PRESTO
EVERYTHING SET
FOR CONVENTION
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at the Drake Hotel Chicago, for its twenty-fifth an-
nual convention. The processes of registration and
validization of railroad certificates will be performed
on Monday in the Reception Court at the headquar-
ters hotel, and the executive and advisory boards will
also meet at 10 a. m. on that day, but the opening
convention session will not be until the morning of
Tuesday.
The Other Trades.
Next week in Chicago will be a busy time for the
members of the national association of the various
phases of the musical merchandise trade and indus-
try. Numerous meetings are scheduled for the Drake
hotel where social and business activities have been
planned. The band instrument and musical mer-
chandise trades will find pleasant distractions from
the business of the meetings by looking at the attrac-
tive exhibits of manufacturers and jobbers at the
Drake and elsewhere.
Band Instrument Men.
The band instrument manufacturing industry will
make a big showing and it is expected that every
industry devoted to the production of band and or-
chestra instruments will be represented by ambitious
displays. The national association of the industry,
the National Association of Band Instrument Manu-
facturers, will hold its annual convention on Wednes-
day, June 10, when an encouraging report will be
presented by President C. D. Greenleaf, who is head
of C. G. Conn, Ltd., Elkhart, Ind.
Musical Merchandise Association.
The annual convention of the National Musical
Merchandise Association, of which William J. Hauss-
ler is president, will meet in Room D of the Drake
hotel at 2 p. m. on Wednesday, June 10, and will
close up its convention business in one interesting
session.
Musical Instrument Men.
The National Association of Musical Instrument
and Accessories Manufacturers will meet Wednesday,
June 9, for a morning and afternoon session in Room
E of the Drake hotel. Although it is a comparatively
young association it is a lively one and its members
are conscious of the gravity of the problems which
confront them. The formation of the association
found a set of problems to be solved. Credits, col-
lections, importation questions and standardization
are topics that will give the members many interest-
ing hours. An educational schedule of business ses-
sion events has been prepared, according to President
J. R. Stewart.
Supply Men to Gather.
The Musical Supply Association w T ill have an early
meeting at 9 a. m. on Monday in Room D of the
Drake hotel but this first event of the association
will be for the board of directors. At the same hour
on Tuesday, June 9, the regular convention session
will be called to order by President Joseph F. Reed.
The interests of the supplyman will be shown in
their extensiveness by the number and gravity of the
topics that will claim the attention of the members.
Credits, standardization and improvement in products
are things that will provide the proper interest in the
discussions.
LAST NOTICE ABOUT
PIANO CLUB FROLIC
Closing Event at Big Convention at Drake
Hotel, Chicago, to Be Made a Most
Memorable One by the Promoters.
Piano Club Frolic No. 3 will be held in the main
dining room. Avenue of Palms, Hotel Drake, 11
p. m. to 3 a. m. of the heel of the evening of June
11 and the top o' the morning of June 12, for guests
of "Make America Musical" 1925 music trades con-
vention. The frolic will feature six recording
orchestras and famed theater and radio artists. There
will be two dance floors, two stages and beautiful
electrical effects.
Act at once! Send check for tables to Joel G.
Childs, 532 Republic building, Chicago, 111. Call
for your tickets at registration desk during conven-
tion. Guests are urged to make up tables of six,
eight or ten persons. Tickets $2 per place. At this
party in 1921 and 1923 we received twice as many
reservations as were available. Act now! The
frolic will be informal.
DEATH OF FERDINAND SCHAAF.
At the ripe age of 83, Ferdinand Schaaf, founder
in 1872 of the Baldur Pianofortefabrik, died at Frank-
furt am Main. He was one of the most energetic
and enterprising spirits of the German piano-making
world.
SIX DAYS OF CONVENTION EVENTS
Sunday, June 7.
7 P. M.—Board of directors, Music Industries
Chamber of Commerce, meets in Room C.
Monday, June 8.
9:30 A. M. to 12 Noon.—Registration, validation
of railroad certificates, distribution of tickets for
entertainment functions, etc. Registration headquar-
ters, Reception Court.
9:30 A. M.—Board of directors, Musical Supply
Association of America, meets in Room D.
10 A. M.—Executive and advisory boards, National
Association of Music Merchants, meet in Room B.
Executive commtittee, National Piano Manufac-
turer's Association, meets in Room F.
Meeting technical sub-committee, on Standard
Pitch, in Room E.
12:30 P. M.—Get-together luncheon, under aus-
pices Chicago Piano Club, to be followed by open-
ing session of Music Industries Chamber of Com-
merce. Speaker: Richard W. Lawrence, president,
Music Industries Chamber of Commerce.
2 P. M.—Convention session, National Association
of Band Instrument Manufacturers in Room C.
6:30 P. M.—Convention session, National Associa-
tion of Piano Technicians in Room C, following
dinner.
Tuesday, June 9.
Convention sessions as follows:
9:30 A. M.—National Association of Music Mer-
chants in ballroom.
National Piano Manufacturers' Association of
America in Room C.
Musical Supply Association of America in Room D.
Organ Builders' Association of America in Room G.
12:30 P. M.—Pacific Coast Day luncheon, under
auspices Chicago Piano Club, to be followed by
granting of awards to winners of 1925 retail adver-
tising display.
2 P. M.—Music Merchants' session in ballroom.
Piano Manufacturers' session in Room C.
Musical Supply Association in Room D.
National Association of Musical Instrument and
Accessories Manufacturers in Room E.
Organ Builders' Association of America in Room G.
