Music Trade Review
Issue: 1953 Vol. 112 N. 12 - Page 31
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Fifty-One Gulbransen Pianos Go
to Coast Double-Decked In Freight Car
Double
Decking
Shipment
of
51 Gulbransen
Pianos
to
California
The Gulbransen Co., Melrose Park,
111., recently secured a new account in
Los Angeles. Calif. This is Gold's
Furniture & Appliances Co., which is a
very old firm and well-known through-
out the Pacific slope.
Although partially retired, M. F.
Martin, who is familiarly known on the
coast as "Carload" Martin, is somewnai
confining his interests to the Los An-
geles area and the first order for pi-
anos which was shipped to Gold's in-
cluded 51 instruments. In the accom-
panying photograph there is shown the
process by which these instruments
were shipped, by double-decking them.
Samuel Orr Passes
Away In 87th Year
Samuel Orr, for 60 years a piano
dealer in Newark, N. J., died Decem-
ber 1st at the age of 87. He had lived
with his daughter, Mrs. Leroy Clark,
Livingston, N. J. since he closed his
business two years ago.
Mr. Orr was born in Covey Hill.
Ont. 30 miles from Montreal. Though
he began his career in the piano busi-
ness as a young man in New England
and had lived in the United States ever
since, he owned a 100-acre cattle farm
in Covey Hill and returned there each
summer.
After serving as a salesman for the
Armstrong Piano Co., Mr. Orr opened
a shop in Lowell, Mass. He came to
Newark in 1891. His wife, Mrs. An-
nine Stratton Orr, died in 1945.
Mr. Orr played the piano by ear,
displaying a preference for hymns. He
had been a church organist in Canada
as a boy. He was a member of Newark
Lodge of Masons.
Besides his daughter, he leaves a sis-
ter, Mrs. Ellen MacDonald of Medicine
Hat, Alberta; Two grandchildren and
one great-grandchild.
Services were held December 5th at
the W e a t h e r h e a d Funeral Home,
Orange. Rev. Louis Higgins, pastor of
Olivet Congregational Christian Church,
Livingston officiated. Burial was in
Restland Memorial Park, Hanover.
Committee Wants Parcel Post
Hardship Information
The National Committee on Parcel
Post Size and Weight Limitations, of
which NAMM is a member, is asking
all member associations to gather let-
ters and factual data emphasizing the
hardships experienced from the limita-
tions on parcel post size and weight un-
der Public Law 199. This law has been
a heavy burden on retailers, and let-
ters attesting to this fact should be
forwarded to NAMM.
VILIM
by
Bremen
Blueprint for the future...
Contour 66 is utterly captivat-
ing. It's another "slender look"
spinet — an entirely new look
in standard full-scale pianos.
The "slender look" is an exclusive
Brem en structura I d evelopm ent
thatimpartsconsummate grace
and unmistakable charm.
Narrower than the average
piano, thereby taking up less
room,Contour 66 literally hugs
the wall and, of course, is ideal
for today's modern homes.
Designed for modern budgets
Bremen Piano Corporation
PIANO
HAMMERS
Made of the
Highest Grade Domestic Felts
REPAIR ORDERS PROMPTLY EXECUTED
We maintain a special department
for tuners and technicians
To the entire trade best wishes for
A Merry Christmas
and a more Promising 1954
VINCENT VILIM, INC.
20 N O . HILLSIDE AVENUE
ELMSFORD, N. Y.
Manufacturers mZMtW spinets grondt
9200 WEST BEIMONT AVE. - FRANKLIN PARK, ILL.
THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW, DECEMBER, 1953
31
Fifty-One Gulbransen Pianos Go
to Coast Double-Decked In Freight Car
Double
Decking
Shipment
of
51 Gulbransen
Pianos
to
California
The Gulbransen Co., Melrose Park,
111., recently secured a new account in
Los Angeles. Calif. This is Gold's
Furniture & Appliances Co., which is a
very old firm and well-known through-
out the Pacific slope.
Although partially retired, M. F.
Martin, who is familiarly known on the
coast as "Carload" Martin, is somewnai
confining his interests to the Los An-
geles area and the first order for pi-
anos which was shipped to Gold's in-
cluded 51 instruments. In the accom-
panying photograph there is shown the
process by which these instruments
were shipped, by double-decking them.
Samuel Orr Passes
Away In 87th Year
Samuel Orr, for 60 years a piano
dealer in Newark, N. J., died Decem-
ber 1st at the age of 87. He had lived
with his daughter, Mrs. Leroy Clark,
Livingston, N. J. since he closed his
business two years ago.
Mr. Orr was born in Covey Hill.
Ont. 30 miles from Montreal. Though
he began his career in the piano busi-
ness as a young man in New England
and had lived in the United States ever
since, he owned a 100-acre cattle farm
in Covey Hill and returned there each
summer.
After serving as a salesman for the
Armstrong Piano Co., Mr. Orr opened
a shop in Lowell, Mass. He came to
Newark in 1891. His wife, Mrs. An-
nine Stratton Orr, died in 1945.
Mr. Orr played the piano by ear,
displaying a preference for hymns. He
had been a church organist in Canada
as a boy. He was a member of Newark
Lodge of Masons.
Besides his daughter, he leaves a sis-
ter, Mrs. Ellen MacDonald of Medicine
Hat, Alberta; Two grandchildren and
one great-grandchild.
Services were held December 5th at
the W e a t h e r h e a d Funeral Home,
Orange. Rev. Louis Higgins, pastor of
Olivet Congregational Christian Church,
Livingston officiated. Burial was in
Restland Memorial Park, Hanover.
Committee Wants Parcel Post
Hardship Information
The National Committee on Parcel
Post Size and Weight Limitations, of
which NAMM is a member, is asking
all member associations to gather let-
ters and factual data emphasizing the
hardships experienced from the limita-
tions on parcel post size and weight un-
der Public Law 199. This law has been
a heavy burden on retailers, and let-
ters attesting to this fact should be
forwarded to NAMM.
VILIM
by
Bremen
Blueprint for the future...
Contour 66 is utterly captivat-
ing. It's another "slender look"
spinet — an entirely new look
in standard full-scale pianos.
The "slender look" is an exclusive
Brem en structura I d evelopm ent
thatimpartsconsummate grace
and unmistakable charm.
Narrower than the average
piano, thereby taking up less
room,Contour 66 literally hugs
the wall and, of course, is ideal
for today's modern homes.
Designed for modern budgets
Bremen Piano Corporation
PIANO
HAMMERS
Made of the
Highest Grade Domestic Felts
REPAIR ORDERS PROMPTLY EXECUTED
We maintain a special department
for tuners and technicians
To the entire trade best wishes for
A Merry Christmas
and a more Promising 1954
VINCENT VILIM, INC.
20 N O . HILLSIDE AVENUE
ELMSFORD, N. Y.
Manufacturers mZMtW spinets grondt
9200 WEST BEIMONT AVE. - FRANKLIN PARK, ILL.
THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW, DECEMBER, 1953
31
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