NEW NAME FOR OLD
OHIO ORGANIZATION
Dan E. Baumbaugh, Cleveland, First Presi-
dent of the Music Club Which Succeeds
the Music Merchants' Association
of Northern Ohio.
TO ENCOURAGE MUSIC
Organization Fashioned After the Piano Club of
Chicago to Meet Every Other Monday
in Cleveland.
The Music Club, the new association in Cleveland,
O., formed to succeed the Music Merchants' Associa-
tion of Northern Ohio, came into being January 8
when a new constitution and by-laws were adopted
at a meeting held at the Athletic Club.
The Music Club is patterned after the Piano Club
of Chicago. Meetings are to start on February 9,
and will be held thereafter every second Monday at
noon. Speakers and other entertainment will be
features of the meetings. A permanent meeting place
will be selected by a committee appointed at the first
meeting.
Those Eligible.
Those eligible to membership must be directly or
indirectly engaged in the sale of musical merchandise
or engaged in an allied occupation, such as that of
artist musician, teacher, etc. The dues are to be
$10 per year. The general advancement of good
music is the sole aim of the club. A membership
drive is to be started at once and it is expected that
the roster will number at least 200 in the very near
future. A banquet and dinner dance are also being
planned for some time in February.
The New Officers.
The officers elected at the meeting on January 7
are: Dan E. Baumbaugh of the May Company, Cleve-
land, president; M. O. Mattlin of the Knabe ware-
rooms, Cleveland, first vice-president; Irving H.
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Buescher of the Buescher Company, Cleveland, sec-
ond vice-president; Grant Smith of the Euclid Music
Co, Cleveland, treasurer; Rexford C. Hyre, attorney,
Cleveland, secretary.
Directors Appointed.
Directors for one year are as follows: Karl C.
Stanley of the Wickens company, Lorain; Arthur
Leopold of H. Leopold Furniture Co., Cleveland; R.
E. Taylor of the Starr Piano Co., Cleveland; W. G.
Bowie of the Dreher'Piano Co, Cleveland; Robert L.
White of the Robert L. White Company, Cleveland.
Directors for two years are as follows: Otto C.
Muehlhauser of the Muehlhauser Bros. Piano Co.,
Cleveland; Elsie Baer of M. O'Neil company, Akron;
H. Kellogg Day of Day's Music Store, Elyria; Helen
F. Liddicott of the Buescher company, Cleveland;
and Louis Meier of L. Meier & Sons, Cleveland.
STANDARD MUSICAL PITCH
COMMITTEE APPOINTED
At Suggestion of Chas. Deutschmann of the
National Tuners' Association, This Im-
portant Action Was Taken.
In accordance with a resolution adopted by its
Board of Directors at their last meeting, the Music
Industries Chamber of Commerce has appointed a
Technical Committee on Standard Musical Pitch, on
which every branch of the music industry is repre-
sented by men who are leading technical authorities
in their particular fields. Widespread approval of
the plan has been expressed by members of the in-
dustry, many of whom have written the Chamber
emphasizing the desirability of action along the line
of standardization of pitch.
The organ builders, among others, are particularly
interested in the subject, because of the difficulty of
tuning theater organs to a pitch which will be best
adapted to the different instruments played in theater
orchestras. The personnel of the Chamber's Com-
mittee is as follows:
Charles Deutschmann, chairman, Chicago; Henry
Ziegler, Steinway & Sons, New York; John Ander-
son, Chickering & Sons, Boston; Dr. Dayton Miller,
Case School of Applied Science, Cleveland; Wm.
Braid White, Chicago; M. P. Moeller, Hagerstown,
Md.; Ernest Skinner, Skinner Organ Co., Boston;
Wm J. Haussler, C. Bruno & Son, New York; Wal-
ter I. Kirk, Lyon & Healy, Chicago; James F. Boyer,
C. G. Conn, Ltd., Elkhart, Ind.; A. K. Gutsohn,
Standard Pneumatic Action Co., New York; A. G.
Gulbransen, the Gulbransen Company, Chicago.
Dr. Dayton Miller, one of the members of the
committee, has offered it the use of his laboratory
and equipment at the Case School of Applied Science,
Cleveland. This will be of invaluable aid to the
committee, as this laboratory is one of the best
equipped in the country for the study of sound and
tone production.
The resolution calling for the appointment of this
committee was presented by Charles Deutschmann,
president of the National Association of Piano
Tuners, who stated that the matter of establishing
and' maintaining a standard pitch was one of vital
necessity on account of the recent growth of public
interest in bands and orchestras and the desire of
amateur musicians to take part in such organizations
themselves. He said that the existence of a consid-
erable variation in the pitch of different instruments
presented a serious obstacle to this end, which should
receive the attention of the entire industry at once.
is a complete line
It comprises a range of artisti-
cally worthy instruments to
please practically every purse:
The Hard man, official piano of
the Metropolitan Opera House;
the Harrington and the Hensel
Pianos in which is found that in-
builtdurabilitythatcharacterizes
all Hardman-madeinstruments;
the wonderful Hardman Repro-
ducing Piano; the Hardman
Autotone (the perfect player-
piano); and the popular Playo-
tone.
Jiardman^peck &Co.
CHANGE IN DATE OF MEETING
OF EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Plans for Amending By-laws of National Association
Among Matters to Be Considered.
The mid-year meeting of the Executive Committee
of the National Piano Manufacturers' Association will
be held at the Blackstone Hotel, Chicago, on Thurs-
day, January 22nd, at 9:30 a. m., instead of on
Wednesday afternoon, January 21st, as previously
announced.
The meeting of the Executive Committee will be
followed by a meeting of members of the association
to be held at 10:30, which has been called for the pur-
pose of amending the by-laws so as to make the use
of the combination stamp a condition of memberships,
in accordance with a recommendation of the Finance
Committee.
"Built on Family Pride"
Doll & Sons
Represent the Artistic
in Piano and Player Piano
Construction
JACOB DOLL & SONS
STODART
WELLSMORE
Jacob Doll & Sons, Inc.
Southern Boulevard, E. 133rd St.
E. 134th St. and Cypress Ave.
NEW YORK
Becker Bros.
Manufacturers
of
HIGH GRADE PIANOS
and PLAYER PIANOS
Factory and Wareroomi
767-769 Tenth Avenue, New York
STRICH & ZEJDLER, Inc.
GRAND, UPRIGHT and PLAYER
AND
HOMER PIANOS
740-742 East 136th Street
NEW YORK
Schumann
PIANOS and PLAYER PIANOS
GRANDS and UPRIGHTS
Have no superiors in appearance, tone
power or other essentials of strictly
leaders in the trade.
Warning to Infringers
This Trade Mark la cast
in the plate and also ap-
pears upon the fall board
of all genuine Schumann
Pianoa. and all Infringers
will be prosecuted. Beware
of Imitations such as Schu-
mann & Company, Schu-
mann & Son, and also
Shuman, as all stencil
shops, dealers and users of
pianos bearing: a name in
imitation of the name
Schumann with the inten-
tion of deceiving the public
will be prosecuted to the
fullest extent of th« law.
New Catalogue on Request.
Schumann Piano Co.
MEET THE DOLLY SISTERS.
W. N. VAN MATRE, President
The Dolly Sisters will be the guests of the Chicago
Piano Club Monday, January 19th, in addition to the
Langdon Bros. Place—I. A. C. Time—12:15.
Rockford, 111.
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