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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
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26, 1923
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of the big features of Demonstration Week is
the Home Music Contest. Circulars announcing
Convention at the Drake, Chicago, on June 6 and 7 Will Show the Advances Made During the this contest have been distributed to local com-
mittees all over the country from the national
Past Year—Champions Cause of Legitimate Dealer as Distributor of Sheet Music
headquarters of Better Homes in America.
Many new members are coming in to the a local ticket to that station and there purchase
In order to assist music dealers to take advan-
National Association of Sheet Music Dealers. a through ticket to Chicago, receiving with it tage of the interest that is being aroused in
The traveling salesmen of the various publish- a certificate on account of the Convention of
music by Better Homes in America the Trade
ing houses have beer, active in stimulating the the National Music Industries. These certifi- Service Bureau of the Music Industries Cham-
interest of the music dealers. A fine silver
cates will be validated at the convention on ber of Commerce has had window stickers,
loving cup will be presented by Former l'resi- June 4, 5, 6 and 7 and will entitle the holders posters, display cards, leaflets and booklets
dent l'hilpitt to the salesman who secures the to return tickets at one-half the regular fare printed, all of which are offered to the trade
most new members before the meeting in June. ii purchased on or before June 11.
at actual cost.
The meetings of the Association will be held
Co-operation for the common good of all is
Any sheet music dealer who is not a member
on Wednesday and Thursday, June 6 and 7, at of the National Association but who intends what counts. Organized effort on the part of
the Drake Hotel, Chicago. The topics listed
to join the Association during the convention music dealers will accomplish anything that is
for discussion, as announced by the Association, may take advantage of the certificate plan to undertaken. The unaided efforts of any one
'are being favorably commented upon by the secure return tickets at one-half the regular dealer can accomplish but little.
trade. They have been allotted to different
fare for himself and for dependent members of
•members of the Association with the request his family.
MUSIC APPRECIATION IN OHIO
that papers be prepared on them in advance of
To the activities of the Associations which
the convention.
are now affiliated with the Music Industries Avery Strakosch Finds Ohio Teachers in Touch
On the evening of Wednesday, June 6, there Chamber of Commerce is due in great part the
With All Movements
will be a banquet of the National Association improvement in the conditions that obtain in
of Music Merchants. The National Association the music business. Sheet music is enjoying
Avery Strakosch, publicity representative for
of Sheet Music Dealers is cordially invited to a prosperity that it had not known for many
I. Fischer & Bro., recently visited the State
this banquet. Reservations for the banquet years before the founding of the National Asso- of Ohio and returned to New York much en-
should be made as early as possible through ciation. Music was being purchased more and
thused with the advancement of music as an
James T. Bristol, 25 East Jackson boulevard, more by mail, to the increasing detriment of the art in that State. Upon her return she said:
Chicago. The tickets are $8 per person.
"T had the pleasure of meeting many of the
local music dealers.
[ All members of the National Association of
During the convention next month the Na- prominent teachers, singers and pianists of the
Sheet Music Healers and the dependent mem- tional Association of Sheet Music Dealers will
State of Ohio and it was delightful to find
bers of their families will be entitled to the champion the cause of the established retailer how 'up to the mark' they keep in all the music
special transportation rate of one fare and a as the best means of distribution to the public. movements tli-oughout the country, West as
: half for the round trip. Tickets may be pur- With the elimination of unfair mail-order com- well as Hast. If the Ohio music activity is an
jchased on or after May 31 and until June 6. petition, a retailer will be able to carry a fairly
example of what is being done in other States
iFrom distant points tickets may be purchased
complete stock of music and books. Both the —and there is little doubt about this—it is dif-
as early as May 29 or May 30.
retailer and the publisher will be gainers there- ficult to undestand how Kuropcans can dare
When purchasing tickets to Chicago members
by. The public will buy more music if it can to speak slightingly of our appreciation of
should secure certificates. If a member cannot
get what it wants at local music stores.
obtain a certificate at his home railroad station
It is a coincidence that the week of June 4,
the ticket agent there will advise him of the in which the Allied Music Industries will hold
Consult the universal Want Directory of
nearest station at which a certificate may be their convention, is Demonstration Week of
The Review. In it advertisements are inserted
obtained. The member should then purchase the Retter Homes in America movement. One
free of charge for men who desire positions.
DEALERS' ASSOCIATION SHOWS GROWTH IN MEMBERSHIP
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