Presto

CHARLES FREDERICK STEIN
No longer need discriminating
musicians look askance at a
piano of limited dimensions.
The Charles Frederick Stein
p a t e n t e d Harmonic Tone
Chamber has now been
adapted to verticals as small
as
forty-four
and one-half
inches in height. The result
is a beautifully vibrant tone
from highest treble to lowest
bass.
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CHARLES FREDERICK STEIN
3047 WEST CARROLL AVENUE
CHICAGO
TELEPHONE NEVADA 8109
Convention Exhibit —Stevens Hotel—Rooms 550A, 551A
GREAT ACCORDION FESTIVAL BY ILLINOIS DEALERS
Several accordion dealers of Illinois are promoting a huge Accord-
ion Festival to be held at Starved Rock State Park (5 miles South-
east of LaSalle, Illinois). Sunday on August 4th, to provide an
opportunity for accordion dealers, teachers and artists attending the
Chicago Convention to be present.
From all reports, this accordion festival will be one of the most
unique outdoor affairs of its kind ever to be held. Accordion bands,
ensembles, soloists, and teachers from all parts of Illinois as well as
guests artists and conductors from other parts of the country are
expected to participate. A special band stand will be erected in a
beautiful setting and each complete band or ensemble will be
presented in an individual concert. Besides playing group numbers,
these bands will also feature instrumental and vocal soloists, duets,
and trios. Soloists who attend, separate of any group, will be in-
terspersed between the individual concerts.
There will be continuous entertainment from 9:00 A.M. until
dusk, except for a two-hour lunch period when all will eat picnic
fashion. During this recess period all accordion teachers, directors
and sponsors will have an informal round-table- discussion.
One of the highlights of the day will be held at 3:30 P.M. when
all the bands, ensembles and soloists will be combined in one huge
accordion band to play several selections under the direction of
guest conductor Captain Howard Stube, Director of Massed Band
at Chicagoland Music Festival has promised to come to Starved
Rock Festival as a guest conductor. The numbers selected for the
massed band includes America, Liebestraum, American Youth March,
El Logro Valse and the Star Spangled Banner.
The committees in charge of this big event are Active Committees:
John C. Gerstner, Editor Accordion World Magazine, New York;
J. Bradford Pengelly, Editor Presto Music Times, Chicago, and
Editor American Standard Encyclopedia; Ray E. Bannon, Director
LaSalle County Accordion Band, LaSalle, Illinois; Leonard and
Warren Cheney, Directors of Cheney's School of Music, DeKalb,
Illinois; Joe S. Daurer, Illinois composer and arranger of accordion
band music. Advisory Committee: George L. Byerly, President
JULY, NINETEEN FORTY
Byerly Bros. Music Company, Peoria, Illinois; Clifford V. Lloydc,
Clifford V. Lloyde Piano Co., Champaign, Illinois; Gene Eicher,
Director Eichar's School of Music, Rockford, Illinois; and Ray Miller,
Dixon, Illinois; H. L. Houghton, Decatur, Music Shop, Decatur,
Illinois; T. R. Collier, Collier Music Company, Freeport, Illinois.
ILLIHOIS TUHERS
According to Harold E. Ryerson, of Evanston, 111., president of
the Tuners Association of Illinois, attendance at the Convention this
year is expected to set a new record. The convention will open at
the Sherman Hotel, Chicago, on August 5 th and continue through
the 7th. The annual banquet of the association will be held the
evening of the 7th at which time Eugene Whelan of the Kimball
retail department, Chicago, will act as master of ceremonies.
Among the trade firms that have reserved exhibit space are: The
Baldwin Piano Co., The Rudolph Wurlitzer Co., Cable Piano Co.,
Gulbransen Co., W . W . Kimball Co., Charles Frederick Stein,
Steinway &? Sons, the Kolor-Mold Corp., the Piano Supply Division
of Tonk Bros. Co. and Pratt, Read & Co., The Magnavox Co. is
furnishing one of their fine combinations for background music at
the banquet.
The Piano Tuners Assoc. of Illinois is one of the most progressive
organizations of its kind in the United States. At the convention
last year the registration was larger than that of any other tuners
convention held in the county during the year. Paul H. Ludwigs
is vice-president of the association; Ovid D. Seaman, corresponding
secretary and Walter C. Newman, secretary and treasurer.
On August 3rd —• the Saturday preceeding the opening of the
convention — there will be a meeting of the National Tuners Coun-
cil under the chairmanship of Dr. Wm. Braid White, director of
the School of Pianoforte Technology, Chicago. This council will
discuss plans for national cordination of local tuner groups and
prominent individual tuners, for the purpose of close cooperation
with the National Piano Manufacturers Association and the Na-
tional Association of Music Merchants in the broad promotion of
the piano business.
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