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MUSICAL MERCHANDISE
MUSICAL MERCHANDISE MANUFACTURERS
HOLD ANNUAL MEETING IN CHICAGO
A
T the annual luncheon meeting of the
National Association of Musical Mer-
chandise Manufacturers held at the
Palmer House, Chicago, on June 9, the
principal speaker was Dr. G. Lewis Browne,
director of music of the Board of Education,
HENRY C. LOMB
Re-elected President
Chicago, who outlined briefly what had been
accomplished in the public schools of Chi-
cago in the development of interest in class
music work among the 900,000 children at-
tending the schools. He reported that there
were now fourteen complete symphony OT-
chestras in the city, and that 32,000 pupils
had been or were taking class instruction
on some musical instrument. Dr. Bro%vne,
who has already demonstrated his sympathy
with the movement for personal performance
with music, gave a really instructive talk.
C. M. Tremaine, director of the National
Bureau for the Advancement of Music, also
talked at some length, setting forth particu-
larly what his organization and others were
doing for the development of bands and or-
chestra music in the schools, particularly
through the medium of local and national
contests. During the meeting, which was pre-
sided over by Jay Kraus, of the Harmony
Co., Henry C. Lomb, president of the Associ-
ation, outlined the work done by that body
during the past fiscal year, both along com-
mercial and promotional lines. He paid
particular tribute to the effective work in
the collection of monthly statistics of the pro-
duction of stringed instruments carefully
classified; the monthly credit reports started
in February of this year and which have
given association members a keen, first-hand
knowledge of credit conditions, and the col-
lection service, and which has brought into
the coffers of the members many dollars that
have been deemed uncollectible.
Among the promotional activities Mr. Lomb
referred to the general promotion work of
the National Bureau for the Advancement of
Music and the special promotion work car-
ried on by that organization and sponsored
and paid for by the manufacturers of stringed
instruments.
In laying out the work program for the
coming year Mr. Lomb urged that both the
commercial and promotional activities of the
association be enlarged wherever possible,
and also urged that attention be given to a
closer co-operation among members to the end
NAT'L MUSICAL MERCHANDISE ASSOCIATION
MAKES PLANS FOR REORGANIZATION
A
T the meeting of the National Musi-
cal Merchandise Association of the
United States held in Chicago on
June 9 it was agreed to reorganize the asso-
ciation along new lines, particularly for the.
purpose of establishing and maintaining a
credit service for the benefit of members.
Harry Meixell, the secretary, spoke at some
length on the credit service now being ren-
dered for other divisions of the industry and
expressed the hope that it might all be com-
bined into one general service for the bene-
fit of all manufacturers and wholesalers.
The obligations of musical merchandise
men to the Chamber have been reduced more
than fifty per cent through voluntary action
and it is believed that the remaining members
will take steps to clear up the matter and
thereby avoid any legal steps.
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The governing articles of the reorganized
association will be drafted shortly, and in
the interim the following temporary officers
were elected: President, Harry Simson, Sim-
son & Frey, New York; vice-president, M. H.
Berlin, Chicago Musical Instrument Co., Chi-
cago; secretary, Paul Monnig, Tonk Bros.
Co., Chicago, and treasurer, Arthur N. New-
man, New York Band Instrument Co., New
York. They will act until a permanent
organization is effected.
Those who attended the meeting included
representatives of the Chicago Musical In-
strument Co., the Continental Music Co.,
Fred. Gretsch Manufacturing Co., Gretsch &
Brenner, New York Band Instrument Co., J.
Schwartz Music Co., H. & A. Selmer, S.
Simson, Simson & Frey, Henry Stadlmair Co.,
and Tonk Bros. Co.
THE
MUSIC
of standardizing materials, styles and prod-
ucts, cross-licensing patents, and developing
ways and means for building up foreign
trade, particularly in th.e various Latin
American countries.
In closing, President Lomb stated that the
plan having the association function through
two divisions, Eastern and Western, had
worked out most satisfactory and should be
continued.
During tin- course of the meeting the asso-
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KUHRMEYER
Re-elected Vice-President
ciation set up an annual budget of $6,000,
$3,000 of which is to be given over to the
National Bureau for the Advancement of
Music, and $3,000 used for the work of the
organization.
The following officers were re-elected for
the ensuing year: President, Henry C. Lomb,
Waverly Musical Products Co., New York;
vice-president, H. Kuhrmeyer, Stromberg-
Voisinet Co., Chicago; and secretary, Harfy
Meixell, New York.
MARK FIRST ANNIVERSARY
WITH SOUVENIRS
The first anniversary of the establishment
of the western branch of the Fred Gretsch
Manufacturing Co., at 226 South Wabash
avenue, Chicago, coincided with the conven-
tion dates this year, and to celebrate the
event Vice-President Nash and his associate
William Gretsch, on behalf of the company,
presented to a number of their dealers usefi'1
souvenirs. The recipient could either takr
a large cocktail shaker or a small table set
composed of serving tray with sugar bowl
and cream pitcher, the tray being neatly
engraved with the "compliments of the Fred
Gretsch Manufacturing Co. Western Divi-
sion." In consequence, the Gretsch head-
quarters were visited my many dealers and
the souvenirs widely distributed.
TRADE
REVIEW,
July, 1931