Volkwein Brothers

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Volkwein Brothers, also known as Volkwein's Music, is a music business in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Was continuously run by the same family for three generations until the early 2020s when the family sold their shares to the DiIanni family.[1] It was opened in 1905 by immigrants from Germany, brothers Jacob C. Volkwein (1880-1984) and Rudolph G. Volkwein (1882-1954).

Rudolph and J. C. Volkwein worked for F. Bechtel before acquiring his sheet music and small goods businesses.[2][3] Photographs of the storefront and center column were taken in 1915.[4][5] In 1923 the store's window was taken up with a display for an oriental foxtrot called "Fate".[6]

Volkwein acquired Joseph Erskine Agnew's music business in 1939.[7]

Vollwein Brothers published

Gertrude Rohrer’s state song “Pennsylvania.”[9]

The University of Maryland has a collection of their band music.[10] The Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh has a box of Volkwein music books.[11]

The store sells sheet music, instruments,[12] and has offered lessons. One of its instructors was prominent pianist Charlotte Enty Catlin.[13] Billy Strayhorn was a customer[14] and took lessons from Catlin.

The

Andy Warhol Museum took over the store's building.[15]

References

  1. ^ "Obituary: Carl W. Volkwein / Ran longtime family music store". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
  2. ^ "Volkwein Bros Music Established in Pittsburgh PA 1905". July 30, 1905. p. 2 – via newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "PTM". Piano Trade Publishing [etc.] June. July 11, 1967 – via Google Books.
  4. ^ "Volkwein Brothers Store Front | Historic Pittsburgh". historicpittsburgh.org.
  5. ^ "Volkwein Brothers Center Column | Historic Pittsburgh". historicpittsburgh.org.
  6. ^ "Music Trades". Music Trades Corporation. November 11, 1923 – via Google Books.
  7. JSTOR 3051779
    – via JSTOR.
  8. ISBN 9781439622162
    – via Google Books.
  9. ^ "Pittsburgh Sheet Music Collection". Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh. Retrieved 2024-04-04.
  10. ^ "Collection: Volkwein Bros. Band collection | Archival Collections". archives.lib.umd.edu.
  11. ^ "Pittsburgh Sheet Music Collection".
  12. ISBN 9781461746867
    – via Google Books.
  13. ISBN 9781501122439
    – via Google Books.
  14. ISBN 9780374194383
    – via Google Books.
  15. ^ Tribune, Tom Hundley, Chicago. "STEEL CITY TO OFFER BIGGEST PICTURE OF WARHOL'S ART". chicagotribune.com.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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