Presto

Presto Buyers' Guide
Analyzes and Classifies
All American P i a n o s
and in Detail Tells of
Their Makers.
PRESTO
E.tabu.h*d 1884. THE AMERICAN MUSIC TRADE WEEKLY
Presto Year Book
The Only Complete
Annual Review of the
American Music In-
dustries and Trades.
to cent., 92.00« Year
CHICAGO, SATURDAY, JULY 19, 1924
but the program for the four days will be practically
as follows:
Tuesday, July 22.
9:30—Address of Welcome by Phillip T. Clay, Gen-
eral Convention Chairman. Appointment of
Nominating Committee by the General Con-
vention Chairman.
Western Music Trade Convention, July 22 to 10:30—Price Maintenance, A. G. Farquharson.
25, at St. Francis Hotel to Be Made
11:00—Legislation, State and National, George
Barnes.
Series of Interesting Business and
11:30—Commissions, J. J. Daynes and E. L. Kelley.
Joyous Social Events.
12:15—Luncheon. California Day. Ed. H. Uhl, Chair-
man. Speaker, Alex. McDonald, Representa-
tive National Association of Music Mer-
chants. Subject: Associations, National and
Sectional.
2:00—Overhead, G. B. Epstein.
General Interest in Topics Assured by Invitation
2:30—Credits, Collections and Terms. Lawrence
Lindsay.
to Conventioners to Join in Spontaneous Dis-
3:00—Trade-ins, George Q. Chase.
cussions.
3:30—Trade Ethics, J. T. Fitzgerald.
7:00—Dinner to Victor Dealers by Victor Talking
On Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday of
Machine Co. at the St. Francis Hotel. (Spe-
next week, July 22, 23, 24 and 25, the music dealers
cial invitations issued by the Victor Talking
of the farwestern states will hold the first Western
Machine Co.)
Music Trades Convention at the St. Francis Hotel,
Wednesday, July 28.
San Francisco, and from enquiries made by the pro-
9:30—Radio, John Daggett and Arthur H. Halloran.
moters, the attendance at the inaugural meeting of
10:30—Radio in Music Stores, J. W. Boothe.
the trade of that section will provide one element of
11:00—Radio Sales, C. H. Mansfield.
success. The attractive character of the program
prepared by the committee is another essential to suc- 11-30—Radio Service, P. L. Welke.
12:15—Luncheon. Northwestern Day. F. M. Case,
cess.
Chairman. Speaker, E. C. Mills, Chairman,
A feature of the business sessions that assures
Board of Directors, Music Publishers' Pro-
widespread interest to the topics presented is the
tective Association. Subject: Relation of
time limit to addresses and a more urgent call to
Radio to Music.
the convening dealers to express themselves. Philip
2:00—Turnover, H. T. Nolder.
T. Clay, president of Sherman Clay & Co., conven-
2:30—Advertising. Shirley Walker.
tion chairman chosen to replace the late George R.
3 - 00—Interest on Contracts, Frank M. Case.
Hughes, believes the points of view of a great num-
3:30—Talking
Machine Record Sales, Herman Beck.
ber of the trade are more enlightening than the opin-
7:45—Broadcasting Station KPO at Hale Bros." De-
ion of one man. But the committee has provided for
partment Store at Fifth and Market streets.
addresses by bright lights in the trade which will be
(Get special ticket of secretary.)
in the nature of texts to bring out the general views
of the assembled dealers.
Thursday, July 24.
Big Los Angeles Delegation.
9:30—Nominating Committee's Preliminary Report.
10:30—Local Associations, E. A. Geisler and A. R.
The interest in the meeting among the trade of
Farquharson.
Los Angeles and other cities in the state is equal to
11:00—Transportation, Morley P. Thompson.
that evinced by the San Francisco Co. trade. From
Los Angeles a big delegation is assured, led by Ed. 11:30—Sheet Music, E. P. Little and H. R. Skeath.
H. Uhl, president of the Southern California Music 12:15—Luncheon. Inter-Mountain'Day. J. J. Daynes,
Chairman. Speaker, Bernard C. Jakway. Sub-
Co., who has been made chairman of the executive
ject: "Selling Music to the American People."
committee, to take the place of George S. Marygold.
2:00—Musical Merchandise Departments,- A. L.
who died recently.
Quinn and H. V. Baxter.
Attractive Social Features.
2:30—Co-operative Insurance, A. R. Farquharson.
3:0O—Miscellaneous subjects.
