78 RPM -- Dodge Brothers March-Victor Herbert- Leonard Smith Band Pre War 10"
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“Growing up in Poughkeepsie, in the era of all the great bands and band leaders, was just wonderful. This, along with the influence of my parents, made me know I wanted to be a musician!” Leonard B. Smith The bands of the early 1900’s provided the cultural and entertainment medium for many communities in the eastern United States. The quiet setting of Poughkeepsie, New York was among those, and it was here that the legacy of Leonard Smith began. Leonard Bingley Smith was bom September 5,1915, in Poughkeepsie, New York. The son of Frank and Ethel May Schubert Smith, he had an older brother, Schubert, bom in 1912. His father played piano. His mother was the soprano soloist and choir director for the church in Poughkeepsie. It was in this church setting where they first met and then married on December 23,1909. The elder Smith set an early musical example for his sons as he played professionally and organized Smith’s Orchestra in which he played piano. His playing became so extensive that he would have three orchestras going at once and would travel from site to site playing many times each week. A well educated man, Frank held a degree in mathematics from the Eastman Business School. His life’s work was in Poughkeepsie where, along with his music, he worked for thirty years with the Poughkeepsie State Bank as a federal bank examiner in Nye. To indicate the high esteem he commanded, he was also elected to the 11 12 position of Commissoner of Police in Poughkeepsie
I package all my 78's as if they were glass plates. I layer in card board on both sides of every disc and then wrap all angles in bubble wrap. Then Inside a box seal it up. Then I cut out corner supports from double wall corrugated card board, and stick it in another box. Then I fill excess space with peanuts, and seal up tight with Brightly colored Fragile stickers on all sides of box. I have had no issues in the past. I am confident that if anything i will over do it.
Thanks for your time. .
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If you would like any special care taken beyond my over doing it.Please i am willing to accommodate those requests as well.
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