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PRESTO
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THE AMERICAN MUSIC TRADE WEEKLY
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CHICAGO, SATURDAY, MARCH 7, 1925
OSCAR SWANITZ JOINS
KOHLER INDUSTRIES STAFF
Popular Salesman Will Travel Out of Chicago
Office of Big New York Concern,
Managed by Kenneth Curtis.
Oscar G. Swanitz, for many years a well-known
figure in the piano trade, has joined the Kohler In-
dustries organization and. will travel in middle-west
territory, under the general direction of Kenneth W.
that time had purchased the Baltimore and Washing-
ton Knabe stores from the American Piano Co. Mr.
Davis recently went with the Platt Music Company
on a four weeks' contract and at the end of that time
Mr. Platt was so well pleased with his services that
he offered him this permanent position.
The assistant general sales manager, Herman Beck,
is well known on the Pacific Coast. He was born in
California and has a happy faculty of making friends.
Mr. Beck has been associated with the Platt Music
Company for almost eight years. Before accepting
this new position he was doing sales promotion work
for the various Platt stores. Mr. Beck is a hard
worker, loves the music business, knows every branch
of it thoroughly, from harmonicas to reproducing
pianos, and is entirely conversant with all details per-
taining to the retail piano business and is loved by
everyone with whom he is associated.
WITH CUT
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BUSY MINNESOTA FIRM
READY FOR SPRING RUSH
Middleton Music & Furniture Co., Marshall, a Typic-
ally Energetic House of Prosperous Section.
O. G. SWANITZ.
Curtis, manager of the Chicago office. Mr. Swanitz
has a very large body of friends among the music
merchants and the manufacturing end of the trade.
For a number of years he traveled for the Jesse
French & Sons Piano Company, of New Castle, Ind.,
having the south and west for his territory. He was
for a number of years with the J. B. Bradford Piano
Company, of Milwaukee. More recently he has been
with the L. Grunewald Company of New Orleans.
Mr. Swanitz is skilled in all matters pertaining to
the piano and has an immense store of piano lore.
He has a pleasing personality and is one who inspires
the confidence of all those with whom he has to deal.
In his new connection he should be able to confer
new laurels upon himself and upon the organization
that he represents.
NEW SALES MANAGER
OF PLATT MUSIC CO.
Leonard Davis Joins Progressive House at
Los Angeles, Cal., and Has Added
Herman Beck to Staff.
Ben Platt, president of the Platt Music Company,
of Los Angeles. Cal., announces Leonard Davis as
general salesmanager of the Platt stores. On accept-
ing the position, Mr. Davis immediately made. Her-
man Beck assistant general sales manager. Mr.
Davis is well known to the trade, as the greater part
of his time during the last twenty years has been
spent in doing retail efficiency work for piano dealers
throughout the United States.
For a number of years Mr. Davis was manager of
the Retail Service Department of the American Piano
Company, frorii which position he resigned to become
general sales'manager with J. H. Williams, who at
One of the active firms of Minnesota showing an
assurance in the business for spring is the Middle-
ton Music & Furniture Co., of Marshall. The com-
pany did not concern itself with probabilities or
possibilities when it considered its spring and sum-
mer supplies of piano players and reproducing pianos,
but had in mind certainties when big orders were
placed for everything in the music line.
In its location at the southwest corner of pros-
perous Lyon County, the thriving city of Marshall
is fortunate. The city is the center of an agricul-
tural and stock raising section that is representative
of the best and most ambitious in the northwest.
Knowing its field and understanding the requirements
of well-to-do and tasteful prospective customers the
Middleton Music & Furniture Co. is always prepared
to serve them with the best.
The company is a generous user of the local news-
papers but its excellent sales system relies consider-
ably on the personal appeals of an energetic staff of
salesmen, who know their prospects and their ability
to buy.
MUSIC WEEK IN DENVER.
Music memory contests in Denver, Colo , schools
culminated in Music Week, when the prizes were
awarded. H. G. Prada, of the musical merchandise
department of the Knight-Campbell Music Co., was
chairman of bands and orchestras. Frank D. Dar-
row, president of the Darrow Music Co., was chair-
man of the finance committee.
W. H. LEWIS TAKES CHARGE.
W. H. Lewis has assumed his duties as manager
of the Adams Music Company at Canton, 111., which
position was made vacant by the resignation of R.
