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JULY 16, 1927
The Music Trade Review
Baltimore Piano Contest Postponed
Until the First Week in September
Decision Arrived at After Conference With Advisory Committee Composed of City and
School Officials—No Changes in Methods of Holding Event
B A L T I M O R E , July 12.—Due largely to the
interest aroused by the piano-playing con-
test being sponsored by the Baltimore Music
Trades Association, business during June held
up remarkably well, considering June is usually
the beginning of the dull season in the piano
business, as well as the fact that demand in all
lines has been "spotty."
Due to the advent of hot weather, the piano-
playing contest which was scheduled to start
this month has been postponed until the first
week in September. The decision of the com-
mittee to postpone the contest was made last
week following a conference with the advisory
committee, composed of city and school officials,
and it was felt that better results would be ob-
tained as many children eligible for the contest
are now out of
the city on vacation. No
change, however, has been made in the method
of holding the contest. First there will be
neighborhood elimination tests; the winners of
these try-outs will then meet to decide the best
pianists in their particular districts, and the dis-
trict winners will then meet to decide the
champions. Three champions will be picked,
one from the senior high school, one from the
intermediate grades, and the other from the ele-
mentary classes. Three pianos valued at $400,
$800 and $1,500 will be presented to the cham-
pions, while other prizes of rings, pins and cer-
tificates of merit will be presented to all who
participate in the contest.
Announcement has been made by Dr. David
E. Weglein, superintendent of public instruc-
tion, that a course in appreciation, based on mu-
sic, literature and art, will be offered next fall for
the principals, supervisors and grade teachers.
Gordon E. Bailey, well known in music educa-
tion circles, will conduct the course. Classes
will meet once a week, beginning the first week
in October.
The various procedures will suggest how the
three subjects may be paralleled and in many
cases unified with other school activities. Dem-
onstration lessons with groups of children will
be a feature of the course.
Abraham Aquall, trading as the Quail Musi-
cal Merchandise Co., 219 West Baltimore street,
has been adjudicated a bankrupt in United
States District Court, and Eugene G. West was
appointed receiver to take charge of his assets,
under bond of $2,000. The petition was filed
by the Waverly Musical Products Co., Inc.,
Standard Musical String Manufacturing Corp.
and L. A. Elkington, alleged creditors of the
defendant, in sums aggregating $798.13, who
claimed the defendant was insolvent. The case
was referred to Willis E. Myers, referee. Grif-
fin & Beatty were the attorneys for the petition-
ing creditors.
James Robinson Reed, son of J. S. Reed, head
of the Reed Piano Co., surprised his many
friends in the trade last week by marrying Miss
Charlotte Rodda, a student at the Peabody Con-
servatory of Music. The couple were married at
Towson, Baltimore county, and after obtaining
the parental blessing left on a honeymoon in
the North.
Aeolian Employes Hold
Outing at Indian Point
Metropolitan Retail Store Wins Baseball Game
Defeating Team From the Factory
The annual outing of the employes' associa-
tion of the Aeolian Co., New York, was held on
Saturday, July 9, at Indian Point, N. Y. About
200 persons made the trip to the picnic resort
on the Hudson River Day Line steamer "De
Witt Clinton" and a few others motored to the
Point. In view of the perfect weather, the
outing proved to be one of the most enjoyable
ones ever held, and made possible a long and
interesting schedule of sporting events.
The baseball game between teams represent-
ing the metropolitan retail store and the
Aeolian factories was won by the former with
a score of 15 to 6. The game was remarkable
in that the factory team was leading in the
fourth inning by a score of 4 to 1, and was un-
able to tally more than two runs throughout
the rest of the contest. Charles Laurino, retail
manager of Aeolian Hall, Fifth avenue and
Fifty-fourth street, who was the umpire, man-
aged to retain his popularity with both teams
after the game.
Track events were directed by Robert Mc-
Carthy, manager of the Brooklyn store, who
was assisted by Moe Stein, manager of the
Fordham branch and G. VonFelton, of the
Aeolian accounting department in the main
offices. Charles Angelino, of the Weber fac-
tory, won the 100-yard dash for men and James
Weiss, of the Fifth avenue store, was winner
in the 50-yard dash for juniors. Among the
events was a tug-of-war, which was won by
Mr. Fogarty's team of the trucking department.
E. M. Wheatley, president of the Aeolian Em-
ployes' Association, engineered the details of
the picnic, which will long be remembered by
those in attendance.
So. California Association
Hears Convention Report
Happenings at National Meetings in Chicago
Described at June Session of Body in Los
Angeles—Salesmanship Course Included
Los ANGELES, CAL., July 8.—The June meeting
of the Music Trades Association of Southern
California, which had been held over until the
last Wednesday of the month, was an unusually
interesting one and very well attended. It was
held, for the first time, at the Masonic Club,
which is downtown and handy for members. In
addition to the members of the music trades, a
number of prominent radio jobbers and mem-
bers of their staffs were present in order to
listen to a promised report on the Chicago
Radio Manufacturers Association Convention
E. R. Jacobson, president of the Straube
Piano Co. and past-president of the Music In-
dustries Chamber of Commerce, was a specially
invited guest, as were A. B. C. Scull, Pacific
Coast Sales Manager of the Radio Corporation
of America, and B. C. McDonald, Southern
California manager, Mr. Jacobson gave an in-
tensely interesting address on the activities of
the Chamber and touched lightly on some of
the subjects taken up at the National Associa-
tion of Music Merchants Convention in Chi-
cago. He was followed by J. W. Boothe, gen-
eral manager of the music department of
Barker Bros., who reviewed the two conven-
tions—music and radio—declaring that the at-
tendance of but twelve hundred music men to
their convention as compared with the fourteen
thousand radio delegates was somewhat sig-
nificant. H. E. Sherman, Jr., vice-president of
the Leo J. Meyberg Co., gave a very compre-
hensive report of the Chicago radio convention.
W E N R broadcasting station has selected a
Wurlitzer unit organ for their new Straus Bldg.
studio. This instrument, which was built by
the Rudolph Wurlitzer Co. especially for
broadcasting purposes, is now being installed
there.
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