Presto
Issue: 1930 2244 - Page 7
March, 1930
t'RF.ST O-T I M E S
inent attorney; Arnold J. Schneider (Adam Schnei-
der's son), of the Victor Chemical Works and past
president of the Perfumers' Association.
Last Monday's Session.
The meeting of the Piano Club of Chicago last
Monday was the most interesting and "guidable" of
Silver-Tongued Ex-Senator Indicates to Piano any
held during the last twelve months in regard to
Men That Opportunities Await Just
the valuable instructions given and plans set in mo-
tion.
Around the Corner.
Interest was aroused by the remarks of Hobart H.
Ex-United States Senator James Hamilton Lewis Sommers, principal of the Salmon P. Chase School,
was the speaker at the Piano Club of Chicago at its of Chicago, honor guest and speaker of the day, who
noonday luncheon on February 17. His talk covered spoke concerning music in the public schools and of
the history of the great financial panics in America, the national conference of the music supervisors which
and he attributed the cause of each to a period of
is to be held in Chicago- March 24 to 28.
over-speculation, which absorbed the funds played
Prof. Sommers was introduced by Arthur Bissell,
upon the colors of the magic board. He suggested the piano man, who went into some detail concerning
that manufacturers of musical instruments had lost the music supervisors and the public schools, calling
some patronage, but that did not invite them to attention to the cultivation that comes from class in-
assume a new line of action. He then brought a few struction in piano playing that is under the super-
parallels to the present situation.
vision of earnest teachers. Mr. Bissell is chairman
These parallels were the panics of 1873, 1893, 1907. of the committee of the music trade division to secure
Quoting an old Egyptian proverb, the speaker said: support and membership for the Chicago convention.
"As I looked to the sun I saw nothing new," War
He referred to the many expenses to be incurred
had always brought changes, including some change in the holding of the conference, much of which is
of atmosphere. The atmosphere of the time has borne by the visiting supervisors themselves. But
changed. The talkie is an expression of a new there are other expenses that properly belong to the
change. It calls for a return to the human voice; city which is host, and he was raising the spirit of the
calls again for the speaker, the orator; it comes from Chicagoans to respond liberally by giving their sup-
an urge that art be restored again. It is a cry again port to this great cause, which would redound to their
for that which comes from the human body and the benefit in the end.
human mind—to bring to youth the chimes of the
At the close of the meeting, President G. R. Brown-
choir of tomorrow to behold a new day of business ell said he would act on the suggestion of Prof. Som-
prosperity, learning. Mr. Lewis believed the world is mers in the matter of getting in closer touch with the
now turning anew to better things, and he said we school management and the board of education. So
ought to thank God that we are Americans.
important were these suggestions that some of the
In this discourse he told, in inimitable eloquence, of
club members proposed the appointment of a lobbying
the rise and fall of the prosperous periods—"but now, committee to work in the interest of the dealers and
with our large governmental reserve, we are the only manufacturers.
country from which these foreign nations must buy.
Louis C. Wagner, the recently appointed manager
If they want to borrow money they must get it from of the Baldwin Piano Co.'s retail store in Chicago,
us. Other countries must look to you business men. and C. W. Hall, the new manager of Ampico Hall,
Your enterprises must take a new form."
Chicago, were guests of Adam Schneider at this
An unbeatable record for brevity in introducing dinner.
a speaker was made by Lawyer Solberg when he pre-
sented the ex-Senator to the assemblage with two
BALDWIN STORE AT WARREN.
words only—"Mister Lewis."
The new Baldwin Piano Co. store at Warren, Ohio,
Adam Schneider's guests at this dinner were Dr. J. is now well under way as an enterprise, and the future
Lewis Browne, director of music in the public schools looks very bright. J. H. Keller, the manager, when
of Chicago; Fred V. Maguire, chairman of the Board seen said the Baldwin grand is attracting a great deal
of Election Commissioners; Jerome J. Crowley, prom- of attention in Warren.
PIANO CLUB LISTENS
TO J. HAMILTON LEWIS
N E W AMPICO HALL MANAGER.
