOLGEVILLE PLANT
For More Than
Fifty Years
ADIRONDACK SPRUCE SOUND BOARDS (Quarter Sawn)
SPRUCE KE YBEDS I Quarter Sawn )
HARD MAPLE BRIDGES (Quarter Sawn)
STRAIGHT GRAINED BIRCH HAMMER MOULDINGS
And Other Miscellaneous Piano Parts
have been and still are being produced in Dolgeville, N. Y.
Our facilities permit delivery from our
own Adirondack forests to your plant
and due to our reforestation program
guarantee uniform quality and service
for many years to come.
NORTH HUDSON EQUIPMENT CO.
& Dolgeville
New York
TEL.: Dolgeville 5251
FROM FOREST TO YOU
Ellington Piano Co. and the Hamilton
Organ Co.
In the summer of 1899. Mr. Baldwin
died rather suddenly, and according to
his will, after a few minor bequests the
whole Baldwin estate went to the Board
and Home of Foreign Missions of the
Presbyterian Church. It showed that the
estate was four-fifths of the business of
D. H. Baldwin & Co. The other part-
ners finally worked out a plan for the
consolidation of the various parts of the
business into one corporation, namely,
the Baldwin Co.
Mr. Wulsin goes into detail telling
how the Baldwin piano won the grand
prize at the Paris Exposition of 1900.
It was after this that the Baldwin
Co. actively entered the concert field,
and during the past 50 years it con-
tinued to be an increasingly important
factor in this field.
Other prizes were won by the Bald-
win piano include the Grand Prize at
the St. Louis Exposition in 1901 and
the Grand Prize at the Anglo-American
Exposition in London in 191 I.
In 1902 two additional factory build-
ings and a powerhouse were added to
the Cincinnati factory and in 1903
the Chicago factory was moved to Chi
cago Heights where a new and en-
larged unit was constructed.
It was in 1920 that Mr. Macy retired
and Mr. Armstrong did the same thing
in 1926. at which time Lucien Wulsin.
present President of the company, suc-
ceeded him.
The Company To-day
Mr. \^ ulsin then explains that today
the company has a closely knit sales
force, all reporting to Cincinnati, that
it operates 11 company-owned retail
stores, besides supplying hundreds of
dealers with the products of the Bald-
win factories. In addition to the Bald-
win pianos these include the Hamilton
piano, the Acrosonic piano, a spinet
design developed during the 30's and
the Baldwin electronic organs, the
product of research activities over re-
cent .years.
In concluding his address. Mr.
Wulsin states: ' L In retrospect, it is in-
deed true what Mr. Armstrong, the last
survivor of the Baldwin partners, always
said 'Mr. Baldwin was outstanding for
his ability to surround himself with
partners a lot abler than he was/ Each
partner had made Mr. Baldwin's share
of the business, which he started in
1862 with $2,000. amount to nearly
half a million when he died in 1899.
Each partner further created the organ-
ization which designed and built the
Baldwin piano and made it famous
throughout the musical world. Still the
THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW, NOVEMBER, 1953
germ of it all came from Mr. Baldwin's
decision 90 years ago to give up the
teaching of music to sell pianos."
The Newcomen Society
The Newcomen Society of England
and North America is named for Thom-
as Newcomen. British pioneer whose
valuable contribution of an improve-
ment to the newly invented steam en-
gine brought him lasting fame in the
field of mechanic art. This society per-
petuates his life and work, and has as
its purpose "that of increasing appreci-
ation of American and British tradi-
tions and ideals in the arts and sci-
ences, especially in that bond of sym-
pathy for the cultural and spiritual
forces which are common to the two
countries, and secondly, to serve as an-
other link in the intimately friendly re-
lations existing between Great Britain
and the United States of America."
Sherman Music Co. Opens Concert
in New Annex in Helena, Mont.
The Sherman Music Co. of Helena,
Mont, has just completed an annex to
their store, which contains a concert
hall with seating capacity of 100.
DOLGEVILLE PLANT
For More Than
Fifty Years
ADIRONDACK SPRUCE SOUND BOARDS (Quarter Sawn)
SPRUCE KE YBEDS I Quarter Sawn )
HARD MAPLE BRIDGES (Quarter Sawn)
STRAIGHT GRAINED BIRCH HAMMER MOULDINGS
And Other Miscellaneous Piano Parts
have been and still are being produced in Dolgeville, N. Y.
Our facilities permit delivery from our
own Adirondack forests to your plant
and due to our reforestation program
guarantee uniform quality and service
for many years to come.
NORTH HUDSON EQUIPMENT CO.
& Dolgeville
New York
TEL.: Dolgeville 5251
FROM FOREST TO YOU
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