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May 24, 1924.
SHEET MUSIC TRADE
ALL SET FOR CONVENTION
Interesting Business and Social Events As-
sured for Sheet Music Dealers at Waldorf-
Astoria June 9.
The annual convention of the National Association
of Sheet Music Dealers will be held at the Waldorf-
Astoria, New York, beginning June 9, a week later
than the conventions of the other associations of the
music trade. The subjects to be discussed at the
business sessions will be of the utmost importance
to the sheet music trade and an attendance larger
than usual is expected.
The following are the officers elected at the con-
vention of 1923:
President—Edward P. Little.
Vice-President—E. Grant Ege.
Secretary and Treasurer—Thomas J. Donlan.
Directors—T. F. Delaney, J. Elmer Harvey, Charles
W. Homeyer, Holmes R. Maddock, S. Ernest Phil-
pitt, W. Deane Preston Jr., Joseph M. Priaulx, J.
Edgar Robinson, Paul A. Schmitt, M. E. Tompkins,
W. H. Witt, Harvey J. Woods, Sam Levis, Laurence
Sundquist and Leslie Miller.
LIST OF MEMBERS.
The following is a list of members of the National
Association of Sheet Music Dealers:
Charles C. Adams & Co., Peoria, 111.; Anderson
Piano Co., Inc., N Utica, N. Y.; Andrews Music House,
Bangor, Me.; Art Music Store, Lewistown, Me.; Emil
Ascher, New York, N. Y.; Aton Music Company,
Sioux City, la.
Bailey, Inc., Spokane, Wash.; Bay State Music
Co., Lawrence, Mass.; H. A. Becker, Pittsburgh, Pa.;
E. B. Billings, Providence, R. I.; C. A. Blodgett,
Springfield, Mass.; Boosey & Company, New York,
N. Y.; Boston Music Co., Boston, Mass.; Brownell
Music Co., Akron, O.; J. P. Brown, Jacksonville, 111.;
Bryant-Willard, Detroit, Mich.
Carlin Music Co., Indianapolis, Ind.; D. M. Caugh-
ling, Toledo, O.; Century Music Publishing Co., New
York, N. Y.; Oliver Chalifous, Birmingham, Ala.;
Chandler, Ebel Co.. Brooklyn, N. Y.; Chappell &
Co., New York, N. Y.; C. C. Church Company, Hart-
ford, Conn.; John Church Co., Cincinnati, O.; Clark
Music Co., Syracuse, N. Y.; Consolidated Music Co.,
Salt Lake City, Utah; Cressey & Allen, Portland, Me.;
Ross P. Curtice Co., Lincoln, Nebr.
Denton, Cottier & Daniels, Buffalo, N. Y.; Denver
Music Co., Denver, Colo.; Chas. H. Ditson Co., New
York, N. Y.; Oliver Ditson Co., Boston, Mass.; W. J.
Dyer & Bro., St. Paul, Minn.
Leo Feist, New York, N. Y.; Carl Fischer, New
York, N. Y.; J. Fischer & Bra, New York, N. Y.;
Sam Fox Pub. Co., Cleveland, O.; H. A. French,
Nashville, Tenn.; Jesse French & Sons, Montgomery,
Ala.; Frederick Music House, Grand Rapids, Mich.;
W. F. Frederick Piano Co., Pittsburgh, Pa.; Fuller,
Rycle Music Co., Indianapolis, Ind.
Gamble Hinged Music Co., Chicago, 111.; Thos.
Goggan & Bro., Houston, Texas; Thos. Goggan &
Bro., Dallas, Texas; Hamilton S. Gordon, New York,
\ \ Y.; H. W. Gray Co, New York, N. Y.; Gressett
Music House, Meridian, Miss.; Grinnell Bros., De-
troit, Mich.; Henry Grobe, San Francisco, Calif.
T. B. Harms & Hunter (Francis Day), New York,
X. Y.; Hinds, Hayden & Eldredge, New York, N. Y.;
J. M. Hoffman Co.. Pittsburgh, Pa.; Chas. W.
Homeyer & Co., Boston, Mass.; A. Hospe Company,
Omaha, Nebr.; C. A. House Company, Wheeling, W.
