Music Trade Review
Issue: 1924 Vol. 78 N. 5 - Page 9
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FEBRUARY 2,
1924
9
THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
The Associations' Mid-Winter Meetings—(Gont. from p. 8)
siastic report of what that bureau is accom-
plishing. He emphasized particularly that it is
a suggestive rather than an operative body and
that upon this basis it has been so successful
in its work that close to half the population of
the country is co-operating either individually
or through one organization or another in music
advancement work. He gave particular credit
to C. M. Tremaine, director of the bureau, for
its success.
The next speaker was Robert N. Watkin
president of the National Association of Music
Merchants, who, after a brief address, was fol-
lowed by Mark P. Campbell, president of the
National Piano Manufacturers' Association.
Mr. Campbell reviewed at some length the gen-
eral situation of the factories of the country in
the matter of labor and. otherwise, and declared
that the answer to the production problem was
increased efficiency in factory operation. He
commented on the fact that, although the popu-
lation of the country had grown some 42 per
cent since 1900, the production of pianos had
not in any sense made a proportionate advance,
doing little better in some cases than holding
its own.
The final speaker was Alfred L. Smith, gen-
eral manager of the Music Industries Chamber
of Commerce, who, in a brief address, pointed
out that the sale of musical instruments had
in no sense reached the saturation point, but
that when it did there would always be ways
and means for creating a new interest in new
fields just as the automobile manufacturers have
done. He took occasion to refer to the figures
compiled by the Chamber covering piano plate
shipments during 1923, and the fact that they
would indicate a piano production of nearly
390,000 instruments during the year. He also
emphasized the changed attitude toward music
evident in Washington during the recent hear-
ing before the House Ways and Means Com-
mittee on taxation, where he appeared for the
purpose of having band instruments relieved
from the jewelry tax provision. He declared
that the House members in Washington ap-
peared to be thoroughly sold on music as a
home necessity and an educational medium.
During the course of the evening the diners
were entertained by Miss Alice Martense, con-
tralto, who sang two songs by Miss Ethel
Stevens, daughter of the Association president,
"My Friend" and "Until You Came." Miss
Martense also sang several other numbers to
piano accompaniment by Miss Stevens.
Supply Ass'n Directors
Hold Meeting in New York
Agree to Inaugurate System of Monthly Re-
ports of Production as Guide for the Trad©—
Parker-Young Co. Elected to Membership
A meeting of the Board of Directors of the
Musical Supply Association of America was held
in the offices of the Music Industries Chamber
of Commerce on Thursday, January 24, at which
several matters of importance received attention.
The membership committee reported that
it took pleasure in presenting the application
for membership of the Parker Young Co., of
Boston, Mass., and this application was ac-
cepted by unanimous vote of the directors. The
Parker Young Co. is one of the largest firms
engaged in the manufacture of musical supplies
and one of the very few important firms in the
industry who were not already members of the
Association.
The representative of the company in the
Musical Supply Association will be Edwin
Manter, assistant treasurer.
The directors voted on behalf of the members
of the Association to inaugurate a system of
monthly reports and to supply monthly statis-
tics on the production of supplies.
Pittsburgh Preparing Elaborate Plans
to Participate in National Music Week
Matter Now Under Consideration of the Piano Merchants' Association of That City—"Sonia's
Song," Aeolian Duo-Art Film, Scores Success at the Strand Theatre in Altoona, Pa.
PITTSBURGH, PA., January 29.—Plans are
under way for the observance of Music Week
in Pittsburgh and vicinity during May and it is
expected that within a few weeks there will be a
joint meeting of the several organizations inter-
ested in the Music Week program.
At an informal meeting of the Piano Mer-
chants' Association of Pittsburgh on January
21, at the Chamber of Commerce, the president,
Arthur O. Lechner, brought the matter of the
Music Week observance before the members
present. Mr. Lechner stated that owing to the
absence of a number of the members who had
previously expressed themselves in hearty sym-
pathy with the Music Week plans, he would
issue a call for another meeting early in Feb-
ruary, at which the Music Week matter would
be more fully discussed.
Mr. Lechner stated that aU indications pointed
to the local observance of Music Week to be
one of the most pronounced ever seen here. A
number of the organizations devoted to music,
such as the Musicians' Club, the Tuesday Musi-
cal Club, the Women's Club of Pittsburgh and
similar bodies, were planning to co-operate
with the movement. It is also expected that
Will Earhart, the well-known supervisor of
music of the public schools of Pittsburgh, will
bring to Music Week the strong aid of the many
hundreds of school children whose voices and
orchestras will be utilized in the various pro-
grams to be rendered during the week.
