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CHICAGO, SATURDAY, APRIL 26, 1924
ADDS FEATURES
TO BIG CONVENTION
Banquet Committee of National Association of
Music Merchants Secures Theodore Roose-
velt, Assistant Secretary of the Navy,
as Speaker June 4.
went to West Point. After it was made clear to him
that the visitors would have to be back in New York
in the late afternoon, the commandant of the acad-
emy gave orders that the guard mount and parade
should be set forward to between two and three
o'clock.
TWO NEW NAMES ADDED
TO THE GOLF COMMITTEE
PIANO MEN ENJOY
VISIT TO FLORIDA
Oscar Stranburg, Music Merchant, His Son,
and W. S. Lanz, Piano Traveler, Have
Pleasant Southern Trip.
Reading from left to right in the accompanying cut
are Oscar Stranburg, head of the Stranburg Music
Theodore Cassebeer and Kenneth W. Curtis Named Co.. Inc., Jamestown. N. Y.; W. S. Lanz, traveler
for the Brinkerhoff Piano Co., Chicago, and Leon
by Arthur L. Wessell, Chairman.
Stranburg, athletic son of the active Jamestown music
Theodore Cassebeer, of Steinway & Sons, and merchant. The group was snapshotted recently in
Kenneth W. Curtis, manager of the Chicago office
Commandant of U. S. Military Academy Rearranges of Kohler & Campbell, have been added to the mem- Florida, with the Gulf of Mexico as a colorful back-
drop.
Regular Drill Schedule of June 6 for Benefit
bership of the golf committee of the National Music
1 he gentlemen were fellow travelers subsequently
Industries Convention, according to an announcement in Cuba, where they observed conditions in the music
of Music Trade Folk.
made this week by Arthur L. Wessell, chairman of
trade, and noted with pleasure the importance of the
the committee. The other members are Harry J. piano business. The big Jamestown music dealer
Albert Behning, chairman of the Convention Ban- Sohmer, of Sohmer & Co., and Herbert W. Hill.
quet Committee of the National Association of Music
convention golf tournament will be played on
Merchants, announced this week that Theodore a The
course
in the vicinity of New York Thursday, June
Roosevelt, assistant secretary of the navy, has con-
Several courses are under consideration, and it
sented to speak at the annual banquet of the asso- 5th.
is expected that announcement of the one finally de-
ciation at the Waldorf-Astoria hotel in New York cided
upon will be made within a week or two.
City Wednesday evening, June 4. The subject of
The
convention tournament should not be con-
Colonel Roosevelt's address, which will t>e broadcast
fused with the annual tournament of the National
by radio,, will be announced later.
Golf Association of the Piano Trade at the West-
Mr. Behning left no stone unturned to secure the
chester Biltmore Country Club, Rye, N. Y., June
son of the great rough rider to address the big ban- 9 and 10.
quet during the National Music Industries Conven-
This tournament will be open to every member of
tion. He made a special trip to Washingtan for the
purpose, and "camped on the job" until he had not the music industries. Already many donated tro-
only the verbal but the written agreement of "Teddy phies have reached Mr. Wessell. Others will be
Jr." to speak before the men and women of the music gladly received. The prizes will be exhibited at the
Waldorf-Astoria hotel during the convention, June
industries.
2-5.
Trophies donated for the tournament should
The Sail to West Point.
be sent to Arthur L. Wessell, Wessell, Nickel &
As a special courtesy to the representatives of
'U'ft to Right—OSCAR STRANBURG, \V. S. LANZ,
Gross, 457 West Forty-fifth street, New York City.
