Presto
Issue: 1920 1793 - Page 7
December A, 1920.
MEMORIAL FOR
JAS. F. BRODERICK
At Kimball Meeting Wednesday Late Piano
Manufacturer Characterized by Associates
for His Geniality, Helpfulness, Perse-
verance and Ruggedness.
The Piano Club of
Chicago held a me-
morial service in hon-
or of the life and
services of the late
James F. Broderick
on Wednesday at
4:30 p. m. in Kimball
Hall, Wabash avenue
and Jackson boule-
vard, Chicago. Mr.
Broderick had been
traveler and salesman,
but he was best re-
membered as presi-
dent of the Straube
Piano Company, of
Chicago and Ham-
mond, and as founder
and president a n d
toastmaster of the
Piano Club of Chi-
cago.
Many of the leaders of the Chicago piano trade
attended, and Mrs. Broderick, the widow, was
present by special invitation. The meeting opened
with an improvisation on the Kimball organ, which
was perfectly played by Francis S. Moore, organist
at the First Presbyterian Church and piano salesman
at the Cable Piano Company's warerooms.
M. J. Kennedy, president of the club, gave the
purposes of the meeting in a few introductory re-
marks, in which he said: "We have assembled to
pay our last respects to one of the most beloved
members of the trade; so much so that he was
familiarly known to most of us as Jim."
Many Telegrams.
Adam Schneider read a telegram to the meeting
from F. C. Billings of Milwaukee. There were tele-
grams of sympathy from Ferdinand and Arthur
Wessell, of New York, to Mrs. Broderick; from
F. D. Abbott, of Presto; one from George P. Bent
just as he was about to sail for his trip around
the world. Another from Albert Behning, of New
York, secretary of the National Piano Travelers'
Association, saying, "Mr. Broderick was a great
help to us all." A telegram came also from C. L.
Dennis, of New York, saying that Mr. Broderick
had won his respect and admiration for his kindly
spirit.
Frank D. Abbott said his acquaintance with Mr.
Broderick dated back to 1888 at the time he moved
from Des Moines to Chicago. He always proved
to be a reliable source of information for many a
piece of news and he was a careful reader of the
trade papers.
He Showed Good Cheer.
E. B. Bartlett said Mr. Broderick was a man of
infinite courage, indomitable perseverance and ab-
solute honesty. What greater qualities could a man
have? He was frank and free-hearted. It would be
unfair to say that he always agreed with one; but
it is always well to know where a man stands. The
last years of his life were perhaps clouded by his
sickness. We should keep in mind what he has
been to us for so many years that he has been
with us; with his many qualities that endeared him
to us, we can hold him in our memories—and that
will help us while time lasts. For he showered
about us some of the sunshine and cheer which we
all felt when he was with us.
James F. Bowers, president of Lyon & Healy,
said James F. Broderick was a kindly spirit. The
world is better for his having lived; the community
has lost a splendid life and valued citizen. It is
with difficulty I find myself able to express my feel-
ings—difficult to do so with a clear eye and a steady
voice. Jim is at rest. May the good God grant
him eternal peace.
In similar terms of praise Mr. Broderick was
spoken of by Eugene Whelan and others.
Mrs. Margaret King sang "Nearer My God to
Thee" and other songs. One of the selections for
the organ was Chopin's Funeral March, played by
Frances S. Moore. The following memorial was
adopted:
James Francis Broderick, splendid American gen-
tleman, fine citizen, good friend, loving husband and
father, is no more. Not yet crowned with the
Psalmist's three score and ten, he leaves us to
mourn 1 his untimely passing, leaves an aching void
in our hearts too difficult to fill. His fine manly
bearing, his kindness and helpfulness to the less for-
PRESTO
tunate and struggling, stamped him as a man of un-
common worth. Our trade has truly lost a shining
light and our community a valued life. He was a
lover of his calling and of the men. who composed
it, a lover and ardent supporter of music at its best.
He was a strong believer in Associations of our
trade, local and national, and invariably gave the
best that was in him to their support. He was the
father and founder of the Piano Club of Chicago,
an organization that will stand as a monument to
his memory. It is therefore an act of love and an
act of duty that we set down in our minutes, our tes-
timony to the great loss that has come upon us, and
that we tender to his mourning family and business
associates this evidence of our sympathy in their
great bereavement, and that a cop]/ of this minute
be sent tc them as a small consolation in their hour
of affliction, and may He who notes the sparrow's
fall comfort and console them.
