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New Dampp-Chaser Aids
Helps Dealers Sell and Install
Dampp-Chascr, Inc., Ilendersonville.
N. C. has just released new dealer
helps one of which is an attractive
aluminum display stand, the brain
child of Allen M. Foote, president of
the company. The stand occupies only
out charge.
A handy, new, colorful "Piano and
Organ folder," is avilable for use as
a mailing stuffer or to give to custom-
ers in the store. There is a nominal
charge for quantities imprinted with
the dealer's name.
Sales Manager (). Jack Buckley
smiled broadly when he told us about
the large illustrated mailing piece
that's just coming from the press.
"You'll see that it tells 'em and sells
Vm on Dampp-Chasers," he said
proudly. "It's a two-color offset job
with accurate reproductions of all of
our new merchandising helps for deal-
ers. We're mailing.it to music dealers
in our countrv and abroad."
STORY & CLARK FILM
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of Music of the Church of the Latter
Day Saints in Salt Lake City.
A similar meeting was also held in
Portland, Oregon the same week at
the Multnomah Hotel, the dealers and
their organizations attending, includ-
ing Ted Korten of Longview, Wash-
ington, Mr. and Mrs. John B. Collins.
Mr. and Mrs. James J. Collins, and
Roy Adams of Collins & Erwin Piano
Company, Portland, Oregon, Messrs.
Douglas and William Jaquith of Sa-
lem, Oregon, Mr. and Mrs. "Johnny"
Walker of Albany, Oregon, Mr. and
Mrs. Ed Kienle of McMinnville. Ore-
gon, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence W. Kienle
of Corvallis, Oregon, Mr. M. E. Kien-
le, Sr. and M. E. Kienle, Jr., of Tilla-
mook, Oregon, and Mr. C. P. Macnab
of the famous "Mac of the Music Box'
in Coos Bay. Oregon.
Other dealers' meetings and film
showings were held at Ted Brown's
Music Co. in Tacoma and for the Roy
Goodman. Inc., organization in Spo-
kane. Wash.
DEALER HELPS RELEASED BY
DAMPP-CHASER, INC.
nine inches of space on floor or coun-
ter, collapses flat and can be mailed
for just three cents postage. It is furn-
ished to dealers without charge.
A new display box in red and black
fits snugly into the stand. This attracts
the attention of all potential customers
wherever displayed.
Then there are smartly styled news-
paper ads designed especially for pi-
ano and organ dealers. Mats of these
are furnished to dealers free for use
in their local papers.
Large glossy photographs show ac-
tual installation of Dampp-Chasers in
various musical instruments. They help
both music dealers and piano techni-
cians to explain graphically what the
device looks like and how it works.
These pictures are also furnished with-
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Established 1869
1 HE Krakauer is the best piano
for "Tone," "Responsiveness" and
"Case Design."
KRAKAUER
BROS.
Retail Warerooms:
25 WEST 57th STREET
Factory:
401 WEST 124th STREET
NEW YORK
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Waller H. Benson. Assistant Salts
Manager of the DeKalb Division of
the Rudolph Wurlitzer Co., became
District Sales Manager for the South-
WALTER BENSON
western territory on April 1st. He suc-
ceeds John McDonald, who resigned
and who has traveled in that territory
for many years.
Mr. Benson has been associated with
the Rudolph Wurlitzer Co. since 1935.
Since joining the Wurlitzer organiza-
tion, he has served in the capacity of
Assistant Sales Manager, working
closely with Hugh Stewart, Vice Presi-
dent and Sales Manager, in coordinat-
ing the selling operations of the
DeKalb Division.
The Southwestern territory to which
Mr. Benson has been assigned, in-
cludes the states of Texas, New Mex-
ico, Louisiana and Mississippi.
Born in DeKalb. 111., he graduated
from the local grade and high schools,
and later attended the Northern Illi-
nois State Teachers College, the Uni-
versity of Illinois, and Northwestern
University. He served as President of
the Elementary School Board, and for
several years was also a member of
the High School Board.
Effective April 1st, Mr. Benson as-
sumed his new duties April 1st with
his temporary headquarters being cen-
tered in Texas.
i | N E of the few pianos now on
the market that is made, owned
and operated by the same family
that created it.
F OUR generations of the Kra-
kauer family have produced the
Krakauer piano—over 75 years
in the same family.
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Walter Benson Now Wurlilzer
Southwestern Representative
USED
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UPRIGHTS
GRANDS
STUDIOS
BRODWIN PIANO CO.
Established 1914
244-246 West 23rd St., N. Y . N. Y.
Tel.: CHelsea 2-4350
THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW, APRIL, 1954