Music Trade Review
Issue: 1921 Vol. 72 N. 16 - Page 9
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THE
APRIL 16, 1921
MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
9
CHANGES MADE IN BY-LAWS OF CHAMBER OF COMMERCE P. M. OYLER MOVES INTO NEW STORE
New Provisions Regarding the Board of Directors, the General Manager of the Chamber and Rep- Well-known Music Dealer in Harrisburg, Pa.,
Now Located in New Headquarters
resentatives From Division Members Approved at Recent Meeting of Directorate
At the recent meeting of the board of direc-
tors of the Music Industries Chamber of Com-
merce there was accepted the report of the spe-
cial committee charged with the revision of the
by-laws of the Chamber. It was felt for some
time that various changes in the by-laws- were
desirable, in order to cover properly the pres-
ent activities of the Chamber, inasmuch as the
existing by-laws were formulated at a time when
the organization was in an embryo State.
The suggested amendment provided, among
ether things, that the board of directors shall
consist of the three most recent past-presidents
of the Chamber, together with the presidents or
presiding officers of divisional organizations,
and eight directors elected at large, four for one
year and four for two years. Additional direc-
tors are to be elected from each division mem-
ber, whose annual payments to the Chamber
exceeds $10,000. On this basis there will be
one director for each $15,000 or fraction thereof
of payments.
Under the following new laws the general
manager of the Chamber may also be elected
secretary and the treasurer automatically be-
comes a member of the finance committee:
"GENERAL MANAGER. There shall be a general man-
ager who shall be appointed by the Board of Directors and
who shall receive svich remuneration for his services as they
may decide. He may also hold the office o£ Secretary. He
shall, under the direction of the Board of Directors, have
the general management of the affairs of the Chamber and
shall be the custodian of all books, documents and records.
He shall receive, deposit in the name of the Chamber and
disburse the funds of the Chamber, and shall keep suitable
books of account. He shall appoint, have general super-
vision over and may dismiss all employes of the Chamber.
He shall perform such duties as may be incident to his
office, subject to the direction of the Board of Directors.
He shall give bond for the faithful performance of his
duties in such amount as the directors may determine. Any
officer elected or appointed by the Board of Directors and
any employe of the Chamber may be removed at any time
by the affirmative vote of majority of the Board of Direc-
tors at a meeting duly held.
"TREASURER. The Treasurer shall be the Chairman
of the Finance Committee and shall make such reports and
recommendations of the financial condition as he may dtem
desirable or the Board of Directors may require. He shall
submit a financial report of the Chamber at the annual
meeting."
Article 5, in reference to committees, reads:
"The President shall appoint all committees subject to
confirmation by the Board of Directors.
"There shall be a Finance Committee and an Advisory
Committee for each Bureau or Department of the Chamber.
"It shall be the function of committees to investigate and
make recommendations. They shall report in writing to
the Board of Directors. No standing or special committee
shall represent the Chamber in advocacy of or opposition
to any project without the specific authorization of the
Board of Directors or such authorization as may be clearly
granted under general powers delegated by the Board
of Directors to that committee.
"The President shall be ex-officio member of all com-
mittees."
Article 6, providing that the annual meeting
of the Chamber shall be held in May, was drawn
up in conformity with the articles of incorpora-
tion.
THE LEADING LINE
WEAVER PIANOS
Grands, Uprights
and Players
YORK PIANOS
Uprights and Players
LIVINGSTON PIANOS
Uprights and Player-Pianos
If your competitor does not already have this
line, go after it at once.
Weaver Piano Co., Inc.
FACTORY
YORK, PA.
Establish** 1870
Under the present by-laws each division mem-
ber is entitled to seven delegates to each meet-
ing of the Chamber. The new law provides:
"Each division member in good standing shall be entitled
to representation at each meeting of the Chamber of five (5)
delegates and by one (1) additional delegate for each
.$5,000.00 or fraction thereof paid to the Chamber in dues
or otherwise during the preceding year. Each division
member may appoint alternate delegates."
