Presto
Issue: 1941 2301 - Page 12
The Great
Chicagoland
Music
Festival
The white roof on this artist's sketch indicates the nezv three-
story addition nozv under construction at the Wurlitzer
factory, DeKalb, Illinois
IVUKUTZER
EXPANSION
TO SOON
BE
COMPLETED
Construction is now under way on a new 35,000 square feet
addition to the Wurlitzer factory at DeKalb, Illinois. This is the
tion by connecting two wings of the present building allowing
piano construction operations to move in a continuous line planned
in accordance with the latest and most efficient ideas on manufac-
turing layout. Many square feet of floor space will be allotted to
tuning and seasoning rooms, thus permitting a manufacturing
schedule which will tend to even off the peak in production and
provide more constant employment of the regular and trained Wur-
litzer craftsmen.
Cyril Farny, Vice-President and Manager of the DeKalb Divi-
sion says: "The increased factory space which will shortly become
available to Wurlitzer at DeKalb will aid very materially in im-
proving the quality ot our pianos, and at the same time it should
also aid us in making shipments more promptly. We are actually
not aiming to increase our output to any appreciable extent, but
our aim is almost entirely to maintain production schedules as
evenly as possible throughout the year. The best way this can be
done is to have adequate storage facilities for finished and semi-
finished pianos. Our present building program adequately meets
these requirements, and we are sure that a very important corol-
lary will be a marked improvement in that element of piano quality
which can be achieved only through the seasoning of a piano after
it has been completed."
In addition to this vast three-story expansion program several
other buildings are also in the process of construction. They con-
sist of an addition to the Wurlitzer Mill Room, Process Depart-
ment Office, Veneer Storage Room, and a new factory entrance
containing a four-lane Employees' Time Clock Room.
Latest reports are that work on these Wurlitzer factory additions
is progressing according to schedule and they are expected to be
completed by early fall.
*
*
*
TRY TO MATCH THIS ONE — A SALESMAN'S BET
While discussing piano prospects with Wurlitzer representative,
Paul Teegarden, Frank Clark, Jr., President Clark Bros. Piano
Co., Knoxville, Tennessee, said he could tell good prospects from
the bad ones. He glanced over a list of prospects and picked six-
teen and made a little bet with Paul that he could sell twelve out
of the sixteen in a month. Frank won the bet. thanks to his initia-
tive and ability.
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PAGE TWELVE
All roads will lead to Sol-
diers' field in Chicago on
Saturday nigbt. August 16,
the occasion of t'ie 12th an-
n u a l Chicagoland Music
Festival, sponsored by The
Chicago Tribune Charities.
Inc. More than 100.000
people are expected to wit-
ness a thrilling night of
song and pageantry. More
than thirty states and Cana-
da w r ill be represented in the
Philip Maxwell
various contests.
A feature of the evening will be a pageant. "Injun Summer."
which will bring to life the famous cartoon of the beloved John T.
McCutcheon, dean of The Tribune's staff of cartoonists. One-
thousand boys and girls will take part, accompanied by the fes-
tival symphony orchestra under the baton of Henry Weber, gen-
eral musical director of the show. Mr. McCutcheon will appear
at the close of the pageant and say a few words. The pageant will
be directed by Miss Mayblosson Macdonald and Frmie Schultz,
prominent Chicago teachers of the dance. A special group of Elgin.
111., Boys Scouts, led by their Scout director, Carl Parlasca, will
present the Indian dancing group just in front of the Old Man
and the Little Boy of the cartoon and more than 500 Camp Fire
girls of Chicago and suburbs will dance among the Indian teepees.
Contests will be held for piano accordionists and fretted instru-
ments, both individually and in groups, adult and juvenile bands,
vocalists, men's, women's, and mixed choruses, trombonists, baton
twirlers, and flag swingers, both individual and in groups.
The festival will be preceded on Friday noon, August 15, by
the fifth annual festival luncheon in the grand ballroom of the
Stevens hotel. More than 2,500 are expected to attend. In addi-
tion to Mr. McCutcheon another speaker will be Billy Bryant,
show boat "king" of Cincinnati, Ohio.
The hit of the 1940 festival in Soldiers' field will be back again
this summer. It is the Bengal (Juards. a girls' drum corps, spon-
sored by H. J. Lutcher Stark and His Aides, of Orange, Texas.
They will have a 15-minute exhibition. Another feature of the eve-
ning entertainment will be a brief concert by 150 marimba players,
directed by Clair Musser, internationally known artist on the
marimba.
Dr. Edgar Nelson, conductor of the Chicago Apollo Club is gen-
eral choral director of the festival. His 5.000 singers will present
Handel's "Hallelujah Chrous" from the Messiah and a portion
from Elgar's "Pomp and Circumstance."
Capt. Howard Stube is in charge of all instrumental work and
Fred Miller is festival field supervisor. Mrs. Edmund J. Tyler
is chairman of choral and vocal contests and Miss Bessie Vytlra,
of The Tribune, is festival secretary.
Preliminary festivals are being held throughout the summer in
the Chicagoland area and in Chicago. Winners of these festivals
go direct into the finals of the Chicagoland competitions which are
held on the festival Saturday.
During the last 11 years more than 1,000,000 people have at-
tended the festivals in Soldiers' field and many thousands of dollars
have been turned over to Chicago charities.
