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PRESTO-TIMES
June 9, 1928
REGISTRATIONS AT CONVENTION
MUSIC MERCHANTS MEET
(Made at the headquarters of the National Music Merchants' Association at the Commodore.)
Harry A. Achenbach, Fort Wayne, Ind.; Jerome ada; J. D. llobbie, Jr., Roanoke, Va.; M. B. Leich-
W. Ackerly, Patchogue, L. I., N. Y.; Mrs. Marie C. ter, Xew Haven, Conn.; D. W. Lerch, Caribbn, O.;
Addleman, Kratz Piano Co., Agron, O.;Chaster D. William H. Levis, Rochester. X. Y.; Ruth I. Levis,
Rochester, N. Y.; G. B. Littlefield, Barre, Vt.
Anderson, Dayton, O.; Chas. S. Andrews, Charlotte,
James A. MacMUlan, Atlanta, Ga.; Donald W. Mc-
X. C.; E. K. Andrew, J. W. Hudson Co., Detroit;
E. P, Andrew, J. L. Hudson Co., Detroit; F. R. At- Clellan. Buffalo, X. Y.; A. P. McCoy, Hartford; Rob-
wood, Andrews Music House Co., Bangor, Me.; F. H. ert P. McDavid, Birmingham, Ala.; J. S. M. Fayden,
A very, Avery & Hara, Ltd., St. Catharines, Canada. Fayetteville, X. C ; E. J. Mclntru, Manchester, N. H.;
Drummond McKay, Elkhorn, Wis.: Henry MacMul
Gea. H. Beasley, Texarkana, Ark.; Wm. Howard
Beasley, D. L. Whitte Music Co., Dallas; H. F. Ben- len, Presto-Times, Chicago; W. H. McPhillips, Lon-
dix, Walla Wal'a, Wash.; W. S. Bond, Weaver Piano don; W. X. Manning, London, Ontario; J. Maynard,
Salisbury, X". C.; J. Ronald Meiklyohn, Providence,
Co., York, Pa.; James F. Bevill, Hollenburg Music
R. L; John W. Meiklyohn, Providence, R. 1.; Albert
Co., Little Rock, Ark.; Wm. Braiteman, Laurens
V. Mertes, Cincinnati, O.; S. A. Meyers. Buffalo,
Music Co., Baltimore, Md.; C. E. Brockington, Mason
& Hamlin Co.; A. L. Brown, X. J. Dyer & Bro., St. X. Y.: M. Horatio A. D. Mikels, Bath, Me.; Miss
Esta Mikels, Bath, Me.: C. F. Millaman, Zelinople,
Paul. Minn.; B. B. Burton, Shelby Burton Piano Co.,
Birmingham, Ala.; F. W. Bush, Penn Yan, X. Y.; Pa.; E. Radford Mitchell, Seattle, Wash.; A. Z.
Moore,, Indiana.
G. W. Butt. R. S. Williams, Ltd., Toronto, Canada.
B. E. Neal, Buffalo. X. Y.
John A. Campbell, The Innes Music Co., Wichita,
E. C. Pauling. West Salem, Mass.; S. Ernest Phil-
Kan.; Chas. O. Caputo, Pittsburgh, Pa.; Carl B.
pett, Miami, Fla.; B. Platt, Los Angeles; C. A. Price,
Chamberlain, Grinnell Bros., Detroit; Harry Chad—
Xew York; M. L. Price, Tampa, Fla: H. V. Putman,
ton, Frank Holton Co., Elkhorn, W r is.; George F.
Charron; Melville Clark. Syracuse, N. Y.; S. E. Amsterdam. X. Y.: G. C. Ramsdell^ Philadelphia. Pa.;
A. O. Reinhart, Hazleton, Pa.: Ben Reynolds and
Clark, Grinnell Bros., Detroit; Philip T. Clay, San
Francisco, Calif.; H. W. Clinton, New Haven; L. E. E. X. Reynolds. Washington, Pa.; C. J. Roberts, Bal-
Cohen, Waterloo, la.; C. J. Collins, Jersey City, X. J.; timore, Md.; Mrs. M. Roper, Worcester, Mass.; Mr.
