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PRESTO
May 31, 1924.
N. J.; F. B. T. Hollenberg, Little Rock, Ark.; Her-
mann Irion, New York; George Miller, Philadelphia.
DIRECTORS FROM ASSOCIATIONS.
Music Merchants—Robert N. Watkin, Dallas, Tex.;
E. Paul Hamilton, Baltimore, Md.; William C. Ham-
ilton, Pittsburgh, Pa.; M. V. DeForeest, Sharon, Pa.
National Piano Manufacturers' Association—Mark
Business of the Joint Association of the Music P. Campbell, New York; C. C. Conway, New York;
C. Alfred Wagner, New York; A. G. Gulbransen,
Trades and Industries to Be Made Pleas-
Chicago.
ant Phase of Noonday Luncheons
National Musical Merchandise Association—Wil-
liam J. Haussler, New York.
at Headquarters Hotel.
Band Instrument Manufacturers' Association—C.
D. Greenleaf, Elkhart, Ind.
Organ Builders' Association of America—Adolph
Wangerin, Milwaukee, Wis.
National Association of Sheet Music Dealers—E. P.
R. W. Lawrence Will Speak at Monday Function at Little, San Francisco.
Musical Supply Association of America—A. W.
the Waldorf-Astoria, Following Plan
Johnston, New York; James T. Rose, Bridgeport,
Carried Out Last Year.
Conn.; David A. Smith, New York.
National Piano Travelers' Association—William C.
The business meetings of the Music Industries Heaton, New York.
Chamber of Commerce will be coincident with the
Music Publishers' Association of the U. S.—George
noonday luncheons on Monday, Tuesday and Fischer, New York.
Wednesday of convention week. On Monday R. W.
HOLDOVER DIRECTORS.
Lawrence, president of the Chamber, will read his
Richard W. Lawrence, New York; Percy A.
report. Other phases of Chamber business will be Deutsch, Chicago; H. C. Dickinson, Chicago; John
introduced at successive noonday luncheons. They H. Parnham, New York.
will be varied by musical features and special ad-
dresses by prominent men. The incidents at the
noon-day luncheons will not complete the activities of
the Chamber in its convention. The election of of-
ficers will take place on board the boat which will
carry the convention delegates up the Hudson to
West Point on Friday. At the meeting of the various
trade associations comprised in the Music Industries
Chamber of Commerce, the bureau heads will present Serious Blaze Did Much Damage to Retail
Department of the Big Kansas City Estab-
their reports.
lishment Early This Week.
The following are the officers of the Music Indus-
A serious fire broke out in the J. W. Jenkins &
tries Chamber of Commerce:
Sons store, in Kansas City, last Tuesday night. The
OFFICERS.
President—Richard W. Lawrence, of New York.
flames, which threatened to destroy the plant were
First Vice-President—Ralph L. Freeman, of Cam- confined to the retail department. While a consider-
den, N. J.
able loss was entailed, business proceeded just as
Second Vice-President—H. C. Dickinson, of Chi-' usual.
cago.
Jenkins was busy on Wednesday telegraphing
Treasurer—F. B. T. Hollenberg, of Little Rock, for Mr.
goods. The Aeolian Company, New York, was
Arkansas.
appealed to with urgent request that instruments be
Secretary—Alfred L. Smith, of New York.
shipped at earliest possible moment. That alone sug-
DIRECTORS.
that the damage was serious. Insurance cov-
Directors-at-Large—Ralph L. Freeman, Camden, gested
ered the loss.
MUCH INTEREST IN
CHAMBER AFFAIRS
PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS
FIRE THREATENED - '
J. W. JENKINS HOUSE
Schumann
PIANOS and PLAYER PIANOS
GRANDS and UPRIGHTS
Have no superiors in appearance, tone
power or other essentials of strictly
leaders in the trade.
Warning to Infringers
This Trade Mark la caat
In the plate and also ap-
pears upon the fall board
of all genuine Schumann
Pianos, and all Infringers
will be prosecuted. Beware
of Imitations such as Schu-
mann & Company, Schu-
mann & Son, and also
Shuman, as all stencil
shops, dealers and users of
pianos bearing a name in
imitation of the name
Schumann with the inten-
tion of deceiving the public
will be prosecuted to the
fullest extent of the law.
New Catalogue on Bequest.
Schumann Piano Co.
W. N. VAN MATRE, President
Rockford, 111.
PIANO TUNING
PLAYER PIANO REPAIRING
Tmught by mmn of •xperlmnem
In a WEMKB
Complete Course $75.00
SALESMANSHIP included.
Also NIGHT COURSES
Piano Merchants Supplied With Reliable Tuners
and Repairmen
WRITE FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
St. Louis Piano and Player Repair School
1514 Franklin Ave.
ST. LOUIS, MO.
BRIGHTENING BRONX SIGNS
NOT NECESSARILY RESIGNING
What You See in Southern Boulevard Piano Section
Reminds of Earlier Activities.
