Music Trade Review
Issue: 1931 Vol. 90 N. 7 - Page 8
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THE
MUSIC
NATIONAL PIANO MANUFACTURERS'
ASSOCIATION ADOPTS O W N STAMPS
T
HE outstanding feature of the annual
meeting of the National Piano Manufac-
turers' Association held on June 8 was
the decision to discontinue the use of the com-
bination stamp that has been placed on pianos
for some years past for the purpose of rais-
stamp fund computed on the basis of ship-
ments made.
The money raised through the sale of
stamps and paid into the fund in cash will
remain entirely in the hands of the manufac-
turers' association for the carrying on of pro-
motional work and other objects. Annual
dues of $50 per year will continue.
At the meeting the Baldwin Piano Co.,
which has been a consistent supporter of the
association's activities, became affiliated with
the association as a member.
Officers elected for the coming year are:
president, Gordon C. Campbell, Kohler-
Brambach Piano Co., New York; first vice-
president, Lucien Wulsin, Baldwin Piano Co.,
Cincinnati; second vice-president, Otto
S O R D O N G. CAMPBELL
The New President
ing funds in support of the Music Industries
Chamber of Commerce and particularly of
the National Bureau for the Advancement of
Music. This combination stamp was priced
at a dollar, half going to the manufacturers
and the other half to the dealers. A con-
siderable controversy has been developed as
to a proper division of the funds.
Under the new plan the manufacturers
have adopted their own stamp, the purchase
of which will be obligatory upon all mem-
bers of the Association. In order that the
burden may be equitably divided the new
set-up provides that stamps valued at 50
cents be placed on pianos wholesaling under
$300; stamps of a value of 75 cents on
pianos wholesaling from $300 to $600, and
stamps of a value of $1.50 on pianos whole-
saling at over $600. Members of the Manu-
facturers' Association, in lieu of buying
stamps may, with the consent of the officers
of the association, make cash payment to the
CONVENTION OF CHAMBER
OF COMMERCE
(Continued from page 7)
During the course of the annual meeting
the Chamber moved to renew its membership
in the Chamber of Commerce in the United
States.
Plans for the Century of Progress World's
Fair to be held in Chicago, in 1933, were
presented by representatives of the fair.
They include a number of imposing musical
features including series of concerts by
bands, choruses and other musical groups to
be carried along right through the period of
the fair. There will also be exhibits of
FRED. P. BASSETT
Retiring President
Schulz, Jr., M. Schulz Co., Chicago; treas-
urer, C. Albert Jacob, Jr., Jacob Bros., New
York; honorary secretary, Herbert W. Hill,
and secretary, Harry Meixell.
A distinctly unusual event occurred dur-
ing the installation of officers when President
Campbell was formally presented the gavel
by his father, Mark P. Campbell, a former
president of the association. The occasion
served to emphasize the rise of a new gen-
eration in trade association affairs.
musical instruments of all types on a non-
competitive basis.
. In order that music and the music trade
be properly represented the President of the
Chamber was authorized to appoint a com-
mittee of twenty-five members to develop
plans for the participation of the industry
in this important event.
The plans for the celebration of the Bi-
Centennial of George Washington's birth in
1932 were endorsed.
TRIBUTE TO IR1ON
President Wagner paid high tribute to the
earnest work of Hermann Irion as chairman
of the board of control of the National Bu-
reau for the Advancement of Music. C.
TRADE
REVIEW,
July, 1931
M. Tremaine, director of the Bureau, was
also complimented.
Harry Meixell, secretary and general man-
ager of the Chamber, in a brief report of the
financial affairs announced that the organiza-
tion went into the new .fiscal year free of
debt. This was followed by the reading of
the treasurer's report by Gordon Campbell.
Before the election of directors for the com-
ing year it was explained that the direc-
torate would include the three most recent
past presidents, the presidents of affiliated
organizations, and eight directors at large,
four to be replaced each year. The directors
from affiliated associations will be named on
the following basis: one director from each
organization contributing up to $10,000 to the
Chamber and one more director for each
additional $15,000 contributed.
DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS ELECTED
The directors elected and appointed for
the year are as follows: Past presidents E.