JAMES F. BOWERS, Chairman.
EDGAR C. SMITH,
WILLIAM H. COLLINS,
ROY WAITE,
FRANCIS MOORE.
The committee appointed by Adam Schneider,
president of the Chicago Piano & Organ Associa-
tion, to prepare and present this minute as the joint
expression of the Piano Club of Chicago, and the
music trade of Chicago in general.
WAREROOM WARBLES
(A New One Every Week.)
By The Presto Poick.
WE SELLTHE]
•Ov
ELZYWAY
PIANO
J. C. FREEMAN GOES TO THE
RUDOLPH WURLITZER CO.
Noted Violin Expert Ends Thirty-One Years' Asso-
ciation with Lyon & Healy.
J. C. Freeman, who has been with Lyon & Healy,
Chicago, for thirty-one years, has joined the Ru-
dolph Wurlitzer Company, where he will have
charge of all the small goods departments in the
Wurlitzer stores-
Mr. Freeman has been in charge of the small
goods' retail department of Lyon & Healy since
1904, managing also the wholesale business of small
instruments after 1911. In 1910 he established the
Lyon & Healy export department, and to him is
attributed no small share of the high musical stand-
ing which has been built up around Lyon & Healy's
harps. In 1917 Mr. Freeman organized the auto-
matic instrument department for Lyon & Healy on
important and aggressive lines.
Mr. Freeman's standing as an old violin expert
is well understood in the music trade. He has been
active in arranging deals for historic violins where
the prices were fabulously high. In associating
himself with the Rudolph Wurlitzer Company, with
headquarters in New York, he feels that in collabora-
tion with Rudolph H. Wurlitzer, himself a recog-
nized connoisseur of violins, the development of the
old violin business will have its greatest possibilities.
CHICAGO PIANO & ORGAN
ASSOCIATION HOLDS ELECTION
Frank E. Morton Is Chosen President of Trade
Organization of City.
The Chicago Piano & Organ Association held its
annual meeting on Wednesday at the Illinois Ath-
letic Club in connection with the noonday luncheon.
The following who were recommended by the
nominating committee were elected: Frank E.
Morton, of the American Steel & Wire Company,
president; Eugene Whelan, of the W. W. Kimball
Co., first vice-president; W. E. Guylee, of The Cable
Company, second vice-president; Adam Schneider,
of Julius Bauer & Co., treasurer; James T. Bristol,
of Price & Teeple Piano Co., secretary. Mr. Guylee
is a new officer in the association.
AMPICO IN CONCERT.
In Carnegie Hall, New York, Monday evening,
Dec. 6, Kerekjarto, the violinist, will give a con-
cert at which there will be featured two groups of
pieces by the Ampiro, reproducing the playing of
Rachmaninoff and Levitzki. In addition to this the
Ampico will be featured in the accompaniment of
two of Mr. Kerekjarto's pieces, the accompaniments
having been played by Mr. Kerekjarto himself..
The program will be one of unusual brilliancy and
to piano people the appearance of the Ampico will
add special interest.
CHARLES B. WILLEY DEAD.
Charles B. WUley, well known lumberman, son
of the late Cameron L. Willey, widely known among
piano men, died of heart disease early this week
while on a hunting trip at Millstone Camp, Liver-
pool, 111. Mr. Willey was born in Bellevue, Pa.,
'but lived the greater portion of his life in Chicago.
He was 37 years old and was president of the C. L.
Willey Company, which has supplied many piano
industries with veneers.
A COG IN THE WHEEL.
I'm the first there in the morning, and I come with-
out a warning
To the others who will soon come straggling in,
And I settle down to toiling, whether cold or almost
boiling,
While the others never hurry to begin;
When the day is fast advancing and the others start
to prancing,
In their eagerness to do the mid-day shirk,
Then it is I often wonder, how in name of all the
thunder,
I'm the only thing that seems to want to work.
