Presto

February 23, 1924.
P R E S T O
CONVENTION GETS
OFFICIAL TITLE
By Unanimous Vote of Committee of Arrange-
ments for Annual Meeting in New York,
Event Is Named National Music
Industries Convention.
HOTEL SPACE RESERVED
Entire First Floor of Waldorf-Astoria Allotted With-
out Charge by Management Which Specially
Reduces Room Rates for Music
Trade Folk.
At a meeting of the Committee of Arrangements
for the 1924 Convention in the offices of the Music
Industries Chamber of Commerce last week, it was
decided by unanimous vote to call the Convention the
National Music Industries Convention. The sugges-
tion was made as part of the resolution that future
conventions be called by the same name.
The decision was reached to hold the gala concert
scheduled at the last meeting of the committee for
Monday night, June 2, in the ball room of the Wal-
dorf-Astoria Hotel instead of at Carnegie Hall or
elsewhere, and the Music Program Committee was
instructed to provide entertainment worthy of the
occasion.
Entire Floor Free.
The Music Industries Chamber of Commerce an-
nounced after the meeting that the Waldorf-Astoria
Hotel has officially confirmed the reservation of the
entire first floor (one flight up) of the hotel for the
National Music Industries Convention, June 1 to 5.
No charge will be made for the use of these rooms.
The Waldorf-Astoria announces that it will extend
to the members of the music industries for the period
of the convention a special rate of $5.00 a day for
single and $8.00 a day for double rooms.
Decision on Exhibits.
The hotel also announces that in conformity with
the resolutions passed at the midyear meetings of
the various branches of the industry, exhibits will
not be permitted in the hotel during the convention.
The McAlpin and Martinique Hotels, which are under
the same management, have been requested to pro-
hibit exhibits, the announcement says, and they will
comply with the wishes expressed at the midyear
meetings.
Steamship Chartered.
Albert Behning, chairman of the Committee on
Sociarl Arrangements, said he already had engaged
the steamship Robert Fulton for the excursion June
6 down the bay and up the Hudson to West Point,
and his suggestions for entertainment going and
leturning were approved by the committee as a
whole.
Additions to Committees.
Otto M. Heineman, of M. Schulz Co., was added
to the membership of the Reception Committee, and
W. C. Fuhri was substituted for G. W. Hopkins on
the Music Program Committee on information that
the latter had resigned from the Columbia Phono-
graph Company.
In this connection, Max J. deRochemont, who pre-
sided, said it should be the duty and the pleasure of
everybody in the industry in New York to be on
QUALITY
in Name and in Fact
TONE, MATERIALS, CONSTRUCTION,
WORKMANSHIP, DESIGN—all in ac-
cord with the broadest experience—are
the elements which give character to
Bush & Lane Products.
BUSH&LANE PIANOS
BUSH & LANE CECILIAN PLAYER PIANOS
take high place, therefore, in any com-
parison of high grade pianos because of
the individuality of character which dis-
tinguishes them in all essentials of merit
and value.
BUSH & LANE PIANO CO.
Holland, Mich.
hand at the station to receive out-of-town visitors
to the convention. The members of the regularly
appointed committee would be there, he said; but
that wasn't enough. The bigger the representation
of handshakers the better. W. C. Heaton, chairman
of the committee, said arrangements already had been
made for transporting the arrivals to the hotel from
the station.
The following members of the Committee on Ar-
rangements attended the meeting last week: George
Albig, Beach Barrett, Albert Behning, Mark P.
Campbell, Max J. deRochemont, chairman; William
J. Dougherty, W. C. Heaton, Otto Heineman, Her-
bert W. Hill, Hermann Irion, A. W. Johnston, Allan
B. Lane, Calvin T. Purdy, Herbert Simpson, Alfred
L. Smith, Frederic A. Steele, J. W. Stevens, P. A.
Ware, Arthur L. Wessell and Milton Weil.
HEINE PIANO CO. GETS
ACOUSTIGRANDE AGENCY
House at 408 Stockton Street, San Francisco, to
Handle Chicago Goods.
The Heine Piano Company, more commonly
known as the "House of Grands," at 408 Stockton
street, San Francisco, Calif., has been awarded the
agency for the Acoustigrandc, the instrument now
manufactured by Chickering Bros., of Chicago.
The announcement of Pacific Coast distribution
which has just been made by Mr. Heine is being re-
ceived with considerable gratification in musical cir-
cles throughout California.
From the small Baby Grand to the seven-foot semi-
concert model, the instrument demonstrates the ex-
pert knowledge of acoustics and piano building of
its maker, C. C. Chickering, in the remarkable rich-
ness and volume of its tone and its delicate response
to artistic feeling.
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TWENTY=FIFTH ANNIVERSARY
OF E. C. CHRISTIAN MUSIC CO.
Lexington, Ky., Firm Proud of Admirable Results of
Quarter Century Efforts in Music Field.
The E. C. Christian Music Company, of 205 and 207
East Main street, Lexington, Ky., of which E. C.
Christian is owner and manager, was established in
1899 and this week is celebrating the growth and ex-
pansion of its business during the last quarter of a
century.
Mr. Christian, who is a native of Clark County,
went to Lexington and embarked in his present busi-
ness on Feb. 1 of the year named, and from a modest
beginning has built up a music business of which Mr.
Christian may well be proud. As an indication of this
he has during that time placed more than 6,000 pianos
in the homes of the people of central and eastern
Kentucky.
Not only does he handle the instruments of six of
the leading piano factories, but his establishment has
been expanded into a regular department store for
everything in the music line, from the latest song hits
to the most expensive pianos.
Mr. Christian attributes his success to three things
—carrying a stock that appeals to music lovers, giving
the public the advantage of low prices, and fair, square
dealings. Few firms in Lexington have a larger
clientele than the E. C. Christian Music Company and
the steady growth of its business to its present pro-
portions is an indication of the good will that it has
won and kept during the 25 years that it has been in
business in that city.
PARKER MUSIC STORE MOVES.
The Parker Music Co., Eldorado, 111., is preparing
to move into the new First National Bank building
in that city. The Parker Music store in occupying
the entire room in the bank building with both a
Fourth street and Organ street entrance will have
the room to display the many pianos, Victrolas,
booths and music that it desires to keep in stock.
Ma,ny improvements will be made and the music store
will be one of the most complete and up-to-date in
Southern Illinois.
The Heppe, Marcellus and Edouard Jules Plaao
manufactured by the
HEPPE PIANO COMPANY
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Three Sounding Boards.
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MILK DISPLAY IN MUSIC STORE.
The Elbel Bros. Music Store, South Bend, Ind., last
week gave over its show window for a display by a
dairy company to interest children in health habits.
Nothing musical was shown, but the company believes
that healthfully raised babies are more likely to grow
into possible musical instrument buyers than the ones
brought up with unsanitary habits.
PARNHAM ON PACIFIC COAST.
John H. Parnham, of the Cable-Nelson Piano Com-
pany, Chicago, is on a trip to cities of the Pacific
Coast. He left February 8, and is expected back
early in March.
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