Music Trade Review
Issue: 1928 Vol. 86 N. 1 - Page 3
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PUBLIC LIBRARY |'
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385975\
ASTOR, LENOX AND
T1LDEN FOUNDATIONS
L
THE
REVIEW
fIUJICTJ(ADE
VOL. 86. No. 1
Published Weekly. Federated Business Publications, Inc., 420 Lexington Ave., New York, N. Y., Jan. 7,1928
Publishers Announce Policy
Single Copies 10 Cents
92.00 Per Year
associated with the Aeolian Co., New York,
has been appointed traveling representative for
Krakauer Bros., New York piano manufac-
turers.
U p o n Mechanical Royalties chamber oi commerce
Will Meet January 27
E. C. Mills, Speaking for Over Forty Music Publishers, Declares
Recorders Must Comply Strictly in Future With All Pro-
visions of the Copyright Statute
Mid-Year Session to Be Held in New York on
That Date—Directors of Supply Association
to Hold Meeting on January 26
The Mid-Year meeting of the Board of Direc-
tors of the Music Industries Chamber of Com-
merce, with President Hermann Irion of the
Chamber as chairman, will be held at 10 a. m.,
Friday, January 27, in the offices of the
Chamber, 45 West Forty-fifth street, New York.
Upon the adjournment of the meeting at noon
the directors will be the guests of Steinway &
Sons at luncheon at Steinway Hall, and in the
afternoon will be taken on a tour of inspection
of the Steinway factories in Long Island, where
entertainment will be furnished by the Steinway
Orchestra and Choral Society.
The directors of the Musical Supply Associa-
tion of America will hold their mid-year meet-
ing in the offices of the Chamber at 4 p. m.,
January 26.
E* C. MILLS has, at the instance of some forty or more music publishers, served notice on manu-
facturers of instruments and parts for the mechanical reproduction of music that on and after
January 1, 1928, they will be expected to comply strictly with the provisions of the Copyright
Law of 1909, as it applies to the payment of royalties for mechanical reproduction, the filing of
the notice of intention to use and the acknowledgment and the filing of "notice of user," by
the copyright owners.
ments and parts for the mechanical reproduc-
In connection with the notice attention is
tion of music, Mr. Mills has outlined these evils
called to the fact that although the law specifies
in great detail and has also set forth the pro-
particularly that there shall be paid a royalty
cedure which will be insisted upon by the pub-
of 2 cents on "each such part manufactured," a
lishers beginning with the first of this year.
number of manufacturers have insisted upon
The names of the publishing concerns who are
discounts of 10 per cent or more from the legal
responsible for the notice and the premise upon
rate for "breakage," "prompt payment of royal-
which it is issued are appended to the declara-
ties," or for other reasons. It is declared, too,
tion.
that there have been manufacturers who have
attempted to file royalty reports on products
Andrew Grant, head of the Andrew Grant
sold rather than upon all those manufactured Zeisler With Krakauer Bros. Piano Co., Brockton, Mass., died at his home
as provided specifically by the law; who have
recently after a long illness. He was 70 years
endeavored and at times secured waver of
Al. S. Zeisler, for a number of years con- old and is survived by his widow, one son and
royalties on parts of instruments manufactured nected with Bjur Bros. & Co., and more recently a daughter.
in the United States, but subsequently exported
to foreign countries; insisted upon contracts
conveying to them performing rights in addi-
tion to those of mechanical reproduction; have
assumed the right to suspend royalty payments
on compositions on which the copyright has
been in litigation although they were not parties
in the actions, and have at times not hesitated
to boycott the works of copyright owners who CT. LOUIS, MO., January 4.—One of the most spectacular fires in Music Row in St. Louis in
recent years virtually wiped out the building a nd stock of the Aeolian Co., of Missouri, early
would not yield to their requirements.
There has also been, it is held, a considerable yesterday morning and did considerable damage to the premises and stock of the Rudolph Wur-
laxness in observing the law in the matter of litzer Co. and other structures adjoining.
