Presto
Issue: 1929 2226 - Page 5
MUSICAL
TIMES
PRESTO
Established
1884
Established
1881
THE AMERICAN MUSIC TRADE JOURNAL
10 Cents a Copy
1 Year
$1.25
10 Months. . .$1.00
6 Months. .75 rents
CHICAGO, ILL., MAY 1, 1929
Issued Semi-Monthly
First and Third Saturdays
Convention Interest Increases
MUSIC PROMOTION
WORK MAIN TOPIC
Convention Sessions at Drake Hotel, Chicago,
Week of June 3 to Be Largely Devoted to
Plans for Systematic Encourage-
ment of Music Study.
In the big promotional work which is being car-
ried on for the cause of music from the educational
angle by the National Bureau for the Advancement
of Music, in cooperation with the Music Supervisors'
National Conference, there exists nowhere in the
country a more encouraging example of what may be
accomplished in this direction than in the public
schools of Chicago. William J. Bogan, the superin-
tendent of schools, will deliver an address at the
Wednesday morning session of the National Asso-
ciation of Music Merchants' Convention to be held
at the Drake Hotel, Chicago, during the week begin-
ning June 3. Mr. Bogan is credited with the success
of music courses in Chicago schools. His career as
an educator preeminently qualifies him to hold the
position of distinction and trust to which he was
appointed by the Chicago Board of Education in
1928. One of Mr. Bogan's first official acts was
to appoint as music supervisor Dr. J. Lewis Brown.
Mr. Bogan will speak on the general subject of
music in the public schools and will undoubtedly pay
special attention to the manner in which piano class
instruction has been incorporated in a large number
of schools in Chicago. This instruction was begun
last September and it is understood that there are to-
day approximately eight thousand children studying
the piano in these schools. Members of the Mer-
chants' Association and the entire piano industry are
vitally interested in this subject.
unless your are properly identified as provided for
by the certificate.
6. No refund of fare will be made on account of
failure to either obtain a proper certificate, or on
account of failure to have the certificate validated.
7. A joint agent of the carriers will be in attend-
ance on June 5 and 6 to validate certificates. If you
arrive at the meeting and leave for home prior to the
arrival of the joint agent, or if you arrive at the meet-
ing later than June 6 after the joint agent has gone,
you cannot have your certificate validated, nor secure
the benefit of the return reduction.
8. Return tickets issued at the reduced fare will
not be good on any limited train on which such re-
duced fare transportation is not honored.
MESSAGE OF HERMANN IRION
Assembled at the Drake and Stevens hotels
this year will be the largest number of indus-
trial exhibitors ever brought together at any
one time and place. The music and radio trade
shows held during the same week in Chicago
will present every known type of modern mu-
sic-making instrument and radio receiver
made. Perhaps never again will there be more
strikingly presented the whole panorama of
the music and radio fields.
It is most essential at this time when the
industry is going through what might be
termed a critical adjustment of its entire
structure that its problems be discussed and
viewed from every angle by every factor in
the trade. It is only through the combined
action of the industry that these problems
can be solved and the convention is the one
general meeting place provided for that pur-
pose.
On every side, opportunities are arising
through the concerted efforts of some bureau
or agency acting for the music industry. In
the public schools, the concert field, the movie-
tone, in fact, in almost every line of human
endeavor these groups are creating new open-
ings for the alert dealer or manufacturer. To
me, all of this promotion is like a big switch-
board which awaits only the proper contact
or plugging-in to show results. Although
much work is necessary, it must not be for-
gotten that the ground-work is laid. It needs
only the adaptation of the ideas offered to the
requirements of your particular town or ter-
ritory.
Let's all put our shoulders to the wheel this
year in order that next year may find us
farther along than ever before. That is the
reason for the convention. Not one dealer,
jobber or manufacturer can afford to be
absent.
HERMANN IRION, President,
Music Industries Chamber of Commerce.
RADIO INTERESTS'
CONVENTION PLANS
Great Line of Exhibits Spread Over Space in
Three Hotels to Be Foremost Attrac-
tion During Week of June
3 in Chicago.
