Presto
Issue: 1928 2176 - Page 6
April 14, 1928
PRESTO-TIMES
vice-president and manager of the piano department
Fitzgerald Music Co.
Motion Pictures—Win. H. Richardson, president
Richardson's, Inc.
Nation Days—Geo. B. Epstein, vice-president Platt
Music Co.
Number of Entrants in the Event This Year
Bands and Orchestras—W. Scott Williamson, Jr.,
secretary and manager band and orchestra instru-
Considerably Greater Than That of 1927
ments Southern California Music Co.
and Enthusiasm Grows.
Preview and Convention—H. L. Nolder, secretary
Several things point to the success of Chicago's and treasurer The Starr Piano Co.
Hotel Reservations—K. W. Curtis.
Second Annual Children's Piano Playing Tourna-
Program Arrangements—Charleston Dow, general
ment this year. The number of entrants is consider-
ably beyond the expectations of even the committee manager Fitzgerald Music Co.
Decorations—Don C. Preston, president Don C
in charge and in view of the lesser number of chil-
dren registered for piano instruction in the schools Preston, Inc.
Floor—G. II. Barnes, president Barnes Music Co.
and conservatories this year it is all the more re-
Reception—E. Palmer Tucker, vice-president Wiley
markable.
To give an idea of the wide interest being shown B. Allen Co.
Finance—I.. E. Fontron, secretary-treasurer Martin
it was stated recently that the youngest child to
enter this year's contest was a little girl about three Music Co.
Ticket Sales—F. L. Grannis, vice-president Southern
and one-half years of age, a student of the Curtis
California Music Co.
System of group instruction.
Piano Playing Contests—E. H. Uhl, president
The Chicago Herald and Examiner, which is spon-
soring the tournament, is using display advertise- Southern California Music Co.
Official Program—Wallace M. Byam, editor West-
ments ranging from small size to full page and every
day in the week a reading notice is given and in con- ern Music Radio Trade Journal.
nection with it the entry blank is reproduced.
The matter of prizes is an important one. In this
year's tournament five hundred silver, gold and dia-
mond medals will be distributed in addition to the
cash prizes. Silver medals are to be given to win-
ners of all preliminary tests, while gold medals will
go to district test winners. The winners of the semi-
finals will be presented with diamond medals and will Ernest Leins, President of the E. Leins Piano
then become eligible for the grand finals. Gold
Co., Inc., Recalls Good Depew
certificates will be given to EVERY child entering
Story on Chicago.
the tournament.
The radio this year is being employed to aid in
The news of the death of Chauncey Depew last
preparing the children. Daily instruction is going out week reminded older members of the piano trade and
every day from Station W E B H by Miss Vi Bradley, industry of the occasion on which Mr. Depew ad-
studio pianist, who plays one of the various selections dressed piano men at a dinner at the Waldorf Hotel,
of Bach required to be played in the tournament by
New York, away back in 1893. In recalling the
the contestants.
event, Ernest Leins, president of the Leins Piano Co.,
Inc., said:
The aid of the Conservatory heads has been enlisted
nearly 100 per cent. In one of the larger display
"How well I remember the witty address Mr.
advertisements run recently by the Herald and Exam- Depew delivered to the piano manufacturers assem-
iner, Esther Harris, president of the Chicago College bled at a dinner at the Waldorf Hotel, 33rd street
of Music was shown with several of her pupils. She and Fifth avenue, and how he made us all laugh at
has agreed to enter more than one hundred and fifty our own expense. On that occasion he gave the piano
in the tournament. Also the contest this year has men quite a laudation, and said we were 'ever watch-
the backing of Mrs. Edward J. Tyler, president of
ful for a victim.' This w T as a meeting of the piano
the Illinois Federation of Women's Clubs and she is manufacturers in the winter of 1893. 1 think William
enlisting the cooperation of that organization's seven Steinway presided. The editor of the Brooklyn Eagle
thousand members.
was present, as was also J. Seager Page, head of a
The preliminary tests begin April 21 and also prep- varnish company, and Frank M. Murphy, head of the
arations are being made at this time for locations, etc. Murphy Varnish Co., afterwards governor of New
The retail piano warerooms are being used wherever Jersey. The Brooklyn Eagie editor and Mr. Murphy
possible. Chicago is particularly fortunate in having are both dead.
such an able crew of workers and the experience
''Mr. Depew told a story on Chicago at that dinner.
gained in last year's tournament has been invaluable A Chicago man died and was being shown through
to them in conducting this second tournament.
the new world to which he had gone. He kept ex-
claiming to his guide: 'Beautiful! How much like
Chicago! I never knew before that heaven was pat-
terned after Chicago!'