The State Department of Public Instruction,
through Hollis Dann, director of music, will
also aid in the preparations. It is understood
that Dr. Dann will be invited to come to Pitts-
burgh shortly to attend an informal confer-
ence of all the parties interested in the promo-
tion of Music Week.
W. C. Dierks, of the C. C. Mellor Co., said:
"I am in full sympathy with the plans for Music
Week this year and believe that it should have
the moral as well as financial support of every
music house in the city. Music Week will mean
much for the cultivation and promotion of good
music in Pittsburgh and all music lovers will
be glad to have a part in making the music."
John M. Burns, aged sixty-seven years, one of
the best-known music merchants in southwest-
ern Pennsylvania, died at his home in Waynes-
burg, Pa., January 20, after a brief illness. He
had been engaged in the music business all his
life and was the proprietor of one of the largest
music houses in that section. His widow and
one son survive.
An interesting feature at the Strand Theatre,
Altoona, Pa., the past week was the presenta-
tion of the Aeolian Co. film, "Sonia's Song," with
the playing of Pesetzki, the brilliant pianist and
the Duo-Art reproducing piano. The Duo-Art
was furnished through the courtesy of F. A.
Winter & Son, local representatives. Pesetzki
won round after round of applause for his skilled
and marvelous playing, while the audience sat in
amazement and then applauded the work of the
Duo-Art reproducing piano.
A. C. Ascherfield, who was formerly engaged
in the piano trade at Elyria, Ohio, and latterly
in Cleveland, is now associated with the piano
department .of Kaufmann's (The Big Store).
Seven Features
That Make the
Lauter-Humana
Different from
Any Other
Player Piano!
1
The Duplex
Pumping Device
2
3
4
5
The Suction
Pump
The Expression
Guide
The Tracker
Hole Cleaner
The Hinged
Action
6
The Electric Light
in Spool Box
7
The Lauter
Back Bolt
Inquiries Are Invited
LAUTER CO.
Piano Manufacturers
591 Broad St., Newark, N. J.
FEBRUARY 2,
1924
9
THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
The Associations' Mid-Winter Meetings—(Gont. from p. 8)
siastic report of what that bureau is accom-
plishing. He emphasized particularly that it is
a suggestive rather than an operative body and
that upon this basis it has been so successful
in its work that close to half the population of
the country is co-operating either individually
or through one organization or another in music
advancement work. He gave particular credit
to C. M. Tremaine, director of the bureau, for
its success.
The next speaker was Robert N. Watkin
president of the National Association of Music
Merchants, who, after a brief address, was fol-
lowed by Mark P. Campbell, president of the
National Piano Manufacturers' Association.
Mr. Campbell reviewed at some length the gen-
eral situation of the factories of the country in
the matter of labor and. otherwise, and declared
that the answer to the production problem was
increased efficiency in factory operation. He
commented on the fact that, although the popu-
lation of the country had grown some 42 per
cent since 1900, the production of pianos had
not in any sense made a proportionate advance,
doing little better in some cases than holding
its own.
The final speaker was Alfred L. Smith, gen-
eral manager of the Music Industries Chamber
of Commerce, who, in a brief address, pointed
out that the sale of musical instruments had
in no sense reached the saturation point, but
that when it did there would always be ways
and means for creating a new interest in new
fields just as the automobile manufacturers have
done. He took occasion to refer to the figures
compiled by the Chamber covering piano plate
shipments during 1923, and the fact that they
would indicate a piano production of nearly
390,000 instruments during the year. He also
emphasized the changed attitude toward music
evident in Washington during the recent hear-
ing before the House Ways and Means Com-
mittee on taxation, where he appeared for the
purpose of having band instruments relieved
from the jewelry tax provision. He declared
that the House members in Washington ap-
peared to be thoroughly sold on music as a
home necessity and an educational medium.
During the course of the evening the diners
were entertained by Miss Alice Martense, con-
tralto, who sang two songs by Miss Ethel
Stevens, daughter of the Association president,
"My Friend" and "Until You Came." Miss
Martense also sang several other numbers to
piano accompaniment by Miss Stevens.