R. S. Collins, McCaurland's, Inc., Pittsburgh, Pa. Joe Rudick, Akron, O.
Ralph L. Salter, Wilmington, Del.; Chas. H. Sam-
P. E. Conroy, St. Louis; J. E. Cooper, Xew Ken-
sington, Pa.; W. H. Cooper, Jr., New Kensington, balino. Utica. N. Y.; B. D. Schaffner, DuBois. Pa.;
Fred (). Schwender, Utica, N. Y.; A. M. Seavey, Saco.
Pa.; Geo. N. Copley, Thos. Coggan & Bro., Houston,
Me.; J. P. Sheaffer. Harrisburg, Pa.; W. Shayne,
Tex; Frank W. Corley, Richmond, Va.; Emil Cruells
Miami. Fla.; Lynn Sheeley, Morristown, Tenn.; Ru-
and wife, 2226 Mission, San Francisco.
dolph
Siegling, Sr., Charleston. S. C.; Drew Silvers,
Wm. M. Davitt, Cincinnati; M. V. DeForeest,
Sharon, Pa.; Chas. Deutschmann, Chicago, 111.; H. C. Tacoma, Wash.; S. M. Silverstein, Akron, O.; W. W.
Dickinson, Baldwin Piano Co., Chicago; Louis R. Smith, Toledo, O.; Charles F. Spooner, New Bedford,
Mass.; H. A. Stewart, Straube Piano Co., Hammond,
Dressier, Chas. H. Ditson & Co., Xew York; Carl
Ind.; Frederick Philip Stieff, Baltimore, Md.; Mrs.
A. Droop, Washington, D. C ; Edward H. Droop,
Washington, D. C ; Charles E. Duffield, Chambers- Wm. H. Stowe, Akron, O.; E. T. Stucke, Des Moines,
la.; E. B. Swisher, Philadelphia, Pa.
burg, Pa.
R. B. Townsend, Des Moines, la.; E. Vian, Woon-
W. M. Edwards. Jacksonville, Fla.; D. E. Fabyan,
Peabody, Mass.; Valentine J. Faeth, New York city; socket, R. L; W. E. Wainwright. Marietta, O.; Mr.
H. H. Fleer, Lyon & Healy, Chicago: E. E. Forbes, Shirley Walker, San Francisco, Calif.; Robt. X. Wat-
Birmingham, Ala.; G. G. Freeland, Greensboro, N. C. kin, Dallas, Tex.; Leon N. Wallhall, San Antonio,
Tex.; Edwin R. Weeks, Binghamton, N. Y.; Milton
H. BMgar French, Montgomery, Ala.
Weil, Krakauer. Bros.: Henry E. Weisert, Bissell-
Carrie B. Glass, Cohocton, 111.: John J. Glynn.
Ridgewood, X. J.; T. Amsbury Goold, Buffalo, N. Y.; Weiser Co., Chicago; Chas. E. Wells, The Chas. E.
Wells Music Co., Denver, Colo.; Parham Werlein,
Lou Gore, Raleigh, N. C ; Edmund Gram, Milwau-
kee, Wis.; B. Grauer, Jersey City, X. J.; Mrs. H. J. Philip Werlein, Ltd., Xew Orleans, La.; Arthur L.
Wessell, Wessell, Nickel & Sons. 457 West 45th
Groeneveld, Kratz Piano Co., Akron; B. M. Grune-
street;
Fernidand A. Wessell, Wessell & Sons, 457
wald, New Orleans, La.; O. W. Ginsinger, Fayette-
W. 45th street; H. Power Weymann, Philadelphia,
ville, Ark.
Pa.; Robt. L. White, Cleveland,"o.; E. H. Williams,
Paul Hahn, Toronto, Canada: E. Paul Hamilton.
Buffalo, X r . Y.; Arthur E. Winter, Altoona, Pa.; Geo.
South Orange, N. J.: W. Barry Hamilton. Pittsburgh, J. Winter, Erie. Pa.; Geo. B. Wiswell, Joliet, 111.; Carl
Pa.; Fred B. Hammann, Baltimore, Md.; Paul S. Wittich, Reading, Pa.
llangen, Reading, Pa.; Fred C. Harlow, Watertown,
James F. Yates, Birmingham, Ala.; Win. Zitz-
Mass.; E. Robert Hawlen, Springfield, O.; Earle K.
mann,
Omaha, Xebr.
Hawlen, Springfield, O.; Otto B. Heaton, Colum-
bus, O.; W. G. Henwood, Toronto, Canada; Theo.
MADE SCHILLER SALES.
