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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 cents CHICAGO, ILL., JUNE 15, 1929 OFFICERS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE Mark P. Campbell, president and treasurer of the Brambach Piano Co., New York City, was chosen president of the Music Industries Chamber of Commerce for the coming year at a meeting of the chamber during the convention of the music trades at the Drake Hotel. Other officers selected at this meeting to guide the activities of the chamber during the coming year were: First vice-president, Henry C. Lomb, Waverly Musical Products Company, Long Island City, N. Y.; second vice-president, C. J. Roberts, Chas. M. Stieff, Inc., Baltimore, Md.; treasurer, C. Alfred Wagner, Aeolian Company, New York, N. Y.; secretary and general manager, Alfred L. Smith, New York, N. Y. The following directors were elected: Richard W. Lawrence, Bankers Commercial Security Co., New York, N. Y\; E. R. Jacobson, Straube Piano Co., Hammond, Ind.; Hermann Irion, Steinway & Sons, New York, N. Y.; Charles H. Yahrling, YahrlingRayner Music Co., Youngstown, O.; Mark P. Campbell, Brambach Piano Co., New York, N. Y.; Louis Sterling, Columbia Phonograph Co., New York, N. Y.; H. C. Dickinson, Baldwin Piano Co., Chicago, 111.; W. W. Clark, Victor Talking Machine Co., Camden, N. J.; George Urquhart, American Piano Co., New York, N. Y.; Raymond E. Durham, Lyon & Healy, Inc., Chicago, 111. C. Alfred Wagner, Aeolian Co., New York city; F. P. Bassett, M. Schulz Co., Chicago, 111.; Herbert Simpson, Kohler & Campbell, Inc., New York, N. Y.; C. D. Bond, Weaver Piano Co., York, Pa.; Max J. deRochemont, Laffargue Co., New York, N. Y.; Parham Werlein, Philip Werlein, Ltd., New Orleans, La.; C. J. Roberts, Chas. M. Stieff, Inc., Baltimore, Md.; Henry E. Weisert, Bissell-Weisert Piano Co., Chicago, 111.; Edmund Gram, Edmund Gram, Inc., Milwaukee, Wis.; W. A. Mennie, Standard Pneumatic Action Co., New York, N. Y. Arthur L. Wessell, Wressell, Nickel & Gross, New York, N. Y.; J. T. Patterson, Cornwall & Patterson Mfg. Co., Bridgeport, Conn.; C. D. Greenleaf, C. G. Conn, Ltd., Elkhart, Ind.; Fred Gretsch, Fred Gretsch Mfg. Co., Brooklyn, N. Y.; R. T. Stanton, Lyon & Healy, Inc., Chicago, 111.; H. C. Lomb, Waverly Musical Products Co., Long Island City, N. Y.; Henry Hewitt, M. Schulz Co., Chicago, 111.; Nels C. Boe, Chicago, 111.; A. K. Gutsohn, Standard Pneumatic Action Co., New York, N. Y. PIANO MANUFACTURERS The National Piano Manufacturers' Association has chosen as its president for the coming year Frederick P. Bassett, secretary and treasurer of the M. Schulz Piano Company, Chicago. The election took place at a meeting held during the recent convention at the Drake Hotel. Other officers elected are: First vice-president, Herbert Simpson, Kohler & Campbell, Inc., New York, N. Y.; second vice-president, John H. Parnham, Everett Piano Company, South Haven, Mich.; treasurer, Charles' Jacob, Jacob Bros. Company, New York, N. Y.; secretary, Gordon Campbell, Brambach Piano Company, New York, N. Y. MUSIC MERCHANTS ASSN. Dallas, Tex.; Charles H. Yahrling, The YahrlingRayner Music Company, Youngstown, O.; Alex McDonald, Sohmer & Company, New York city; W. Barry Hamilton, C. C. Mellor Company, Pittsburgh, Pa.; Frank J. Bayley, Bayley Music House, Detroit, Mich.; George J. Winter, The Winter Piano Company, Erie, Pa.; Raymond E. Durham, Lyon & Healy, Inc., Chicago, 111.; J. Giralt, Sr., S. A. Giralt, Havana, Cuba; Alfred D. LaMotte, Theale Music Company, San Diego, Cal. MUSICAL MERCHANDISE ASSN. The following officers of the National Musical Merchandise Association were elected for the ensuing year at a meeting held during the convention of the Music Merchants at the Drake Hotel: President, Fred Gretsch, Fred Gretsch Mfg. Company, Brooklyn, N. Y.; first vice-president, F. C. Howard, J. W. Jenkins Sons Music Company, Kansas City, Mo.; second vice-president, John L. Luellen, Continental Music Company, Chicago, 111.; secretary, Alfred L. Smith, New York, N. Y.; treasurer, Arthur J. Neumann, New York Band Instrument Company, New York, N. Y. MUSICAL SUPPLY ASSN. The following officers of the Musical Supply Association of America have been elected to serve for the ensuing year: President, W. A. Mennie, Standard Pneumatic Action Company, New York, N. Y.; secretary, Henry Wickham, Wickham Company of New Jersey, Matawan, N. J.; treasurer, David A. Smith, Standard Felt Corporation, New York, N. Y. INSTRUMENT MAKERS ASSN. The following officers of the National Association of Musical Instrument and Accessories Manufacturers have been re-elected to serve another term: PresidentH. C. Lomb, Waverly Musical Products Company, Long Island City, N. Y.; vice-president, H. Kuhrmeyer, Stromberg-Voisinet Company, Chicago, 111.; secretary-treasurer, Alfred L. Smith, New York, N. Y. SHEET MUSIC DEALERS The following officers of the National Association of Sheet Music Dealers have been elected to serve for the ensuing year: President, Robert T. Stanton, Lyon & Healy, Chicago, 111.; vice-president, John Harden, Harden Music Co., Springfield, Mass.; secretary-treasurer, Thomas J. Donlan, New York, N. Y. Directors for the coming year will be: Harold B. Adams, Lima, Ohio; E. Grant Ege, Kansas City, Mo.; Jacob H. Ellis, New York city, N. Y.; Wm. M. Gamble, Chicago, 111.; J. Elmer Harvey, Detroit, Mich.; Chas. W. Homeyer, Boston, Mass.; Wm. Jacobs, New York, N. Y.; Wm. B. Levis, Rochester, N. Y.; Edward P. Little, San Francisco, Cal.; Holmes