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MAY 8, 1926
The Music Trade Review
Pennsylvania Dealers Organize—(Continued from page 5)
burg, Pa.; treasurer, J. H. Troup, Harris-
burg, Pa.
Directors for Three Years—W. Barry Hamil-
ton, Pittsburgh, Pa.; George Miller, Philadel-
phia, Pa.; George J. Winter, Erie, Pa.
Directors for Two Years—Carl Wittich,
Reading, Pa.; Charles E. Duffield, Chambers-
burg, Pa.; Glenmore W. Synder, Wilkes-
Barre, Pa.
Directors for One Year—Ellis B. Shaffer,
Lock Haven, Pa.; H. H. Snyder, New Castle,
Pa.; Grant Miller, Lebanon, Pa.
Following the election of officers, the associa-
tion adopted a resolution to apply formally for
a charter to the National Association of Music
Merchants, after which the thanks of the body
were extended to the committee of arrange-
ments which arranged for the sessions and took
such excellent care of the delegates, the com-
mittee being made up of J. H. Troup, chairman;
George P. Sheaffer, vice-chairman; C. L. Enck,
secretary; O. B. Lank and Arthur O. Lechner.
Final Session
At the final session of the convention held
this morning the association went on record in
favor of an appeal to the governor of Pennsyl-
vania to take action at an early date to appoint
a State supervisor of music, which office has
been vacant for more than eighteen months.
The delegates contended that it was injurious to
the musical education of the children of the
State to allow the office to be practically
moribund.
The following committee was named to con-
fer with Governor Pinchot regarding the mat-
ter: W. S. Bond, of York; M. V. DeForeest, of
Sharon, and A. C. Weymann, of Philadelphia.
President Moore named the following com-
mittees: Membership, O. B. Lank, chairman;
J. Schiller, A. W. Armbruster, H. A. Lehr, and
J. D. Ritter. Legislative Committee, W. S.
Bond, York; Arthur O. Lechner, Pittsburgh;
D. J. Jacobs, Philadelphia; G. P. Sheaffer, Har-
risburg, and Arthur E. Winter, Altoona.
It was decided to hold the next meeting of
the Association on Monday, June '/, at three
o'clock in the afternoon at the Hotol Commo-
dore, New York, where the National conven-
tions will be in session at that time.
C. C. Latus, executive secretary of the Piano
Merchants' Association of Pittsburgh, will assist
Secretary Lank in the administrative work of
the new Association and in the securing of new
members.
Among the music merchants of the State who
registered for the convention sessions were the
following: M. V. DeForeest, Sharon, Pa.; W.
C. Hamilton, S. Hamilton Co., Pittsburgh, Pa.;
H. E. Ricksecker, Bethlehem, Pa.; A. W. Arm-
bruster, Henricks Piano Co., Pittsburgh, Pa.;
H. H. Snyder, New Castle, Pa.; G. P. Sheaffer,
C. M. Sigler Co., Harrisburg, Pa.; Ellis B.
Shaffer, Lock Haven, Pa.; Arthur O. Lechner,
Lechner & Schoenberger, Pittsburgh, Pa.; O.
B. Lank, Charles M. Stieff, Inc., Harrisburg,
Pa.; L. A. Moser and Frank W. Foreman,
Reifsnyder's, Inc., Reading, Pa.; J. Schiller, F.
A. North Co., Philadelphia, Pa.; G. M. Snyder,
Snyder Music Co., Wilkes-Barre, Pa.; C. L.
Enck, J. H. Troup, C S. Troup and J. H. Troup,
Jr., J. H. Troup Music House, Harrisburg, Pa.;
W. S. Bond, Percy G. Mundorf and Walter L.
Bond, Weaver Piano Co., York, Pa.; Arthur E.
Winter, F. A. Winter & Son, Altoona, Pa.; G.
W. P. Jones, G. W. P. Jones Music Co., Wash-
ington, Pa.; George J. Winter, Winter Piano
Co., Erie, Pa.; O. G. Kanter, Somerset, Pa.;
Theodore Hoffman, J. M. Hoffman Co., Pitts-
burgh, Pa.; Andrew Fox, York, Pa.; H. E.
Gnau, York, Pa.; Charles Duffield, Duffield
Music House, Chambersburg, Pa.; A. C. Moore,
Kirk Johnson & Co., Lancaster, Pa.; F. Gibson,
G. Herzberg & Son, Philadelphia, Pa.; J. D.
Ritter, Bevan Piano Co., Wilkes-Barre, Pa.;
H. B. Wells and M. B. Wells, Wells' Music
House, Sayre, Pa.; Carl Wittich, The Wittich
Store, Reading, Pa.; Lloyd Fading, Farling's
Music Store, Harrisburg, Pa.; Horace A. Lehr,
H. Lehr & Co., Easton, Pa.; David Jacobs,
Knabe Warerooms, Philadelphia, Pa.; J. Clyde
Bostian, Milton, Pa.; Guy H. Moyer, Freeburg,
Pa.; M. M. Meiser, Meiser's Music House,
Northumberland, Pa.; Albert C. Weymann, H.
