Presto

May 30, 1925.
PRESTO
FULL SCHEDULE OF
CHAMBER EVENTS
Joint Organization of Music Trade Associa-
tions Completes Comprehensive Plans for
Meetings and Other Activities at Vari-
ous Times During Convention Week.
SUNDAY MEETING FIRST
Thereafter Every Day Will Have Its Event in Which
the Music Industries Chamber of Commerce
Will Participate.
The board of directors of the Music Industries
Chamber of Commerce will meet in Room C at the
Drake Hotel, Chicago, at 7:00 p. m., Sunday, June
7, and formally open the series of events of the an-
nual convention of 1925. But the opening session of
the Chamber will not take place until noon Monday,
when it will follow the midday luncheon at the Drake
at which R. W. Lawrence, president of the Cham-
ber will be the principal speaker.
Another interesting feature planned by the Music
Industries Chamber of Commerce will be the grant-
ing of awards to winners of the 1925 retail adver-
RICHARD W. LAWRENCE,
President, Music Industries Chamber of Commerce.
tising display of the dealers. A brief program of
the Chamber will follow the Wednesday noon
luncheon under the auspices of the Piano Club of
Chicago. The event is scheduled as Southern Day
luncheon, and the principal speakers will be the pres-
idents of the various member associations.
Delegates to Meet.
at noon on Thursday the new president of the Cham-
ber will be elected and installed.
The following are the officers of the Music Indus-
tries Chamber of Commerce elected at the conven-
tion of 1924:
Richard W. Lawrence, president.
H. C. Dickinson, first vice-president.
F. B. T. Hollenberg, second vice-president.
Alfred L. Smith, secretary and general manager.
Mark P. Campbell, treasurer.
The director of the National Bureau for the Ad-
vancement of Music is C. M. Tremaine, and the man-
ager of the Better Business and Trade Service Bu-
reaus is C. L. Dennis.
The Directors.
The directors of the Music Industries Chamber of
Commerce are: Mark P. Campbell, New York City;
C. C. Conway, New York City; Chas. J. Cunningham,
East Rochester, N. Y.; M. V. DeForeest, Sharon,
Pa.; Percy A. Deutsch, Chicago; Charles Deutsch-
mann, Chicago; H. C. Dickinson, Chicago; E. H.
Droop, Washington, D. C ; E. Grant Edge, Kansas
City, Mo.; George Fischer, New York City; Ralph
L. Freeman, Camden, N. J.; C. D. Greenleaf, Elkhart,
Ind.; C. A. Grinnell, Detroit, Mich.; A. G. Gulbran-
sen, Chicago; E. Paul Hamilton, Buffalo, N. Y.;
William C. Hamilton, Pittsburgh; William J. Hauss-
ler, New York City; F. B. T. Hollenberg, Little Rock,
Ark; Hermann Irion, New York City; E. R. Jacob-
son, Hammond, Ind.; A. W. Johnston, New York
City; E. C. Johnston, Chicago; Richard W. Law-
rence, New York City; George Miller, Philadelphia;
Jos. F. Reed, Oregon, 111.; C. Alfred Wagner, New
York City; Adolph Wangerin, Milwaukee.
The Programs.
The Music Industries Chamber of Commerce has
announced the brief business program each day dur-
ing the convention in connection with the noonday
luncheons under the auspices of the Chicago Piano
Club. These business sessions will conform to the
famous slogan of the club—"short and snappy."
On Monday, June 8, President Richard W. Law-
rence will give a brief oral report upon the work
and accomplishments during the past year.
On Tuesday the awards for the 1923 Retail Ad-
vertising Exhibits will be presented to the successful
advertisers. It is probable that some advertising
man will present the awards with a few remarks with
respect to advertising problems in the music business.
Wednesday will be a special day for the various
associations, when the presidents will "be on ex-
hibition," and in a few minute talks the trade will be
told of the size, importance and chief interest of each
association and the importance of the branch of the
industry which it represents.
On Thursday will take place the installation of the
president and other officers of the Chamber of the
coming year.
The luncheons will be Piano Club affairs and the
entertainment features will be under the auspices of
that club, as has been the case in the previous two
Chicago conventions. The committee in charge of
the entertainment is headed by Harry Bibb, of the
Brunswick-Balke-Collender Company.
"Music Store Advertising" will be the subject of
the short business session of the Music Industries
Chamber of Commerce, in connection with the Tues-
The annual meeting of the delegates to the Music
Industries Chamber of Commerce will be held at
10:00 a. m. in Room C at the Drake, at which the
election of directors will take place. At the luncheon
ALFRED L. SMITH,
Secretary, Music Industries Chamber of Commerce.
F. B. T. HOL17ENBERG,
Second Vice-President, Music Industries Chamber of
Commerce.
SCHAEFFER PIANO MFG.
CO.'S BIG EXPORT TRADE
Carload Order for Australia and Liberal
Orders for Mexico Last Week Indicate
Expansion in the Field.
Conclusive proof that the line of the Schaeffer
Piano Mfg. Co., Chicago, is meeting with success in
the export field was obtained last week when the an-
nouncement was made that a carload order had ar-
rived from Australia. In the wake of this handsome
order came several requests from Mexico for a new
supply of Schaeffer instruments.
"The export trade is excellent," said A. F. Price,
vice-president of the Schaeffer Piano Mfg. Co, to a
Presto reporter this week. "The frequency and size
of orders received indicate a steadily widening de-
mand for the Schaeffer line in foreign countries."
The export activities of the Schaeffer Piano Mfg.
Co. is not confined to Australia and Mexico, but have
extended into every country where American pianos
are sold. In the face of competition with pianos of
foreign manufacturer and other American instruments
the Schaeffer line has more than held its own.
STEINWAY IN CONCERT.
A Steinway Duo-Art was used in the program ar-
ranged by the J. B. Bradford Piano Co., Milwau-
kee, given in Waukatosa, a suburb of Milwaukee, re-
cently. The program was given under the auspices
of the Parent-Teachers' Association, and, in addition
to numbers by the Duo-Art, Hugh M. Holmes, vice-
president and sales manager of Bradford's, gave sev-
eral vocal solos, and violin selections were rendered
by Miss Adah Fiske.
LUDWIG AS WEDDING GIFT.
The Ludwig as a desirable wedding gift was re-
cently made the theme of an effective window dis-
play by the Wiley B. Allen Co., San Francisco. The
company attracted attention to the Ludwig grand as
the wedding gift supreme. The window display of
striking beaut yincluded a bride in her wedding gown
inspecting the gift in rapt admiration. A profusion
of flowers added to the wedding atmosphere.
day noonday luncheon at the coming conventions at
the Drake Hotel, Chicago.
The fifteen minute speaker will be an advertising
man of national prominence. Several men are under
consideration and definite announcements will prob-
ably be made within a week or so.
A very interesting feature of this luncheon will
be the granting of the awards in the Chamber's
1925 retail advertising exhibit open to music mer-
chants. The advertising writers of the winning
advertisements and officers of their companies will
be the guests of honor.
It is planned to make the business session on "Ad-
vertising Day" short and snappy as will be the case
at the other three luncheons. The major part of
the program will consist of entertainment, which
together with the arrangements for the luncheon
itself, in charge of a Chicago Committee headed by
Harry Bibb of Brunswick-Balke-Collender Com-
pany. Mr. Bibb promises features which will sur-
pass previous luncheons.
MARK P. CAMPBELL,
Treasurer, Music Industries Chamber of Commerce.
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