Music Trade Review
Issue: 1927 Vol. 84 N. 8 - Page 12
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The Music Trade Review
FEBRUARY 19, 1927
General Activities of Ampico Corp.
Consolidated Under Delcamp Management
Recording, Educational and Promotional Activities and Research Laboratory Under
His Direction—Consolidation Will Create Greater Efficiency
TP 11 k various activities of the Ampico Corp.
have now been consolidated under the
;eneral direction of J. Milton Delcamp, vvlTo,
it
educational department, with Dr. Sigmund
Spaeth as consultant and adviser.
In the recording laboratories Adam Carroll
will give special attention to the production of
the recordings of popular and dance music,
with Angelo Valerio taking care of the standard
and classical section of the new releases and
Mortimer Browning looking after the accom-
paniment recordings.
This consolidation of the Ampico activities
under one general head, and in one building
where ample space is provided, is calculated
The first touch tells'
(U. S. Pat. Office)
The
Christman
Studio
Grand
(5 feet)
has the distinction of
being a five foot grand
which was manufac-
tured long before the
small grand became so
popular.
It has always been built
to the highest ideals
and cannot be surpass-
ed in Tone, Construc-
tion and Finish.
An exceptional leader.
Let us tell you more
about them
"The first touch tells"
(U. S. Pat. Office)
Christman Piano Co.
597 East 137th St., New York
J. J. Davin
with his staff, will maintain offices at 27 West
Fifty-seventh street, where three complete
floors have been set aside for the use of the
department. Under Mr. Delcamp's direction
will come the recording laboratories, the edu-
cational and promotional departments and
other activities, in connection with which will
be Charles Fuller Stoddard's research labora-
tories.
Mr. Delcamp will have as his lieutenant
James J. Davin, who will give particular at-
tention to Ampico promotion, and John Tasker
Howard, who will direct the activities of the
Plans Under Way for
Michigan Meeting
Concert of Twenty-four Pianos Played by Chil-
dren and Street Mardi Gras Planned at
Detroit Meeting
J. Milton Delcamp
to increase to a great extent the efficiency of
the organization and to make possible addi-
tional promotional activities designed to prove
of general benefit to Ampico distributors at
large.
dancers, and merchants along the street will
co-operate with special window displays as well
as contributions. From a "dead" organization
the Detroit Music Trades Association has de-
veloped, under its present officers, into one of
the outstanding locals in the entire country.
W. M. Shailer Visiting
DETROIT, MICH., February 14—A concert of
twenty-four pianos, played by school children
Trade in the Middle West
all at the same time, will be a feature of the
annual convention of the Michigan Music Mer- Vice-President of Philip Oetting & Son Reports
chants' Association, to be held at the Book-
That Outlook Is Excellent for Substantial
Cadillac Hotel, August 15 to 19. The concert
Piano Production During Year
will be in the orchestra shell at Belle Isle Park,
Detroit's most beautiful playground. Tentative
W. M. Shailer, vice-president and secretary of
plans for the convention were made Monday
Philip Oetting & Son, New York, importers of
night at the regular monthly meeting of the
Weickert piano felts, is completing a trip
Detroit Music Trades Association, held at the
through the trade in the Middle West. He is
Union League Club. School teachers already
expected to return to his office during the week
have started to train children for the spectacular
of February 20 after an absence of about three
event and selection of participants will be made
weeks. His letters have been optimistic gen-
later. Another feature of the convention this
erally with respect to the outlook in piano pro-
year will be a Mardi Gras, to be conducted
duction.
the entire length of Washington Boulevard,
the Mayor of Detroit and city officials prac-
tically agreeing to turn over this space for the
Griffin Piano Go. Bankrupt
event. It will be the first time in the history
of the society that the city would permit roping
BUFFALO. N. Y., February 14.-—The Griffin Piano
off this downtown space for any organization Co., Rochester, filed a voluntary petition in
and indicates how seriously the city officials bankruptcy in Federal court here to-day, listing
are taking the importance of the convention, assets at $48,939 and liabilities at $76,207. In-
l.ast year during the convention one block was cluded in the assets were conditional sales con-
used for dancing and entertainment and some tracts amounting to $40,058.
oO,000 persons gathered to watch the festivities.
The petition was filed by John Griffin, presi-
Prizes are to be awarded for the best-costumed dent of the company.