A. Weymann & Son, Inc., Philadelphia, Pa.;
H. E. Eisenhower, Jersey Shore, Pa.; S. J.
Phillips, Phillips' Music Store, Bethlehem, Pa.;
E. H. Yohn, Yohn Bros. Music House, Harris-
burg, Pa.; S. H. Koontz, Koontz Music House,
Bedford, Pa.; R. W. Troup and J. B. Cannon,
J. H. Troup Music House, Lancaster, Pa.; E.
W. Guernsey, Wilkes-Barre, Pa.; J. H. Hillegas,
Pomeroy's, Inc., Harrisburg, Pa.; Jonas B.
Kauffman Store, Lewistown, Pa., and John
Lizdas, Lizdas Music House, Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
Out-of-town visitors included George L.
Albig, Musical Courier Extra, New York;
Otto M. Heinzman, M. Schulz Co., Chicago,
111.; C. L. Dennis, Music Industries Chamber
of Commerce, New York; James J. Davin, The
Ampico Corp., New York; Alex McDonald,
Sohmer & Co., New York; William H. Bowles,
The Autopiano Co., New York; Charles H.
Yahrling, Youngstown, O.; George A. Lyon and
W. J. Lorenzo, Brunswick-Balke-Collender Co.,
Philadelphia, Pa.; C. T. Roberts, Charles M.
Stieff, Inc., Baltimore, Md.; Arthur B. Wert-
heim, Victor Talking Machine Co., Camden,
N. J.; Donald S. Rockwell, The Q R S Music
Co., Philadelphia, Pa.; Troy Wildermuth, Fro-
mar Co., Harrisburg, Pa.; P. A. Ware, Atwater
Kent Co., Philadelphia, Pa.; B. B. Wilson,
Music Trade Review, New York; G. W. Allen,
Milton Piano Co., New York; E. M. Boothe,
Henkleman Piano Co., New York; W. E.
Haensler, The Frederick C. Mathews Co., De-
troit, Mich; F. R. Robinson, Hobart M. Cable
Co., Harrisburg, Pa.; Harry Engle, U. S. Music
Co., Chicago, and Stewart Perry, United Piano
Corp., Norwalk, O.
Pays High Tribute
to Mehlin Baby Grand
Mrs. Lillie Grossgebauer, Hawthorne, N. J.,
States She Was Brought Up on the Mehlin
Piano
A letter praising the Mehlin piano has been
received recently by Paul G. Mehlin & Sons,
West New York, N. J., from Mrs. Lillie
Grossgebauer, a musician, of Hawthorne, N. J.
Her letter is striking in that she emphasizes
the fact that she has grown used to Mehlin
quality and tone and that this led her to select
a Mehlin last year. The letter is as follows:
"I thought I would write you and let you
know how proud I am to be the possessor of
a Mehlin baby grand piano. It is now one year
old. The various artists who have heard the
tone quality of the instrument have made very
flattering remarks about it, and it gives me
great pleasure to answer, 'I was brought up on
a Mehlin.' This is my slogan. You may use
this letter as you wish, for you can rest as-
sured that whenever and wherever I can I will
always be a standard-bearer for the Mehlin
piano."
tory. The company will also handle Brewster
grands and uprights and the Brewster Marque
Ampico.
New Cumberland Branch
CUMBERLAND, MD., May 3.—George Porch, who
has conducted a music business in Johnstown,
Pa., for thirty-seven years, has established a
branch here in Rawley Swayne's building on
North Mechanic street. Mr. Porch will per-
sonally supervise the new store for the present
and will handle a full line of musical instru-
ments. The store will be known as the George
Porch Piano Co.
New Music Corporation
Incorporation papers for the International
Musical Corp., Jersey City, N. J., have been
filed recently, with an authorized capital stock
of $100,000 in preferred and 1,000 shares of no
par common stock. The officers of the com-
pany are Alfred F. McCabe, William Banker
and John R. Turner, all of Jersey City.
New Brunswick Manager
BUFFALO, N. Y., May 4.—George M. Jansen has
succeeded C. W. Markham as manager of the
Buffalo distributing office of the Brunswick
phonograph. Mr. Markham is making his head-
quarters in Pittsburgh.
Grinnell Bros., of Detroit, have recently
opened a branch store in the Palmer Block,
Adrian, Mich., handling a full stock of pianos
and other musical instruments in a complete
wareroom.
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Opens New Music Store
BRECKENRIDGE, TEX., May 1.—-E. E. Ray, who
has operated music stores in Cisco and Eastland
for several years, has recently closed out his
business at the latter place and has transferred
it to Breckenridge. He has leased a store next
to the Miller Hotel on West Walker street and
has installed a complete line of Cable-Nelson
and Adam Schaff pianos.
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Established in 1806
The Hood Piano Co., AshevilJe, N. C, has
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