SPECIAL TALKING MACHINE SESSION
Entire Meeting During Convention of National
Association of Music Merchants to Be De-
voted to Talking Machine Problems—Anxious
to Organize Dealers in That Trade
The proprietor of a well-known music store
for the past several years at 14 South Fourth
street, Harrisburg, Pa., P. M. Oyler, lately
moved into his new storeroom at 19 South
Third street, that city. A complete and modern
music store has been made of the premises
after extensive and costly alterations. At the
formal opening evening of the new store each
patron visiting the latter was given a souvenir
by the management. Mahogany characterizes
the furnishings of the store throughout, while
the decorations are in ivory and gray. Eleven
booths for the demonstration^of Victor records
and machines, player-pianos and rolls, etc., have
been installed. The sheet music department has
been enlarged and a new addition to the piano
department has been made. Q R S, Republic
and Ideal rolls will be handled. Lewis Zarker
has charge of the sales force, which has been
greatly added to .since the opening of the new
store.
The proposal from the Music Trades Associa-
tion of Southern California to form a National
Assocation of Retail Phonograph and Talking
Machine Dealers, has struck a chord of respon-
sive interest in men prominent in the National
Association of Music Merchants.
OPENS NEW MUSIC STORE
The officers and workers of the latter organi-
zation are very much interested in seeing the
A new music store in Piqua, O., has just
talking machine men organized, but hope that been opened by A. B. Simpson, who is occupy-
they will make use of the existing machinery ing the room formerly used by the Aston Bros.
of the National Association, which is the retail Drug Co., on North Main street.
divison of the Music Industries Chamber of
Commerce, and which provides for membership
of exclusive talking machine men as well as
dealers in pianos and other forms of musical
American
merchandise.
A special session of the annual convention of
music merchants in Chicago will be held during
the forenoon of May 11, during which the pro-
•PERFECTED" "CROWN"
gram will be devoted entirely to talking machine
topics, covering the relationship of "The Factory
and the Dealer," from both the manufacturer's
Highest acoustic excellence dating
and the merchant's viewpoint, and "The National
back to the days of Jonas
Relationship of Talking Machine Retailers."
Capable speakers have been secured to present
Chickering. Took prize over whole
the various viewpoints.
world at Paris, 1900. For
President E. Paul Hamilton, of the National
Association of Music Merchants, will speak on
generations the standard, and used
"What the National Association Offers."
on the greatest number of pianos
"We are very much interested in the move-
in the world
ment to organize the talking machine retailers
nationally," said President Hamilton, in a re-
cent interview, "and we hope to show them the
advantages of joining our Association rather
than duplicating the machinery. In any event,
however, we want to see them organized."
In a letter to talking machine and phonograph
manufacturers, jobbers, and local and district
associations whose members are wholly or partly
made up of retailers of phonographs, the Na-
Modern organ mechanism is of wire.
tional Association of Music Merchants has asked
Round and flat wire; springs; wire
for co-operation to arouse interest in this feat-
rope; reinforcing wire; electrical wires,
ure of the convention in Chicago. This letter,
from the office of Secretary C. L. Dennis, reads
such as Americore rubber-covered for
as follows:
conveyance of current; magnet wire,
"A special session devoted to talking machine
silk-insulated, for releasing wind to
topics is scheduled as an important feature of
pipes;
paraffined cotton-insulated, for
our annual convention in Chicago, May 9 to 12.
connecting
keyboards with stop action;
"This session will be held Wednesday fore-
console cables.
noon, May 11. This is also the date of our
annual banquet, to which retailers of phono-
"American Piano Wire and Pipe Organ
graphs and talking machines, as well as pianos
and other musical merchandise, will be welcome.
News," "Wood and the Piano Build-
Every branch of the music industry is invited
ers' Art," also "Piano Tone
to the music merchants' banquet.
Building"—sent free
"The business session in the forenoon will
be devoted to organizing the talking machine
Services of our Acoustic Engineer
trade nationally. Our members are vitally in-
always available—free
terested in this movement, because nearly every
one of them sells phonographs. We want to
see the exclusive dealers join our Association,
American Steel & Wire
with a special committee on phonographs to
take care of their interests, but if that is not
Company
practical, we want to see a better method worked
Acoustic Department
out during the Chicago convention.
2o8 S. La Salle Street, Chicago
"Will you co-operate with us by notifying
your dealers of this special session, in order
that we may develop the proper interest?"