Supply Ass'n Directors
Hold Meeting in New York
Agree to Inaugurate System of Monthly Re-
ports of Production as Guide for the Trad©—
Parker-Young Co. Elected to Membership
A meeting of the Board of Directors of the
Musical Supply Association of America was held
in the offices of the Music Industries Chamber
of Commerce on Thursday, January 24, at which
several matters of importance received attention.
The membership committee reported that
it took pleasure in presenting the application
for membership of the Parker Young Co., of
Boston, Mass., and this application was ac-
cepted by unanimous vote of the directors. The
Parker Young Co. is one of the largest firms
engaged in the manufacture of musical supplies
and one of the very few important firms in the
industry who were not already members of the
Association.
The representative of the company in the
Musical Supply Association will be Edwin
Manter, assistant treasurer.
The directors voted on behalf of the members
of the Association to inaugurate a system of
monthly reports and to supply monthly statis-
tics on the production of supplies.
Pittsburgh Preparing Elaborate Plans
to Participate in National Music Week
Matter Now Under Consideration of the Piano Merchants' Association of That City—"Sonia's
Song," Aeolian Duo-Art Film, Scores Success at the Strand Theatre in Altoona, Pa.
PITTSBURGH, PA., January 29.—Plans are
under way for the observance of Music Week
in Pittsburgh and vicinity during May and it is
expected that within a few weeks there will be a
joint meeting of the several organizations inter-
ested in the Music Week program.
At an informal meeting of the Piano Mer-
chants' Association of Pittsburgh on January
21, at the Chamber of Commerce, the president,
Arthur O. Lechner, brought the matter of the
Music Week observance before the members
present. Mr. Lechner stated that owing to the
absence of a number of the members who had
previously expressed themselves in hearty sym-
pathy with the Music Week plans, he would
issue a call for another meeting early in Feb-
ruary, at which the Music Week matter would
be more fully discussed.
Mr. Lechner stated that aU indications pointed
to the local observance of Music Week to be
one of the most pronounced ever seen here. A
number of the organizations devoted to music,
such as the Musicians' Club, the Tuesday Musi-
cal Club, the Women's Club of Pittsburgh and
similar bodies, were planning to co-operate
with the movement. It is also expected that
Will Earhart, the well-known supervisor of
music of the public schools of Pittsburgh, will
bring to Music Week the strong aid of the many
hundreds of school children whose voices and
orchestras will be utilized in the various pro-
grams to be rendered during the week.
The State Department of Public Instruction,
through Hollis Dann, director of music, will
also aid in the preparations. It is understood
that Dr. Dann will be invited to come to Pitts-
burgh shortly to attend an informal confer-
ence of all the parties interested in the promo-
tion of Music Week.
W. C. Dierks, of the C. C. Mellor Co., said:
"I am in full sympathy with the plans for Music
Week this year and believe that it should have
the moral as well as financial support of every
music house in the city. Music Week will mean
much for the cultivation and promotion of good
music in Pittsburgh and all music lovers will
be glad to have a part in making the music."
John M. Burns, aged sixty-seven years, one of
the best-known music merchants in southwest-
ern Pennsylvania, died at his home in Waynes-
burg, Pa., January 20, after a brief illness. He
had been engaged in the music business all his
life and was the proprietor of one of the largest
music houses in that section. His widow and
one son survive.
An interesting feature at the Strand Theatre,
Altoona, Pa., the past week was the presenta-
tion of the Aeolian Co. film, "Sonia's Song," with
the playing of Pesetzki, the brilliant pianist and
the Duo-Art reproducing piano. The Duo-Art
was furnished through the courtesy of F. A.
Winter & Son, local representatives. Pesetzki
won round after round of applause for his skilled
and marvelous playing, while the audience sat in
amazement and then applauded the work of the
Duo-Art reproducing piano.
A. C. Ascherfield, who was formerly engaged
in the piano trade at Elyria, Ohio, and latterly
in Cleveland, is now associated with the piano
department .of Kaufmann's (The Big Store).
Seven Features
That Make the
Lauter-Humana
Different from
Any Other
Player Piano!
1
The Duplex
Pumping Device
2
3
4
5
The Suction
Pump
The Expression
Guide
The Tracker
Hole Cleaner
The Hinged
Action
6
The Electric Light
in Spool Box
7
The Lauter
Back Bolt
Inquiries Are Invited
LAUTER CO.
Piano Manufacturers
591 Broad St., Newark, N. J.
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