Word: contrabassist
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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TIME did not say that NBC 'enticed" Hornist Berv, Contrabassist Torello and Trombonist Gusikoff, merely stated that Philadelphia Orchestra's Manager Alfred Reginald Allen had "caught [them] ... in the act of reaching for NBC contracts...
...revealed that Manager Allen had caught at least three Philadelphia Orchestra men in the act of reaching for XBC contracts. A six-months-notice clause in their contracts (upheld by American Federation of Musicians' President Joseph N. Weber at a special Manhattan conference) foiled Trombonist Charles Gusikoff and Contrabassist Anton Torello. But prized Horn Player Arthur I. Berv got loose, signed up with NBC. Oboist Tabuteau and Flutist Kincaid, whose Philadelphia salaries are rumored to be in the neighborhood of $300 per week, would not say whether they had been tempted, indicated they would stay where they...
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