P
iano Wire
P
ipe Organ
Wire
THE
APRIL 16, 1921
MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
9
CHANGES MADE IN BY-LAWS OF CHAMBER OF COMMERCE P. M. OYLER MOVES INTO NEW STORE
New Provisions Regarding the Board of Directors, the General Manager of the Chamber and Rep- Well-known Music Dealer in Harrisburg, Pa.,
Now Located in New Headquarters
resentatives From Division Members Approved at Recent Meeting of Directorate
At the recent meeting of the board of direc-
tors of the Music Industries Chamber of Com-
merce there was accepted the report of the spe-
cial committee charged with the revision of the
by-laws of the Chamber. It was felt for some
time that various changes in the by-laws- were
desirable, in order to cover properly the pres-
ent activities of the Chamber, inasmuch as the
existing by-laws were formulated at a time when
the organization was in an embryo State.
The suggested amendment provided, among
ether things, that the board of directors shall
consist of the three most recent past-presidents
of the Chamber, together with the presidents or
presiding officers of divisional organizations,
and eight directors elected at large, four for one
year and four for two years. Additional direc-
tors are to be elected from each division mem-
ber, whose annual payments to the Chamber
exceeds $10,000. On this basis there will be
one director for each $15,000 or fraction thereof
of payments.
Under the following new laws the general
manager of the Chamber may also be elected
secretary and the treasurer automatically be-
comes a member of the finance committee:
"GENERAL MANAGER. There shall be a general man-
ager who shall be appointed by the Board of Directors and
who shall receive svich remuneration for his services as they
may decide. He may also hold the office o£ Secretary. He
shall, under the direction of the Board of Directors, have
the general management of the affairs of the Chamber and
shall be the custodian of all books, documents and records.
He shall receive, deposit in the name of the Chamber and
disburse the funds of the Chamber, and shall keep suitable
books of account. He shall appoint, have general super-
vision over and may dismiss all employes of the Chamber.
He shall perform such duties as may be incident to his
office, subject to the direction of the Board of Directors.
He shall give bond for the faithful performance of his
duties in such amount as the directors may determine. Any
officer elected or appointed by the Board of Directors and
any employe of the Chamber may be removed at any time
by the affirmative vote of majority of the Board of Direc-
tors at a meeting duly held.
"TREASURER. The Treasurer shall be the Chairman
of the Finance Committee and shall make such reports and
recommendations of the financial condition as he may dtem
desirable or the Board of Directors may require. He shall
submit a financial report of the Chamber at the annual
meeting."
Article 5, in reference to committees, reads:
"The President shall appoint all committees subject to
confirmation by the Board of Directors.
"There shall be a Finance Committee and an Advisory
Committee for each Bureau or Department of the Chamber.
"It shall be the function of committees to investigate and
make recommendations. They shall report in writing to
the Board of Directors. No standing or special committee
shall represent the Chamber in advocacy of or opposition
to any project without the specific authorization of the
Board of Directors or such authorization as may be clearly
granted under general powers delegated by the Board
of Directors to that committee.
"The President shall be ex-officio member of all com-
mittees."
Article 6, providing that the annual meeting
of the Chamber shall be held in May, was drawn
up in conformity with the articles of incorpora-
tion.
THE LEADING LINE
WEAVER PIANOS
Grands, Uprights
and Players
YORK PIANOS
Uprights and Players
LIVINGSTON PIANOS
Uprights and Player-Pianos
If your competitor does not already have this
line, go after it at once.
Weaver Piano Co., Inc.
FACTORY
YORK, PA.
Establish** 1870
Under the present by-laws each division mem-
ber is entitled to seven delegates to each meet-
ing of the Chamber. The new law provides:
"Each division member in good standing shall be entitled
to representation at each meeting of the Chamber of five (5)
delegates and by one (1) additional delegate for each
.$5,000.00 or fraction thereof paid to the Chamber in dues
or otherwise during the preceding year. Each division
member may appoint alternate delegates."