I am always here to do it and I never can get
through it,
And I'm very sure I do not care to kick,
For I love the busy bustle of the day that's filled
with hustle,
And I never find things piling up too thick;
All the time I keep on chaffing, with a grin that
looks like laughing,
Even when my heart is filled with blank despair.
And I talk quite optimistic when in fact 'tis very
mystic
Whether things will turn out darkly or be fair.
If I'm weary I don't show it, for I don't want folks
to know it,
And I want them all to think I roll in wealth;
Should I feel that I am ailing and my strength seems
to be failing
I just swell my chest and boast of my good health;
I can only say I'm happy in a way that seems quite
snappy,
Even though I know that things are rank with ills,
But there's nothing strange about it, and I know
you will not doubt it
When I say that I'm the man who pays the bills.
CHRISTMAS CLUB SUCCESS.
The Baker Music House, Inc. (The Little Store
with the Big Business), Albany, N. Y., reports a
gratifying success with a Christmas piano club. The
firm explains this week in the newspapers: "These
clubs provide the opportunity to give your family
gifts that keep the Christmas spirit throughout the
years to come. A never failing happy home maker.
Come in tomorrow and join the club and select your
piano or playerpiano.
PIANO MEN TO DINE.
The annual beafsteak dinner of the Piano. Club of
New York will be held at the club rooms, 137th
street and Third avenue. New York, this evening
(December 4) at 7 o'clock. The entertainment com-
mittee is composed of Albert Behning, chairman,
George Holz, Max de Rochemont, George W. Git-
tins, Herman Roemer and Otto M. Heinzman.
CARL BRONSON AS CRITIC.
Los Angeles, Calif., is one of the real music cen-
ters. The Evening Herald, of that city, has a mu-
sical critic worthy of the name. He is Carl Brpn-
son, who, for many years, was conspicuous in the
retail department of The Cable Company in Chicago.
Mr. Bronson is as reliable in his critical work as he
was as a piano salesman, and hundreds who bought
upon his judgment know what that means.
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Additional enhancement, optimization, and distribution by the International Arcade Museum. An extensive collection of Presto can be found online at http://www.arcade-museum.com/library/
MEMORIAL FOR
JAS. F. BRODERICK
At Kimball Meeting Wednesday Late Piano
Manufacturer Characterized by Associates
for His Geniality, Helpfulness, Perse-
verance and Ruggedness.
The Piano Club of
Chicago held a me-
morial service in hon-
or of the life and
services of the late
James F. Broderick
on Wednesday at
4:30 p. m. in Kimball
Hall, Wabash avenue
and Jackson boule-
vard, Chicago. Mr.
Broderick had been
traveler and salesman,
but he was best re-
membered as presi-
dent of the Straube
Piano Company, of
Chicago and Ham-
mond, and as founder
and president a n d
toastmaster of the
Piano Club of Chi-
cago.
Many of the leaders of the Chicago piano trade
attended, and Mrs. Broderick, the widow, was
present by special invitation. The meeting opened
with an improvisation on the Kimball organ, which
was perfectly played by Francis S. Moore, organist
at the First Presbyterian Church and piano salesman
at the Cable Piano Company's warerooms.
M. J. Kennedy, president of the club, gave the
purposes of the meeting in a few introductory re-
marks, in which he said: "We have assembled to
pay our last respects to one of the most beloved
members of the trade; so much so that he was
familiarly known to most of us as Jim."
Many Telegrams.
Adam Schneider read a telegram to the meeting
from F. C. Billings of Milwaukee. There were tele-
grams of sympathy from Ferdinand and Arthur
Wessell, of New York, to Mrs. Broderick; from
F. D. Abbott, of Presto; one from George P. Bent
just as he was about to sail for his trip around
the world. Another from Albert Behning, of New
York, secretary of the National Piano Travelers'
Association, saying, "Mr. Broderick was a great
help to us all." A telegram came also from C. L.
Dennis, of New York, saying that Mr. Broderick
had won his respect and admiration for his kindly
spirit.
Frank D. Abbott said his acquaintance with Mr.
Broderick dated back to 1888 at the time he moved
from Des Moines to Chicago. He always proved
to be a reliable source of information for many a
piece of news and he was a careful reader of the
trade papers.
He Showed Good Cheer.
