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a resolution, previously passed by the Board of
Directors regarding redemption of prior pre-
ferred stock in excess of the previous limit of
$40,000.
The Corporation may now redeem the whole
William H. Daniels, president of Denton, Cot- or any part of its prior, preferred stock, out-
tier & Daniels, Buffalo, N. Y., and one of the standing at any time, and from time to time
best-known music merchants in the country, at any dividend period, as determined by the
Board of Directors of the Company, at not ex-*
died at his home in that city on August 9 of
heart trouble after an illness of several months. ceeding 110% of the par value of the stock, plus
Mr. Daniels, who was seventy-one years old, the payment of any dividends accrued and not
had been connected with the house of Denton, paid thereon.
Cottier & Daniels for fifty-nine years, having
started as errand boy, later becoming a partner,
Death of Wm. H. Daniels
After Brief Illness
Important New Additions
to Steinway Dealer List
Sohmer & Co. Open Retail
Warerooms in East Orange
On September 2 Sohmer & Co., New York,
will open a new wareroom at 584 Central ave-
nue, East Orange, N. J., and plans are also
being made for the erection of a building on
the same main thoroughfare in which one of the
most attractive piano warerooms in New Jersey
will be housed a year from this month.
The wareroom, which was opened this month,
is in the center of the new shopping district of
East Orange and is a development inaugurated
by Sohmer & Co. along the same lines as those
which have been in operation by the various
leading mercantile houses of New York City.
The new Sohmer wareroom will be in charge
of Harry Triester, who is very well known and
has a large following in the vicinity of East
Orange, including Newark and other prominent
cities in New Jersey.
Several new and highly important additions
have recently been made to the list of Steinway
& Sons retail representatives in various sec-
tions of the country, some already in effect and
others to become effective September 1.
The new agency appointments include the
Winter Piano Co., Erie, Pa., the J. H. Troup
Music House, Harrisburg and Lancaster, Pa.,
the Thearle Music Co., San Diego, Cal., and
the J. S. Reed Piano Co., Baltimore, Md.
All these companies joining the list of Stein-
Frank I". Decker, president of Decker & Son,
way dealers have been long established, and
without exception are among the leaders in the for many years engaged in the manufacturing
of pianos in New York, died at his home here
piano field in their respective territories.
on August 2, after a lingering illness.
Mr. Decker, who was in his seventy-fourth
year, had been engaged in the manufacture of
Death of Frank C. Decker,
New York Piano Maker
William H. Daniels
and finally president and sole owner. His ad-
vance in the company's service was rapid and
it was only sixteen years from the time he
started before he was a full-fledged partner.
Coincident with his rise in the business world
Mr. Daniels gradually assumed a prominent po-
sition in the political and civic life of the county
and State and was long a leader of the Repub-
lican party in Western New York, serving as
city treasurer.
Mr. Daniels was a past president of the Na-
tional Association of Music Merchants, a mem-
ber of the National Golf Association of the
Piano Trade, a director of the Marine Trust
Co., former president of the Buffalo Club, a
member of the Shrine, the Elks and other or-
ganizations.
Mr. Daniels was long a member of the Na-
tional Association of Music Merchants, of the
National Golf Association of the Piano Trade,
and other organizations and was very popular
with trade members. The house of which he
was the head is the oldest representative of
Steinway & Sons, the first Steinway pianos hav-
ing been brought to Buffalo by way of canal
before the railroads had reached the city. In
1921, when Mr. Daniels celebrated his fiftieth
business anniversary, he was the guest at a din-
ner given in his honor by Steinway & Sons,
in New York.
Mr. Daniels was survived by his widow, Mrs.
Grace Neff Daniels, and a brother, Augustus H.
Daniels, Rochester.
Sherman, Clay & Co.
Stockholders Meet
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.—A special meeting of the
stockholders of Sherman, Clay & Co., was held
at the headquarters offices of the company, 536
Mission street, San Francisco, on the morning
of August 7, and full ratification was given to
Greensboro Music Co.
Buys Maynard Co.
GREKNSBORO, N. C.—The Greensboro branch of
the Maynard Music Co , owned by J. R. May-
nard, of Salisbury, has been sold to J. L. M.
Smith, proprietor of the Greensboro Music Co.,
who will open Greensboro Music store No. 2
in the stand formerly occupied by Maynard's.
The Maynard store has been located at 207
West Market street and the Greensboro Music
store at 123 South Elm. The latter store will
be operated until January 1, next, when the
present lease expires, it was said. After that
date the one store at 207 West Market street
will be operated, according to Mr. Smith.
Mr. Smith, a former resident of this city, re-
turned to Greensboro from Dallas, Texas, in
September, 1929.
J. R. Maynard, who had branch stores at
Raleigh and Hickory in addition to the one here,
has sold all three branch houses and now oper-
ates only the Salisbury concern.
W. I. Maynard, of Greensboro, whose piano
business has also been conducted at 207 West
Market street, will continue there for the time
being, he said.
Frank C. Decker
pianos for fifty-six years. He took an active
interest in all trade affairs, serving as president
of the New York Piano Manufacturers' Associa-
tion and later as president of the National As-
James P. W. Beckwith, general office man- sociation of Piano Manufacturers. He was also
ager and confidential man for Jacob Bros. Co , a member of several fraternal organizations.
New York, and who had been connected with
He is survived by his widow, a son, Frank
that concern for forty-three years, died of pneu- C. Decker, Jr., secretary of Decker & Son; a
monia on August 26.
daughter, Mrs. C. A. Van Winkle of Rutherford,
N. J., and two sisters. Funeral services were
held on August 5 in the chapel at Woodlawn
Cemetery. Interment was in the same ceme-
tery.
PHILADELPHIA, PA.—The long-established busi-
Dewey M. Dixon, assistant general manager
ness of Berthold B. Todd, at 1306 Arch street,
is now being liquidated under private sale by of the Music Industries Chamber of Commerce,
the creditors of the firm. Mr. Todd has been has been seriously ill and away from his desk
in the music business in Philadelphia for more for some weeks past. Mr. Dixon was stricken
while on a Western trip.
than twenty-five year?.
Death of J. P. W. Beckwith
Todd Business Sold