Music Trade Review
Issue: 1922 Vol. 74 N. 21 - Page 13
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MAY
27, 1922
THE MUSIC TRADE
13
REVIEW
A S S O C I A T I O N OFFICIALS OUTLINE I M P O R T A N C E OF C O N V E N T I O N S — ( C o n t i n u e d from page 1 1 )
Get-together Day" An
Outstanding Feature
By Carl C. Conway, President, National Piano Manufacturers*
The finest thing about this convention is the
get-together day, which will provide an oppor-
tunity for those who have business and social
connections to confer with one another without
interfering with the convention schedule.
In the past there have been what have been
called social conventions, then came the period
of music showi, but this plan of a get-together
day solves the problem in the right way.
This is going to be a real business convention,
and we all want to show the proper spirit in the
discussion of the business situation as it exists,
the problems of the day and the possibilities of
business development for the future. In the pro-
gram, as now constituted, each of the various
trade bodies has allotted to it a definite period for
the transaction of business, and then conies the
get-together day on Thursday, when the visitors
Association
will be free to use their time as they sec fit with-
out missing any session of the convention.
Those in charge of the convention program
who arranged for this get-together day de-
serve much credit, for they have thus made it
possible for retailers to make definite appoint-
ments with manufacturers for the inspection of
such new products as may interest them and for
the talking over of business matters, something
inconvenient to do hitherto at conventions.
There is no question but that the convention
will be one of the best and most important in
trade history, for there are many things re-
quiring attention—matters that are calculated to
work for the development of the industry as a
whole and for the better co-operation between
the manufacturing and distributing divisions of
the trade.
Why Every Music Merchant
Should Be in Attendance
By M. V. DeForeest, President, National Association of Music Merchants
You have asked me for some special reasons
why every music merchant should attend our con-
vention this year. I do not believe that any
music merchant can afford to miss our annual
meetings. The small merchant has the oppor-
tunity of "rubbing shoulders" with the more
music. The success of our business is not wholly
dependent upon our own efforts, but on the de-
sire of the public for music.
Our Association has established a Bureau for
the Advancement of Music. But few merchants
have any idea of the way that Mr. Tremaine has
carefully directed the music activities of the en-
tire nation. If for no other reason, every music
merchant in America should come to New York
and shake the hand of Mr. Tremaine and thank
him personally for what he has accomplished to
advance music and incidentally to aid the music
merchant's business.
Carl C. Conway
The program for the convention, which opens
on June 5 this year, is being arranged with the
idea of helping every individual merchant. I be-
lieve that every merchant who attends this year
will receive greater encouragement to keep pace
with the advancement of music in our country,
and that he will return home with a firm deter-
mination to lead in this music advancement in
his own community.
I am anxious that every merchant should come,
and that every merchant attend all of the ses-
sions of the convention.
Mark P. Campbell, with his many commit-
tees, has arranged a wonderful program for our
entertainment. This will be well worth the trip
to New York.
I am confident that all who spend the week of
June 5 among this most enthusiastic and pro-
gressive gathering of business men will go home
with enough renewed energy and "pep" to repay
them tenfold for their investment.
Convention Will Be the
Largest in Trade History
By Mark P. Campbell, Chairman, Jubilee Convention
M. V. DeForeest
successful men of the trade, and if awake
should assimilate some of the qualities that have
made the successful merchants of to-day.
The big merchants of our trade are all Asso-
ciation members, they are always found in at-
tendance at our conventions, and freely state that
they have always profited by meeting the men
of our trade in our annual gatherings at conven-
tion time.
This year we meet, not as an industry looked
upon as non-essential or as merchants selling a
luxury, but in a Jubilee Convention. We have
much to rejoice over. Music is more and more
coming into its own in America. Our President
says that we need more and more of music. Con-
gress has decided that music shall not be taxed.
Throughout the length and breadth of this coun-
try we are now having Music Weeks. In one
State every city and rural school has had a
Music Memory Contest. All of this is creating
an interest in and stimulating the desire for
There are so many reasons why every mem-
ber of the musiG industry who can possibly get
away should attend the Jubilee Convention at
the Hotel Commodore during the week of June
5 that no argument should be necessary to in-
sure an attendance that will break all trade rec-
ords. As a matter of fact, reports are being re-
ceived daily at convention headquarters regard-
ing the widespread interest being shown in the
forthcoming meetings and of the plans being
made for great delegations to come from all
sections of the country. The Pacific Coast is
going to be better represented than ever, and
Chicago is going to send a record-breaking dele-
gation by special train.
There was a time when the retailers were on
the lookout for goods, and a visit to a New York
convention was prompted by a desire to make
purchases. Just now, however, the question of
developing sales is uppermost, and we have
termed the annual meeting at the Commodore
a "Ways and Means" convention. The meetings
will afford members of the industry an oppor-
tunity for working out definite business plans,
and it is important that every branch of the
trade be well represented, for the problems of
the retailer are the problems of the manufacturer
and supply man, as the former sells products for
which other branches of the industry supply the
plates, strings, hardware, the backs, music rolls
and other parts and accessories. The musical
merchandise man and the music publisher are
Committee
likewise vitally concerned in the earnest move-
ment that is being carried on for the development
of music and of trade along practical avenues.
