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A. L. Maresh, president The Cleveland Music Trade
Association.
10—Address of welcome, Hon. Harry L. Davis,
former mayor of Cleveland and ex-governor of Ohio.
11—Response, President O. H. Boyd.
12—"The Promotion of the Piano Throughout the
Nation," a message from Edward C. Boykin, execu-
tive secretary of The National Piano Manufacturers'
Association.
Afternoon.
2:00 p. m. (Cleveland time)—Official photograph
of convention promptly at this hour in front of
Gray's Armory on Bolivar Road. Everyone attend-
ing is earnestly requested to be in this picture.
2:30 p. m. (Cleveland time)—Second session,
Parlor K, mezzanine floor, Wintori Hotel.
13—Report of advancement of Music Committee,
F. B. Beinkamp, Cincinnati, chairman.
14—'"How Can Young Men Be Interested in the
Retail Music Business?" A discussion to be led by
E. A. Callander of Zanesville.
15—"What Outside Lines Should Be Added by
the Retail Music Merchant to Strengthen His Bus-
iness?" A discussion to be led by J. F. Boyer of
Elkhart, Ind., R. W. Jackson of Chicago and E. S.
Hershberger of Cleveland.
5:30 p. m, ( C l e v e l a n d time)—Adjournment,
promptly at this hour, all unfinished business going
over until the next session.
To Entertain the Ladies.
While the business session meets during this after-
noon the visiting ladies will be entertained by their
Cleveland lady hosts on an automobile ride, visiting
the more interesting spots in and around Cleveland.
8:00 p. m. (Cleveland time)—Ball Room on the
mezzanine floor and Rainbow Room on the basement
floor. Win ton Hotel, Musical Instrument Revue of
1927.
Everyone at the convention is invited and
urged to attend this.
Demonstration of the Latest and Best in Musical
Instruments; Admission Free.
The first musical instrument show ever given in
this country took place in Columbus at the Seven-
teenth Annual Convention of the Music Merchants'
Association of Ohio. The idea was conceived and
sponsored by the Columbus music merchants, under
the leadership of Wm. V. Crowe.
It proved a wonderful success in Columbus, thou-
sands being turned away because the assembly hall
was not large enough.
The Cleveland show is being put on by the Cleve-
land Music Trade Association, in co-operation with
the Cleveland News, one of Cleveland's leading daily
newspapers. Both mammoth ball rooms of the
Winton Hotel—the Ball Room on the mezzanine
floor and the Rainbow Room on the basement floor—
are to be utilized in this show.
The public attending the show are to be invited
to inspect all the exhibits of the manufacturers in
the hotel at the conclusion of the program. Every-
thing will be on exhibition, but nothing will be sold.
The program this year should prove interesting, and
the visiting dealers should not fail to attend.
Wednesday, September 14th, 1927, Morning.
The manufacturers of America have brought their
latest and best to the (Convention on exhibition. The
mornings are available for the inspection of these
exhibits. The manufacturers help make the conven-
tion possible. Help yourself and them by looking
over what they have to sell.
Afternoon.
1:30 p. m. (Cleveland time)—Third and final ses-
sion.
16—Report of Mutual Insurance Committee,
J. Fred Van Court, Cincinnati, chairman.
17—Report of Legislative Committee, A. L.
Maresh, Cleveland, chairman.
18—"The Promotion of the Piano in Ohio." Otto
B. Heaton of Columbus will tell about the only
Piano Playing Contest conducted in Ohio during the
past year. Charles H. Yahrling of Youngstown will
tell regarding the advantages of the "Melody Way."
W. Otto Miessner of Milwaukee, Wis., will give an
actual demonstration of the "Melody Way" plan of
group piano instruction. A general discussion will
follow, in which all present are urged to take part.
Any other suggested or tried plan will be welcomed
from any one.
19—Unfinished business.
20—New business.
Report of Resolutions Committee.
21—Remarks from all visiting representatives of
other music trade organizations.
• 22—Report of Membership Committee, Harry M.
Merz, Columbus, chairman.
23—Admission of new members.
24—Election of officers.
25—Adjournment.
