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Presto

Issue: 1925 2027

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May 30, 1925.
PRESTO
CHRISTMAN
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The First Touch Tells' *
See Them
At The DRAKE
During The
CONVENTION
One of the Features
Will Be The
Christman Electric
Grand
Many Live Dealers
Know and Sell The
Studio Grand
(only 5 ft. long)
It will Fascinate any Discriminat-
ing Customer and Insure the Sale.
It is this Test that [Makes the
Christman the
Dealer's Best Choice
CHRISTMAN
Reproducing Grand
Equipped with
Action
Has advantages for any Dealer or
Salesman. It is a marvel of expressive
interpretation of all classes of compo-
sition, reproducing perfectly the per-
formances of the world's greatest
pianists.
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The First Touch Tells"
Rag. U. g. Pat Off
Christman Piano Co.
597 East 137th St.
New York
ONE OF THE WEEK'S
INFORMAL EVENTS
Gathering of Veterans at Invitation of a Mem-
ber Who Has Taken an Active Part in
the Conventions from the Very
First.
DINNER BY GEO. P. BENT
Program of the Evening of June Ninth, With Brief
Forecast of What May Be Expected by
Friends of the Host.
Mention has been made in Presto of an unofficial
event of the coming convention in which a large pro-
portion of the members of the music industry and
trade are interested. The particular event has been
pleasantly called to the attention of a large number
of men at first hand by a handsomely engraved card
bearing the following:
"Mr. George P. Bent requests the pleasure of your
company at a Dinner to and for the Aged, Drake
Hotel, Chicago, on Tuesday, June the ninth.
"R. S. V. P. Illinois Athletic Club, 112 South
Michigan avenue. Reception 6:30 p. m. Informal.
B. Y. O."
The event thus privately announced promises to
be one of the real affairs of the week which will
prove memorable in many respects. It will be
observed by a few that the regulation formalities
which herald social events of the kind are augmented
by the cabalistic letters "B. Y. O." In the dark pre-
Volstead days some curiosity and question might
have been aroused by the letters. But in the greater
freedom and light of today, they are fairly easy to
interpret to mean "bring your oranges," or, in some
instances, "bury your opinions."
A Large Party.
In any event, the occasion will be one of friend-
ship renewals and general congratulations among
men who have lived long enough to know it, and to
understand why life is so short—and sometimes so
delightful. And, as an intimation of the kind of cheer
that will enliven the event, a list of eighteen good-
fellow songs is indicated to be sung under the head
of "Songs for Dinner to the Aged."
For, be it understood, Mr. Bent's purpose is to
gather around him as agile and red-blooded a group
of the cripples and bald-headed as may be possible.
It may be said, on the quiet, too, that, so far as
observation has thus far gone, while one may succeed
in discovering some not-wholly youthful, there has
been little sign of decrepitude or lack of agility in
the acceptances and comments which have come to
notice.
The Complete Program.
So that, whether bewhiskered or shorn at the sum-
mit, the guests will have a lively time and one filled
with anecdotes and other things long to be remem-
bered. But of this the program, which Presto is
enabled to present this week, gives ample assurance.
It follows, and the roll of gentlemen who will act in
the various capacities will in no measure lessen the
anticipation of a good quiet time and a warm inter-
change of the kind of hospitality which has charac-
terized the piano trade from time immemorial—out-
side of business hours.
DINNER TO THE AGED
Given by Geo. P. Bent, 7 p. m., June 9, 1925, at The
Drake, Lake Shore Drive and Upper Michigan
Avenue, Chicago. Reception 6 p. m.
Toastmaster—Geo. P. Bent.
Timekeeper—James T. Bristol.
Music—Oscar J. Kloer, Director.
Guests of Honor—Col. Edward Saxton Payson,
Charles H. Parsons.
Reception Committee—Albert Behning, Col. Wm,
Lincoln Bush, Pardon Platt Gibbs, Matt J. Kennedy,
D. D. Luxton, Fred. A. Nichols, Adam Schneider.
Autograph Taker—Charles Matchett Bent.
Entertainers—Geo. W. Allen, Col. Wm. Lincoln
Bush, William H. Collins, Axel W. Christensen.
Poets—C. A. Daniell, Robert Owen Foster, Jesse
French, Ben H. Janssen, E. F. Lapham, George W.
Woodruff.
Speakers: Harry F. Atwood, Dr. Wm. E. Aughin-
baugh, Frank D. Abbott, J. A. Bates, Albert Behn-
ing, E. B. Bartlett, James F. Bowers, David C. Cook,
Mark P. Campbell, E. H. Droop, David R. Forgan,
Wm. D. Gates, Pardon Platt Gibbs, Herman Leonard,
Wm. H. Matchett, Judge Harry Olson, Charles H.
Parsons, Geo. H. Payne, Wm. Bates Price, Col. E.
S. Payson.
Full Report to Follow.