R. Jacobson, Hermann Irion and Mark P.
Campbell. For the piano manufacturers,
Gordon G. Campbell; for the music mer-
chants, Edwin R. Weeks; for the phonograph
trade, W. W. Clark; for the organ indus-
try, George W. Catlin; sheet music dealers,
John Harden; national musical merchandise
association, H. C. Lornb; piano and music
travelers, Jacob Schiller; piano tuners, Mels
C Boe; National Association of Musical In-
strument and Accessories Manufacturers,
Harry Simson; for the supply industry, Ar-
thur L. Wessell and John Wickham, and di-
rectors at large, Louis Sterling, A. L. Smith.
I.ucian Wulsin, R. W. Lawrence, G. C. Kav-
anagh, Jay Grinnell, C. Alfred Wagner and
Parhatn Werlein. Additional directors made
possible through additional Chamber contri-
butions are: for the National Piano Manu-
facturers' Association, W. E. Guylee and C.
D. Bond, and for the Music Merchants, Otto
B. Heaton.
Following the election of directors all of-
ficers of the Chamber were re-elected with
one exception, Julius White replacing Gor-
don G. Campbell as treasurer. The officers
for the ensuing year are therefore: President,
C. Alfred Wagner, New York; first vice-
president, Henry C. Lomb, Long Island City,
N. Y.; second vice-president, Parham Wer-
lein, New Orleans; treasurer, Julius White,
New York, and secretary anil general man-
ager, Harry Meixell, New York.
MUSICAL SUPPLY ASS'N
TO LIQUIDATE AFFAIRS
At its annual meeting in Chicago, on June
8, of the Musical Supply Association of
America it was agreed to dissolve the or-
ganization and put its affairs in the hands
of the Music Industries Chamber of Com-
merce for liquidation. The reason given was
that the membership in the association had
shrunken to such an extent that there was
no necessity for continuing it.
The liquidation committee consists of two
members from the East, W. A. Mennie and
Arthur L. Wessell, and two from the West,
John Wickham and James E. Platt, with
Harry Meixell, secretary of the association, as
chairman. Th.e assets of the association were
to be used to liquidate all claims against it,
the balance to be turned over to the National
Bureau for the Advancement of Music.
THE
MUSIC
NATIONAL PIANO MANUFACTURERS'
ASSOCIATION ADOPTS O W N STAMPS
T
HE outstanding feature of the annual
meeting of the National Piano Manufac-
turers' Association held on June 8 was
the decision to discontinue the use of the com-
bination stamp that has been placed on pianos
for some years past for the purpose of rais-
stamp fund computed on the basis of ship-
ments made.
The money raised through the sale of
stamps and paid into the fund in cash will
remain entirely in the hands of the manufac-
turers' association for the carrying on of pro-
motional work and other objects. Annual
dues of $50 per year will continue.
At the meeting the Baldwin Piano Co.,
which has been a consistent supporter of the
association's activities, became affiliated with
the association as a member.
Officers elected for the coming year are:
president, Gordon C. Campbell, Kohler-
Brambach Piano Co., New York; first vice-
president, Lucien Wulsin, Baldwin Piano Co.,
Cincinnati; second vice-president, Otto
S O R D O N G. CAMPBELL
The New President
ing funds in support of the Music Industries
Chamber of Commerce and particularly of
the National Bureau for the Advancement of
Music. This combination stamp was priced
at a dollar, half going to the manufacturers
and the other half to the dealers. A con-
siderable controversy has been developed as
to a proper division of the funds.
Under the new plan the manufacturers
have adopted their own stamp, the purchase
of which will be obligatory upon all mem-
bers of the Association. In order that the
burden may be equitably divided the new
set-up provides that stamps valued at 50
cents be placed on pianos wholesaling under
$300; stamps of a value of 75 cents on
pianos wholesaling from $300 to $600, and
stamps of a value of $1.50 on pianos whole-
saling at over $600. Members of the Manu-
facturers' Association, in lieu of buying
stamps may, with the consent of the officers
of the association, make cash payment to the
CONVENTION OF CHAMBER
OF COMMERCE
(Continued from page 7)
During the course of the annual meeting
the Chamber moved to renew its membership
in the Chamber of Commerce in the United
States.