Va.; O. K. Houck Piano Co., Memphis, Tenn.; How-
ard Farwell Co., St. Paul, Minn.; Huntzinger & Dil-
worth, Xew York, N. Y.; J. L. Hudson Music Store,
Detroit, Mich.
J. W. Jenkins Sons Music Co., Kansas City, Mo.
Wm. A. Kaun Music Co., Milwaukee, Wis.; Mrs.
John E. Kellar, Indianapolis, Ind.; The Knight,
Campbell Music Co., Denver, Colo.; Krausgill Piano
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Company, Louisville, Ky.; Fred G. Kranz Music Co.,
Baltimore, Md.
YV. II. Lehman Company, Des Moines, la.; Fred
Leithold Piano Company, La Crosse, Wis.; Levis
Music Store, Rochester, N. Y.; Lorenz Publishing
Company, Dayton, O.; Lyon & Healy, Chicago, 111.
H. Ross McClure, St. Paul, Minn.; McMillan Music
Company, Cleveland, O.; Meredith's Arcade Music
Store, Dayton, O.; Metropolitan Music Company,
Minneapolis, Minn.; Leslie E. Miller, Knoxville, Tenn.
New England Conservatory of Music, Boston,
Mass.; Nordheimer Piano & Music Co., Hamilton,
Out.
Oregon-Eilers Music Store, Portland, Ore.
E. D. Patton, Omaha, Nebr.; W. H. Peate, Utica,
N. Y.; Ernest S. Philpitt, Washington, D. C ; Phoe-
nix-Kline Music Co., Syracuse, N. Y.; Theo. Presser,
Philadelphia, Pa.
J. R. Reed Music Co., Austin, Texas; Jerome H.
Remick & Co., Detroit, Mich.; Chas. E. Roat Music
Company, Battle Creek, Mich.; J. Edgar Robinson,
Washington, D. C ; W. F. Roehr Music Co., Topeka,
Kans.; F. S. Rogers, Troy, N. Y.; A. H. Roswig,
Philadelphia, Pa.; W. E. Runge, Fort Collins, Colo.
G. Schirmer, Inc., New York, N. Y.; A. P. Schmidt
Co., New York, N. Y.; Schmidt Music Co., Daven-
port, la.; Paul A. Schmitt, Minneapolis, Minn.;
Schroeder & Gunther, New York, N. Y.; Edw. Schu-
berth & Co, New York, N. Y.; Sedgwick & Casey,
Hartford, Conn.; Seiberling, Lucas Company, Port-
land,' Ore.; Service Music Company, Chicago, 111.;
Shattinger Piano Company, St. Louis, Mo.; Sherman-
Clay & Co, San Francisco, Calif.; Southern California
Music Co, Los Angeles, Calif.; Standard Music Com-
pany, Nashville, Tenn.; C. E. Steere, Worcester,
Mass.; A. J. Stasny Music Co., New York, N. Y.;
Stone Piano Company, Fargo, N. D.; Summers, Keese
Music Co, Chattanooga, Tenn.; Clayton F. Summy,
Chicago, 111.; M. D. Swisher, Philadelphia, Pa.
F. E. Tainter Co., Lewistown, Me.; A. A. Taylor
Company, Tacoma, Wash.; Thearle Music Company,
San Diego, Calif.; C. W. Thompson & Company, Bos-
ton, Mass.
University Music House, Ann Arbor, Mich.; Virgil
Piano School, New York, N. Y.; Volkwein Brothers,
Pittsburgh, Pa.; H, J. Votteler & Son, Cleveland, O.
Edw. J. Walt, Lincoln, Nebr.; Warner Music Shop,
Youngstown, Ohio; Julius Weiss, Hartford, Conn.;
H. A. Weymann & Son, Philadelphia, Pa.; Whaley-
Royce & Co, Toronto, Ont, Canada; White Smith
Mus ; c Pub. Co, Boston, Mass.; Robt. L. White,
Cleveland, O.; Willis Music Company, Cincinnati, O.;
Williams Music Company, Birmingham, Ala.; Wil-
son Music Co., Oshkosh, Wis.; M. Witmark & Sons,
New York, N. Y.; Witt Music Company, Pittsburgh,
Pa.; B. F. Wood Music Company, Boston, Mass.;
Woods Music Company, Seattle, Wash.
