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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
CLEVELAND ASSOCIATION PLANNING ANNUAL BANQUET
Yearly Gathering of Local Piano Dealers Promises to Be Important Event—Newly Elected Of-
ficers to Be Installed—Boosting State Association Membership—Items of Interest
CLEVELAND, O., February 7.—Cleveland piano men
are looking forward with keen interest to the
annual banquet of the Cleveland Music Trade
Association, which will be held later in February
at the Hotel Winton. The chief event scheduled
for the evening is the installation of the officers
who were elected at the annual meeting in
January. They will be: President, C. H. Ran-
dolph, Randolph House of Good Music; vice-
president, Harry R. Valentine, the B. Drehcr's
Sons Co.; secretary-treasurer, George M. Ott,
the G. M. Ott Piano Mfg. Co. The installation
v/ill be in charge of Otto C. Muehlhauser, of the
Muehlhauser Brothers Piano Co., retiring presi-
dent.
According to Rexford C. Hyre, assistant sec-
retary of the local association, indications point
to the most successful banquet in the history of
the organization, both in numbers and other
essentials. One sterling feature for which the
committee deserves credit, says Mr. Hyre, is the
price reduction. In other years it took* a $5 bill
to gain admittance to the event. This year the
price has been reduced to $3.50, and the com-
mittee declares that there will be no reduction
in quality either of the material or ethical side
of the banquet.
The program includes addresses by the offi-
cers, Harlan H. Hart, the May Co.; A. R. Rod-
way, the Sonora Distributing Co., and other
personages equally well known to the industry.
The Musical Magpies will sing and play. Danc-
ing is carded for the interim between the end
of the meeting and bedtime.
To Stimulate Membership Drive
At a special meeting of the Music Merchants'
Association of Ohio, held at Columbus recently,
it was announced that any member of the Ohio
Association who brings five or more new mem-
bers between now and the time of the September
convention of the State organization will receive
a free pass for all the convention festivities. The
convention will be held in Toledo. The special
meeting was called by President Fred N. Goos-
man, Toledo, and Secretary Rexford C. Hyre,
Cleveland. Credit for the plan goes to William
V. Crowe, Columbus, who is chairman of the
entertainment committee.
Exhibit Plan to be Repeated in Toledo
Besides acting on the above scheme the meet-
ing voted to allot space for convention exhibits
in the same manner as was done last year at
Columbus. C. M. Tremaine, head of the National
Bureau for the Advancement of Music, outlined
a plan for conducting a Music Week in Toledo
during the convention. The aim of the plan
will include an extensive program calculated to
encourage like ventures in other communities.
Mr. Tremaine further suggested the formation
of a permarfent committee for the advancement
of better music in Ohio, toward which aim the
National Bureau will co-operate with the State
organization. The committee was not named at
this meeting but probably will be at a later
meeting.
The Bulletin of the Ohio Association came in
for some discussion and in view of the opinions
expressed, it is within the realm of probability
that the bulletin will be incorporated with the
year book during the course of the convention.
First Schulz Grand Arrives
Fred Stelker, local manager of the M. Schulz
Co. of Chicago, announces that the first Schulz
grand arrived in Cleveland recently and was sold
the day it was received. Otto Schulz, head of
the M. Schulz Co., is reported to be recovering
from his recent illness and is expected to be able
to complete plans for a permanent local location
for the Schulz firm within the next few weeks.
The opening of the new public hall, which is
the largest and most pretentious in the Middle
West, has been postponed to April 19. The
opening will be prefaced by a two-day musical
which will be free to the general public. Differ-
ent organizations will be asked to contribute to
the program.
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The Music Memory Contest
The Cleveland Symphony Orchestra will con-
duct the program for the Music Memory Contest
which will be held March 18. J. Powell Jones,
supervisor of music in the local schools, heads
the committee on details, which consists of promi-
nent women of the city and adjoining suburbs.
W. B. Marshall, of the piano firm of Krakauer
Bros., New York, was in town recently as a
guest of the officials of the B. Dreher's Sons Co.
