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Musical Merchandise Men
Hold Interesting Meeting
The last meeting for the Summer of the
Musical Merchandise Manufacturers Associa-
tion was held on June 30 at the Auditorium
Hotel, Chicago, being preceded as usual by a
dinner. The meeting was an important one,
as the members took the final steps to com-
plete the arrangements already made, whereby
the Association of Musical Merchandise Manu-
facturers of the Chicago Zone passed out of
existence as such and was succeeded by the
National Association of Musical Merchandise
Manufacturers, Western Division.
Jay Kraus op-ened the proceedings and ex-
plained the changes about to be taken, which
the members had agreed upon, and then, after
declaring the former body dissolved, he intro-
duced H. K. Kuhrmeyer, who was recently
elected vice-president of the National Associa-
tion at the New York convention, and as such
is executive of the Western Division for this
year, it being the intention of the members of
the national body to alternate the presidency
between the East and the West. This year
President H. C. Lomb is president, and Vice-
President Kuhrmeyer will, for the coming year,
be the executive in this territory.
Harry Meixell, secretary of the Music Indus-
tries Chamber of Commerce, attended the din-
ner and meeting, and explained that he pro-
posed spending at least a week of each month
in the Chicago area and more time when neces-
sary.
Secretary H. O. Gable was re-elected, and the
next meeting is expected to be held the first
Thursday in September.
school course of four' years' duration.
The pursuit of instrumental music as an ac-
credited subject by approximately 22 per cent
of the students in the Taylorville Township
High School seems to indicate that the oppor-
tunity for this work is provided in response to
a real and recognized need.
Now It's Toy Orchestras
for the Youngsters
(Continued from page 23)
vidual instrument that cannot be shared, it is
not included in all orchestrations. Each player
must own his own, and expense becomes an
item. The whistles with the lead mouthpieces
are not any too good, but they are the ones
that will be ordered in quantity. The nickel-
plated whistle with a compartment for water
is the best, but expensive. It is by far the
most durable.
The toy orchestra is no passing fad or whim.
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It is a recognized part of the public school
music course and of the music classes. Sunday
schools and settlement houses are using it.
Playgrounds and hospitals are adopting it. It
is endorsed by the National Federation of
Music Clubs. More and more music is being
arranged for it, and more and more care used
in equipping it. Then let the instrument
dealers, with the interest of the children and
their own profit at heart, give them strong
musical instruments of a quality that makes
the activity worth while.
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Strong Now Holton Manager
J. Walter Strong has been appointed general
sales and advertising manager of Frank Holton
& Co., Elkhorn, Wis., manufacturers of band
instruments, effective August 1, succeeding H. J.
Charlton resigned, according to a statement is-
sued July 24 by Frank Holton, president and
general manager of the company. Drummond
McKav has been named his assistant.
Everything for the
Band and Orchestra!
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Trumpets
Trombones
Altos and Mellopliones
French Horns
Accessories
Baritones
Basses
Sousaphones
Clarinets
String Instruments
H. K. Kuhrmeyer, U. S. N. R.,
Sees Service With Militia
Lieut.-Commander H. K. Kuhrmeyer, U. S.
N. R., well known in the industry as the head
of Stromberg-Voisinet, makers of fretted in-
struments, spent a two weeks' vacation in July
as gunnery officer of U. S. S. Wilmette, the
cruiser assigned to the Illinois Naval Militia.
With four other naval vessels carrying naval
reserves from Minnesota, Wisconsin, Indiana,
Ohio and Michigan, they made a two weeks'
cruise through the Great Lakes.
Lieut.-Commander Kuhrmeyer had a long
and arduous service during the war as a lieu-
tenant on American destroyers in the Nortli
Sea and in the Arctic Ocean, operating out of
the Muirmansk (White Sea) area.
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Half of This School's
Pupils Are Musicians
An excellent illustration of the possibilities
for development of school instrumental music,
when fostered by the approval of school
authorities and under competent leadership, has
recently been called to the attention of the
National Bureau for Advancement of Music, in
a letter received by the director, C. M.
Tremaine. The Township High School of
Taylorville, 111., of which P. T. Walters is prin-
cipal, first added instrumental music to its cur-
riculum in 1927, when Eugene K. Asbury
became its supervisor of music. Now, less than
three years later, the school, with an enrollment
6f 563, boasts the following music organiza-
tions: A 65-piece first band, a 36-piece second
band, a 30-piece orchestra, and a girls' glee
club of 40. It also has 130 students- in elective
instrumental classes. Students taking instru-
mental work receive credit toward graduation
of one-fourth unit per semester, and may secure
a total of two units in music during a high
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