Music Trade Review
Issue: 1954 Vol. 113 N. 8 - Page 27
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Krakauer Bros. Buy Plant
Occupied by Malhushek
Krakauer Bros.. INew York, have
purchased a new factory at 113 East
138th Street.
This daylight factory with light on
three sides had formerly been occu-
pied by the Mathushek Piano Mfg. Co.
and before that by W. P. Haines &
Co. "It's spaciousness and excellent lay-
out will permit Krakauer to put into
effect their expanded production pro-
gram necessitated by their increase in
business as well as their expansion in
the manufacture of Haddorff Pianos",
said President Maurice Bretzfelder.
Sale details were negotiated between
Maurice Krakauer Bretzfelder and C.
Albert Jacob. The building was pur-
chased from the Estate of the late
Charles Hall Jacob which acquired it
from the Mathushek Piano Mfg. Co.
upon the formal dissolution of that
Company many months ago.
During negotiations. Mr. Jacob ad-
vised Mr. Bretzfelder that while he was
engaged in dissolving the Mathushek
Company, he had cause to examine the
original incorporation papers and he
found that one of the incorporators was
a Bretzfelder of New Haven from
whence Maurice Bretzfelder's family
comes. Another incorporator was Mor-
ris Steinert. also a distant relative of
Mr. Bretzfelder's.
Krakauer Bros, will occupy this
plant as soon as they can arrange all
the details of occupancy, and by the
beginning of 1955. it is their intention
to be completely moved into this, their
sixth manufacturing plant since their
inception over eighty-five years ago.
The new factory is at the junction
of a superhighway and two main ave-
nues and is within a block and is eas-
ily seen from the tracks of the New
York Central and New York, New
Haven & Hartford Railway, which car-
ry millions of commuters every year.
According to Mr. Bretzfelder. the ad-
vertising value alone of this location
isn worth tens of thousands of dollars
every year.
Laughead Adopts Cafe AuLait
Finish for Spinet Pianos
Gordon Laughead, Owner and Gen-
eral Manager of Gordon Laughead Pi-
ano Co.. Grand Haven, Mich., has
noted the trend towards the blond and
more exotic finishes for spinet pianos.
Recently a lecture was given upon fin-
ishes for pianos at the meeting of the
National Association of Piano Manu-
facturers in the Hotel Waldorf, New
York. The lecture described a Cafe
AuLait finish, highly desirable and
popular with the decorators. Upon his
return to Grand Haven. Mr. Laughead
consulted the men in charge of the lab-
oratories of Wolverine Finishes and
No other piano offers you
so much...AT
• Meets the present
PRICE demands!
• Meets the musical DE-
MANDS of retail pur-
chasers!
• Valuable territories are
still open . . . Write di-
rect to factory for infor-
mation.
ESTEY
P I A N O
C O R P O R A T I O N
Bluffton -
Ind.
THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW, AUGUST, 1954
ANY PRICE!
KIMBALL PIANOS
Keyboard of the Nation
BEACH
The ESTEY..
• Meets the present con-
ditions!
Grand Rapids U ood Finishing Com-
panies in Grand Rapids, Mich. These
two institutions have developed exotic
and unusual finishes for a high grade
furniture industry centered in the
Grand Rapids area.
These technicians came up with a
Cafe AuLait formula which Mr. Laugh-
head says, "The success of this finish
is astounding".
The Gordon Laughead Company was
established in 1942 by Mr. Laughead
who has been an executive in the piano
industry for almost forty years. The
plant Superintendent for the company
is Alfred Phillips, and the Secretary-
Treasurer is Mrs. Shirley Hardy.
Consulting acoustical engineers in-
clude Oscar Anderson, originally a
native of Sweden and Joseph Klepae.
Gordon Laughead Company has three-
hundred dealers in fortv-five states.
CARILLONETTE CHIMES
TOWER BELL REPRODUCER
Contour' 66 . . . a new concept
a new look in standard full-scale pianos.
Ideal for today's smaller apartments and homes.
Bremen pianos keep in step with the times . . .
in tune with the trends . . . contemporary with
style, qual ty and fashion appeal of America's
finest furniture.
Write for complete information
Bremen Piano Corporation
Manufacturers BrCTTl tH ipintts qrandt
*9200 WEST BELMONT AVE.
•
FRANKLIN PARK, ILL
and the
MINI-CHIMES
"Nothing But a Bell Rings Like a Bell"
SEND FOR CATALOGS
BEACH INSTRUMENT CORP.
165 Oraton St.
EAVER PIANOS
Newark 4, N. J.
have
CAPSTAN DIRECT BLOW ACTIONS
The musicians choice
CORRESPONDENCE INVITED
WEAVER PIANO CO. r INC.