As is told in the program the social features of
3:30—Election of officers.
the Western Music Trades Convention are consid-
ered highly important. In addition to the big ban- 7:00—Banquet and dance.
quet and dance at the St. Francis Hotel on Thursday
Friday, July 25.
night and a dinner to Victor dealers by the Victor
9:00—Visit
to
the
Victor Co.'s Branch Factory in
Talking Machine Co. at the same place on Tuesday,
East Oakland.
there will lie a golf dinner at the Merced Golf and
12:00—Lunch at Fresco at San Leandro, Alameda
Country Club on Friday.
County.
The noonday luncheons Tuesday, Wednesday and
1:00—Golf Tournament at Merced Golf and Country
Thursday will be of a semi-social kind. Ed. H. Uhl
Club, San Francisco. Foursomes will drive
will be chairman on Tuesday's luncheon (California
off between 1 and 3 p. m. Automobiles will
Day) and the speaker will be Alex McDonald, repre-
leave St. Francis Hotel at 12.
senting the National Association of Music Merchants.
7:00—Golf Dinner and Low Jinks.
Northwestern Day will be celebrated at the noonday
luncheon on Wednesday, with F. M. Case chairman
DINNER FOR EMPLOYES.
and the speaker, E. C. Mills, chairman of the board
A dinner given to the employes of the Burkham &
of directors of the Music Publishers' Protective As-
sociation. Thursday will be Inter-Mountain Day, Stamm Piano Co., Wheeling, W. Va., recently, by
J. J. Daynes of Salt Lake City will be chairman and the heads of the company, was a most enjoyable
event. The principal address was delivered by Presi-
the speaker Bernard C. Jakway.
dent E. C. Stamm. The other speakers included E.
The Golf Tournament.
F. Stamm, secretary and treasurer of the company;
Harold Pracht, in charge of the golf tournament Ralph Ulman, of the accounting department; Harry
for the convention of the W'estern Music Trades As- Xeuman, of the service department, and Miss Elma
Rose, of the small musical instrument department.
sociation, announced this week that it will be open
to all members of the music trade. Members of the
trade, whether manufacturers, retailers, jobbers or
CHANGES IN GOUVERNOUR, N. Y.
Iravelers of the east and middle west are welcome
Charles M. Tait, Main street, Gouvernour, N. Y.,
if they wish to enter. Mr. Pracht expects more than has sold out his interest in his business to S. Guy-
fifty entries in the tournament, but he says there is ette, of Ogdenburg, who has already taken posses-
room for all comers. Those wishing to take part s'on. Mr. Tait, who has just become county treas-
should send their names to Mr. Pracht, in care of the urer, has found it difficult to give the music store
Wiley B. Allen Co., San Francisco.
the attention it requires, and for this reason has sold
It is possible a few minor changes will be made, out.
BIG PLANS FOR
SAN FRANCISCO
SHORT TALKS A RULE
HENRY L. MASON NEW
MASON & HAML1N HEAD
At Recent Meeting of Board of Directors of
Boston Industry, Vice-President Succeeds
A. M. Wright.
The resignation of A. M. Wright, president of the
Mason & Hanilin Company, Boston, was formally
tendered to the board of directors at a meeting held
last week. Mr. Wright had sent in his resignation
the previous week but the board did not act upon it
HENRY L. MASON.
until the meeting last week, when it was accepted,
and Henry L. Mason, vice-president of the company,
was elected to succeed Mr. W r right. Mr. Wright had
held the office of president for the past eighteen
years.
The new president of the Mason & Hamlin Co., is
the grandson of the founder of the house which was
established in 1854. He always has had a keen inter-
est in the artistic phases of the Mason & Hamlin
piano and is widely known as a man of great musical
ability and an able and interesting critic of things
musical. Mr. Mason has written numerous books
and papers treating of music and is prominent in
musical organizations in Boston and elsewhere.
Apart from his artistic characteristics, Mr. Mason
has evinced keen business insight since he entered the
employment of the Mason & Hamlin Co., when he
was graduated from Harvard in 1888. The high
commercial character of the Mason & Hamlin, he
has always believed to be in equal ratio to its artis-
tic eminence. The piano in the best sense artistic,
produced under the most advanced and approved
conditions and by artisans of experience and high
standing in their craft.
GEO.
P. BENT RETURNS WEST.
•
George P. Bent, who was called back to Chicago
aftjr he had reached San Francisco three w r eeks ago,
on account of the severe illness of his son Charles,
leaves Chicago Saturday night, this week, for the
Pacific Coast. He will proceed at once to San Fran-
c ; sco, to attend the Western Music Trade Associa-
tion meeting to be held in that city next week, July
22 to 24. After the convention he will go to his
California home at 2406 Gramercy Place, Los An-
geles.
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