Presto
Issue: 1925 2055 - Page 7
December 12, 1925.
PRESTO
islation. The various appointments on committees for
1925-26 are as follows:
The Committees.
Membership—Parham Werlein, chairman, New Or-
leans, La.; E. Paul Hamilton, Newark, N. J.; Milton
Weil, New York City.
Committee of 1,000—Entire present membership,
Nominations Named from New York Head- with the membership committee as a steering com-
mittee.
quarters of National Association of Music
Speakers' Bureau—Edward H. Uhl, Los Angeles,
Merchants Include Members of New Trav-
chairman. Members to be named as speakers are
eling Commissioners Under Geo. W. Allen.
enrolled.
Traveling Commissioners—George W. Allen, New
York City, general chairman; Dan E. Fabian, Boston,
sectional chairman, for New England; Henry Hewitt,
Chicago, for central states, and Joseph E. Shale, San
Francisco, for Pacific Coast. Other sectional and
New Speakers* Bureau, Headed by E. H. Uhl, of Los state traveling commissioners will be enrolled.
Revision of By-Laws—Charles H. Yahrling,
Angeles, to Become Active, Locally and
Youngstown, Ohio, chairman; William C. Hamilton,
Nationally.
Pittsburgh, Pa.
Press—Carl S. Weber, Chicago, chairman; W. E.
Henry E. Weisert, Chicago, president of the Na-
tional Association of Music Merchants, has author- Guylee, Chicago; Parham Werlein, New Orleans, La.;
James J. Black, San Francisco, Cal.
ized the announcement of committee appointments
Resolutions—William Howard Beasley, Dallas,
for the association. All of the appointments are in Texas, chairman; C. A. Grinnell, Detroit, Mich.; Wm.
line with the program of Association development H. Daniels, Buffalo, N. Y.
adopted by the Executive Board at its October meet-
Legislative—Carl A. Droop, Washington, D. C ,
ing. Recognition of local associations and the express chairman; C. J. Roberts, Baltimore, Md.; C. H.
desire to assist in forming and strengthening state Troup, Harrisburg, Pa.; C. R. Moores, Ft. Wayne,
and regional associations are uppermost in the Ind.; A. L. Maresh, Cleveland, O.; John W. Boothe,
Los Angeles, Cal.
notices of appointment.
Vice-President Charles H. Yahrling, of Youngs-
town, O., a past president of the Music Merchants'
Association of Ohio, and for years an active figure
in the work of that state organization, was designated
to revise the by-laws of the National Association to
provide for delegate representation of the affiliated Special Meeting of Last Monday Was Entertained
organizations throughout the country. William C.
by Discussion of Local Requirements.
Hamilton, of Pittsburgh, who presented at the Chi-
cago convention in June the report in which the plan
There was a special meeting of the Dallas, Tex.,
of state delegates was recommended, has been named Music Industries Association on Monday, Dec. 8, at
to assist Mr. Yahrling, together with any other as- Sanger's Cafe. At an earlier meeting McClelland,
sistants who may be chosen by the chairman to act president of the National Piano Tuners' Association,
gave a very interesting talk on the whys and where-
with the committee.
fores of a tuner's troubles. Points of interest at this
Present System Strengthened.
week's meeting were:
Pending the development of the state association
Are you willing to study your problems? The urge
movement to a point where the delegates will really of a spirit of genuine co-operation, and What Is Your
constitute the national association, the present sys- Luncheon Time to Your Association?
tem of individual memberships will be maintained
The Dallas association seems to be thriving. The
and strengthened. President Weisert has assigned officers are: Lester Gunst, president; W. H. Beas-
this important duty to Parham Werlein of New Or- ley, vice-president; J. H. Corder, secretary-treasurer.
leans, secretary of the national association. With The list of directors is as follows: D. L. Whittle,
him as chairman of the membership committee have Paul E. Burling, C. L. Mahaney, J. H. Corder, Brooks
been named E. Paul Hamilton of Newark, N. J., Mays, Will A. Watkin, Lester Gunst.
former president of the association, and Milton Weil,
who has always been an active figure in the New
York Piano Merchants Association and who is now
its vice-president. The three will act as a steering
committee for the committee of 1,000, which is the
entire membership of the association, in the work of
increasing the membership.
