PRESTO
February 23, 1924.
CHRISTMAN
"The First Touch Tells
Two Types of Artistic
Successes
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CHRISTMAN
Studio Grand
Only 5 Feet Long
Has No Superior in
the High Class Trade
In any Store or Stock it Stands Forth
in Beauty, and in Tone Power and
Quality it presents the Highest Claims
to Popularity with discriminating
buyers.
And No Less Are The
CHRISTMAN
Reproducing
Grands and Uprights
OREGON DEALERS' ASSN.
HOLDS ANNUAL MEETING
Hardman Piano Added by Reed-French Piano
Co. Is Another Interesting Item of News
from Portland.
The Oregon Music Dealers' Association held its
annual meeting in the Portland, Ore., Chamber of
Commerce on February 10. After luncheon the meet-
ing was called to order by the President, E. B. Hyatt,
of the Hyatt Talking Machine Co., and the secretary's
report was read by J. J. Collins, of the J. J. Collins
Piano Co., and the treasurer's report by Frank M.
Case, manager of the Wiley B. Allen Co. The treas-
urer's report showed the affairs of the association were
in good condition, and during the year just passed
the association, among its other activities, at consider-
able expense put out an elaborate and artistic pro-
gram for Portland's Music Week. The program was
devoid of any advertising matter.
The next order of business was the election of offi-
cers. On motion of G. F. Johnson, of the G. F.
Johnson Piano Co. the rules were suspended and the
old officers were re-elected by acclamation. This
automatically re-elected E. B. Hyatt, of the Hyatt
Talking Machine Co., as president; J. J. Collins, of
the J. J. Collins Piano Co., secretary; W. A.
McDougall, of the McDougall-Conn Music Co., vice-
president; and Frank M. Case, manager of the Wiley
B. Allen Co., treasurer.
The meeting was one of goodfellowship, and it was
decided that during the coming year regular business
meetings would be held every 60 days, unless special
meetings were necessary, when they would be called
by the president. It was also determined to hold
more social functions during the year, so that the
rank and file of the trade would be drawn closer to-
gether. A banquet is being arranged to be held early
in March, when all in the trade will be invited.
Representatives from the following firms were in
attendance at the meeting: Hyatt Talking Machine
Co., J. J. Collins Piano Co., Wiley B. Allen Co., Sher-
man, Clay & Co., G. F. Johnson Piano Co.,
McDougall-Conn Music Co., Irvington Pharmacy, Vic-
tor wholesale, Victor department, Power's Furniture
Store, Harold S. Gilbert Piano Co., L. D. Heater,
Portland phonograph jobber, Brunswick wholesale,
Brunswick department, Edward's Furniture Store,
Kerns for Drugs, and of the Seiberling-Lucas Music
Co.
The Reed, French Piano Co., of Portland, Ore.,
has added the Hardman piano made by Hardman,
Peck Co., of New York, to its selling line, and also
the Smith Unit Organ, of Chicago. Mr. Reed, the
president of the company, says that the Smith Unit
he considers "the best organ adapted for the moving
picture houses." The company has the agency for
the states of Oregon and Washington, and, while the
agency has only been acquired a little while, it has
already placed four of the Smith Units in the two
states.
Charles Dundore, Pacific Coast representative of
the Haddorff Piano Company, Rockford, 111., has
moved his headquarters to Los Angeles, where he will
remain for the next several months. Mr. Dundore's
family left Portland, Ore., with him for the South.
NELSON=HOLZER PIANO CO.
CREDITORS MAY MEET
They May Have the Privilege of Dividing the Assets
Among the Lawyers.
In the District Court of the United States for the
Northern District of Illinois, in the matter of Nelson-
Holzer Piano Co., of Chicago, bankrupt, the creditors
of that concern are given notice that on the 3rd day
of March, A. D. 1924, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon,
at his office, Room 907, Monadnock Block, No. 53
Jackson boulevard, Chicago, Sidney C. Eastman,
referee, will declare and direct the payment of the
first dividend on claims of all creditors of said bank-
ruptcy estate which have been proved and allowed;
said payments to be made within ten days from said
date, at the office of Fred E. Hummel, trustee, Monad-
nock Block, Chicago, 111.
At the same time and place will be heard the
receiver's final report, in which the receiver asks for
$580 in fees, and in which the receiver's attorneys ask
for $300 in fees; the petition of the petitioning cred-
itors, asking for $150 in attorneys' fees, and the peti-
tion of the bankrupt, asking for $500 in attorney's
fees.
Creditors have the right to attend meetings, but
are not required to do so.
NEW PIANO CLUB OFFICERS.
New officers and a new board of governors, term of
the latter expiring in 1926, were elected by the Piano
Club of New York at a meeting held at the head-
quarters of the club, at Third avenue and 137th street,
last week. The following were elected officers: Al-
bert Behning, president; Charles P. Bogart, vice-
president; A. V. W. Setley, treasurer, and Charles E.
Reid, secretary. The new board of governors is
comprised of: E. Lanning Blue, Allan B. Lane,
Louis B. Bock, Alphonse W. Weiner and M. Camp-
bell Lorina.
FAMOUS CRITIC BUYS BALDWIN
Favorites with Dealers
who sell fine instruments. They are
as Perfect in Operation as can be
made, and they are the True Christman
in Tone and Construction.
We Will be Glad to Send Particulars, Prices
and Terms to Live Piano Merchants
"The First Touch Tells"
Reg. U S. Pat. Off.
Christman Piano Co.
597 East 137th St.
New York
HERMAN DEVRIES IN HIS STUDIO.
Another enthusiastic owner of a Baldwin piano in
the world of art is Herman Devries, the widely read
music critic of the Chicago American. Praise from
one so distinguished and so generally recognized an
authority on music is conclusive and valuable. Mr.
Devries, who is a Chevalier of the Legion of Honor,
sang leading baritone roles in operas all over the
world before becoming associated with the Chicago
newspaper.
Years of use of the Baldwin has so convinced Mr.
Devries of its musical merits that he recently pur-
chased another Baldwin grand for Mrs. Devries.
This is what he wrote recently to the Baldwin Piano
Company:
'"Gentlemen: Several years ago I purchased a
Baldwin piano, which I have used constantly in my
studio.
"Having found the tone of such beauty and of enor-
mous endurance, I have concluded I must have an-
other Baldwin for the use of Mrs. Devries, who will
be happy to add her name to mine as an endorser of
the Baldwin piano. With the assurance of my regard,
believe me most sincerely yours,
"HERMAN DEVRIES."
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