SPECIAL TALKING MACHINE SESSION
Entire Meeting During Convention of National
Association of Music Merchants to Be De-
voted to Talking Machine Problems—Anxious
to Organize Dealers in That Trade
The proprietor of a well-known music store
for the past several years at 14 South Fourth
street, Harrisburg, Pa., P. M. Oyler, lately
moved into his new storeroom at 19 South
Third street, that city. A complete and modern
music store has been made of the premises
after extensive and costly alterations. At the
formal opening evening of the new store each
patron visiting the latter was given a souvenir
by the management. Mahogany characterizes
the furnishings of the store throughout, while
the decorations are in ivory and gray. Eleven
booths for the demonstration^of Victor records
and machines, player-pianos and rolls, etc., have
been installed. The sheet music department has
been enlarged and a new addition to the piano
department has been made. Q R S, Republic
and Ideal rolls will be handled. Lewis Zarker
has charge of the sales force, which has been
greatly added to .since the opening of the new
store.
The proposal from the Music Trades Associa-
tion of Southern California to form a National
Assocation of Retail Phonograph and Talking
Machine Dealers, has struck a chord of respon-
sive interest in men prominent in the National
Association of Music Merchants.
OPENS NEW MUSIC STORE
The officers and workers of the latter organi-
zation are very much interested in seeing the
A new music store in Piqua, O., has just
talking machine men organized, but hope that been opened by A. B. Simpson, who is occupy-
they will make use of the existing machinery ing the room formerly used by the Aston Bros.
of the National Association, which is the retail Drug Co., on North Main street.
divison of the Music Industries Chamber of
Commerce, and which provides for membership
of exclusive talking machine men as well as
dealers in pianos and other forms of musical
American
merchandise.
A special session of the annual convention of
music merchants in Chicago will be held during
the forenoon of May 11, during which the pro-
•PERFECTED" "CROWN"
gram will be devoted entirely to talking machine
topics, covering the relationship of "The Factory
and the Dealer," from both the manufacturer's
Highest acoustic excellence dating
and the merchant's viewpoint, and "The National
back to the days of Jonas
Relationship of Talking Machine Retailers."
Capable speakers have been secured to present
Chickering. Took prize over whole
the various viewpoints.
world at Paris, 1900. For
President E. Paul Hamilton, of the National
Association of Music Merchants, will speak on
generations the standard, and used
"What the National Association Offers."
on the greatest number of pianos
"We are very much interested in the move-
in the world
ment to organize the talking machine retailers
nationally," said President Hamilton, in a re-
cent interview, "and we hope to show them the
advantages of joining our Association rather
than duplicating the machinery. In any event,
however, we want to see them organized."
In a letter to talking machine and phonograph
manufacturers, jobbers, and local and district
associations whose members are wholly or partly
made up of retailers of phonographs, the Na-
Modern organ mechanism is of wire.
tional Association of Music Merchants has asked
Round and flat wire; springs; wire
for co-operation to arouse interest in this feat-
rope; reinforcing wire; electrical wires,
ure of the convention in Chicago. This letter,
from the office of Secretary C. L. Dennis, reads
such as Americore rubber-covered for
as follows:
conveyance of current; magnet wire,
"A special session devoted to talking machine
silk-insulated, for releasing wind to
topics is scheduled as an important feature of
pipes;
paraffined cotton-insulated, for
our annual convention in Chicago, May 9 to 12.
connecting
keyboards with stop action;
"This session will be held Wednesday fore-
console cables.
noon, May 11. This is also the date of our
annual banquet, to which retailers of phono-
"American Piano Wire and Pipe Organ
graphs and talking machines, as well as pianos
and other musical merchandise, will be welcome.
News," "Wood and the Piano Build-
Every branch of the music industry is invited
ers' Art," also "Piano Tone
to the music merchants' banquet.
Building"—sent free
"The business session in the forenoon will
be devoted to organizing the talking machine
Services of our Acoustic Engineer
trade nationally. Our members are vitally in-
always available—free
terested in this movement, because nearly every
one of them sells phonographs. We want to
see the exclusive dealers join our Association,
American Steel & Wire
with a special committee on phonographs to
take care of their interests, but if that is not
Company
practical, we want to see a better method worked
Acoustic Department
out during the Chicago convention.
2o8 S. La Salle Street, Chicago
"Will you co-operate with us by notifying
your dealers of this special session, in order
that we may develop the proper interest?"
P
iano Wire
P
ipe Organ
Wire
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