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MUSICAL MERCHANDISE
Conducted By Thomas W. Bresnahan
Musical Manufacturers and Dealers
Hold Joint Meeting in New York Zone
William J. Haussler Discusses General Conditions and the Slogan Campaign—Smaller
Retail Dealers Made Eligible to Membership in Dealers' Organization
A J O I N T meeting of th£ Associated Musical
**• Instrument Dealers of New York, Inc., and
the Musical Merchandise Manufacturers' Asso-
ciation (Eastern District) was held at the Fifth
Avenue Hotel, New York, last week, when the
chief speaker was Wm. J. Haussler, president
of the National Musical Merchandise Associa-
tion, who reviewed present conditions in the
small goods business and gave considerable
attention to a discussion of the slogan cam
paign.
The Associated Musical Instrument Dealers,
by the way, have contributed a substantial fund
to the slogan campaign, and are distributing
many thousands of the slogan leaflets to their
customers. Slogan circulars in lots of 100 are
furnished free to dealers who write for them to
the headquarters of the Association, 10 East
34th street, New York. The Association which
sends 400 window posters to metropolitan deal-
ers each month, devoted the October poster to
the slogan under the caption "$1,000 For a
Thought."
The Associated Musical Instrument Dealers
have arranged a plan whereby the smaller retail
dealers in the metropolitan district may become
associate members of the organization at a
nominal fee, and thus derive the same benefits
from promotional work as are enjoyed by the
regular members who are active in the Associa-
tion's work.
The interest shown in the work of the Asso-
ciation is indicated by the fact that some
twenty-five dealers were in attendance at the
meeting, among them being H. C. Lomb, VVav-
erly Musical Products Co.; Wm. J. Haussler,
C. Bruno & Son, Inc.; A. J. Neumann, N. Y.
Band Instrument Co.; L. H. McQuestion, Lan-
day Bros., Inc.; M. J. Kalashan, M. J. Kalas-
han Co.; Albert Houdlett, Albert Houdlett Sons,
Inc.; Abe Halpin, Shut-tite Products; Fred
Gretsch, Fred Gretsch Mfg. Co.; Henry Gerson,
Carl Fischer, Inc.; Arthur Cremin, N. Y. School
of Music, Inc.; B. J. Schultz, Gretsch & Bren-
ner; Jack Schwartz, and Herman Cohen, J.
Schwartz Music Co., Inc.; Benj. H. Schwartz,
Henry H. Myer, Chas. Singleton and Sam D.
Feiffer, C. Bruno Son, Inc.; Phil Nash and E.
E. Strong, Fred Gretsch Mfg. Co.; John J. D.
Taylor, Waverly Musical Products Co.; J. R.
McCarthy, Wm. L. Lange, L. A. Elkington, L.
A. Elkington; Epi. H. Stathopoulo, Epiphone
Banjo Corp.; H. L. Hunt, Chas. H. Ditson &
Co.
it has been announced by A. E. Claggett, super-
intendent of the schools. E. J. Gatwood,
formerly of Peabody College, Nashville, Tenn.,
is supervisor of music at the school, and is in
charge .of the course. The Oakwood High
School will send students to Columbus to par-
ticipate in the all-State chorus and orchestra
contests to be held in December.
New Line of Music Pins
by General Specialty Co.
CHICAGO, 111., October 27.—The General Spe-
cialty Co., 4320 North Claremont avenue, which
introduced to the trade novel miniature banjo
and saxophone pins, announces the addition of
several new numbers which have been de-
signed to supply the numerous requests for
pins characterizing the various musical instru-
ments. The line now embraces pins depicting
the emblem of the American Federation of
Musicians, an eighth note on staff, a clef, a
grand piano, four lyres as well as the saxo-
phone and banjo.
In making the announcement of the addition
to the line the company points out that there
is not only a ready profit in the sale of these
novel pins, but also the fact that purchasers
who wear the pins arouse the interest of the
people with whom they come in contact. This
naturally directs interest to the dealer's store.
Idaho Holds State-Wide
Harmonica Contest Held
Contest on Harmonica
in Sioux City, la. Grossman Bros. Music Co.
Sioux CITY, IA., October 26.—A harmonica con-
Floyd Ashley Declared State Champion After
Takes on Martin Line
Two Preliminary Trials and Final Contest— test was staged here this week by the Sioux
Emmett Harmonica Band Plays
BOISE, IDA., October 27.—The State-wide har-
monica contest conducted at the Egyptian The-
atre, this city, under the auspices of the Capital-
News was brought to a satisfactory conclusion
last week, following two preliminary trials and
a final competition. Floyd Ashley, twelve-year-
old Emmett boy, was declared the champion
harmonica player of the State, winning a cash
prize of $25, awarded by the Egyptian Theaire,
and a gold harmonica, presented by the Samp-
son Music Co. The second prize, a tenor banjo
from the latter company, was awarded to Evan
Duffield, of Nampa. Farris Craner, of Emmett,
was awarded a reed accordion by the music
department of the Falk Mercantile Co., as third
prize. This young man as well as the champion
is "a* member of the Harmonica Band or Em-
mett, which played ensemble selections every
evening during the competition hours.
Kenneth Smith and Roy Smith, brothers of
Boise, who won the first preliminaries, were
awarded a ukulele, presented b y ' the Popma
Music Co., and a harmonica, presented by the
Falk Mercantile Co., as fourth and fifth prizes,
respectively. W. T. Lockwood, manager of the
Boise Chamber of Commerce, made the awards,
and the judges were A. E. Nelson, representing
the Falk Mercantile Co., F. R. Popma, repre-
senting the Popma Music Co., and Mr. Jeffries,
representing the Sampson Music Co.
Long & Co., Wheeling, W. Va., have been
incorporated with a capital stock of $40,000 t<>
deal in furniture and musical instruments.
City Journal in conjunction with Charles Ben-
nington and his New York Newsboys, a har-
monica band, appearing during the first half
of the week at the New Orpheum Theatre. Be-
fore the contest members of this band broad-
cast several popular selections over the Jour-
nal's radio station, KSCJ. Six local boys were
contestants in the competition at the station,
and it was arranged that they be judged by the
radio audience. '
Dayton High School to
Teach Instrumental Music
DAYTON, O., October 22.—Oakwood High School
this year is offering for the first time a course
of individual instruction in instrumental music,
CLEVELAND, O., October 29.—The Grossman Bros.
Music Co. has taken on the line of Martin guitars,
mandolins and ukuleles and will distribute them
in the Clevela'nd territory. The company has
also entered the phonograph field and is distribut-
ing the entire line of Allen portables and also
Phon-Link Pick Ups. It reports a wonderful in-
crease in business in Okeh and Odeon records a'nd
has added two more salesmen to the force. Gross-
man Bros. Co., which is also distributor for
Buescher band instruments, is receiving a num-
ber of orders for gold-plated saxophones and
trumpets.
The Perlman Piano Co., Brooklyn, N. Y., has
just leased the store at 923-925 Kings Highway,
that city, for ten years at an aggregate rental
of $440,000.
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