Music Trade Review
Issue: 1931 Vol. 90 N. 11 - Page 26
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iddle
Chicasc
West
FRANK W . KIRK
Manager
333 NO. MICHIGAN
AVENUE
CHICAGO PIANO CLUB AFFILIATES
WITH PIANO AND ORGAN ASSOCIATION
O
CTOBER was a month of unusual
interest in Chicago trade organiza-
tion circles, and the Piano Club,
after seventeen years of useful life, now
becomes merged with the Chicago Piano and
Organ Association, which, by the way, is
the oldest trade organization in this indus-
try in the United States. Increased in mem-
bership and in financial assets, the Chicago
Piano and Organ Association has under
consideration matters of organized effort to
increase public interest in music throughout
this area.
In their regular order, the events leading
to this important change included the lunch
of October 5, at the Illinois Athletic Club,
which was a joint meeting of the member-
ship of the two bodies. Then the reports
of the committees to arrange for the con-
solidation were formally accepted, including
some minor changes in the by-laws of the
P. & O. Association, and an agreement plac-
ing all the funds of the Piano Club in the
treasury of the older organization.
The final luncheon meeting of the Piano
Club was held October 12, and it was de-
cided to merge as of that date. This obvi-
ated the necessity of holding the annual elec-
tion of the Piano Club for 1931-1932,
scheduled for that day. The annual election
of the Chicago Piano and Organ Association
is to be held early in November, and as the
by-laws now provide for two vice-presidents,
it seems probable that one of these officials
to be elected will become, so to speak, a rep-
resentative of the Piano Club membership.
Now the P. & O. has active and associate
memberships, each with voting rights, the
associate membership including those who
are not owners, managers or partners in
musical instrument establishments. The dues
in each class are to be $5.00 a year, and
while the matter is not settled as to how
often, or where, luncheon meetings are to
be held, the opinion was informally ex-
pressed that perhaps a luncheon meeting
every other week would be a good way to
maintain and increase trade interest.
The October 12 luncheon called out a
good attendance, and President B. F. Duvall
read his annual report for the closing year,
which coincided with the passing of that
26
organization into the Chicago Piano and
Organ Association.
Mr. Duvall reviewed briefly the activities
of the Piano Club during the past year, call-
ing attention to the number of prominent
people in and out of the trade who had
attended the regular luncheons and to the
contributions made by the club for the ad-
vancement of music, which included $300
to the piano-radio fund. However, there
was a very satisfactory balance still in the
treasury.
Regarding the merger of the two trade
bodies, Mr. Duvall said: "The Piano Club
of Chicago, which is merging with the Chi-
cago Piano & Organ Association as of this
date, faces many new opportunities for serv-
ice, inspired by past success. The combined
organizations will be a unit that has no
superior in the music trades in the country."
The Musical Merchandise Manufacturers'
Association resumed their monthly fall com-
bined dinners and business meetings on
October 5, and the Men's Sheet Music Club
of Chicago also resumed on October 8 their
fall gatherings. Details of these meetings
will be found in other columns.
space is excellently lighted, and the arrange-
ment of machinery permits manufacturing
processes to go on in economical sequence.
The new Cowen line of piano benches
includes a number of fancy models, all built
to the high manufacturing standards of the
Amco line, which this company puts out.
STARR PIANO CO. REPORTS
IMPROVED PIANO DEMAND
The Starr Piano Co., Richmond, Ind., re-
ports an increase in the demand for small
grands and uprights spread pretty well
throughout the country. It is reported, too,
that the company's refrigerator business is
holding its own very satisfactorily with the
commercial end showing a smart gain. The
company is about to issue a new catalog
and folder covering the Starr Freeze com-
mercial units.
COWEN FURNITURE CO.
OCCUPIES LARGER QUARTERS
The Cowen Furniture Co. is now located
in new and larger quarters at 1223-1225
West Lake street, Chicago. President L. D.
Cowen, of that company, leased the premises
for five years from November 1, and by that
date had completed moving from their for-
mer place in West Superior street.
In the new plant the Cowen Furniture
Co. will have a modern and economical
equipment for the manufacture of piano
benches, cabinets, novelty furniture, etc.
The building is of brick, two stories on the
street front and three on the back of the
lot, with a depth of about 188 feet and a
frontage of 37 feet. The basement also pro-
vides extra storage space in addition to a
floor area of about 18,000 square feet. The
machinery is all of the latest woodworking
and finishing type, each tool run by an in-
dividual electric motor. The entire floor
THE
MUSIC
TRADE
FROM TOP
TO CASTER
SCHULZ
COLONY
GRANDS
Are Better Designed
Better Built
Better Priced
We Will Send You
Actual Specifications
to Prove It
M. SCHULZ CO.
711 Milwaukee Ave.
CHICAGO, ILL.