E. B. Bartlett said Mr. Broderick was a man of
infinite courage, indomitable perseverance and ab-
solute honesty. What greater qualities could a man
have? He was frank and free-hearted. It would be
unfair to say that he always agreed with one; but
it is always well to know where a man stands. The
last years of his life were perhaps clouded by his
sickness. We should keep in mind what he has
been to us for so many years that he has been
with us; with his many qualities that endeared him
to us, we can hold him in our memories—and that
will help us while time lasts. For he showered
about us some of the sunshine and cheer which we
all felt when he was with us.
James F. Bowers, president of Lyon & Healy,
said James F. Broderick was a kindly spirit. The
world is better for his having lived; the community
has lost a splendid life and valued citizen. It is
with difficulty I find myself able to express my feel-
ings—difficult to do so with a clear eye and a steady
voice. Jim is at rest. May the good God grant
him eternal peace.
In similar terms of praise Mr. Broderick was
spoken of by Eugene Whelan and others.
Mrs. Margaret King sang "Nearer My God to
Thee" and other songs. One of the selections for
the organ was Chopin's Funeral March, played by
Frances S. Moore. The following memorial was
adopted:
James Francis Broderick, splendid American gen-
tleman, fine citizen, good friend, loving husband and
father, is no more. Not yet crowned with the
Psalmist's three score and ten, he leaves us to
mourn 1 his untimely passing, leaves an aching void
in our hearts too difficult to fill. His fine manly
bearing, his kindness and helpfulness to the less for-
PRESTO
tunate and struggling, stamped him as a man of un-
common worth. Our trade has truly lost a shining
light and our community a valued life. He was a
lover of his calling and of the men. who composed
it, a lover and ardent supporter of music at its best.
He was a strong believer in Associations of our
trade, local and national, and invariably gave the
best that was in him to their support. He was the
father and founder of the Piano Club of Chicago,
an organization that will stand as a monument to
his memory. It is therefore an act of love and an
act of duty that we set down in our minutes, our tes-
timony to the great loss that has come upon us, and
that we tender to his mourning family and business
associates this evidence of our sympathy in their
great bereavement, and that a cop]/ of this minute
be sent tc them as a small consolation in their hour
of affliction, and may He who notes the sparrow's
fall comfort and console them.
JAMES F. BOWERS, Chairman.
EDGAR C. SMITH,
WILLIAM H. COLLINS,
ROY WAITE,
FRANCIS MOORE.
The committee appointed by Adam Schneider,
president of the Chicago Piano & Organ Associa-
tion, to prepare and present this minute as the joint
expression of the Piano Club of Chicago, and the
music trade of Chicago in general.
WAREROOM WARBLES
(A New One Every Week.)
By The Presto Poick.
WE SELLTHE]
•Ov
ELZYWAY
PIANO
J. C. FREEMAN GOES TO THE
RUDOLPH WURLITZER CO.
Noted Violin Expert Ends Thirty-One Years' Asso-
ciation with Lyon & Healy.
J. C. Freeman, who has been with Lyon & Healy,
Chicago, for thirty-one years, has joined the Ru-
dolph Wurlitzer Company, where he will have
charge of all the small goods departments in the
Wurlitzer stores-
Mr. Freeman has been in charge of the small
goods' retail department of Lyon & Healy since
1904, managing also the wholesale business of small
instruments after 1911. In 1910 he established the
Lyon & Healy export department, and to him is
attributed no small share of the high musical stand-
ing which has been built up around Lyon & Healy's
harps. In 1917 Mr. Freeman organized the auto-
matic instrument department for Lyon & Healy on
important and aggressive lines.
Mr. Freeman's standing as an old violin expert
is well understood in the music trade. He has been
active in arranging deals for historic violins where
the prices were fabulously high. In associating
himself with the Rudolph Wurlitzer Company, with
headquarters in New York, he feels that in collabora-
tion with Rudolph H. Wurlitzer, himself a recog-
nized connoisseur of violins, the development of the
old violin business will have its greatest possibilities.
CHICAGO PIANO & ORGAN
ASSOCIATION HOLDS ELECTION
Frank E. Morton Is Chosen President of Trade
Organization of City.
The Chicago Piano & Organ Association held its
annual meeting on Wednesday at the Illinois Ath-
letic Club in connection with the noonday luncheon.
