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PRESTO
May 31, 1924.
SMALL GOODS, SUPPLIES AND RADIO
BAND INSTRUMENT ASS'N
National Association of Band Instrument Man-
ufacturers to Hold Convention in State
Apartments of Waldorf-Astoria, June 3.
The National Association of Band Instruments
Manufacturers will open its annual convention for
1924 at Waldorf-Astoria. Xcw York, in the State
Apartments, at 9 a. m. Wednesday, June 4. A sec-
ond session is scheduled for 2 p. m., at which the
annual election of officers and committees will take
place.
The president of the association is C. D. Green-
leaf, president of C. G. Conn, Ltd., Elkhart, Ind., and
the secretary, Alfred L. Smith. J. E. Boyer is chair-
man of the committee on School Band contests, which
will meet in the forenoon and present a report to the
convention in the .after-noon.
The association lias 14 members, there having been
no change in membership during the year, a fact
which shows the unanimity of purpose in the or-
ganization. The educational feature of the associa-
tion is an admirable one. It has published and dis-
tributed over 16,000 copies of the revised Code of
Ethics and the consolidated catalog for the assistance
of dealers in the matter of proper valuations of
turned-in instruments has been published and is now
being distributed. Secretary Alfred L. Smith antici-
pates that the demand for these catalogs will be about
7,500.
"The labor involved in the compilation of this cata-
log has been very great, according to Mr. Smith, who
adds: "Under the most favorable circumstances the
compilation of such a catalog is a huge task. In this
case it was made very difficult by the fact that no
two manufacturers followed the same method in com-
piling their own catalogs, so the catalogs of all mem-
bers had to be completely revised before they could
be consolidated. The association was delayed sev-
eral months in getting the catalogs from certain
members with the result that other members in the
meantime had revised their catalogs and prices with-
out notice to the association. Accordingly, the en-
tire task had to be done over again."
The state high school band tournaments have been
conducted this year by the associations through the
Xational Bureau for the Advancement of Music of
the Music Industries Chamber of Commerce. A de-
tailed report of the successful results of these con-
tests will be presented to the convention by the spe-
cial committee in charge.
The fall being the great season for baud contests,
particularly in connection' with state fairs, Secretary
Smith recommends that if the Association is favor-
able, active work may be undertaken early yi the sum-
mer to the end that these band contests be stimulated.
LUMBER PRODUCTION.
One hundred- and twenty-five mills reporting to
West Coast Lumbermen's-Association for the week
ending April 26 manufactured 95,014.612 feet of lum-
ber, sold 83,747.533," and shipped 112,556,496 feet.
Production for reporting mills was 11 per cent above
normal. Xew business was 12 per cent below pro-
'duction. Shipments were 34 per cent above new busi-
ness. Thirty-five per cent of all new business taken
during the week was for future water delivery. This
amounted to 29,379,406 feet, of which 21,706,299 feet
was for domestic cargo deliver}'.
UNIVERSITY SEEKS COLLEGE SONG.
New York University wants a new college song.
To meet this demand the Glee Club, through Profes-
sor Albert Stoessel, director o£ the New York Ora-
torio Society, has offered two prizes of $100 each,
one to the author of the words and the other to the
composer of the music. The word contest closes Oct.
1, and the lyric contest a month later.
VICTOR DEALERS MEET.
Victor dealers from the Northwestern States met
in Minneapolis, Minn., recently at the Curtis Hotel.
Mayor George E. Leach welcomed the dealers to
Minneapolis and talks were given by C. C. Hicks,
Northwestern representative of the Victor Co., and
Mrs. Frances C. Clark, educational director. The
program was arranged by Charles K. Bennett.
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SMALL GOODS ASSOCIATION
Growing Musical Merchandise Association to
Hold Annual Convention in East Room
of Waldorf-Astoria June 3.
The Musical Merchandise Association will hold its
annual convention for 1924 in the East Room of the
Waldorf-Astoria, New York, on Wednesday, June 4.
The opening session will be at 9 a. m. and the after-
noon session at which the annual elections will take
place will be held at 2 p. m.
The following are the officers of the association
elected at the convention of 1923:
William J. Haussler, 351 Fourth avenue, New York,
president; F. C. Howard, 1013 Walnut street, Kansas
City, Mo., vice-president; Fred C.'Gretsch, 60 Broad-
way, Brooklyn, N, Y., treasurer, and J. R. Stewart,
the Harmony Co., Chicago, secretary.
The directors are Howard E. Wurlitzer, Fred
Grctsch, Samuel Buegeliesen, F. C. Howard, A. L.
Brown, Carl Nelsoiv, J. R. Stewart and T. A. Simson.
According to Secretary Alfred L. Smith, there aic
21 members in the association. The receipts of the
association for the year have been $1,750, all of which
has been used as subscription to the Chamber accord-
ing to the understanding of last year.
Most of the members of the Musical Merchandise
Association are using the Credit and Collection Serv-
ice of the Chamber regularly. Inasmuch as this serv-
ice is available to members because this association
belongs to the Chamber, it can be considered to be a
service of the association. The same can be said of
the other Chamber activities of which the wojk of the
National Bureau for the Advancement of Music is of
particularly great interest to members.
U. S. MUSIC CO.
The United States Music Co., Chicago, plans to
welcome its dealers at 122 Fifth avenue, New York,
while they are in the city for the National Music In-
dustries Convention. Latest releases will be demon-
strated and the general merits of the U. S. rolls
described.
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