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VOL. LXXXIII. No. 5
Published Every Satirday. Edward Lyman Bill, Inc., 383 Madison Ave., New York, N. Y., Jnly 31, 1926
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Big Attendance at Opening Sessions
of Western Music Trades
Over 350 Music Merchants Gather From Pacific Coast and Rocky Mountain States for Third Annual Conven-
tion of the Western Music Trades Association at the Olympic Hotel, Seattle, July 27 to
29 Inclusive—Listen to Elaborate and Interesting Program for Three Days
EATTLE, WASH., July 27.—The third an-
nual convention of the Western Music
Trades Association was called to order to-
day for the first session at the Hotel Olympic
by President Ed. P. Kelly at 10 a. m. Music
merchants from every section of the Pacific
Coast and Rocky Mountain States were in at-
tendance, a total of 350 registrations having
been made before the president's gavel fell and
the convention was declared formally in session.
They came by auto, by train and by boat, and
no better indication could be had of the growth
in power and influence and of the necessity for
the existence of the Western Music Trades
Association than in their enthusiasm and their
interest in the complete program which is to be
presented to them during the three days' ses-
sions.
Chairman Edward P. Kelly greeted the mem-
S
Charles T. Corbin
bers in his opening address, stressing the im-
portance of co-operative endeavor in the music
trades and welcoming the visiting delegates to
the city of Seattle.
Immediately following the president's address
reports were presented covering the activities
of the local Western associations which com-
prise the sectional body. Among those who
spoke upon the accomplishments and develop-
ments of these organizations during the past
Ed. P. Kelly
year were Secretary Thompson, of the Oregon
Music Merchants' Association; President Ellis
Marx, of the Sacramento music merchants; Sec-
retary A. G. Farquharson, of the Music Mer-
chants' Association of Southern California;
President W. H. Graham, of the Seattle Music
Merchants' Association; President
Shirley
Walker, of the Music Merchants' Association
of Northern California; Mrs. Hockett, for the
Fresno music merchants, and Harry Calloway,.
for the San Diego music merchants.
Secretary Costello read a number of tele-
grams of congratulation and greeting, includ-
ing one from Alfred L. Smith, general manager
of the Music Industries Chamber of Commerce;
one from the Piano Club of Chicago, and a
joint telegram of greeting from the Michigan
Music Merchants' Association and the Detroit
Music Trades Association.
The first speaker on the program was Edward
H. Uhl, president of the National Association
of Music Merchants, whose subject was "Aims
of the National Association." Mr. Uhl, who
was perhaps the outstanding figure of the first
day's sessions, was enthusiastically greeted and
made a stirring address upon the work which
the National Association has undertaken to
develop piano playing among the elementary
and high schools of the country, stressing the
fact that it is among the nation's children that
this development must be carried out if the
future of the music industry is to be placed
upon a stable basis compatible with the devel-
opment of the country's population and pros-
perity. He urged that the State associations
affiliate with the National Association of Music
Merchants in order that music merchants in
every section of the country might co-operate
in this vital and necessary work.
E. A. Geissler, of the George J. Birkel Co.,
E. H. Uhl
Los Angeles, was the second speaker of the ses-
sion, his subject being "Benefits of the Western
Music Trades Association." The speaker, who
was the first president of this body, gave a
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