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preceded him. In cheerful paraphrasing he said,
"When the winter of our discontent is here, the
spring of our optimism is not far away." In the
course of his stimulating talk he said:
"Radio is counteracting the influence of the auto-
mobile, which took people away from the home, and
Shows the Big Influence of Radio in Counter- radio eventually will cause a greater demand for
acting Automobile's Effect on Music Goods
musical instruments and the finer things of life."
It is a recognition of a fellowship between the radio
Sales Pointed Out by Association Secretary.
and musical instruments that the radio interests—
The phenomena of cause and effect is one of the industries, trade organizations and trade journals
all-season and all-the-year-round themes on which have culled the sentence from Mr. Kennedy's address
the observant piano man may hang a speech when and broadcasted it, so to speak, in every conceivable
festive opportunities present themselves. Unpleasant way.
conditions in the business can be minimized in the
MATT KENNEDY'S BANQUET
SPEECH BROADCASTED
KOHLER & CHASE ADDS
WELTE PIPE ORGAN
MATT KENNEDY.
minds of the hearers by pointing out a way to remove
the distressing causes. Or the speaker can point out
the influence on regrettable circumstances in the trade
by other circumstances of greater curative potency.
Matt Kennedy, secretary of the National Association
of Music Merchants, employed his gift of observa-
tion when he addressed the Cleveland Music Trades
Association at the annual banquet at the Hotel Stat-
ler last week and took the old, reliable cause and
effect theme as a vehicle for his observations.
Notwithstanding the size of the punch bowl and
the kickiness of its contents, pessimism lurked in the
corners, occasionally emerging to curdle the thoughts
of speakers and inflict leaden feet to the flights of
oratory. It all sounded too static to Mr. Kennedy.
Being a keen observer of piano trade conditions he
admits that the automobile has affected the sales of
pianos. Even golf has had a distracting influence
on the indoor pleasures of music. He was frank
about it when he talked to the Cleveland men, but
there wasn't the trace of a sob in his voice when
he replied to the anguished remarks of speakers who
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CHICAGO
Great Instrument Installed and According to Plans
Noon-day Concerts to Be Broadcast.
Kohler & Chase, whose Diamond Jubilee Anniver-
sary occurs this year, is installing a splendid Welte
Philharmonic pipe organ in the firm's San Francisco
headquarters, at 26 O'Farrell street. It is an exact
duplicate of the organ in the Welte Studio in New
York and will be in place by the end of February.
Noon-day concerts will be broadcast from the
Kohler & Chase building, and a fine program of selec-
tions is being prepared and a complete set of the
Welte organ records has been secured. O. R. Bow-
man is sales manager of Kohler & Chase.
This instrument may be played manually as well,
and Mr. Bowman is arranging to have some of the
best organists of the Pacific Coast render selections
at different times. The big organ is being installed
in the Ampico Studio and great interest is being
manifested by the San Francisco musical public.
Kohler & Chase have been appointed representatives
of the Welte Philharmonic Organ Company and in-
tend putting on a strong selling force.
GRAY=MAW MUSIC CO.
REORGANIZED IN SAN DEIGO
Big Sales of Steinway Pianos Assured in the Business
Under the New Name.
The Norman F. Maw Music Co., Inc., is the new
name of the old business of the Gray-Maw Music
Co., San Diego, Calif. The reorganization and
choice of new name occurred recently when Tyndall
Gray resigned and departed to make his future resi-
dence in Ireland. At the election of officers recently
the following were elected:
President and treasurer, Norman F. May; vice-
president and secretary, L. K. Maw. These with
William R. Hamburg form the directorate of the re-
organized company.
The Norman F. Maw Music Co. will continue to
represent the Steinway piano, for which the house
has had the representation for many years. The high
character of the trade served by the house always
promised great possibilities for Steinway piano sales.
An excellent report for the past year has been made
by the company, which also gives very satisfactory
assurances of good sales for 1925.
MRS. J. FRANK CONOVER DIES.
Mrs. Celia H. Conover, widow of the late J. Frank-
lin Conover, died at Los Angeles, Cal., February 16.
The burial was at Kansas City, Mo., of which city
she was in earlier years a resident. As the wife of
one of the most distinguished experts in the American
piano industry, Mrs. Conover was known to a large
number of the more prominent members of the indus-
try and trade, especially in New York, Chicago and
Kansas City, in which cities her husband had been
engaged in the business. Mrs. Conover was a woman
of fine intellect and character, who proved a real
helper to her famous husband in his scientific re-
searches.
February 21, 1925.
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310-312 W. Water St., Milwaukee, Wis.
Factory: Marinette, Wis.
NEW OKLAHOMA STORE.
The Terry Music Co., Pawhuska, Okla., was opened
recently under the management of Jack Terry, who
has bought the building recently occupied by the
Osanne Gift Shop and plans extensive improvements.
The company has installed several lines of pianos,
phonographs, sheet music and musical merchandise.
Mr. Terry was formerly associated with the
McDowell & Castator Music Co.
MOVES IN MINNEAPOLIS.
The P. A. Starck Piano Co., Minneapolis, Minn.,
is now comfortably settled in its new quarters at 833
Nicollet avenue. The company formerly occupied
the store at 800 Nicollet avenue and has been located
there for more than ten years. Two soundproof
piano booths have been built in the new quarters.
V. A. Swanson is the manager of the store.
The Lyon & Healy
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