Items gathered From Various Sources Relate Inci-
dents in the Trade Activities.
New Speakers' Bureau.
PRESIDENT WEISERT
NAMES COMMITTEES
Just a word or two of
information—a prof-
itable message to
music merchants.
Progressive dealers
everywhere have long
ago discovered the
unusual possibilities
of selling and oper-
ating automatic
pianos.
SEEBURG instru-
ments, they have ob-
served, are best suited
to this strenuous ser-
vice—simplicity, re-
liability and endur-
ance mean something
Piano construction
must vary according
to the purpose—long
years of experience
has taught which is
best.
C^o-operation after all,
harmonizes the or-
ganized effort of
dealer and factory—
an outstanding fea-
ture of the SEE-
BURG selling plan.
J. P. Seeburg
Piano Co.
"Leaders in the
Automatic Field"
1508-10-12-16 Dayton St.
Chicago
Address Dept. " E "
OTHER PROMOTION PLANS
DALLAS TRADE ASSOCIATION
IS MOVING AHEAD WELL
NEWSY FACTS ABOUT THE
MEN WHO RETAIL PIANOS
The new Speakers' Bureau of the association will
be headed by Edward H. Uhl of Los Angeles, who
has been an active factor in association work, nation-
ally and locally and on the Pacific Coast. He is now
first vice-president of the national association, and in
keeping with the former policy of designating that
officer as chairman of the old organization of state
commissioners he will guide the development of the
speakers' bureau as the members are enrolled. The
men will really be the spokesmen for the national
association in the new plan of promotion.
Traveling Commissioners.
Another vitally important factor is the organization
of traveling commissioners, who will be headed by
George W. Allen of New York as chairman, because
of his success in membership work for the National
Association of Music Merchants in past years. Sec-
tional chairmen will be appointed as the work pro-
gresses and they will enlist travelers in their terri-
tories. Only three men have been named so far—
Dan E. Fabian of Boston, for New England; Henry
Hewitt of Chicago, for the central states, and Joseph
E. Shale of San Francisco, for the Pacific Coast. The
assistance of manufacturers and jobbers in all
branches of the music industry will be enlisted to
organize the traveling commissioners.
In naming the legislative committee, President
Weisert has endeavored to enlist representative
men in state and city associations who have paid
attention to legislative work in their states, toward
the end of exchanging information and determining
what legislative problems affecting music merchants
may be mutual, and thus become national. The chair-
man of this committee is Carl A. Droop, treasurer of
the National Association of Music Merchants, who is
on the legislative committee of the Music Industries
Chamber of Commerce, and whose location at Wash-
ington, D. C , keeps him in touch with national leg-
The Scott-Kelly Furniture Co., 123 Main street,
Memphis, Tenn., which conducts a music depart-
ment, has remodeled its store.
Miss A. R. Lycan is a new member of the sales
staff of the record and roll department of the Mc-
Kannon Piano Co., Denver.
The James Music Store, Holdenville, Okla., re-
cently opened its new home in the Moore Building,
219 East Main street.
The Klassay Music Co. has moved from 223 West
46th street to 1595 Broadway, New York City.
The Chickering warerooms, Baltimore, Md., has
added the following salesmen to its force recently.
They are Frank E. Olds, George Snowman and M.
Fox.
John W. Young has acquired the interest of his
partner, F. C. Demuth, in the Demuth Furniture Co.,
with a music section, South Main street, Memphis.
WHERE ARE THE SALESMEN?
There is a dearth of dependable piano salesmen.
A dozen calls have come to Presto for good men,
wholesale and retail. From one employer comes the
cry, "What has become of all the piano salesmen?
Or do they all want floor jobs? A good live-wire can
do twice as much for himself, working here, as for a
big corporation. We do it, but we work likell when
we do work." That's from E. A. Francis, of Gales-
burg, 111.
PROGRESSIVE ITHACA FIRM.
Hickey's Music Store, Ithaca, N. Y., again showed
its activity in fostering love for fine music in the
public when it recently sponsored a piano recital by
Gordon Watkins, pupil of W. Jenner Gillum of the
Ithaca Piano School. The recital, which included
selections from the great masters, was held in the
piano room of the Hickey store.