AND J.KOX STRANBURG.
the musical industries from all parts of the country
who attend the National Music Industries Convention
and
the
Brinkerhoff
Piano Co.'s traveler observed
MADE SCHOOL BOARD PRESIDENT.
in New York the week of June 1st the commandant
things from different viewpoints—that of the retailer
of the United States Military Academy at West Point
An exciting election took place at Oregon, 111., keen for any suggestion to improve methods in his
has rearranged the regular schedule of the academy last week Tuesday, for the offices of president and
stores and that of the wholesaler always eager to
for the afternoon of Friday, June 6, so that the men members of the School Board, resulting in the elec- sell his line. The alert piano man, whether merchant
and women who go to the Point aboard the Steamer tion of B. F. Shelly, secretary of the Schiller Piano or traveler, is always observant and responsive to the
Robert Fulton as guests of the New York music Co., as president of the board. The election created
impression that may develop a profitable idea. And
trades may witness the guard mount and parade of so much interest that it was brought out in headlines
every minute of the trio in Florida and later in Cuba
the cadets.
and commented upon by Rockford and other near-by was a joyous one.
Definite arrangements for this treat not only for papers and Mr. Shelly received congratulations of
Mr. Stranburg has large music interests in Penn-
the visitors but for the members of the trade in New Oregon's citizens on his successful fight against clan
sylvania and Ohio as well a^ in New York state. The
r
York who accompany them w ere made last week by and clique.
Stranburg Music Co., Inc.. has its main store in
Albert Behning, chairman of the Committee on
Jamestown, N. Y., and branches at Hornell, N. Y.;
Social Arrangements of the National Music Industries
Meadville, Oil City, Titusville, Bradford, Franklin,
THE KIMBALL IN PORTLAND.
Convention, to be held at the Waldorf-Astoria hotel,
and Warren, Pa.; and Conneaut, Ohio.
The McCormick Music Co. of Portland, Ore., will
New York City, June 2-4, inclusive.
move May 10 from 429 Washington street, where they
Commandant Gives Orders.
have been for the past five and a half years, to 187
Accompanied by V. J. Faeth, a member of his com- Broadway, which Mr. McCormick thinks will be a
mittee, and John Young, of the Convention Bureau better location for his business. At present he "is
of the Merchants' Association, a graduate of the Mili- staging a sale of Kimball pianos and phonographs,
tary Academy in the class of 1897, Mr. Behning for which line he is the Portland distributor.
A Look Back at Tuning Fees of Bygone Days Sug-
gests Comparisons.
TREAT AT WEST POINT
CHICAGO DIVISION OF
TUNERS' ASS'N HOLD BANQUET
EFFECTIVE Q R S ROLL SHOW
When it comes to getting up
a natty Q R S window display,
the Muscatine Music House of
Muscatine, Iowa, achieves many
triumphs.
The * accompanying
cut shows a sample of a display
of the simple but effective kind.
It is not a large display but
an excellent one for creating in-
terest in the Q R S rolls and
promoting sales. It shows the
spirit of the house and the wis-
dom of featuring goods promi-
nently in special and selling
displays. The Muscatine Music
House has already achieved fame
for its effective window displays,
and Muscatine folk expect a
continuous series of attractions.
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The big annual banquet of the Chicago Division
National Association of Piano Tuners, Inc., was held
Thursday, April 24, in the East Room, Hotel La
Salle. Retrospective speeches of some of the officers
were cheering in suggesting comparative facts. The
preliminary notice suggested the themes:
"Looking back to the 'good(?) old days' of mis-
representation of the nature and care of the piano and
when free tuning was charged against the tuner
and the tuning department, and tuning was sold at
the rate of $1.98, including car fare, estimates free,
etc., 'Oh Boy—what a change!'
''With the boys pulling down $4.00, $4.50 and
$5.00 per tuning, and piano purchasers getting the
low down on the nature and care of the piano, and
the free tunin' bunk in the discards, I'll say we're
getting somewhere these days. You tell 'em!"
EXTENDS LINES IN CANTON.
Starr pianos and phonographs and Gennett records
are handled in the Home Music Co . 527 Market ave-
nue, North, Canton, O. A. H. Holgate, who is man-
ager, announced this week that his firm will handle a
line of musical merchandise and sheet music.
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