S. Hervey, who goes to Council Bluffs, la., to enter
the A. Hospe Company music store. Mr. Lewis has
been employed by the Adams Music Company before
and is locally popular.
BUSINESS AS USUAL.
The Marshall Music Co., Inc., White River Junc-
tion, Vt., has resumed business in temporary quar-
ters in the Arcade Building on Currier street, and the
firm is interesting prospects by spirited advertising
in the newspapers. The firm was recently burned
out in the $500,000 fire in the Hotel Coolidge Block.
ESTEY ORGAN DEDICATED.
A new Estey pipe organ was recently dedicated in
the Unitarian Church, at Twelfth and Salmon streets,
Portland, Ore., recently. A recital by Milly Perryn
Canfield was one of the principal features of the
event, which was enjoyed by an appreciative musical
audience.
Mexico now has ten broadcasting stations, four of
which are of the high power size. It is estimated
there are about 20,000 receivers in Mexico City and
12,000 in the rest of the country.
MAKE PLANS FOR
JUNE CONVENTION
Ringing Slogan Adopted for Big Gathering of
Music Trade and Personnel of Various
Committees Announced by Secre-
tary Kennedy.
PLANS TO ENTERTAIN
Making It Pleasant for Convention Visitors Is Main
Purpose of Activities Proposed for Annual Meeting.
"Make America Musical" is the slogan adopted for
the 1925 Music Trades Convention, to be held at the
Drake Hotel, Chicago, June 8, 9, 10, 11. This slogan
was suggested to the convention committee by Alex
McDonald, of Sohmer & Co., New York, a member
of the executive committee of the National Music
Merchants' Association. It will be used in all con-
vention advertising, and those interested in the con-
vention are urged to use it.
Entertainment Features.
The entertainment features of all previous Chicago
conventions will of course be carried out by the com-
mittee, but the real purpose of the convention will not
be overlooked by those in charge of the convention.
Every assistance will be given the Music Industries
Chamber of Commerce to carry out the serious and
more important part of the convention. The pro-
motion of music, the stimulation of business in assist-
ing those who are exhibiting, the co-operation of the
exhibitors and those in charge of the business ses-
sions will be included in the work of this committee.
The National Association of Band Instrument
Manufacturers have been invited by the committee
to arrange a school's band contest during the con-
vention.
The executive convention committee voted to raise
$5,000 by subscription for the advertising and general
expenses of this convention.
The personnel of the executive committee will be
as follows:
Harry D. Schoenvvald. general chairman.
Joel G. Childs, treasurer.
(iordon Laughead, secretary.
Hotel Accommodations.
Henry W. Hewitt, chairman of hotel committee:
James T. Bristol, chairman of merchants' banquet
committee; John McKenna, chairman in charge of
entertainment for merchants' banquet; Harry B.
Bibb, chairman in charge of noonday luncheons; Matt
J. Kennedy, chairman of newspaper publicity com-
mittee; Harry J. Lindeman, chairman reception com-
mittee; Roger O'Connor, vice-chairman; Walter
Kiehn; Kenneth W. Curtis, chairman in charge of
golf committee.
The complete committees will be announced at the
next meeting of the executive at the Drake Hotel
Monday evening, March 23.
The hotel committee announces that several new
hotels have recently been completed near the Drake
Hotel since the last Chicago convention. This will
enable those attending the convention to have a
wider choice of hotel accommodations.
The Chicago Association of Commerce and the city
of Chicago officially will take part in the convention.
FINAL F. G. SMITH MEETING.
Notice is given that Horace W. Davis, receiver in
the matter of F. G. Smith, Inc., bankrupt, has filed
a supplemental final report showing a balance in his
hands of $9,292.64, for further distribution to credi-
tors, less the payment of expenses, and that a special
meeting of the creditors will be held at the office of
Peter B. Olney, Jr., Referee in Bankruptcy, 2 Rec-
tory street, New York City, on the 13th day of
March at 11:45 o'clock in the forenoon, for the pur-
pose of passing upon the report of the trustee herein
and also to consider the application of the trustee for
his additional commissions amounting to $86.76, and
the applications of Michael Halpert, E. M. Cole and
Henry Caplan for compensation for their services
to the trustee in the sum of $250 each.
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