"'Heaven isn't patterned after Chicago!' said the
guide, with an impish laugh. 'Man, you're not in
heaven; you're in hell!'"
SUCCESSFUL TOURNAMENT
ASSURED IN CHICAGO
A Message
to
Piano
Manufacturers
WHEN CHAUNCEY DEPEW
TALKED TO PIANO MEN
COMPLETE PLANS FOR
LOS ANGELES PAGEANT
Energetic Character of Committee Chairmen
Appointed Is Guarantee of Thorough-
ness in Carrying Out the
Ambitious Schemes.
During the last few weeks the committees in charge
of the International Pageant of Music and Exposition,
and the annual convention of the Western Music
Trades' Association in Los Angeles have been com-
pleted. All committeemen are members of either
the Western Music Trades' Association or Music
Trades' Association of Southern California. Dates
for the pageant and exposition are June 18 to 30, in
the Ambassador Auditorium, while the convention will
be held June 26, 27 and 28 in the Ambassador Hotel,
alongside the Auditorium. Chairmen and sub-chair-
men of the different committees are as follows:
BALDWIN WELTE=MIGN0N
HELPS ACTOR IN PLAY
Instrument Used by Richard Bird,, Leading Man in
"March Hare" Saves Occasion.
It has just been discovered that a Baldwin Welte-
Mignon (Licensee) was used in the recent very suc-
cessful revival of "March Hare" in a manner that is
worthy of more than passing notice. It seems in the
story of the play that the leading man, a part which
in this revival is portrayed by Richard Bird, must
not only be an actor of note but also a piano per-
former of unusual merit.
While no one will deny the quality of Mr. Bird's
performance, even his intimate friends looked aghast
PAGEANT OF MUSIC COMMITTEES.
at tliep rbblem that confronted him, of giving the
(Chairmen appoint own committee members.)
performance of a finished pianist in certain selections
General Chairman—Win. H. Richardson, president of music that had a very definite bearing on the plot
Richardson's, Tnc. and president Western Music of the play as it unfolded.
Trades Association of Southern California.
It was in this dilemma that Mr. Bird visited the
Sales Exhibit Space—E. 11. Uhl, president Southern
California Music Co., and president Western Music Baldwin store in New York City and later the re-
cording offices of the Welte-Mignon (Licensee) music
Trades Association.
records, where it was arranged that a Baldwin Welte-
Managing Director—-Waldo T. Tupper.
Mignon (Licensee) piano would be used in the per-
Secretary—A. G. Farquharson.
formance
to complete the talents of Mr. Bird and
Publicity—J. W. Boothe, general manager of the make it possible
for him to perform like a finished
music department Barker Bros.
pianist.
Advertising—Ben Platt, president Platt Music Co.
Civic and State Relations—E. A. Geissler, vice-
president and general manager Birkel Music Co.
Baldwin Piano Co. has been opened at 52 South
Music Clubs, Organizations, Etc.—J. E. Yuncker, Main street, Janesville, Wis. J. C. Taylor is manager.
it seem logical that
D OESN'T
an organization which has
specialized in the manufacture of
Piano Benches—and nothing else
—for more than half a century;
an organization in which every
one t h i n k s P i a n o B e n c h e s —
TONKBENCHES — and nothing
else—an organization which has
increased its volume, year after
year, in the face of increased com-
petition, should be able to make
Piano Benches as well, perhaps
better and certainly at a lower
cost—everything considered—than
you can?
The fact is, a good many Piano
Manufacturers know we can.
Suggestion:
Write us today. Send us de"
tailed specifications on any benches
you are now manufacturing.
Give us complete details.
Set a price for us to shoot at
and the chances are we'll surprise
you.
Man
nng
Company
1912 Lewis Si.
CHICAGO
Pacific Coast Factory
4627 E. 50th St., Los Angeles, California
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PRESTO-TIMES
vice-president and manager of the piano department
Fitzgerald Music Co.
