Music Trade Review
Issue: 1929 Vol. 88 N. 14 - Page 5
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The Music Trade Review
APRIL 6, 1929
L. G.
New post
N
Y
'5
S t a t e P a s s e s L a w
Aimed
to Check "Gyp" Merchants
New Legislation Makes It a Misdemeanor to Make Fraudulent
'., ; .
Statements in Advertising or Otherwise .
:
Regarding Their Business
.
COMPREHENSIVE new law to check the activities of "Gyp" dealers has been passed by
the legislature of tho State of New York and signed by the Governor. It was introduced
by Senator Henry G. Schackno and, stro ngly endorsed by newspaper publishers, makes
it a misdemeanor for any person or corporation, or agents or employes thereof, dealing in prop-
erty, to make any false statement, either in advertisements inserted for the promotion of such a
business or to the publishers in explanation of such advertisements, with a view to concealing the
fact that they are dealers.
ment, shall make any false statement in rela-
The full text of the bill follows:
Section 1. The penal law is hereby amended tion to any of such items; or if requested by
by inserting therein after Section 421 thereof a the publisher of any such newspaper, magazine
new section, to be Section 421A, to read as or other publication or any agent or representa-
tive thereof to file with such publisher, agent or
follows:
421A—Advertisements. Any person, firm, representative thereof a statement showing
corporation or association, or agent or employe whether he is causing such advertisement to
thereof, hereinafter called person, who, being appear or is offering to make such sale or
engaged in the business of dealing in any prop- disposition or transaction, as herein set forth,
erty, makes, publishes, disseminates, circulates as principal or agent, and if as agent, to set
or places before the public or causes, directly forth such information as is specified in this
or indirectly, to be made, published, dissem- subdivision, in relation to his principal as well
inated, circulated or placed before the public, as in relation to himself, shall make any false
in this State, any advertisement respecting any statement in relation to any of such items; is
such property, in any newspaper, magazine or guilty of a misdemeanor.
Section 2. This act shall take effect Septem-
other publication, unless it is stated in any
such advertisement that the advertiser is a ber 1, 1929.
dealer in such property or from the context of
any such advertisement it plainly appears that
such person is a dealer in such property so
offered for sale in any such advertisement; or
when placing or causing any such advertisement
to appear in any newspaper, magazine or other
publication as decribed in subdivision one of
this section, if requested by the publisher of
any such newspaper, magazine or other pub-
lication or any agent or representative thereof
to file with such publisher, agent or representa-
tive thereof his true name, or where he is trans-
We maintain special
acting business under a name other than the
true name pursuant to law, then the name under
Repair Departments
which such business is transacted, and each
for the convenience
business address wherein any business is trans-
acted by him, in the class of property advertised
of d e a l e r s a n d
or to be advertised for sale in such advertise-
A
Louis C. Wagner assumed his new duties this
week as general manager of the retail mer-
chandising activities of the Ampico Hall chain
of stores. For the past two years he has been
manager of Ampico Hall in Boston, and has
been associated with the American Piano Co.
for a considerable period
Annual Meeting of Willis
& Co., of Montreal, Can.
MONTREAL, CANAIJA, April 1.—The annual
meeting of Lewisohn Co., Ltd., piano manufac-
turers and dealers of this city, was held here
last week, and the annual statement presented
showed a considerable increase in the volume
of business during the past year, and particu-
larly during the past six months.
The company, which manufactures and sells
nothing but pianos, announced that two new in-
struments, an upright and a grand, will be ready
for the market in the Fall. The company, in-
cidentally, has for over forty years been the
sole Canadian representative for the Knabe
and Chickering pianos made in the United
States, and has most recently added the Mason
& Hatnlin. It also has been featuring the
Ampico.
The officers elected for the ensuing year are:
President, A. P. Willis; vice-president, R. A.
Willis; secretary, VV. I). Willis, and treasurer,
George L. Duncan. The officers with C. D.
Patterson, F. G. Sharpe, A. P>. Benoit and A.
Despardins constitute the board of directors.
