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PRESTO
March 31, 1923
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OHIO STATE ASSOCIATION
MAKES AMBITIOUS PLANS
Annual Convention at Hotel Gibson, Cincin-
nati, in September Has Anticipatory
Assurance of Big Attendance.
September 11 and 12 arc the dates set for the an-
nual convention in Cincinnati of the Music Mer-
chants' Association of Ohio. Special committees have
been appointed in the convention city and arrange-
ment made with the management of the Gibson Hotel
for the necessary accommodations and convention
privileges. Otto Grau, the well known Cincinnati
music merchant, is chairman of the entertainment
committee,-a fact which guarantees the realization of
the pleasantest expectations of prospective conven-
tioners.
The committee headed by Mr. Otto Grau to ar-
range entertainment includes E. E. Roberts, Dan F.
Summey, W. R. Graul and George P. Gross. A spe-
cial refreshment committee is composed of A. C.
Dom and Phil Wyman.
Rexford C. Hyre, secretary of the association, tells
of the many advantages accorded the association by
the management of the Hotel Gibson. The new ad-
dition to the hotel will be completed by the date of
the convention and this will provide space for dis-
plays of pianos, in addition to the rooms in the older
portions of the building. The new addition will in-
clude a banquet hall with about ten display rooms on
each side of it, a roof garden and private rooms.
The display rooms will permit the best showing of
musical merchandise the manufacturer and others
who wish to impress the dealer have ever had, ac-
cording to Mr. Hyre. Those who wish to display
their lines in their own rooms will have more space
by reason of the inadoor feature embodied in the
rooms in the new addition. Equally important are
the low prices the Gibson is asking for rooms and
other service.
A tentative program of events in the business ses-
sions was arranged at the recent meeting of the ex-
ecutives held at the Deshier Hotel, Columbus, re-
cently, at which A. B. Smith, head of the A. R. Smith
Piano Co., Akron, and president of the state asso-
ciation, presided. Representative music merchants
from all over the state attended the meeting and
reported progress in the drive for a bigger member-
ship for the state association. It is considered that
before the convention date the membership of the
Music Merchants' Association of Ohio will be double
what it is today.
NEWSY FACTS ABOUT THE
MEN WHO RETAIL PIANOS
Items gathered From Various Sources Relate Inci-
dents in the Trade Activities.
The San Antonio, Tex., Woman's Club recently
purchased a C. Kurtzmann grand piano from the San
Antonio Music Co.
The Daly Music Co., Wisconsin Rapids, Wis., con-
tinues to make that section of the Badger State more
familiar with the merits of the pianos and players of
The Cable Co., Chicago.
The plans for a two-story building for his music
business have been accepted by Charles Bellanga, 157
Court street, Buffalo, X. Y. The structure which will
be at the intersection of Niagara and Caroline streets,
will be completed by June 1.
Good tidings from Sioux City.. la., are brought
by A. S. Street, manager of the Davis & Bros. Co.,
of that city. There is a lively trade in pianos in
Sioux City. Mr. Street reported.
NEW INSTALMENT BILL
OPPOSED BY MERCHANT'S ASSN.
New York Organization Voices Protest Against
Amendment to Measure Now Before Assambly.
The Merchants' Association of New York is
strongly opposed to an amendment to Assemblyman
Alterman's bill now before the New York State As-
sembly relating to the foreclosure of liens on mer-
chandise purchased on the instalment plan. In a
letter to Assemblyman Duke, chairman on Codes of
the New York State Legislature, the Merchants' As-
sociation points out the objections to the amend-
ment. This is what he said:
"Under the proposed amendment the seller, before
he could obtain a warrant of seizure in an action to
foreclose his lien, would be required to give the de-
linquent debtor five days' notice of such application,
served in the manner provided for personal service
of summons.
"In a great many cases where it is necessary lo
foreclose this class of lien the delinquent debtor can-
not be located. Therefore, such personal service
could not be made, and thus the practical effect of
the statute would be defeated. The result desired,
we believe, could as well be accomplished if the law
were to provide that the service of the notice should
be made by registered mail to the last-known address
of the delinquent vendee, lessee or mortgagor.
"We find upon inquiry that practically all of the
responsible 'instalment' houses, as a matter of busi-
ness policy and courtesy to delinquent customers,
before initiating action to foreclose a lien on chat-
tels sold under contract, give the customer much
more than five days' notice; and while not objecting
to the principle of the proposed amendment, these
concerns do seriously object to the 'personal service'
requirement of the amendment.
"In view of these conditions we earnestly urge that
the bill be amended to provide for the service of such
notice by registered mail. '
PRIZES IN MUSIC MEMORY
CONTEST ARE VALUABLE
High and Grade Schools in Interesting Competition
at Orchestra Hall, Chicago.
In the music memory contest held in Orchestra
Hall, Chicago, March 31 under the auspices of the
In and About Chicago Music Supervisors' Club,
thirty-one grade and high schools participated.
The first prize for the grade schools was a Strohber
Diminutive, donated by Smith, Barnes & Strohber
Co., Chicago; second prize, a clarinet outfit, donated
by the Martin Baud Instrument Co., Elkhart, Ind.;
third prize, $50 in records, donated by the Bruns-
vvick-Halke-Collender Co., Chicago. The high school
prizes were: Eirst prize, Cable player, donated by
the Cable Piano Co., Chicago; second prize, two
violas and 'cello, donated by Win. Lewis & Son,
Chicago; third prize, musical instrument, donated by
Rudolph Wurlitzer.
The Chicago Symphony Orchestra, under the direc-
tion of Frederick Stock, played various numbers cal-
culated to be within the scope of children's musical
taste, and the students showed their ability to recog-
nize the number and give the <"-otnposer's name, his
nationality, etc.
CLEVELAND ASSOCIATION
FACES TRADE=IN PROBLEM
Vital Topic Scheduled for Discussion and Settlement
at April Meeting.
One of the vital topics scheduled for discussion at
the meeting of the Cleveland Music Trade Associa-
tion to be held in April is that of the trade-in. The
problem confronts the trade everywhere and the
Cleveland Music Trade Association will be in line
to solve it within its own bailiwick.
Individual
house in the Ohio city have evolved their own solu-
tions of the problem, but at the April meeting collec-
tive action of a decisive kind will be effected.
The plan suggested by President Harry R. Valen-
tine, of the B. D.^eher Sons Piano Co., is accepted by
many in the trade. The idea is that each dealer
should compile a list of all the instruments he handles
to be sent to Secretary Hyre. In turn, Mr. Hyre
will compile a complete list of all instruments and
the dealers who handle them. Provided with this list
at the next meeting it is expected that something in
the way of a maximum price to be allowed by any
dealer on any of the instruments listed can be agreed
upon by the association.
A plan of a somewhat similar kind is considered
effective by the Cleveland Automobile Dealers' As-
sociation, which has a set allowance for each make
and year of car, though it is generally understood that
the dealers often make concessions on the figure in
the book if the used car is more used than abused.
The need for drastic action on the trade-in ques-
tion is admitted by every dealer in Cleveland, who
also see in stabilized prices for trade-ins a means to
eliminate the evils associated with them.
ACTIVITY IN OHIO.
The newly organized Music Merchants' Association
of Northern Ohio is devising plans for the further-
ance of the musical spirit in that section. A pro-
gram of publicity and activities will be arranged at
the next meeting of the association at the Hotel
Cleveland, in Cleveland. The membership campaign
has assumed the form of a contest between teams
headed by E. B. Lyons, Eclipse Musical Co., and
L. I. King, Brunswick-Balke-Collender Co.
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