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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW, MARCH, 19U
7 Floors
for Exhibits
Already Assigned for
July
Convention in New York
The assignment of exhibit rooms for ply manufacturers,
the 40th Convention of the National Asso-
ciation of Music Merchants in July took
place at the Hotel New Yorker, New York
on February 2.6th, when a committee
composed of Harry W. Griffith, Griffith
publishers and radio
and phonograph manufacturers who have
already engaged space are Aeolian-
American Corp., Aeolian-Skinner Organ
Co., Baldwin Piano Co., Estey Organ
Corp., Estey Piano Co., Everett Piano Co.,
DRAWING FOR EXHIBIT ROOM ALLOTMENTS
W. A. Mennie, Sec. NAMM, Clarence S. Hammond, Treas. NAMM. David Jacobs, Jacobs Bros.. Phila-
delphia, Pa., Harry W. Griffith, Griffith Piano Co., Newark, N. J.
Piano Co., Newark, N. J; David Jacobs,
Jacobs Bros., Philadelphia, Pa.; Clarence
S. Hammond, Loeser Co., Brooklyn met
with Secretary W. A. Mennie and mem-
bers of the trade press and drew the
unidentified numbered cards by which
allotments of space was made.
That success of the Conventon is as-
sured is manifested by the fact that al-
ready 7 complete floors of the hotel
have been assigned to 119 Exhibitors in-
cluding 31 Piano and Supply Manufac-
turers, 62 Musical Merchandise Manu-
facturers, and Jobbers. 7 Music Publish-
ers and 18 Radio and Phonograph Man-
ufacturers who will occupy 220 room.
Exhibits will be displayed on the 2nd to
the 8th floors inclusive. Accomodations
on the 9th floor are available.
The Convention will open on July 29th
and last four days through August 1st.
Business meetings and exhibts will be
held at the Hotel New Yorker but the
Banquet at the Waldorf-Astoria.
Among the piano manufacturers, sup-
Gulbransen Co., Haddorff Piano Co., Hard-
man Peck & Co., Hammond Instrument Co.,
Janssen Piano Co., W. W. Kimball Co.,
Kohler & Campbell, Inc., Krakauer Bros.,
Lester Piano Co., Master Piano Co., Maas
Organ Co., National Piano Corp., Sohmer
& Co., Starr Piano Co., Story & Clark Piano
Co., Straube Piano Co., Weaver Piano
Co., Winter & Co., Rudolph Wurlitzer Co.,
American Piano Supply Co., Imperial In-
dustrial Corp., Pratt Read <& Co., Man-
ual Arts Furniture Co.. Thayer Action Co.,
Wood & Brooks, Schloss Bros. Co., Tonk
Bros. Co.. Ansley Radio Corp., Amperite
Co., Andrea Radio Co., Brunswick Radio
& Television Corp., Capehart Co., Decca
Records, General Electric Corp., Magna-
vox Co., Port-O-Matic Corp., Philco Corp.,
Presto Recording Corp., H. Royer Smith,
Stromberg-Carlson Corp., Turrnis Bros.
Alfred Music Co., Ashley Musical Supply
Co., Chart Music Publishers, Inc., M. M.
Cole Music Co., Boetsch Bros., Columbia
Recording Corp.
Chicago Musical
Takes on Pianos
To Distribute Conover and Cable
Instruments
PARNHAM WITH SCHILLER — CABLE
Announcement has been made by M.
H. Berlin, president of the Chicago Musi-
cal Instrument Co., Chicago, 111. and
Edgar B. Jones, president of the Schiller-
Cable Piano Mfg. Co., Oregon 111. that the
Chicago Musical Instrument Co., will
henceforth act as distributors for Conover
and Cable pianos in territories where these
pianos are not already represented.
At the same time it was announced
that John H. Parnham well known piano
manufacturer and executive has joined
the Schiller-Cable organization as an as-
sociate of Mr. Jones. He is now located
at the Oregon plant of the company.
The Chicago Musical Instrument Co. is
one of the most progressive musical in-
strument houses in the country with a
large followng of representative dealers
from coast to coast who are contacted by
a large staff of salesmen.
The Schiller Cable Piano Mfg. Co.
with its factory located in Oregon, 111.
offers exceptional opportunity for the
economical production of pianos. The
Conover piano has held an enviable repu-
tation for GO years and was established
and manufactured for many years by the
late J. Frank Conover who was considered
one of the most expert scale draftsmen
of his day. The Cable piano has also had
a nation wide reputation for quality and
many thousands of them are in use to-day
throughout the country.
Pays Tribute to
Mason & Hamlin
Last May the Martin Bros. Piano Co.,
Springfield, Mo., sold a Mason & Hamlin
concert grand piano to the Board of Edu-
cation for use in the auditorium of a new
high school.
In January this year an unsolicited letter
was received by C. G. Martin, head of the
Martin Bros. Co. from Harry P. Study,
superintendent of schools in which he
said:
"On May 28, 1940, we purchased from
you a Mason <& Hamlin concert grano.
piano, 8 ft. 1 1 ^ inches, which we have
just tested today after a period of con-
tinuous use since September 2nd, last, in
the new High School Auditorium, and this
is what we have to say about it:
"It is in fine shape; it is the best piano
in town. We are pleased with it. In
action, clean cut. right pressure, not too
light or too hard. As to tone, a good
balance between liquid tone and bril-
liancy of tone. We also note the evenness
of the registers. In fact, our musicians are
proud of it, and think it is a delightful
piano."