Plans for the Century of Progress World's
Fair to be held in Chicago, in 1933, were
presented by representatives of the fair.
They include a number of imposing musical
features including series of concerts by
bands, choruses and other musical groups to
be carried along right through the period of
the fair. There will also be exhibits of
FRED. P. BASSETT
Retiring President
Schulz, Jr., M. Schulz Co., Chicago; treas-
urer, C. Albert Jacob, Jr., Jacob Bros., New
York; honorary secretary, Herbert W. Hill,
and secretary, Harry Meixell.
A distinctly unusual event occurred dur-
ing the installation of officers when President
Campbell was formally presented the gavel
by his father, Mark P. Campbell, a former
president of the association. The occasion
served to emphasize the rise of a new gen-
eration in trade association affairs.
musical instruments of all types on a non-
competitive basis.
. In order that music and the music trade
be properly represented the President of the
Chamber was authorized to appoint a com-
mittee of twenty-five members to develop
plans for the participation of the industry
in this important event.
The plans for the celebration of the Bi-
Centennial of George Washington's birth in
1932 were endorsed.
TRIBUTE TO IR1ON
President Wagner paid high tribute to the
earnest work of Hermann Irion as chairman
of the board of control of the National Bu-
reau for the Advancement of Music. C.
TRADE
REVIEW,
July, 1931
M. Tremaine, director of the Bureau, was
also complimented.
Harry Meixell, secretary and general man-
ager of the Chamber, in a brief report of the
financial affairs announced that the organiza-
tion went into the new .fiscal year free of
debt. This was followed by the reading of
the treasurer's report by Gordon Campbell.
Before the election of directors for the com-
ing year it was explained that the direc-
torate would include the three most recent
past presidents, the presidents of affiliated
organizations, and eight directors at large,
four to be replaced each year. The directors
from affiliated associations will be named on
the following basis: one director from each
organization contributing up to $10,000 to the
Chamber and one more director for each
additional $15,000 contributed.
DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS ELECTED
The directors elected and appointed for
the year are as follows: Past presidents E.
R. Jacobson, Hermann Irion and Mark P.
Campbell. For the piano manufacturers,
Gordon G. Campbell; for the music mer-
chants, Edwin R. Weeks; for the phonograph
trade, W. W. Clark; for the organ indus-
try, George W. Catlin; sheet music dealers,
John Harden; national musical merchandise
association, H. C. Lornb; piano and music
travelers, Jacob Schiller; piano tuners, Mels
C Boe; National Association of Musical In-
strument and Accessories Manufacturers,
Harry Simson; for the supply industry, Ar-
thur L. Wessell and John Wickham, and di-
rectors at large, Louis Sterling, A. L. Smith.
I.ucian Wulsin, R. W. Lawrence, G. C. Kav-
anagh, Jay Grinnell, C. Alfred Wagner and
Parhatn Werlein. Additional directors made
possible through additional Chamber contri-
butions are: for the National Piano Manu-
facturers' Association, W. E. Guylee and C.
D. Bond, and for the Music Merchants, Otto
B. Heaton.
Following the election of directors all of-
ficers of the Chamber were re-elected with
one exception, Julius White replacing Gor-
don G. Campbell as treasurer. The officers
for the ensuing year are therefore: President,
C. Alfred Wagner, New York; first vice-
president, Henry C. Lomb, Long Island City,
N. Y.; second vice-president, Parham Wer-
lein, New Orleans; treasurer, Julius White,
New York, and secretary anil general man-
ager, Harry Meixell, New York.
MUSICAL SUPPLY ASS'N
TO LIQUIDATE AFFAIRS
At its annual meeting in Chicago, on June
8, of the Musical Supply Association of
America it was agreed to dissolve the or-
ganization and put its affairs in the hands
of the Music Industries Chamber of Com-
merce for liquidation. The reason given was
that the membership in the association had
shrunken to such an extent that there was
no necessity for continuing it.
The liquidation committee consists of two
members from the East, W. A. Mennie and
Arthur L. Wessell, and two from the West,
John Wickham and James E. Platt, with
Harry Meixell, secretary of the association, as
chairman. Th.e assets of the association were
to be used to liquidate all claims against it,
the balance to be turned over to the National
Bureau for the Advancement of Music.
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