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THE
APRIL 1, 1922
MUSIC TRADE
REVIEW
BUFFALO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE MUSIC GROUP MEETS
TO LIMIT LIFEJOF PATENTS
C. N. Andrews Presides at Well-attended Meeting of Music Merchants Affiliated With Buffalo
Chamber of Commerce—Dealers Report Improving Conditions—News of the Week
New Bill Would Invalidate Patents in Five Years
in Cases Where the Patentee Fails to Make
Use of His Invention During That Period
BUFFALO, N. Y., March 27.—'One of the largest
meetings in the history of the Music group of
the Buffalo Chamber of Commerce was held on
Tuesday, March 21, in the Chamber following
noon luncheon. This was the first of a series
of "get acquainted" meetings which the group is
planning. Under the new plan of conducting the
group there will be two meetings each month,
one for business and the other for acquaintance
and entertainment. Many dealers not members
of the group accepted the invitation to attend the
meeting and the large private dining room in
which the luncheon was held was completely
filled.
C. N. Andrews, chairman of the group, spoke
briefly at the conclusion of the luncheon, explain-
ing the objects of the group to those present for
the first time. He then introduced A. A. Van De
Mark, managing director of the National Ameri-
can Music Festival, who discussed the history
and objects of the festival and said it and simi-
lar enterprises will have a tremendous effect upon
the commercial side of the music industry through
stimulating a desire for more and better music.
At the conclusion of the address the group by
a unanimous vote pledged its hearty support to
the festival, which is to be held here next Oc-
tober.
The entertainment portion of the program was
delightfully taken care of by Marguerite Krae-
mer, mezzo-soprano, and Florence Reid, con-
tralto, two Buffalo young women who are solo-
ists of promise. Following the program half an
hour was devoted to getting acquainted. The
next meeting of the group will be devoted to
business.
H. J. Hackenheimer, president of C. Kurtz-
mann & Co., has returned from a combination
business and pleasure trip through the Atlantic
Coast region. Mr. Hackenheimer says there are
encouraging signs of business revival in this re-
gion. He is confident the Spring and early Sum-
mer will see business gradually improving in the
Eastern States.
Business conditions are practically unchanged
in the Buffalo district. March has been a rather
disappointing month from a sales standpoint,
although prospect lists are growing and deal-
ers are looking forward to improving conditions.
3 Great Pianos
With 3 sounding boards
in each (Patented) have the
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the trade.
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wholesale and retail.
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PHILADELPHIA, PA.
Player-pianos are the most popular instru-
ments in the Buffalo district just now and if
other goods were moving in proportion to the
players, sales records would compare favorably
with those of other years at this season.
Ralph Higel, treasurer of the Otto Higel Co.,
was a recent Buffalo visitor, calling at the instru-
ment department of J. N. Adam & Co.
The new Pierce Building, a portion of which
is to be occupied by the Kurtzmaun retail store,
now located at Main and Goodell streets, is now
nearing completion and it is expected that re-
moval will be possible late in April or early in
May. A removal sale is being held with success
by the company.
A sample of constructive advertising has re-
cently appeared in the daily press over the signa-
ture of Denton, Cottier & Daniels. This firm,
in advertising players and pianos, stresses the
point that prices have just about reached the
levels of pre-war days and gives facts and rea-
sons for making this assertion.
Neal, Clark & Neal have added their name
to the list of Buffalo music houses who will have
displays at the "Better Homes" exposition to be
held here. The firm will have an extensive ex-
hibit of Victor talking machines and records.
Viner & Sons, Buffalo organ manufacturers,
have just taken a contract for the construction
of a fine new organ for the First Baptist Church
of Attica, N. Y.
Music store proprietors of Geneva, N. Y., are
planning active participation in a contest for win-
dow displays, to be held early in April. Prizes
are to be offered for the merchants whose dis-
plays during the week are the most unique, at-
tractive and tasteful.
The new Niagara Falls Civic Orchestra has
just been heard in its first public concert. Ac-
tivity of music dealers of the city was one of
the big factors in making the orchestra possible.
C. B. Beach & Son, Corfu, N. Y., furniture and
musical instrument dealers, have removed their
store from the Sloat Building to the Stevens
Building, which offers larger quarters. The
building was remodeled before its occupancy by
the Beach Co.
MANAGERS SEE EXPORT BOOM
Normal Basis in Exports Will Be Restored This
Year, Predict Speakers at Annual Meeting
A great boom in the country's export trade this
year was predicted by export managers at the
annual meeting of the Export Managers' Club,
at the Hotel Pennsylvania, New York.
Leland R. Robinson, assistant director of the
United States Bureau of Foreign and Domestic
Commerce, who was a speaker at a dinner of the
club last night, said that last year's slump was
one of values and not of volume. "There is every
reason to expect that we have passed the most
critical period in our economic readjustment," he
said, "and I believe the next two years will show
a steady rise in both volume and values of our
exports."
Speakers at the meeting emphasized the slogan,
"This Is the Year," printed at the head of the pro-
gram. "We are looking for a great comeback
this year," said B. Olney Hough. "Many have
forgotten that our export trade, even last year,
was just as great as it was before the war. This
year we are going to get back on a normal basis.
Trade all over the world was demoralized last
year, but this year it is coming in faster and
faster."
Export managers declared that they were get-
ting two and three times as much business as they
were three months ago. One manager was
quoted as reporting that his January export busi-
ness was double that of December, his February
business double his January business and his
March business greater than his February busi-
ness- by the middle of the month.
WASHINGTON, D. C, March 27.—A bill to limit
the life of patents to five years where the patentee
fails to make use of his invention has been intro-
duced in the Senate by Senator Ladd, of North
Dakota. The bill further provides that the life
of a patent when sold by the patentee and not
utilized by the purchaser shall be two years. The
measure aims at the practice of corporations buy-
ing up patents affecting products which they may
manufacture in an attempt to stifle competition
and to prevent the development of improvements.
The bill has been referred to the Senate Commit-
tee on Patents and will be made the subject of
public hearings before any action is taken to
bring the bill before the Senate for adoption.
Under the law as at present written the life of a
patent is seventeen years, no matter whether it
is made use of or not.
CHICAGO
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ESTABLISHED 1857
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CHICAGO