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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW, JULY, 1U1
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Looks Like a
big Convention
Dealer attendance expected to be the largest
in years - Exhibits will offer many innovations
HAT will, without a doubt, be one
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of the most successful conventions
ever held by the piano and musical in-
William H. Bowles has sent the following
message:
STATEMENT BY W. H. BOWLES
strument industries will take place at the
"The National Piano Travelers Associa-
Hotel New Yorker, New York, when the tion is about to complete the third year
since its reorganization. In Chicago last
year, I "was honored by my fellow mem-
bers when they elected me to the Pres-
idency. Reviewing this year of our ac-
tivity, I cannot help but think of it with
deep gratification.
At our Annual Meeting in Chicago, we
appropriated a sum of money for "welfare
ington strong letters of protest against the
proposed excise tax on musical instru-
ments. I am thankful to all members for
their splendid cooperation in this regard.
I would be seriously unmindful of a
deep obligation if I did not take this oc-
casion to thank W. A. Mennie, the offi-
cers and the members, as well as the
trade press, for the fine cooperation they
have given me during the past year in
my office as President of the Travelers.
At no time in the history of the Music
Industry, has it been so imperative that
every music merchant in America, larqe
and small, should be a member of the
National Association of Music Merchants.
None of us know what is going to come
out of Washington, such as excise taxes,
curtailment of production, etc., and the
stronger the Music Merchants' Associa-
PAUL S. FELDER,
President, National Association of
Music Merchants
members of the National Association of
Music Merchants convene for their 40th
year on July 29th and remain in session
until August 1st. The only unfortunate in-
cident which has occurred in the arrange-
ments has been the serious and untimely
illness of Paul S. Felder, president of the
association, who has been compelled to
undergo a major operation and is at pres-
ent confined to a hospital in New Or-
leans. It is hoped that Mr. Felder, who
is gaining rapidly, may have sufficiently
recovered by the time of the convention
to attend, but in case he is not strong
enough to withstand the ordeal at that
time, Melville Clark, president of the Clark
Music Co., Syracuse, N. Y., and first vice-
president of the association, will preside
at the meetings.
Although the first day on which the ex-
hibits will be open and opening luncheon
held will be Tuesday, the meetings will
begin on Sunday, July 27th, at 4 P. M.,
when the National Piano Travelers Asso-
ciation will hold its annual meeting. To
the members of this organization President
© Underwood & Undi-rwond, Washington, D. C.
R. C. ROLFING.
President, National Piano Manufacturers Ass'n.
activities to be used for any of our mem-
bers who might be in need, and the re-
sponse of the manufacturers and dealers
was most gratifying. I am thankful, how-
ever, to say that so far, the sum is still
intact.
We have maintained our membership
during the year and the salient feature
of the functions of our association this
year has been the response of our mem-
bership in assisting the National Associa-
tion of Music Merchants in its Member-
ship Campaign. Many of our Travelers
have enlisted new members for NAMM.
The N. P. T. A. looks forward to the
coming year with a renewed determina-
tion to function in the best interests of
the music business. Recently our organi-
zation did its share in sending to Wash-
WILLIAM H. BOWLES,
President, National Piano Travelers Association
tion is, the more effective will its voice be.
I am looking forward to personally
greeting all of our members at the 1941
Annual Convention and Music Trade
Show, and hope that it will be the best
attended and most successful one we
have ever held in our history."
The president of the council of the city
of New York, Newbold Morris, will greet
the guests at the opening luncheon on
Tuesday and a very interesting program
of entertainment has been planned. The
open meeting for dealers will be held on
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