Presto
Issue: 1928 2200 - Page 7
September 29, 1928
WM. KNABE & CO.
HONORS C. P. VOGT
PRESTO-TIMES
GULBRANSEN DISPLAY AT TOLEDO
Vice-President of Baltimore Company Is
Guest of Honor at Dinner Attended by
Officials and Friends in Celebration of
Fiftieth Year with House.
Fifty years of service is a noteworthy accomplish-
ment for any man to be proud of and for others to
take cognizance of. Especially is it noteworthy in
the piano industry. There are perhaps very few
men, today, who have seen that much service in the
piano industry. It is for this reason that it is to be
regarded as all the more noteworthy.
Charles P. Vogt, vice-president of the Wm. Knabe
& Co., Inc., Baltimore, Md., a subsidiary of the
American Piano Co. of New York city, has the
distinction of serving the Knabe organization for
half a century. In recognition of this, the Knabe
Piano Co. honored Mr. Vogt by giving a dinner,
which was attended by officials and friends.
Yet a Young Man.
In view of the fact that Mr. Vogt is only 63 years
old, he has the distinction of being the youngest
man in the piano industry who has been associated
with it for fifty years. During that period he has
been associated with but the one concern, The
Knabe Piano Co.
At the age of thirteen, Mr. Vogt turned his back
on grammar school to take over a clerkship in the
stockroom of the Knabe Piano Co., which had been
The accompanying cut shows the Gulbransen Co.'s
secured for him by his father, Peter Vogt. Mr.
display
at the recent convention of the Music Trade
Vogt applied himself with the same diligence to his
work that characterized his studious days as a Association of Ohio at the Commodore Perry Hotel,
school boy. His aptitude plus his conscientiousness Toledo.
At the left hand end of the picture it will be noticed
and diligence attracted the attention of his superiors.
that the Gulbransen Company had a small radio
He soon worked himself up to a higher position.
room, which was the first showing of the Gulbransen
Steady Advancement.
Radio at any convention. Included in the display
His advancement continued and his good work were the Console type Gulbransen Radio No. 260-C,
won for him the headship of the department. This the Table type 160-T with Gulbransen Speaker and
he was given in 1893. lie then became foreman of
the Ivanhoe Model Cabinet.
the regulating department, and later he was appointed
superintendent of the Knabe factories, located in
Baltimore. Mr. Vogt was made vice-president in the course of this investigation and will be published
by the bureau shortly for the benefit of the many
1926.
Air. Vogt knows the piano making business from public school and private music teachers who are
the ground up, as he has made a study of it, even desirous of equipping themselves to conduct the group
though he did not work in each and every depart- work.
ment. He took a keen interest in the work, which
Piano classes for children in classes of twenty are
served him in good stead. His father was of inval-
uable assistance to him. It is interesting to note being offered by Mrs. G. A. Buie at Grade School,
that his father, Peter Vogt, through whom he became Seymour, Texas. The course began September 10.
associated with the Knabe Piano Co., also observed These lessons are open to all children between ages
a Golden Jubilee in the service of the Knabe Piano of eight and fourteen who have not had piano les-
Co. The father was connected with the company sons before.
for 54 years. From present indications, the son, The Board of Education in Dallas, Texas, has a
corps of teachers employed to teach The Melody
Charles P. Vogt, will surpass that record.
Way method in Dallas Public Schools and it has
His Activities.
In recent years under Mr. Vogt's superintendency, been very successful there as well as many other
important expansions and improvements have been places in the United States.
Classes started on September 3 and 10 in the Dun-
made to the Knabe factories in Baltimore. It is but
ning
System of Improved Music Study for Beginners
fitting that Mr. Vogt should be remembered by the
company to whom he has given the best years of his by Esther N. Burlingame at her studios, 3319 Victor
life. The recognition will be long treasured by place, Wichita, Kan. "New and interesting features
of our class work are being planned," Mrs. Burlin-
Mr. Vogt.
game said, "and we will maintain the same personal
interest and courtesies for every pupil that we have
in the past." An innovation in Stanley Levey's
studio in Wichita of piano playing for next year will
be the addition of class lessons in piano. These will
be conducted for groups of three or four students by
Mr. Levey.
NORMAL TRAINING FOR
GROUP PIANO TEACHERS
Class Instruction Methods for Piano Teachers
Regular Part of Curriculum in School
System of South Carolina.