Mr. Marshall is on a swing around the Western
territory and reports conditions generally are
better than at the beginning of the year.
Sells Pianos to High Schools
Muehlhauser Bros. Piano Co. announces the
sale of a Mason & Hamlin grand to the Bedford
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THE
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LITTLE PIA>IO WITH THE BIG TONF
THE JACKSON PIANO COMPANY
118 Read St., Milwaukee, Wis.
FEBRUARY 11,
1922
High School, and a Kurtzmann to the Twinsburg
High School.
Thomas Brett, inventor of player-pianos and
player parts, has perfected a new invention which
consists of a brass and celluloid hanger and
scale placed before the player roll in the piano,
which is calculated to enable either player or
singer to render a piece correctly without re-
hearsal. The scale is adjustable so that the key
in which a roll is made will be instantly recog-
nizable and it indicates the notes that are passing
through the opening in the tracker bar. It will
be known as the Brett Melody Guide and accord-
ing to present plans it will shortly be on the
market.
Henry Dreher Off to Florida
Henry Dreher, of the B. Dreher's Sons Co.,
together with Mrs. Dreher, has left for Miami,
Florida, where they will stop at the New Fla-
mingo Hotel.
R. E. Taylor, district manager of the Starr
Piano Co., reports that on his recent trip through
northern Ohio there was a general spirit of
optimism prevalent over the renewed piano sales
activity.
Local concerts by wireless are becoming popu-
lar and undoubtedly there will be an extension
of service shortly. Concerts are now being held
at the laboratories of the Cox Manufacturing
Co. every week, and it is estimated that fully
15,000 people enjoy the different programs.
WEAVER CO.'S^NNUAL MEETING
All Directors and Officers of Weaver Piano
Co. Re-elected—Substantial Volume of Busi-
ness in 1921, but Shrinkage in Inventory and
Price Reductions Result in Loss
YORK, PA., February 6.—The annual meeting of
the stockholders and board of directors of the
Weaver Piano Co., Inc., this city, was held at
the office of the company on Tuesday, Janu-
ary 21, at which time all former members of
the board of directors were re-elected, they in-
cluding W. S. Bond, Charles F. Baer, P. G.
Mundorf, R. A. Paules and Walter L. Bond.
The reports of the officers showed that the
volume of business handled in 1921 was the
third largest in the history of the company,
although, due to the policy of the company in
reducing prices on its instruments as rapidly
as the replacement value of the inventory de-
clined, the business did not yield a profit to the
company. The practice of the Weaver Co. of
adhering to the plan of drying all glue and var-
nish work normally and in the air requires a
longer time for completing instruments and
also the maintenance of a larger inventory.
When prices decline, naturally, this greater in-
ventory is subject to material shrinkage.
Due to its conservative policy in the past,
however, the company is in a very flourishing
condition after charging off all the shrinkage in
inventory and the prospects for 1922 are good.
At the conclusion of the stockholders' meet-
ing the board of directors met and re-elected
the old officers, as follows: W. S. Bond, presi-
dent; Chas. F. Baer, vice-president; P. G. Mun-
dorf, secretary; Walter L. Bond, treasurer, and
C. D. Bond, superintendent.
The regular semi-annual dividend of 3 ^
per cent was declaredon the capital stock, this
being the sixty-eighth semi-annual dividend
which the Weaver Co. has paid to its stock-
holders. These dividends have always been con-
servative, never being more than 7 per cent per
annum and never less than 6 per cent per annum.
HONEYMOONERS IN NEW YORK
Among the week's visitors to the metropolis
were Mr. and Mrs. Robert McCormack. Mrs.
McCormack is the daughter of William Heintz-
man, of the Gerhard Heintzman Co., of Toronto,
Can. The couple were married about a week
ago and the visit to New York is part of the
honeymoon. During their stay in New York
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur L. Wessell entertained the
hoHeymooners- at a theatre party and dinner.