The fifth annual convention and trade show of the
Radio Manufacturers' Association, to be held in Chi-
cago June 3-7, will be the largest industrial gathering
in the country this year. Invitations to 30,000 radio
distributors, jobbers and dealers, will be issued soon,
and several thousand more visitors are expected to
the annual convention and Trade Show of the Music
Industries Chamber of Commerce which meets at
Chicago coincident with the radio gathering. In addi-
tion to the RMA events, there will be meetings of
the Federated Radio Trade Association, the national
organization of radio distributors, the National Asso-
ciation of Broadcasters, the National Association of
Music Merchants, and a dozen other organizations
affiliated with the Music Industries Chamber of Com-
merce, will meet at the Drake Hotel the same week.
The Great Exhibits.
Although one Chicago hotel has heretofore been
sufficient for the RMA events in past years, this year
three prominent Michigan Avenue hotels—the Ste-
vens Hotel, the largest in the world, the Blackstone,
and the Congress Hotels have been taken over for the
RMA events. The display space, 30,000 square feet,
has been over-subscribed by and allotted to ex-
hibitors, confined to RMA members, including all
radio manufacturers of prominence in the industry.
Under the direction of Morris Metcalf of Springfield,
Mass., chairman of the RMA Show Committee, there
will be three gala exhibitions of the very latest in
modern radio at the three hotels. The show manage-
ment will again be in the efficient hands of G. Clayton
Irwin, Jr., of Herrmann & Irwin, who conduct the
great public radio shows sponsored by the RMA
every fall in New York and Chicago.
YOUR RAILROAD TICKET.
The one and one-half fare to and from Chicago
during the Music Trades Convention at the Drake
Hotel June 3 to 7, has again been granted by the
railroads. Full fare will be paid on going trip and
The Joint Session.
certificate showing the purchase of the ticket must
Opening the radio and music industry conclaves
be obtained by members from ticket agent. Ticket
there will be a joint public session at the Drake
for return journey over same route will be sold at half
Hotel, Tuesday. June 4th, with several prominent na-
fare to members and dependent members of their
tional figures as speakers.
families. Members desiring the one and one-half
Major H. H. Frost of New York, president of the
fare privilege are cautioned to examine the following
RMA, will preside at two closed membership meet-
rules carefully:
ing of the Association, June 5 to 6. There will also
The Rules.
be many meetings of the Federated Radio Trades
1. Tickets at the normal one-way tariff fare for
Association at which Michael Ert of Milwaukee is
the going journey may be bought on any of the fol-
president, and a meeting of the National Association
lowing dates (but not on any other date).
of Broadcasters, of which William S. Hedges of Chi-
2. Be sure when purchasing your going ticket to
cago is president.
ask the ticket agent for a certificate. Do not make
An all-star program will be broadvast on a wide-
the mistake of asking for a receipt. If, however, it
flung national chain, through the courtesy of the Na-
is impossible to get a certificate from the local ticket
tional Broadcasting Company and affiliated stations,
agent, a receipt will be satisfactory and should be
from the Stevens Hotel when the annual RMA ban-
secured when ticket is purchased. See that the ticket
quet is held on the evening of June 5. This and an
reads to the point where the convention is to be held
elaborate program of entertainment for the thousands
and no other. See that your certificate is stamped
of visitors is being prepared under the direction of
with the same date as your ticket. Sign your name to
Henry C. Forster of Chicago, chairman of the RMA
the certificate or receipt in ink. Show this to the
Con vent ion-Program Committee.
ticket agent.
Special Trains.
3. Call at the railroad station for ticket and certifi-
Special trains to Chicago will be run from all parts
cate at least thirty minutes before departure of train.
of the country. There will be an RMA special from
4. Certificates are not kept at all stations. Ask
New York, under the direction of Leonard C. Well-
your home station whether you can procure certifi-
ing and Dudley H. Cohen, and another special train
cates and through tickets to the place of meeting. If
is being organized to go from New England. There
not, buy a local ticket to nearest point where a cer-
will be a special train from the Pacific Coast and an-
tificate and through ticket to place of meeting can
E. LEINS CLOSES OUT RETAIL.
other from the Southwest, with reduced railroad rates
be bought.
The E. Leins Piano Co., Inc., New York, is closing already assured to the radio visitors.
5. Immediately upon your arrival at the meeting,
Following is the tentative convention and show pro-
present your certificate to the endorsing officer, Alfred out its retail business at 304 West 42d street and pur-
L. Smith, or assistants at the registration desk as the poses to devote all energies in future to the manu- gram :
facturing
the business.
