May 30, 1925.
PRESTO
BAND INSTRUMENT MFRS.
Growing and Progressive National Organiza-
tion of Makers of Brass and Reed Goods,
Drums and Accessories to Convene.
The Band Instrument Manufacturers' Association
will meet at the Drake Hotel, Chicago, June 9 and
again strengthen its purposes to stimulate band in-
strument sales by making band music more popular.
The association is one of the growing ones and is
actuated by a spirit that makes for further growth.
The meeting at the Drake June 9 will provide fur-
ther proof of the association's liveliness in the matters
affecting the manufacturing and retailing of band
and orchestra instruments. From reports of Presi-
dent Greenleaf and other officers the 1925 convention
will be a record one in point of numbers and enthusi-
asm.
Officers of the Band Instrument Manufacturers'
Association, 1924-25, elected at the convention in
New York:
President—C. D. Greenleaf.
Vice-President—James W. Duffy.
Secretary-Treasurer—C. H. Flint.
FEATURING BAND GOODS LINE.
The Dwight Johnson Strollers, an exclusive
Buescher organization, are being featured at the
Liberty Theater in Portland, Ore. This organiza-
tion is very popular in the "Rose City," having for-
merly been playing at the Indian Grill of the Hotel
Multnomah. Among the numbers used by the or-
chestra are "Poor Little Me," "Nobody Knows What
a Red-Headed Mamma Can Do," "Honolulu Blues,"
"Who Takes Care of the Caretaker's Daughter?" and
a Beuscherphone solo "Alseep in the Deep."
EXPANDS IN CALIFORNIA.
A branch store of Sherman, Clay & Co. has been
established at Watsonville, Cal., for some time, but
the steady expansion of business necessitated larger
quarters. The new store is featuring a representa-
tive line of band instruments, which latter are given
a prominent place.
C. D. GREENLEAF,
1'resilient, Band Instrument Manufacturers' Association
The organization can point to an excellent record
since it was established and more satisfactory proc-
esses in sales have been effected by the observance of
its wise policies.
SHOWING U. S. ROLLS.
Stout's Music House, Kirksville, Mo., recently
made one of the most effective window displays seen
in this territory in recent months, a feature in which
the U. S. roll "Peter Pan" was used. The Stout
Music House arranged a fairy scene as a back-
ground for the rolls, which were set in the center of
the window and on one side. While the display was
made principally to attract the attention of prospec-
tive roll buyers, the originality of its appeal drew
many into the store who ultimately were purchasers
of other musical merchandise handled by this house.
FAIRBANKS
MAHOGAHY ASSCIATION MEETS
Big National Organization Holds Fourth Annual
Convention at Hotel Somerset, Boston.
Much constructive business was inacted at the con-
vention of the Mahogany Association, Inc., which
completed its fourth annual convention in Boston re-
cently with a banquet and entertainment at the Hotel
Somerset. Covers were laid for seventy-eight, which
included visiting delegates and their guests.
The following board of officers were elected to
serve for the ensuing year: Stewart Smythe, presi-
dent; C. C. Mengel, Jr., first vice-president; W. B.
Martin, second vice-president; F. C. Leary, treasurer;
J. C. Wicklifle, assistant treasurer, and F. C. Schmitz,
secretary. Atlantic City, N. J., was selected for the
annual meeting in 1926.
The convention was brought to a most successful
close in the Somerset's Grill Room, where the dinner
and entertainment was held. F. D. Sawyer, of the
Palmer Parker Co., the association's retiring presi-
dent, congratulated the association upon the progress
it had made in maintaining the place of mahogany
as the ideal wood in all its artistic usages.
Samuel J, Record, M. A. M. F., professor of forest
products, Yale University, praised the association in
its endeavor to maintain the place of mahogany
among woods. He told of about 500 woods which
have been entered as substitutes for mahogany, with
poor results. He and his department at Yale Uni-
versity are waging constant warfare against these
substitutes, and he was glad to know about the efforts
of the National Mahogany Association, Inc., to pro-
cure for mahogany its proper place.
Gordon Parker, of Palmer Parker Co., gave an in-
teresting and instructive talk upon African mahogany.
Lantern slides were used. The address with pictures
was a revelation to many, showing as it did the
hazards encountered and the privation experienced in
bringing mahogany logs from Africa.
Herman Straus & Sons Co., Louisville, Ky., which
operates a music department, recently purchased
property at 412-414 West Market street, adjoining
the property now occupied on the Market street side
of its department store.
DEALERS and TUNERS!
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PRICES FOR PYRALIN IVORY
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52 fronts
2.50
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