Wunderlick Piano Co, Kansas City, Mo.; Yahrling-
Ra>ner Music Co, Youngstown, Ohio.
A FEW NOTES.
Walter P. Tulley, Inc., is a new music firm in Bos-
ton. Walter P. and Harold J. Tulley and Gilman B.
Gavel are incorporators.
The Lipman-Schultz Music Publishing Co, Mil-
waukee, Wis., was recently incorporated for $25,000.
The 1924 Retail Advertising Exhibit of the Na-
tional Association of Music Merchants, like the win-
dow display contest, is open' to all members of the
sheet music trade who are also in that association.
Sheet music and books lend themselves to advertis-
ing in publications of general circulation, including
newspapers. Nearly all of the advertising of music
publications in the press is confined to trade papers
and music periodicals.
NEW "COLORADO" SONG.
The new song "Colorado," published by the Edward
B. Marks Music Co, which is being featured by
dealers and theater orchestras in Denver, was writ-
ten by two New York men who, it is said, got their
Colorado inspiration by long distance.
WHAT DEALERS WILL DISCUSS
Interesting Matters Will Make the Business Sessions
Well Attended by Members.
At the annual convention of the National Associa-
tion of Sheet Music Dealers at the Waldorf-Astoria
Hotel, New York, beginning Monday, June 9th, the
subject chosen for discussion will be the new method
of marking music and music books at their actual
retail selling prices, which was resolved upon by the
music publishers at the trade practice submittal of
October 2nd before Federal Trade Commissioner Van
Fleet and which was afterwards approved by the
entire Federal Trade Commission, and will be put into
effect June 1, 1924. A committee which was ap-
pointed by President Little to act in the interests of
our association has concurred in the resolution of the
music publishers.
The Sheet Music Distribution Survey, which was
recommended at the convention of June, 1923, and
was submitted to the Music Publishers' Association
of the United States by the Executive Committee at
the latter's meeting, November 27th, with the request
that the publishers undertake the survey, has been re-
ferred back to the National Association of Sheet
Music Dealers for a specific recommendation as to
exactly what it wants the publishers to do. The sur-
vey is intended to elicit first-hand information from
each retailer concerning the conditions under which
he carries on business, with a view to improving the
conditions if possible.
Will the retail sheet music trade finance a clearing-
house, either in connection with the Music Industries'
Chamber of Commerce or as an independent institu-
tion? Is there any other trade association activity in
which our organization can engage with a view to
increasing its membership through service to the
trade? are questions to be considered. The conven-
tion will also endeavor to learn to what extent sheet
music retailers are entitled to consideration in the
matter of sheet music distribution. Do they or the
publishers control the greater part of the retail busi-
ness? Is the co-operation of the music publishers
with the music dealers all that it might be, and vice
versa?
DUTY O F DEALERS.
Thomas J. Donlan, secretary of the National As-
sociation of Sheet Music Dealers, says this week:
"Those sheet music dealers who are not as yet en-
rolled in the National Association of Sheet Music
Dealers will do well to join it before the convention.
Every sheet music dealer should be at this coming
meeting, which will be the most important that the
association has ever held. The retail trade should
have a clear understanding of the new order of things
so that there will be no confusion in the putting into
effect of up-to-date methods of merchandising in the
sheet music business. The opinion of every retailer
is desired on the proposed sheet music distribution
survey, the establishment of a clearing-house, a retail
credit rating bureau and other subjects that will be
introduced at the convention.
The Music Industries Chamber of Commerce has
issued a large book with reproductions of 409 win-
ning advertisements of the 1923 retail advertising con-
test. The price of the book is $3.00.
REMICK SONG HITS
Where the Lazy Daisies Grow
I Wonder Who's Dancing with You
Tonight
There's Yes Yes in Your Eyes
Hula Hula Dream Girl
It Had to Be You
Mandalay
Bring Back the Old Fashioned Waltz
Until Tomorrow
Twilight Rose
Watchin' the Moonrise
Counting the Days
Not Yet Susette
Arizona Stars
If You'll Come Back
Land of Broken Dreams
J. H. REMICK & CO.
New York
Chicago
Detroit
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