MUSICAL
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PRESTO
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1881
Established
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THE AMERICAN MUSIC TRADE WEEKLY
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CHICAGO, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1928
HERMANN IRION GUEST OF
BRITISH TRADE FEDERATION
President of Music Industries Chamber of Commerce, on Visit to England,
Meets Notable Men of Music Industry at Dinner Where
He Delivers Important Address
Hermann Irion, president of the Music Industries
Chamber of Commerce, and general sales manager
for Stein way & Sons, Inc., New York, was honored
by a dinner tendered by the Federation of British
Music Industries at the May Fair Hotel, London,
England, September 12. The dinner was given by
the council of the Federation of British Music Indus-
tries, many of the members who attended coming
from such distant points as Dundee, Scotland, Ply-
mouth, Cardiff and Nottingham. President S. E.
HKRMAXX IRiON.
Moon made the opening remarks and introduced Mr.
Irion as the guest of the evening.
The other speakers were: Wm. R. Steinway, F. B.
Allen, E. J. Marshall, Eric Foster, R. P. Brasted,
T.t. Col. R. H. Tatton and Wm. Rushworth.
Following is a list of those who were present:
In the chair, S. E. Moon, Moon & Sons, Ltd.,
Plymouth, chairman of the Federation of British
Music Industries.
The Guests.
Guests—Hermann Irion, John Eshelby, William
Steinway.
F. B. Allen (Bansall & Sons Ltd., London, Piano
Manufacturers), chairman of Executive Committee
of Federation:
J. T. Bavin, Director of Education, of the Federa-
tion.
D. J. Blaikley ( Boosey & Co., Ltd., London, manu-
facturers of brass, wood, wind and percussion instru-
ments and publishers).
Leslie Boosey, president of the Music Publishers'
Association.
Paul M. Booth, Booth & Brookes, Ltd., ex-chair-
man of the Federation.
R. P. Brasted (Brasted Bros., Ltd., London, piano
manufacturers), deputy-chairman of the Federation.
H. J. Brinsmead, J. & J. Goddard, London, piano
suppliers, deputy-chairman of the Federation.
Eric Chilman, editor of "Music Trades' Review,"
London.
A. Clark, The Gramophone Co., Ltd., Hayes, gram-
ophone manufacturers.
H. J. Cullum, Perophone. Ltd., London, gramo-
phone manufacturers.
H. E. Dale, Paish & Co., Torquay, dealers.
W. G. Evans, W. G. Evans & Sons, London, piano
parts manufacturers.
C. S. Forbes, J. T. Forbes, Dundee, dealers, presi-
dent of The Scottish Music Merchants' Association.
Eric Foster, John Broadwood & Sons, Ltd., Lon-
don, piano manufacturers.
Chas. Foulds, Chas. Foulds & Son, Ltd., Notting-
ham, dealers. President of the Music Trades' Asso-
ciation.
P. L. Goodwin, secretary of Music Trades' Asso-
ciation.
Charles Forham, vice-president of Bankers Com-
mercial Security Co., Inc.
A. E. Hider, A. E. Hider, London, dealer.
Frankland King, Frankland King & Co., London,
dealers.
A. T. Lack, Gramophone Co., Ltd.
R. J. Langley. Att wells, Bin field & Co., Ltd., Read-
ing, dealers.
A. E. Liedtko, Columbia Graphophone Co., Ltd.,
London.
E. J. Marshall, Sir Herbert Marshall & Sons, Ltd.,
London, piano manufacturers.
Hon. Clifford Margin, vice-president of Music In-
dustries Golfing Society.
Arthur Mason, Director of Publicity, Federation
of British Music Industries.
H. P. Moore, Moore & Moore, Ltd., London, piano
manufacturers.
F. W. Rayner, F. W. Rayner, London, music
printer and engraver.
Wm. Rushworth, Rushworth & Dreaper, Ltd., Liv-
erpool, dealers. Honorary treasurer, Federation of
British Music Industries.
E. W. Shackcll, Thompson & Shackell, Lid..
dealers.
Herbert Sinclair, editor of "The Pianomaker."
W. H. Strohmenger, John Strohmenger & Sons.
Ltd., London, piano manufacturers. President of the
Pianoforte Manufacturers' Association, Ltd.
R. H. Tatton, organizing director of the Federation
of British Music Industries.
John Trapp, John Trapp, London, dealer. Presi-
dent of The Gramophone Dealers' Association.
