Music Trade Review
Issue: 1927 Vol. 85 N. 8 - Page 5
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AUGUST 20, 1927
The Music Trade Review
or living accommodations on the long railroad
trip are 50 per cent higher than they were
before the war, and this same expense applies
to everyone else.
"We have to enlist public support and arouse
Over Forty Members of the Association Compete in Event Which Draws Large the people to the knowledge of the fact that
it touches each individual directly. The
Audience—Proper Demonstration Will Sell More Player-Pianos
traveling man, of course, as a unit, and the
/^VNE of the high-spots of the convention of & Wire Co. They stated that the quality of house which he represents, are asking for its
the National Association of Piano Tuners playing made it difficult to determine the win- removal, and the National Piano Travelers'
held last week in the Hotel Commodore, New ners, and it was only after a. great deal of de- Association is doing what it can to present to
York, was the player-piano contest conducted liberation that the three winners were chosen, Congress the unfairness of this surcharge. We
by the Standard Pneumatic Action Co., New only one and one-half points separating the first want all the help we can get from individuals
because it is obviously necessary to show our
York. A proof of the widespread interest in three men.
Ralph Hawley, of Wheeling, W. Va., who Representatives and Senators that the public is
the event was shown by the fact that about
behind our movement, and, so far as our Asso-
ciation is able, we intend to put it through.
"It can be done if the people will let their
representatives in Congress know how they
feel about it, and I am hoping that with the
active help of the trade in the way of letters
to members of Congress this will result in doing
away with this war tax expense. It is hardly
necessary to say that the traveling men are not
against the railroads. They are in favor of
them. That the railroad is an absolute neces-
sity to our civilization is conceded by everyone,
but the $15,000,000 which this surcharge brought
into the railroads this last year is not needed,
and it should be remembered that the stability
and future prosperity of the railroads themselves
are guaranteed by our national laws, which, as
supervised by the I. C. C, insure to the rail-
roads themselves a sufficient return on the
capital invested to enable them to take care
of their bonds, to pay their stockholders decent
dividends and to earn enough money to secure
on reasonable terms any additional capital they
may need and will need for future expansion
Winners in the Standard Playing the Player Contest
forty members of the association took part in may be seen sitting in the center of the accom- and development."
the elimination trials. When the final trials were panying photograph, was successful in being
held in the East ball room following the Thurs- chosen as winner of the contest, securing a A. L. Bretzfelder, New
day morning session, about two hundred tun- large silver loving cup. This was not the first
President of Krakauer
ers and their wives stayed to witness the com- honor won by Mr. Hawley in this field, he car-
ried off the second prize in the contest held at
petition.
The selection played by each of the ten con- the national tuners' convention in Chicago last Former Treasurer of Firm Succeeds the Late
I. E. Bretzfelder as Its Head—Other Officers
testants in the final competition was the year, where the player-piano playing contest
Elected
"Minute Waltz," Op. 64, No. 1, of Chopin, as was inaugurated by the Standard Pneumatic
recorded on the Q R S music roll without ex- Action Co. Frank Poslednik, of New York,
A meeting of the board of directors of Kra-
pression marks. The judges were A. K. Gut- seated at Mr. Hawley's right, won the second kauer Bros., New York, was held in the offices
prize,
another
loving
cup,
and
Louis
Berman,
sohn, secretary of the Standard Pneumatic Ac-
of the concern on Friday, August 12, to hold an
tion Co.; W. P. Sigley of the Ampico Corp.; of New York, was the third choice of the election of officers as a result of the recent
judges,
securing
a
smaller
loving
cup.
and William Braid White of the American Steel
death of I. E. Bretzfelder, president. A. L.
Bretzfelder, brother of the late I. E. Bretz-
was favorably reported to Congress, and only felder, was elected president of the company.
