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THE
MUSIC TRADE
REVIEW
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by the retail traders throughout the country, and
in compliance with their request, the Music Pub-
lishers' Association do hereby resolve that the
American Publishers Will Be Interested in the Action Taken by Their London Confreres in
new terms, as per the circular letter dated July
Remedying Conditions Which Are Now Deplorable.
27, 1912, shall come into operation on Monday,
(Special to The Review.)
appended their signatures to the agreement. As December 2d next, and' shall be rigidly enforced
without exception from that date, and that the
the proposal is obviously so much to the advantage
London, Eng., Nov. 23, 1912.
whole of the trade be informed accordingly."
The chaotic condition of prices in the retail of the retail trade, it is confidently expected that
The president of the association was desired by
the few remaining dealers who may not have yet
sheet music trade and the general unstability of
1
the
committee to communicate with the few re-
signed
will
come
into
line
as
soon
as
they
appre-
discounts that have prevailed for some time past
and appeared to be getting worse steadily, has ciate its importance, and thus obviate the neces- maining firms who had not yet responded, and
advise them to immediately send in their signed
finally moved the Music Publishers' Association, sity for regretfully closing their accounts.
'The London stores, including the Army and agreements, so as to obviate the necessity of re-
at the general request of the retail trade, recently
Navy, have agreed to adopt the new fixed price, gretfully closing their accounts by the publishers,
held several meetings for the definite purpose of
remedying conditions in the trade. As a result and the wholesale collecting houses have also who have decided to enforce the new fixed selling
price. The next meeting of the committee of the
of the meetings the following circular, signed by signed. The latter will further be required not to
association is to be held December 4.
twenty-eight publishers, among them Elkin & Co., supply any dealer who may not have signed the
* * *
Ltd., B. Feldman & Co., Francis, Day & Hun- undertaking.
When will American publishers have the cour-
ter, and G. Ricordi & Co.:
"The Music Publishers' Association are grat-
"We, the undersigned, have decided, at the very ified' with the success of these efforts in this in- age of a similar step and when will the dealers
offer their support?
general request of the retail music trade, to press stance to improve the conditions of the retail
upon our customers the necessity for adopting a trade; and, with a view of bringing the publishers
NEW HOME F0R_WHITE RATS.
more uniform scale of prices of our copyright and dealers more closely into touch, so that other
sheet music to the general public, and with this pressing matters concernings the trade may be dis- Formal Opening of New Clubhouse on Forty-
end in view we enclose for your signature a form cussed, it has been arranged that a joint monthly
sixth Street to Be Held To-night—Music
of agreement setting forth that our copyright meeting shall be held, consisting of six repre-
Publishers to Be Among Guests.
sheet music should not in future be sold at a dis- sentatives of the publishing trad-e and six repre-
A number of music publishers and their as-'
count exceeding 3d. in the Is. to the general public. sentatives of the retail trade."
sistants
have been invited do be present at the
"Sheet music marked at 4s. full price to be A joint committee of publishers and dealers was
treated at 2s. net in arriving at this discount. held on Wednesday, November 6, when the secre- opening ceremonies at the new clubhouse of the
Copyright sheet music marked net cash or 6d. net tary informed the meeting of the responses that White Rats, the leading organization of vaude-
ville performers, at 229 West Forty-sixth street,
had been received to date to the previous circular
is not included in this arrangement."
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on
Saturday night of this week. An elaborate
Several prominent houses, such as Boosey & sent out by the association, and general approval
Co., Chappell & Co., Ltd., Enoch & Sons, and was expressed of the spontaneous reception by the program has been arranged by the members of the
others, have for some time past had a discount retail trade of the new arrangements. It was an- club for the entertainment of their guests.
agreement with the retailers and did not, there- nounced that comparatively few dealers through-
out the country had so far failed to send in their
fore, sign the association circular.
signed agreements, and in a number of these
The success of the movement is well indicated
by the following announcement recently sent to cases it was ascertained that the minimum price
was already being charged by these dealers. The
the trade by the publishers:
With 3 sounding boards
"The retail trade have been communicated with, following resolution was unanimously carried,
and at the time of writing practically the whole namely:
in
each (Patented) have the
"That in view of the undertaking entered into
of the d-ealers have signified their approval and
LONDON PUBLISHERS DISCUSS PRICES AND DISCOUNTS.
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PHILADELPHIA, PA.
Office and Wareroom, 711 Milwaukee Ave., Chicago, 111.
N. W. Sales Department, 901-903 First Ave., South, Minneapolis, Minn.
South Atlantic Sales Department, Room 730 Candler Bldg., Atlanta, Ga.
SMITH & BARNES and STROHBEft
HIGH GRADE PIANOS,
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DECKER & SON.
ESTABLISHED 1856.
NEW YORK
WARNING TO INFRINGERS
Any piano bearing the name of Decker
& Son in any other form than that shown
above is an infringement on the genuine.
All makers of stencil pianos, piano deal-
ers and users of pianos using the name of
Decker & Son will be prosecuted to the
full extent of the law.
DECKER & SON, 697-701 East 135th St., New York