(Continued on next page)
reduced fare
for the
return
journey
will not by apply
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TIMES
PRESTO
Established
1884
Established
1881
THE AMERICAN MUSIC TRADE JOURNAL
10 Cents a Copy
1 Year
$1.25
10 Months. . .$1.00
6 Months. .75 rents
CHICAGO, ILL., MAY 1, 1929
Issued Semi-Monthly
First and Third Saturdays
Convention Interest Increases
MUSIC PROMOTION
WORK MAIN TOPIC
Convention Sessions at Drake Hotel, Chicago,
Week of June 3 to Be Largely Devoted to
Plans for Systematic Encourage-
ment of Music Study.
In the big promotional work which is being car-
ried on for the cause of music from the educational
angle by the National Bureau for the Advancement
of Music, in cooperation with the Music Supervisors'
National Conference, there exists nowhere in the
country a more encouraging example of what may be
accomplished in this direction than in the public
schools of Chicago. William J. Bogan, the superin-
tendent of schools, will deliver an address at the
Wednesday morning session of the National Asso-
ciation of Music Merchants' Convention to be held
at the Drake Hotel, Chicago, during the week begin-
ning June 3. Mr. Bogan is credited with the success
of music courses in Chicago schools. His career as
an educator preeminently qualifies him to hold the
position of distinction and trust to which he was
appointed by the Chicago Board of Education in
1928. One of Mr. Bogan's first official acts was
to appoint as music supervisor Dr. J. Lewis Brown.
Mr. Bogan will speak on the general subject of
music in the public schools and will undoubtedly pay
special attention to the manner in which piano class
instruction has been incorporated in a large number
of schools in Chicago. This instruction was begun
last September and it is understood that there are to-
day approximately eight thousand children studying
the piano in these schools. Members of the Mer-
chants' Association and the entire piano industry are
vitally interested in this subject.
unless your are properly identified as provided for
by the certificate.
6. No refund of fare will be made on account of
failure to either obtain a proper certificate, or on
account of failure to have the certificate validated.
7. A joint agent of the carriers will be in attend-
ance on June 5 and 6 to validate certificates. If you
arrive at the meeting and leave for home prior to the
arrival of the joint agent, or if you arrive at the meet-
ing later than June 6 after the joint agent has gone,
you cannot have your certificate validated, nor secure
the benefit of the return reduction.
8. Return tickets issued at the reduced fare will
not be good on any limited train on which such re-
duced fare transportation is not honored.
MESSAGE OF HERMANN IRION
Assembled at the Drake and Stevens hotels
this year will be the largest number of indus-
trial exhibitors ever brought together at any
one time and place. The music and radio trade
shows held during the same week in Chicago
will present every known type of modern mu-
sic-making instrument and radio receiver
made. Perhaps never again will there be more
strikingly presented the whole panorama of
the music and radio fields.
It is most essential at this time when the
industry is going through what might be
termed a critical adjustment of its entire
structure that its problems be discussed and
viewed from every angle by every factor in
the trade. It is only through the combined
action of the industry that these problems
can be solved and the convention is the one
general meeting place provided for that pur-
pose.
On every side, opportunities are arising
through the concerted efforts of some bureau
or agency acting for the music industry. In
the public schools, the concert field, the movie-
tone, in fact, in almost every line of human
endeavor these groups are creating new open-
ings for the alert dealer or manufacturer. To
me, all of this promotion is like a big switch-
board which awaits only the proper contact
or plugging-in to show results. Although
much work is necessary, it must not be for-
gotten that the ground-work is laid. It needs
only the adaptation of the ideas offered to the
requirements of your particular town or ter-
ritory.
Let's all put our shoulders to the wheel this
year in order that next year may find us
farther along than ever before. That is the
reason for the convention. Not one dealer,
jobber or manufacturer can afford to be
absent.
HERMANN IRION, President,
Music Industries Chamber of Commerce.
RADIO INTERESTS'
CONVENTION PLANS
Great Line of Exhibits Spread Over Space in
Three Hotels to Be Foremost Attrac-
tion During Week of June
3 in Chicago.
The fifth annual convention and trade show of the
Radio Manufacturers' Association, to be held in Chi-
cago June 3-7, will be the largest industrial gathering
in the country this year. Invitations to 30,000 radio
distributors, jobbers and dealers, will be issued soon,
and several thousand more visitors are expected to
the annual convention and Trade Show of the Music
Industries Chamber of Commerce which meets at
Chicago coincident with the radio gathering. In addi-
tion to the RMA events, there will be meetings of
the Federated Radio Trade Association, the national
organization of radio distributors, the National Asso-
ciation of Broadcasters, the National Association of
Music Merchants, and a dozen other organizations
affiliated with the Music Industries Chamber of Com-
merce, will meet at the Drake Hotel the same week.