C. M. Tremaine, director of the National Bureau
for the Advancement of Music, has just been advised
that normal training for group piano teaching has
been made compulsory for students in the public
school music department of one of the leading col-
leges in South Carolina. The information came in
a letter from William C. Mayforth, dean of the music
school of Converse College at Spartanburg, who
wrote: "Normal work in group piano methods is now
a regular part of the curriculum and has been placed
in the public school music department as a require-
ment for the bachelor's degree, for both the super-
visor's course and what the college terms the applied
music course. The professor of public school music
has charge of this work, and excellent results have
been achieved."
The letter was in response to an inquiry sent out
by the bureau recently to all colleges with which it
has been in touch concerning school piano classes, to
ascertain what they were doing in the way of normal
training to provide competent teachers to handle the
rapidly growing number of these classes. Many in-
teresting and important facts have been obtained in
JAMES D. SHIPMAN RESIGNS.
James D. Shipman, who has been associated with
the Mathushek Piano Manufacturing Company of
New York for some years past, has severed con-
nection with that house and intends to spend a good
part of the winter in resting and recuperating. Later
on Mr. Shipman may get again into the piano trade.
Mr. Shipman's association with the Mathushek Com-
pany has been most pleasant and agreeable and he
leaves the employ of that house with the kindest
regards for his former associates and all connected
with the Mathushek Co. Mr. Shipman resides in
Brooklyn.
PIANO SEASON IS NOW ON.
Story & Clarke Piano Company, 173-75 North
Michigan boulevard, Chicago, says in its advertising
this week: "The season approaches when inclement
weather invites us to stay indoors. You will find no
more enjoyable a companion for yourself and family
than one of these glorious-toned instruments."
The six Aeolian Company stores in New York and
vicinity are being kept open evenings until 10 o'clock
during the 26th annual September Aeolian sale.
The first Grand instrument shown in the display
was of the Art Model Reproducing Grand; the sec-
ond the Spanish Grand and the third the 4 foot 6 inch
plain mahogany Grand. The upright instruments do
not show up in the picture, but four of them were
on display.
The same Salon characteristics which have marked
the other Gulbransen displays in various parts of
the country were in evidence in this display at the
Commodore Perry Hotel.
FRANK S. SPOFFORD
FALLS DEAD ON STREET
Former Agent of Hardman, Peck & Company
at Chicago, and Widely Known Throughout
the Trade, Passes Away Suddenly, Sunday.
Frank S. Spofford, 68 years old, with offices in the
Republic Building, Chicago, widely known as a piano
man, while walking along the sidewalk in front of
1201 North Dearborn street, Chicago, Sunday night
of this week, dropped dead. Mr. Spofford, who had
rooms at the Great Northern Hotel, Chicago, had
just returned from a visit to his sister at Madison,
Wis., and was planning to take her on a trip to
his Florida bungalow at Sarasota Springs, a place in
which he took much pride and where she went fre-
quently with him.
Mr. Spofford was for many years the representa-
tive of Hardman, Peck & Co. in Chicago, in the
Republic Building. He served as treasurer of the
Merchants' Association of the Republic Building
until he was hurt more than two years ago. A yel-
low taxicab ran him down, leaving him for dead.
He recovered after six weeks, but the accident left
him partially deaf. Lately he had been selling some
Hazelton pianos.
Mr. Spofford's last public appearance was at the
Illinois Music Merchants' convention on Wednesday
of last week where many of his acquaintances shook
his hand. The Piano Club of Chicago, of w r hich he
was a member, took part in the funeral arrange-
ments and sent flowers.
H. C. DICKINSON IN THE EAST.
H. C. Dickinson, vice-chairman of the board of
directors of The Baldwin Company, is still in New
York at the New York headquarters of the company,
but he is expected back in Chicago about the middle
of October. Both Mr. Dickinson and Charles S.
Onderdonk, head of the Eastern Division of The
Baldwin Piano Company, are finding plenty to do
and are doing it.
LEM KLINE WORKING FOR HOSPE.
Lem Kline, nationally-known piano man, left Chi-
cago a few days ago to conduct a special piano sale
for the A. Hospe Company, Omaha, Neb. Mr. Kline
is to be aided by a liberal advertising campaign, and
it is to be presumed that he will make things hum
after the manner of lively selling for which he was
noted when he was on the road some years ago.