Believing that Mr. Bent's party to old parties will
be one of the events of rare delight with which the
Convention week will be filled, it is Presto's intention
to give to it very complete attention in Presto of
June 13. As one of the hard-workers in the piano
industry throughout nearly a half century, Mr. Bent
is entitled to the friends who will not miss the occa-
sion to greet him on the evening of June ninth. And
it is equally certain that what will be said on that
occasion will be well worth preserving in the pages
of the American Music Trade Weekly.
T H E MENU.
Assorted Canape
(Canned Concerto)
Cream of Fresh Mushrooms Clarence
(Bent Broth)
Celery (Cable)
Radishes (Red or Pink)
Escallope of Lake Trout, Richelieu
(Bates Bait)
Filet Mignon Blackstone
(Bauer Beef)
Potatoes Parisienne (a la Payson)
Peas Henry IV (a la Parsons)
Hearts of Lettuce, Drake
(Likable Lovable Luxton)
Mousse Nougatine (a la Nichols)
Cakes (a la Cook)
Coffee
(Campbell and Chickering)
Bent Crackers
Bent Cigars
Cigarettes
WHEN IN DOUBT
ASK HENRY HEWITT
If You Have Delayed Your Reservation at
Drake or Elsewhere Wire or Write to
Active Official.
Nobody need decided to stay away from the con-
vention through fear of being unable to obtain accom-
modation in Chicago hotels. Mr. Hewitt, chairman
of the committee in charge of hotel arrangements for
the National Music Industries conventions, announced
today that because of the demand for reservations at
the Drake Hotel, convention headquarters, arrange-
HEXRY HEWITT.
ments have been completed with hotels in the vicinity
of the Drake for accommodating many delegates.
Among these hotels are the Lake Shore Drive, ad-
joining the Drake, where single rooms may be had
for $5 and $6 and double rooms for $7, $8 and $9, and
suites for $10 and $10; the Pearson, two blocks down
the Drive from the Drake, $4, $5 and $6; the Am-
bassador, a short distance from the Drake, $3.50 to
$7; the Allerton, men's hotel, $2.50 and $3.50.
Information for those motoring to the convention
is supplied by Mr. Hewitt, w r ho announces that for
the convenience of such arrangements have been made
with the Tower Garage, 215 East Chicago avenue, a
de luxe garage, with accommodations for 250 cars,
for handling cars at $1 for twenty-four hours or $6
a week. There will be a checking system whereby
the doorman at the hotel will take charge of the cars
and have them sent to the garage and delivered at
the hotel when needed. There is also an open park-
ing space in front of the Drake where very reason-
able arrangements for parking can be made.
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May 30, 1925.
PRESTO
MANUFACTURERS'
28TH CONVENTION
Veterans Will Recall Seeming Difficulties in
Forming National Association of Piano
Manufacturers and Final Realization
of Purpose First Felt in 1896.
TO DISCUSS PROBLEMS
New and Vital Ones Will Engross the Association at
the Gathering at the Drake Hotel
Next Week.
On Tuesday next at 10 a. m. the National Piano
Manufacturers' Association will hold its 28th annual
convention in Room C at the Drake Hotel, Chicago,
and the veterans will once more live over the events
of the memorable day in August, 1897, at Manhattan
Beach, N. Y., when the association was formed. That
event was the realization of a purpose which began
to be felt in the eighties and at subsequent periods
with more or less earnestness. But the attempts to
organize had been failures.
The degree of cordiality and unanimity, however,
which marked the meeting at Manhattan Beach on
August 18, 1897, launched the association with an
earnestness which has continued with the years. At
the inaugural meeting all seemed willing to adopt
regulations conducive to the common good. There
was no exhibition of a sectional feeling that might
be expected at the time in the broad domain of the
United States.
The congenial group of piano manufacturers who
will meet at the Drake Hotel next Tuesday can
afford to laugh at the fears of an earlier era when it
was considered that sectional prejudices would pre-
vent the harmonious continuance of any national
body of piano manufacturers.
Recalls Achievement.
To harmonize all conflicting interests and unite the
entire trade in a common cause for betterment was
the colossal task the Manhattan Beach meeting de-
cided to do. The meeting of the National Piano
Manufacturers' Association at the Drake Hotel next
week will be a celebration of that achievement, but
in 'handing out the congratulations to itself some
glo'ry for the New York Association of Manufac-
turers should be voiced. It was through the enter-
prise of that Body the movement for the national
body was set foot in 1896. For many years before
the' formation of the national association at Man-
hattan Beach the New York body had been a factor
in {he trade.
association. The plans eventually crystallized in
the now historic "call" which resulted in the meeting
at Manhattan Beach on August 18, 1897.
Now to Make History.
That is history, but the men who will meet at the
Drake next week will also be interested in history in
the. making. They will discuss the problems that
effect the industry in a closed session according to
usage, thereafter giving the decisions and results to
the trade press.
