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NPMA Furnishes Data to NPA;
Protests Excise Tax Increase
At a meeting held by the Executive
Committee of the National Piano Man-
ufacturers Association, on February
28th in Chicago, a detailed report was
made to the National Production Au-
thority officials regarding the expected
production in the industry for the next
two years and the anticipated require-
ments of critical materials to meet this
projected schedule, etc. The association
is also cooperating with the NPA in
the appointment of an Industry Ad-
visory Committee to assist them in plan-
ning the requirements of the industry.
The association has presented a strong
petition to all members of the House
Ways and Means Committee, urging that
pianos be exempted from further excise
tax. The members of the association
have been urged to communicate with
their Congressional representatives and
to secure the cooperation of their dealers
in an all-out effort to prevent a further
tax burden on the industry.
Annual Meeting June 12th
The fifty-fourth annual meeting of the
association will be held at the Waldorf-
Astoria Hotel on Tuesday, June 12th.
There will be a morning session, with
a luncheon at noontime. The executive
committee will hold its annual meeting
on the preceding day.
Chauncey D. Bond Honored
and for several years chairman of the
association's Class Piano Instruction
Committee, who was very instrumental
in getting this activity organized.
After the supper, Mr. Bond was pre-
sented with a gold watch.
Those present were President Webster
E. Janssen, presiding with J. F. Fed-
dersen, Jesse French & Sons, and Henry
Z. Steinway of Steinway & Sons, Robert
A. Hill of the Aeolian American Corp.,
James V. Sill, W. W. Kimball Co., Hen-
ry G. Wickham of the Wickham Piano
Plate Co.. and H. R. Rinehart. executive
secretary.
After the meeting of the Executive
Committee, a special buffet supper was
held with the members of the Music
Educators National Conference Piano
Committee in honor of Chauncey D.
Bond, former president of the NPMA,
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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW, MARCH. 1951
B. K. SETTERGREN, President
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