Pittsburgh Radio Association
PITTSBURGH, PA., April 3.—The newly organ-
ized Radio Merchants Association of Pittsburgh
will meet at the Congress of Women's Clubs
of Western Pennsylvania clubhouse, on Wed-
nesday, April 10, at 6.30 p. m. Dinner will be
served prior to the business session. John H.
Phillips will preside.
Pratt Read
Service
tuners.
Will A. Watkin Features
Brambach Week in Dallas
When the popular vaudeville act known as
Jerry and her Brambach Baby Grands, in which
four grands of the Brambach make are played
simultaneously, came to Dallas, Tex., recently
the Will A. Watkin Co. announced a Brambach
Week and arranged for some effective tie-ups.
A Brambach baby grand was placed in front
of the company's store and played each day at
noon and there "were special window displays,
lobby displays, advertising tie-ups and a direct
mail campaign. The big feature of the tie-up
was the appearance of the artists themselves at
the Watkin store for a half-hour concert.
Mark Campbell on Coast
Takes Course in Gluing
SAN FRANCISCO, CAU, April 1.—Mark P. Camp-
bell arrived in San Francisco on March 28 and
registered at the Mark Hopkins Hotel, to which
Sherman, Clay & Co. had just sold its sixteenth
Brambach baby grand piano. On the evening
of the 29th, Mr. Campbell went on the air over
KFRC under the auspices of Sherman, Clay &
Co., his address, which was quite extempor-
aneous, concerning the Brambach baby grand.
Nicholas Wcser, of Weser Bros., Inc., New
York, well-known piano manufacturers, is one of
those enrolled in a short course in the gluing of
wood now being held at the Forest Products
Laboratory in Madison, Wis.
Consult the Universal Want Directory of
The Review In it advertisements are inserted
free of charge for men who desire positions.
Send your work to
us for prompt at-
tention and careful
workmanship.
Write tor our price lists on
key—action—player
repairs and materials
PRATT, READ & CO.
Established in 1806
The PRATT READ PLAYER ACTION CO.
Deep River, Conn.
.:.;-.
The Music Trade Review
APRIL 6, 1929
L. G.
New post
N
Y
'5
S t a t e P a s s e s L a w
Aimed
to Check "Gyp" Merchants
New Legislation Makes It a Misdemeanor to Make Fraudulent
'., ; .
Statements in Advertising or Otherwise .
:
Regarding Their Business
.
COMPREHENSIVE new law to check the activities of "Gyp" dealers has been passed by
the legislature of tho State of New York and signed by the Governor. It was introduced
by Senator Henry G. Schackno and, stro ngly endorsed by newspaper publishers, makes
it a misdemeanor for any person or corporation, or agents or employes thereof, dealing in prop-
erty, to make any false statement, either in advertisements inserted for the promotion of such a
business or to the publishers in explanation of such advertisements, with a view to concealing the
fact that they are dealers.
ment, shall make any false statement in rela-
The full text of the bill follows:
Section 1. The penal law is hereby amended tion to any of such items; or if requested by
by inserting therein after Section 421 thereof a the publisher of any such newspaper, magazine
new section, to be Section 421A, to read as or other publication or any agent or representa-
tive thereof to file with such publisher, agent or
follows:
421A—Advertisements. Any person, firm, representative thereof a statement showing
corporation or association, or agent or employe whether he is causing such advertisement to
thereof, hereinafter called person, who, being appear or is offering to make such sale or
engaged in the business of dealing in any prop- disposition or transaction, as herein set forth,
erty, makes, publishes, disseminates, circulates as principal or agent, and if as agent, to set
or places before the public or causes, directly forth such information as is specified in this
or indirectly, to be made, published, dissem- subdivision, in relation to his principal as well
inated, circulated or placed before the public, as in relation to himself, shall make any false
in this State, any advertisement respecting any statement in relation to any of such items; is
such property, in any newspaper, magazine or guilty of a misdemeanor.