Following the usual custom the nomination for sec-
retary, treasurer and membership committee have
been presented by the nominating committee to be
K. R. JACOBSON,
President, National Piano Manufacturers' Association.
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What Led Up to It.
It is interesting to recall that the first indication of
the tendency towards organization in a national way
was an effort on the part of the New York manufac-
turers to affiliate with the Boston Piano and Organ
Trade Association established in May, 1896. The
nurtual desires of New York and Boston grew, and
soqn-there developed the desirability of inviting man-
ufacturers of other cities to confer with the New York
voted upon at the convention at the same time the
president and vice-presidents are chosen. These are
the nominations:
T H E OFFICERS.
The officers of the National Piano Manufacturers'
Association elected at the convention of 1924 in New
York are:
E. R. Jacobson, Hammond, Ind., president.
M. J. De Rochemont, 134th street and Southern
boulevard, New York, first vice-president.
W. E. Guylee, 57 E. Jackson street, Chicago, sec-
ond vice-president.
Ava W. Poole, 84 Sidney street, Cambridge, Mass ,
secretary.
Charles Jacob, 539 West 39th street, New York,
treasurer.
COMMITTEES.
The Executive Committee consists of ihe above
officers and the following: Eastern States—Edward
S. Payson, chairman; D. D. Luxton, Stanwood Miller.
W. E. GUY LEW,
Second Vice-president, National Piano Manufacturers'
Association.
CHARGES JACOB,
Treasurer, National Piano Manufacturers' Association.
SETH WHEELER, ALBANY,
DIES AT AGE OF 87
Director of A. C. Cheney Piano Action Co. Was
Prominent in City's Affairs.
Seth Wheeler, director of the A. C. Cheney Piano
Action Co., Castleton, N. Y., president of the A. P.
W. Paper Company, Albany, N. Y., and for thirty-
seven years a member of the board of trustees of the
Albany County Savings Bank, died last week at his
home, 246 Lark street, Albany. He was in his eighty-
eighth year, and for more than half a century was an
outstanding figure in the business and philanthropic
activities of Albany.
Mr. Wheeler was a native of Columbia County.
Coming to Albany as a young man, by his industry,
perseverance and by his inventive genius he estab-
lished a business, which has grown with the years, so
that today the Albany Perforated Wrapping Paper
Company, of which he was president, and which he
founded in 1877, equals if not surpasses any company
in the United States doing a similar business.
He is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Howard
Martin of Albany, and Mrs. Joseph S. House of New
York; two sons, Seth Wheeler, Jr., vice-president of
the A. P. W. Paper Company, and William A., treas-
urer of the company; a sister, Miss Anna Wheeler;
a granddaughter, Mrs. Porter Fearey of Ardsley-on-
the Hudson and three grandsons, Archibald B.,
Thomas B. and Edgar T. Wheeler.
Middle States—Mark I'. Campbell, chairman; C. D.
Bond, J. W. Stevens. Western States—Hobart M.
Cable, chairman; F. P. Bassett, C. C. Chickering.
Finance—Wm. B. Armstrong, chairman; James F.
Bowers, Ashley B. Cone, George J. Dowling, A. G.
Gulbransen, Richard W. Lawrence, George Miller,
John H. Parnham, Otto Schulz, Herbert Simpson,
C. G. Steger, A. M. Wright.
Nominating—Clarence H. Pond, chairman; G. A.
Anderson, Webster E. Janssen.
Membership—Roger S. Brown, chairman; Allan B.
Lane, S. G. Lindeman, Harry Schaaf, A. E. Johnson.
Advancement of Music—H. Paul Mehlin, chairman;
C. M. Tremaine, director; W. H. Alfring, Louis P.
Bach, A. S. Bond, W. L. Bush, B. H. Janssen, Fred-
erick P. Stieff, Jr., C. Alfred Wagner.
Credit Bureau—Walter C. Hepperla, chairman; L.
D. Perry, L. W. Peterson, C. J. Mulvey, Louis S.
Roerner.
National Legislation—J. Harry Shale, chairman; E.
B. Bartlett, Carle C. Conway.
Conservation of National Resources—G. A. Ander-
son, chairman; T. L. Floyd-Jones, E. B. Bogart.
Traffic—Eugene J. Wlielan, chairman; Adam
Schneider, W. B. Price, George B. Norris, E. S.
Rauworth.
Vocational Training—Jerome T. Murphy, chair-
man; George W. Allen, A. L. Bretzfelder, C. L.
Beach, P. S. Wick.
Internal Waterways—J. P. Seeburg, chairman;
Jesse French, Sr., Frank F. Story.
Merchant Marine and Export—George W. Gittins,
chairman; Henry Christman, Julius A. White.
Resolutions—Gordon G. Campbell, chairman; J. J.
Clark, Paul F. Metzow.
AVA W. I'no I, K.
- - Vice-President, National Piano Manufacturers'
Association.
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