R. Maddock, Toronto, Canada; S. Ernest Philpitt, Miami, Fla.; J. M. Priaulx, New York, N. Y.; Paul A. Schmidtt, Minneapolis, Minn.; Oliver Shattinger, St. Louis, Mo.; Otto P. Schroeder, Flushing, N. Y. RATES TO PACIFIC COAST. The rate of freight chargeable on musical instrument cases shipped by boat to the Pacific Coast has been lowered by action of the United States Intercoastal Conference from $6 per cwt. to $5 per cwt., according to a communication just received by the Music Industries Chamber of Commerce. The change in rate was allowed as a result of a protest made by the Chamber Traffic Committee represented by Frank E. Bates, traffic manager of Sherman, Clay & Co. Issued Semi-Monthly First and Third Saturdays NEXT CONVENTION 00EST0NEWY0RK To Be Held at Commodore Hotel Second Week of JuneBoard of Control to Meet in SouthPresident Werlein's Ambitious Plans for Improving Things. Parham Werlein, the new president of the National Association of Music Merchants, asked the members of the music trade press to meet with him on Friday morning of last week at the Drake Hotel, Chicago, in a friendly way to tell them what he hoped to do and to ask their cooperation. He intimated that he had accepted the place against his own judgmentthat he was rather drafted into the presidency. Not that he wanted to shirk, but his business at New Orleans required a good deal of active attention, and this presidency would mean added work. However, now that he was into it, he intended to help build up the association so that it will become a valuable aid to all its members and every one who attends one of its meetings will be able to bring something away. Vice-President E. R. Weeks, of Binghamton, N. Y., talked along the same line as Mr. Werlein and promised to do all in his power for the betterment of the association. At this meeting Delbert L. Loomis announced that the mid-winter meeting of the board of control will be held the last week of January at Biloxi, Miss., and that the date set for the next annual convention is tin; second week of June and that it is to be held at thrc Commodore Hotel, New York. "PIANO BUSINESS IS SOUND," SAYS RETIRING PRESIDENT C. D. Bond Issues Final Report to National Piano Manufacturers' Association. The past year has not been remarkable for the prosperity derived by the piano manufacturers, but it has proven to the world that the piano manufacturing business is on a solid substantial basis. The number of failures in the industry has been remarkably few. A great deal of credit for this condition should go to the Creditors' Committees appointed by the Music Industries Chamber of Commerce, for they not only have helped conditions in the trade, but have saved heavy losses and enabled a few of the factories that were unable to continue, to liquidate without much loss to anybody. The work of the Sales Promotion Committee has been the outstanding effort of the association during the past year. It has done much toward bringing the piano back to the position it once occupied and to the position it should occupy as one of the essentials in the American homes. Its publicity has been powerful; the manner in which it has effected dealer co-operation is quite amazing. In the many other activities conducted by the Sales Promotion Committee during the past year, foresight and energy have been shown. "The Work Must Go On" It seems logical, therefore, that the work should be continued. Now is the time for even further concentration, for greater co-operative effort. We must complete the job of getting the piano taught in the public schools on a larger scale; and to this work every piano manufacturer should give his aggressive support and leadership. Also it is the job of the Piano Manufacturers and Merchants to revolutionize the methods used by private teachers so that they will teach beginners to play simple melodies from the very start as a means of holding their interest, and then bring them rudiments and exercises as an incident in their teaching. Teaching of the piano as a general thing has not been changed for many, many years, while teaching of other subjects in the public schools has been entirely changed. Discontinuance of the practice of giving long, uninteresting drills will make playing (Continued on page 6) Parham Werlein, president of Philip Werlein, Ltd., New Orleans, La., will head the National Association of Music Merchants during the coming year. Otto B. Heaton, proprietor of Heaton's Music Store, Columbus, O., will serve as first vice-president. They were elected at a meeting held during the convention of music merchants at the Drake Hotel. Other officers chosen at that meeting are: Second vice-president, Jay Grinnell, Grinnell Bros., Detroit, Mich.; third vice-president, Edward A. GeissSTEINERT MAKES DEBUT IN ROME ler, Birkel Music Company, Los Angeles, Cal.; fourth Alexander L. Steinert of Boston, 27 years of age, vice-president, E. R. WTeeks, Weeks & Dickinson, Binghamton, N. Y.; secretary, S. Ernest Philpitt, S. American composer-conductor, connected with the Ernest Philpitt & Sons, Miami Beach, Fla.; treasurer, American Academy, made his debut in Rome, Italy, Carl A. Droop, E. F. Droop & Sons Company, Wash- on May 31. He presented two poems by Shelley set to music. Mr. Steinert's father, Alexander Steinert, ington, D. C. The following directors were named: William is the head of the great house of M. Steinert & Sons Howard Enhanced Beasley,content D. L. Whittle Music Company, Co. © 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/