Shopping tour of Marshall Field & Co. for the
ladies, followed by Fashion Show.
6:30 P. M.—Dinner, Association of Musical Mer-
chandise Manufacturers, Chicago zone, members of
national associations as guests.
Wednesday, June 10.
9:30 A. M.—Music Merchants reconvene in ball-
room.
Organ Builders continue meeting in Room G.
Association of Musical Instrument and Accessories
Manufacturers in Room E.
12:30 P. M.—Southern Day luncheon, under aus-
pices of Chicago Piano Club, to be followed by brief
progra mof Music Industries Chamber of Commerce.
Speakers: Presidents of various member associa-
tions.
2 P. M.—Music Merchants m ballroom.
Organ Builders in Room G.
Association of Musical Instrument and Accessories
Manufacturers in Room E.
National Musical Merchandise Association con-
venes in Room D.
6:30 P. M.—Reception.
7 P. M.—Annual banquet, National Association of
Music Merchants in the main dining room and Ave-
nue of Palms. Entire trade invited.
Thursday, June 11.
10 A. M.—Annual meeting of the delegates to the
Music Industries of Commerce and election of direc-
tors, followed by meeting of the board of directors
in Room C.
12:30 P. M.—Eastern Day luncheon, under auspices
Chicago Piano Club, to be followed by brief program
of Music Industries Chamber of Commerce and in-
stallation of new president.
6:30 P. M.—Annual dinner and meeting, National
Piano Travelers' Association.
11 P. M.—Chicago Piano Club Frolic.
Friday, June 12.
Golf Tournament, Olympian Fields, all day.
June 6, 1925.
THINKS THERE'S A
"KICK" IN IT FOR 0. P. B.
E. A. Francis Sends a Newspaper Clipping
Concerning an Approaching Convention
Week Dinner, with Verses Appended.
The interest in the dinner for the "aged," which
will cast additional brightness upon convention week,
is very widespread in piano trade circles. One of
the communications of the week on the subject in-
closes a clipping from a Galesburg, 111., newspaper
under the head of ''Francis Gets Invitation to Unique
Dinner," which reads as follows:
Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Francis have received a finely
engraved invitation to be present at the annual dinner
to be given the "aged" at the Drake hotel, Chicago,
Tuesday, June 7, by the National Piano Merchants
Association, of which Mr. Francis has been a mem-
ber for many years. He is the only member of the
National association in the city, and he greatly prizes
the invitation, which is designed as a special honor to
the old members.
The young men do honor to the old. The invita-
tion is sent out by George P. Bent of the Illinois
Athletic Club, Chicago, and the letter printed in
Presto is in a humorous strain. Various ages of
spoons are to be provided at the banquet. Poems
and short speeches are to enliven the occasion.
In a letter from Mr. Francis inclosing the fore-
going that gentleman writes as follows, coincidentally
"dropping into poetry"—and, by the way, Mr. Bent's
dinner threatens to discover nearly as many poets
as there are piano men.
"Editor Presto: Gco. P. ought to get a kick out
of the above notice—what? 'The young men do honor
to the old.' Can you beat it! But I fancy, at that,
our host will be the youngest old-timer there."
"A cent sent Bent in days of yore
Brought salesman and catalogs galore;
Then, after all trials, you'd own a Crown
And be the proudest guy in town.
A life well spent, I'll say about Bent,
His pianos made music wherever they went,
And he spread happiness the whole world o'er—
Long may he be spared to do it some more!"
BACK FROM HIS TRIP
HALF 'ROUND THE WORLD
A. Goldsmith of the Successful Chicago Piano
Industry Enjoyed it But Isn't Sorry
to Be Home Again.
"Well, I'm back again in the midst of pianos, due
and past due notes, telegrams and letters for the
goods, and the halo of Chicago's smoke from which
a few of us escape for a brief time at long intervals
And I saw smoke elsewhere, in strange parts of the
world—and I, myself, smoked in some queer coun-
tries, including Egypt and at the base of the pyramids
not so far from the lamented and much disturbed
tomb of King Tut and his successors, and probably
predecessors likewise. But it was all as new to me
as 'tis old in fuct, but
" and Mr. Goldsmith fum-
bled a pile of letters on his littered desk. And that
meant "business."
"How are things in this new country?" he asked,
continuing. "Is there as little piano business as some
of the trade papers have reported? We seem to be
holding up our end pretty well. Orders have not
been larger nor more numerous, but this isn't the
'large and numerous' season." Mr. Goldsmith was
asked about his convention plans.
"Oh, invite the dealers to come over here and see
how we make 'em," he said. "I haven't had time to
think about any special Drake reservations. We
will have samples on the factory floor and the prices
will be no higher because of the convention. We
hope to see many of our customers, and as many
strangers will be welcome as care to come over into
the West Side and see what we have to offer. Any-
way, I'm glad to be back home and expect to stay
here and get after trade just as if I hadn't hobnobbed
with the deserts of Arabia and crossed the seas—
even the Dead Sea!"
MAY OPEN IN WATSEKA, ILL.
The Kay building, Watseka, 111., it is expected,
will be ready for the remaining tenants to move in
by the middle of next week. Among them possibly
is the Cable Piano Company of Chicago, which is
contemplating a branch office in that city. However
definite arrangements as to this have not been made.
VETERAN PIANO FACTORY.
The Zeitschrift fiir Instrumentenbau records the
fiftieth anniversary of the existence of the E. Miiller-
Schiedmayer piano factory at Wurzburg. The
founder is still at the head of affairs. Edwin Miiller-
Schiedmayer was born in 1848.
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