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CHICAGO, ILL., MAY 15, 1929
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Convention Plans Complete
MUSIC INDUSTRIES
ARRANGE PROGRAM
Arrangements for the Annual Gathering of
the Trades Have Been Made with an
Eye to Securing Real Benefits
for Every Delegate.
What has been heralded as the biggest of all music
trade gatherings will get under way when the lead-
ers of the industry sit down to a "get-together"
luncheon at noon, Monday, June 3, at the Drake
Hotel, Chicago.
From then until the closing hours of June 6,
luncheons, dinners and business meetings of the vari-
ous national associations will enliven the convention
period. The skillful planning of these events to in-
sure the attainment of definite results and to avoid
futile discussions, gives promise of making the con-
vention one of the most informative and interesting
ever held.
Constructive discussion of the various problems
confronting the individual associations will feature
the organization meetings. The courses of action
decided upon by the national associations for the
handling of their individual problems will guide the
delegates to the Music Industries Chamber of Com-
merce, who hold their annual meeting on Thursday,
June 6, in their discussion of the means to be em-
ployed in promoting the welfare and progress of the
industry as a whole.
Humor and Science.
Why do we laugh? What is it that makes a thing
"funny" and why do we laugh at it? What causes
"nervous breakdowns" and how may laughter be used
to prevent them? Why were Abraham Lincoln and
Lloyd George able to withstand the strain which
broke Woodrow Wilson?
All of these and a few other questions will be an-
swered in an unusual, interesting and amusing man-
ner by Charles Milton Newcomb at the Twenty-
Eighth Annual Banquet of the National Association
of Music Merchants Thursday evening, June 6, at
the Drake Hotel, Chicago. Mr. Newcomb's subject
will be "The Psychology of Laughter," a humorous,
scientific talk which is indicated as being both enter-
taining and inspirational.
Student of Behavior.
Mr. Newcomb calls himself "a student of human be-
havior." His address will deal with familiar aspects
of everyday life presented from the viewpoint of a
trained psychologist and served with an abundance
of humor. Mr. Newcomb who holds an M. A. degree
has been on the lecture platform for twenty years and
has appeared before leading clubs and trade associa-
tions in the United States and Canada.
NOTICE TO EXHIBITORS.
Exhibitors at the Music Industries Convention at
the Drake Hotel during the week of June 3-7 who
contemplate placing their instruments on Saturday,
June 1, will be wise to notify at once Mr. E. A.
Leveille, Chairman, Traffic Committee, 1746 Mar-
quette Building, Chicago. Many exhibitors will wish
to occupy their rooms on Saturday, June 1, and the
Traffic Committee desires to meet this need wherever
possible.
Pianos should be consigned to Walldren's Storage
Warehouse Company, 57 East Jackson Boulevard,
Chicago, freight charges prepaid. The bill of lading
should be forwarded to the Warehouse immediately,
together with the location of shipment.
Tuners will be provided by the Committee and men
will be available for wiping off and putting the cases
in condition. Charges for tuning are $2.00 for straight
pianos and $2.50 for players. If tuning is desired, Mr.
Leveille should be notified well in advance, and the
number of instruments should be stated.
Walldren's Storage Warehouse Company will as-
sume custody of the pianos at the close of the conven-
tion, repack them in the original shipping cases and
reship them to any destination desired. Their charges
for these services are as follows:
To Drake Shipping, etc.
Upright or Player
$ 6.00
$ 7.00
Grand Piano
8.00
10.00
Player Grand
14.00
16.00
Concert Grand
14.00
16.00
Talking Machines
3.50
4.50
Consoles
4.00
5.00
Insurance, if desired, may be had under a blanket
policy, for a period of thirty days at the rate of 50c
per $100.00 valuation.
TENTATIVE PROGRAM.
A tentative schedule of all sessions of the Music
Industries' Convention at the Drake Hotel, Chicago,
week of June 3-7, has been arranged by the Music
Industries Chamber of Commerce:
Monday, June 3.
A. M. Registration, Ballroom Foyer.
10:00 A. M. Meeting, National Piano Travelers'
Association, Room C.
Noon.
Opening convention luncheon.
2:00 P. M. Meeting, National Association of Sheet
Music Dealers, Room E.
6:00 P. M. Dinner and annual meeting, National
Association of Musical Instrument
and
Accessories,
Manufacturers,
Room C.
Tuesday, June 4.
