Music Trade Review
Issue: 1932 Vol. 91 N. 9 - Page 7
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THE
MUSIC
TRADE
REVIEW,
November,
1932
LOUIS C. WACNER ELECTED PRESIDENT OF
CHICAGO PIANO AND ORGAN ASSOCIATION
HE regular October luncheon and busi-
ness meeting of the Chicago Piano and
Organ Association was held at the Audi-
torium Hotel on the 28th with a good attend-
ance. The principal topic of discussion was
T
the annual session when the various officers
and committee heads presented their reports.
Treasurer Schneider stated that the organiza-
tion was in excellent financial condition with
over $1,400 in cash and $5,200 in bonds on
hand.
The nominating committee presented the
following slate which was adopted by accla-
mation: President, Louis C. Wagner, of the
Baldwin Piano Co.; first vice-president,
David W. Kimball, of the W. W. Kimball
Co.; second vice-president, Richard J. O'Con-
nell, of Lyon & Healy; secretary, Fred Ryder,
LOUIS C. WAGNER
the increasing enrollment of Chicago Public
School children in the group piano instruc-
tion classes and the support given to that
movement by Superintendent of Schools
Bogan and Doctor J. Lewis Browne, director
of music. As previously announced, the asso-
ciation paid for the printing of 60,000 ques-
tionnaires to be sent to parents explaining
these classes.
The November meeting was held on the
tenth, also at the Auditorium Hotel, it being
DAVID W. KIMBALL
of the Cable Co., and treasurer, Adam
Schneider. In address of acceptance Presi-
dent Wagner commented upon the uniform
courtesy and kindness which he, an Easterner,
has met with in Chicago.
1929 and 1931. In the former year radio and phonograph
apparatus was valued at factory prices at $476,041,054, while
in 1931 this valuation had shrunk to $194,313,602.
The individual manufacturer and retailer may get some
comfort in comparing the condition of his own business over
the two-year period with the general trend of the trade of
which he is a part. If his proportion of decrease in either
units or valuation is higher than the average he needs to do
further adjusting. If the decrease is lower than the average
then he is just that much more fortunate or perhaps that
much better business man.
PUTTING THE SEAL OF APPROVAL
ON GOOD RADIO RECEIVERS
T
H E Radio Manufacturers' Association has taken a
distinct step forward in its efforts to improve mer-
chandising conditions in the industry by providing for
a concerted drive against unlicensed manufacturers
who, in placing inferior products on the market, are inclined
to trample on the patent rights of association members. The
general trade and public may not be interested in the patent
troubles of the manufacturers, but they will be interested in
Mr. Kimball, in accepting the office of first
vice-president, took occasion to endorse the
stand of Marshall Field & Co., in expressing
faith in the country as evidenced by a credo
published in the Chicago papers by that
great department store and which read:
CREDO
1—We believe in the United States of
America; in the soundness and permanence
of its institutions; in its destiny to lead the
family of nations to peace, brotherhood and
contentment.
II—We believe in the ability of our ap-
pointed leaders to overcome the obstacles
which obstruct the path of our people to
happiness and prosperity.
Ill—We believe that the business men of
this country can and will work together for
our national welfare; setting aside, if need
be, the powerful influences of self-interest;
and will so coordinate their efforts and poli-
cies that recovery—material and spiritual—
will be hastened.
IV—We believe it to be the duty of all
who have jobs to try to create jobs for those
who have not.
V—We believe that we can best show our
patriotism and our faith in our country by
thrusting aside all distraction, setting our
faces forward, and working—harder, more
thoughtfully than ever before.
—Marshall Field & Company.
The George Seeley Furniture Co., Glendale,
Cal., has opened a new music department
under the management of Leo A. Dearrick,
well known in the music trade of that city.
The new department will feature Baldwin
pianos and Atwater Kent radios among other
lines and will include a recital hall seating
300 for the use of music teachers and their
pupils.
The Houck Music Co., Little Rock, Ark.,
has been incorporated with capital stock of
$10,000 by W. P. Hamilton, Mrs. Lenoir
Mosley and T. P. Ma us.
the plan to attach an official R.M.A. label to all authorized
products, providing the label and its purpose is given the
proper publicity.
A great deal of the trouble experienced by the radio indus-
try has been due to wildcat concerns who have been more
interested in unloading their stocks than in producing radio
receivers of merit. The result has been the lowering of the
tone of the entire industry. If the public can be assured
that a radio product bearing the official label represents a
definite quality standard their confidence in the trade will be
restored. These standards provide that the sets must have
the approval of the Underwriters; ahall cover the entire
United States and Canada broadcast band; shall be non-
interfering and shall provide a definite performance.
It might be well, were it possible, for other divisions of
the music industry to establish similar standards of quality
definitely authenticated for the guidance of the public.