12
The Music Trade Review
FEBRUARY 19, 1927
General Activities of Ampico Corp.
Consolidated Under Delcamp Management
Recording, Educational and Promotional Activities and Research Laboratory Under
His Direction—Consolidation Will Create Greater Efficiency
TP 11 k various activities of the Ampico Corp.
have now been consolidated under the
;eneral direction of J. Milton Delcamp, vvlTo,
it
educational department, with Dr. Sigmund
Spaeth as consultant and adviser.
In the recording laboratories Adam Carroll
will give special attention to the production of
the recordings of popular and dance music,
with Angelo Valerio taking care of the standard
and classical section of the new releases and
Mortimer Browning looking after the accom-
paniment recordings.
This consolidation of the Ampico activities
under one general head, and in one building
where ample space is provided, is calculated
The first touch tells'
(U. S. Pat. Office)
The
Christman
Studio
Grand
(5 feet)
has the distinction of
being a five foot grand
which was manufac-
tured long before the
small grand became so
popular.
It has always been built
to the highest ideals
and cannot be surpass-
ed in Tone, Construc-
tion and Finish.
An exceptional leader.
Let us tell you more
about them
"The first touch tells"
(U. S. Pat. Office)
Christman Piano Co.
597 East 137th St., New York
J. J. Davin
with his staff, will maintain offices at 27 West
Fifty-seventh street, where three complete
floors have been set aside for the use of the
department. Under Mr. Delcamp's direction
will come the recording laboratories, the edu-
cational and promotional departments and
other activities, in connection with which will
be Charles Fuller Stoddard's research labora-
tories.
Mr. Delcamp will have as his lieutenant
James J. Davin, who will give particular at-
tention to Ampico promotion, and John Tasker
Howard, who will direct the activities of the
Plans Under Way for
Michigan Meeting
Concert of Twenty-four Pianos Played by Chil-
dren and Street Mardi Gras Planned at
Detroit Meeting
J. Milton Delcamp
to increase to a great extent the efficiency of
the organization and to make possible addi-
tional promotional activities designed to prove
of general benefit to Ampico distributors at
large.
dancers, and merchants along the street will
co-operate with special window displays as well
as contributions. From a "dead" organization
the Detroit Music Trades Association has de-
veloped, under its present officers, into one of
the outstanding locals in the entire country.
W. M. Shailer Visiting
DETROIT, MICH., February 14—A concert of
twenty-four pianos, played by school children
Trade in the Middle West
all at the same time, will be a feature of the
annual convention of the Michigan Music Mer- Vice-President of Philip Oetting & Son Reports
chants' Association, to be held at the Book-
That Outlook Is Excellent for Substantial
Cadillac Hotel, August 15 to 19. The concert
Piano Production During Year
will be in the orchestra shell at Belle Isle Park,
Detroit's most beautiful playground. Tentative
W. M. Shailer, vice-president and secretary of
plans for the convention were made Monday
Philip Oetting & Son, New York, importers of
night at the regular monthly meeting of the
Weickert piano felts, is completing a trip
Detroit Music Trades Association, held at the
through the trade in the Middle West. He is
Union League Club. School teachers already
expected to return to his office during the week
have started to train children for the spectacular
of February 20 after an absence of about three
event and selection of participants will be made
weeks. His letters have been optimistic gen-
later. Another feature of the convention this
erally with respect to the outlook in piano pro-
year will be a Mardi Gras, to be conducted
duction.
the entire length of Washington Boulevard,
the Mayor of Detroit and city officials prac-
tically agreeing to turn over this space for the
Griffin Piano Go. Bankrupt
event. It will be the first time in the history
of the society that the city would permit roping
BUFFALO. N. Y., February 14.-—The Griffin Piano
off this downtown space for any organization Co., Rochester, filed a voluntary petition in
and indicates how seriously the city officials bankruptcy in Federal court here to-day, listing
are taking the importance of the convention, assets at $48,939 and liabilities at $76,207. In-
l.ast year during the convention one block was cluded in the assets were conditional sales con-
used for dancing and entertainment and some tracts amounting to $40,058.
oO,000 persons gathered to watch the festivities.
The petition was filed by John Griffin, presi-
Prizes are to be awarded for the best-costumed dent of the company.
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