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NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MUSIC MERCHANTS
OFFICERS and DIRECTORS — 1954 -1955
President—Earl Campbell, Campbell Music Co., Washington, D. C.
Vice-President—Paul E Murphy, M. Steinert & Sons, Boston, Mass.
Treasurer—Ben F. Duvall, W. W. Kimball Co., Chicago, 111.
Secretary—H. T. Bennett, H. T. Bennett Music Co., Santa Barbara, Calif.
Executive Secretary—Wm R. Gard, 25 E. Jackson Blvd., hicago, 111.
Board Chairman—Russell B. Wells, C. E. Wells Music Co., Denver, Colo.
A. M. C. Trustee—Frank O. Wilking, Wilking Music Co., Indianapolis, Ind.
out. He added:
"1953 was a boom year which will
be hard to match for business men gen-
erally. The fact that we came so close
to registrations of about the finest re-
tail year in musical instrument history,
gives us an encouraging note for the
remainder of the year."
DIRECTORS:
For 3 years—S. H. Almanrode, J & S Music Co., Inc. Shreveport, La.
William Howard Beasley, Whittle Music Co., Dallas, Tex.
L. A. Chenoweth, Chenoweth & Green Music Co., Enid, Okla.
R. Gregory Durham, Lyon-Healy, Inc., Chicago, 111.
Ted Koiten, Korten's, Longview, Wash.
J. A. McClanahan, The Williams Music Co., Columbus, Ohio
Laurin A. Mueller, Redewill Music Co., Phoenix, Ariz.
Clay Sherman, Sherman Clay & Co., San Francisco, Calil.
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For 2 years—Earl Campbell, Campbell Music Co., Washington, D. C.
Thos. J. Holland, Glen Bros. Music Co., Salt Lake City, Utah
James F. Maroney, Thos. Goggan & Bros., Houston, Tex.
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B. E. Neal, Neal-Clark-Neal Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
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Oliver H. Ross, Jr., O. H. Ross Piano Co., Ft. Worth, Tex.
R W. Schirring, Halle Brothers Co., Cleveland, Ohio
Rudolph Siegling, Siegling Music House, Charleston, S. C.
H. J. Sneller, Sneller Music Co., Minneapolis, Minn.
For 1 year —Charles B. Adams, Adams Music Co., Peoria, 111.
J. A. Brown, Brown Music Company, Jackson, Miss.
E. E. Forbes, Sr., Forbes Piano Co., Birmingham, Ala.
E. R. McDuff, Grinnell Brothers, Detroit, Mich.
Chas. O. Morgan, Morgan Piano Co., Miami, Fla.
Emory Penny, Penny-Owlsey Music Co., Los Angeles, Calif.
Wm H. Schmoller II, Schmoller-Mueller Piano Co., Omaha, Kabr.
Wm. R. Steinway, Steinway & Sons, New York, N. Y.
1,828 Dealers Attended
The Trade Show and Convention
closed July 15 with the fourth largest
attendance in history. Final registration
figures showed 7,955 persons in attend-
ance of whom 1,828 were dealers. In
1953 registration totaled 8,582.
Although there were fewer exhibitors
than last year, 256 as compared with
274 in 1953, those who did display
their wares took more total floor space
than did exhibitors the preceding year.
Three times as many rooms were pro-
vided for exhibitors on the 9th floor
of the Palmer House as last year, per-
mitting the exhibit hall to be opened
up. This resulted in less crowding, less
noise and less confusion for exhibitors
as well as lending a spacious back-
ground for the displays.
This was the first year that an ac-
curate record was kept of buyers at-
tending the convention. The large num-
ber revealed was a strong indication of
the show's success, William R. Gard.
executive secretary of the National As-
sociation of Music Merchants, pointed
Press Conference
Early on Monday morning, a press
conference was held at which President
Wells predicted that 1954 sales would
equal and certainly wouldn't be more
than 3 % less than last year's by an es-
timated total of $324,000,000. He stated
that 60% of the year's business nor-
mally occurs in the final four months
of the year.
"High-priced merchandise," he said,
"is moving well, especially large organ
and piano units. Generally, the level-
ing off in business has been stabilized
and sales are starting to climb upward."
At the same conference, John E. Fur-
long, President of the National Piano
Manufacturers Association and Vice-
President of Winter & Co., said the pi-
ano industry feels optimistic because of
the upward sales trend since 1950. "In
1951," he said, "sales were 133,712 un-
its. In 1952. sales were 140,580 units,
and in 1953 sales were 147,753 units.
"This year," he said, "sales are run-
ning about 23% behind 1953 but we
expect a strong fall pick-up so that we
shall be at least equal to 1953."
He told the group that the National
Piano Manufacturers Association has
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MUSIC MERCHANTS OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS 1954-1955. Officers (seated left to right) are: William
R. Gard, Chicago, executive secretary; H. T. Bennett, pres., The H. T. Bennett Music Co., Santa Barbara, Calif., secretary; Russell B.
Wells, pres., The Chas. E. Wells Music Co., Denver, Colo., chairman of the board; Earl Campbell, pres., Earl Campbell Music Co.,
Washington, D. C, president; Paul E. Murphy, treas., M. Steinert and Sons Co., Inc., Boston, vice president; Ben F. Duvall, vice pres.
and general manager, W. W. Kimball Co., Chicago, treasurer; Frank O. Wilking, pres., Wilking Music Co., Indianapolis, Ind., American
Music Conference director.
New directors elected (standing, left to right) are: J. A. McClanahan, pres., The Williams Music Co., Columbus, Ohio; Ted Korten, pres.,
Korten's, Longview, Wash.; R. Gregory Durham, pres., Lyon-Healy, Inc., Chicago; S. H. Almanrode, partner, J & S Music Co.. Inc.,
Shreveport, La.; Laurin A. Mueller, general mgr., Redewill Music Co., Phoenix, Ariz.; William Howard Beasley, pres., Whittle Music Co.,
Dallas, Tex.; and L. A. Chenoweth, pres., Chenoweth & Green Music Co., Enid, Qkla.
THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW, AUGUST, I954