It
might change things a bit.
THE
MUSIC
TRADE
REVIEW,
November,
1932
LOUIS C. WACNER ELECTED PRESIDENT OF
CHICAGO PIANO AND ORGAN ASSOCIATION
HE regular October luncheon and busi-
ness meeting of the Chicago Piano and
Organ Association was held at the Audi-
torium Hotel on the 28th with a good attend-
ance. The principal topic of discussion was
T
the annual session when the various officers
and committee heads presented their reports.
Treasurer Schneider stated that the organiza-
tion was in excellent financial condition with
over $1,400 in cash and $5,200 in bonds on
hand.
The nominating committee presented the
following slate which was adopted by accla-
mation: President, Louis C. Wagner, of the
Baldwin Piano Co.; first vice-president,
David W. Kimball, of the W. W. Kimball
Co.; second vice-president, Richard J. O'Con-
nell, of Lyon & Healy; secretary, Fred Ryder,
LOUIS C. WAGNER
the increasing enrollment of Chicago Public
School children in the group piano instruc-
tion classes and the support given to that
movement by Superintendent of Schools
Bogan and Doctor J. Lewis Browne, director
of music. As previously announced, the asso-
ciation paid for the printing of 60,000 ques-
tionnaires to be sent to parents explaining
these classes.
The November meeting was held on the
tenth, also at the Auditorium Hotel, it being
DAVID W. KIMBALL
of the Cable Co., and treasurer, Adam
Schneider. In address of acceptance Presi-
dent Wagner commented upon the uniform
courtesy and kindness which he, an Easterner,
has met with in Chicago.
1929 and 1931. In the former year radio and phonograph
apparatus was valued at factory prices at $476,041,054, while
in 1931 this valuation had shrunk to $194,313,602.
The individual manufacturer and retailer may get some
comfort in comparing the condition of his own business over
the two-year period with the general trend of the trade of
which he is a part. If his proportion of decrease in either
units or valuation is higher than the average he needs to do
further adjusting. If the decrease is lower than the average
then he is just that much more fortunate or perhaps that
much better business man.
PUTTING THE SEAL OF APPROVAL
ON GOOD RADIO RECEIVERS
T
H E Radio Manufacturers' Association has taken a
distinct step forward in its efforts to improve mer-
chandising conditions in the industry by providing for
a concerted drive against unlicensed manufacturers
who, in placing inferior products on the market, are inclined
to trample on the patent rights of association members. The
general trade and public may not be interested in the patent
troubles of the manufacturers, but they will be interested in
Mr. Kimball, in accepting the office of first
vice-president, took occasion to endorse the
stand of Marshall Field & Co., in expressing
faith in the country as evidenced by a credo
published in the Chicago papers by that
great department store and which read:
CREDO
1—We believe in the United States of
America; in the soundness and permanence
of its institutions; in its destiny to lead the
family of nations to peace, brotherhood and
contentment.
II—We believe in the ability of our ap-
pointed leaders to overcome the obstacles
which obstruct the path of our people to
happiness and prosperity.
Ill—We believe that the business men of
this country can and will work together for
our national welfare; setting aside, if need
be, the powerful influences of self-interest;
and will so coordinate their efforts and poli-
cies that recovery—material and spiritual—
will be hastened.
IV—We believe it to be the duty of all
who have jobs to try to create jobs for those
who have not.
V—We believe that we can best show our
patriotism and our faith in our country by
thrusting aside all distraction, setting our
faces forward, and working—harder, more
thoughtfully than ever before.
—Marshall Field & Company.
The George Seeley Furniture Co., Glendale,
Cal., has opened a new music department
under the management of Leo A. Dearrick,
well known in the music trade of that city.
The new department will feature Baldwin
pianos and Atwater Kent radios among other
lines and will include a recital hall seating
300 for the use of music teachers and their
pupils.
The Houck Music Co., Little Rock, Ark.,
has been incorporated with capital stock of
$10,000 by W. P. Hamilton, Mrs. Lenoir
Mosley and T. P. Ma us.
the plan to attach an official R.M.A. label to all authorized
products, providing the label and its purpose is given the
proper publicity.
A great deal of the trouble experienced by the radio indus-
try has been due to wildcat concerns who have been more
interested in unloading their stocks than in producing radio
receivers of merit. The result has been the lowering of the
tone of the entire industry. If the public can be assured
that a radio product bearing the official label represents a
definite quality standard their confidence in the trade will be
restored. These standards provide that the sets must have
the approval of the Underwriters; ahall cover the entire
United States and Canada broadcast band; shall be non-
interfering and shall provide a definite performance.
It might be well, were it possible, for other divisions of
the music industry to establish similar standards of quality
definitely authenticated for the guidance of the public.
It
might change things a bit.
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