Travelers Again Fight
the filibuster at the end of the session pre- He has been identified with the Krakauer Bros,
firm about twenty-five years, and had held the
the Pullman Surcharge vented a favorable vote.
President Gordon Laughead, of the National position of treasurer for many years.
Other officers were elected as follows: H. K.
Association Headed by President Gordon Piano Travelers' Association, is actively inter-
Laughead to Take Active Part in Struggle ested and is enlisting support to abolish this Bretzfelder, first vice-president; M. Bretzfelder,
charge. As he puts it: "While some people son of I. E. Bretzfelder, second vice-president;
Before Next Congress
may have the idea that any expense in using C. S. Bretzfelder, third vice-president; S. C.
the Pullman car, either by day or night, is Lubin, secretary, and Arthur Hahn, treasurer.
CHICAGO, I I I . , August 8.—The National Asso-
ciation of Piano Travelers, which is affiliated merely an added expense to the rich, that's a Mr. Bretzfelder, on assuming his new duties as
with the National Council of Traveling Men's wholly mistaken idea. They fail to take into head of Krakauer Bros., stated that the policies
Association, is ably representing the music in- account the thousands of traveling men who of the company, which have been responsible
dustry in an effort to have Congress abolish almost constantly are on the road in the in- for its success under' his brother's direction,
an unnecessary and unjustifiable expense to all terests of business. Obviously, these men are will be continued as before, in every respect.
who travel on railroads. It will be remembered performing a most highly useful service to the
Consult the Universal Want Directory of
that the bill to abolish the Pullman surcharge, trade and to the entire public.
"No one questions the economic usefulness of The Review. In it advertisements are inserted
which adds 50 per cent to the pre-war cost of
a Pullman sleeping berth or chair car service, the traveling man, yet his expenses, sleeping free of charge for men who desire positions.
Standard Pneumatic Playing the Player
Contest Feature of Tuners' Convention
ESTABLISHED 1862
IJXUTER-
ONE OF AMERICA'S FINE PIANOS!
GRANDS
UPRIGHTS
THE LAUTER-HUMANA
AUGUST 20, 1927
The Music Trade Review
or living accommodations on the long railroad
trip are 50 per cent higher than they were
before the war, and this same expense applies
to everyone else.
"We have to enlist public support and arouse
Over Forty Members of the Association Compete in Event Which Draws Large the people to the knowledge of the fact that
it touches each individual directly. The
Audience—Proper Demonstration Will Sell More Player-Pianos
traveling man, of course, as a unit, and the
/^VNE of the high-spots of the convention of & Wire Co. They stated that the quality of house which he represents, are asking for its
the National Association of Piano Tuners playing made it difficult to determine the win- removal, and the National Piano Travelers'
held last week in the Hotel Commodore, New ners, and it was only after a. great deal of de- Association is doing what it can to present to
York, was the player-piano contest conducted liberation that the three winners were chosen, Congress the unfairness of this surcharge. We
by the Standard Pneumatic Action Co., New only one and one-half points separating the first want all the help we can get from individuals
because it is obviously necessary to show our
York. A proof of the widespread interest in three men.
Ralph Hawley, of Wheeling, W. Va., who Representatives and Senators that the public is
the event was shown by the fact that about
behind our movement, and, so far as our Asso-
ciation is able, we intend to put it through.
"It can be done if the people will let their
representatives in Congress know how they
feel about it, and I am hoping that with the
active help of the trade in the way of letters
to members of Congress this will result in doing
away with this war tax expense. It is hardly
necessary to say that the traveling men are not
against the railroads. They are in favor of
them. That the railroad is an absolute neces-
sity to our civilization is conceded by everyone,
but the $15,000,000 which this surcharge brought
into the railroads this last year is not needed,
and it should be remembered that the stability
and future prosperity of the railroads themselves
are guaranteed by our national laws, which, as
supervised by the I. C. C, insure to the rail-
roads themselves a sufficient return on the
capital invested to enable them to take care
of their bonds, to pay their stockholders decent
dividends and to earn enough money to secure
on reasonable terms any additional capital they
may need and will need for future expansion
Winners in the Standard Playing the Player Contest
forty members of the association took part in may be seen sitting in the center of the accom- and development."
