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MARCH 19, 1921
THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
ST. LOUIS ASSOCIATION TO HOLD IMPORTANT MEETING
Financial and Credit Conditions and the Question of Keeping Retail Establishments Open Dur-
ing the Evening to Be Discussed—Tri-State Victor Dealers Elect Officers
ST. LOUIS, MO., March 9.—The Music Merchants'
Association of St. Louis will meet Thursday
evening, March 24, at the American Annex. C.
F. Jackson, general manager of the Famous &
l?arr Co. department of accounts, will speak on
the financial and credit conditions. It is ex-
pected that, among other things, the question
of keeping open at night wiU be discussed. Lat-
terly there has been a gradual increase in this
respect. Some stores have kept open certain
nights in the week. The Conroy Piano Co. has
now announced that it will hereafter be open
every evening until 9.30 o'clock. It is probable
that an agreement will be arrived at touching
the question.
The Tri-State Victor Dealers' Association
held its annual meeting Tuesday night at the
American Annex and elected officers for the
next year. These were chosen: President, Theo-
dore Maetten, Kieselhorst Piano Co.; vice-pres-
ident, W. P. Daumiller, Lebanon, 111.; secretary,
Mr. Ennis, Stix, Baer & Fuller; treasurer, Fred
Lehman, East St. Louis; directors, Charles Lipp-
man, Field-Lippman Piano Co.; E. C. Routh,
Koerber-Brenner Music Co., and Val Reis, Smith-
Reis Piano Co. A talk on the educational work
of the Victor Co. was given by Miss Mabel
Rich. The entertainment was provided by
Henry Burr and Frank Banta, Victor artists.
There was an attendance of about forty, half of
whom were from outside the city.
The Beethoven Conservatory of Music will
hereafter use the Chickering piano exclusively.
Announcement to that effect has been made by
the Brothers Epstein, who conduct it. The
Weber and Steinway pianos have been used
by the Conservatory for several years.
A Spring festival is in progress at the
Scruggs, Vandervoort & Barney music hall,
which continues all week. Programs are given
each afternoon by leading local artists. Fri-
day afternoon "The Crucifixion" will be sung
by a strong chorus. Saturday high-school pu-
pils will appear. Each morning there is a con-
cert by the store orchestra for the employes.
In connection with the week's program Manager
F.I am, of the piano department, is advertising
the Sohmer piano.
Charles. Balmer, assistant manager of the
Grand-Leader piano department, St. Louis, Mo.,
3 Great Pianos
With 3 sounding boards
in each (Patented) nave the
greatest talking points in
the trade.
has been placed in charge of the player roll de-
partment.
R. S. Dunn, of the Straube Piano Co., Ham-
mond, Ind., was visiting in St. Louis during the
past week.
P. E. Conroy, president of the Conroy Piano
Co., St. Louis, Mo., has returned from Miami,
Fla., where he spent the latter part of the Win-
ter.
W. W. Forbish, of Lyon & Healy, Chicago,
was in St. Louis during the past week.
P. A. Lehman, president, and J. F. Ditzell,
secretary, of the Music Merchants' Association
of St. Louis, have been appointed to solicit the
music merchants for members for the Better
Business Bureau.
A. L. Owen, general manager of the Starck
Piano Co., Chicago, was in St. Louis during the
past week visiting Manager J. E. Reger, of the
St. Louis store.
M. I. Mayer, St. Louis agent of the Thomas
Manufacturing. Co., has started on a trip through
Montana and Idaho.
W. D. Coleman, formerly with the Conroy
Piano Co., of this city, has taken a position
with the R. Wurlitzer Co. here.
"BOOST AKRON" CAMPAIGN STARTS
Merchants of Ohio City Working to Keep Local
Business in the Home Market
AKRON, O., March 12.—"Boost Akron, buy from
Akron concerns," is the slogan adopted by re-
tail merchants here, who are waging a strong
campaign in an effort to discourage out-of-town
buying and the patronizing of the mail-order
houses. Music dealers are co-operating in the
movement and in their windows are displaying
attractive cards bearing the slogan. "We feel
that we are in a position to give Akron people
better goods for the same, and even less, money
than they pay in other nearby towns and to
mail-order houses," a leading music dealer said
this week. "Mail-order houses seem to appeal
to a certain class of people who are made to
believe that the goods they sell are far superior
to those sold by their home-town merchants.
This has been one of the worst obstacles the
merchant has had to combat and we believe that
with the proper arguments we can soon con-
vince them that the 'home stores' are the best
in the long run."
The Heppe Piano Co.
PHILADELPHIA, PA.
The first touch tells"
(Registered U. S. Pat. Off.)
There is no reason
why your sales
should fall off.
You need some in-
struments that will
a p p e a l to your
customers.
Christman
Famous
Studio Grands
(5 feet over all)
CHAMBER DIRECTORS MEET APRIL 1
Will Consider Convention Arrangements, Re-
vision of By-Laws and Various Other Mat-
ters at Conference to Be Held April 1
The Board of Directors of the Music Indus-
tries Chamber of Commerce will meet in the
general office at 105 West Fortieth street, New
York, at 2 p. m., Friday, April 1.
Action will be taken upon a report of the
special committee arranging for the annual con-
vention in Chicago in May and a report of the
special committee for revision of by-laws. Re-
ports upon the progress of the Chamber's tax
campaign will be received and acted upon at
the meeting.
NEW MANAGER IN CANTON, 0 .
We fix " o n e price'*—
wholesale and retail.
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CANTON, O., March 14.—J. R. Minnet, collection
manager, has succeeded S. B. Van Fossen as
manager of the store of the J. W. Brown Piano
Co., Second street and Walnut avenue, S. E., it
was announced this week. He has already as-
sumed charge of the store. Mr. Van Fossen
resigned as manager of the store to become
president of the Van Fossen-Smiley Piano Co.,
a newly incorporated music firm. He was head
of the Brown store for six weeks, coming here
from Akron, O., where he was identified with
the A. B. Chase Piano Co.
have a tone of such
sublime quality that
your customers will
recognize it at once
and that m e a n s
more sales.
Write us for par-
ticulars.
Christman Piano Co.
597 E. 137th Street, New York
"The first touch tells"