Music Trade Review
Issue: 1932 Vol. 91 N. 3 - Page 21
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THE
MUSIC
TRADE
REVIEW,
BOARD BARS TEACHERS FROM
SELLING INSTRUMENTS
As a result of a protest made by George
T. Keller of Keller's Music House, Eastern,
Fa., who complained of the purchasing of
musical instruments for members of school
bands and orchestras by teachers in the
Kaston public schools, the Easton School
Hoard took definite action to prevent the con-
tinuation of this practice at one of its meet-
ings last month. The letter of protest had
been presented at a previous meeting and
referred to the Educational Committee, which
after careful consideration of both sides of
the question submitted the following recom-
mendations which were adopted.
1. The Committee recommends that the
practice of purchasing musical instruments
for pupils through the teachers of music be
discontinued.
2. The Committee recommends that the
services of teachers of music, attendant to
the purchase of musical instruments by pupils,
will be confined only through advice to pupils
or parents as to the type of instrument desired
and the approximate cost of same.
3. The Committee recommends that teach-
ers of music are also privileged to furnish
the parents with a list of dealers or firms
from whom such instruments may be pur-
chased but shall not engage either directly
or indirectly in the purchase of such instru-
ments.
An interesting point was brought out by
the chairman of the Education Committee of
the Easton School Hoard when he stated that
the findings of the Committee were based on
21
M a r c h , 1932
school laws which prohibit any teacher from
acting as a purchasing agent, and those who
receive remuneration, directly or indirectly,
are liable to censure and dismissal. He also
stated that there are four teachers of instru-
mental music in the Easton schools who also
jeopardize their positions by tutoring pupils
in music at a fee of $1 per hour after school
sessions.
The action taken by Mr. Keller is in line
with suggestions which were made during
the Open Forum Session at the last annual
convention of the National Association of
Music Merchants in Chicago, when the sub-
ject of the sale by manufacturers of band
and orchestral instruments direct to music
teachers or music supervisors was under dis-
cussion. At the previous convention in New
York, in 1930, the association passed sweep-
ing resolutions condemning this practice.
NEW YEAR STARTS WELL FOR
AMERICAN PLATING CO.
Another busy local plant is that of the
American Plating k Manufacturing Co., at
20 East Cullerton street, Chicago. This com-
pany has, for years, specialized in metal
equipment for fretted instruments, and makes
a number of specialties for the musical mer-
chandise trade, such as the jewsaphone, the
jazz sax, a new guitar self-player, and other
specialties. They have been running full
time with a full force for weeks past, and
President H. W. Pigeon told a representative
of THE REVIEW that business had been sur-
prisingly good for a number of months. As
he put it: "I am assured from the orders we
have, and large contracts which are prac-
tically arranged for, that 1932 will be a
mighty good year for us. Just at present we
are doing a very heavy business in metal
parts for guitars and other fretted instru-
ments. In fact, judging by the number of
orders we have for guitar equipment, there
must be quite a boom on for that particular
instrument."
ANNUAL BAND TOURNAMENT
PLANNED IN WISCONSIN
The twelfth annual band tournament for
Wisconsin schools will be held here on May
6 and 7. Mayor George W. Mead of Mil-
waukee is chairman of the executive com-
mittee: W. J. Taylor, chairman of finance;
A. A. Heger, of commissary; W. A. Sprise
of ticket sales; A. A. Richay of housing;
L. P. Daniels of reception, Dwight Teas,
registration and information; Guy Nash of
halls.
U. S. GOVERNMENT BANS
CONVICT-MADE INSTRUMENTS
Acting on the complaint of the Cundy-
Bettoney Co. of Boston, that clarinets and
other musical instruments made in whole or
in part by convict labor in France were being
imported into the United States, F. X. A.
Eble, Commissioner of Customs, Washington,
has issued an order prohibiting the importa-
tion of such instruments, most of which are
made in I.aCouture-Boussey and Poissy,
France.
