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MAY
30, 1925
THE
MUSIC TRADE
REVIEW
13
Exhibits
at the
Convention
Coming Convention Presents One of the Most Com-
prehensive Displays of the Products of the Music In-
dustries That Have Ever Been Achieved—Over One
Hundred Manufacturers to Display Their Lines at
Chicago During the Meetings
FTER experimenting last year with a convention without
official exhibits with the idea of concentrating attention
upon the convention meetings themselves, a move which
proved more or less farcical so far as results w-ent, the trade bodies
have again made provision for official exhibits by manufacturers of
musical instruments of all kinds at the Drake Hotel during the forth-
coming annual meeting.
That the convention idea has made a particular appeal this year
at least is evidenced by the fact that close to 100 manufacturers in
various divisions of the music industry have arranged for displays
in the Drake Hotel proper, or at least a suitable representation there,
while half as many more have arranged for convention exhibits in
the warerooms of their local representatives or in Chicago branch
offices and showrooms.
It has been said that the coming convention will be a "selling
convention" with manufacturers and their sales staffs working hard
to convince the dealer that he need not only to add new lines of
merchandise, but to buy more liberally of the lines already in stock,
the main thought being to stimulate business that has been some-
what sluggish in certain sections of the country during the past
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The Drake Hotel, Chicago
few months. Certain it is that the retailers themselves appreciate
exhibits, for the opportunity it gives them to observe the new de-
velopments in the trade, as well as to meet those with whom they
have business connections.
The official exhibits have been regulated in some measure
through the medium of the Music Industries Chamber of Com-
merce, only those concerns affiliated with that central organization,
in one way or another, being granted the privilege of having dis-
plays in the Drake itself. Whether or not these official regulations
will serve to keep the exhibit rooms closed during the time of the
meetings remains to be seen, but it would seem as though the
exhibitors themselves should realize the reasonableness of the re-
quest to observe certain closing hours and thus avoid the criticism
that has developed about the whole exhibit question during the past
few years.
For the convenience of those who plan to come to the conven-
tion The Review presents herewith a very complete list of those
concerns which have arranged for exhibits at the Drake, together
with a supplementary list of exhibits to be held outside of the con-
vention headquarters.
The Manufacturers' Exhibits at the Drake Hotel
ADLER MFG. CO. Louisville, Ky. Will exhibit
Geo. P. Bent Co. pianos and players, and Adler
phonographs and radio at the Drake Hotel. Lam-
bert Priedl and N. P. Bloom will be in charge.
AUTO PIANO CO. New York. Will display the
Autopiano line in Room 9, Mezzanine Floor, Drake
Hotel, with Corley Gibson, president, Wm. H.
Bowles, Beeman 'P. Sibley, Kenneth W. Curtis and
O. G. Swanitz in charge.
AUTO PNEUMATIC ACTION CO. New York. Will
display their line in Parlor Suite 470-1-2, Drake
Hotel, with W. C. Heaton, H. J. LaJoie, W. Rey-
nolds and O. W. Johnson in charge.
BACON BANJO CO., INC. Groton, Conn. Will ex-
hibit the Bacon Silver Bell Banjos in Rooms 155-
158 Drake Hotel, with David L. Day, general man-
ager, in charge.
BACON PIANO CO. New York. Will exhibit their
line in Mezzanine Parlor M-9, Drake Hotel, with
President Wm. P. Bacon in charge, assisted by
K. W. Curtis and G. L. Mclntyre.
BALDWIN PIANO CO. Cincinnati. Will exhibit
their line of uprights, grands and reproducing
pianos in Room M-12, Drake Hotel, with H. C.
Dickinson, Lucien Wulsin, Phil Wyman, and rep-
resentatives from the various headquarters in
charge. Will also exhibit a t 323 South Wabash
avenue.
BAY CO., H. C. Bluffton, Ind. Will exhibit their
• line at the Drake Hotel, witli members of the
sales force in charge.
KKIIK BROS. CO. Will exhibit their line of grands,
uprights, players, etc., in Room 9, Drake Hotel.
Wm. J. Behr, Edward J. Fitzgerald, Chas. Burtz-
logg ami Fred Allen will be in charge of display.
BOAKDMAN & GRAY. Albany, N. Y. Will ex-
hibit their line at the Drake Hotel, with James S.
Gray and Niel A. Gray in charge.
