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CHICAGO, SATURDAY, JUNE 6, 1925
EVERYTHING SET
FOR CONVENTION
Sunday, June 7, Will See Most of the Exhibits
in Place at Drake Where the Early
Arrivals Give Week Before a
Convention Aspect.
AN ALLURING PROGRAM
Men in Every Phase of the Trade Show Keen
Interest in the Scheduled Business and
Social Events.
The annual conventions of the national music trade
associations at the Drake hotel, Chicago, next week
will be the most successful in the history of the
organizations, both as to attendance and the en-
thusiasm by which the success of such events are
gauged. Ever\ r body of music goods men has its
particular interests that inspire the desire to partici-
ENTUANCE HALL, THE DRAKE.
pate, and the business meetings of each one will
reflect the collective wisdom and force of the as-
sociation.
The week at the Drake will be an interesting suc-
cession of events, each proving the ability of the
participants to represent a phase of the music indus-
try and trade. Many of the names encountered in
the reports are nationally known and honored by the
trade at large and their owners are proud of the
reliance placed upon them by their fellows in the
particular national association.
A Selling Convention.
The members of the Piano Club of Chicago are en-
thusiastic over the thought of making this a selling
convention. The music industry is constantly chang-
ing and the enterprising music man will be on hand to
find out just how he can better his business. Dis-
plays of merchandise that he can sell will result in
sales. Dealers will see the most wonderful exhibit of
pianos, phonograph and other musical instruments
ever displayed at a music trades convention. Experts
on these instruments will be there to impart informa-
tion upon request.
When Easterners Arrive.
The committee which meets the Eastern delega-
tions at Gary, on Sunday consists of Roger O'Con-
nor, Ed. Leveille, Victor Hrdlicka, A. R. Nealy, E. V.
Gallpway, Henry Hewitt, and Spencer Barker, of the
Drake Hotel.
The general reception committee will meet the visi-
tors on their arrival in the city at the La Salle street
station, at 1 p. m. Sunday, with automobiles to con-
vey them to the Drake Hotel where a warm welcome
will aw r ait them. Automobiles are needed and any
who can furnish cars are requested to notify Roger
O'Connor, chairman reception committee, 77 East
Jackson Boulevard (Telephone Harrison 3635). Mr.
O'Connor will provide for their use in transferring
the visitors to their destinations.
The Dallas, Texas, the Detroit, and the California
trains, will probably also arrive on Sunday, and on
this point announcement will be made.
Noonday Luncheon.
There will be a noon-day luncheon under the aus-
pices of the Chicago Pia-no Club each day in conjunc-
tion with which there will be a short business pro-
gram of the Chamber.
Tuesday will be "Pacific Coast Day"; Wednesday,
"Southern Day," and Thursday, "Eastern Day," and
the presiding officers will represent those sections.
On Tuesday the Chamber will present the awards
in the 1925 Retail Advertising Exhibit. On Wednes-
day the presidents of the various member associa-
tions will briefly indicate the aims and activities of
their associations and the importance of the indus-
tries which they represent. On Thursday will take
place the installation of the newly elected president
of the Chamber.
First Chamber Meeting.
The board of directors of the Music Industries
Chamber of Commerce will meet in Room C at the
Drake Hotel, Chicago, at 7:00 p. m., Sunday, June
7, and formally open the series of events of the an-
nual convention of 1925. But the opening session of
the Chamber will not take place until noon Monday,
when it will follow the midday luncheon at the Drake
at which R. W. Lawrence, president of the Cham-
ber will be the principal speaker.
The Programs.
The Music Industries Chamber of Commerce has
announced the brief business program each day dur-
ing the convention in connection with the noonday
luncheons under the auspices of the Chicago Piano
Club. These business sessions will conform to the
famous slogan of the club—"short and snappy."
On Monday, June 8, President Richard W. Law-
rence will give a brief oral report upon the work
and accomplishments during the past year.
On Tuesday the awards for the 1923 Retail Ad-
vertising Exhibits will be presented to the successful
advertisers. It is probable that some advertising
man will present the awards with a few remarks with
respect to advertising problems in the music business.