Motion Pictures—Win. H. Richardson, president
Richardson's, Inc.
Nation Days—Geo. B. Epstein, vice-president Platt
Music Co.
Number of Entrants in the Event This Year
Bands and Orchestras—W. Scott Williamson, Jr.,
secretary and manager band and orchestra instru-
Considerably Greater Than That of 1927
ments Southern California Music Co.
and Enthusiasm Grows.
Preview and Convention—H. L. Nolder, secretary
Several things point to the success of Chicago's and treasurer The Starr Piano Co.
Hotel Reservations—K. W. Curtis.
Second Annual Children's Piano Playing Tourna-
Program Arrangements—Charleston Dow, general
ment this year. The number of entrants is consider-
ably beyond the expectations of even the committee manager Fitzgerald Music Co.
Decorations—Don C. Preston, president Don C
in charge and in view of the lesser number of chil-
dren registered for piano instruction in the schools Preston, Inc.
Floor—G. II. Barnes, president Barnes Music Co.
and conservatories this year it is all the more re-
Reception—E. Palmer Tucker, vice-president Wiley
markable.
To give an idea of the wide interest being shown B. Allen Co.
Finance—I.. E. Fontron, secretary-treasurer Martin
it was stated recently that the youngest child to
enter this year's contest was a little girl about three Music Co.
Ticket Sales—F. L. Grannis, vice-president Southern
and one-half years of age, a student of the Curtis
California Music Co.
System of group instruction.
Piano Playing Contests—E. H. Uhl, president
The Chicago Herald and Examiner, which is spon-
soring the tournament, is using display advertise- Southern California Music Co.
Official Program—Wallace M. Byam, editor West-
ments ranging from small size to full page and every
day in the week a reading notice is given and in con- ern Music Radio Trade Journal.
nection with it the entry blank is reproduced.
The matter of prizes is an important one. In this
year's tournament five hundred silver, gold and dia-
mond medals will be distributed in addition to the
cash prizes. Silver medals are to be given to win-
ners of all preliminary tests, while gold medals will
go to district test winners. The winners of the semi-
finals will be presented with diamond medals and will Ernest Leins, President of the E. Leins Piano
then become eligible for the grand finals. Gold
Co., Inc., Recalls Good Depew
certificates will be given to EVERY child entering
Story on Chicago.
the tournament.
The radio this year is being employed to aid in
The news of the death of Chauncey Depew last
preparing the children. Daily instruction is going out week reminded older members of the piano trade and
every day from Station W E B H by Miss Vi Bradley, industry of the occasion on which Mr. Depew ad-
studio pianist, who plays one of the various selections dressed piano men at a dinner at the Waldorf Hotel,
of Bach required to be played in the tournament by
New York, away back in 1893. In recalling the
the contestants.
event, Ernest Leins, president of the Leins Piano Co.,
Inc., said:
The aid of the Conservatory heads has been enlisted
nearly 100 per cent. In one of the larger display
"How well I remember the witty address Mr.
advertisements run recently by the Herald and Exam- Depew delivered to the piano manufacturers assem-
iner, Esther Harris, president of the Chicago College bled at a dinner at the Waldorf Hotel, 33rd street
of Music was shown with several of her pupils. She and Fifth avenue, and how he made us all laugh at
has agreed to enter more than one hundred and fifty our own expense. On that occasion he gave the piano
in the tournament. Also the contest this year has men quite a laudation, and said we were 'ever watch-
the backing of Mrs. Edward J. Tyler, president of
ful for a victim.' This w T as a meeting of the piano
the Illinois Federation of Women's Clubs and she is manufacturers in the winter of 1893. 1 think William
enlisting the cooperation of that organization's seven Steinway presided. The editor of the Brooklyn Eagle
thousand members.
was present, as was also J. Seager Page, head of a
The preliminary tests begin April 21 and also prep- varnish company, and Frank M. Murphy, head of the
arations are being made at this time for locations, etc. Murphy Varnish Co., afterwards governor of New
The retail piano warerooms are being used wherever Jersey. The Brooklyn Eagie editor and Mr. Murphy
possible. Chicago is particularly fortunate in having are both dead.
such an able crew of workers and the experience
''Mr. Depew told a story on Chicago at that dinner.
gained in last year's tournament has been invaluable A Chicago man died and was being shown through
to them in conducting this second tournament.
the new world to which he had gone. He kept ex-
claiming to his guide: 'Beautiful! How much like
Chicago! I never knew before that heaven was pat-
terned after Chicago!'
