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MUSICAL MERCHANDISE
Conducted By Thomas W. Bresnahan
Hunter Heads the Chicago
M. M. Manufacturers Assn.
Vice-President of Regal Musical Instrument Co. Elected Presi-
dent, H. Kuhrmyer, Vice-President and Jay Kraus
Secretary-Treasurer at Annual Meeting
/"*i HICAGO, 111., January 14.—A. E. Hunter, vice-president of the Regal Musical Instrument Co.,
^ Chicago, was elected president of the Association of Musical Merchandise Manufacturers, Chi-
cago Zone, at the annual meeting, held Thursday evening, January 12, at the Auditorium Hotel. H.
Kuhrmyer, of the Stromberg-Voissinet Co., formerly secretary-treasurer of the Association, succeeds Mr.
Hunter as vice-president, and Jay Kraus, of the Harmony Co., was elected secretary-treasurer, suc-
ceeding Mr. Kuhrmyer. Walter M. Gotsch, retiring president; F. R. Johnson and T. R. Stewart were
elected directors.
Past President Walter M. Gotsch acted as
chairman before handing over the gavel to Mr.
Hunter, and he as well as the other retiring offi-
cers gave brief reports covering important mat-
ters accomplished during the past'year.
The neW officers upon installation began their
term of office by a lengthy discussion of promo-
tional plans, including the proposal for a very
comprehensive promotional campaign for fretted
instruments under the auspices of the National
Bureau for the Advancement of Music, a com-
prehensive outline i>i which was read before the
springs are of specially tempered blue steel.
Complete in black "Sharkoid" covered case,
lined with silk plush, the instrument will retail
for $150, and Holton dealers are expecting a
threat business with it.
H. N. White Announces
a New Model Trombone
Instrument Represents Five Months of Work
on Part of H. N. White, President of Cleve-
land Instrument House
Ci.KVEi.ANn, O., January 16.—On February 1 the
H. N. White Co. will bring out a new King
trombone, according to an announcement made
in the current issueof King Dealer News. The
new instrument represents five months of work
on the part of H. N. White, president of the
company, whose reputation as a trombone de-
signer is assurance that the new model will
be welcomed by trombonists everywhere. There
will be two styles, the regular brass bell finished
in silver or gold, and the Silver Tone with the
bell fashioned from purest sterling silver. The
mouthpiece, slide, bell branch and bell have been
redesigned.
"King Dealer News" illustrated eleven new
pieces of advertising copy which are furnished
in plate form to King dealers together with a
dozen illustrations of miscellaneous electros,
and also publishes a recapitulation of printed
matter available for use of King dealers, in-
cluding fifteen catalogs and folders, nine school
series booklets and various other material.
The winter number of "The White Way"
will be ready next week and will be dedicated
to the progress of King instruments.
"Live Wires" the Latest
Bacon Advertising
Jay Kraus
meeting. Action was also taken for the formation
of a committee to draft a code of ethics for the
Association and to take steps upon its adoption
for the future observance of the code.
The meeting was the occasion of a very large
attendance, practically all of the twenty-one mem-
ber firms Wing represented.
A. E. Hunter
ton and has keys and mechanism of solid
sterling silver.
The new Holton product is the result of
one of the most thorough researches ever un-
dertaken in the musical instrument field and
is backed by five years of laboratory develop-
ment and testing. The body is of nickel silver
encased in sterling silver, with the keys, mech-
anism and thumb rest of solid silver, and the
(ikorox, CONN., January 16.—"Live Wires" is
the title of an attractive circular just issued by
the Bacon Banjo Co. and featuring Ossman
and Schepp, vitaphone and recording artists,
who are now playing B & D Silver Bell banjos
on the vaudeville stage. These two celebrated
artists are Vess Ossman, of Chicago, and Rex
Schepp, of New York, and each is using a
1! & D style No. 6 Ne Plus Ultra Silver Bell
banjo. They write that they are "playing noth-
ing but the largest houses and are going over
splendidly with B & D banjos." The circular
is in two colors and Bacon dealers are using
it with good effect.
Consult the Universal Want Directory of
The Review. In it advertisements are inserted
free of charge for men who desire positions.
DRTTBCH
Holton & Go. Announce
New "Silvered Clarinet'
Trade
Mark
for
MUSICAL MERCHANDISE
Elkhorn, Wis., Band Instrument Manufacturers
, Add New Instrument to Extensive Line
MUSICAL INSTRUMENT MAKERS
SINCE 1883
The Fred Gretsch
EI.KHORN, Wis., January 10—A new Holton
"silvered clarinet" has been announced by
Frank Holton & Co., manufacturers of the
Holton band instruments. It was announced
a.real triumph in craftsmanship by Frank Hoi-
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