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VOL. 87. No. 7
REVIEW
Published Weekly.
Federated Business Publications, Inc., 420 Lexington Ave., New York, N. Y. Aug. 18,1928
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National Association of Piano
Tuners Annual Convention
Approximately 300 Delegates Gather at the Hotel Statler, Cleve-
land, on August 13, for Annual Meeting of That Organi-
zation—Elaborate Program Is Heard by Meet
LEVELAND, August 16.—The annual convention of the National Association of Piano
Tuners opened at the Hotel Statler in this city, on Monday, August 13, with an at-
tendance of nearly 300, representing all sections of the United States and Canada. In view
of the general conditions existing in the trade the attendance was regarded by the officials of
the Association as a remarkable one.
Monday morning was given over to registration with the first business session of the Asso-
ciation in the afternoon with President Charles
A. Deutschmann in the chair. In the absence to assure the tuning fraternity of the substan-
of the mayor of Cleveland the delegates were tial, satisfactory and gratifying results of the
welcomed by J. B. Wurstner, chairman of the work of the National Association of Piano
Tuners, Inc., the past few years have amply
supplied this proof. When we consider the
gradually diminishing unit of production in the
piano industry and the fact that notwithstand-
ing this decrease the piano tuning business has
not collapsed but has held up to normal, we
must admit that the educational work of the
N. A. of P. T., Inc., is bearing fruit. I hesitate
to think what would have happened to the
tuning business under present conditions had
there been no organization of piano tuners.
"Associations in general have had a lean year
with respect to new members, and our Asso-
ciation has been no exception. I regret to say
that our national advertising campaign did not
meet with the hearty response that was ex-
pected from the membership, and it has there-
fore been necessary to postpone definite action
in this matter. It seems that our members are
not awake as yet to the necessity of educational
news articles in the newspapers and magazines
that will educate the public on the need of
regular tuning of its pianos. Personally, I can
conceive of no other method to inform those
persons who purchased their pianos during the
days when the merchants used the soft pedal
on service and upkeep.
Chauncey D. Bond
"We are always looking for something to
President National Piano Manufacturers'
stimulate activity and pep up our members, and
Association
with this object in view the first regional con-
Cleveland division of the Association, after vention of the N. A. of P. T. was held in
Lawrence P. Reinhardt had read a special poem Toledo, Ohio, February 13-14, 1928 The event
of welcome. The first business before the was sponsored by the divisions of Michigan,
meeting was the appointment of the publicity, Indiana and Ohio, and was well attended.
"Since the last convention I attended and
nominating and resolutions committees.
President Deutschmann then read his annual made addresses at the annual conventions of
the Michigan Music Dealers' Association, in
report which follows in part:
"If there were any proof or evidence needed Detroit, August, 1927; of the Music Merchants'
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Charles A. Deutschmann
President of the National Association of Piano
Tuners
Association of Ohio, in Cleveland, in September,
and of the Illinois Music Merchants' Association
in Chicago, in October.
"I also attended and made addresses at meet-
ings of the following divisions of our Asso-
ciation: Milwaukee meeting and banquet, Octo-
ber 13, 1927, to which the dealers were invited;
Grand Rapids, October 20; annual banquet of
the Detroit division, in Detroit, January 19,
1928; the regional convention in Toledo, Ohio,
February 13, 14; annual banquet of the Peoria
division, in Bloomington, 111., March 12; a din-
ner by the New York division on May 22, in
honor of Mr. Irion and Mr. Ncucr, who are
acting as an advisory committee to this di-
vision; Hartford, Conn., May 25; Springfield,
Mass., May 26; Boston, May 28; Newark, N. J.,
May 31; Philadelphia, June 1; Washington, D.
C, June 2; the convention of the Music Indus-
tries Chamber of Commerce in New York City,
and the meeting of the board of directors of
that body; Rochester, N. Y., June 8, and a stop
between trains in Cleveland on June 9.
"From my observations I must acknowledge
that I have found the tuning business in a
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