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WM. KNABE & CO.
HONORS C. P. VOGT
PRESTO-TIMES
GULBRANSEN DISPLAY AT TOLEDO
Vice-President of Baltimore Company Is
Guest of Honor at Dinner Attended by
Officials and Friends in Celebration of
Fiftieth Year with House.
Fifty years of service is a noteworthy accomplish-
ment for any man to be proud of and for others to
take cognizance of. Especially is it noteworthy in
the piano industry. There are perhaps very few
men, today, who have seen that much service in the
piano industry. It is for this reason that it is to be
regarded as all the more noteworthy.
Charles P. Vogt, vice-president of the Wm. Knabe
& Co., Inc., Baltimore, Md., a subsidiary of the
American Piano Co. of New York city, has the
distinction of serving the Knabe organization for
half a century. In recognition of this, the Knabe
Piano Co. honored Mr. Vogt by giving a dinner,
which was attended by officials and friends.
Yet a Young Man.
In view of the fact that Mr. Vogt is only 63 years
old, he has the distinction of being the youngest
man in the piano industry who has been associated
with it for fifty years. During that period he has
been associated with but the one concern, The
Knabe Piano Co.
At the age of thirteen, Mr. Vogt turned his back
on grammar school to take over a clerkship in the
stockroom of the Knabe Piano Co., which had been
The accompanying cut shows the Gulbransen Co.'s
secured for him by his father, Peter Vogt. Mr.
display
at the recent convention of the Music Trade
Vogt applied himself with the same diligence to his
work that characterized his studious days as a Association of Ohio at the Commodore Perry Hotel,
school boy. His aptitude plus his conscientiousness Toledo.
At the left hand end of the picture it will be noticed
and diligence attracted the attention of his superiors.
that the Gulbransen Company had a small radio
He soon worked himself up to a higher position.
room, which was the first showing of the Gulbransen
Steady Advancement.
Radio at any convention. Included in the display
His advancement continued and his good work were the Console type Gulbransen Radio No. 260-C,
won for him the headship of the department. This the Table type 160-T with Gulbransen Speaker and
he was given in 1893. lie then became foreman of
the Ivanhoe Model Cabinet.
the regulating department, and later he was appointed
superintendent of the Knabe factories, located in
Baltimore. Mr. Vogt was made vice-president in the course of this investigation and will be published
by the bureau shortly for the benefit of the many
1926.
Air. Vogt knows the piano making business from public school and private music teachers who are
the ground up, as he has made a study of it, even desirous of equipping themselves to conduct the group
though he did not work in each and every depart- work.
ment. He took a keen interest in the work, which
Piano classes for children in classes of twenty are
served him in good stead. His father was of inval-
uable assistance to him. It is interesting to note being offered by Mrs. G. A. Buie at Grade School,
that his father, Peter Vogt, through whom he became Seymour, Texas. The course began September 10.
associated with the Knabe Piano Co., also observed These lessons are open to all children between ages
a Golden Jubilee in the service of the Knabe Piano of eight and fourteen who have not had piano les-
Co. The father was connected with the company sons before.
for 54 years. From present indications, the son, The Board of Education in Dallas, Texas, has a
corps of teachers employed to teach The Melody
Charles P. Vogt, will surpass that record.
Way method in Dallas Public Schools and it has
His Activities.
In recent years under Mr. Vogt's superintendency, been very successful there as well as many other
important expansions and improvements have been places in the United States.
Classes started on September 3 and 10 in the Dun-
made to the Knabe factories in Baltimore. It is but
ning
System of Improved Music Study for Beginners
fitting that Mr. Vogt should be remembered by the
company to whom he has given the best years of his by Esther N. Burlingame at her studios, 3319 Victor
life. The recognition will be long treasured by place, Wichita, Kan. "New and interesting features
of our class work are being planned," Mrs. Burlin-
Mr. Vogt.
game said, "and we will maintain the same personal
interest and courtesies for every pupil that we have
in the past." An innovation in Stanley Levey's
studio in Wichita of piano playing for next year will
be the addition of class lessons in piano. These will
be conducted for groups of three or four students by
Mr. Levey.
NORMAL TRAINING FOR
GROUP PIANO TEACHERS
Class Instruction Methods for Piano Teachers
Regular Part of Curriculum in School
System of South Carolina.
