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THE
30, 1925
MUSIC TRADE
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Programs of the Chicago Conventions—(Continued from page 5)
given over to state and regional associations,
the program being in charge of William C.
Hamilton of Pittsburgh, first vice-president of
the National Association.
The last session will wind up with the
handling of routine association business, the
consideration of various resolutions and the
election of officers. Some additions to the pro-
gram will be made as convention time ap-
proaches.
•
The Merchants' Association Convention will
end with the annual banquet at the Drake on
Wednesday evening, June 10, at which Hon.
Henry M. Rathbone, Congressman-at-large
from Illinois, will be the principal speaker. There
will also be a number of other entertaining fea-
tures.
Piano Manufacturers Association
June 9
The annual convention of the National Pi-
ano Manufacturers' Association, of which K. R.
Jacobson, Hammond, Ind., is president, will be
held at the Drake Hotel, Tuesday, June 9, and
it is the hope of the officers that all the asso-
ciation business can be cleaned up in a single
day, as has been the case during several pre-
vious years.
Much attention will be given during the meet-
ing to the financing of the Music Industries
Chamber of Commerce in an effort to devise
ways and means for realizing a more substantial
amount for carrying on the Chamber's work.
The credit situation and other matters of much
importance to the manufacturers will also be
discussed at length.
The Nominating Committee of the Asso-
ciation has presented the following nominations
to be acted upon at the meeting:
For secretary, Harry Schaaf.
For treasurer, Charles Jacob.
For Membership Committee, Allan B. Lane,
Roger S. Brown, Adam Schneider, Walter Lane
and E. B. Bogart.
The nominations for the other officers of the
Association are presented in the convention
proper.
speeches, but will confine the meeting to a dis-
cussion of conditions in the industry of great
importance to the supply men, and of future
activities of the Association. He said, "The
members of the Supply Association have been
much interested in the development of their
Association for two reasons: (1) it gave them
an opportunity to support the broad general ac-
tivities of the music industry, of which the piano
supply trade is an important part; (2) it has of-
fered an effective means for the supply men to
get together in their one big common problem,
namely, that of credits. The credit situation is
a matter of evcry-day and constant importance
to every manufacturer, and in our trade the As-
sociation is the central body for the gathering
and distribution of credit information and an
agency for co-operative action in cases of finan-
cial difficulty to any of our customers. There-
fore, most of our session will be devoted to
discussion of credit conditions in the industry,
to the end that we may continue our helpful
and constructive work of the past, not only in
the interest of our members, but to the advan-
tage of our customers."
Musical Instrument and Accessories
' Manufacturers
June 9-10
The National Association of Musical Instru-
ment & Accessories Manufacturers will hold its
Carl D. Greenleaf, Jr.
Band Instrument Manufacturers'
Association
vital concern of the industry at its convention
session, rather than having a speaking program.
In commenting on the meeting this year, its ,
president, C. D. Greenleaf, said: "I imagine |
that we will find our session a very busy one, as '
we have a number of reports to consider, espe-
cially those having to do with the success of our
Code of Ethics, the progress of the campaign
to obtain laws in the Various Slates allowing
taxation for band purposes and the extension of
the school band contests. These are all matters
of dollars and cents importance to our members, •
and we must plan for extension of this work
during the coming year.
"A suggestion has been made that we de-
velop through school orchestras similar to
the bands we are promoting in co-operation
with the Music Supervisors. This is a matter
which should interest the musical merchandise
jobbers and manufacturers of string instruments
as much or more than the band instrument man-
ufacturers. However, we appreciate the value
of contests in developing orchestras, and we are
interested in orchestras as well as bands, so we
will certainly be glad to consider the suggestion
of this new activity in conjunction with the as-
sociations in the other lines."
President,
Musical Supply Association
June 9
The Musical Supply Association will hold its
annual meeting and election of officers on Tues-
day morning, June 9, in Room D at the Hotel
Charles J. Cunningham
President, National Piano Travelers' Association
first session at the Hotel Drake, Room E, Tues-
day afternoon and Wednesday morning and
afternoon, June 9 and 10. This Association,
which is the youngest member of the Music In-
dustries Chamber of Commerce, was organized
in Cleveland in March of this year, after pre-
liminary plans had been accepted by the trade
;u the convention which was held in New York
a year ago.
At the Cleveland meeting, committees were
appointed on credits and collections, importa-
tion of merchandise and standardization, as well
as a Committee on Ways and Means to consider
future activities of the Association. These com-
mittees have been at work since March and will
be prepared to report to the Association at the
June meeting. The consideration of these re-
ports and decision as to future activities based
upon them will constitute the chief subjects of
the convention.
Wm. J. Haussler
President, National Musical Merchandise
Association
Drake. It is expected that the morning session
will be sufficient, but if the discussion of im-
portant matters under consideration has not
been completed at luncheon time, the Associa-
tion will convene again in the afternoon.
President Joe Reed is not planning for any
run the session over until the evening. This
Association has been very active during the
year, and on account of its small membership
all the manufacturers in it are kept in close
touch with the work. It is essentially a business
organization and devotes itself to matters of
Band Instrument Manufacturers
June 8
The annual meeting and election of officers of
the Band Instrument Manufacturers' Associa-
tion, of which C. D. Greenleaf is president, will
be held in Room C, Drake Hotel, on Monday,
June 8, at 2.30 p. m.
The band instrument manufacturers are plan-
ning to get through their business in one meet-
ing this year, although it mav he necessary to
Piano Travelers' Association
June 11
The annual meeting and banquet of the Na-
tional Piano Travelers' Association will be held
at the Drake Hotel on Thursday, June 11, at
6.30 p. m., when the routine business of the As-
sociation will be- discussed and acted upon and
new officers elected for the coming year. Only
members of the Association are eligible to at-
tend.
Musical Merchandise Association
June 10
The annual convention of the National Musi-
cal Merchandise Association, of which William'
J. Haussler, of C. J. Bruno & Son, New York,
is president, will be held in Room D of the
Drake on Wednesday, June 10, at 2 p. m. It is
expected that the business of the Association
will be wound up in one session.
Piano Technicians 1 Association
June 8
The first annual convention of the National
Piano Technicians' Association, of which A K.
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