Presto
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May 16, 1925.
PRESTO
CONVENTION REPORT
ON STANDARD PITCH
Technical Committee to Give Result of Ques-
tionnaires and Its Own Investigation
at Drake Hotel June 8.
The Technical Committee on Standard of Musical
Pitch of the Music Industries Chamber of Com-
merce, of which Charles Deutschmann is chairman,
which has been working on this subject for some
time, will hold its next meeting during convention
week at Chicago. Since the previous meeting ques-
tionnaires have been sent out to various manufactur-
ers in the trade to get the evidence concerning the
pitch now used so that the committee will be in a
position to make its report based upon actual
evidence.
Nearly sixty questionnaires have already been re-
ceived filled out and they are coming in daily. In
addition, the National Association of Piano Tech-
nicians is gathering information which will be made
available to the committee.
The committee does not expect to make the final
report at the convention as the mass of evidence is
such that a complete report embodying recommen-
dations will take much longer to get up than the
committee at first thought probable.
NEW OFFICERS FOR
CALIFORNIA BODY
The annual election resulted as follows: Presi-
dent, Shirley Walker, Sherman, Clay & Co.; first
vice-president, George Q. Chase, Kohler & Chase;
second vice-president, J. Raymond Smith, J. Ray-
mond Smith Co.; secretary, Earl F. Hamilton, Bald-
win Piano Co. The board of directors consists of
these officers and Beeman P. Sibley, president of the
Western Piano Corp.; H. C. Hanson, H. C. Hanson
Music House, and James J. Black, Wiley B. Allen
Co. All the officers and directors are from San
Francisco.
A dinner preceded the meeting, which was largely
attended by local dealers and many from other
points in northern California. The report of the
president, secretary and treasurer showed the suc-
cess and stability of the association and tentative
plans announced assured active interest in legisla-
tive and trade matters during the ensuing year.
SACRAMENTO MUSIC DEALERS
FORM TRADE ASSOCIATION
Radio Trade Also Joins in Giving New Organization
a Good Start in Membership and Spirit.
Ellas Marks, head of the Ellas Marks Music Co ,
Sacramento, Calif., is president of the newly organ-
ized Music & Radio Trades Association of Sacra-
mento. Other officers are C. T. Lundlee, vice-presi-
dent, and Charles T. Owens, secretary-treasurer. The
advisory board consists of R. A. Bowden, E. R.
Drake, J. C. Van Horn and P. A. Mitchell.
The manner in which the various branches of the
music trade and the radio trade were represented
was held to augur well for the success of the new
organization. President Marx said he felt assured
that the new association would grow in numbers and
in influence in the commercial life of the city and
particularly in affairs of the musical instrument trade.
Addresses were made by James T. Black, E. L. Berg,
J. C. Hobrecht, B. P. Sibley, and Irvin Heilborn.
Shirley Walker Elected President of Music
Trades Association of Northern Cali-
fornia and Other Officials Named.
Radio jobbers and retailers are now eligible for
membership in the Music Trades Association of
Northern California, according to an amendment to
BUYS CONTROLLING INTEREST.
the constitution adopted at the recent annual meet-
A controlling interest in the Niagara Falls branch
ing held in the Hotel Sherwood, San Francisco.
Other amendments reduced dues materially in the of Goold Bros., Inc., has been bought by C. E.
association and lowered the number of directors from Campbell, for many years its manager, and the name
changed to the C. E. Campbell Music Co. Goold
thirteen to seven.
Bros, retain a financial interest in the store, which
has a big clientele throughout that section of New
York state. Complete control of the business has
been assumed by Mr. Campbell.
"Built on Family Prid*"
Doll & Sons
Represent the Artistic
in Piano and Player Piano
Construction
JACOB DOLL & SONS
STODART
WELLSMORE
Jacob Doll & Sons, Inc.
Southern Boulevard, E. 136rd St.
E. 134th St. and Cypress Ave.
NEW YORK
Becker Bros.
Manufacturers of
HIGH GRADE PIANOS
and PLAYER PIANOS
Factory and Warerooma
767-769 Tenth Avenue, New York
STRICH & ZEIDLER, toe
GRAND, UPRIGHT and PLAYER
Newman Bros.
The Lyon & Healy
Reproducing Piano
A moderate priced reproducing piano,
beautiful in design and rich in tone.