the elimination trials. When the final trials were panying photograph, was successful in being
held in the East ball room following the Thurs- chosen as winner of the contest, securing a A. L. Bretzfelder, New
day morning session, about two hundred tun- large silver loving cup. This was not the first
President of Krakauer
ers and their wives stayed to witness the com- honor won by Mr. Hawley in this field, he car-
ried off the second prize in the contest held at
petition.
The selection played by each of the ten con- the national tuners' convention in Chicago last Former Treasurer of Firm Succeeds the Late
I. E. Bretzfelder as Its Head—Other Officers
testants in the final competition was the year, where the player-piano playing contest
Elected
"Minute Waltz," Op. 64, No. 1, of Chopin, as was inaugurated by the Standard Pneumatic
recorded on the Q R S music roll without ex- Action Co. Frank Poslednik, of New York,
A meeting of the board of directors of Kra-
pression marks. The judges were A. K. Gut- seated at Mr. Hawley's right, won the second kauer Bros., New York, was held in the offices
prize,
another
loving
cup,
and
Louis
Berman,
sohn, secretary of the Standard Pneumatic Ac-
of the concern on Friday, August 12, to hold an
tion Co.; W. P. Sigley of the Ampico Corp.; of New York, was the third choice of the election of officers as a result of the recent
judges,
securing
a
smaller
loving
cup.
and William Braid White of the American Steel
death of I. E. Bretzfelder, president. A. L.
Bretzfelder, brother of the late I. E. Bretz-
was favorably reported to Congress, and only felder, was elected president of the company.
Travelers Again Fight
the filibuster at the end of the session pre- He has been identified with the Krakauer Bros,
firm about twenty-five years, and had held the
the Pullman Surcharge vented a favorable vote.
President Gordon Laughead, of the National position of treasurer for many years.
Other officers were elected as follows: H. K.
Association Headed by President Gordon Piano Travelers' Association, is actively inter-
Laughead to Take Active Part in Struggle ested and is enlisting support to abolish this Bretzfelder, first vice-president; M. Bretzfelder,
charge. As he puts it: "While some people son of I. E. Bretzfelder, second vice-president;
Before Next Congress
may have the idea that any expense in using C. S. Bretzfelder, third vice-president; S. C.
the Pullman car, either by day or night, is Lubin, secretary, and Arthur Hahn, treasurer.
CHICAGO, I I I . , August 8.—The National Asso-
ciation of Piano Travelers, which is affiliated merely an added expense to the rich, that's a Mr. Bretzfelder, on assuming his new duties as
with the National Council of Traveling Men's wholly mistaken idea. They fail to take into head of Krakauer Bros., stated that the policies
Association, is ably representing the music in- account the thousands of traveling men who of the company, which have been responsible
dustry in an effort to have Congress abolish almost constantly are on the road in the in- for its success under' his brother's direction,
an unnecessary and unjustifiable expense to all terests of business. Obviously, these men are will be continued as before, in every respect.
who travel on railroads. It will be remembered performing a most highly useful service to the
Consult the Universal Want Directory of
that the bill to abolish the Pullman surcharge, trade and to the entire public.
"No one questions the economic usefulness of The Review. In it advertisements are inserted
which adds 50 per cent to the pre-war cost of
a Pullman sleeping berth or chair car service, the traveling man, yet his expenses, sleeping free of charge for men who desire positions.
Standard Pneumatic Playing the Player
Contest Feature of Tuners' Convention
ESTABLISHED 1862
IJXUTER-
ONE OF AMERICA'S FINE PIANOS!
GRANDS
UPRIGHTS
THE LAUTER-HUMANA
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