Music Trade Review

SEPTr·:Mnr·:R 29, 1923
PLANS UNDER WAY FOR SAN J?RANCISCO'S MUSIC WEEK
Chairmen of the Va rious Committees in Charge of Event Hold Meeting-Leon M . Lang Rejoins
Sherman , Clay & Co.'s Forces-Fred W. Sherman Returning From Trip to New York
SAN FRAN CIS CO, CAL, September 21.- Each of
the c hai rtllen of the var io us commit tees on San
F ran cisco's Music vVeek h as ideas on h ow to
mak e. the seven days m emorable an d ma ny of
th ese men and women outlined the id eas th ey
e nter tain a t the m ee tin g of t he chairme n of
Mu s ic \ Veek co mmi ttees, held in th e St. Francis
H otel yes terday. Th e chairme n consist la r ge ly
of memb ers of the music trades and of heads
of mu s ica l cl ubs an d othe r mu sica l orga ni za­
tions. Geo r ge R. Hu ghes, sec re tary of the
V/iley B. Allen Co., is chairman of the finance
"oJlllllittee; S hir ley 'Va lk e r, S herman, Clay &
Co., is sec retar y of the program committee, and
Jam es J. B lac k, trea surer of the vViley B. Allen
Co., is cha irman of th e adve rt ising committee.
Chester \1',;. Rosekrans, exec utive sec retary of
the San Fra nci sco Community Serv ice, R ecrea­
tion L eague and chairma n of Music Week ac­
ti v itie s, presided a nd :VIrs. H. Roy Stovel, M us ic
V,,'cek secreta r y, was at he r post.
Es telle Carpe nter, dire c tor of m us ic in the
pub li c schoo ls and c hai rm an of the Music \lV eek
comm it tee for p ubli c sc hools, told h ow she is
c:"tabli s hin g m usic club s in the p ubli c sc hools.
\Vhcn s he linds th at chi ldren a rc int eres ted in
music s he forms them int o little club s, in wh ich
t h ey do s tud y work ;~fte r school hou rs. With
the aid of Victro las these p romising st udents
are made acquainted with the music of various
ope ra s, as we ll as with the stories of the op­
eras. Some o f th e choral work of thes e children
will b e hea rd during M usic ' Veek, along with
t he operatic selec tions, played by Vi ctr o la s.
Thi s was jus t on e of th e llumero us Mu sic Vlee k
id eas d iscussed at th e meeting yes terday .
George R. Hu ghes, as chairma n of th e finance
co mmi ttee , has had th e task of putting Music
\Veek on a so und fin ancia l bas is. W hen aske d
,ecentl " to te ll of the support afforded :VIr.
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THE MUSIC TRADE REVlEW
Hughes sa id that the subscriptio ns had alr eady
go n e beyo nd the quota. "Th e co mmittee is
gratified a t the response of th e me rc hants who
were aske d for s ub scriptio ns. I am frank to
say th at the response has been more than gen­
erous.
O nl y mer chants who hand le musical
goods, of one ki n d or anot he r, were aske d to
con tribut e.
Lang Back With Sherman, Clay & Co.
Leon M. Lang is back wi th She rma n, Clay &
Co., the firm with whi ch h e was associated for
years. Mr. Lang's resigna tion from t he Koh ler
& Ch ase orga ni za tion was anno un ce tl last wee k.
It is s tate d that Mr. L a n g will be pia no sa les
mana ge r for th e Oak lantl store of S herman,
Clay & Co. S er ge Ha lman, who has been piano
sa les rll a na ger of t he Oakland sto re for the pa s t
two yea rs, is und ers tood to be goi n g :Kort h to
head the piano d epartment in th e Portl a nd
branch.
Some Personal Items
Philip T. Clay, preside nt of Sh erma n, Clay &
Co., lef t t wo days ago for the Pacific North ­
west, w here he w ill be m et by George vV. Bat es,
cOlIlptro ll er of th e firm, who ha s been in the
North ern territor y for a wee k or more. To­
get h er they w ill visit the North ern bran ches of
Sherman, Clay & Co.
Fred '0:. Sherman, vice-president of Sh er man,
C lay 8< Co., is expected bac k from New York
and ot he r East ern points next Monday, accol11 ­
pa ni etl by Y[rs. Fre d Sh e rm a n a nd the ir dau g h­
ter.
'A . n. Marsh all, vice-p re s id en t of Kra kau er
Bros., piano makers, is expected here in th e
co u rse o f a We ste rn trip .
Save Musical Instruments From Fire
During the fire which, this week, swept a
large a rea o f th e att ractive re s id e nce district of
B erke ley, across the ba y from San Francisco,
II' Os t of t he res ide nt s scellicu .IIIos t concerneu
to save their mu s ical in s tru me nt s. In bea uti­
fully furni s hed ma ns ions, cos tly furnitur e was
left to burn, whi le peo pl e s t ruggled to ge t pi
anos an d phonog raphs to plact's of safety. In
many cases falling embers burned th e instru­
m en ts in the streets. R ebuilding is being
plann ed alrt.:a dy and th e pianos and p hono­
g ra ph s will undoubtedly, eventual ly, be replaced
by oth ers. Several members of the staff of
S herman, Clay & Co. lived in B erkeley and lo s t
th e ir hom es. A grass fire sta rted it all.
STIEFF GRAND FOR UNIVERSITY
Added to P resent Eq ui pment of Fi ve Sheff
Pian os in Susquehanna University
HARRISnU I~G, PA ., September 24.- 0 . B. Lank,
manager fo r t he loca l branch of Chas. M . St ieff,
In c., has placed a Stieff Petit g rand in th e Sus­
quehanna U ni versity, of Selinsgrov e, Pa. This
is the second Stieff g rand now in us e in th e
university in ad dition to four Stieff upri g hts.
Prof. Sheldon, in cha rge of the conse rva tor y,
made a special tri p to· the loca l war e rooms and
selected thl.: instruments. Thi, makes the four th
gra nd sold b y t his branch wi thi n the last t wo
weeks a nd shows t hat ther e is an .increased de­
m a nd for the Petit gra nds. Mr. Lank further
sta tes that now that th e coa l s itu ation is im­
pro vin g the lo cal branch . w ill experience one
of the largest yea rs in its history.
BUYS CONTROL OF AUBURN HOUSE
AUBORK, v\f,\SH., Scpt cm\JlT 22.· W. 1\'1. Hart­
111an, a prominent lllu s ic d ea ler o f Seattle, has
ju st purchased th e contro llin g inte res t in th e
.'\ uburn ~IIu sic House, of which Fred _"'-nrooney
is proprietor. Mr. H artman plans to mo v (' to
Au burn and to take pos,es,ion of th e store
imm edi a tely. For th e tim e being', Mr. Anrooney
wi ll rema in in Aub urn and he is con siderin g
ta kin g the w ho lesa le agency of a well-kn0 wn
lin e of pianos for the State of Washin g ton.
GRANDS OUR SPECIALTY
Largest assortment of
va lues in New York
City.
H a v i n g pr,e pared a large
stock we expect to continue
our record for prompt ship­
ment.
We cordially In vlte corre­
spondence.
ROTH BROS. PIANO CO., Inc.
41 7 West 28th Street
NEW YORK