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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
MAY 3, 1919
GEO. W. POUND'S DETROIT PROGRAM CHANGED SLIGHTLY
Local Committee Decides to Eliminate Afternoon Meeting in Order to Concentrate All Efforts on
Meeting and Banquet in the Evening—Planning For Fall Music Festival
DETROIT, MICH., April 28.—After going over the
whole proposition most thoroughly and looking
at it from every angle the Detroit Music Trades
Association and others working in co-operation
with the committees for the coming visit of
George W. Pound, of the Music Industries
Chamber of Commerce, decided to abandon the
Friday afternoon address by Mr. Pound at the
Board of Commerce. The music men realize
that it is mighty difficult to get out the people
desired early in the afternoon, especially the
school and music teachers, and while a night
lecture and get-together was discussed the
members felt that inasmuch as they did not
know Mr. Pound's plans they did not want to
plan for the night and then find out later that
he could not be present. As the situation now
stands, Mr. Pound will arrive in Detroit Thurs-
day noon and he will spend the afternoon in
conference with the various committees. At 7
o'clock there will be a reception at the Hotel
Statler followed by a banquet and then a busi-
ness meeting. From the enthusiasm and inter-
est displayed it looks as if at least three to four
hundred dealers and salesmen will attend the
banquet and meeting. The following day Mr.
Pound will spend in personal conference with
dealers in the hope of getting new members for
the Music Industries Chamber of Commerce.
C. A. Grinnell, president of the national body,
and vice-president of Grinnell Bros., is devoting
every minute he can spare to the coming event,
as he wants Mr. Pound to have a whopper meet-
ing in Detroit.
Plans have practically been completed in De-
troit for a music festival to last an entire week
some time in the early fall. This is the sugges-
tion of J. Henry Ling, and it has met with
unanimous favor by the music dealers. The fes-
tival will be fostered and will be under the aus-
pices of the Detroit Music Trades in co-opera-
tion with the Detroit Talking Machine Associa-
tion. It will be held at the new music hall at
Woodward and Parsons street, which is being
erected under the auspices of leading Detroit
philanthropists. Just what the music festival
will comprise has not been gone into, but from
the standpoint of the dealers there will be special
displays, special advertising, special offerings in
the stores, and each day there will be something
new and novel to attract public interest in music.
The whole proposition is in its embryonic state
just now, but during the entire summer the
music dealers will be talking it over so that in
the fall they will know just what to do.
H. J. Murray and John E. Wood, of Lansing,
Mich., have engaged in the piano and talking ma-
chine business at 1134 North Washington avenue
under the style of Murray & Wood.
The Barnard Music Co., of Jackson, Mich., has
incorporated under the State laws for $2,500.
The J. L. Hudson Co. is celebrating the first
a-.miversary of its new music store at 68-70 Li-
brary avenue. In celebration of the event Man-
•THE LEADING LINE
WEAVER PIANOS
Grands, Uprights
and Players
YORK PIANOS
Uprights and Players
LIVINGSTON PIANOS
Uprights and Player-Pianos
If your competitor does not already have this
line, go after it at once.
Weaver Piano Co., Inc.
FACTORY
YORK, PA.
Established 1870
ager E. P. Andrew is offering a number of spe-
cials in the player-piano department. During the
past twelve months the new music store in vol-
ume of business has exceeded its quota in all
departments, and Manager Andrew anticipates
that during the ensuing twelve months he will
at least double the new quota. The new store
is going after quality and not quantity business.
Considerable extra business could be taken on
if Mr. Andrew would permit deviations in his
prices and terms, but this he will not do. "After
all it does not pay in the long run," he says.
"The gross business might increase materially,
but when you sum it all up the net profit will not
be as much. Why have all the bother of han-
dling this undesirable business? There is plenty
of good business to be secured, and it is in that
direction that we are putting forth our entire
effort."
In the Victory Liberty Loan campaign Grin-
nell Bros, subscribed for $25,000 worth of bonds.
The J. L. Hudson Co. took $200,000 worth. The
Grinnell subscription, however, was the larg-
est of any exclusive music house. Their total
holdings of Liberty Bonds now total into the
hundreds of thousands.
The Smith, Barnes & Strohber Co. have estab-
lished a local retail store at 255 Woodward ave-
nue in the Washington Arcade, in charge of
Charles Thompson. The Smith & Barnes pianos
and players are featured exclusively.
SPLENDID GATHERING GREETS POUND IN SAN FRANCISCO
General Counsel of Music Industries Chamber of Commerce Makes Stirring Plea For Organiza-
tion Before Pacific Coast Music Dealers—Frank Anrys Presides at Banquet
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL., April 25.—George W.
Pound, general manager of the Music Indus-
tries Chamber of Commerce, has come and gone
and left behind him a message which will keep
the music trade in conversation for a long time.
In his address at the Palace Hotel on Monday
night, April 21, where he spoke to 145 members
of the music industry of this section of the State,
Mr. Pound said: "I bring you the message of
organization." As in his talks in other cities he
told of his struggles to have the music industry
removed from the list of non-essential industries.
The industry was doomed to extinction, he said,
and would have undoubtedly followed the course
of the trade in European countries, if Congress
had not been convinced that the industry was
truly essential to winning the war. This con-
viction on the part of Congress was achieved by
the action of those back of the Chamber of
Commerce in organizing a fight against the plan
to declare music a luxury, and he had been
chosen to carry the message to the members of
Congress. Mr. Pound detailed his efforts in
Washington and the success which followed and
stated that for the first time in history music
and the music industries had been declared es-
sential.
Throughout his entire talk, which lasted over
an hour, Mr. Pound brought his listeners back
to his theme of organization, when even for a
time it seemed as if he was wandering in other
fields. His cleverness in this direction several
times evoked applause and was the cause of
considerable comment later. By means of or-
ganization the ground already gained could be
held, he said, and a musical instrument put in
every American home. He closed with an ap-
peal to those present to join the National As-
sociation of Piano Merchants of America. Ap-
plication blanks were passed about a»d were
very generally signed.
Before the speaker of the evening was called
upon L. S. Sherman, of Sherman, Clay & Co.,
made a short talk on the industry, and Philip T.
Clay gave a brief address of welcome. Frank
Anrys, of the Wiley B. Allen Co., presided at
the banquet and introduced the guest of honor.
During Mr. Pound's stay in San Francisco he
spent most of his time with friends and only
visited a few of the music houses. Some of the
trade were disappointed in this, as they wanted
the opportunity to show the distinguished visi-
tor how they "did it" in the Far West.
The proponents of the San Francisco Piano
Men's Club have taken great courage in the mes-
sage brought to San Francisco by George W.
Pound. One of the stories told by Mr. Pound
was of an old negro who was an expert with a
biacksnake whip and killed flies on the backs of
his mules without disturbing the animals. When
asked to try his skill on a hornet's nest he
replied, "No, sah, no indeedy. Them's organ-
ized." The story seemed to apply to the Piano
Men's Club quite as well as it does to the indus-
try in general, and some of the leaders are hoping
that the lesson will sink in. So far, it is stated,
that all the firms with one or two exceptions
have signed up on the club, and it seems a shame
that these cannot take Mr. Pound's message to
heart and "organize."
Sergt. Frank E. Cassidy, son of Hugh F. Cas-
sidy, manager of the M. Steinert & Sons Piano
Co., Woonsocket, R. I., has returned from over-
seas.
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