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PRESTO-TIMES
March 24, 1928
MRS. BLACK NAMES
GULBRANSEN PIANO
sentatives at Spokane, has written a very gracious
note of thanks to the Gulbransen Company, Chicago:
"Gentlemen: A mere letter of thanks seems very
inadequate at this time.
"I am surely proud and happy to learn of my good Comparing 1927 with 1926, Imports of Musical Instru-
ments Excepting Pianos Increase in Value.
fortune in having won 'the three-way piano' and I
BRITISH MUSIC GOODS
IMPORTS SHOW INCREASE
Spokane Winner of Honors and Award Pro-
vides Striking Title for New Instrument
and Adds Slogan of Great
Clearness.
An accompanying cut of Mrs. Margaret Woodbine
Black, winner in the contest to name the Gulhransen
Combination Registering and Reproducing Piano,
gives evidence of the intelligence and gift of eloquent
expression.
Mrs. Black's winning name and slogan were as fol-
lows:
The Gulbransen Triano
"The Three Way Piano."
The name, which has the advantage of being a sim-
ple one, is in very close relation to the word "Piano"
and at the same time puts over the thought that there
are three ways of playing it. 1, By hand; 2, through
electric playing of the roll; 3, as a registering piano
played by foot-pedals. When played this way the
roll is propelled electrically and the piano pedals are
used for striking the notes and playing with expres-
sion. As a registering piano the ordinary piano
pedals, not player treadles, are used. The latter fea-
ture adds particularly to the appearance of the instru-
ment.
Mrs. Black is a daughter of Dr. W. F. Kippen, a
Spokane, Wash., physician. She was graduated from
the North Central High School of Spokane in 1918,
after which she attended the University of Idaho at
Moscow and later graduated from the Cheney Nor-
MRS. MARGAliET WOODBINE BLACK.
mal School of Cheney, Washington. She taught
school prior to her marriage to Mr. Black, who is in wish to thank you for having made possible my
the commisary department of the Potlatch Lumber chance to win such a wonderful prize.
"Gratefully yours,
Co. Mrs. Black is a very modest and retiring wo-
"(MRS.) MARGARET BLACK."
man. Her letter suggesting the name and slogan was
The judges in the contest were C. J. Levin, of the
brief and to the point and showed a very keen adver-
Kranz-Smith-Hammann-Levin Co., Baltimore; Henry
tising sense.
Mrs. Black, who became interested in naming the D. Sulver, of Vanderhoof & Co., advertising agents
new Gulbransen instrument through a newspaper an- of Chicago, and A. 11. Boettcher, patent attorney of
nouncement of Tull & Gibbs. the Gulbransen repre- Chicago.
WESSELL, NICKEL & GROSS
Manufacturers of
According to Alfred Nutting, at the American Con-
sulate General, London, British imports of musical
instruments and parts, with the exception of pianos,
increased in value for 1927 compared with 1926, but
were far below the value for 1925. The effect of the
import duty, which was reimposed on July 1, 1925,
has been most marked in pianos. Whereas 16,688
pianos were imported in 1925, the number dropped to
3,027 in 1927. Organs similarly declined from 616 to
343 and "All other musical instruments" from 420,805
to 265,953. The value of parts and accessories de-
creased from £692,551 to £429,215.
Practically all of the instruments purchased abroad
were for use in the United Kingdom, not for re-
export.
There was an increase, judged by aggregate value,
in British exports of musical instruments in 1927, when
contrasted with either 1925 or 1926. However, the
number of organs and pianos exported decreased.
Exports of miscellaneous musical instruments showed
a considerable increase, as did the value of parts and
accessories. The major proportion of British exports
of musical instruments goes to British overseas
possessions.
STOCKHOLDERS' PRIVILEGE.
Preferential rights to subscribe to the new securi-
ties will be given to stockholders of the Welte Co ,
Inc., and the Estey-Welte Corporation. The new
corporation will start in business without a dollar
of floated indebtedness, and will be headed by a group
of men who for over a quarter of a century have
been closely identified with the du Pont industries.
The financial end will be under the supervision of
W. J. W r ebster, chairman of the board of the Atlas
Powder Company. The manufacturing end will be
under the supervision of W. E. Fletcher, who has
been with the du Pont interests for twenty-four years.
The sales will be managed by Robert T. Lytle,
who for 36 years has been associated with du Pont
and other industries.
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