The Great Exhibits.
Although one Chicago hotel has heretofore been
sufficient for the RMA events in past years, this year
three prominent Michigan Avenue hotels—the Ste-
vens Hotel, the largest in the world, the Blackstone,
and the Congress Hotels have been taken over for the
RMA events. The display space, 30,000 square feet,
has been over-subscribed by and allotted to ex-
hibitors, confined to RMA members, including all
radio manufacturers of prominence in the industry.
Under the direction of Morris Metcalf of Springfield,
Mass., chairman of the RMA Show Committee, there
will be three gala exhibitions of the very latest in
modern radio at the three hotels. The show manage-
ment will again be in the efficient hands of G. Clayton
Irwin, Jr., of Herrmann & Irwin, who conduct the
great public radio shows sponsored by the RMA
every fall in New York and Chicago.
YOUR RAILROAD TICKET.
The one and one-half fare to and from Chicago
during the Music Trades Convention at the Drake
Hotel June 3 to 7, has again been granted by the
railroads. Full fare will be paid on going trip and
The Joint Session.
certificate showing the purchase of the ticket must
Opening the radio and music industry conclaves
be obtained by members from ticket agent. Ticket
there will be a joint public session at the Drake
for return journey over same route will be sold at half
Hotel, Tuesday. June 4th, with several prominent na-
fare to members and dependent members of their
tional figures as speakers.
families. Members desiring the one and one-half
Major H. H. Frost of New York, president of the
fare privilege are cautioned to examine the following
RMA, will preside at two closed membership meet-
rules carefully:
ing of the Association, June 5 to 6. There will also
The Rules.
be many meetings of the Federated Radio Trades
1. Tickets at the normal one-way tariff fare for
Association at which Michael Ert of Milwaukee is
the going journey may be bought on any of the fol-
president, and a meeting of the National Association
lowing dates (but not on any other date).
of Broadcasters, of which William S. Hedges of Chi-
2. Be sure when purchasing your going ticket to
cago is president.
ask the ticket agent for a certificate. Do not make
An all-star program will be broadvast on a wide-
the mistake of asking for a receipt. If, however, it
flung national chain, through the courtesy of the Na-
is impossible to get a certificate from the local ticket
tional Broadcasting Company and affiliated stations,
agent, a receipt will be satisfactory and should be
from the Stevens Hotel when the annual RMA ban-
secured when ticket is purchased. See that the ticket
quet is held on the evening of June 5. This and an
reads to the point where the convention is to be held
elaborate program of entertainment for the thousands
and no other. See that your certificate is stamped
of visitors is being prepared under the direction of
with the same date as your ticket. Sign your name to
Henry C. Forster of Chicago, chairman of the RMA
the certificate or receipt in ink. Show this to the
Con vent ion-Program Committee.
ticket agent.
Special Trains.
3. Call at the railroad station for ticket and certifi-
Special trains to Chicago will be run from all parts
cate at least thirty minutes before departure of train.
of the country. There will be an RMA special from
4. Certificates are not kept at all stations. Ask
New York, under the direction of Leonard C. Well-
your home station whether you can procure certifi-
ing and Dudley H. Cohen, and another special train
cates and through tickets to the place of meeting. If
is being organized to go from New England. There
not, buy a local ticket to nearest point where a cer-
will be a special train from the Pacific Coast and an-
tificate and through ticket to place of meeting can
E. LEINS CLOSES OUT RETAIL.
other from the Southwest, with reduced railroad rates
be bought.
The E. Leins Piano Co., Inc., New York, is closing already assured to the radio visitors.
5. Immediately upon your arrival at the meeting,
Following is the tentative convention and show pro-
present your certificate to the endorsing officer, Alfred out its retail business at 304 West 42d street and pur-
L. Smith, or assistants at the registration desk as the poses to devote all energies in future to the manu- gram :
facturing
the business.
(Continued on next page)
reduced fare
for the
return
journey
will not by apply
Enhanced
content
© 2008-2009
and presented
MBSI - The
Musical Box phase
Society of
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).