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OCTOBER 20, 1928
The Music Trade Review
San Francisco Plans for
Its Music Week in 1929
Preliminary Announcements Show Great Expansion of Activities
During This Event—Theodore Cassebeer Is Visiting the
Branch Stores of Sherman, Clay & Co.
S
AN FRANCISCO, CAL., October 11.—When Delbert L. Loomis, secretary of the National
Association of Music Merchants, spoke this week at a dinner of the Music Trades Associa-
tion of Northern California he enlivened his discourse by telling of an international contest
for the best essay on elephants. The British competitor told of hunting elephants, the French-
man described their love affairs, the German viewed the creature from a scientific angle, and the
American wrote his essay on: "Bigger and Better Elephants."
One is reminded of this story by the first an-
nouncements of San Francisco's 1929 Music deal of activity in establishing contacts with
music merchants. In all his visits he was
Week by Chester W. Rosekrans, director of
Music Week activities. San Francisco is to accompanied by Ray B. Miller, secretary of the
have a bigger and better Music Week. So Music Trades Association of Northern Cali-
successful were the band, piano and choral con- fornia. On Monday, October 8, visits were paid
tests this year that they will all be retained as to the Oakland dealers, following a luncheon at
features of Music Week in 1929, and will be the Athens Club, Oakland. On Tuesday calls
made bigger. Announcement of the music to were made on Sherman, Clay & Co., meeting
be prepared for the piano contest has been Richard Ahlf, head of the firm's piano depart-
made by the music selection committee. There ment and other officials. Other well-known
will be six age classifications there, ranging members of the music trades visited were Mor-
from six to twenty-one years. There will be Icy P. Thompson, Pacific Coast representative
preliminary contests with the finals taking place of the Baldwin Piano Co.; H. C. Hanson* of
during the week of May 5 to 11 in the Civic the Hanson Music House, and J. Raymond
Auditorium. The public school bandmasters of Smith, of the J. Raymond Smith Music Co.
Northern California are to meet in this city
on Saturday to formulate plans for the band
contests.
New Features for Music Week
Since its inception the director of Music
Week activities has been Chester W. Rosekrans.
The San Francisco Civic Association directs
Music Week for the city, and Mr. Rosekrans
is in charge of the Association's activities.
Splendid co-operation has always been given to
the city's music week by leading music mer-
chants, and in this respect history will repeat
itself in 1929. Shirley Walker, of Sherman,
Clay & Co., is on the board of directors and is
also vice-chairman of the executive committee
and George Q. Chase, president of Kohler &
Chase, is also a member. After paying his re-
spects to the splendid work done for music
week and for the city by local music merchants,
Mr. Rosekrans announced two new music week
features for 1929; not only will there be band
contests for grammar and high schools, but
there will also be important orchestra contests
for high schools and for amateur orchestras.
It is believed that the orchestra contests are
a new feature in any Music Week. There will
be one contest for San Francisco high school
orchestras, competing among themselves; an-
other contest for San Francisco amateur or-
chestras and a third contest for Northern Cali-
fornia out-of-town amateur orchestras. Still
another series of contests will be for high
school choral and glee clubs.
Two Music Trade Secretaries Visit Dealers
Although the visit of Delbert L. Loomis, sec-
retary of the National Association of Music
Merchants, was brief, it was marked by a great
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Calling on George Q. Chase, an interesting visit
was made to the "Fun Method" piano school,
operated by the music house in its fourth floor.
Mr. Loomis left by an evening train for Port-
land, Ore., where he was to meet Shirley
Walker. After calling on dealers in leading
cities of the Northwest, they will--go to Chicago
to attend the directors' meeting of the National
Music Trades Association.
Planning Visit to Firm's Branches
Theodore Cassebeer, of Steinway & Sons, has
returned from visiting the Yosemite Valley and
Roman de Majewski, of Steinway & Sons,
arrived to-day from the East. Accompanied by
P. T. Clay, president of Sherman, Clay & Co.,
they will visit the Oakland store of the firm
this evening and Mr. Majewski will give a talk
to the employes. To-morrow Mr. Clay will
drive the visitors to the Fresno branch. They
will then go on to Del Monte for some golf
over the week-end, and on Monday will drive
back to this city, later driving to visit the Sacra-
mento and Stockton branches.
Damage Not Yet Determined
The extent of the damage done to Sherman,
Clay & Co.'s warehouse and shop on Harrison
street by the fire of last Saturday evening has
not yet been fully determined. The pianos on
the first floor were new and had not been taken
out of their packing cases. The firm has been
fortunate in securing another warehouse for
temporary use and the damaged pianos are
being unboxed there. The shop on the second
floor was wiped out with all the pianos there.
The Victor Talking Machine Co. occupied one
of the fireproof sections and Robert Bird said
to-day that it lost practically nothing.
Acoustic Products Corp.
Elects New Directors
30 next year. The rate of conversion was fixed
at four shares of common for one share of
preferred.
Officers Also Appointed at Special Meeting of
Stockholders Held Recently—Plans An-
nounced for Common Stock Conversion
Q R S Go. Making
Phonograph Records
At a special meeting of the stockholders of
Acoustic Products Corp., held last week, Robert
LeRoy, E. F. Gillespie and R. G. Martin were
elected directors for a term of one year; the di-
rectors elected for a two-year term were A. J.
Drexel Biddle, Jr.; Adam Stein, Jr.; A. D. Men-
des and John R. Dillon, while the following
were elected for a three-year term: P. L.
Deutsch, Harris Hammond, John S. Snelham
and Victor C. Bell.
A special meeting of the newly elected di-
rectors was held on the same day, at which the
following officers were duly appointed: Chair-
man of the Board, Harris Hammond; President,
P. L. Deutsch; Vice-President, Adam Stein, Jr.;
Secretary, Robert LeRoy, and Treasurer, W. B.
Puckett.
A further special meeting of the preferred and
common stockholders was held at which a res-
olution was adopted on the recommendation of
the directors providing for an amendment of
the certificate of incorporation. This amend-
ment gives preferred stockholders the privilege
of converting their preferred shares, including
any dividend arrearages that may exist at date
of conversion, into common stock. The period
during which this privilege may be exercised is
limited to the six months, April 1 to September
PHILADELPHIA, PA., October IS.—With the re-
organization of the Philadelphia management of
the Q R S Co., 1017 Sansom street, which re-
cently was completed, the firm is forging ahead
with its innovations in record distribution as
well as music rolls. The local offices and ware-
houses under the recently appointed Manager
Horace Jones, who was transfered here from
the Boston office, announced the release of the
new Q R S records last week. The new records
are chiefly race recordings by prominent artists
such as Clarence Williams, the South Carolina
Quartet and a list of sales-pulling "blues." They
have been selling well since their introduction
to the Philadelphia trade with many repeat or-
ders on the initial allotments.
Death of Miss Ethel Neal
BUFFALO, N. Y., October 15.—Sympathy of the
trade at Buffalo is being extended to Mr. and
Mrs. Benjamin E. Neal, whose daughter, Ethel,
died just as she was scheduled to enter her
senior year at Lafayette High School. Miss
Neal had been ill for some time prior to her
death. Her father is a member of the firm of
Neal, Clark and Neal, music dealers.