Write for our new explanatory Chart,
the most complete and simple treat-
ment of the reproducing action.
Wabash at Jackson - - - Chicago
Grands and Uprights
Guarantee
Quality, Profit and
Satisfaction
Newman Bros. Co.
816 Dix St.
Est. 1879
QUALITY
in Name and in Fact
TONE, MATERIALS, CONSTRUCTION,
WORKMANSHIP, DESIGN—all In ac-
cord with the broadest experience—are
the elements which give character to
Bush & Lane Products.
BUSH&LANE PIANOS
BUSH ft LANE CECIL!AN PLAYER PIANOS
take high place, therefore, in any com-
parison of high grade pianos because of
the individuality of character which dis-
tinguishes them in all essentials of merit
ana value.
BUSH ft LANE PIANO 00.
HoJbwi, Mich.
CHICAGO
KREITER
The Leading and Most Popular
Pianos and Players
Grands, Players, Uprights and
Reproducing Pianos
The Results of Over Forty Years'
of Experience.
Kreiter Pianos Cover the Entire Line
and no Piano Dealer who tries these in-
struments would supplant them by any
others. A trial will convince.
Kreiter Mfg. Co., Inc.
310-312 W. Water St., Milwaukee, Wis.
Factory: Marinette, Wis.
AND
HOMER PIANOS
740-742 East 136th Street
NEW YORK
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 Is cast
In the plate and also ap-
pears upon the fall board
of all genuine Schumann
Pianos, and all Infringers
will be proseouted. Beware
of Imitations such as Schu-
mann A Company, Schu-
mann * Son, and also
Shuman. as all stencil
•hops, dealers and users of
pianos bearing a name In
imitation of the name
Schumann with the Inten-
tion of deceiving the public
will be proseeuted to the
fullest extent of th« law.
New Catalogue on Bequest.
Schumann Piano Co.
W. N. VAN MATRE, President
Rockford, I1L
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May 16, 1925.
PRESTO
CONVENTION REPORT
ON STANDARD PITCH
Technical Committee to Give Result of Ques-
tionnaires and Its Own Investigation
at Drake Hotel June 8.
The Technical Committee on Standard of Musical
Pitch of the Music Industries Chamber of Com-
merce, of which Charles Deutschmann is chairman,
which has been working on this subject for some
time, will hold its next meeting during convention
week at Chicago. Since the previous meeting ques-
tionnaires have been sent out to various manufactur-
ers in the trade to get the evidence concerning the
pitch now used so that the committee will be in a
position to make its report based upon actual
evidence.
Nearly sixty questionnaires have already been re-
ceived filled out and they are coming in daily. In
addition, the National Association of Piano Tech-
nicians is gathering information which will be made
available to the committee.
The committee does not expect to make the final
report at the convention as the mass of evidence is
such that a complete report embodying recommen-
dations will take much longer to get up than the
committee at first thought probable.
NEW OFFICERS FOR
CALIFORNIA BODY
The annual election resulted as follows: Presi-
dent, Shirley Walker, Sherman, Clay & Co.; first
vice-president, George Q. Chase, Kohler & Chase;
second vice-president, J. Raymond Smith, J. Ray-
mond Smith Co.; secretary, Earl F. Hamilton, Bald-
win Piano Co. The board of directors consists of
these officers and Beeman P. Sibley, president of the
Western Piano Corp.; H. C. Hanson, H. C. Hanson
Music House, and James J. Black, Wiley B. Allen
Co. All the officers and directors are from San
Francisco.
A dinner preceded the meeting, which was largely
attended by local dealers and many from other
points in northern California. The report of the
president, secretary and treasurer showed the suc-
cess and stability of the association and tentative
plans announced assured active interest in legisla-
tive and trade matters during the ensuing year.
SACRAMENTO MUSIC DEALERS
FORM TRADE ASSOCIATION
Radio Trade Also Joins in Giving New Organization
a Good Start in Membership and Spirit.
Ellas Marks, head of the Ellas Marks Music Co ,
Sacramento, Calif., is president of the newly organ-
ized Music & Radio Trades Association of Sacra-
mento. Other officers are C. T. Lundlee, vice-presi-
dent, and Charles T. Owens, secretary-treasurer. The
advisory board consists of R. A. Bowden, E. R.
Drake, J. C. Van Horn and P. A. Mitchell.
