Music Trade Review
Issue: 1930 Vol. 89 N. 7 - Page 5
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usic Industries
n New York
chamber With Active Program
associations Show Lively Spirit
handled over 12,000 requests for credit infor-
mation during the year. The collection bureau
received and acted upon 255 requests aggregat-
ing $57,873.63. In many cases collections were
made direct and in others the matter was
placed in the hands of an attorney. In connec-
tion with the handling of statistical informa-
tion by the Chamber, Mr. Campbell stated that
really effective work could not be done in this
I'oniiection because of lack of co-operation on
the part of members in supplying necessary
information.
, ....
In closing his report the President outlined
the specialized activities of the Chamber in
connection with various affiliated Associations
having their headquarters in the Chamber offices
and including the Musical Supply Associa-
tion of America, National Musical Merchandise
Association of the United States, National
Association of Musical Instrument and Acces-
sories Manufacturers, Committee of Phonograph
Manufacturers, and National Association of
Band Instrument Manufacturers. He also took
occasion to pay high tribute to General Man-
ager Harry Meixell and the members of the
Chamber staff.
Tuesday's Mass Meeting
On Tuesday morning there was held a gen-
eral mass meeting under the auspices of the
Music Industries Chamber of Commerce with
President Mark P. Campbell presiding, and with
representatives of all the different branches of
the music industry in attendance. Mr. Camp-
bell told in considerable detail of the work of
the Chamber both in the advancement of music
and the development of the trade. He declared
that the lack of co-operation on the part of
trade members in sending into the Chamber
reports regarding their businesses, such as pro-
duction, sales and inventory figures, prevented
the gathering and distributing of general in-
formation that would give knowledge of market
conditions and act as a guide for future moves.
In this connection he emphasized the fact that
all the figures thus submitted were kept abso-
lutely confidential and used only collectively as
a- basis for a general report.
Mr. Campbell referred particularly to the
manner in which the automobile industry gath-
ers accurate statistics regularly for the use of
its members in arranging production schedules.
It also told of the manner in which the motor
car people keep close tabs upon the trade-in
market and the prices of used cars as a guide
to business conditions.
The Future Market
Parham Werlein, President of the National
Association of Music Merchants, drew an in-
teresting picture of the future possibilities for
musical instrument sales, particularly as the
introduction of group instruction on musical
instruments progressed. He declared that there
were some 258,000 schools in the country with
nearly a million superintendents, principals,
supervisors and teachers to be contacted. There
were estimated last year to be 27,384,000 school
students and each year there were over 2,200,000
graduates. Of all money raised for taxes, practi-
cally one-third is devoted to schools. Certainly
here was a market that held great promise for
those who had the future of music business at
heart.
Fred P. Bassett, president of the National
Piano Manufacturers' Association, delivered an
optimistic message in which he urged that in-
creased efforts be coupled with economy to the
end that what business is done can be done
profitably.
The Need for Co-operation
William A. Mennie, president.of Musical Sup-
ply Association, in an interesting talk empha-
sized the fact that all divisions of the trade
should work in complete co-operation because
upon the demand for and sale of its products
depended the success of the manufacturer, the
supply man and the retailer.
Henry C. Lomb, president of the National
C. M. Tremaine
Director National Bureau for the Advancement
of Music
Association of Musical Instrument and Acces-
sories Manufacturers, also stressed the need
for co-operation among the members of every
division of the music industry, for the interest-
ing of the public in the purchase and use of
musical instruments was a common problem.
Mark P. Campbell, Past President
Music Industries Chamber of Commerce
If every member of the industry will do his
duty to the industry as a whole, he will find
that he will benefit directly so far as his own
products are concerned.
Tells of Class Piano Work
Miss Ella H. Mason, field representative of
the National Bureau for the Advancement of
Music, in a brief talk outlined what she had
learned and accomplished in the promotion of
group instruction in schools through personal
contact with school authorities, parent-teachers'
associations, etc. Miss Mason has recently
made surveys in nine cities and towns and
found the situation decidedly encouraging. In
one case the members of a parent-teachers' as-
sociation were so interested that they sought
to pay her expenses, and in every instance dis-
tinct progress was made, in some cases over
heavy handicaps. It was made quite evident
by Miss Mason that this field work was a most
important factor in group instruction campaigns
and should be carried on at all costs.
The final business session of the Chamber
attended by the newly elected delegates from
the various affiliated Associations was held on
'J hursday, when the proposed budget for the
coming year was presented and adopted.
C. Alfred Wagner, New President
At this meeting, too, the new officers were
elected for the year as follows: President, C.
Alfred Wagner, Aeolian Co., 'New York; first
vice-president, H. C. Lomb, Waverly Musical
Products Co., New York; second vice-president.
Parham Werlein, Philip Werlein, Ltd., New
Orleans; treasurer, Gordon G. Campbell, Kohl-
er-Brambach Piano Co., New York, and secre-
tary and general manager, Harry Meixell.
Directors, the three junior past presidents,
Mark P. Campbell, Hermann Irion ami E. R.
Jacobson, and at large for one year, W. W.
Clark, Gordon G. Campbell, R. A. Durham, and
C. Alfred Wagner; two years, Richard W.
Lawrence, Alfred L. Smith, Lucien Wulsin, and
Louis Sterling.
Directors representing the National Piano
Manufacturers' Association, W. E. Guylee, Jer-
ome F. Murphy and C. D. Bond; National As-
sociation of Mu3ic Merchants, Parham Wer-
lein, C. J. Roberts, Edmund Gram; Musical
Supply Association, A. L. Wessell and J. C.