The fire started in the basement of the Aeolian Co.'s six-story building in the heart of the busi-
giving notice of intent to use, and in the draw-
ness
section shortly after 2 a. m., and the flames quickly ate their way to the upper stories. The
ing of contracts for use that have in a large
measure reacted against the interests of the blaze was discovered by a patrolman who turned
copyright owner and those associated with him. in a general alarm which brought twenty-one tion of the building following the fire disclosed
In the matter of royalty payments, too, instead fire companies to the scene. The flames crept that the roof had caved in, as had the mez-
of making reports monthly, the practice has up the elevator shaft, secured a firm hold on zanine floor, while there were several feet of
been to file returns quarterly, which system is the sixth floor of the building where many high- water in the basement. Pending a check-up
satisfactory to the publishers, providing the re- priced instruments were stored and in a few company officials were not prepared to give
turns are made in full and promptly at the end minutes burst through the roof. A temperature figures regarding the loss, but police estimated
of two degrees below zero added to the difficul- the loss to the building approximated $250,000
of the period.
The publishers, through Mr. Mills, explain ties of fighting the blaze, as the water froze al- and to the contents close to $100,000.
Temporary offices were opened at once by
that the laxness in the observance of the Copy- most as soon as it left the nozzles.
The fire itself was confined to the rear of the Aeolian Co. of Missouri in Room 204 Mis-
right Law has caused the development of
numerous evils costly to the copyright owners the building but the damage from smoke and souri Hotel Building, and efforts are being made
and that the cost of publishing and exploiting water to the remaining portions was great, to acquire sufficient space in which to reopen
music has reached the point where the copyright most of the company's large stock of pianos, new sales offices and showrooms, pending the
owners can no longer accept these losses quietly. phonographs, radios and other instruments be- reconstruction of the burned building which is
In the notice to the manufacturers of instru- ing either burned or water soaked. An inspec- owned by the Aeolian Co.
3
Aeolian Co. of Missouri Is Destroyed
by Fire With Loss of Nearly $350,000
PUBLIC LIBRARY |'
inn
385975\
ASTOR, LENOX AND
T1LDEN FOUNDATIONS
L
THE
REVIEW
fIUJICTJ(ADE
VOL. 86. No. 1
Published Weekly. Federated Business Publications, Inc., 420 Lexington Ave., New York, N. Y., Jan. 7,1928
Publishers Announce Policy
Single Copies 10 Cents
92.00 Per Year
associated with the Aeolian Co., New York,
has been appointed traveling representative for
Krakauer Bros., New York piano manufac-
turers.
U p o n Mechanical Royalties chamber oi commerce
Will Meet January 27
E. C. Mills, Speaking for Over Forty Music Publishers, Declares
Recorders Must Comply Strictly in Future With All Pro-
visions of the Copyright Statute
Mid-Year Session to Be Held in New York on
That Date—Directors of Supply Association
to Hold Meeting on January 26
The Mid-Year meeting of the Board of Direc-
tors of the Music Industries Chamber of Com-
merce, with President Hermann Irion of the
Chamber as chairman, will be held at 10 a. m.,
Friday, January 27, in the offices of the
Chamber, 45 West Forty-fifth street, New York.
Upon the adjournment of the meeting at noon
the directors will be the guests of Steinway &
Sons at luncheon at Steinway Hall, and in the
afternoon will be taken on a tour of inspection
of the Steinway factories in Long Island, where
entertainment will be furnished by the Steinway
Orchestra and Choral Society.
The directors of the Musical Supply Associa-
tion of America will hold their mid-year meet-
ing in the offices of the Chamber at 4 p. m.,
January 26.
