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CHICAGO
OHIO MUSIC MERCHANTS'
ASSOCIATION IN CONVENTION
Eighteenth Annual Convention of the Organization at Hotel Winton,
Cleveland, Another Instructive and Enjoyable Event in Its History
convention was taken on Bolivar road, a short dis-
tance from the hotel.
Condemns Ordinance.
William V. Crowe of Columbus called attention to
the arrest of several music dealers in Columbus for
playing phonograps outside of their stores and of one
man in particular who was not a music dealer but
a key repair man. The arrest was brought about by
the revival of an old ordinance enacted many years
The Music Merchants' Association of Ohio opened ago for the prevention of noises on the street. Mr.
Crowe condemned the ordinance and said that he
its eighteenth annual convention at the Hotel Winton
had taken it up with the chief of police at Columbus
on Monday afternoon, September 12, with President
O. H. Boyd in the chair. The business session was and upon his return to that city would present the
matter to the council.
of short duration owing to the fact that the golf
Mr. Hyre stated that he felt the ordinance was
tournament was in progress and a large number of
the members spent the entire day at the Cedarhurst unconstitutional and that he expected to look the
Country Club at Wickliffe where the Eighth Annual matter up at the close of the convention. Mr. Heaton
Golf Tournament was staged. The meeting was introduced a motion to the effect that dealers should
called to order at one o'clock by President Boyd, not indulge in the playing of phonographs or other
and the reports of the president, treasurer, and sec- music that could be heard outside their stores so that
retary were dispensed with owing to their having it would be public nuisance; this was referred to the
committee on resolutions.
been printed in the Yearbook of the association.
S. B. Beinkamp was unable to be present and his
Following the reading of the minutes of preceding
meetings by Secretary Rexford C. Hyre, a paper was report was read by Rexford C. Hyre, who urged
read by Erwin R. Mihm, well known advertising that the association broadcast regularly, as this would
man, on: "Profitable Advertising." A paper on the help the desire for music.
same subject was also read at the first session by
Interesting the Young Men.
Robert Jones, advertising manager of the Dreher
E. O. Callander ,of Zanesville spoke on "How Can
Piano Co. Both speakers plainly showed that they
had a thorough grasp of the subject and went into Young Men Be Interested in the Retail Music Busi-
very interesting details regarding the subject on hand. ness," and gave a very interesting and instructive
Due to the unavoidable absence of W. E. Summers talk. He brought out a number of reasons why
of Washington Court House, chairman of the Adver- young men are not interested in the music business.
tising Advisory Committee, Secretary Rexford C. Amongst these was the fact that old fashioned meth-
Hyre read his report, in which he stated that he had ods of doing business were still being used and that
found conditions along advertising lines on the whole the selling of pianos was too hard a proposition for
the average salesman to tackle. Also that the money
in a satisfactory condition.
earned in the piano business was too small. There
also was the idea that a man had to be a musician
The Resolutions Committee.
President O. C. Boyd then appointed the Resolu- in order to sell pianos and that there were too many
tions Committee: Otto Grau, Cincinnati, chairman; frozen assets. He felt that the best thing to do
Elwood Taylor, Cleveland, and William V. Crowe, was to eliminate the various evils in the piano busi-
ness and to disabuse the minds of young people and
Columbus.
others that the business is not a profitable one for
Secretary Hyre spoke briefly about puzzle schemes the younger generation to enter.
that are just beginning to make their appearance, and
called attention to the fact that the association had
Mr. Henderson Talks.
always opposed such methods of doing business as it
A talk was also given by Mr. Henderson of the
was possible to sell pianos and other musical goods Brunswick Co. on "What Outside Lines Should Be
in a legal manner,
Added by the Retail Music Merchant to Strengthen
The business session then came to an end. The
His. Business." Mr. Henderson took the place of
ladies were entertained at a theater party at the Stili- R. W. Jackson of Chicago, who was unable to be
man on Monday afternoon. In the evening there present and he stated that he felt if the music dealers
was a moonlight ride on the steamer City of St. would concentrate on the merchandise that he now
Ignace for two and a half hours on Lake Erie, and
handles there was no necessity for him to think of
which proved very enjoyable.
handling anything else.
Another speaker on the same topic was E. S.
Second Day
The second day's session, Tuesday afternoon, was Hershberger of Cleveland, who advocated the music
preceded by the luncheon in the ballroom of the dealer handling electrical refrigerators in his store,
Winton Hotel. There were about two hundred pres- as the housewife did the buying of musical instru-
ent. Music was furnished by King Troubadours ments principally and that the sale of these refrig-
by courtesy of the W. H. White Co., manufacturers erators was the heaviest in summer and would take
of "King Band Instruments."' A feature of the con- the place of other sales that fell off.
There was a very large attendance at the business
cert was the playing of the A. L. Maresh's composi-
tion, "Life Is but a Dream," a very alluring waltz, session which was full of pep. During the afternoon
the ladies were entertained with a bus ride around
and for which Mr. Maresh was loudly applauded.
Rex C. Hyre introduced Mr. Maresh as perma- the various parks and other points of interest in the
nent chairman, who went on to say that the attend- city and in the evening the- Musical Instrument
ance was the largest ever enjoyed at any state con- Revue of 1927 was staged in the main ball room
vention that the music business has been fair in and the Rainbow room of the hotel, there being a
Cleveland even though there are today about 86,000 large crowd present throughout the evening.
people out of work and he expressed the hope that
The Exhibits.
this would be only a temporary condition. He felt
The exhibits at the convention are very attractively
that the immigration law is a detriment to the music shown and are drawing large crowds of visitors.
business and that the prohibition law had not brought
They occupy the parlors on the mezzanine floor,
the music dealers any prosperity. He pointed out rooms on the second floor and some are on various
that the Ohio Music Trade Association will have a other floors of the hotel.
membership close to six hundred, which will make
Those Included in Displays
it the largest in the country.
The list of exhibitors follows:
Welcome by H. L. Davis.
Art Novelty Company, Autopiano Company.
Bacon Piano Company, Behning Piano Company,
Harry L. Davis, who made the address of welcome,
is an ex-governor of Ohio and was mayor of the Behr Bros. & Company, Bramhach Piano Company,
Brunswick-Balke-Collender Co., Bush & Lane
city of Cleveland several times. The response was
made by President O. H. Boyd of the Music Mer- Piano Co.
chants' Association of Ohio.
Cleveland Ignition Co., Columbia Phonograph Co.,
The next speaker was Edward C. Boykin, execu- C. G. Conn Ltd.
tive secretary of the National Piano Manufacturers'
Davenport-Treacy Piano Co.
Association. His subject was the "Promotion of the
Jesse French & Sons Piano Co.
Piano Throughout the Nation," and he presented a
Grossman Bros. Music Co., Gulbransen Company.
number of very interesting figures and data regarding
Haas Electric Sales Co., Hazelton Bros.
the work being done. An official photograph of the
(Continued on Page 16.)
NEW OFFICERS.
The new officers of the Ohio Music Merchants'
Association elected at Cleveland this week are: Pres-
ident, R. E. Taylor, Cleveland; vice-president, C.
Walford, Canton;, treasurer, Wm. Crowe; secretary,
Rex Hyre.
Executive Committee—C. C. Baker, Columbus, 5
years; E. O. Callander, Zanesville, 3 years.
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