Hoffmann, Pittsburgh, Pa.: F. B. T. Hollenberg,
Led into suite 182 in the Belmont Hotel by the
Little Rock, Ark.; J. F. Houck, Memphis, Tenn.; soft playing of good music on a wonderful Schiller
A. H. Howes, Grinnell Bros., Detroit; Edward Hup-
grand by Edgar B. Jones, president of the Schiller
pert, Bethlehem, Pa.
Piano Co. of Oregon, 111., a Presto-Times convention
Le Roy A. Jackson, Danbury, Conn.; E. R. Jacob- reporter found also in that well-lighted corner room
son, Hammond, Ind.; Robt. H. Johnston, St. Paul,
Prof. O. T. Westlin, distinguished piano teacher of
Minn.; Henry S. Jones, Jr., Birmingham, Ala.; Jerry
Brooklyn, who has a large following, in the capacity
T. Justin, Cicero, 111.; Ben Kline, Syracuse, N. Y.: of a purchaser. The exhibit was in charge of Mr.
Reinhard G. Knupfer, Lawrence, Mass.; A. D. La Jones and his eastern manager, O. W. Williams, who
Motte, San Diego, Calif.
was assisted by his brother, W. B. Williams. The
Walter L. Lang, South Bend, Ind.; Gilbert Layton,
exhibit included Style BF grand, with the Jones new
Montreal, Canada; Frank H. Layton, Montreal, Can- scale, Stvle K and Stvle 1.
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vania Music Merchants' Association, at all of which
he spoke on the subject of double taxation, urging the
members to use their best efforts with their repre-
sentatives and senators to obtain relief. At the close
of his remarks before the Pennsylvania Association
in Philadelphia, May 7th, a resolution was adopted
and telegraphed to Senator Reed of Pennsylvania,
urging relief in the bill which was then in the hands
of the Senate Finance Committee.
The marvelous support and co-operation which
has been received by the executive office from the
trade papers deserves special comment.
Beginning December 1st, official news bulletins
dealing witii the activities of the executive office dur-
ing the preceding month have been sent out monthly
to members.
In an effort to increase membership a cross mem-
bership drive was begun last December through the
offering of cash prizes to members of the Piano
Travelers' Association securing the largest number
of members in the Merchants' Association, and
through the co-operation of members of the Mer-
chants' Association, in endeavoring to induce all
travelers calling upon them who were not members of
the Travelers' Association, to join that association.
The executive secretary has been successful in
securing the co-operation of a number of additional
piano manufacturers in the sending to their dealers
the new merchants' promotion stamp in connection
with invoices of pianos, and there has been an increase
in the total sales of promotion stamps as compared
with the previous year.
The executive secretary has co-operated very
closely with the National Better Business Bureau in
connection with discouraging misleading advertising.
Resolutions.
Merchants' Association passed resolutions for in-
tensive study of markets, more and better trained
salesmen, better advertising, thanking trade press,
thanking officers and committees of association for
their work, and asking radio and phonograph manu-
facturers to sell only to jobbers who sell to credited
legitimate retailers.
Group Instruction Demonstration.
Quite an assemblage of interested persons gathered
at 3 p. m. Wednesday in the West Ball Room of the
Commodore to hear professional group piano instruc-
tion. This line of work is becoming a common form
of educating the public to its growth, necessity and
technique.
SMITH THE ONLY BENCH EXHIBITOR.
F. S. Smith, head of the Perfection Bench Co., Chi-
cago, was the only bench manufacturer present, as
far as he could find out. His exhibit was in Room
770, Commodore Hotel, but at the close of the con-
vention he moves the samples to W. P. lfaines &
Co.'s place, 396 Fifth avenue, Xew York, where it
will be a permanent exhibit in charge of Burton Coll-
ver. This is to be the permanent eastern agency of
Mr. Smith's products. Mrs. Collver was present at
the convention also and said it was a great conven-
tion because its work was a drive to stimulate piano
selling.
A CONN SALESMAN FROM VIRGINIA.
R. V. Jones, one of the most popular salesmen in
Virginia, representing the S. Montagna Music House,
modern musical merchandise, 411 Granby street, Nor-
folk, Va., agent for C. G. Conn, Ltd., and dealer in
imported strings of all kinds, was at the convention.
He told the Presto-Times representative that Norfolk-
trade was in a fair condition at the present time.
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