The following who were recommended by the
nominating committee were elected: Frank E.
Morton, of the American Steel & Wire Company,
president; Eugene Whelan, of the W. W. Kimball
Co., first vice-president; W. E. Guylee, of The Cable
Company, second vice-president; Adam Schneider,
of Julius Bauer & Co., treasurer; James T. Bristol,
of Price & Teeple Piano Co., secretary. Mr. Guylee
is a new officer in the association.
AMPICO IN CONCERT.
In Carnegie Hall, New York, Monday evening,
Dec. 6, Kerekjarto, the violinist, will give a con-
cert at which there will be featured two groups of
pieces by the Ampiro, reproducing the playing of
Rachmaninoff and Levitzki. In addition to this the
Ampico will be featured in the accompaniment of
two of Mr. Kerekjarto's pieces, the accompaniments
having been played by Mr. Kerekjarto himself..
The program will be one of unusual brilliancy and
to piano people the appearance of the Ampico will
add special interest.
CHARLES B. WILLEY DEAD.
Charles B. WUley, well known lumberman, son
of the late Cameron L. Willey, widely known among
piano men, died of heart disease early this week
while on a hunting trip at Millstone Camp, Liver-
pool, 111. Mr. Willey was born in Bellevue, Pa.,
'but lived the greater portion of his life in Chicago.
He was 37 years old and was president of the C. L.
Willey Company, which has supplied many piano
industries with veneers.
A COG IN THE WHEEL.
I'm the first there in the morning, and I come with-
out a warning
To the others who will soon come straggling in,
And I settle down to toiling, whether cold or almost
boiling,
While the others never hurry to begin;
When the day is fast advancing and the others start
to prancing,
In their eagerness to do the mid-day shirk,
Then it is I often wonder, how in name of all the
thunder,
I'm the only thing that seems to want to work.
I am always here to do it and I never can get
through it,
And I'm very sure I do not care to kick,
For I love the busy bustle of the day that's filled
with hustle,
And I never find things piling up too thick;
All the time I keep on chaffing, with a grin that
looks like laughing,
Even when my heart is filled with blank despair.
And I talk quite optimistic when in fact 'tis very
mystic
Whether things will turn out darkly or be fair.
If I'm weary I don't show it, for I don't want folks
to know it,
And I want them all to think I roll in wealth;
Should I feel that I am ailing and my strength seems
to be failing
I just swell my chest and boast of my good health;
I can only say I'm happy in a way that seems quite
snappy,
Even though I know that things are rank with ills,
But there's nothing strange about it, and I know
you will not doubt it
When I say that I'm the man who pays the bills.
CHRISTMAS CLUB SUCCESS.
The Baker Music House, Inc. (The Little Store
with the Big Business), Albany, N. Y., reports a
gratifying success with a Christmas piano club. The
firm explains this week in the newspapers: "These
clubs provide the opportunity to give your family
gifts that keep the Christmas spirit throughout the
years to come. A never failing happy home maker.
Come in tomorrow and join the club and select your
piano or playerpiano.
PIANO MEN TO DINE.
The annual beafsteak dinner of the Piano. Club of
New York will be held at the club rooms, 137th
street and Third avenue. New York, this evening
(December 4) at 7 o'clock. The entertainment com-
mittee is composed of Albert Behning, chairman,
George Holz, Max de Rochemont, George W. Git-
tins, Herman Roemer and Otto M. Heinzman.
CARL BRONSON AS CRITIC.
Los Angeles, Calif., is one of the real music cen-
ters. The Evening Herald, of that city, has a mu-
sical critic worthy of the name. He is Carl Brpn-
son, who, for many years, was conspicuous in the
retail department of The Cable Company in Chicago.
Mr. Bronson is as reliable in his critical work as he
was as a piano salesman, and hundreds who bought
upon his judgment know what that means.
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All Rights Reserved. Digitized from the archives of the MBSI with support from NAMM - The International Music Products Association (www.namm.org).
Additional enhancement, optimization, and distribution by the International Arcade Museum. An extensive collection of Presto can be found online at http://www.arcade-museum.com/library/
Future scanning projects are planned by the International Arcade Museum Library (IAML).