PRESTO
June 9, 1923
was presented by James T. Rose, chairman, who
said:
The work of this committee was substantially com-
pleted at the last convention. Since then, however,
the association has had supplies of the standard forms
and contracts printed available for distribution to
members and has conducted an active campaign to
educate members to the desirability of adopting and
using them.
Up to the present time orders have been received
and contract forms have been printed for the follow-
ing: Amphion Piano Player Company; Schaff Piano
String Company, L. J. Mutty Company, Standard
Felt Company, Standard Action Company, Wessell,
Nickel & Gross and Otto R. Trcftz, Jr.
Henry Haas & Sons of Plainfield have reported
that they have adopted the Standard Forms but pre-
fer to print their own.
Those Who Refused.
The following have definitely refused to make use
of the Standard Acceptance of Order: Staib-Abend-
schein & Company, Theo. Schwamb Company, Corn-
stock, Cheney Company, Grubb & Kosegarten Bros.,
Wickham Piano Plate Company, Cornwall & Patter-
son Mfg. Company, Simplex Player Action Company,
Hammacher, Schlemmer & Company, Rudolph C.
Koch, Grand Rapids Veneer Works, Pratt, Read &
Company, American Piano Supply Company, Chas.
W. House & Company, A. C. Cheney Piano Action
Company, George W. Moore, American Musical Sup-
ply Company.
The use of these contracts has not been as wide-
spread as your committee had hoped, but inasmuch
as this is a matter of education, their use by the
trade will probably be gradually increased.
Many of the members now have regular forms of
stationery and methods of handling customers' order
which they have practiced for many years to their
satisfaction and naturally they hesitate before adopt-
ing the new forms and rules. However, your Com-
mittee have endeavored to devise a simple and prac-
tical form for all, and we hope the experience of
those members who are now using it will prove its
value to the extent that it will soon become uni-
versally used by the trade in general.
Publicity Report.
The report of Special Committee on Publicity,
Musical Supply Association of America, was pre-
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sented by Chas. L. McHugh, chairman, who said in
part:
"In order to obtain publicity of a satisfactory na-
ture for the Musical Supply Association, the plan was
adopted of preparing special articles on different
activities of the Association, and sending such articles
to the leading trade papers, an exclusive article being
prepared for each paper. Experience has shown that
the trade papers are very glad to receive exclusive
articles, and always give them more space and a more
prominent position than when the same news is sent
to all the papers.
As a follow-up to the articles, a news release was
sent to all of the trade papers, describing the thor-
oughness of organization of the Musical Supply in-
dustry and giving a complete list of its members
divided into their respective classifications.
The Credit Committee.
The annual report of Credit Committee, Musical
Supply Association of America, was read by A. W.
Johnston, chairman. After discussion of the plans
of the association with reference to action in case of
financial difficulties of piano manufacturers, it was
voted:
1. To take such means as the association has at
disposal to have a meeting of creditors called as
soon as possible, after the appointment of a re-
ceiver for any piano manufacturing concern, at which
meeting a committee of creditors be appointed, of
which the secretary of some other representative of
the association shall be a member.
2. To recommend to the individual members of the
association and obtain, if possible, their favorable
opinion in writing of the following customs to be
lived up to by members of the association.
(a) That in the appointment of any creditors com-
mittee, members of the association will actively favor
the appointment thereon of an official representative
of the association.
(b) That in case of any preliminary informal meet-
ing of creditors of any concern which a member of
the association attends or is invited to attend, such
member will notify the secretary of the association
and request the attendance of an official representa-
tive of the association.
(c) That after there has been any co-operative
action between any creditors with respect to a piano
manufacturer in financial difficulty, no attempt will be
made by any member of this association to obtain a
preferred claim, but on the contrary the situation will
be laid confidentially before all creditors—except
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