L. Schoenwald resigned as manager of the Ampico
Hall store of the American Piano Co. in Chicago and
has gone back to New York. His successor, as Chi-
cago manager, Charles W. Hall, took hold in Chicago
as manager on February 21. Mr. Schoenwald does
not intend to quit the piano business, a trade which
he loves, and it is believed he will make a connection
with the Aeolian company at New York. In a chat
with Mr. Hall at Chicago a Presto-Times representa-
tive was assured that the American Piano Co. is
rapidly pulling out of its difficulties and that under
the reorganized plan no further financial perplexities
are likely to occur. Mr. Hall was associated with the
American Piano Company for a number of years at
its factories at East Rochester, N. Y., but he had
lately served it at its store in Philadelphia, Pa.
NOT OUR JOHN J. GLYNN.
A scare went through the piano trade recently when
newspapers in the East ran a story bearing the head-
line, "John J. Glynn Dies at 52." This uneasiness
was relieved, however, when a reading of the dis-
patch revealed that the deceased was not the John
J. Glynn of Mathushek piano manufacturing renown.
Although there was widespread sympathy for the de-
ceased, a brother of the late Martin H. Glynn, for-
mer Governor of New York, piano men were much
relieved to find that the quiet, scholarly and efficient
manager of the New York Mathushek retail store and
secretary of the James & Holmstrom Piano Co., Inc.,
is still alive and active as ever.
"TOM" PLETCHER WELL PLEASED
The Rev. Preston Bradley, pastor of the Peoples'
church on Chicago's north side, preaches topical
sermons that are broadcast far and wide every Sun-
day. One of these sermons so pleased Thomas H.
Pletcher, president of the QRS-DeVry Corp., Chi-
cago, that he sent a letter complimenting the dis-
tinguished speaker and inclosed a complimentary check
for $25. Mr. Pletcher was in Florida at the time,
having gone there to hunt wild ducks.
Presto-Times made an error in reporting that Jo-
seph T. Leimert, who recently was promoted to sec-
ond vice-president of the Continental Illinois Bank,
Chicago, was formerly retail manager for the Cable
Piano Co. at its Chicago store. The banker is Joseph
T. Leimert, Jr., and not the piano man.
THOSE WHO CONTROL THE HOUSE OF
Wessell, Nickel & Gross
hope and believe the corporation will serve American manu-
facturers of high grade pianos through many future generations
For over a half-century
THE STANDARD OF THE WORLD
Fernando A. Wessell, President
Arthur L. Wessell, Vice-President
New York City
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t'RF.ST O-T I M E S
inent attorney; Arnold J. Schneider (Adam Schnei-
der's son), of the Victor Chemical Works and past
president of the Perfumers' Association.
Last Monday's Session.
The meeting of the Piano Club of Chicago last
Monday was the most interesting and "guidable" of
Silver-Tongued Ex-Senator Indicates to Piano any
held during the last twelve months in regard to
Men That Opportunities Await Just
the valuable instructions given and plans set in mo-
tion.
Around the Corner.
Interest was aroused by the remarks of Hobart H.
Ex-United States Senator James Hamilton Lewis Sommers, principal of the Salmon P. Chase School,
was the speaker at the Piano Club of Chicago at its of Chicago, honor guest and speaker of the day, who
noonday luncheon on February 17. His talk covered spoke concerning music in the public schools and of
the history of the great financial panics in America, the national conference of the music supervisors which
and he attributed the cause of each to a period of
is to be held in Chicago- March 24 to 28.
over-speculation, which absorbed the funds played
Prof. Sommers was introduced by Arthur Bissell,
upon the colors of the magic board. He suggested the piano man, who went into some detail concerning
that manufacturers of musical instruments had lost the music supervisors and the public schools, calling
some patronage, but that did not invite them to attention to the cultivation that comes from class in-
assume a new line of action. He then brought a few struction in piano playing that is under the super-
parallels to the present situation.
vision of earnest teachers. Mr. Bissell is chairman
These parallels were the panics of 1873, 1893, 1907. of the committee of the music trade division to secure
Quoting an old Egyptian proverb, the speaker said: support and membership for the Chicago convention.