C. M. Tremaine, director of the National Bureau
for the Advancement of Music, has just been advised
that normal training for group piano teaching has
been made compulsory for students in the public
school music department of one of the leading col-
leges in South Carolina. The information came in
a letter from William C. Mayforth, dean of the music
school of Converse College at Spartanburg, who
wrote: "Normal work in group piano methods is now
a regular part of the curriculum and has been placed
in the public school music department as a require-
ment for the bachelor's degree, for both the super-
visor's course and what the college terms the applied
music course. The professor of public school music
has charge of this work, and excellent results have
been achieved."
The letter was in response to an inquiry sent out
by the bureau recently to all colleges with which it
has been in touch concerning school piano classes, to
ascertain what they were doing in the way of normal
training to provide competent teachers to handle the
rapidly growing number of these classes. Many in-
teresting and important facts have been obtained in
JAMES D. SHIPMAN RESIGNS.
James D. Shipman, who has been associated with
the Mathushek Piano Manufacturing Company of
New York for some years past, has severed con-
nection with that house and intends to spend a good
part of the winter in resting and recuperating. Later
on Mr. Shipman may get again into the piano trade.
Mr. Shipman's association with the Mathushek Com-
pany has been most pleasant and agreeable and he
leaves the employ of that house with the kindest
regards for his former associates and all connected
with the Mathushek Co. Mr. Shipman resides in
Brooklyn.
PIANO SEASON IS NOW ON.
Story & Clarke Piano Company, 173-75 North
Michigan boulevard, Chicago, says in its advertising
this week: "The season approaches when inclement
weather invites us to stay indoors. You will find no
more enjoyable a companion for yourself and family
than one of these glorious-toned instruments."
The six Aeolian Company stores in New York and
vicinity are being kept open evenings until 10 o'clock
during the 26th annual September Aeolian sale.
The first Grand instrument shown in the display
was of the Art Model Reproducing Grand; the sec-
ond the Spanish Grand and the third the 4 foot 6 inch
plain mahogany Grand. The upright instruments do
not show up in the picture, but four of them were
on display.
The same Salon characteristics which have marked
the other Gulbransen displays in various parts of
the country were in evidence in this display at the
Commodore Perry Hotel.
FRANK S. SPOFFORD
FALLS DEAD ON STREET
Former Agent of Hardman, Peck & Company
at Chicago, and Widely Known Throughout
the Trade, Passes Away Suddenly, Sunday.
Frank S. Spofford, 68 years old, with offices in the
Republic Building, Chicago, widely known as a piano
man, while walking along the sidewalk in front of
1201 North Dearborn street, Chicago, Sunday night
of this week, dropped dead. Mr. Spofford, who had
rooms at the Great Northern Hotel, Chicago, had
just returned from a visit to his sister at Madison,
Wis., and was planning to take her on a trip to
his Florida bungalow at Sarasota Springs, a place in
which he took much pride and where she went fre-
quently with him.
Mr. Spofford was for many years the representa-
tive of Hardman, Peck & Co. in Chicago, in the
Republic Building. He served as treasurer of the
Merchants' Association of the Republic Building
until he was hurt more than two years ago. A yel-
low taxicab ran him down, leaving him for dead.
He recovered after six weeks, but the accident left
him partially deaf. Lately he had been selling some
Hazelton pianos.
Mr. Spofford's last public appearance was at the
Illinois Music Merchants' convention on Wednesday
of last week where many of his acquaintances shook
his hand. The Piano Club of Chicago, of w r hich he
was a member, took part in the funeral arrange-
ments and sent flowers.
H. C. DICKINSON IN THE EAST.
H. C. Dickinson, vice-chairman of the board of
directors of The Baldwin Company, is still in New
York at the New York headquarters of the company,
but he is expected back in Chicago about the middle
of October. Both Mr. Dickinson and Charles S.
Onderdonk, head of the Eastern Division of The
Baldwin Piano Company, are finding plenty to do
and are doing it.
LEM KLINE WORKING FOR HOSPE.
Lem Kline, nationally-known piano man, left Chi-
cago a few days ago to conduct a special piano sale
for the A. Hospe Company, Omaha, Neb. Mr. Kline
is to be aided by a liberal advertising campaign, and
it is to be presumed that he will make things hum
after the manner of lively selling for which he was
noted when he was on the road some years ago.
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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).
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