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THE
WATERBURY PIANO DEALERS MEET
And Elect Officers of the Piano Dealers As-
sociation for the Ensuing Year—A. P. Mc-
Coy Becomes President—Agreement Among
Dealers Has Been Broadened Thus Insuring
Clean and Healthy Conditions.
(Special to The Review.)
Waterbury, Conn., June 27, 1910.
The third annual meeting of the Waterbury
(Conn.) Piano Dealers' Association was held in
the rooms of the Waterbury Business Men's Asso-
ciation, on Tuesday, June 21. The following
officers were elected for the ensuing year:
President—A. P. McCoy, the Fulton Music Co.
Vice-President—E. L. Pratt, the M. Steinert &
Sons Co.
Treasurer—Milton Weil, the Driggs & Smith
Co.
Secretary—P. R. Cumming, the Driggs & Smith
Co.
Most of the dealers in Waterbury are members
of the association, and for the past three years
the members have been conducting their respec-
tive businesses under a signed agreement con-
taining certain protective trade restrictions.
Because of the spirit of fraternity among the
members engendered by their association, and be-
cause of the satisfactory conditions in the trade,
as the result of the previous agreement, it was
unanimously voted to continue the agreement on
an even oroader basis than the one under which
they were then working. A new agreement was
accordingly drawn embracing further restrictions
than the old, and broadening the scope of the
previous understanding. Copies of the new agree-
ment have been received and signed by each of
the members. Each member holds a copy of the
agreement for his guidance, and all interested
feel assured that the ensuing year will find com-
petitive conditions cleaner and better than ever
before.
INTERESTING EVERETT LITERATURE.
A New Cata'og Which Is Distinctly Original in
Its Scope and Which Will Assist Everett
Dealers in Salesmaking.
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The catalog recently issued by the John Church
Co., Cincinnati, bears at once the imprint, in its
preparation, of originality, as it is a distinct
departure from anything which has heretofore
been issued in the piano catalog line.
The complete catalog is in the form of a port-
folio containing ten four-page folders printed on
hand-laid antique paper, showing designs of the
various styles of Everett pianos.
The illustrations shown in the work are made
by the intaglio print process and closely imitate
photogravure work, and in soft brown tints they
convey to the beholder an accurate idea of the
different styles of the Everett pianos, including
an imposing array of grands and uprights.
The dimensions of the different styles are
feivcn, while the matter accompanying is brief
but forceful.
The descriptive sentences are crisp, clean-cut
and convincing.
No doubt Everett dealers will find this new
Everett literature beneficial to them in sales-
making.
The work is a departure from all accepted
lines and must play an important educational
mission in developing interest in the product
which it illustrates.
This Everett literature reflects the work of
Raymond C. Lee as a publicity builder.
Mr. Lee has given much time and thought to
the preparation of this volume and he has cer-
tainly exhibited originality and care in the com-
pilation and arrangement of the volume, which
at. once places him in the front rank as a young
man of original thought.
The catalog is not only out of the ordinary,
but its entire make-up manifests a desire on the
part of the compiler to present a new idea in
catalog construction, for in conciseness and
lucidity of expression the descriptive matter is
refreshing and the illustrations, as we have
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stated, will appeal to the aesthetic taste of those
who are interested in piano literature.
WOULD TAX SLOT MACHINES.
Senator Kissel's Scheme to Add $9,000,000 to
State Income—Introduces Bill at Albany to
Place $2 Tax on Each of the 4,500,000 Ma-
chines in Operation in State—Would Sup-
plant Proposed Income Tax.
(Special to The Review.)
Albany, N. Y., June 27, 1910.
Senator John Kissel, of Brooklyn, N. Y., h : s
introduced a bill in the legislature for the pur-
pose of adding $9,000,000 annually to the State
income, which will more than make good the
deficiency in the expense of running the State
Government without levying an income tax. His
plan is to impose an annual tax of $2 each on
the 4,500,000 slot machines in use throughout
the State. The bill affects every kind of slot
machine in operation, including pianos, music
boxes, phonographs, chewing gum, chocolate,
peanuts, telephone, postage stamp, cigar, shoe-
shining, weighing, strength-testing, drinking de-
vices, gas meters, etc.
"There are about four and one-half million of
these machines in operation through the State,
said Senator Kissel in explaining his bill, "and
there is no good reason why they should not be
taxed by the State. The income trom these de-
vices is large, and the profit averages 50 per
cent. Through this bill nine million dollars can
be added annually to the State treasury without
placing the burden on the poor people of the
State. This, to my mind, is a far easier way of
wiping out the deficiency between the State's
receipts and expenditures than by the proposed
income tax."
Senator Kissell's bill proposes that in addition
to the two dollar tax on each machine, ten cents
shall be levied on each machine for the purpose
of tagging it so as to show the individual State
license number.
As Timothy D. Sullivan and Senator Depew
are said to be interested in the manufacture of
slot machines, and both represent the two politi-
cal parties in Albany, the likelihood of any bill
such as outlined above being passed is not prob-
able.
WINNERS OF PRIZES
Offered by Steinway & Sons and National
Phonograph Co. for Practical Ideas of Ad-
vertising Value.
Twenty-six prizes, worth $1,000, were awarded
on Saturday last to members of the advertising
forum of the West Side Young Men's Christian
Association of New York. The best suggestions
tor display advertisements gained the spoils.
The money was given by ten business houses,
each of which offered $100 for the idea which
would be of best practical use to it. H. G. Bar-
rington, 50 West 97th street, won the prize offered
by Steinway & Sons, and the National Phono-
graph Co.'s prize was divided among three—
Joseph T. McDermott, $50; J. W. Manton, $30,
and E. M. Link, $20. These were the only
houses in the music trade industry that offered
prizes.
NEW QUARTERS FOR CARLIN & SCH0EN.
(Special to The Review.)
Pittsburg, Pa., June 25, 1910.
The Samuel W. Black Co. have leased for
George E. McCague to Carlin & Schoen, dealers
in automatic piano players, two storerooms at
439 and 441 Third avenue for a term of years.
Possession will be taken July 1, after alterations
have been completed.
KAUFMAN-MOSER PIANO CO. FIRE.
(Special to The Review.)
Norfolk, Va., June 25, 1910.
The Kaufman-Moser Piano Co., of this city,
suffered considerable damage from the fire which
took place in the Lennox building, Granby
street, on last Thursday.
"Quality" business
for piano dealers
Nothing else invented in
recent years has meant so
much to piano dealers as the
Victor and Victor Records.
Of all the piano dealers
who handle the Victor not
one has found that it in-
terfered with his piano busi-
ness. But many of them have
found that an increasing
number of people came into
their stores s i n c e t h e y
handled the Victor. They
sold Victor goods to them
and gained many new regular
customers. Good will and
prestige increased and their
piano business also grew
livelier because of the Victor.
The Victor business is so
strong and making such big
forward strides that no piano
dealer can afford to ignore it.
Don't you let this oppor-
tunity slip through your fin-
gers. Make up your mind
to handle the Victor—at least
write us to-day and find out
all about it.
Victor Talking Machine Co.
Camden, N. J., U. S. A.
Berliner Gramophone Co., Montreal,
Canadian Diitributora.
To get best results, use only Victor Needles
on Victor Records.