9:30 A. M. Joint meeting music and radio indus-
tries. Grand Ballroom.
Noon.
Luncheon for entire trade under aus-
pices of the Chicago Piano & Organ
Association.
2:00 P. M. Annual meeting. National Musical Mer-
chandise Association, Room G.
Meeting, National Association of Sheet
Music Dealers, Room E.
6:00 P. M. Dinner and annual meeting, Musical
Supply Association of America,
Room C.
Wednesday, June 5.
9:30 A. M. Convention session, National Associa-
tion of Music Merchants, Grand Ball-
room.
Annual meeting, National Piano Manu-
facturers' Association, Room C.
Meeting, National Association of Sheet
Music Dealers, Room E.
Thursday, June 6.
9:30 A. M. Convention session and annual meet-
ing, National Association of Music
Merchants, Grand Ballroom.
Noon.
Luncheon, delegates to Music Indus-
tries Chamber of Commerce, fol-
lowed by annual meeting, Room C.
MUSIC EXHIBIT FOR WORLD'S FAIR?
The day of uncertainty regarding the holding of a
World's Fair at Chicago in 1933 has passed and the
men and women who are back of the project are
actively proceeding with their plans for what will be
virtually an industrial exposition of huge proportions.
Already many large industries have signified their
intention of participating. It is not too early for the
music industry—as a whole—to be making tentative
plans for an exhibit that shall be entertaining, edu-
cational and comprehensive, in order to inform the
public just what achievements and progress the music
industry has made.
RADIO INTERESTS'
CONVENTION PLANS
Great Line of Exhibits Spread Over Space in
Three Hotels to Be Foremost Attrac-
tion During Week of June
3 in Chicago.
Final plans for the Fifth Annual Convention and
Trade Show of the Radio Manufacturers' Association
at Chicago during the week of June 3d, were made
at a meeting of the RMA Board of Directors at the
Hotel Statler, Cleveland, Friday and Saturday, April
26th and 27th. This meeting, called by President H.
H. Frost of the RMA, will be the last before the con-
vention.
The RMA directors at their Cleveland meeting re-
ceived reports on the plans for the Convention and
Trade Show from Morris Metcalf of Springfield,
Mass., chairman of the RMA Show Committee, and
Henry C. Forster of Chicago, chairman of the Con-
vention-Program Committee.
With the Music Industries' Chamber of Commerce
meeting at Chicago coincident with the radio meet-
ings, the largest gathering of persons interested in
radio is expected at Chicago. Last year about 25,000
persons attended, making it the largest industrial
gathering in the United States, and this year there
will be several thousand more in attendance on the
music industry convention and trade show.
In addition to the Stevens, the regular convention
center of the RMA, two other Chicago hotels, the
Blackstone and the Congress, are required this year
because of the enlarged trade exhibits. The Trade
Show will be closed to the public and opened only
to the trade.
Other outstanding features of the Chicago program
are the annual banquets of the RMA and of the mu-
sic industry, to be held respectively June 5th and
6th, at the Stevens and the Drake Hotels. An all-
star broadcast program will be given from the Stev-
ens Hotel banquet of the RMA, and broadcast over
a national net-work through the courtesy of the Na-
tional Broadcasting Company and associated stations.
Special trains to the RMA Convention will be run
from New York, Boston, the Pacific Coast and the
Southwest.
GRINNELL TO SPEAK.
Jay Grinnell, vice-president and a director of Grin-
nell Brothers, Detroit, will represent the National
Association of Music Merchants at the joint session
of all interests connected with the music industries
which will be held on Tuesday morning, June 4, at
the Drake Hotel, Chicago, as the opening meeting of
the annual convention.
He will undertake to tell just how it's done—just
how it is possible for a retail music merchant to
translate into sales a great deal of the promotional
work which is being done through various channels
to bring about increased interest in and demand for
musical instruments of all kinds. He has been a suc-
cess in his life work in the music industry.
Mr. Grinnell is a director of the National Asso-
ciation of Music Merchants and also a director of
the Detroit Board of Commerce, the Convention and
Tourists Bureau, Kiwanis No. 1, Grinnell Realty
Company and the Old Shores Land Company, and
is interested in other projects.
Outside of his business activities, Mr. Grinnell has
always been greatly interested in music and music
affairs and has given liberally of his time to the fur-
therance of civic activities particularly where they
have been concerned with musical development. He
is a firm believer in the power of organized effort.
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