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VOL.XLVI. No.22.
Pttblished Every Saturday by Edward Lyman BUI at 1 Madison Ave,, New York, May 30, 1908.
CONVENTION PREPARATIONS MADE
For the Forthcoming Gathering of Piano Manu-
facturers Says President E. S. Payson.
(Special to The Review.)
Boston, Mass., May 25, 1908.
"I'm up to my eyes in work for the conven-
tion," said E. S. Payson, president of the Emer-
son Piano Co., and of the National Association
of Piano Manufacturers, as he showed a big
bunch of letters that required answering.
"Everything has been done toward making it a
success except the appointing of one or two of
the minor committees. From all accounts I am
inclined to believe that there will be a very large
gathering of piano manufacturers and I believe
that the questions which will be put up for dis-
cussion will require quite a lot of time and at-
tention.
"My only worry is that the three days allotted
to the convention will not be enough—will not
give us time enough to consider the many im-
portant measures which will be presented and
which should be carefully considered.
"The question of stencils has been agitated to
such an extent that it does not seem to me to be
possible to come to a definite understanding
without plenty of time to thoroughly weigh the
situation and to decide for the best good of the
entire trade. It is a question that cannot be
jumped at and decided on the spur of the mo-
ment.
"Our arrangements are all completed, save a
few special committees which will be appointed
later. Aside from these, everything is thor-
oughly well understood.
"The dealers will undoubtedly have an enor-
mous attendance, probably the largest in their
history. Mr. Crew and Mr. Putnam, as well as
the other officers, have done an enormous
amount of work and they should see results. I
am also informed that the Travelers' Associa-
tion is coming out in full force and that the
boys will be there en masse. I know that New
York can show more to the square inch than any
other city. The committee on entertainment is
composed of bonifaces of a high order and when
they put their shoulders to the wheel, something
will have to move.
' T know how the New York Piano Men's As-
sociation entertained the executive committees
of the Manufacturers and the Dealers' Associa-
tions last February, and that struck me as being
something to be remembered during one's life,
and I am told that the gentlemen who are man-
aging the entertainment of the Associations this
year in New York are the same as managed the
February entertainment. There will be some-
thing doing, therefore, every minute of the day.
"For my own part, I feel that I am going to
court and I will be lucky if I venture out of the
hotel during the entire week."
LATEST HENSEL LITERATURE.
An attractive folder devoted to the Hensel
piano has just been issued by the E. G. Harring-
ton Co., in which a very handsome Hensel de-
sign in Colonial is shown and described in de-
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tail. There is also a very cleverly written and
convincing essay regarding the desire for pianos
in the home generally, and the special merits of
the Hensel particularly, in which the especial
individual merits of this creation are set forth
in a manner to interest the reader.
to form a local organization within a month, and
kept their word. At the first meeting held in
the Driggs & Smith Co. store, plans were dis-
cussed for entertaining the State association at
their next annual meeting in 1909, which will be
held in this city.
BANKRUPTCY LAW AMENDMENT.
AN IMPROVEMENT IN THE BRONX.
Credit Men's Association Making Efforts to
Have It Reported to House by Judiciary
Committee.
Manufacturers Report Better Conditions With
Goodly Orders Reaching Them by Mail.
The National Credit Men's Association are
making strenuous efforts to have the amendment
to the present Bankruptcy law passed by Con-
gress this session, and used every effort to have
it reported by the Judiciary Committee. The
association recently sent the following notice to
all its members:
"Upon the opening of the present session of
Congress a bill to amend the Bankruptcy law
was introduced by Representative Sherley. This
bill was prepared under the direction ot the Na-
tional Association of Credit Men, and contained
amendments designed wholly to strengthen the
law and to improve its administration. The bill
was referred to the Judiciary Committee of the
House and by that body sent to a sub-committee
on bankruptcy, of which Charles Q. Tirrell, of
Massachusetts, is chairman.
"It was only after the most persistent efforts
that Mr. Tirrell could be induced to call his
committee together. Finally it met, approving of
most of the amendments, but did not file a re-
port until last week. Last Friday the Judiciary
Committee considered the report of its sub-com-
mittee, but beyond debating it and an attempt
being made by the minority to substitute a bill
repealing the Bankruptcy law, nothing was ac-
complished.
"The committee meets again on Wednesday,
May 27, which will probably be its last meeting
this session. From information reaching here it
is the evident intention of the committee to side-
track the bill. Against such action a vigorous
and emphatic protest should be lodged, and a
strong demand made for the reporting of the
bill. If reported now it can be passed at the
short session of Congress convening in Decem-
ber."
WATERBURY DEALERS ORGANIZE.
Form Local Organization With Milton Weil as
President—Other Officers.
(Special to The Review.)
Waterbury, Conn., May 25, 1908.
The piano dealers of this city have formed a
local association, with the following officers:
President, Milton Weil, secretary of the Driggs
& Smith Co.; vice-president, Harry W. Yeager;
secretary, Albert W. Skinner; treasurer, Alvin
P. McCoy. Mr. Skinner is manager of the M.
Sonnenberg Piano Co., Mr. McCoy holds the
same position with the Fulton Music Co., and
Mr. Yeager with the Hallet & Davis Piano Co.
The Waterbury dealers who attended the meet-
ing of the State association recently promised
Business with the Bronx manufacturers is
quite active, and despite the fact that few buy-
ers visit the market, mail orders are coming in
freely, and this keeps the factories active and
the proprietors in a happy frame of mind. All
feel that a half a loaf is better than no bread
and are contemplating the booking of orders
during convention week. Quite a number are
getting their fall lines ready for the inspection
of the visitors and are burnishing up their
salesrooms to add to the setting of their exhibits.
Quite a few have remodeled and redecorated
their warerooms and expect to entertain the
visitors at their factories (including an inspec-
tion) if a customer desires. Quite a few of the
visitors, it is argued, will make the inspection
of a plant a feature of their first visit to the
metropolis.
ETHEL NEWCOMB'S TRIUMPH
American Pianiste Wins High Honors at Sec-
ond Concert in Syracuse—The Mason &,
Hamlin Piano Used on This Occasion.
(Special to The Review.)
Syracuse, N. Y., May 23, 1908.
Miss Ethel Newcomb, American pianiste and
pupil of Leschetizky, who only recently returned
to the United States, gave her second recital in
America last week in Assembly Hall, and it was
an artistic and financial success. The Mason &
Hamlin grand used by Miss Newcomb afforded
her the opportunity to display her magnificent
technique to greatest advantage. The concert
was under the local management of Melville A.
Clark, vice-president of the Clark Music Co.
INFORMATION FOR MANUFACTURERS.
(Special to The Review.)
Washington, D. C, May 25, 1908.
It is proposed by the National Council of Com-
merce to establish in Washington an agency of
the council for the dissemination throughout the
United States of information respecting domestic
and foreign commerce obtained by our foreign
consuls and local authorities.
It is estimated by Secretary Straus, of the De-
partment of Commerce and Labor, and by the
advisory committee of the National Council of
Commerce that the maintenance of a proper
agency in Washington would cost the merchants
and manufacturers of the country only about
$20,000 a year.
There is no medium to-day sufficiently com-
prehensive to properly take advantage o f the
valuable information obtained by our representa-
tives abroad.