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Chicagoland
Music
Festival
The white roof on this artist's sketch indicates the nezv three-
story addition nozv under construction at the Wurlitzer
factory, DeKalb, Illinois
IVUKUTZER
EXPANSION
TO SOON
BE
COMPLETED
Construction is now under way on a new 35,000 square feet
addition to the Wurlitzer factory at DeKalb, Illinois. This is the
tion by connecting two wings of the present building allowing
piano construction operations to move in a continuous line planned
in accordance with the latest and most efficient ideas on manufac-
turing layout. Many square feet of floor space will be allotted to
tuning and seasoning rooms, thus permitting a manufacturing
schedule which will tend to even off the peak in production and
provide more constant employment of the regular and trained Wur-
litzer craftsmen.
Cyril Farny, Vice-President and Manager of the DeKalb Divi-
sion says: "The increased factory space which will shortly become
available to Wurlitzer at DeKalb will aid very materially in im-
proving the quality ot our pianos, and at the same time it should
also aid us in making shipments more promptly. We are actually
not aiming to increase our output to any appreciable extent, but
our aim is almost entirely to maintain production schedules as
evenly as possible throughout the year. The best way this can be
done is to have adequate storage facilities for finished and semi-
finished pianos. Our present building program adequately meets
these requirements, and we are sure that a very important corol-
lary will be a marked improvement in that element of piano quality
which can be achieved only through the seasoning of a piano after
it has been completed."
In addition to this vast three-story expansion program several
other buildings are also in the process of construction. They con-
sist of an addition to the Wurlitzer Mill Room, Process Depart-
ment Office, Veneer Storage Room, and a new factory entrance
containing a four-lane Employees' Time Clock Room.
Latest reports are that work on these Wurlitzer factory additions
is progressing according to schedule and they are expected to be
completed by early fall.
*
*
*
TRY TO MATCH THIS ONE — A SALESMAN'S BET
While discussing piano prospects with Wurlitzer representative,
Paul Teegarden, Frank Clark, Jr., President Clark Bros. Piano
Co., Knoxville, Tennessee, said he could tell good prospects from
the bad ones. He glanced over a list of prospects and picked six-
teen and made a little bet with Paul that he could sell twelve out
of the sixteen in a month. Frank won the bet. thanks to his initia-
tive and ability.
i
.lit]
:i l '
• i f , , ,',
PAGE TWELVE
All roads will lead to Sol-
diers' field in Chicago on
Saturday nigbt. August 16,
the occasion of t'ie 12th an-
n u a l Chicagoland Music
Festival, sponsored by The
Chicago Tribune Charities.
Inc. More than 100.000
people are expected to wit-
ness a thrilling night of
song and pageantry. More
than thirty states and Cana-
da w r ill be represented in the
Philip Maxwell
various contests.
A feature of the evening will be a pageant. "Injun Summer."
which will bring to life the famous cartoon of the beloved John T.
McCutcheon, dean of The Tribune's staff of cartoonists. One-
thousand boys and girls will take part, accompanied by the fes-
tival symphony orchestra under the baton of Henry Weber, gen-
eral musical director of the show. Mr. McCutcheon will appear
at the close of the pageant and say a few words. The pageant will
be directed by Miss Mayblosson Macdonald and Frmie Schultz,
prominent Chicago teachers of the dance. A special group of Elgin.
111., Boys Scouts, led by their Scout director, Carl Parlasca, will
present the Indian dancing group just in front of the Old Man
and the Little Boy of the cartoon and more than 500 Camp Fire
girls of Chicago and suburbs will dance among the Indian teepees.
Contests will be held for piano accordionists and fretted instru-
ments, both individually and in groups, adult and juvenile bands,
vocalists, men's, women's, and mixed choruses, trombonists, baton
twirlers, and flag swingers, both individual and in groups.
The festival will be preceded on Friday noon, August 15, by
the fifth annual festival luncheon in the grand ballroom of the
Stevens hotel. More than 2,500 are expected to attend. In addi-
tion to Mr. McCutcheon another speaker will be Billy Bryant,
show boat "king" of Cincinnati, Ohio.
The hit of the 1940 festival in Soldiers' field will be back again
this summer. It is the Bengal (Juards. a girls' drum corps, spon-
sored by H. J. Lutcher Stark and His Aides, of Orange, Texas.
They will have a 15-minute exhibition. Another feature of the eve-
ning entertainment will be a brief concert by 150 marimba players,
directed by Clair Musser, internationally known artist on the
marimba.
Dr. Edgar Nelson, conductor of the Chicago Apollo Club is gen-
eral choral director of the festival. His 5.000 singers will present
Handel's "Hallelujah Chrous" from the Messiah and a portion
from Elgar's "Pomp and Circumstance."
Capt. Howard Stube is in charge of all instrumental work and
Fred Miller is festival field supervisor. Mrs. Edmund J. Tyler
is chairman of choral and vocal contests and Miss Bessie Vytlra,
of The Tribune, is festival secretary.
Preliminary festivals are being held throughout the summer in
the Chicagoland area and in Chicago. Winners of these festivals
go direct into the finals of the Chicagoland competitions which are
held on the festival Saturday.
During the last 11 years more than 1,000,000 people have at-
tended the festivals in Soldiers' field and many thousands of dollars
have been turned over to Chicago charities.
I'KliSTO M I SIC T I M E S
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).