Patterson, and in addition the newly elected
presidents of all the affiliated Associations.
usic Industries
n New York
chamber With Active Program
associations Show Lively Spirit
handled over 12,000 requests for credit infor-
mation during the year. The collection bureau
received and acted upon 255 requests aggregat-
ing $57,873.63. In many cases collections were
made direct and in others the matter was
placed in the hands of an attorney. In connec-
tion with the handling of statistical informa-
tion by the Chamber, Mr. Campbell stated that
really effective work could not be done in this
I'oniiection because of lack of co-operation on
the part of members in supplying necessary
information.
, ....
In closing his report the President outlined
the specialized activities of the Chamber in
connection with various affiliated Associations
having their headquarters in the Chamber offices
and including the Musical Supply Associa-
tion of America, National Musical Merchandise
Association of the United States, National
Association of Musical Instrument and Acces-
sories Manufacturers, Committee of Phonograph
Manufacturers, and National Association of
Band Instrument Manufacturers. He also took
occasion to pay high tribute to General Man-
ager Harry Meixell and the members of the
Chamber staff.
Tuesday's Mass Meeting
On Tuesday morning there was held a gen-
eral mass meeting under the auspices of the
Music Industries Chamber of Commerce with
President Mark P. Campbell presiding, and with
representatives of all the different branches of
the music industry in attendance. Mr. Camp-
bell told in considerable detail of the work of
the Chamber both in the advancement of music
and the development of the trade. He declared
that the lack of co-operation on the part of
trade members in sending into the Chamber
reports regarding their businesses, such as pro-
duction, sales and inventory figures, prevented
the gathering and distributing of general in-
formation that would give knowledge of market
conditions and act as a guide for future moves.
In this connection he emphasized the fact that
all the figures thus submitted were kept abso-
lutely confidential and used only collectively as
a- basis for a general report.
Mr. Campbell referred particularly to the
manner in which the automobile industry gath-
ers accurate statistics regularly for the use of
its members in arranging production schedules.
It also told of the manner in which the motor
car people keep close tabs upon the trade-in
market and the prices of used cars as a guide
to business conditions.
The Future Market
Parham Werlein, President of the National
Association of Music Merchants, drew an in-
teresting picture of the future possibilities for
musical instrument sales, particularly as the
introduction of group instruction on musical
instruments progressed. He declared that there
were some 258,000 schools in the country with
nearly a million superintendents, principals,
supervisors and teachers to be contacted. There
were estimated last year to be 27,384,000 school
students and each year there were over 2,200,000
graduates. Of all money raised for taxes, practi-
cally one-third is devoted to schools. Certainly
here was a market that held great promise for
those who had the future of music business at
heart.
Fred P. Bassett, president of the National
Piano Manufacturers' Association, delivered an
optimistic message in which he urged that in-
creased efforts be coupled with economy to the
end that what business is done can be done
profitably.
The Need for Co-operation
William A. Mennie, president.of Musical Sup-
ply Association, in an interesting talk empha-
sized the fact that all divisions of the trade
should work in complete co-operation because
upon the demand for and sale of its products
depended the success of the manufacturer, the
supply man and the retailer.
Henry C. Lomb, president of the National
C. M. Tremaine
Director National Bureau for the Advancement
of Music
Association of Musical Instrument and Acces-
sories Manufacturers, also stressed the need
for co-operation among the members of every
division of the music industry, for the interest-
ing of the public in the purchase and use of
musical instruments was a common problem.
Mark P. Campbell, Past President
Music Industries Chamber of Commerce
If every member of the industry will do his
duty to the industry as a whole, he will find
that he will benefit directly so far as his own
products are concerned.
Tells of Class Piano Work
Miss Ella H. Mason, field representative of
the National Bureau for the Advancement of
Music, in a brief talk outlined what she had
learned and accomplished in the promotion of
group instruction in schools through personal
contact with school authorities, parent-teachers'
associations, etc. Miss Mason has recently
made surveys in nine cities and towns and
found the situation decidedly encouraging. In
one case the members of a parent-teachers' as-
sociation were so interested that they sought
to pay her expenses, and in every instance dis-
tinct progress was made, in some cases over
heavy handicaps. It was made quite evident
by Miss Mason that this field work was a most
important factor in group instruction campaigns
and should be carried on at all costs.
The final business session of the Chamber
attended by the newly elected delegates from
the various affiliated Associations was held on
'J hursday, when the proposed budget for the
coming year was presented and adopted.
C. Alfred Wagner, New President
At this meeting, too, the new officers were
elected for the year as follows: President, C.
Alfred Wagner, Aeolian Co., 'New York; first
vice-president, H. C. Lomb, Waverly Musical
Products Co., New York; second vice-president.
Parham Werlein, Philip Werlein, Ltd., New
Orleans; treasurer, Gordon G. Campbell, Kohl-
er-Brambach Piano Co., New York, and secre-
tary and general manager, Harry Meixell.
Directors, the three junior past presidents,
Mark P. Campbell, Hermann Irion ami E. R.
Jacobson, and at large for one year, W. W.
Clark, Gordon G. Campbell, R. A. Durham, and
C. Alfred Wagner; two years, Richard W.
Lawrence, Alfred L. Smith, Lucien Wulsin, and
Louis Sterling.
Directors representing the National Piano
Manufacturers' Association, W. E. Guylee, Jer-
ome F. Murphy and C. D. Bond; National As-
sociation of Mu3ic Merchants, Parham Wer-
lein, C. J. Roberts, Edmund Gram; Musical
Supply Association, A. L. Wessell and J. C.
Patterson, and in addition the newly elected
presidents of all the affiliated Associations.
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