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THE
FEBRUARY 9, 1918
FORM BALDWIN OVERSEAS CLUB
MUSIC
TRADE
REVIEW
MANAGER FOR NATIONAL PIANO CO.
Eighty-five Employes of the Baldwin Co., All in William J. Ennis Appointed to That Position
at Annual Meeting of Boston Piano Organ-
Military Service, Form Organization to Keep
ization—A Man of Wide Trade Experience
in Touch With Each Other "Over There"
FINAL DECISION ON EXCISE TAX
Deputy Commissioner of Internal Revenue Out-
lines Department's Stand on Piano Player
Tax in Letter to Geo. W. Pound—Text of
Previous Telegram Confirmed
BOSTON, MASS., February 4.—William J. Ennis,
Following the receipt of a telegram from Com-
who has had fifteen years' experience in the
piano business, has just been appointed manager missioner Roper, of the Bureau of Internal Rev-
of the National Piano Co. at the annual_ meeting enue, outlining the basis upon which taxes were
of the board of directors of this well-known Bos- to be collected on piano players, and which in-
formation has already been given to the trade
ton piano organization.
Mr. Ennis is a Chicago man, in which city he by George W. Pound, counsel and general man-
was born. He began his piano experience un- ager of the Music Industries Chamber of Com-
der George J. Dowling, of the Cable Company, merce, Mr. Pound, this week, received a letter
where he made a marked success in the whole- from B. C. Keith, Deputy Commissioner, again
sale department; and later with the Steger & outlining the plan of procedure for which the
Sons Piano Mfg. Co., in Chicago. A third con- Bureau of Internal Revenue is working.
nection, which proved to be of great worth to
The letter, which confirms the previous tele-
employer and employed, was with J. N. Adam gram in every detail and is to be accepted as the
& Co., of Buffalo, N. Y., for which large de- official and final decision in the matter, reads:
partment house he was the manager of the piano
"Receipt is acknowledged of your letter of the
department.
26th instant, relative to the tax on piano players
At this same annual meeting R. E. Briggs was as provided under Section 600, Subdivision (b),
continued on the board of directors, J. Fred of the Act of October 3, 1917.
"The information contained in your letter has
Powers was re-elected treasurer and A. L.
been carefully noted.
Jewett was re-elected president.
"Since the tax on player-pianos as provided in
Hereafter both Mr. Jewett and Mr. Briggs
will devote much of their time to traveling in the above section rests upon the player device
the interests of the National line, and Mr. only, it necessarily follows that the manufac-
turers of the player device will be required to
Ennis, too, will do some traveling.
make return and pay the tax on same. Where
the manufacturer of pianos also manufactures
WAR MUSIC AGAIN TO THE FORE
the player device embodied in a player-piano,
Major General Scott Plans to Appoint Music such a manufacturer will be required to make
Officer for Every Regiment at Camp Dix— return and pay the tax covering sales of the
To Have Aides in Each Company—To Store player device. Where the manufacturer of pi-
anos purchases the player device, it will be pre-
Musical Instruments in Navy Warehouse
sumed that the tax has been paid on same."
Every day comes fresh evidence of the fact
that the commanders of the United States mili-
GOFF & DARLING CLOSING OUT
tary forces have a full appreciation of the value
of music in providing entertainment for, and Long Established Music House of Providence,
maintaining the morale of, their men.
R. I., Going Out of Business
Major General Scott, in, command of the
Army Division at Camp Dix, N. J., has out- PROVIDENCE, R. I., February 4.—The old estab-
lined a plan for the greater development of lished music house of Goff & Darling is pre-
music and singing among the troops of his paring to retire from business. Ira N. Goff,
division, and has issued orders for the appoint- one of the proprietors, died last year, and the
ment of a music officer in each regiment, the business is being closed in order to settle the
latter to have aides in each company. It will estate. The entire stock owned by the concern
be the duty of the music officer and his aides has been purchased by the Parkinson Piano
to see that the men are offered every oppor- House, of 291 Weybosset street, and the Par-
tunity for gratifying their desires for melody, kinson concern is holding a special sale of the
which the General, from his study of condi- instruments comprising the stock. The con-
tions at the front, is convinced is a strong fac- cern of Goff & Darling was established over
FEATURES SALES STAFF IN STORY for in strengthening the morale of men under forty years ago, and has always maintained an
excellent reputation in the local music trade.
Wiley B. Allen Co. Organization, in San Diego, the adverse conditions of trench warfare.
It is likewise interesting to learn that in the Its headquarters were located at 276 Westmin-
Cal., Subject of Interesting Article
new $1,200,000 warehouse now being erected ster street.