Section 2. This act shall take effect Septem-
other publication, unless it is stated in any
such advertisement that the advertiser is a ber 1, 1929.
dealer in such property or from the context of
any such advertisement it plainly appears that
such person is a dealer in such property so
offered for sale in any such advertisement; or
when placing or causing any such advertisement
to appear in any newspaper, magazine or other
publication as decribed in subdivision one of
this section, if requested by the publisher of
any such newspaper, magazine or other pub-
lication or any agent or representative thereof
to file with such publisher, agent or representa-
tive thereof his true name, or where he is trans-
We maintain special
acting business under a name other than the
true name pursuant to law, then the name under
Repair Departments
which such business is transacted, and each
for the convenience
business address wherein any business is trans-
acted by him, in the class of property advertised
of d e a l e r s a n d
or to be advertised for sale in such advertise-
A
Louis C. Wagner assumed his new duties this
week as general manager of the retail mer-
chandising activities of the Ampico Hall chain
of stores. For the past two years he has been
manager of Ampico Hall in Boston, and has
been associated with the American Piano Co.
for a considerable period
Annual Meeting of Willis
& Co., of Montreal, Can.
MONTREAL, CANAIJA, April 1.—The annual
meeting of Lewisohn Co., Ltd., piano manufac-
turers and dealers of this city, was held here
last week, and the annual statement presented
showed a considerable increase in the volume
of business during the past year, and particu-
larly during the past six months.
The company, which manufactures and sells
nothing but pianos, announced that two new in-
struments, an upright and a grand, will be ready
for the market in the Fall. The company, in-
cidentally, has for over forty years been the
sole Canadian representative for the Knabe
and Chickering pianos made in the United
States, and has most recently added the Mason
& Hatnlin. It also has been featuring the
Ampico.
The officers elected for the ensuing year are:
President, A. P. Willis; vice-president, R. A.
Willis; secretary, VV. I). Willis, and treasurer,
George L. Duncan. The officers with C. D.
Patterson, F. G. Sharpe, A. P>. Benoit and A.
Despardins constitute the board of directors.
Pittsburgh Radio Association
PITTSBURGH, PA., April 3.—The newly organ-
ized Radio Merchants Association of Pittsburgh
will meet at the Congress of Women's Clubs
of Western Pennsylvania clubhouse, on Wed-
nesday, April 10, at 6.30 p. m. Dinner will be
served prior to the business session. John H.
Phillips will preside.
Pratt Read
Service
tuners.
Will A. Watkin Features
Brambach Week in Dallas
When the popular vaudeville act known as
Jerry and her Brambach Baby Grands, in which
four grands of the Brambach make are played
simultaneously, came to Dallas, Tex., recently
the Will A. Watkin Co. announced a Brambach
Week and arranged for some effective tie-ups.
A Brambach baby grand was placed in front
of the company's store and played each day at
noon and there "were special window displays,
lobby displays, advertising tie-ups and a direct
mail campaign. The big feature of the tie-up
was the appearance of the artists themselves at
the Watkin store for a half-hour concert.
Mark Campbell on Coast
Takes Course in Gluing
SAN FRANCISCO, CAU, April 1.—Mark P. Camp-
bell arrived in San Francisco on March 28 and
registered at the Mark Hopkins Hotel, to which
Sherman, Clay & Co. had just sold its sixteenth
Brambach baby grand piano. On the evening
of the 29th, Mr. Campbell went on the air over
KFRC under the auspices of Sherman, Clay &
Co., his address, which was quite extempor-
aneous, concerning the Brambach baby grand.
Nicholas Wcser, of Weser Bros., Inc., New
York, well-known piano manufacturers, is one of
those enrolled in a short course in the gluing of
wood now being held at the Forest Products
Laboratory in Madison, Wis.
Consult the Universal Want Directory of
The Review In it advertisements are inserted
free of charge for men who desire positions.
Send your work to
us for prompt at-
tention and careful
workmanship.
Write tor our price lists on
key—action—player
repairs and materials
PRATT, READ & CO.
Established in 1806
The PRATT READ PLAYER ACTION CO.
Deep River, Conn.
.:.;-.
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