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PRESTO-TIMES
October 15, 1929
DOROTHY STONE UNVEILS NEW AMPICO
DOROTHY STONE AFTER SHIO HAD UNVEILED
THE NEW MARSHALL & WENDELL AMPICO GRAND
AT AMPJCO HALL, 5S4 FIFTH AVENI'E, NEW YORK.
PART OP THE CROWD OTTSIDE AMPICO HALL DUEUNG THE CEREMONY IN WHICH DOROTHY STONE
UNVEILED THE NEW MARSHALL & WENDELL AMPICO GRAND.
Dorothy Stone, popular star of Ziegfeld's success,
"Show Girl," unveiled the new Marshall & Wendell
Baby Grand Ampico in the palm-decked window of
Ampico Hall, Fifth avenue, New York, headquarters
of the American Piano Company, on Monday, Sep-
tember 23rd, at 1 p. m.
A large crowd watched from the sidewalk while the
spacious main floor of the salon was filled with many
others among whom were a number of operatic stars
recently returned from Europe for the Metropolitan
Opera season.
Berthold Neuer, manager of Ampico Hall, presided
over the ceremony. The occasion had a twofold pur-
pose in that it marked the official opening of the lux-
urious new Radio Salon at Ampico Hall in which
the finest radios in each price level are now available.
Miss Stone has just purchased this model for her
apartment, and she is delighted with her instrument.
PERFECTION BENCHES
ARE GOING WELL
Also There Is an Increasing Demand for Per-
fection Furniture of Different
Designs.
The Perfection Furniture Company, 2267-2269 Cly-
bourn avenue, Chicago, is turning out some very
original designs in piano benches and in furniture as
TWO BKAT'TIFUL RADIO CABINETS BY STARR PIANO CO.
G. R. BROWNELL PRESIDES.
The first meeting of the Piano Club of Chicago
under the new regime was held Monday noon, with
the new president, G. R. Brownell, in the chair. This
meeting, which Was held in the Illinois Athletic Club,
was ushered in by the Benedict Duo. a feature ap-
pearing on the programs for the first time.
G. R. Brownell, the new president of The Piano
Club of Chicago, made a strong appeal for increased
membership when he addressed the members of that
organization at the first weekly meeting held during
his term. Several members responded by agreeing to
bring in candidates for membership. The new presi-
dent announced that he would wait until the next
noonday meeting at the Illinois Athletic Club, Octo-
ber 21, before naming the standing committees for
the coming year. He also told the members what
the club would work for during his administration and
asked the aid of all in carrying out that program.
MEMORIAL OF OTTO SCHULZ.
The joint membership of the Piano Club of Chi-
cago, the Chicago Piano and Organ Association and
the Chicago Piano Manufacturers' Association united
in preparing a tribute to the memory of Otto Schulz,
late president of the M. Schulz Co., Chicago piano
manufacturers.
This new mark of sympathy and respect is in the
form of an album containing the joint resolution of
the three piano trade clubs of Chicago beautifully
embossed on papyrus paper. The album is now
ready for presentation to the family of Otto Schulz.
It is entitled "In Memoriam" and is embossed with
gilt letters, a rich reminder of the good deeds of one
of the most beloved members of the trade.
ILLNESS DELAYS PADEREWSKI.
The illness of Ignace J. Paderewski, at his home
in Switzerland where he has been in a hospital fol-
lowing an operation for appendicitis, will delay his
American trip several weeks. The great pianist was
scheduled to begin his tour in America October 20.
The great pianist's visit to America is of special in-
terest in the music trade in that he uses the Steinway
piano exclusively for his concerts in this country.
HAND-CARVED SOLID WALNUT OCCASIONAL
TABLE.
well. One of their tables is called an "occasional
table." There are benches of various kinds made in
the plant and cabinets.
BALLMAN'S ORCHESTRA CONCERTS.
CIVIC OPERA ARTISTS.
The many friends of Ballman's Orchestra, con-
ducted by Martin Ballman, are glad to know that the
Sunday afternoon concerts have been resumed from
October 13 at the North Side Turner Hall, Chicago,
each Sunday afternoon. The opening concert brought
out a large audience and a most excellent program
was given.
RADIO MERCHANT OF HAMMOND.
One of the men who attended the Gulbransen deal-
ers' meeting in Chicago on Oct. 1 was I. J. Krawczyk,
radio merchant at 123 Cameron street, Hammond,
Ind. Mr. Krakczyk, an expert electrician, was in-
jured in one of the battles of the World War, and
this disablement, he says, caused him to turn his
attention to selling radio.
Fifty-three singers and conductors are included in
t!ie roster of artists for the 1929-30 season just made
public by the Chicago Civic Opera Company. As last
year, America leads the list with a total of seventeen
native-born singers, while Italy is second with a total
of twelve singers and two conductors, fourteen artists
in all. There are four native-born Belgian singers
and one Belgian conductor in third place. The Brit-
ish Empire comes next with three native-born singers
and one conductor. Germany presents two singers
and one conductor. Spain and Poland each supply
two singers and Russia one singer and one conductor.
There are also one Austrian, one Frenchman, one
Hungarian and one Mexican. Of the foreign-born
artists, eleven are naturalized Americans.
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