"'Heaven isn't patterned after Chicago!' said the
guide, with an impish laugh. 'Man, you're not in
heaven; you're in hell!'"
SUCCESSFUL TOURNAMENT
ASSURED IN CHICAGO
A Message
to
Piano
Manufacturers
WHEN CHAUNCEY DEPEW
TALKED TO PIANO MEN
COMPLETE PLANS FOR
LOS ANGELES PAGEANT
Energetic Character of Committee Chairmen
Appointed Is Guarantee of Thorough-
ness in Carrying Out the
Ambitious Schemes.
During the last few weeks the committees in charge
of the International Pageant of Music and Exposition,
and the annual convention of the Western Music
Trades' Association in Los Angeles have been com-
pleted. All committeemen are members of either
the Western Music Trades' Association or Music
Trades' Association of Southern California. Dates
for the pageant and exposition are June 18 to 30, in
the Ambassador Auditorium, while the convention will
be held June 26, 27 and 28 in the Ambassador Hotel,
alongside the Auditorium. Chairmen and sub-chair-
men of the different committees are as follows:
BALDWIN WELTE=MIGN0N
HELPS ACTOR IN PLAY
Instrument Used by Richard Bird,, Leading Man in
"March Hare" Saves Occasion.
It has just been discovered that a Baldwin Welte-
Mignon (Licensee) was used in the recent very suc-
cessful revival of "March Hare" in a manner that is
worthy of more than passing notice. It seems in the
story of the play that the leading man, a part which
in this revival is portrayed by Richard Bird, must
not only be an actor of note but also a piano per-
former of unusual merit.
While no one will deny the quality of Mr. Bird's
performance, even his intimate friends looked aghast
PAGEANT OF MUSIC COMMITTEES.
at tliep rbblem that confronted him, of giving the
(Chairmen appoint own committee members.)
performance of a finished pianist in certain selections
General Chairman—Win. H. Richardson, president of music that had a very definite bearing on the plot
Richardson's, Tnc. and president Western Music of the play as it unfolded.
Trades Association of Southern California.
It was in this dilemma that Mr. Bird visited the
Sales Exhibit Space—E. 11. Uhl, president Southern
California Music Co., and president Western Music Baldwin store in New York City and later the re-
cording offices of the Welte-Mignon (Licensee) music
Trades Association.
records, where it was arranged that a Baldwin Welte-
Managing Director—-Waldo T. Tupper.
Mignon (Licensee) piano would be used in the per-
Secretary—A. G. Farquharson.
formance
to complete the talents of Mr. Bird and
Publicity—J. W. Boothe, general manager of the make it possible
for him to perform like a finished
music department Barker Bros.
pianist.
Advertising—Ben Platt, president Platt Music Co.
Civic and State Relations—E. A. Geissler, vice-
president and general manager Birkel Music Co.
Baldwin Piano Co. has been opened at 52 South
Music Clubs, Organizations, Etc.—J. E. Yuncker, Main street, Janesville, Wis. J. C. Taylor is manager.
it seem logical that
D OESN'T
an organization which has
specialized in the manufacture of
Piano Benches—and nothing else
—for more than half a century;
an organization in which every
one t h i n k s P i a n o B e n c h e s —
TONKBENCHES — and nothing
else—an organization which has
increased its volume, year after
year, in the face of increased com-
petition, should be able to make
Piano Benches as well, perhaps
better and certainly at a lower
cost—everything considered—than
you can?
The fact is, a good many Piano
Manufacturers know we can.
Suggestion:
Write us today. Send us de"
tailed specifications on any benches
you are now manufacturing.
Give us complete details.
Set a price for us to shoot at
and the chances are we'll surprise
you.
Man
nng
Company
1912 Lewis Si.
CHICAGO
Pacific Coast Factory
4627 E. 50th St., Los Angeles, California
Enhanced content © 2008-2009 and presented by MBSI - The Musical Box Society International (www.mbsi.org) and the International Arcade Museum (www.arcade-museum.com).
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).