Visiting Ladies, Attention!
All ladies attending the convention are invited to
be the guests of the Cleveland ladies during the
afternoon. Meet at the secretary's desk, mezzanine
DETROIT MEETING
IS HUGE SUCCESS
August 20, 1927.
tories; others took a trip around Belle Isle in a Dodge
water-car, a 35-miles-an-hour speed boat; others left
at 9 a. m. on the steamer Tashmoo for Tashmoo
Park or Port Huron, and all who had not seen De-
troit for a year expressed themselves as astonished
by its amazing growth in the last 12 months.
The popularity of the Music Carnival is shown
by the fact that last year there were 40,000 persons
attracted and this year's record showed more than
200,000 people entertained nightly.
Five hundred school children received gold, silver
and diamond rings in the final awards of the Times
Piano Contest. Roy A. Maypole made the awards
in the crytal ballroom of the Book-Cadillac. There
At Wednesday afternoon's session William P. Rut- was a champion for each division with each finalist
ledge, commissioner of police of the City of Detroit, receiving a diamond ring. The contestants were di-
spoke on "The Piano vs. Crime." Mr. Rutledge vided into three divisions.
said that music would help to develop the cultiva-
"Business has decidedly improved in the last eight
tion of the child life; the child problem could be
reached through music. With 500,000 persons sent or nine days," said Henry Hewitt of the M. Schulz
to our prisons in the last year, it was high time Company, Chicago, in conversation with a Presto-
that something be done to prevent crime. And we Times representative at Detroit, Tuesday.
must work through the child. He closed by thanking
A representative of Ford's airplane establishment
and congratulating the men and women who had was allowed the floor and he invited all who wanted
been instrumental in putting on the piano contests.
to take a trip from the Dearborn field to announce
Mr. Bayley, commenting, said that 175 police had
their willingness. Eleven volunteers enlisted in the
served at the carnival the previous evening and there enterprise and on Thursday afternoon at 1 o'clock
had been no disorder; it was a carnival crowd.
they went sailing over Detroit, over Belle Isle Park
Assistant Superintendent of Schools Dondino was in Detroit River, over many of the biggest automobile
called upon and took the floor. He said that Detroit
manufacturing plans in the world, and back again to
had eight or ten supervisors of music and a well-
Dearborn—all for $5 each. That was the only cost
qualified staff of music teachers engaged in the except 25 cents each way from Detroit to Dearborn
work. "We believe in teaching music," he said, "and on a twenty-passenger omnibus. To those who had
believe that every child can learn to play some in- never been in the skies before it was a thrilling ex-
strument of music." The schools were always will-
perience which placed them in an exclusive class—
ing to co-operate with commercial enterprises that
flyers.
aided in education. Now there are some 2,200 teach-
Retail Manager Howes of the Grinnell Bros.'
ers teaching music in Detroit, while some twenty-two
house, Detroit, said that his company was now mak-
years ago there was but one professional music
teacher at work in the public schools. They were ing its small piano at the Holly plant.
not teaching music in grades, but the time was com- Mr. Carter of the Pontiac, Mich., Furniture Com-
pany, arrived at the convention on Wednesday. Pon-
ing when piano music would be taught in groups.
Gordon Laughead, president of the Chicago Piano tiac has boomed into big town size lately owing to
Club, was called upon. He admitted that, although the tremendous automobile interests that have lo-
the club had 400 members, a contest had been carried cated there. A one-million dollar building program
out in Chicago. But political fights in Chicago pre- has been inaugurated at Pontiac, due to the Yellow
Cab industry, which has chosen to locate permanently
vented anything like co-operation from the schools.
The discussion then brought out the information that with bigger plant there.
New York prevented contests of any kind in the
H. E. Russell, manager of the Bayley Music
schools and Baltimore acted likewise.
House, 1429 Broadway, Detroit, with warehouse at
Mr. Priest, manager of the Detroit Times, spoke
110 E. Vernor highway, who attended the conven-
on the commercial side of education. He said the
tion, was the man who sold the first Edison disc
schools were not commercial enough.
machine ever sold in Michigan. It was called the
Roy Maypole told how the committee had always
New Edison Diamond disc.
worked to keep the contest interest in the prelim-
H. H. Connor, assistant to the general manager
inary tests in which the greatest good to the greatest
of the Cable Piano Company, 1264 Library avenue,
number was wrought.
