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Issue: 1928 2205

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November 3, 1928 PRESTO-TI M ES PAUL B. KLUGH ON BANQUETCOMMITTEE Radio Man's Name Added to List of Those Directing Important Feature of Convention in June of Music Trades at Drake Hotel. Since the announcement last week of committees which will be concerned especially with the next music industries convention to be held at the Drake Hotel, Chicago, the week beginning June 3, an important addition has been made, that of Paul B. Klugh, was elected president of the Piano Club of Chicago. A period of six years as president of the Autopiano Company of New York was Mr. Klugh's last connection with the piano business. It was during bis stay in New York that Mr. Klugh was elected president of the National Piano Manufacturers' Association in 1918-19. Conceived Chamber Idea. It was in 1914 that Mr. Klugh conceived the idea of the Music Industries Chamber of Commerce and plans were laid which resulted in the formation of the Chamber in 1916. In 1923, Mr. Klugh began to take a very active interest in radio matters and was instrumental in forming the National Association of Broadcasters of which important organization he was executive chairman for three years and is now a member of the Board of Directors. For the past five years Mr. Klugh has presided at the radio banquets. He is now the vice-president and general manager of the Zenith Radio Corporation. THE SCHILLER SLOGAN The Schiller Piano Company, Oregon, 111., never loses an opportunity to impress its slogan on the minds of the public. The printed advertising matter and stationery of the company carry the phrase: SCHILLER PIANOS They have made their way by the way they are made. The phrase is euphonious and is full of meaning. It means that Schiller Pianos justify their position in the trade and their appreciation by musicians by reason of the thoroughness of the methods by which they are made. THE CABLE CO.'S OUTPUT LARGER. H. L. Draper, vice-president and treasurer of The Cable Company, Chicago, to!d a Presto-Times representative this week that there had been a goodly output from the Cable plants during the last month in order to satisfy the demand. He expressed the belief that when the tenseness of the pre-election period is over, business will have a spurt of activity in all lines, the piano included. Mr. Draper thinks this revival is due, no matter which candidate is elected. TUNERS' MEMBERSHIP DRIVE. PAUL, B. KLUGH who will serve as a member of the banquet committee. Special interest attaches to this announcement because of Mr. Klugh's present connection with the radio field and his previous close association for years with the piano industry; in view of the fact that the coming convention will be the first one ever to be he!d concurrently with the annual radio trade show. Began as Piano Man. Mr. Klugh began his career as a piano man in Detroit in 1893 where he was employed in a retail store. He later lived for many years in Chicago and during that period became vice-president of The Cable Company. It was during that time also that Mr. Klugh The drive for new members in the National Association of Piano Tuners is being successful in many parts of the country. At the headquarters, suite 808, 22 Quincy street, Chicago, President Nels C. Boe feels very much encouraged over the better conditions for tuners' employment that now prevail. REPRESENTS LUDWIG & CO. W. W. Furbish has been appointed western representative of Ludwig & Co., New York, and according to a statement this week by W. T. Brinkerhoff, general manager of the company, will make his headquarters in Chicago. The Frazel'e Piano Co., Toledo, Ohio, is holding a closing out sale. HOWARD WURLITZER DIES IN HEW YORK Former Chairman of the Board of the Rudolph Wurlitzer Company Passes Away at 1 a. m. Tuesday at the Ritz Hotel After One Week's Illness. Howard E. E. Wurlitzer, aged 57 years, former chairman of the Board of the Rudolph Wurlitzer Company, manufacturers of pianos, harps, organs and coin-operated instruments, died at 1 a. m. Tuesday of this week at the Ritz Hotel, New York, of influ' enza. Mr. Wurlitzer,. whose horhe was in Cincinnati, had gone east to visit his mother on her recent birthday, and he was ill only a week. He had had some hemorrhages. The funeral was held at Cincinnati on Friday, and all the Wurlitzer offices in the various cities were closed on that day. Mr. Wuriitzer is survived, by Mrs. Helen Billings Wurlitzer, a daughter, Valeska, and a son, Raymond. The retirement of Howard Wurlitzer from the Wurlitzer Company and sale of his interest in the company to his brothers, Rudolph H. Wurlitzer, Jr., president, and Farny H. Wurlitzer, was published in Presto-Times on May 19 this year as an announcement from the home office of the company. It was also announced that Howard's son, Raymond,' had retired. For a year preceding his retirement Howard Wurlitzer had been chairman of the board of directors. He1 succeeded his father, Rudolph Wurlitzer, as president of the company in 1912, but retired early in 1S27 because of ill health. The body of Mr. Wurlitzer arrived in Cincinnati on Wednesday. Mr. Wurlitzer left Cincinnati on October 26 to go -to Morristown, N.-J., to attend the celebration of the birthday of his mother, Mrs. Leonie F, Wurlitzer, at the home of-her daughter, Mrs. Sylvia, Morristown. After the celebration Mr. Wurlitzer became i'l and died two days later. GOOD DEMAND FOR BAUERS. William M- Bauer, president of Julius Bauer & Co., 1335 Altgeld avenue, Chicago, • is. greatly encouraged over the change for the better that has come to the piano business. He said to a Presto-Times representative this week: "Our trade for the last month has been very good. I realize that's better than a number of the manufacturers could say, so we are gratified with the good business that has come our way." WILLIAM STRAUBE DIES. William Straube, who at one time was interested in the Straube Piano Company, now of Hammond, Ind., died October 22, at his home, 5256 Fairmont avenue, Downers Grove, 111. Burial was in Naperville cemetery. Mr. Straube was born in Naperville in 1857, the son of Martin and Marie Straube. He is survived by his widow, one son, Alfred E., of Detroit, Mich., and a brother, Martin, of Los Angeles, Calif. QUICK WAY TO PIANO SALES The best method of reaching the piano prospects in order to show and demonstrate the pianos is the BOWEN PIANO LOADER way. A Bowen One-Man Loader and Carrier attached to a Ford roadster enables the dealer to bring the store to the customer. The combination also provides the quickest, safest and best delivery system for music dealers in city or country. Write for particulars to BOWEN PIANO LOADER CO. 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