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VOL. 86. No. 5
REVIEW
Published Weekly. Federated Business Publications, Inc., 420 Lexington Are., New York, N. Y., Feb. 4 , 1 9 2 8
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Chamber Deficit Guaranteed by
Manufacturers and Dealers
National Piano Manufacturers' Association and National Asso-
ciation of Music Merchants to Take Care of Anticipated
Deficiency in Chamber's Revenue This Year
T
H E principal matter brought up and discussed at the mid-Winter meeting of the board
of directors of the Music Industries Chamber of Commerce, held at Chamber headquarters
on Friday of last week, was that of providing funds for carrying on the work of the
Chamber, and particularly the work of the National Bureau for the Advancement of Music with-
out curtailment, which seemed threatened as a re s u lt of the falling off in piano production during
the past year and the decrease in receipts from stamp sales. The revenue lost in stamps has been
in a large measure offset by increased appro-
National Association of Music Merchants in
priations from other organizations connected
with the Chamber, including the Musical Supply equal parts in order that the work for music
Association, who increased its annual appropria- advancement be carried on as at present, and
that the services of valued employes might
be retained. President C. J. Roberts, of the
Merchants' Association, pledged that body
to meet its half of any deficit, and Presi-
dent W. E. Guylee, of the Manufacturers' Asso-
ciation also expressed himself in favor of the
suggestion, and at a later meeting of the Execu-
tive Board of his organization received official
endorsement of the plan. It is explained that
the expected deficit in revenue would not ex-
ceed the total of $7,000, and would probably be
considerably below that figure.
The plans for carrying on the Bureau's work
without curtailment were in line with the strong
appeal of the Music Advancement Advisory
Committee of the Chamber, which met on
Wednesday, as reported in last week's Review,
and which presented the following resolution
signed by C. J. Roberts as chairman, W. J.
Haussler and Franklin Dunham;
"Whereas, the work of the National Bureau
for the Advancement of Music has been of such
vital importance to the music industries, and
its achievement of such striking and satisfactory
character as to cause it to be regarded by all
who are informed of its far-reaching accomplish-
ments as a foundation for a monument to the
music industries, and
"Whereas, the urgent activities of the Bureau
have already been seriously curtailed and will
be still further curtailed because of reduced in-
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Roy S. Hibshman Heads
Music Supply Association
Elected President by Directors to Succeed W. C. Hess Who Has
Entered Piano Manufacturing Field — G. C. Seeley Is
Vice-President to Succeed Mr. Hibshman
Hermann Irion
President, Music Industries Chamber of
Commerce
tion by 50 per cent and the National Music Mer-
chandise Association and the Musical Instru-
ment & Accessories Association, both of which
have doubled their appropriations to the
Chamber.
President Irion of the Chamber suggested
that amounts to cover the anticipated deficiency
in Chamber revenue be guaranteed by the Na-
tional Piano Manufacturers' Association and the
T a meeting of the board of directors of
the Musical Supply Association held in
the offices of the Music Industries
Chamber of Commerce last week, Roy S. Hibsh-
man, of the Motor Player Corp., Chicago, for-
merly vice-president, was elected president of
the association to succeed W. C Hess, who has
left that division of the trade to enter the piano
manufacturing field. George C. Seeley, of the
Comstock-Cheney Co., was named vice-president
to succeed Mr. Hibshman and W. C. Breck-
woldt, of Julius Breckwoldt & Son, Inc., was
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made a member of the board of directors to fill
the place left vacant by Mr. Hess.
The Lisbon Mfg. Co., Lisbon, N. H., manu-
facturer of backs and sounding boards for
pianos, which took over the business of the
Parker Young Co., was elected to membership
in the Association.
W. A. Mennie, chairman of the Creditors'
Committee of the Association, reported at some
length on the credit work and the success that
was being met with in carrying on the activities
along that line.