June 13, 1925.
PRESTO
10
SEEBURG DINNER ONE
OF WEEK'S EVENTS
Jolly Crowd Enjoyed Feast of Wit and Song
Marred Only by Absence of Head of
the House.
It was a jolly crowd, and every moment was en-
joyed to the utmost, at the third annual piano mer-
chants' dinner, given by the J. P. Seeburg Piano
Company, on the evening of June 8, at the Drake
Hotel. Long before the time set for the gathering
of the invited guests, which had been given as 6:30
p. m., at the Seeburg Piano Company's display room
on the mezzanine floor, the crowd of piano mer-
chants began to gather, in anticipation of the eve-
ning's entertainment.
There was plenty of music, for the automatic in-
amid songs, jollity and a dinner unsurpassed. It
was a right royal treat, and not alone tickled the
palate, but made the name of Seeburg one among
many for that brand of hospitality that cannot be
surpassed. The diners joined in the singing and a
feeling of good-fellowship was everywhere in evi-
dence.
After the cigars had been passed, there were a
number of talks, and the evening came to a close
with a unanimous opinion that it was a most delight-
ful entertainment splendidly programmed.
FROM PIANOS TO REAL ESTATE.
Fred Firestone said: "It is the most constructive
convention ever held; dealers brought their helpers
along in order to get ideas." Mr. Firestone was for-
merly manager of the retail store of the Schumann
Piano Company at Rockford, 111., and last week he
resigned from the management of a special store
for the Wurlitzer Company in Chicago. Since then
GROUP TAKEN AT THIRD ANNUAL/ SEEBURG DINNER.
struments manufactured by the company were play-
ing, adding much to the lively spirits of the guests,
and, if such was a possibility, whetting the appetites
of those who, at the stroke of seven, filed into the
hall, where the dinner was to be served.
As soon as the guests were seated, a flashlight pic-
ture was taken, and amid music, song and laughter
the evening got under way. Just before the first
course had been served, N. Marshall Seeburg, son of
the president of the company, acting in his father's
place,—the latter being on a European trip,—intro-
duced W. H. Collins, sales-manager of the com-
pany. The latter gentleman responded with a char-
acteristic little speech, wherein he extolled the See-
burg Company for its splendid qualities, and prom-
ised to make the name of the company still more
noteworthy in future.
Then the fun was on, and the evening passed
he has engaged to establish a real estate business
in Rockford to be known as "The Nordvall Realty
Company, of Rockford." He is to be its general man-
ager.
THE "LIVELY" W. L. BUSH.
W. L. Bush was ipse, he himself, at this conven-
tion; never in finer fettle. For the Bush & Lane
and for his own piano, he was all there; his versa-
tility showing equally at the instrument as performer
or in explaining the points of superiority of the pianos
as a persuasive salesman. In a room adjoining the
Bush & Lane exhibit, there was an exclusive display
of William L. Bush pianos—a Grand and two or
three uprights. The Bush & Lane rooms were as
commodious as any the company has had at any
convention; roomy and cool.
PERSONAL NOTES OF
THE PORTLAND TRADE
Oregon Metropolis Contributes Some Inter-
esting Items About the Moves of Men in
the Music Stores.
Allan McLean resigned his position in charge of
the piano and phonograph department with the
Hyatt Music Co. of Portland, and has returned to the
Reed-French Piano Co. of that city and will have
charge of their Knabe Ampico department.
B. R. Brassfield, manager of the Portland branch
of the Wiley B. Allen Co., announces that the firm
has appointed the Woodworth Drug Co. of Albany,
Ore., as their representatives in that city. The piano
department has been placed in charge of Bert
Stevens.
Palmer Smith, who has been connected with the
Seiberling, Lucas Music Co. of Portland for some
time, has been promoted to the position of sales man-
ager of the firm.
Carl Jones, one of the best known men in the mu-
sic trade in the Pacific Northwest, has been placed
in charge of the piano department of the Hyatt Mu-
sic Co. of Portland. Mr. Jones was formerly district
manager of the Columbia Phonograph Co. and later
traveling representative of the G. F. Johnson Piano
Co.
Harry Parson, formerly with the McDougall-Conn
Music Co. of Portland, Ore., has joined the small
goods department of Sherman, Clay & Co. of that
city. Mr. Parsons is a talented musician and a mem-
ber of the Portland Symphony orchestra.
B. R. Brassfield, manager of the Wiley B. Allen
Co. of Portland, Ore., says that business during May
was very good and that during that month the Mason
& Hamlin Ampicos and Mason & Hamlin grands
figured largely in the volume of business done.
Among those of the dealers in Portland, Ore., who
have announced that they intend to go to the Second
Annual Western Music Trades convention which
will be held in Los Angeles the latter part of June
are: B. R. Brassfield, manager of the Wiley B.
Allen Co.; Charles Soule, district manager of the
Starr Piano Co.; and Elmer Hunt, manager of Sher-
man, Clay & Co. wholesale.
DENVER'CONTRIBUTES A FEW
ITEMS FROM THE FIELD
Dealers Getting Ready to Start to Convention Makes
Things Somewhat Dull at Home.
Several of the prominent Denver dealers attended
the Chicago Convention, which accounts for a dearth
of Denver news items this week.
Thomas P. Foote, of the Knight-Campbell Music
Company, has been elected a director of the Detail
Credit Men's Association.
Albert Weinberg, son of Rabbi Frank Weinberg,
who has been studying music at the Royal Verdi Con-
servatory of Music, Milan, Ltaly, brought home a
violin claimed to have been made by Jean Baptiste
Guadagnini in the seventeenth century.
The Madison-Moore Radio Corporation, capitaliza-
tion $50,000. William B. S. Moore, Jr., Harry Mad-
ison and Earl G. Bartels. Seat of business, Denver,
Colorado.
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