The manner in which the various branches of the
music trade and the radio trade were represented
was held to augur well for the success of the new
organization. President Marx said he felt assured
that the new association would grow in numbers and
in influence in the commercial life of the city and
particularly in affairs of the musical instrument trade.
Addresses were made by James T. Black, E. L. Berg,
J. C. Hobrecht, B. P. Sibley, and Irvin Heilborn.
Shirley Walker Elected President of Music
Trades Association of Northern Cali-
fornia and Other Officials Named.
Radio jobbers and retailers are now eligible for
membership in the Music Trades Association of
Northern California, according to an amendment to
BUYS CONTROLLING INTEREST.
the constitution adopted at the recent annual meet-
A controlling interest in the Niagara Falls branch
ing held in the Hotel Sherwood, San Francisco.
Other amendments reduced dues materially in the of Goold Bros., Inc., has been bought by C. E.
association and lowered the number of directors from Campbell, for many years its manager, and the name
changed to the C. E. Campbell Music Co. Goold
thirteen to seven.
Bros, retain a financial interest in the store, which
has a big clientele throughout that section of New
York state. Complete control of the business has
been assumed by Mr. Campbell.
"Built on Family Prid*"
Doll & Sons
Represent the Artistic
in Piano and Player Piano
Construction
JACOB DOLL & SONS
STODART
WELLSMORE
Jacob Doll & Sons, Inc.
Southern Boulevard, E. 136rd St.
E. 134th St. and Cypress Ave.
NEW YORK
Becker Bros.
Manufacturers of
HIGH GRADE PIANOS
and PLAYER PIANOS
Factory and Warerooma
767-769 Tenth Avenue, New York
STRICH & ZEIDLER, toe
GRAND, UPRIGHT and PLAYER
Newman Bros.
The Lyon & Healy
Reproducing Piano
A moderate priced reproducing piano,
beautiful in design and rich in tone.
Write for our new explanatory Chart,
the most complete and simple treat-
ment of the reproducing action.
Wabash at Jackson - - - Chicago
Grands and Uprights
Guarantee
Quality, Profit and
Satisfaction
Newman Bros. Co.
816 Dix St.
Est. 1879
QUALITY
in Name and in Fact
TONE, MATERIALS, CONSTRUCTION,
WORKMANSHIP, DESIGN—all In ac-
cord with the broadest experience—are
the elements which give character to
Bush & Lane Products.
BUSH&LANE PIANOS
BUSH ft LANE CECIL!AN PLAYER PIANOS
take high place, therefore, in any com-
parison of high grade pianos because of
the individuality of character which dis-
tinguishes them in all essentials of merit
ana value.
BUSH ft LANE PIANO 00.
HoJbwi, Mich.
CHICAGO
KREITER
The Leading and Most Popular
Pianos and Players
Grands, Players, Uprights and
Reproducing Pianos
The Results of Over Forty Years'
of Experience.
Kreiter Pianos Cover the Entire Line
and no Piano Dealer who tries these in-
struments would supplant them by any
others. A trial will convince.
Kreiter Mfg. Co., Inc.
310-312 W. Water St., Milwaukee, Wis.
Factory: Marinette, Wis.
AND
HOMER PIANOS
740-742 East 136th Street
NEW YORK
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 Is cast
In the plate and also ap-
pears upon the fall board
of all genuine Schumann
Pianos, and all Infringers
will be proseouted. Beware
of Imitations such as Schu-
mann A Company, Schu-
mann * Son, and also
Shuman. as all stencil
•hops, dealers and users of
pianos bearing a name In
imitation of the name
Schumann with the Inten-
tion of deceiving the public
will be proseeuted to the
fullest extent of th« law.
New Catalogue on Bequest.
Schumann Piano Co.
W. N. VAN MATRE, President
Rockford, I1L
Enhanced content © 2008-2009 and presented by MBSI - The Musical Box Society International (www.mbsi.org) and the International Arcade Museum (www.arcade-museum.com).
All Rights Reserved. Digitized from the archives of the MBSI with support from NAMM - The International Music Products Association (www.namm.org).
Additional enhancement, optimization, and distribution by the International Arcade Museum. An extensive collection of Presto can be found online at http://www.arcade-museum.com/library/
Future scanning projects are planned by the International Arcade Museum Library (IAML).