December 10, 1927
PRESTO-TIMES
tain such a provision, I so informed Mr. Hyre and
others who were present, and for the moment the
matter seemed to be settled.
Invites Ohio
Only through Mr. Heaton's insistent and persistent
demands was I accorded the privilege of the floor
President Roberts of National Body Recalls to again invite the Ohio association to affiliate.
Owing to the manifest determination of a few speak-
Circumstances Bearing on Question in Letter ers
that I should not be heard, I was caused to feel,
even though finally permitted to speak, that I was
Evoked by Articles in Association Organ.
addressing an audience that, if not hostile, did not
In a recent letter to Delbert L. Loomis, executive desire to hear me. Nevertheless, as briefly as pos-
secretary of the National Association of Music Mer- sible, I again cordially invited the Ohio association
chants, C. J. Roberts of Baltimore, president of that to affiliate with the national, and pointed out the
body, discusses the situation concerning the affiliation advantages of doing so, and endeavored to show that
of the Ohio state association with the national or- there were no disadvantages.
After their refusal to offer a resolution providing
ganization.
for an application for a national charter, Mr. Hyre
Mr. Roberts' letter was evoked by articles in "Re- stated
certain other grievances that I really had
tail Music Merchant," an organ of the Ohio Music never heard
of before. One of these grievances was
Dealers' Association, which* supposedly were the that Ohio had sent delegates to the national to confer
views of the organization on the affiliation question. with the Constitution and By-Laws Committee in
The apparent disfavor of the Ohio men to effect reference to certain by-laws desired by the Ohio
affiliation of their state body with the national one association. I am not informed whether they were
has continued for several years and was given prom- placed before the committee. That was the time for
inence during the state convention in Cleveland this the Ohio members to have proposed such an amend-
ment as they had in mind. Apparently, no effort
year.
whatsoever was made to introduce such amendments.
The Statement.
"I should be jumping at unwarranted conclusions
to assume that the articles in the Ohio state associa-
tion publication, 'Retail Music Merchant,' referred
to, actually represent the 'stand' of the Ohio associa-
tion's membership. One of the articles states that
President Taylor is about to appoint a committee to
circularize the members of the Ohio association re- Instrument Selected After Exhaustive Test Made by
Engineers and Acousticians.
garding the question of applying for a national
charter, yet the leading article sets forth the 'stand,'
The selection of the Baldwin piano as the official
obviously seeking to influence the 'stand' that is yet piano for Vitaphone features is extremely interesting.
to be 'ascertained','' writes Mr. Roberts, who con- Unknown to the Baldwin company, the Vitaphone
tinues, in part, as follows:
engineers made exhaustive tests of five leading makes
of pianos. The results of the tests indicated clearly
Mr. Roberts' Views.
Any answer that is to be made to the articles in
question should be made from within and not from
without the Ohio association. It is strictly their
affair. I do not at all object to my personal opinion
being quoted. I cannot, however, assume to state
the "stand" of the national on the questions at issue
for they are as yet unascertained. The articles in
question must be regarded either as anonymous and,
therefore, not entitled to official consideration, or as
editorials, and, therefore, merely expressions of the
opinions of the editor, and, as such, entitled to such
notice as any individual may feel called upon to give
them. I will take pleasure in replying to any authori-
tative inquiry that is addressed to me officially.
I believe that at the Cleveland convention of the
Ohio association I put the question of affiliation
squarely up to them. I knew nothing of old griev-
ances; I was told nothing of them; I did not care to
know anything of them.
Recalls Facts.
At an informal conference on Sunday morning,
preceding the meetings of the Ohio association, I
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asked the members of the Ohio association, who
FEATURE.
honored me by their presence at breakfast, to inform
me of any obstacles that, in their opinion, stood in that the purity and finer resonance of the tone of
the way of their applying for a national charter. I the Baldwin piano gave a perfect recording and one
was sincere in my desire for information on this far superior to the recordings of any other piano.
point.
Delicate electrical instruments, far more sensitive
The only reason that was advanced at that time than the human ear, clearly pointed to Baldwin su-
by Rex Hyre, who was the spokesman, was that the periority.
national constitution contained a provision to the
Thus Vitaphone confirms the judgment of the fa-
effect that when a state association affiliated with
the national it would be necessary for all in the mous artists who use and endorse the Baldwin piano
state association to become members of the national. exclusively for their concert appearances. Baldwin
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The first of these is an electrical system of regis-
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