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THE
MUSIC
TRADE
REVIEW
TEXAS STATE ASSOCIATION RESULT OF POUND'S VISIT
New Organization With B. Heyer as President Formed During Visit of General Counsel of Music
Industries Chamber of Commerce to Dallas—Great Enthusiasm Aroused
DALLAS, TEX., April 7.—-George W. Pound, gen-
eral counsel of the Music Industries Chamber of
Commerce, who is making a coast-to-coast tour
in the interest of the advancement of music
campaign, struck a responsive chord in the music
dealers of Texas and representatives of the trade
from all sections of the State here to-day. Mr.
Pound discussed the value of music in war ac-
tivities, and urged the music men to organize
now for the purpose of further advancing the
cause of music, not as a commercial enterprise,
but as one of the absolute necessities of life,
and said every person engaged in selling music
or music making interests should wake up to
this fact.
More than 250 music dealers of Texas at-
tended the function given in honor of Mr.
Pound while he was in Dallas, and in his discus-
sions of the necessity of music Mr. Pound
showed his listeners that his ideas are practical
and progressive, and that he obtained his views
from an entirely new angle. He declared that
heretofore people had been inclined to believe
that music was a kind of luxury and could well
be left out of every-day life. "The war dis-
covered music, necessary in the life of the sol-
diers, and like most all war discoveries, it is
going to be applied to the pursuits of peace.
The human need for music was one of the great-
est discoveries of the war, and it only remains
for the music dealers and the people to get to-
gether now and develop a move which will re-
sult in untold good to America and the world."
Mr. Pound declared the people want music, that
they are going to have it.
As a result of the visit of Mr. Pound to Dal-
las and his conference with the music dealers
of Texas the Texas Merchants' Music Associa-
tion was born. The organization was formed
following Mr. Pound's discussion of the need
of co-operation between all music dealers and
the public and the music trade generally. The
new organization was launched with a member-
ship of more than one hundred. Those active
in the organization issued a statement outlining
the purpose of the State Association and urging
all dealers of any class of musical instruments
to join. It is said the membership of the organ-
ization will reach five hundred in a few months.
The following are the officers of the new or-
ganization: B. Heyer, Dallas, president; H. D.
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Cupton, Dallas secretary and treasurer; Henry
Mayer, Paris, first vice-president; E. A. Mayor,
San Antonio, second vice-president, and VV. E.
Thrash, Waco, third vice-president.
The first annual meeting of the association
will be held at Waco next spring. The direc-
torate will be composed of music dealers
from Dallas, Fort Worth, San Antonio, Houston
and Galveston. Mr. Pound, W. L. Bush, of the
Bush & Gerts Piano Co., and O. A. Field, of
the Field-Lippman Piano Co., were made hon-
orary members of the association.
Mr. Pound declared in his talk that he had
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never seen music dealers so enthusiastic and
wide awake as he found them in Texas. He
predicts that the move now under way will make
the United States one of the foremost musical
nations of the world.
The meeting at which Mr. Pound made his
principal address was held in connection with a
luncheon in the Palm Garden of the Adolphus
llotel at noon to-day. J. C. Philips, president
of the Dallas Music Industries Association, to- •
gcther with the other officers of that body,
worked hard in making the preliminary arrange-
ments, and the results of their efforts were evi-
denced in the unusually large attendance of re-
tailers.
The committee spent considerable
money and energy in the preparation of special
literature to arouse the interest of the music
men and their efforts were properly recognized.
WURLITZER CO. ESTABLISHING NEW STORE IN PITTSBURGH
Opening of New Retail Headquarters Set for May 1—Will Carry Complete Line of Musical Instru-
ments—E. F. Harwood Resigns—Mellor Co. Featuring the Steinway Line
PITTSBURGH, PA., April 8.—The advent of the
Kudolph Wurlitzer Co. into the Pittsburgh re-
tail trade has occasioned considerable interest
in local music circles and the opening of the new
"shop," as General Manager Hal P. Shearer puts
it, indicates that this city is to have within a
very short time one of the most complete and
up-to-date establishments for the sale of pianos,
organs, talking machines, harps, violins, in fact,
all kinds of musical instruments and accessories
will be on sale so that it will be possible for a
music-lover upon entering the new Wurlitzer
music shop to purchase anything in the music
line from a 5-cent string to a $1,500 piano.
The new location of the Wurlitzer Music
Shop will be at 615 Liberty avenue, this thor-
oughfare being one of the leading business
arteries of the downtown commercial section.
It is on the direct route to the Union and Wa-
bash railroad stations, and is within easy access
of several theatres and the leading hotels and
also within a stone's throw of other musical
establishments.
Mr. Shearer stated to The Music Trade Re-
view representative that the Wurlitzer shop
would be a model one and in keeping with the
standard that characterizes the house of Wur-
litzer. The piano department will be under the
supervision of DeWitt Roberts, who is well
known to the trade. Roy Abell is to manage
the automatic instrument division, and T. K.
Gunther will have charge of the small goods
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department.
It is understood that when the
formal opening is made of the Wurlitzer Music
Shop some of the leading officials of the com-
pany will be here to participate in the event.
Work is being expedited on the building, and it
is now in the hands of the painters and dec-
orators. Kxtensive alterations have been made
to the structure, and it is stated that the tenta-
tive date set for the opening is May 1. The
Wurlitzer Co. for some years have maintained
an office in the Century Building here, where
the automatic line of instruments was specialized
in.
E. F. Harwood, for the past two years in
charge of the piano department of Kaufmann's
"The Rig Store," has resigned, and left the de-
partment where he made a notable record for
piano sales. Prior to his leaving the employes
of the piano department presented Mr. Harwood
with a silver cake service, at the same time bid-
ding him farewell and extending their best
wishes for his success in the future.
L. H. Jacobi, Jr., formerly sales manager of
the piano department of L. Hamberger & Co.,
Newark. N. J., is the new manager and buyer
of the Kaufmann piano department. He reached
Pittsburgh last week and at once took up his
new work. He greeted The Review representa-
tive very affably and expressed the hope that
he would be able to land a few more competent
sales persons to care for the rush of business.
C. L. Dawson, president, and John H. Short,
treasurer of the Dawson Brothers Piano Co.,
returned from a business trip to Philadelphia
and Xew York. While in the Quaker City they
arranged to place on sale in their store here a
full line of Schomacker pianos.
George Schroeder, Jr., of the Schroeder Piano
Co., is the proud owner of a new twelve-cylin-
der Lozier automobile. He took the car out
on a trial trip to Uellefontc, Pa.
George and William Schroeder, of the Schroe-
der Piano Co., returned from a business trip to
New York this week.
C. L. Hamilton, of the S. Hamilton Co., and
Burt Hengeveld, manager of the piano depart-
ment, were in New York on business. On their
return W. C. Hamilton left for Gotham.
F. H. Groves, of the F. H. Groves Piano Co.,
is chairman of the music committee of the East-
ern Star entertainment to be held in Syria
Mosque, Pittsburgh, Wednesday evening, April
16.
The C. C. Mellor Co. in their advertisement in
the Sunday newspapers concerning the Steinway
piano made the following statement:
"The
good musical judgment of Pennsylvania State
Senators was proved recently when they pre-
sented a Steinway grand piano to Frank B. Mc-
Lain, of Lancaster, Pa., former Lieufenant-Gov-
ernor of Pennsylvania. Lieutenaut-Governor E.
E Beidleman made the presentation speech."
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