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PRESTO
islation. The various appointments on committees for
1925-26 are as follows:
The Committees.
Membership—Parham Werlein, chairman, New Or-
leans, La.; E. Paul Hamilton, Newark, N. J.; Milton
Weil, New York City.
Committee of 1,000—Entire present membership,
Nominations Named from New York Head- with the membership committee as a steering com-
mittee.
quarters of National Association of Music
Speakers' Bureau—Edward H. Uhl, Los Angeles,
Merchants Include Members of New Trav-
chairman. Members to be named as speakers are
eling Commissioners Under Geo. W. Allen.
enrolled.
Traveling Commissioners—George W. Allen, New
York City, general chairman; Dan E. Fabian, Boston,
sectional chairman, for New England; Henry Hewitt,
Chicago, for central states, and Joseph E. Shale, San
Francisco, for Pacific Coast. Other sectional and
New Speakers* Bureau, Headed by E. H. Uhl, of Los state traveling commissioners will be enrolled.
Revision of By-Laws—Charles H. Yahrling,
Angeles, to Become Active, Locally and
Youngstown, Ohio, chairman; William C. Hamilton,
Nationally.
Pittsburgh, Pa.
Press—Carl S. Weber, Chicago, chairman; W. E.
Henry E. Weisert, Chicago, president of the Na-
tional Association of Music Merchants, has author- Guylee, Chicago; Parham Werlein, New Orleans, La.;
James J. Black, San Francisco, Cal.
ized the announcement of committee appointments
Resolutions—William Howard Beasley, Dallas,
for the association. All of the appointments are in Texas, chairman; C. A. Grinnell, Detroit, Mich.; Wm.
line with the program of Association development H. Daniels, Buffalo, N. Y.
adopted by the Executive Board at its October meet-
Legislative—Carl A. Droop, Washington, D. C ,
ing. Recognition of local associations and the express chairman; C. J. Roberts, Baltimore, Md.; C. H.
desire to assist in forming and strengthening state Troup, Harrisburg, Pa.; C. R. Moores, Ft. Wayne,
and regional associations are uppermost in the Ind.; A. L. Maresh, Cleveland, O.; John W. Boothe,
Los Angeles, Cal.
notices of appointment.
Vice-President Charles H. Yahrling, of Youngs-
town, O., a past president of the Music Merchants'
Association of Ohio, and for years an active figure
in the work of that state organization, was designated
to revise the by-laws of the National Association to
provide for delegate representation of the affiliated Special Meeting of Last Monday Was Entertained
organizations throughout the country. William C.
by Discussion of Local Requirements.
Hamilton, of Pittsburgh, who presented at the Chi-
cago convention in June the report in which the plan
There was a special meeting of the Dallas, Tex.,
of state delegates was recommended, has been named Music Industries Association on Monday, Dec. 8, at
to assist Mr. Yahrling, together with any other as- Sanger's Cafe. At an earlier meeting McClelland,
sistants who may be chosen by the chairman to act president of the National Piano Tuners' Association,
gave a very interesting talk on the whys and where-
with the committee.
fores of a tuner's troubles. Points of interest at this
Present System Strengthened.
week's meeting were:
Pending the development of the state association
Are you willing to study your problems? The urge
movement to a point where the delegates will really of a spirit of genuine co-operation, and What Is Your
constitute the national association, the present sys- Luncheon Time to Your Association?
tem of individual memberships will be maintained
The Dallas association seems to be thriving. The
and strengthened. President Weisert has assigned officers are: Lester Gunst, president; W. H. Beas-
this important duty to Parham Werlein of New Or- ley, vice-president; J. H. Corder, secretary-treasurer.
leans, secretary of the national association. With The list of directors is as follows: D. L. Whittle,
him as chairman of the membership committee have Paul E. Burling, C. L. Mahaney, J. H. Corder, Brooks
been named E. Paul Hamilton of Newark, N. J., Mays, Will A. Watkin, Lester Gunst.
former president of the association, and Milton Weil,
who has always been an active figure in the New
York Piano Merchants Association and who is now
its vice-president. The three will act as a steering
committee for the committee of 1,000, which is the
entire membership of the association, in the work of
increasing the membership.