Since 1870
York, Pa.
27
Krakauer Bros. Buy Plant
Occupied by Malhushek
Krakauer Bros.. INew York, have
purchased a new factory at 113 East
138th Street.
This daylight factory with light on
three sides had formerly been occu-
pied by the Mathushek Piano Mfg. Co.
and before that by W. P. Haines &
Co. "It's spaciousness and excellent lay-
out will permit Krakauer to put into
effect their expanded production pro-
gram necessitated by their increase in
business as well as their expansion in
the manufacture of Haddorff Pianos",
said President Maurice Bretzfelder.
Sale details were negotiated between
Maurice Krakauer Bretzfelder and C.
Albert Jacob. The building was pur-
chased from the Estate of the late
Charles Hall Jacob which acquired it
from the Mathushek Piano Mfg. Co.
upon the formal dissolution of that
Company many months ago.
During negotiations. Mr. Jacob ad-
vised Mr. Bretzfelder that while he was
engaged in dissolving the Mathushek
Company, he had cause to examine the
original incorporation papers and he
found that one of the incorporators was
a Bretzfelder of New Haven from
whence Maurice Bretzfelder's family
comes. Another incorporator was Mor-
ris Steinert. also a distant relative of
Mr. Bretzfelder's.
Krakauer Bros, will occupy this
plant as soon as they can arrange all
the details of occupancy, and by the
beginning of 1955. it is their intention
to be completely moved into this, their
sixth manufacturing plant since their
inception over eighty-five years ago.
The new factory is at the junction
of a superhighway and two main ave-
nues and is within a block and is eas-
ily seen from the tracks of the New
York Central and New York, New
Haven & Hartford Railway, which car-
ry millions of commuters every year.
According to Mr. Bretzfelder. the ad-
vertising value alone of this location
isn worth tens of thousands of dollars
every year.
Laughead Adopts Cafe AuLait
Finish for Spinet Pianos
Gordon Laughead, Owner and Gen-
eral Manager of Gordon Laughead Pi-
ano Co.. Grand Haven, Mich., has
noted the trend towards the blond and
more exotic finishes for spinet pianos.
Recently a lecture was given upon fin-
ishes for pianos at the meeting of the
National Association of Piano Manu-
facturers in the Hotel Waldorf, New
York. The lecture described a Cafe
AuLait finish, highly desirable and
popular with the decorators. Upon his
return to Grand Haven. Mr. Laughead
consulted the men in charge of the lab-
oratories of Wolverine Finishes and
No other piano offers you
so much...AT
• Meets the present
PRICE demands!
• Meets the musical DE-
MANDS of retail pur-
chasers!
• Valuable territories are
still open . . . Write di-
rect to factory for infor-
mation.
ESTEY
P I A N O
C O R P O R A T I O N
Bluffton -
Ind.
THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW, AUGUST, 1954
ANY PRICE!
KIMBALL PIANOS
Keyboard of the Nation
BEACH
The ESTEY..
• Meets the present con-
ditions!
Grand Rapids U ood Finishing Com-
panies in Grand Rapids, Mich. These
two institutions have developed exotic
and unusual finishes for a high grade
furniture industry centered in the
Grand Rapids area.
These technicians came up with a
Cafe AuLait formula which Mr. Laugh-
head says, "The success of this finish
is astounding".
The Gordon Laughead Company was
established in 1942 by Mr. Laughead
who has been an executive in the piano
industry for almost forty years. The
plant Superintendent for the company
is Alfred Phillips, and the Secretary-
Treasurer is Mrs. Shirley Hardy.
Consulting acoustical engineers in-
clude Oscar Anderson, originally a
native of Sweden and Joseph Klepae.
Gordon Laughead Company has three-
hundred dealers in fortv-five states.
CARILLONETTE CHIMES
TOWER BELL REPRODUCER
Contour' 66 . . . a new concept
a new look in standard full-scale pianos.
Ideal for today's smaller apartments and homes.
Bremen pianos keep in step with the times . . .
in tune with the trends . . . contemporary with
style, qual ty and fashion appeal of America's
finest furniture.
Write for complete information
Bremen Piano Corporation
Manufacturers BrCTTl tH ipintts qrandt
*9200 WEST BELMONT AVE.
•
FRANKLIN PARK, ILL
and the
MINI-CHIMES
"Nothing But a Bell Rings Like a Bell"
SEND FOR CATALOGS
BEACH INSTRUMENT CORP.
165 Oraton St.
EAVER PIANOS
Newark 4, N. J.
have
CAPSTAN DIRECT BLOW ACTIONS
The musicians choice
CORRESPONDENCE INVITED
WEAVER PIANO CO. r INC.
Since 1870
York, Pa.
27
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