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THE
MUSIC TRADE
REVIEW
13
MANUFACTURERS' EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETS.
Holds Mid-Winter Session at the Hotel Astor, New York—Tribute to Major Cleland—Extend
Good Will to Supply Trades Association—Date Fixed for Cleveland Convention.
The mid-winter meeting of the Executive Com-
mittee of the National Piano Manufacturers'
Association of America, was Iveiu at the Hote 1
Astor, New York, on Friday morning of last
week, January 24th, with President Albert S.
Bond; First Vice-President, R. W. Lawrence;
bers of the committee had already reached New
York, and others were on their way here pre-
vented the postponment of the meeting until a
later date.
Just before the meeting of the committee was
called to order on Friday morning, the members
learned of the death of Major Jonas M. Cleland,
Vice-President of the Cable Company, and an
active figure in National Association circles, who
before being stricken very suddenly had planned
to attend the Executive Committee meeting. Out
of respect to the Major the meeting was adjourn-
ed for one hour immediately after the opening.
Upon business being resumed a letter to Presi-
dent Bond from the recently formed Piano Sup-
ply Trades Association, signed by Fritz Dolge,
as Chairman of the Executive Committee, and also
by the officers of that organization, and asking for
the public endorsement of the newer association
by the National Piano Manufacturers' Associa-
tion was read. The following resolution passed
as a result:
Resolved, That we express to the Piano Supply
Trades Association .the good will of our organi-
zation, and wish them success.
The Committee decided upon Monday, June 2,
1S>13, as the most acceptable date for the next
annual convention of the Association, to be held
in Cleveland, and Assistant Secretary Hill was
instructed to make arrangements with the Hotel
Statler in that city, if possible, for the accommoda-
President Albert S. Bond.
tion of the members of the association. It is
Secretary, A. L. Jewett; Assistant Secretary, planned to hold the first session of the convention
Herbert W. Hill; George A. Gibson, Burton R. promptly at 9 :30 A. M., in an effort to take care of
Miller, J. Harry Estey, L. M. Ide and J. A. all business coming before the convention in the
course of one day.
Coffin in attendance.
Th'ere were prospects at one time that the ses-
The Pflueger Piano Co., Inc., of New York, was
sion would not be held, owing to the inability elected to membership in the association.
of several members of the Executive Committee,
All the business before the meeting was taken
especially those from the West to be present. ur. in one session which ended shortly after
The original and announced plans for holding the noon.
meeting in Lakewood, N. J., were cancelled at the
last moment and only the fact that several mem-
SECURITIES COVER^ INDEBTEDNESS.
Referee in Bankruptcy Holds That Bank May
Hold Collateral to Cover Obligations of Ed-
isonia Co. with Overplus to Go to Trustee.
(Special to The Review.)
Newark, N. J., Jan. 28, 1913.
That securities in the shape of instalment con-
tracts held by the National Nassau Bank of New
York against the bankrupt Edisonia Co. are in-
tended to cover any or all indebtedness is the sub-
stance of an opinion handed down to-day by Edwin
G. Adams, referee in bankruptcy.
The question of the validity of a claim repre-
sented by a note given by the bankrupts for $3,000
was argued before the referee. At the time the
note was made the bank held collateral security
for loans made to the Edisonia Co. aggregating
${>,000. The question whether all subsequent se-
curities stood in general for all obligations was
decided by the referee in favor of the bank.
Mr. Adams adds in this opinion that if any
overplus should be found it should be paid to the
trustee in the Edisonia case.
BIG FIRE INJSEW HAVEN.
(Special to The Review.)
New Haven, Conn., Jan. 27, 11)13.
Fire in the Pardee-Ellenberger Co. building on
Thursday of last week caused a loss of $20,000,
divided among the Pardee-Ellenberger Co., the
prominent jobbers of Edison phonographs, and
two other tenants of the building.
VANONI IN NEW YORK STATE.
F. L. Vanoni, of the Pflueger Piano Co., 71fi
Whitlock avenue, New York, started the latter part
of last week for a trip through New York State,
where he will visit every important city in the
State. The new styles of the Pflueger pianos and
player-pianos are nearly ready and will be shown
the latter part of this month.
facts about
the coining
of the
"Convertible"
Chapter Two.
HEN we have asked piano
men to point out the dif-
ference between a regular
Bacon piano and a Bacon Converti-
ble, nineteen out of twenty said:
"There is no difference in size."
Yet there is—but it is only a half
inch.
W
I
T is not the half inch alone, but
the way the entire case is
planned that permits installa-
tion of a pneumatic action at any
time desired.
T
HE Convertible is built in the
only way every piano should
be built, namely, to design
the case for the action, NOT the
action for the case.
OO much time has been spent
doping on pneumatic action
size problems. The Bacon
and Tremaine cases being only
half an inch larger, preserve their
beauty of design, and the owner
at any time may change it into a
player-piano.
T
L
OOK into the proposition be-
fore your local dealer steals
a march on you.
Convertible details
mailed upon request.
The Bacon Piano Company
The Tremaine Piano Co.
505 Fifth Avenue
New York