Organ Service Corporation
190 East Washington Street P.O. Box 372, Marengo, IN 47140
Phone: (800) 457-4408 Fax: (812) 365-2208
Email: custsvc@organservice.com
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Music for the Millions by Van Allen Bradley
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Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 57-9231
Published by Henry Regnery Company, Chicago, Illinois 1957
334 Pages
We have a few used copies available for US$20.00 each
Contents
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Chapter |
Description |
| 1 | "Seemed at times he could tear the veil off the future" |
| 2 | "He seemed too full of business to make a long stop here |
| 3 | "The panic of 1857 had a musical accompaniment" |
| 4 | "The point to arrive at is a large volume of trade" |
| 5 | "He knew the true....value of a name of a fall board" |
| 6 | "There is scarcely a hamlet in the West which has not felt the touch of his gentle influence" |
| 7 | "The silk hat gentry of the young and lusty city frequented the Kimball store" |
| 8 | "Mr Cone was in the store...playing the Dead March from 'Saul' on a dulcimer" |
| 9 | "He has such an army of workers and such a brand of goods as to defy all competition" |
| 10 | "With a remarkable insight into human character, he has surrounded himself with men who idolize him" |
| 11 | "I must manufacture my goods or go out of business" |
| 12 | "He turned intuitively to the human resources within the family as he strengthened the sinews of the organization" |
| 13 | "If he starts a piano factory in Chicago...he will become a more formidable rival than ever" |
| 14 | "You've done it, Governor! The tone of this piano is marvelous in every respect" |
| 15 | Adelina Patti: "It gives me great pleasure to testify to the merits of the new Kimball piano" |
| 16 | "They must undoubtedly serve to give the pipe organ a new mission in musical art" |
| 17 | The Prairie Avenue chateau. "One is easily convinced that Kimball paid a million dollars to build it" |
| 18 | "And if my congregation don't like it they can go to hell" |
| 19 | "For having attained the highest standard of excellence in all branches of their manufacture" |
| 20 | "You will take a Kimball piano, a sandwich and one pint of old rye!" |
| 21 | "They can build a better pipe organ for a given sum of money than any other builder" |
| 22 | "Kimballville! All out for Kimballville!" |
| 23 | Conway: "A power in the business life of Chicago and a Hercules in the Western music trade" |
| 24 | "The great business built up by his sagacity is the best monument to the genius that distinguished his career" |
| 25 | "It was amazing! People would rush into the store and say, "This is mine! This is mine" |
| 26 | "Anyone without musical knowledge can play the instrument" |
| 27 | The Old Guard: "It was one of C. N. Kimball's great sources of strength" |
| 28 | Curtis N. Kimball: "He leaves us all richer in spirit and experience for having known him" |
| 29 | "The House of Kimball is now at war" |
| 30 | "The greatest challenge the company has ever had" |
| 31 | "The largest and costliest factory built in the piano industry since the decline of the player" |
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