One of the newspapers in San Diego, Cal., for the Navy Department in New York, special
recently carried a most interesting story re- provision is made for the handling and storing of
SCHILLER CO. ELECTS OFFICERS
garding the sales organization of the Wiley B. musical instruments to be supplied to the men
Allen Co. store as it is built up under the man- in the service.
OREGON, I I I . , February 4.—The Schiller Piano
agement of Roy T. Davis. The article was
Co., of this city, recently held its annual meet-
headed by the portraits of four members of the
ing and election, at which the following officers
VETERAN PIANO MAN TO WED
sales staff, including Clement W. Porter, man-
were selected for the ensuing year: President,
ager of the company's Victrola department, G. A. Woodford, of Menominee, Mich., to Marry G. H. Jones^ vice-president, C. F. Jones, sec-
Miss Elsa Kindler, a very capable saleswoman
retary and treasurer, E. B. Jones. The annual
Well Known Authoress
in the Victrola department; Edward I. Wolmer,
report showed an excellent trade during the
piano salesman, and Lloyd E. Wood.
G. A. Woodford, pioneer piano dealer and past year, and a constantly expanding business
business man, of Menominee, Mich., has an- in players.
nounced
his engagement to Mrs. Ada C. Munk,
R. N. WATKIN ELECTED A DIRECTOR a well known
authoress, who has written for a PIPE ORGAN STOP ACTION PATENTED
number of magazines under the nom-de-plume
DALLAS, TEX., February 2.—At a recent meeting
of the Dallas Retail Merchants' Association, of Blanche Seymour. The wedding will occur
WASHINGTON, D. C, January 29.—Oscar J. Hag-
Robert N. Watkin, of the Will A. Watkin Co., this month. Mr. Woodford opened a jewelry strom.Berwyn, 111., was last week granted Patent
was elected a director for the ensuing year. W. store in Menominee in 1869, and three years No. 1,253,685 for a combination stop action for
L. Bush, of the Bush & Gerts Piano Co., Chi- later started a piano department. In 1896 he organs. This invention relates to combination
cago, who attended the meeting, entertained sold out his jewelry business and continued in stop actions for pipe organs, and the main ob-
the merchants with an impromptu piano recital the piano business. In 1909 the Woodford & ject thereof is to provide a reliable, efficient and
during the course of whrch he played one of his Bill Piano Co. was organized with A. W. Bill improved apparatus of the class specified, char-
as Mr. Woodford's partner.
own compositions: "The Medina March."
acterized by simplicity and ease of manipulation.
Many helpful plans to support and cheer our
boys in the war zone have been devised and are
working admirably. It is but natural that these
young men, far away from home, isolated from
their nearest friends, are seeking means of inter-
communication and exchange of home news, and
it is also natural that in turn their friends wish
to do everything in their power to give them en-
couragement and all possible aid in any condi-
tion.
A really effective and well-organized plan of
this sort has been evolved by the many em-
ployes of the Baldwin Co. of Cincinnati, who
are now serving in the army and navy. They
have joined together in the "Baldwin Over-
seas Club," and the vast international organiza-
tion of the Baldwin Co., has been placed at their
disposal for the attainment of their purposes.
The officers of the Baldwin Overseas Club
are: President, Lieut. Lucien Wulsin, Engineer
Corps; line of communication, American Expedi-
tionary Force, France; secretary, Harry W.
Schulze, artillery section, Headquarters Co., 64th
C. A. C, Ft. Barrancas, Florida. Mr. Wulsin is
secretary of the Baldwin Co. and has been "over
there" for several months past.
The membership of this club will consist of
the eighty-five employes of the Baldwin Co. and
subsidiaries now serving in the Army and Navy,
which membership will be augmented by other
employes who may hereafter enter the service.
The purpose of the club is to enable the com-
pany's employes to keep in touch with each other
on and after arrival in France.
The Paris address of the club is Lieut. Lucien
Wulsin, 31 Boulevard Haussmann; New York,
the Baldwin Piano Co., 665 Fifth avenue;
Cincinnati, general and manufacturing offices
the Baldwin Co.; cable address, "Baldwinco,"
Cincinnati (for code messages); Baldwin Co.,
Cincinnati (for plain language cablegrams).
It is evident that all members of this club
will be cared for in the best possible manner
wherever they are and under all conditions. This
knowledge is doubtless a real comfort for their
nearest kin, for the Baldwin Co. never does
things halfway, but enters into any plan with
a whole-hearted spirit of enthusiasm.
WINTER & CO.
RUDOLF
PIANOS AND PLAYER-PIANOS
PIANOS AND PLAYER-PIANOS
22O SOUTHERN BOULEVARD, NEW YORK