Music Trade Review

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Some of the Supply Exhibits at the NAMM Trade Show
1. ALUMINUM CO. OF AMERICA—GEORGE L. MOORE AND B. B. RANDOLPH OF THE ALUMINUM CO. EXPLAIN THE ADVANTAGES OF THE ALUMINUM
PLATE TO A COUPLE OF VISITORS. 2. MALCOLM F. BAUER AND CHARLES A. PFEFFER OF THE BAUER BENCH CO., NEW ROCHELLE, N. Y. STAND
BEHIND THE 3-WAY PIANO BENCH IN ONE PICTURE AS IT IS TURNED INTO A NIGHT TABLE, THE OTHER AS A WALL TABLE. 3. RONALD BEACH OF
THE BEACH INSTRUMENT CO., NEWARK, N. 3., AND SOME OF THE NEW INSTRUMENTS SHOWN BY THIS HOUSE. 4. CHARLES FREDERICK STEIN,
CONSULTANT; F. KELSO DAVIS, SALES MGR.; GEORGE C. SEELEY, VICE-PRES. AND PETER H. COMSTOCK, VICE-PRES., OF PRATT, READ & CO.,
IVORYTOWN, CONN., SNAPPED IN THE PRATT, READ & CO. EXHIBIT. 5. HAMPTON L. TONK, H. C. BEHRENS AND OTHERS IN THE EXHIBIT OF
THE TONK MFG. CO. 6. SIDNEY WOLFE, EXPLAINING WOLFE'S PLAY-BY-COLOR METHOD TO A DEALER. 7. ALLEN M. FOOTE AND O. J. BUCKLEY
OF DAMPP-CHASER INC. EXPLAINING THE USE OF DAMPP-CHASER. 8. THE NEW CIRCULAR DAMPP-CHASER FOR DRUMS.
Order M-47-A by NPA
Further Restricts Metals
The National Production Authority
Order M-47-A issued on July 1st, 1951,
further controls the use of iron and
steel, copper and aluminum.
Radio, television, phonographs, record
players and phonograph needles are in-
cluded under Section 6. Section 8 of
Miscellaneous Items in Paragraph 5, in-
cludes "Musical Instruments. Equipment.
Stands and Cases; Chimes and Bells,"
under Paragraph 6 "Pianos and Organs,
Including Parts and Material."
Under this ruling, the use of iron,
steel, copper and aluminum in the man-
ufacture and assembly of the above items
and other consumer durable goods and
certain related items, is cut back to
70% for iron and steel products and
parts, 60% for copper products and
parts, and 50% for aluminum products
and parts. This pertains to the third
THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW, AUGUST, 1951
quarter of 1951. The users of less than
100 short tons of iron and steel prod-
ucts, 5 short tons of copper products
and 5 short tons of aluminum products,
are permitted to use 25% more than
the foregoing figures, to the extent that
such use or rate of assembly does not
then exceed the applicable maximum
quantity of 100, 5 and 5 short tons, re-
spectively.
In explaining the base period the di-
rective states: "As to items included, ex-
cept as otherwise provided in Section 6.
of this order, the 6 months period end-
ing June 30th, 1950 is the base period."
Under Section 6, entitled: "Season-
ality" it states: (a) Any person may at
his option determine his permitted use
or rate of assembly of items under this
order by using as a base period the 6
months period ending December 31st.
1949; provided, however, that such per-
son shall then use that base period for
all such manufactured and assembled
items.
On July 20th, the NPA issued Direc-
tive 1 to M-47-A the purpose of which
was to advise persons subject to NPA
Order M-47-A of certain provisions of
instructions for preparing Form GMP-
4B covering requirements of controlled
materials to be used in production dur-
ing the fourth quarter of 1951. This
order tequired application to be fil°d
by July 31, 1951 which was amended
later to Aug. 15.
U EUGENE
REDEWILL
Eugene Redewill, 70, president of the
Redewill Music Co., Phoenix, Ariz.,
passed away on June 9 as the result of
a heart attack.
Mr. Redewill was elected secretary of
the National Association of Music Mer-
chants at the annual meeting in 1950.
Born in California, he moved to Phoe-
nix when a young man. Following the
passing of his father, he took over the
management of the business.
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