Detroit, was at the convention. His chief, Walter
S. Jenkins, is on the way home from a pleasant vaca-
DETROIT SIDE-LIGHTS.
The Hardy Music Company, Bay City, Mich., was tion. Mr. Jenkins had gone to Chicago and Denver
represented at the convention by C. A. Hardy, the and was heard from at El Paso, Tex., this week.
The Gulbransen Co.'s display of instruments at
owner. Mr. Hardy sells the Gulbransen, the A. B.
the convention was in charge of W. A. Holmes,
Chase, the Brambach, the Behr Bros., the Milton,
the Chase Bros., the Ivers & Pond, the Cable-Nelson traveling representative for Michigan, Wisconsin and
and some others. He does his work in some 25 dif- Minnesota. The display consisted of a reproducing
grand, a 4 ft. six registering reproducing model, a
ferent towns around Bay City as well as in the city
minuet art model, a Colonial model and Style S 4
itself.
"We had a great convention at the Commodore ft. and one straight upright piano.
Hotel, New York," said Mr. Chas. L. Deutschmann
B. M. Strub of New York represented the Stand-
to a Presto-Times man at Detroit Tuesday of this ard Pneumatic Action Company at the convention.
week. "Our attendance was large and the interest Also the Simplex Player Action Company, these two
taken by all was keen.''
being under one management now. The instrument
At the afternoon luncheon speaking Tuesday
that was used in the hotel dining room where the
Frank Bayley praised the free helps that the Carni- piano men took their lunches was placed there by
val had received in the way of boosting. Every
Mr. Strub's company.
public or private concern in Detroit and the news-
An incidental visitor at Detroit on the third day
pers of all Michigan had helped. This carnival
of the convention—Wednesday—was F . Joseph Volz,
would be interesting to every citizen of the United
of the Otto Grau Piano Company, Cincinnati, Ohio.
States. He extended an invitation to attend the Mr. Volz did not start for the convention, but was
Cheese Hounds' entertainment Wednesday night— on a vacation trip with two of his four daughters,
"beginning at midnight." The Cheese Hounds were and they had been at St. Clair Flats and various
limited this year to 500 members.
other places of midsummer interest, Mr. G. Volz
Some of the visitors took a trip to the Ford fac- says that Cincinnati is entering upon a new wave
of prosperity.
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idea," said Mr. Duetschmann; "and in that respect
the tuner is the best ally." He said he believed that
the persons to whom a second-hand piano had been
sold would have purchased a new piano with proper
effort on the part of the salesman.
floor, Winton Hotel, at 2:00 o'clock p. m., to attend
a theater party.
7:00 p. m. (Cleveland time)—Informal dinner and
dance; President Boyd, toastmaster; Rainbow Room,
basement floor, Winton Hotel. Music by Hruby
Brothers' famous broadcasting orchestra.
Program.
"Our Foreign Policy and Its Effect on Business,"
an address by Hon. James T. Begg, Ohio congress-
man, Sandusky.
Installation of new officers.
Dancing, Ball Room, mezzanine, Winton Hotel.
Please Note!
Immediately following the installation of the new
officers and adjournment of the annual banquet,
guests are requested to go to the Ball Room on the
mezzanine floor, where dancing will immediately
follow. There will be no dancing during the annual
dinner.
ELECT OFFICERS OF
MICHIGAN ASSOCIATION
Officers for 1928 Are Chosen at Session Held at
Book-Cadillac Hotel, on Thursday.
All the officers were re-elected except the vice-
president, W. C. Pulfrey succeeding Mr. Shattuck
in that office.
At the closing session on Thursday morning, it
was the opinion of all the visiting delegates that the
Third Annual Convention of the Michigan Music
Merchants' Association was the greatest from every
standpoint of any music event or convention ever
held in the state. The convention assumed a national
aspect and the attention of the entire country was
focused on the big event.
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