"As I looked to the sun I saw nothing new," War
He referred to the many expenses to be incurred
had always brought changes, including some change in the holding of the conference, much of which is
of atmosphere. The atmosphere of the time has borne by the visiting supervisors themselves. But
changed. The talkie is an expression of a new there are other expenses that properly belong to the
change. It calls for a return to the human voice; city which is host, and he was raising the spirit of the
calls again for the speaker, the orator; it comes from Chicagoans to respond liberally by giving their sup-
an urge that art be restored again. It is a cry again port to this great cause, which would redound to their
for that which comes from the human body and the benefit in the end.
human mind—to bring to youth the chimes of the
At the close of the meeting, President G. R. Brown-
choir of tomorrow to behold a new day of business ell said he would act on the suggestion of Prof. Som-
prosperity, learning. Mr. Lewis believed the world is mers in the matter of getting in closer touch with the
now turning anew to better things, and he said we school management and the board of education. So
ought to thank God that we are Americans.
important were these suggestions that some of the
In this discourse he told, in inimitable eloquence, of
club members proposed the appointment of a lobbying
the rise and fall of the prosperous periods—"but now, committee to work in the interest of the dealers and
with our large governmental reserve, we are the only manufacturers.
country from which these foreign nations must buy.
Louis C. Wagner, the recently appointed manager
If they want to borrow money they must get it from of the Baldwin Piano Co.'s retail store in Chicago,
us. Other countries must look to you business men. and C. W. Hall, the new manager of Ampico Hall,
Your enterprises must take a new form."
Chicago, were guests of Adam Schneider at this
An unbeatable record for brevity in introducing dinner.
a speaker was made by Lawyer Solberg when he pre-
sented the ex-Senator to the assemblage with two
BALDWIN STORE AT WARREN.
words only—"Mister Lewis."
The new Baldwin Piano Co. store at Warren, Ohio,
Adam Schneider's guests at this dinner were Dr. J. is now well under way as an enterprise, and the future
Lewis Browne, director of music in the public schools looks very bright. J. H. Keller, the manager, when
of Chicago; Fred V. Maguire, chairman of the Board seen said the Baldwin grand is attracting a great deal
of Election Commissioners; Jerome J. Crowley, prom- of attention in Warren.
PIANO CLUB LISTENS
TO J. HAMILTON LEWIS
N E W AMPICO HALL MANAGER.
L. Schoenwald resigned as manager of the Ampico
Hall store of the American Piano Co. in Chicago and
has gone back to New York. His successor, as Chi-
cago manager, Charles W. Hall, took hold in Chicago
as manager on February 21. Mr. Schoenwald does
not intend to quit the piano business, a trade which
he loves, and it is believed he will make a connection
with the Aeolian company at New York. In a chat
with Mr. Hall at Chicago a Presto-Times representa-
tive was assured that the American Piano Co. is
rapidly pulling out of its difficulties and that under
the reorganized plan no further financial perplexities
are likely to occur. Mr. Hall was associated with the
American Piano Company for a number of years at
its factories at East Rochester, N. Y., but he had
lately served it at its store in Philadelphia, Pa.
NOT OUR JOHN J. GLYNN.
A scare went through the piano trade recently when
newspapers in the East ran a story bearing the head-
line, "John J. Glynn Dies at 52." This uneasiness
was relieved, however, when a reading of the dis-
patch revealed that the deceased was not the John
J. Glynn of Mathushek piano manufacturing renown.
Although there was widespread sympathy for the de-
ceased, a brother of the late Martin H. Glynn, for-
mer Governor of New York, piano men were much
relieved to find that the quiet, scholarly and efficient
manager of the New York Mathushek retail store and
secretary of the James & Holmstrom Piano Co., Inc.,
is still alive and active as ever.
"TOM" PLETCHER WELL PLEASED
The Rev. Preston Bradley, pastor of the Peoples'
church on Chicago's north side, preaches topical
sermons that are broadcast far and wide every Sun-
day. One of these sermons so pleased Thomas H.
Pletcher, president of the QRS-DeVry Corp., Chi-
cago, that he sent a letter complimenting the dis-
tinguished speaker and inclosed a complimentary check
for $25. Mr. Pletcher was in Florida at the time,
having gone there to hunt wild ducks.
Presto-Times made an error in reporting that Jo-
seph T. Leimert, who recently was promoted to sec-
ond vice-president of the Continental Illinois Bank,
Chicago, was formerly retail manager for the Cable
Piano Co. at its Chicago store. The banker is Joseph
T. Leimert, Jr., and not the piano man.
THOSE WHO CONTROL THE HOUSE OF
Wessell, Nickel & Gross
hope and believe the corporation will serve American manu-
facturers of high grade pianos through many future generations
For over a half-century
THE STANDARD OF THE WORLD
Fernando A. Wessell, President
Arthur L. Wessell, Vice-President
New York City
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