E. R. Voight. Hawkes & Son, London, manufac-
turers of brass, wood wind and percussion instru-
ments, and publishers.
T. H. Watson, Asherberg, Hopwood & Crow, Ltd.,
London, publishers.
Mr. Irion delivered the following notable address:
Mr. Irion's Address.
At the outset I desire to express my deep apprecia-
tion of the great honor you have shown me by ex-
tending to me the invitation to be your guest on this
special occasion. It signifies not so much a personal
compliment as it is a genuine tribute of friendship
toward the association of Music Industry Associa-
tions of which I happen to be president, and which
in America we have styled the Music Industries
Chamber of Commerce. I assure you, Mr. Presi-
dent, that the officers and members of our chamber
will appraise and value it as such, as I assure you I
do myself.
When your genial director, Lt. Col. Tatton, cour-
teously extended this invitation to me, I took it upon
myself to inquire a little more closely into the pur-
poses and the workings of your Federation, to deter-
mine what points of similarity there may be be-
tween it and our own chamber, and I find that there
are so many that one may readily generalize by stat-
ing that they are in many respects quite alike and
that the purpose for which they have been founded
$2 The Year
D. L. LOOMIS' TRIP
TO WEST COAST
Executive Secretary of National Association of
Music Merchants to Personally Meet Trade
in Many Cities. Shirley Walker to Join
Him for Part of Tour.
Arrangements are being completed for meetings
of members of the retail music trade in various cities
on the Pacific coast at which Delbert L. Loomis,
executive secretary of the National Association of
Music Merchants, will speak to the members of the
trade on the work of the National Association, its
value to its members and the trade at large and also
for the purpose of giving some intimate details of
the actual operation of the executive office of the
National Association in New York City. The pre-
liminary arrangements for these meetings were made
through the interest and courtesy of one of the
association's vice-presidents, Shirley Walker, one of
the most active association men connected with the
industry and also widely known as a director and
controller of Sherman, Clay & Company, San Fran-
cisco.
To Present C. J. Roberts' Greetings.
Mr. Loomis will present from President C. J.
Roberts of the National Association, a message of
greetings to the members of the trade on the west
coast and will follow this with general information
regarding the work of the association.
According to present plans, the first meeting will
be held in Los Angeles, Thursday evening, October
4. The San Francisco meeting will take place Mon-
day evening, October 8, and Mr. Loomis will be
joined by Mr. Walker at this point. Air. Walker
plans to attend the succeeding meetings, traveling
with Mr. Loomis to Chicago to attend the Board
of Control meetings of the association which will
take place at the Drake Hotel, Sunday and Monday,
October 21 and 22. Meetings will be held at Port-
land, Oregon, Wednesday evening, October 10; Ta-
coma. Wash., Friday noon, October 12; Seattle,
Wash., Friday evening, October 12; and Spokane,
Wash., Wednesday evening, October 17.
To Make Personal Calls.
In addition to speaking at the meetings, Mr.
Loomis plans to make personal calls upon a large
number of members of the trade in the various cities
visited.
In issuing the calls for the Board of Control meet-
ing at the Drake Hotel, October 21 and 22, President
Roberts has indicated that he is particularly desirous
of having a large attendance as there are matters
of the utmost importance to be discussed and dis-
posed of at that time. Among these will be the new
constitution and by-laws which will be presented by
the Revision Committee of which Parham Werlein is
chairman. Important matters also connected with
the next convention will be discussed and it is prob-
able that several members of the Chicago trade will
be invited to attend one of the board meetings in this
connection.
and the reason for their maintenance by the members
of our trade are the advancement of popular interest
in the beautiful art of music, and that all the other
activities beneficial to the Music Industry that are
conducted by the associations, are but a complement
to the primary object already mentioned.
Our chamber, as does your Federation, is com-
posed of ten separate and distinct Trade Associations,
and therefore forms a clearing house for every con-
ceivable activity of ihe Music Industry. In addition
to the ten associations, we have also about forty
individual members. The largest portion of the
latter group are the phonograph manufacturers who
have no association of their own, a small number of
piano manufacturers who do not belong to their
association but conform to the rules thereof, as well
as some independent persons in the musical field who
desire to be affiliated in our work. The associations
are the National Association of Piano Manufacturers,
comprising practically all of the piano manufacturers
in the United States. The National Association of
Music Merchants, approximately one thousand mem-
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