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Musical Courier 1927-08-15: Vol 95 Iss 4, 1927
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1Is Radio "Helping" or "Hurting"?
3TONIGHT and every night, in homes from one end of the country to the other, millions of people will be listening to music via the Radio. Almost in spite of themselves these millions are rapidly gaining an appreciation and knowledge of music impossible by any other means.
5The effects of Radio are already being felt in a desire to know more about music and to play a musical instrument. For proof, ask anyone acquainted with conditions in the great centers of musical education and they will tell you that from the cross-roads, towns and cities are coming an army of eager students who are familiar with an extraordinarily wide range of musical compositions. Ask for an explanation and they will say—"They heard it on the Radio!"
7Walter Damrosch will soon be on the air again over one of the great chain broadcasting units, continuing his unique and invaluable work of bringing music and music appreciation to the masses. The demand for the Damrosch programs goes to show that the people want music.
9Witness the throngs that regularly visit the open air concerts in the Lewisohn Stadium in New York City, which in turn are broadcast to the vast unseen audience.
11Here is reason enough for optimism on the part of piano men. They know that the piano is The Basic Musical Instrument, and the public awakened to a desire to make music will buy more pianos. They, too, are spending thousands of dollars to further the great work under way, through National Advertising, Group Piano Instruction and Piano Playing Contests.
13Of course this means that more and more pianos are going to be sold and that the demand for good piano plates, — Wickham Plates, — will continue to increase.
15WICKHAM UNITED INDUSTRIES
16WICKHAM PIANO PLATE COMPANY
17Springfield, Ohio
18WICKHAM COMPANY OF NEW JERSEY
19Matawan, N. J.
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