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The Jiusic J/iade
Established 1879
REVIEW
Vol. 112-No. 3
THE
PIONEER
March, 1953
PUBLICATION
2,876th Issue
O F T H E MUSIC
I N D U S T R Y
NAMM Directors Adopt Group Insurance Plan;
1955 Show July in Chicago; Plan Tuning Course
Midyear Meeting of the Board
T ation HE of Directors
of the National Associ-
of Music Merchants was held
February 19, and 20, at the Hotel Del
Coronado, Coronado, Calif. The follow-
ing directors were present: Ray S. Er-
landson, San Antonio, Texas, Harry E.
Callaway, San Diego, Calif., Russell B.
Wells, Denver, Col., Ben F. Duvall,
Chicago, 111., Parker M. Harris, New
Orleans, La., Frank 0 . Wilking, In-
dianapolis, Ind., Charles B. Adams, Pe-
oria, 111., A. Perry Avery, Providence,
R. I., George H. Beasley, Texarkana,
Ark.. William Howard Beasley, Dallas,
Texas, J. A. Br<~>wn, Jackson, Miss.,
Ted W 7 . Brown, Tacoma. Wash., S. H.
Galperin, Charleston, W. Va., Arthur
E. Godfrey, So. Sioux Falls, S. D.,
Ralph 0 . Grassmueck, Pasadena, Calif.,
Paul W. Jenkins, Kansas City, Mo.,
Emory Penny, Los Angeles, Calif.,
Emert S. Rice. Columbia, S. C, William
H. Schmoller II, Omaha, Nebr., William
R. Steinway, New York, N. Y., John H.
Troup. Harrisburg, Pa.
Those Directors absent included: El-
dred S. Byerly, Peoria, 111., E. E.
Forbes, Sr., Birmingham, Ala., E. R.
McDuff. Detroit. Mich., Charles 0. Mor-
ated the progress of the Association
during the past six months. The details
of association activities will be issued
to NAMM members.
Tuner-Technician Committee
PRES. CALLAWAY IS PRESENTED WITH
FLORAL HARP BY SAN DIEGO
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
gan, Miami, Fla., and Clarence M.
Pettit, New York.
The Midyear reports of the Presi-
dent, Treasurer, Executive Secretary,
and the AMC Trustee were presented
to the Directors. All these reports deline-
SCENES AT THE CALLAWAY
THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW, MARCH. 1953
DINNER
AND COCKTAIL
Chairman A. P. Avery of Providence,
Rhode Island, Chairman of the NAMM
Tuner Technician Committee, reported
in detail on the Steering Committee's
Meeting in Indianapolis on February 13.
The Directors approved the recommen-
dation of the Committee that the
NAMM Steering Committee meet with
a similar body from the National Piano
Manufacturers Association to consider
the feasibility of establishing a Piano
Tuner Technician Course at an accredi-
ted college. This would be a four year
course embodying Academic subjects in
addition to the teaching of piano tun-
ing and technology. Mrs. Avery will re-
port upon the progress made at the
July meeting of the NAMM Board of
Directors.
Trade Practice Committee
Chairman Emert S. Rice of Colum-
bia, offered a resolution for approval
PARTY.