Some of the New York piano manufacturers
located in the Bronx have been cleaning up in antici-
pation of the crowds of dealers expected convention
week. Several, not content with ordinary sprucing
up have repainted the lettering on their factories.
The Laffargue Co. has a great big new white sign,
and the new lettering on the big Doll factory can be
seen almost anywhere one alights from a car at any
station in that locality.
It is noticeable that a good deal of the old-time
activity of the Southern Boulevard section has come
back, whether to stay or just to get ready for and
greet the visitors from all parts of the country no
meet with E. L. Dahlen and F. E. Worch, who will
be in constant attendance the whole week.
FIFTH JACOB ESTEY'S
ARRIVAL CELEBRATED
Latest Heir to Fine Old Industry at Brattleboro, Vt.,
Born This Week Tuesday.
The flags on the plant of the Estey Organ Co. at
Brattleboro, Vt., were broken out at sunrise Tuesday
morning to celebrate the arrival of another Jacob
Estey, son to Mr. and Mrs. Jacob P. Estey, the fifth
generation to begin preparation for his future respon-
sibilities of continuing the business established by his
great-great-grandfather 78 years ago.
Starting in a little shop at the foot of Main street
in 1846, the founder of the Estey Organ Co. took his
son, Julius Jacob, into partnership in 1865, and in
1890 Jacob Gray Estey, now president of the concern,
followed the footsteps of his father.
At the close of the World War in 1918 Jacob Poor
Estey, representing the fourth generation, went into
the business which his son, Jacob, born early this
morning, is expected to carry on.
It is estimated that fully two hundred piano men
will leave Chicago for the New York Convention
special train Saturday evening for New York and
the big convention.
M. SCHULZ COMPANY MAILS
ANNOUNCEMENT TO TRADE
Plans for Convention Display States in Letter Signed
by President Otto Schultz.
The M. Schulz Co., 711 Milwaukee avenue, Chi-
cago, has mailed the following letter signed by Presi-
dent Otto Schulz, to the trade:
"May 20, 1924.
"To Our Dealers: The M. Schulz Co. has engaged
rooms 361 and 363, Hotel McAlpin, New York City,
for the period of the Music Industries Convention, in-
cluding June 2, 3, 4 and 5.
"A complete line of their Welte-Mignon (Licensee)
Reproducing Grand pianos and the reproducing up-
rights and grand pianos of their own make, also their
upright playerpianos, together with their upright and
grand pianos will be on display. These pianos will
cover the complete line of the M. Schulz Co. produc-
tion and will show many points of superiority in
pneumatic construction and tone development, also
including the most advanced and perfectly developed
workmanship and finish.
''Your presence is requested with the assurance that
every preparation has been made to make your visit
an agreeable one.
"Mr. F. P. Bassett, secretary and treasurer of the
company; Mr. Otto Schulz, Jr., vice-president; Mr.
H. D. Hewitt, and Mr. A. P. Gustafson, will be in
attendance. Sincerely yours.
"M. SCHULZ CO.
"Otto Schulz, President."'
NEW LYON & HEALY STYLES
IN NEW YORK DISPLAY
Exhibit Grand and Foot-Pump Reproducing Up-
right at C. H. Ditson Co.
Lyon & Healy headquarters at the convention will
be in Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. E. J. Fishbaugh, How-
ard Adams, H. P. Veatch and S. T. Betts will be in
attendance and will be pleased to have piano dealers
make their headquarters in these offices.
Lyon & Healy will display the new Style 4 Lyon
& Healy Grand and the foot-pump reproducing up-
right in the warerooms of C. H. Ditson & Company.
After two years of experimentation in developing
scales and after discarding at least four scales which
did not fulfill the exacting standards set, Lyon &
Healy has reached the point where it will produce the
Lyon & Healy Style 4 Grand in quantities. Already
orders sufficient to take care of the heaviest produc-
tion of the first months have been secured.
HEADS ORGAN DEPARTMENT.
Walter Berry has been appointed manager of the
pipe organ department of Verbeck Musical Sales Co.,
Inc., Buffalo, N. Y. He was formerly manager of
the musical instrument department of the Rand Co.,
Inc. The Verbeck Musical Sales Co., Inc., which is
representative in that city for the Page Pipe Organ
Co., Lima, O., last week closed a contract for a four-
manual organ for the new Trinity M. E. Church in
Buffalo.
WEBSTER PIANOS
Noted for Their Musical Beauty
of Tone and Artistic Style
ATTRACTIVE
PRICES
Factory
Executive Offices
Leominstar,
138th St. and Walton Ave.
Mats.
New York
Division W. P. HAINES & CO., Inc.
WILLIAMS
PIANOS
The policy of the Williams House is and always
has been to depend upon excellence of product
instead of alluring price. Such a policy does not
attract bargain hunters. It does, however, win the
hearty approval and support of a very desirable
and substantial patronage.
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