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spected citizen of Milwaukee, departed this life
April 11, 1910, after a long and honorable career
Organization Perfected After Several Years of as a merchant and citizen, be it
"Resolved, That we, the members of the Mil-
Effort—Edmund
Gram,
President—The
Other Officers—To Make Strong Fight for waukee Retail Piano Dealers' Association, hav-
1911 Convention—Pass Resolution on Death ing been contemporaries and friends of the late
of James B. Bradford—Those Present at the James B. Bradford, a pioneer dealer, herewith
Meeting Included All the Leading Dealers.
express a deep sense of regret and sorrow at the
death of this useful citizen; that we appreciate
(Special to The Review.)
the fact that during his lifetime he invested the
Milwaukee, Wis., April 18, 1910.
trade in which we are engaged with a stability
The Milwaukee Association of Retail Piano and high moral sense, thereby adding credit
Dealers is at last an established fact. For sev- and prestige to the same; that as a man he held
eral years efforts have heen made at different out an example of unselfishness, gentleness and
times to organize the local dealers, but without probity worthy of emulation; that in his death
result. A meeting of the leading dealers was the community has suffered a distinct loss; that
held recently at the Merchants and Manufactur- as a friend, neighbor, merchant and citizen his
ers' Association rooms, at which the organiza- memory will be cherished in the hearts of men
tion was perfected and the following temporary for many years to come, and be it further
officers elected: Edmund Gram, president; Au-
"Resolved, That our sympathies be extended
gust Ross, of the Ross, Schefft & Weinman to his widowed wife and bereaved daughter, and
Piano Co., secretary. A committee, consisting that a copy of these resolutions be transmitted
of Edmund Gram, August Ross, J. B. Thiery, to the family and to the officers of the J. B.
William R. Winter, Emil O. Schmidt, Joseph Bradford Piano Co."
Flanner and Conrad Kreiter, was appointed to
The following dealers were present at the
meeting of the organization: Edmund Gram, of
the Edmund Gram Music House and president
and treasurer of the Gram-Richsteig Piano Co.;
August Ross and A. G. Weinman, of the Ross-
Schefft & Weinman Co.; Joseph Flanner, of the
Flanner-Hafsoos Piano Co.; J. B. Thiery, of the
J. B. Thiery Co.; Emil O. Schmidt, representing
the F. G. Smith PiLno Co.; Conrad Krieter,
president of the Krieter Piano Co.; Charles J.
Orth; W. R. Winter, of the Winter Piano Co.,
and Bela Korik. The J. B. Bradford Piano Co.
sent their approval of the proposed organiza-
tion, but were deferred from sending a represen-
tative, owing to the death of Mr. Bradford.
"A year ago it was the wish of C. A. Grinnell,
of Detroit, then president of the N. A. P. D. of
A., to form a local association here in Milwaukee,
but I received so little encouragement in that
direction that I did not call a meeting, but at
the present time the conditions seemed ripe,"
said Mr. Gram.
MILWAUKEE ASSOCIATION FORMED.
PLAN MUSICAL FESTIVAL.
Washington, D. C , Piano Houses Interested in
the Plans for Raising Funds for the Erection
of a New Opera House in That City.
EDMUND GBAM.
draw up by-laws and a constitution and report
at a meeting to be held April 20.
The initial meeting was called by Edmund
Gram, the Steinway representative and Wiscon-
sin commissioner of the National Association of
Piano Dealers of America, and at the earnest re-
quest of Edward H. Droop, president of the Na-
tional Association. Mr. Gram has been at the
head of a movement for several years in an at-
tempt to get Milwaukee dealers to co-operate and
form an organization, and it is due largely to
1
his efforts that the association has been formed.
Now that Milwaukee dealers are organized,
they have determined to make a strong fight
for the 1911 convention of the N. A. P. I), of A.
At the recent meeting it was unanimously de-
cided that a hearty invitation should be extended
to the National Association to meet in Milwau-
kee next year. Dealers who were not in at-
tendance at the meeting have since expressed
their approval of the plan, and so the Wisconsin
delegates to Richmond will make a great effort
to bring the next meeting to this city. Milwau-
kee is rapidly becoming one of the leading con-
vention cities of the country, and with excellent
transportation facilities, the best possible hotel
accommodations and a new $500,000 Auditorium,
there is no doubt of the city being able to handle
such a meeting in good style.
One of the first acts of the newly organized
Milwaukee association was to pass a resolution,
presented by Edmund Gram, upon the death of
the late James B. Bradford, president of the J. B.
Bradford Piano Co. and Milwaukee's oldest
dealer. The memorial follows:
"Whereas, James B. Bradford, a highly re-
(Special to The Review.)
Washington, D. C, April 18, 1910.
Preparations are in progress for a spring fes-
tival of music under the auspices of Mrs. Kate
Wilson Greene at the Belasco Theater, May 2,
3 and 4. The proceeds are to be used as the
nucleus for a fund to be applied to the erection
of an opera house in Washington, and it is hoped
that a sum will be realized large enough to give
the movement a substantial impetus. A number
of persons prominent in local musical circles
and others have interested themselves in the fes-
tival and its object, it is announced, and are
giving Mrs. Greene material assistance.
The Metropolitan Opera House orchestra, the
Washington Symphony Orchestra, various local
musical bodies and a number of prominent ar-
tists will participate. Among the piano houses
interested in the venture are the E. F. Droop &
Sons Co. and the F. G. Smith Piano Co.
VETERAN DEALER BANKRUPT.
Marinus Bouricius Started in Business in Coun-
cil Bluffs, la., Twenty-four Years Ago.
Marinus Bouricius, a piano dealer of Council
Bluffs, la., who established his business in that
city over twenty-four years ago, being the
pioneer in the piano trade in Council Bluffs, filed
a petition of bankruptcy recently and his stock
will be disposed of to other local concerns. An-
tiquated business methods are said to be re-
sponsible for the failure to a large extent.
The Rowland Music Store is a new concern in
Glenwood, Minn.
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