Music Trade Review
Issue: 1954 Vol. 113 N. 10 - Page 22
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Eight Story & Clark Studio Pianos
Purchased for CBS Television City
CBS TELEVISION CITY, LOS ANGELES, CAL.
Michael G. DuBrow, sales manager
of the Story & Clark Piano Co., Chi-
cago, 111., recently returned from the
Coast and reported that CBS, Los An-
geles, has recently purchased eight Story
& Clark 44 Studio uprights for official
use in their studios.
The accompanying illustration shows
the CBS Television City within the walls
of which are the Story & Clark pianos.
Two New 38" Gulbransen
Pianos With Direct Blow
Piano Actions
in New York, recently presented Bur-
ton Minshall, president of the Minshall
The Gulbransen Co., Melrose Park,
111., recently introduced a new 38-inch
scale piano with a full standard direct-
blow action, styled as the "Metropoli-
tan." The action is exactly the same
type of standard direct-blow action
which is used in the 41-inch master
console. The piano is furnished in satin
ebony, mahogany, walnut, blonde ma-
hogany and blonde oak.
In commenting on the reception
which this instrument has received,
E. P. Williams, Sales Manager of the
company, stated: "Not only our dealers
but tuners and teachers alike are equal-
ly warm in their praise of the standard
direct-blow action in this type of pi-
ano. The success of the Metropolitan
has been so phenomenal that this
month we are shipping a new model to
be known as the 'Classic' with ihe same
scale and action. The Classic, of mod-
ern design, will be in our most ex-
pensive case, available in ebony, ma-
hogany, blonde oak and blonde ma-
hogany, satin or high-sheen finish."
"In view of the fact," said Mr. Wil-
liams, "that orders are in excess of
our factory capacity at the present time,
we urge dealers to advise us of their
requirements for the holidays season as
quickly as possible."
Burton Minshall Receives
Public Service Award
Mary Fran Halprin, associate direc-
tor of the Academy of Broadcast Arts
22
BURTON MINSHALL RECEIVES
SERVICE AWARD
Organ Inc., Brattleboro, Vt., with the
annual public service award for "cre-
ating an electronic organ designed
especially for the radio and television
industry".
The Minshall organ is currently be-
ing used on the "Strike It Rich" show,
which is seen and heard by approxi-
mately 20,000,000 people each day on
the CBS television network and the
NBC radio network.
In accepting the award, Mr. Minshall
disclosed that other network shows
have requested the Minshall organ.
L. P. Bull Elected a Director
of C. G. Conn Ltd.. Elkhart, Ind.
L. P. Bull, president, Story & Clark
Piano Co., Chicago, 111., was recently
elected a director of C. G. Conn, Ltd. y
Elkhart, Indiana.
Mr. Bull has been prominent in the
piano industry ever since he joined the
organization of Story & Clark Piano
Co., of which he was Vice-President for
many years, and succeeded the late
F. F. Story as President of the com-
pany. He has always been very active
in association affairs, was President of
the National Piano Manufacturers As-
sociation from 1936 to 1937, also Treas-
urer of the American Music Conference
and at the present time is a Trustee to
the American Music Conference from
the National Piano Manufacturers Asso-
ciation. He also served on the Nominat-
ing Committee this year.
He is the grandson-in-law of the
founder of Story & Clark Piano Co.,
Hampton L. Story.
Tiller-Faith Piano Co. Sells Winter Pianos
to Owensboro, Ky. Baptist Church
MEMBERS OF THE TILLER-FAITH PIANO CO. STAND BEHIND
WINTER PIANOS SOLD TO BAPTIST CHURCH
Thirteen new Winter school pianos
are now installed in the Third Baptist
Church of Owensboro, Ky. Recently
sold by the Tiller-Faith Piano Co. of
Evansville, Ind., the pianos are all the
Winter Style J.
In the photograph herewith standing
behind the pianos are: (right to left)
Mr. Ray Rutter, Tiller-Faith service
manager; Mr. Jack Geors, of the Gears
Moving Co.; Messrs. Phil Manfre and
John B. Schaefer, representing the Til-
ler-Faith Piano Company; Mr. Floyd
Patterson, Minister of Music; and the
Reverend H. B. Kuhnle, Minister of the
Church.
THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW, OCTOBER, 1954
Eight Story & Clark Studio Pianos
Purchased for CBS Television City
CBS TELEVISION CITY, LOS ANGELES, CAL.
Michael G. DuBrow, sales manager
of the Story & Clark Piano Co., Chi-
cago, 111., recently returned from the
Coast and reported that CBS, Los An-
geles, has recently purchased eight Story
& Clark 44 Studio uprights for official
use in their studios.
The accompanying illustration shows
the CBS Television City within the walls
of which are the Story & Clark pianos.
Two New 38" Gulbransen
Pianos With Direct Blow
Piano Actions
in New York, recently presented Bur-
ton Minshall, president of the Minshall
The Gulbransen Co., Melrose Park,
111., recently introduced a new 38-inch
scale piano with a full standard direct-
blow action, styled as the "Metropoli-
tan." The action is exactly the same
type of standard direct-blow action
which is used in the 41-inch master
console. The piano is furnished in satin
ebony, mahogany, walnut, blonde ma-
hogany and blonde oak.
In commenting on the reception
which this instrument has received,
E. P. Williams, Sales Manager of the
company, stated: "Not only our dealers
but tuners and teachers alike are equal-
ly warm in their praise of the standard
direct-blow action in this type of pi-
ano. The success of the Metropolitan
has been so phenomenal that this
month we are shipping a new model to
be known as the 'Classic' with ihe same
scale and action. The Classic, of mod-
ern design, will be in our most ex-
pensive case, available in ebony, ma-
hogany, blonde oak and blonde ma-
hogany, satin or high-sheen finish."
"In view of the fact," said Mr. Wil-
liams, "that orders are in excess of
our factory capacity at the present time,
we urge dealers to advise us of their
requirements for the holidays season as
quickly as possible."
Burton Minshall Receives
Public Service Award
Mary Fran Halprin, associate direc-
tor of the Academy of Broadcast Arts
22
BURTON MINSHALL RECEIVES
SERVICE AWARD
Organ Inc., Brattleboro, Vt., with the
annual public service award for "cre-
ating an electronic organ designed
especially for the radio and television
industry".
The Minshall organ is currently be-
ing used on the "Strike It Rich" show,
which is seen and heard by approxi-
mately 20,000,000 people each day on
the CBS television network and the
NBC radio network.
In accepting the award, Mr. Minshall
disclosed that other network shows
have requested the Minshall organ.
L. P. Bull Elected a Director
of C. G. Conn Ltd.. Elkhart, Ind.
L. P. Bull, president, Story & Clark
Piano Co., Chicago, 111., was recently
elected a director of C. G. Conn, Ltd. y
Elkhart, Indiana.
Mr. Bull has been prominent in the
piano industry ever since he joined the
organization of Story & Clark Piano
Co., of which he was Vice-President for
many years, and succeeded the late
F. F. Story as President of the com-
pany. He has always been very active
in association affairs, was President of
the National Piano Manufacturers As-
sociation from 1936 to 1937, also Treas-
urer of the American Music Conference
and at the present time is a Trustee to
the American Music Conference from
the National Piano Manufacturers Asso-
ciation. He also served on the Nominat-
ing Committee this year.
He is the grandson-in-law of the
founder of Story & Clark Piano Co.,
Hampton L. Story.
Tiller-Faith Piano Co. Sells Winter Pianos
to Owensboro, Ky. Baptist Church
MEMBERS OF THE TILLER-FAITH PIANO CO. STAND BEHIND
WINTER PIANOS SOLD TO BAPTIST CHURCH
Thirteen new Winter school pianos
are now installed in the Third Baptist
Church of Owensboro, Ky. Recently
sold by the Tiller-Faith Piano Co. of
Evansville, Ind., the pianos are all the
Winter Style J.
In the photograph herewith standing
behind the pianos are: (right to left)
Mr. Ray Rutter, Tiller-Faith service
manager; Mr. Jack Geors, of the Gears
Moving Co.; Messrs. Phil Manfre and
John B. Schaefer, representing the Til-
ler-Faith Piano Company; Mr. Floyd
Patterson, Minister of Music; and the
Reverend H. B. Kuhnle, Minister of the
Church.
THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW, OCTOBER, 1954
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