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The Music Trade Review
FEBRUARY I, 1927
The Brambach Piano Co. Announces a
New Spanish Model Case in Its Line
Baby Grand Piano Manufacturer of New York Announces This Week That a Small
Number of This New Type Case Will Be Produced for Special Orders Only
A NEW Spanish model Brambach baby grand
* * piano was developed recently by the Bram-
bach Piano Co., New York, as a result of a spe-
ing, the instrument possessing a popular high-
light art finish with bencli to match. As shown
in the accompanying photograph, the severely
thus get more ardent support and attendance.
No definite action was taken, but it was agreed
that the suggestion would work out to ad-
vantage, especially with the formation of a
State organization, which would be the more
important body in handling the dealers' prob-
lems in the future.
Irwin Kurtz, president of the Talking Ma-
chine and Radio Men, Inc., was a guest at the
meeting. He told of the 30,000 buttons being
distributed to local school children each year
by his association in recognition of ability in
music-memory contests and asked the piano
merchants to co-operate individually in making
presentations to the school children in their
lespective neighborhoods.
y Atlas Player Roll Go.
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Stockroom in That City Is Located at 200
South Tenth Street—In Charge of Paul
Koitzsch
The Atlas I'layer Roll Co., 35 Fifth street,
Newa-k, N. )., has just opened a Philadelphia
stockroom at 200 South Tenth street, that city.
In these additional quarters arranged for the
convenience and co-operation of music mer-
chants in the vicinity of Philadelphia the
Atlas Co. has a complete line of popular, stand-
ard, Italian and Atlas Master Series rolls.
Under the arrangement inaugurated in the
new distribution branch the Atlas Co. will be
able to make deliveries in Philadelphia localities
a few hours following their receipt. The Phila-
delphia quarters are in charge of John Paul
Koitzsch, who is well known to the Philadel-
phia trade.
Pratt Read
Products
New Brambach Spanish Model
cial order for this type of period instrument,
und the company's announcement this week
states that a limited number of this style will
be produced for special orders. The case-work
of the new Brambach piano is especially pleas-
square, almost Mission side sets solidly on a
three-truss leg. The legs themselves are clev-
erly inlaid in an attractive pattern. Combining
the full, sweet tone of the Brambach baby grand,
the resulting effect is a pleasure.
New York Dealers
Ass'n Holds Meeting
Business Bureau of. New York, was the next
speaker and stated that he had not prepared
a report of the Bureau's work in the retail
piano trade during 1926, but that such a report
was on the press and would be mailed to con-
tributors in about ten days. Mr. Kenner ad-
mitted that fraud as practiced by a few piano
merchants toward the buying public is "subtle
and elusive" and constitutes one of the most
baffling problems to be dealt with by the
merchandising section of the Bureau. He an-
nounced that, following an investigation of six
months, the Bureau is about to take definite
action on a specific violation by a local piano
house in the matter of fraudulent advertising
and sharp selling practices.
The subject of obscene popular songs and
song-titles was discussed at some length and
it was generally agreed that they constitute a
disgrace and menace to the good name of the
music industry. On a motion by Albert Behn-
ing, a resolution committee was appointed by
the chair to register disapproval of this type
of songs and recommend their suppression. An
amendment by Valentine Faeth provided that
copies of the resolution be sent to music pub-
lishers, music roll and record manufacturers
and to the daily papers.
John J. Glynn, president of the Association,
and Mr. Behning discussed the advisability of
holding fewer meetings during the year in
order to make them more of an occasion and
Members Pledge Support to the Organization
of New York State Association
The first meeting for 1927 of the New York
Piano Merchants' Association was held at the
National Republican Club, 54 West Fortieth
street, on Thursday evening, January 27, at
6:30 o'clock. Following the dinner, C. L. Den-
nis, executive secretary of the National Asso-
ciation of Music Merchants, outlined a plan
for forming a New York State trade associa-
tion. He stated that requests have been
coming in from merchants in various parts of
the State for some time urging that such a
body be organized and added that doing so
would be in line with the revised by-laws of
the National Association of Music Merchants.
Mr. Dennis read letters from dealers in dif-
ferent sections to show that the sentiment was
for holding an organization meeting in Albany
or Syracuse late in March or in April. A pre-
pared pledge was then submitted to members
of the association and was signed by about a
dozen persons, who promised to give their in-
dividual support to the State Association move-
ment. A resolution to endorse the project as
an association was also drawn at this time.
H. J. Kenner, general manager of the Better
have stood for years
as an asset of
incalculable value
to the piano industry.
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