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D49534-6
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- 1950-04-29 (Creation)
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Karolyn & Floyd Piper at the Honolulu Conservatory of Music. Karolyn sits at a Hawaiian guitar and Floyd holds a Gibson guitar with electrical pick-ups. A Gibson amplifier sits on the floor in front of them. The Pipers were the owners and teachers at the studio and school located at their white frame house on No. 2nd St. Karolyn was born Karolyn Kimmel in Fargo, N.D. When she fell in love with Hawaiian music in the 20's, she travelled to Omaha to take lessons at the Honolulu Conservatory franchise owned by Adalia and Charles Casper. Karolyn began teaching from door to door, travelling through storms and snow drifts. Her spunk captured the attention and then the heart of Floyd Piper, Adalia Casper's son. The couple married and in 1943 joined the Caspers in Tacoma where they had opened another Honolulu Conservatory in the Bernice Building, 931 Broadway. The Pipers moved to 2nd St., opened the studio-school in their home and the Caspers opened another school in Seattle. (TNT Sound Life 11/15/1994, Section F "Music is her Paradise" written by Bart Ripp)
Honolulu Conservatory of Music (Tacoma); Guitars; Musicians--Tacoma--1950-1960; Piper, Karolyn; Piper, Floyd; Music education--Tacoma--1950-1960;