BKAMBACH PIANO CO. New York. Will exhibit
their line in Suite 407-9, Drake Hotel, with Presi-
dent Mark P. Campbell, Vice-president Gordon
Campbell, Kenneth W. Curtis and B. P. Sibley in
charge.
BRINKERHOFF PIANO CO. Chicago. Will ex-
hibit their full line at the Drake Hotel, also at
1032 Republic Building, with W. T. Brinkerhoff,
president. W. S. Lanz and W. J. Olson in charge.
BRUNSWICK-BALKE-COLLRNDER CO. Chicago.
Will exhibit Brunswick phonographs, Radiolas and
records at the Drake Hotel, with W. C. Hutchings,
H. B. Bibb, C. T. McKelvy, H. D. Leopold, D. J.
Pieri and W. M. Derges in charge.
BUESCHER BAND INSTRUMENT CO. Elkhart,
Ind. Will have something of special interest in
the line of musical merchandise to show their
dealers in Suite 723-24-2"), Drake Hotel. F . A.
Buescher, vice-president and general manager, will
be in charge of the display.
BUSH & GERTS PIANO CO. Rockford, 111. Will
display various styles of uprights, grands and play-
ers in Room 301, Drake Hotel, with F. W. Fur-
bush in attendance.
BUSH & LANK PIANO CO. Holland, Mich. Will
display their line of pianos and player-pianos at
the Drake Hotel. William F. Clevey, W. H.
Beach, Walter Lane and C. L. Beach will be in
charge of the exhibit.
CABLE PIANO CO., HOBART M. LaPorte, Ind.
Will have a display of their Styles T and H play-
ers, K and M straight pianos, and Style C repro-
ducing grand in Room 329, Drake Hotel, with
H. E. Morenus and H. L. Snell in charge.
CABLE & SONS, INC. New York. Will exhibit
their line of pianos and expression players at the
Drake Hotel, also a t the warerooms of the Ralph
B. Waite Piano Co., 218 South Wabash avenue.
L. S. Roemer and Herman Roemer will be in
charge of display.
CABLE-NELSON PIANO CO. Chicago. Will ex-
hibit the Cable-Nelson pianos and player-pianos
in Room M-8, Drake Hotel, also at 1623 Kimball
Building. J. H. Parnham, president; J. L. Barron,
vice-president, and W. A. Carlson, secretary, will
be in charge.
CHASE-HACKLEY PIANO CO. Muskegon, Mich.
Will exhibit at the Drake Hotel their Style 5
grand; Style 32 player, and Styles 2 and 12 up-
rights. Sales Manager H. K. Adams and Super-
intendent J. E. Jennings in attendance.
CHICAGO MUSICAL INSTRl MKNT CO. Chicago.
Will have an exhibit of Martin Band Instruments,
Bacon Silver Bell Banjos and general musical
merchandise in Rooms 153-0, Drake Hotel, with
C. H. Wilson and H. Elthom in charge.
CHKISTMAN PIANO CO. New York. Will exhibit
its electric player-piano at the Drake Hotel during
the convention, with Henry Ohristman, secretary',
in attendance.
CLARENDON PIANO CO. Rockford, 111. Will dis-
play Clarendon grands, uprights and players In
Room 303, Drake Hotel.
COLE & DUNA8. Chicago. Will show a general
line of musical merchandise in Room 7, Drake
Hotel, with Joseph Dunas in charge.
CONN, LTD., C. G. Elkhart, Ind. Will have an
exhibit of their line a t the Drake Hotel, with J. F.
Boyer and C. .1. Fairehild in charge of display.
CONTINENTAL MUSIC CO. Chicago. Will ex-
hibit their line in Room M-. r >, Drake Hotel, with
representatives of the company in charge.
CONTINENTAL PIANO CO. Boston, Mass. Will
exhibit their line of pianos, grands, players and
uprights at the Drake Hotel. F. R. Allen, sales
manager, will be in charge. He will be assisted
by G. Wilson MacDow, J. B. Heckler, Roy C.
Burgess and Frank A. Butler.
CON WAY' MUSIC INDUSTRIES. Boston, Mass.
Will exhibit new models of Hallet & Davis grands
and Angelus Super-Reproducing pianos in Rooms
921 to 927, Drake Hotel, with C. W. Houseman
in charge, assisted by C. C. Conway, J. F. Hart-
lieb, president; R. O. Ainslee, vice-president; P. K.
Van Yorx, John Goosman, superintendent; E. W.
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