Wednesday will be a special day for the various
associations, when the presidents will "be on ex-
hibition," and in a few minute talks the trade will be
told of the size, importance and chief interest of each
association and the importance of the branch of the
industry which it represents.
On Thursday will take place the installation of the
president and other officers of the Chamber of the
coming year.
Piano Manufacturers.
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.
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.
The Nominations.
Following the usual custom the nomination for sec-
retary, treasurer and membership committee have
been presented by the nominating committee to be
voted upon at the convention at the same time the
president and vice-presidents are chosen. These are
the nominations:
The nominating committee of the National Piano
Manufacturers' Association of America has named the
following to be voted upon at the annual meeting on
Tuesday, June 9, at the Drake Hotel, Chicago: Harry
Schaaf, for secretary; Charles Jacob, treasurer (re-
nomination); and for the membership committee,
Allan B. Lane, Roger S. Brown (both renomina-
tions), Adam Schneider, Walter Lane and E. B.
Bogart.
Music Merchants.
The National Association of Music Merchants will
meet at 9:30 a. m. June 9 in the Ball Room
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EXHIBIT OF RETAIL
ADS. COMPLETED
Committee of Awards Under Direction of C.
L. Dennis of the Music Industries Cham-
ber of Commerce Completes Prepara-
ration for Show of Publicity Work.
DISPLAY AT DRAKE
Winners to Be Announced at Luncheon June 9, But
Arrays of Type Displays Now in Position
Attract Much Attention.
c. L. D E N N I S .
The c o m m i t t e e on
awards for the 1925 retail
advertising exhibit com-
pleted their work of judg-
ing entries from all over
the country on Monday of
this week at the Drake
hotel, Chicago. C. L. Den-
nis of the Music Industries
C h a m b e r of Commerce,
who has been working
with t h e committcemen
during the past two weeks
in New York and Chicago,
is now setting up the ex-
hibit. The winners will be
announced at the noonday
luncheon meeting on Tues-
day of convention week.
"If all music trade ad-
vertisers could simultane-
ously start this kind of
advertising, what would be
the result?" asked one of
the committcemen.
"Double the business within six months," was the
answer, agreed to by the rest of the western commit-
tee members.
The Judges.
The judges, all of whom served except Thos. H.
Fletcher, of Wanamaker's, New York, the chairman,
who is ill, were F. J. Heppc of C. J. lleppe & Son;
A. L. Walsh of Edison; H. E. Lawrence of The
Kohler Industries; A. J. Kendrick of Brunswick; E.
L. Hadley of Cable Co.; H. II. Roemer of Zenith
Radio; W. K. Lamport, representing Straube Piano
Co.; and C. E. Byrne of Steger, for the music trade,
and Jesse H. Neal, John Clyde Oswald and C. T.
Fairbanks, for the Associated Advertising Clubs of
the World.
C. T. Fairbanks, vice-president of Edwards &
Deutsch Lithographing Co., substituted for Earle
Pearson of the Associated Advertising Clubs. He is
vice-chairman of the international exhibit committee
of the A. A. C, which has charge of the annual con-
vention exhibits in the twenty-four departments of
that organization, and also a member of the National
Advertising Commission.
Window Display Committee.
Mr. Fairbanks also, as president of the Window
Display Advertising Association, has agreed to ar-
range for a committee of three from that organiza-
tion to judge the Music Week window display con-
test, entries for which are being assembled this week
by Mr. Dennis at the Drake hotel for exhibit during
the convention.
Mr. Dennis is also receiving and setting up the
entries for the national advertising display and the
new direct-by-mail advertising display, as well as
exhibits -representing the music trade tie-up to the
work for the advancement of music, and also the
trade service helps of the Music Industries Chamber
of Commerce, along lines of advertising and selling,
accounting, etc.
BALDWIN AT TUNERS' MEET.
The Baldwin Piano Co., Cincinnati, will have an
exhibit of player action products at the Statler hotel,
August 3, 4, 5 and 6, during the convention of the
National Association of Piano Tuners in Cleveland.
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