REVIEW,
N o v e m b e r , 1931
iddle
Chicasc
West
FRANK W . KIRK
Manager
333 NO. MICHIGAN
AVENUE
CHICAGO PIANO CLUB AFFILIATES
WITH PIANO AND ORGAN ASSOCIATION
O
CTOBER was a month of unusual
interest in Chicago trade organiza-
tion circles, and the Piano Club,
after seventeen years of useful life, now
becomes merged with the Chicago Piano and
Organ Association, which, by the way, is
the oldest trade organization in this indus-
try in the United States. Increased in mem-
bership and in financial assets, the Chicago
Piano and Organ Association has under
consideration matters of organized effort to
increase public interest in music throughout
this area.
In their regular order, the events leading
to this important change included the lunch
of October 5, at the Illinois Athletic Club,
which was a joint meeting of the member-
ship of the two bodies. Then the reports
of the committees to arrange for the con-
solidation were formally accepted, including
some minor changes in the by-laws of the
P. & O. Association, and an agreement plac-
ing all the funds of the Piano Club in the
treasury of the older organization.
The final luncheon meeting of the Piano
Club was held October 12, and it was de-
cided to merge as of that date. This obvi-
ated the necessity of holding the annual elec-
tion of the Piano Club for 1931-1932,
scheduled for that day. The annual election
of the Chicago Piano and Organ Association
is to be held early in November, and as the
by-laws now provide for two vice-presidents,
it seems probable that one of these officials
to be elected will become, so to speak, a rep-
resentative of the Piano Club membership.
Now the P. & O. has active and associate
memberships, each with voting rights, the
associate membership including those who
are not owners, managers or partners in
musical instrument establishments. The dues
in each class are to be $5.00 a year, and
while the matter is not settled as to how
often, or where, luncheon meetings are to
be held, the opinion was informally ex-
pressed that perhaps a luncheon meeting
every other week would be a good way to
maintain and increase trade interest.
The October 12 luncheon called out a
good attendance, and President B. F. Duvall
read his annual report for the closing year,
which coincided with the passing of that
26
organization into the Chicago Piano and
Organ Association.
Mr. Duvall reviewed briefly the activities
of the Piano Club during the past year, call-
ing attention to the number of prominent
people in and out of the trade who had
attended the regular luncheons and to the
contributions made by the club for the ad-
vancement of music, which included $300
to the piano-radio fund. However, there
was a very satisfactory balance still in the
treasury.
Regarding the merger of the two trade
bodies, Mr. Duvall said: "The Piano Club
of Chicago, which is merging with the Chi-
cago Piano & Organ Association as of this
date, faces many new opportunities for serv-
ice, inspired by past success. The combined
organizations will be a unit that has no
superior in the music trades in the country."
The Musical Merchandise Manufacturers'
Association resumed their monthly fall com-
bined dinners and business meetings on
October 5, and the Men's Sheet Music Club
of Chicago also resumed on October 8 their
fall gatherings. Details of these meetings
will be found in other columns.
space is excellently lighted, and the arrange-
ment of machinery permits manufacturing
processes to go on in economical sequence.
The new Cowen line of piano benches
includes a number of fancy models, all built
to the high manufacturing standards of the
Amco line, which this company puts out.
STARR PIANO CO. REPORTS
IMPROVED PIANO DEMAND
The Starr Piano Co., Richmond, Ind., re-
ports an increase in the demand for small
grands and uprights spread pretty well
throughout the country. It is reported, too,
that the company's refrigerator business is
holding its own very satisfactorily with the
commercial end showing a smart gain. The
company is about to issue a new catalog
and folder covering the Starr Freeze com-
mercial units.
COWEN FURNITURE CO.
OCCUPIES LARGER QUARTERS
The Cowen Furniture Co. is now located
in new and larger quarters at 1223-1225
West Lake street, Chicago. President L. D.
Cowen, of that company, leased the premises
for five years from November 1, and by that
date had completed moving from their for-
mer place in West Superior street.
In the new plant the Cowen Furniture
Co. will have a modern and economical
equipment for the manufacture of piano
benches, cabinets, novelty furniture, etc.
The building is of brick, two stories on the
street front and three on the back of the
lot, with a depth of about 188 feet and a
frontage of 37 feet. The basement also pro-
vides extra storage space in addition to a
floor area of about 18,000 square feet. The
machinery is all of the latest woodworking
and finishing type, each tool run by an in-
dividual electric motor. The entire floor
THE
MUSIC
TRADE
FROM TOP
TO CASTER
SCHULZ
COLONY
GRANDS
Are Better Designed
Better Built
Better Priced
We Will Send You
Actual Specifications
to Prove It
M. SCHULZ CO.
711 Milwaukee Ave.
CHICAGO, ILL.
REVIEW,
N o v e m b e r , 1931
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