Items gathered From Various Sources Relate Inci-
dents in the Trade Activities.
New Speakers' Bureau.
PRESIDENT WEISERT
NAMES COMMITTEES
Just a word or two of
information—a prof-
itable message to
music merchants.
Progressive dealers
everywhere have long
ago discovered the
unusual possibilities
of selling and oper-
ating automatic
pianos.
SEEBURG instru-
ments, they have ob-
served, are best suited
to this strenuous ser-
vice—simplicity, re-
liability and endur-
ance mean something
Piano construction
must vary according
to the purpose—long
years of experience
has taught which is
best.
C^o-operation after all,
harmonizes the or-
ganized effort of
dealer and factory—
an outstanding fea-
ture of the SEE-
BURG selling plan.
J. P. Seeburg
Piano Co.
"Leaders in the
Automatic Field"
1508-10-12-16 Dayton St.
Chicago
Address Dept. " E "
OTHER PROMOTION PLANS
DALLAS TRADE ASSOCIATION
IS MOVING AHEAD WELL
NEWSY FACTS ABOUT THE
MEN WHO RETAIL PIANOS
The new Speakers' Bureau of the association will
be headed by Edward H. Uhl of Los Angeles, who
has been an active factor in association work, nation-
ally and locally and on the Pacific Coast. He is now
first vice-president of the national association, and in
keeping with the former policy of designating that
officer as chairman of the old organization of state
commissioners he will guide the development of the
speakers' bureau as the members are enrolled. The
men will really be the spokesmen for the national
association in the new plan of promotion.
Traveling Commissioners.
Another vitally important factor is the organization
of traveling commissioners, who will be headed by
George W. Allen of New York as chairman, because
of his success in membership work for the National
Association of Music Merchants in past years. Sec-
tional chairmen will be appointed as the work pro-
gresses and they will enlist travelers in their terri-
tories. Only three men have been named so far—
Dan E. Fabian of Boston, for New England; Henry
Hewitt of Chicago, for the central states, and Joseph
E. Shale of San Francisco, for the Pacific Coast. The
assistance of manufacturers and jobbers in all
branches of the music industry will be enlisted to
organize the traveling commissioners.
In naming the legislative committee, President
Weisert has endeavored to enlist representative
men in state and city associations who have paid
attention to legislative work in their states, toward
the end of exchanging information and determining
what legislative problems affecting music merchants
may be mutual, and thus become national. The chair-
man of this committee is Carl A. Droop, treasurer of
the National Association of Music Merchants, who is
on the legislative committee of the Music Industries
Chamber of Commerce, and whose location at Wash-
ington, D. C , keeps him in touch with national leg-
The Scott-Kelly Furniture Co., 123 Main street,
Memphis, Tenn., which conducts a music depart-
ment, has remodeled its store.
Miss A. R. Lycan is a new member of the sales
staff of the record and roll department of the Mc-
Kannon Piano Co., Denver.
The James Music Store, Holdenville, Okla., re-
cently opened its new home in the Moore Building,
219 East Main street.
The Klassay Music Co. has moved from 223 West
46th street to 1595 Broadway, New York City.
The Chickering warerooms, Baltimore, Md., has
added the following salesmen to its force recently.
They are Frank E. Olds, George Snowman and M.
Fox.
John W. Young has acquired the interest of his
partner, F. C. Demuth, in the Demuth Furniture Co.,
with a music section, South Main street, Memphis.
WHERE ARE THE SALESMEN?
There is a dearth of dependable piano salesmen.
A dozen calls have come to Presto for good men,
wholesale and retail. From one employer comes the
cry, "What has become of all the piano salesmen?
Or do they all want floor jobs? A good live-wire can
do twice as much for himself, working here, as for a
big corporation. We do it, but we work likell when
we do work." That's from E. A. Francis, of Gales-
burg, 111.
PROGRESSIVE ITHACA FIRM.
Hickey's Music Store, Ithaca, N. Y., again showed
its activity in fostering love for fine music in the
public when it recently sponsored a piano recital by
Gordon Watkins, pupil of W. Jenner Gillum of the
Ithaca Piano School. The recital, which included
selections from the great masters, was held in the
piano room of the Hickey store.
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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/
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