NEW LINES
NEW PEP
If you plan to add new lines, enlarge
your present stocks, or make changes
in lines now handled, let THE REVIEW
help you
We shall be glad to put you in quick touch with manufacturers and wholesalers of the
products you desire whether pianos, band orchestra instruments, radios, sheet music,
accessories or general merchandise. We will see that you are supplied with catalogs,
general literature and other information for your guidance—and without obligation
JUST WRITE SERVICE DEPARTMENT
THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
420 LEXINGTON AVE.
NEW YORK
THE
MUSIC
TRADE
REVIEW,
BOARD BARS TEACHERS FROM
SELLING INSTRUMENTS
As a result of a protest made by George
T. Keller of Keller's Music House, Eastern,
Fa., who complained of the purchasing of
musical instruments for members of school
bands and orchestras by teachers in the
Kaston public schools, the Easton School
Hoard took definite action to prevent the con-
tinuation of this practice at one of its meet-
ings last month. The letter of protest had
been presented at a previous meeting and
referred to the Educational Committee, which
after careful consideration of both sides of
the question submitted the following recom-
mendations which were adopted.
1. The Committee recommends that the
practice of purchasing musical instruments
for pupils through the teachers of music be
discontinued.
2. The Committee recommends that the
services of teachers of music, attendant to
the purchase of musical instruments by pupils,
will be confined only through advice to pupils
or parents as to the type of instrument desired
and the approximate cost of same.
3. The Committee recommends that teach-
ers of music are also privileged to furnish
the parents with a list of dealers or firms
from whom such instruments may be pur-
chased but shall not engage either directly
or indirectly in the purchase of such instru-
ments.
An interesting point was brought out by
the chairman of the Education Committee of
the Easton School Hoard when he stated that
the findings of the Committee were based on
21
M a r c h , 1932
school laws which prohibit any teacher from
acting as a purchasing agent, and those who
receive remuneration, directly or indirectly,
are liable to censure and dismissal. He also
stated that there are four teachers of instru-
mental music in the Easton schools who also
jeopardize their positions by tutoring pupils
in music at a fee of $1 per hour after school
sessions.
The action taken by Mr. Keller is in line
with suggestions which were made during
the Open Forum Session at the last annual
convention of the National Association of
Music Merchants in Chicago, when the sub-
ject of the sale by manufacturers of band
and orchestral instruments direct to music
teachers or music supervisors was under dis-
cussion. At the previous convention in New
York, in 1930, the association passed sweep-
ing resolutions condemning this practice.
NEW YEAR STARTS WELL FOR
AMERICAN PLATING CO.
Another busy local plant is that of the
American Plating k Manufacturing Co., at
20 East Cullerton street, Chicago. This com-
pany has, for years, specialized in metal
equipment for fretted instruments, and makes
a number of specialties for the musical mer-
chandise trade, such as the jewsaphone, the
jazz sax, a new guitar self-player, and other
specialties. They have been running full
time with a full force for weeks past, and
President H. W. Pigeon told a representative
of THE REVIEW that business had been sur-
prisingly good for a number of months. As
he put it: "I am assured from the orders we
have, and large contracts which are prac-
tically arranged for, that 1932 will be a
mighty good year for us. Just at present we
are doing a very heavy business in metal
parts for guitars and other fretted instru-
ments. In fact, judging by the number of
orders we have for guitar equipment, there
must be quite a boom on for that particular
instrument."
ANNUAL BAND TOURNAMENT
PLANNED IN WISCONSIN
The twelfth annual band tournament for
Wisconsin schools will be held here on May
6 and 7. Mayor George W. Mead of Mil-
waukee is chairman of the executive com-
mittee: W. J. Taylor, chairman of finance;
A. A. Heger, of commissary; W. A. Sprise
of ticket sales; A. A. Richay of housing;
L. P. Daniels of reception, Dwight Teas,
registration and information; Guy Nash of
halls.
U. S. GOVERNMENT BANS
CONVICT-MADE INSTRUMENTS
Acting on the complaint of the Cundy-
Bettoney Co. of Boston, that clarinets and
other musical instruments made in whole or
in part by convict labor in France were being
imported into the United States, F. X. A.
Eble, Commissioner of Customs, Washington,
has issued an order prohibiting the importa-
tion of such instruments, most of which are
made in I.aCouture-Boussey and Poissy,
France.
NEW LINES
NEW PEP
If you plan to add new lines, enlarge
your present stocks, or make changes
in lines now handled, let THE REVIEW
help you
We shall be glad to put you in quick touch with manufacturers and wholesalers of the
products you desire whether pianos, band orchestra instruments, radios, sheet music,
accessories or general merchandise. We will see that you are supplied with catalogs,
general literature and other information for your guidance—and without obligation
JUST WRITE SERVICE DEPARTMENT
THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
420 LEXINGTON AVE.
NEW YORK
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