PRESTO-TIMES
June-July, 1936
11
# CONVENTIONS
MUCH TO BE SEEN; MUCH TO BE HEARD; MUCH
TO BE LEARNED; NOVELTIES IN ALL LINES
OF MUSICAL INSTRUMENT MANUFACTURE
CONTINUED CHANGES IN PIANO MODELS
THE CONVENTION
eral of them will be held convention
week. The Piano Tuners convention will
be held July 12-13 at the Sherman Hotel,
Chicago.
Data on Exhibits
Up to June 30, 98 registrants had entered their
goods for display—30 piano manufacturers, 4 organ
builders, 12 band instrument manufacturers, the bal-
ance made up of general musical instruments, musical
merchandise, supplies, accessories, etc. This is said
to be the most extensive display sponsored by the
Music Merchants' Association so far as the records
of the secretary show.
The trade has been advised of the arrangements
for reduced railroad rates which are a fare and a half
from starting point to Chicago and return, good for
30 days from date of sale. One may travel by a
certain route going and return by another, or vice-
versa.
The Week of Monday, July
27th, on to Thursday,
July 30th, Is Con-
vention Week
Great Exhibit of Pianos, Band and
Orchestra Instruments, General
Musical Instruments, Mer~
chandise, Accessories,
Publications,
Etc., Etc.
The general program of meetings and other official
events is being mailed to members and the trade gen-
erally. Copies may be had by applying to the execu-
tive secretary, Mr. W. R. Mennie, 45 W. 45th St.,
New York City.
Entertainment Features
Besides the regular official entertainment features
incidental to the convention several industries are
planning their own individual entertainment, some of
them presenting elaborate programs. Most of these
National Association of Music Mer-
take place at the Stevens Hotel. The C. G. Conn
chants, Manufacturers, Jobbers,
gathering of dealers will, however, be at the Conn
home town, Elkhart, Ind.
Musical Merchandise Dealers,
The first in the banquet line will be the Chicago
Publishers, Meet at
Piano and Organ Association sponsored luncheon,
the introductory affair of the convention, Monday
the Stevens Hotel
noon, in the main ballroom of the Stevens.
Of the individual complimentary affairs on tap is
a notable one—the Wurlitzer dealers' luncheon—to
be given in the Boulevard Room of the Stevens Hotel
Tuesday noon, the 28th. These Wurlitzer luncheon
and entertainment affairs are the conception of and
S MANY as seven
carried out by "the forces that be" of the Wurlitzer
NOW! ALL TOGETHER BOY*!
active associations
Grand Piano Company at DeKalb. This great gather-
Increase in Exhibit Space
of music trade in-
ing at last year's convention was one of the outstand-
The exhibit space at the Stevens Hotel has been
terests co-operate gradually taken up so that the list of exhibitors as ing entertainment features of the week and this year
event promises to be equally great and attractive
with t h e Music published in this issue of Presto-Times numbers many the
when Hugh Stewart, vice-president and sales man-
Merchants Nation- new names to the record of a month ago.
ager, will again be the chairman and toastmaster.
Dealers from all parts of the country are con-
The Gulbransen organ, piano and ensemble con-
al Association in tinually
writing- for accommodations at various hotels certs in the tower ballroom concert hall, thirty floors
making the annual and others are signifying their intention to come. above
Michigan boulevard, will provide a rare musical
music trade gath- Salesmen, managers, officials and others who have entertainment.
been out in the field and visited dealers in many parts
ering" convention a of the country say that great interest is manifest
H. and M. Selmer of Elkhart are planning a dealers'
successful gather- everywhere and all indications are for a great at- luncheon and musicale, tentative plans for which are
proceeding.
ing. These asso- tendance.
It has become a tradition for members of this in-
Work of the Committees
ciate a n d allied
The banquet committee and the committee on the dustry to get together in a luncheon repast on the
groups, t h e Na- reception luncheon sponsored by the Chicago Piano opening day of the convention where acquaintances
be renewed and new ones made. The 1936 event
tional Retail Musi- and Organ Association Monday noon, the 27th, and may
will be a glorious continuation of this custom. There
the
other
committees
engaged
in
preparation
of
the
cal Instrument Dealers Association, the various functions and activities of the convention are will not be any long speeches at the Monday luncheon
Band Instrument Manufacturers Asso- arranging noteworthy settings for these festive events. but chairman of the entertainment committee, Frank
Bennett, and his co-workers, have prepared a program
ciation, the National Association of Mus- The committee of the big banquet, H. R. Lyons, M. H. "what
is a program"; one describable only by having
Berlin,
L.
C.
Wagner
and
R.
E.
Waite,
have
been
ical Merchandise Manufacturers, the Na- doing fine work. Mi. J. C. Weisert, who was chair- been seen
and heard. Plates are $1.50; the entire
tional Association of Musical Instru- man of the committee, resigned, but the work is being- table of eight chairs is $12.00. l"p to the time this
goes to press 20 tables had been reserved. This
ment Wholesalers, the National Associa- carried on actively by the other members and at the is issue
really "goin' some."
same
time
the
committee
for
the
Monday
noonday
tion of Sheet Music Dealers, the National luncheon has planned a rare treat. Frank Bennett,
The big banquet, the Wednesday night gala affair,
Association of Music Publishers, the the chairman of this committee, has arranged for a looks
like it will be a multi-feature event good for
Piano National Association, hold their pleasing program and there will be many features "every ill of mankind." The principal speaking feast
of Musical
interest Box besides
the rare (www.mbsi.org)
feast to be and
provided
for
of the
evening
will be the speech of Dr. Spaeth, a
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