Mark P. Campbell
We are about to enter into a period of prosper-
ity—a fact conceded by business and financial
(Continued on page 14)
MAY
27, 1922
THE MUSIC TRADE
13
REVIEW
A S S O C I A T I O N OFFICIALS OUTLINE I M P O R T A N C E OF C O N V E N T I O N S — ( C o n t i n u e d from page 1 1 )
Get-together Day" An
Outstanding Feature
By Carl C. Conway, President, National Piano Manufacturers*
The finest thing about this convention is the
get-together day, which will provide an oppor-
tunity for those who have business and social
connections to confer with one another without
interfering with the convention schedule.
In the past there have been what have been
called social conventions, then came the period
of music showi, but this plan of a get-together
day solves the problem in the right way.
This is going to be a real business convention,
and we all want to show the proper spirit in the
discussion of the business situation as it exists,
the problems of the day and the possibilities of
business development for the future. In the pro-
gram, as now constituted, each of the various
trade bodies has allotted to it a definite period for
the transaction of business, and then conies the
get-together day on Thursday, when the visitors
Association
will be free to use their time as they sec fit with-
out missing any session of the convention.
Those in charge of the convention program
who arranged for this get-together day de-
serve much credit, for they have thus made it
possible for retailers to make definite appoint-
ments with manufacturers for the inspection of
such new products as may interest them and for
the talking over of business matters, something
inconvenient to do hitherto at conventions.
There is no question but that the convention
will be one of the best and most important in
trade history, for there are many things re-
quiring attention—matters that are calculated to
work for the development of the industry as a
whole and for the better co-operation between
the manufacturing and distributing divisions of
the trade.
Why Every Music Merchant
Should Be in Attendance
By M. V. DeForeest, President, National Association of Music Merchants
You have asked me for some special reasons
why every music merchant should attend our con-
vention this year. I do not believe that any
music merchant can afford to miss our annual
meetings. The small merchant has the oppor-
tunity of "rubbing shoulders" with the more
music. The success of our business is not wholly
dependent upon our own efforts, but on the de-
sire of the public for music.
Our Association has established a Bureau for
the Advancement of Music. But few merchants
have any idea of the way that Mr. Tremaine has
carefully directed the music activities of the en-
tire nation. If for no other reason, every music
merchant in America should come to New York
and shake the hand of Mr. Tremaine and thank
him personally for what he has accomplished to
advance music and incidentally to aid the music
merchant's business.
Carl C. Conway
The program for the convention, which opens
on June 5 this year, is being arranged with the
idea of helping every individual merchant. I be-
lieve that every merchant who attends this year
will receive greater encouragement to keep pace
with the advancement of music in our country,
and that he will return home with a firm deter-
mination to lead in this music advancement in
his own community.
I am anxious that every merchant should come,
and that every merchant attend all of the ses-
sions of the convention.
Mark P. Campbell, with his many commit-
tees, has arranged a wonderful program for our
entertainment. This will be well worth the trip
to New York.
I am confident that all who spend the week of
June 5 among this most enthusiastic and pro-
gressive gathering of business men will go home
with enough renewed energy and "pep" to repay
them tenfold for their investment.
Convention Will Be the
Largest in Trade History
By Mark P. Campbell, Chairman, Jubilee Convention
M. V. DeForeest
successful men of the trade, and if awake
should assimilate some of the qualities that have
made the successful merchants of to-day.
The big merchants of our trade are all Asso-
ciation members, they are always found in at-
tendance at our conventions, and freely state that
they have always profited by meeting the men
of our trade in our annual gatherings at conven-
tion time.
This year we meet, not as an industry looked
upon as non-essential or as merchants selling a
luxury, but in a Jubilee Convention. We have
much to rejoice over. Music is more and more
coming into its own in America. Our President
says that we need more and more of music. Con-
gress has decided that music shall not be taxed.
Throughout the length and breadth of this coun-
try we are now having Music Weeks. In one
State every city and rural school has had a
Music Memory Contest. All of this is creating
an interest in and stimulating the desire for
There are so many reasons why every mem-
ber of the musiG industry who can possibly get
away should attend the Jubilee Convention at
the Hotel Commodore during the week of June
5 that no argument should be necessary to in-
sure an attendance that will break all trade rec-
ords. As a matter of fact, reports are being re-
ceived daily at convention headquarters regard-
ing the widespread interest being shown in the
forthcoming meetings and of the plans being
made for great delegations to come from all
sections of the country. The Pacific Coast is
going to be better represented than ever, and
Chicago is going to send a record-breaking dele-
gation by special train.
There was a time when the retailers were on
the lookout for goods, and a visit to a New York
convention was prompted by a desire to make
purchases. Just now, however, the question of
developing sales is uppermost, and we have
termed the annual meeting at the Commodore
a "Ways and Means" convention. The meetings
will afford members of the industry an oppor-
tunity for working out definite business plans,
and it is important that every branch of the
trade be well represented, for the problems of
the retailer are the problems of the manufacturer
and supply man, as the former sells products for
which other branches of the industry supply the
plates, strings, hardware, the backs, music rolls
and other parts and accessories. The musical
merchandise man and the music publisher are
Committee
likewise vitally concerned in the earnest move-
ment that is being carried on for the development
of music and of trade along practical avenues.
Mark P. Campbell
We are about to enter into a period of prosper-
ity—a fact conceded by business and financial
(Continued on page 14)
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