E* C. MILLS has, at the instance of some forty or more music publishers, served notice on manu-
facturers of instruments and parts for the mechanical reproduction of music that on and after
January 1, 1928, they will be expected to comply strictly with the provisions of the Copyright
Law of 1909, as it applies to the payment of royalties for mechanical reproduction, the filing of
the notice of intention to use and the acknowledgment and the filing of "notice of user," by
the copyright owners.
ments and parts for the mechanical reproduc-
In connection with the notice attention is
tion of music, Mr. Mills has outlined these evils
called to the fact that although the law specifies
in great detail and has also set forth the pro-
particularly that there shall be paid a royalty
cedure which will be insisted upon by the pub-
of 2 cents on "each such part manufactured," a
lishers beginning with the first of this year.
number of manufacturers have insisted upon
The names of the publishing concerns who are
discounts of 10 per cent or more from the legal
responsible for the notice and the premise upon
rate for "breakage," "prompt payment of royal-
which it is issued are appended to the declara-
ties," or for other reasons. It is declared, too,
tion.
that there have been manufacturers who have
attempted to file royalty reports on products
Andrew Grant, head of the Andrew Grant
sold rather than upon all those manufactured Zeisler With Krakauer Bros. Piano Co., Brockton, Mass., died at his home
as provided specifically by the law; who have
recently after a long illness. He was 70 years
endeavored and at times secured waver of
Al. S. Zeisler, for a number of years con- old and is survived by his widow, one son and
royalties on parts of instruments manufactured nected with Bjur Bros. & Co., and more recently a daughter.
in the United States, but subsequently exported
to foreign countries; insisted upon contracts
conveying to them performing rights in addi-
tion to those of mechanical reproduction; have
assumed the right to suspend royalty payments
on compositions on which the copyright has
been in litigation although they were not parties
in the actions, and have at times not hesitated
to boycott the works of copyright owners who CT. LOUIS, MO., January 4.—One of the most spectacular fires in Music Row in St. Louis in
recent years virtually wiped out the building a nd stock of the Aeolian Co., of Missouri, early
would not yield to their requirements.
There has also been, it is held, a considerable yesterday morning and did considerable damage to the premises and stock of the Rudolph Wur-
laxness in observing the law in the matter of litzer Co. and other structures adjoining.
The fire started in the basement of the Aeolian Co.'s six-story building in the heart of the busi-
giving notice of intent to use, and in the draw-
ness
section shortly after 2 a. m., and the flames quickly ate their way to the upper stories. The
ing of contracts for use that have in a large
measure reacted against the interests of the blaze was discovered by a patrolman who turned
copyright owner and those associated with him. in a general alarm which brought twenty-one tion of the building following the fire disclosed
In the matter of royalty payments, too, instead fire companies to the scene. The flames crept that the roof had caved in, as had the mez-
of making reports monthly, the practice has up the elevator shaft, secured a firm hold on zanine floor, while there were several feet of
been to file returns quarterly, which system is the sixth floor of the building where many high- water in the basement. Pending a check-up
satisfactory to the publishers, providing the re- priced instruments were stored and in a few company officials were not prepared to give
turns are made in full and promptly at the end minutes burst through the roof. A temperature figures regarding the loss, but police estimated
of two degrees below zero added to the difficul- the loss to the building approximated $250,000
of the period.
The publishers, through Mr. Mills, explain ties of fighting the blaze, as the water froze al- and to the contents close to $100,000.
Temporary offices were opened at once by
that the laxness in the observance of the Copy- most as soon as it left the nozzles.
The fire itself was confined to the rear of the Aeolian Co. of Missouri in Room 204 Mis-
right Law has caused the development of
numerous evils costly to the copyright owners the building but the damage from smoke and souri Hotel Building, and efforts are being made
and that the cost of publishing and exploiting water to the remaining portions was great, to acquire sufficient space in which to reopen
music has reached the point where the copyright most of the company's large stock of pianos, new sales offices and showrooms, pending the
owners can no longer accept these losses quietly. phonographs, radios and other instruments be- reconstruction of the burned building which is
In the notice to the manufacturers of instru- ing either burned or water soaked. An inspec- owned by the Aeolian Co.
3
Aeolian Co. of Missouri Is Destroyed
by Fire With Loss of Nearly $350,000
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