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JANUARY 21, 1922
THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
ASSOCIATION EXECUTIVES MEET—(Continued from page 8)
facturers and Pacific Coast merchants are keenly
interested in this question.
The board approved in principle bills before
Congress on so-called price maintenance.
The president of the Chamber was authorized
to appoint a Caruso Memorial Foundation com-
mittee and to assure the committee the co-opera-
tion of the Chamber in every manner possible.
The Baldwin Co., of Cincinnati, was admitted
to membership in the Chamber.
Several members of the executive boards of
the Manufacturers and Merchants' Associations
attended the meeting by invitation.
The financial affairs of the Chamber were also
discussed at considerable length and steps taken
to effect certain economies in its operation.
MARK CAMPBELL HEADS LIVE CONVENTION COMMITTEE
Builds Up Strong Organization to Take Care of Plans for What Is Expected to Be Biggest
Convention of the Music Industry in New York During the Week of June 5
Announcement was made this week that Mark
P. Campbell had been made chairman of the
Jubilee Convention Committee, which is to have
charge of the convention of the National Asso-
ciation of Music Merchants and other organiza-
tions affiliated with the Music Industries Cham-
ber of Commerce, to be held in New York the
week of June 5. The personnel of the committee
is as follows:
Mark P. Campbell, chairman, Brambach Piano
Co., 649 West Forty-ninth street, New York;
Alex. McDonald, vice-chairman, Sohmer & Co.,
31 West Fifty-seventh street, New York; Chas.
Jacob, treasurer, Jacob Bros., 539 West Thirty-
ninth street, New York; C. L. Dennis, secretary,
105 West Fortieth street, New York; M. J. Ken-
nedy, Western chairman, 532 Republic Building,
Chicago, 111.; D. D. Luxton, New England chair-
man, Vose & Sons, 1022 Massachusetts avenue,
Boston, and John W. Boothe, Pacific Coast
chairman, president Music Trades Association
of Southern California, Barker Bros., Los
Angeles.
General Committee: Richard Aldcroftt, M. V.
DeForeest, C. C. Conway, Alex. Shoninger, E.
B. Bogart, Berthold Neuer, Geo. Fischer, Irwin
Kurtz, C. G. Child, T. J. Leonard, Edw. R.
Strauss, Al Behning, W. C. Heaton, Jas. T. Bris-
tol, W. S. Jenkins, Alfred L. Smith, R. W.
Lawrence and Harry F. Bird.
Mr. Campbell, in announcing these appoint-
ments, said: "This is to be a Jubilee Convention,
to celebrate the coming to its own of music.
The music weeks in fifty-three cities, and which,
by the way, was originated at Sharon by our
own 'Myrt' DeForeest, president of the Na-
tional Association of Music 'Merchants; the music
memory contests in 255 cities and the govern-
3 Great Pianos
With 3 sounding boards
in each (Patented) have the
greatest talking points in
the trade.
mental recognition, national, State and municipal,
which has come to music, is occasion for rejoic-
ing—for a Jubilee Convention such as we have
not previously known in the industry.
"We are beginning earlier than usual to lay
plans for the convention, all of which are tenta-
tive, but have for their purpose the exploiting
of music. The greater the interest in music, the
greater the interest in musical instruments.
"This is not a New York convention, but a
National convention, to be held in New York
City, for the entire trade, with 'music' for its
slogan.
"As rapidly as our plans take definite form
announcement will be made through the trade
press. Meantime, let everyone make a circle
around the date, June 5, and be prepared to come
to New York at that time. We are going to
make it worth while. We are going to make the
occasion particularly attractive to the ladies, and
we hope to have them in larger numbers than
ever before."
WORKING FOR CARUSO MEMORIAL
Project for Caruso Anniversary Week Next
Month Meeting With Much Success—Music
Industry Promises Support to the Plan
It is announced by the Caruso Memorial
Foundation that the plans for Caruso Anniver-
sary Week, starting February 27, the forty-
ninth anniversary of Caruso's birth, are pro-
gressing most satisfactory. The Music Indus-
tries Chamber of Commerce at a meeting of the
Board of Directors last week endorsed the proj-
ect and promised the support of the industry,
and the Governors of several States, including
Massachusetts, Kansas, Colorado and Nevada,
have agreed to serve as honorary chairmen of
the committees being formed in their respective
States.
It was stated at the headquarters of the Foun-
dation in the Woolworth Building, New York,
that the response from artists and musical or-
ganizations which have promised their co-opera-
tion for Anniversary Week has been especially
gratifying. Among the artists who say they
will appear in benefit concerts for the fund are
Emilio de Gogorza, Elena Gerhardt, Reinald
Werrenrath, Arturo Bonucci, Cantor Josef Ro-
senblatt, Mary Mellish, Julia Claussen, Ernest
Hutcheson, Max Gegna, Edward Lankow, Ellen
Beach Yaw, Nelson Illingworth, Olive Nevin,
Daisy Jean, Harriet Scholder, Sara Sokolsky-
Freid and Harold Bauer.
A national committee of artists is now being
formed to co-operate with the Executive Com-
mittee of the Foundation.
C. A. BRETT JOINS HANSON & CO.
We fix " o n e p r i c e d -
wholesale and retail.
The Heppe Piano Co.
PHILADELPHIA, PA.
WORCESTER, MASS., January 16.—Charles A. Brett,
formerly with the sales department of the New
England Music Co., of Boston, and later with
Chickering & Sons in that city, has been made
sales manager of C. F. Hanson & Co., music
dealers, of this city. This concern, which is one
of the oldest in New England, handles a com-
plete line of pianos, talking machines and musical
instruments.
The Jones Piano Store, Sioux City, la., suf-
fered serious damage in a recent fire.
Driving it home—
We want to drive
home this fact—that
dollar for dollar,
R i c c a instruments
are the best value
you can give your
customers.
At the price you pay,
they are profitable to
handle and at the price
you can sell them for,
they are real business-
builders for you. Because
a fair price and substan-
tial quality always make
friends.
These are piano buy-
ing days. If you are not
already a Ricca dealer,
let us tell you a few facts
about the 1921-22 Ricca
Line.
and
9 7 9 9 Southern Blvd
NEW YORK CITY
Luigi Ricca founded the House of
Ricca in 1891. Mr. Ricca was one of
America's best known musicians. His
thorough musical knowledge coupled
with his piano making ideas enabled
him to produce a real musician's piano
—the Ricca.
The Ricca heritage of quality is now
being carried forward by the second
and third generations of the Ricca
family.