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NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MUSIC MERCHANTS
INCORPORATED
45 WEST 45TH STREET
NEW
YORK. N. Y.
EXECUTIVE BOARD
Dallas, Texas
April 20th, 1940
PRESIDENT
WM. HOWARD BEASLEY
DALLAS, TEXAS
Pres. Whittle Music Co.
VICE-PRESIDENTS
PAUL S . FELDER
NEW ORLEANS, LA.
Pres. Philip Werlein, Ltd.
MELVILLE CLARK
SYRACUSE, N . Y .
Pres. Clark .Music Co.
HARRY D. GRIFFITH
NEWARK, N.J.
Vice-Pret. Griffith Piano Co.
PAUL JENKINS
K A N S A S CITY, MO.
Pres. Jenkins Music Co.
SECRETARY
S. E R N E S T PHILPITT
MIAMI, FLA.
Pres.-Treas. S. Ernest Philpitt £• Son
TREASURER
CLARENCE s. HAMMOND BROOKLYN. N.Y.
Manager, Music Salons
Frederick Loeser & Co., Inc.
EXECUTIVE S E C R E T A R Y
W. A. MENNIE
NEW YORK
45 West 45th Street
DIRECTORS
CHESTER D. ANDERSON
DAYTON, OHIO
Pret. Anderson Piano Co.
A. P. AVERY
PROVIDENCE. R. I,
Prej. Avery Piano Store
W. PERRY CHRISLER
S T . LOUIS, MO.
Pres. Aeolian Company o/ Missouri
GEORGE F. CRESSEY
PORTLAND. MAINE
Treas. Cressey & Allen
L. G. LAMAIR
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
Pres. Lyon Sr Healy, Inc.
D. F. MCCORMACK
SAN FRANCISCO. C A L .
General Manager, Sherman Clay 6- Co.
E. R. MCDUFF
DETROIT, MICH.
Pret. Grinnell Brothers
ROBERT J. SHACKLETON
LOUISVILLE, KY.
Pres. Shackleton Piano Co.
CARLWITTICH
READING. PA-
Pres. Wittich's
ADVISORY BOARD
PAST PRESIDENTS
JEROME F. MURPHY
BOSTON. MASS.
Chairman
1937-1039
CHARLES E. WELLS
LAMOTTE
SAN
DIEGO,
CAL.
BINGHAMPTON,
N.Y.
1935-1936
EDWIN
R. W E E K S
1931-1935
OTTO B. HEATON
COLUMBUS, O.
1930-1031
E D W A R D H.
UHL
LOS
ANGELES,
CAL.
TOLEDO.
OHIO
1926-1927
W.
W. S M I T H
1924-1925
ROBERT N. WATKIN
DALLAS. TEXAS
1923-1924
J.
EDWIN
W E E K .
Greetings to the Trade:
It has been said that the distinctive superiority
of man's reasoning faculties is due to his ability to
calculate distant consequences. If this be true, then the
Music Merchants of America must meet the challenge and the
opportunity offered them by the National Music Week Com-
mittee to take an active part in the celebration of Music
Week, May 5th to 12th, 1940.
No music merchant with a sincere desire to see his
own business grow in the service and welfare of his community
should overlook the far-reaching possibilities of the work
of the National Committee of which Mr. C. M. Tremaine is the
Secretary. The declared purpose of this Committee is to
spread the enjoyment of music more widely, to increase self-
activity in making music, and to aid the progress of both
the amateur and the professional musician. That the work
has been effective is evidenced by the growing popularity of
Music Week.
Here then is a year round endowed organization with
experience and equipment, and a great amount of prestige,
ability and tested material, to do the very thing that each
one of us would like to see accomplished. All that we are
asked to do is to co-operate with local music clubs and other
music loving groups in making their programs more effective
and enjoyable.
DENVER, COLO.
1936-1937
A L F R E D D.
M U S I C
BUTLER
MARION.
We are not asked to assume leadership, and certainly
not to attempt any exploitation, but merely to lend to others
our encouragement and such instruments and facilities as are
in our command, plus of course the little time and effort
necessary in all worth while undertakings. Surely every
member of the National Association of Music Merchants will
recognize the significance of Music Week and do well his
part for its complete success.
IND.
1922-1023
M. V. DEFOREEST
SHARON, PA.
1921-1922
EDMUND GRAM
Sincerely yours,
MILWAUKEE, wis.
1917-1918
JOHN A.TURNER
MIAMI, FLA.
Wm. Howard Beasley, President,
1016-1917
E. H. DROOP
WASHINGTON, D. C.
1909-1910
ESTABLISHED
PAG E S I X
National Association of Music Merchants.
1901
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