The talking machine world (Jan-June 1928)

68 The Talking Machine World, New York, February, 1928 Executive Board of National Ass'n Music Merchants Holds Its MidWinter Meeting Important Matters Come Before Members at Meeting in the Hotel Commodore in New York — Music Advancement Discussed — Chamber Directors' Meeting — Convention Exhibits The mid-Winter meeting of the executive board of the National Association of Music Merchants was held at the Hotel Commodore, New York, on Thursday, January 26, and by putting in a full day's work the members managed to handle all the matters coming before it in a single day. The principal discussion revolved around the question of selecting annual meeting places, considerable opposition having developed through the practice of alternating the annual conventions between New York and Chicago. The decision made at the last annual convention to select some other meeting places after the 1928 gathering in New York was reaffirmed and the committee, with Jay Grinnell, of Grinnell Bros., Detroit, as chairman, was appointed to study the matter and report back to the Association in June. It is believed that if the annual convention is held in different parts of the country and away from the big manufacturing centers it will serve to develop closer contact with dealers and build up the ranks of the Association. Discuss Music Advancement Work Considerable attention was devoted to a discussion of the activities of the National Bureau for the Advancement of Music, particularly with reference to group piano instruction in the schools, and other activities connected with the development of public interest in the piano. Tentative plans regarding the next annual convention were also discussed at considerable length, including the arrangements for the annual banquet, the big event of the meeting. Between the morning and afternoon sessions of the Board of Control they attended a luncheon at the Commodore, where there was a sort of round-table discussion regarding trade problems, a number of other outside guests being present. One of the speakers was Dr. Paul V. Winslow, who suggested the abandonment of the present-day alarm clock as calculated to shock the nerves by its sudden noise in the morning, and the adoption of some means for awakening American families with pleasing music. Another speaker was Alfred L. Smith, general manager of the Music Industries Chamber of Commerce, who called attention to the clauses in the new Revenue Bill now before the Senate, which, if allowed to remain, would impose double taxation on dealers doing business on an instalment basis. He urged that members of the industry protest strongly to the Finance Committee of the Senate and to Senators in general to have the bill changed in a manner to grant relief. In the evening following the sessions the members of the Board of Control of the Merchants' Association, together with the Board of Directors of the Music Industries Chamber of Commerce, were the guests of the local piano manufacturers and merchants' association at a dinner at the Commodore at which Theodore E. Steinway, president of Steinway & Sons, was the principal speaker. Chamber of Commerce Directors Meet On Friday, January 27, there was held the mid-Winter meeting of the Board of Directors of the Music Industries Chamber of Commerce at which definite plans were made for carrying on the work of the National Bureau for the Advancement of Music on its present scale through having the National Piano Manufacturers' Association and the National Association of Music Merchants guarantee to make up the anticipated deficit in the Chamber's revenue. The associations will make equal contributions to cover any deficit, which is not expected to exceed $7,000 maximum. The Board of Directors also considered plans for the annual conventions of the national music industry at the Hotel Commodore, New York, during the week of June 4. Regulations Covering Exhibits In connection with the convention plans it was announced that the regulations covering exhibits would be considerably tightened and ■ the practice of non-member manufacturers joining the Chamber at the last moment for the purpose of securing exhibit privileges, only to resign soon after the convention, would no longer be tolerated. Only those concerns who hold membership in the Chamber as of March 1, 1928, will be recognized as entitled to exhibit, although it will be possible in certain cases to submit applications within a reasonable time Gold Seal always keeps in front Customers know they can count on Gold Seal — to get the finest results with the latest A. C. sets the answer is Gold Seal just as it has heen with the older sets. Gold Seal keeps abreast in everything that builds success for the jobber and dealer — with National and local Advertising, with the Gold Seal Square Deal Policy in all dealings, and with every upto-date aid for retail selling. 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Other organizations whose executives held mid-Winter sessions in New York during the same week were the National Piano Manufacturers' Association and the Musical Supply Association. Freed-Eisemann "9" and the "Radio Magnatone" Combined The Freed-Eisemann "9" receiver has been adopted for the new "Radio Magnatone," a combination phonograph and radio instrument which is proving very popular in homes and in theatres in the British Isles, according to The Radio Magnatone reports received at the executive offices of the Freed-Eisemann Radio Corp., Brooklyn, N. Y. The "Radio Magnatone," illustrated herewith, vvas recently installed on the S.S. "American Banker," and Miss Anne Donahue, of Philadelphia and London, a passenger, is shown watching Captain Haakon Pedersen tune in. The phonograph records are "picked up" by a magnetic device, patents for which have been applied for. Plans to Import Phonographs and Records to Honduras "La Perla," importing and exporting firm of San Pedro Sula, Honduras, Central America, owned by Miguel J. Canahuati, is planning to add phonographs and records to the general line of merchandise carried. This firm was established in 1914 and imports from the United States, Europe and Japan. Gulbransen Go. Elects The Gulbransen Co., Chicago, held its annual election Tuesday, January 31, at a meeting of stockholders and directors. Officers elected were as follows: President, treasurer and general manager, A. G. Gulbransen; vice-president, C. Gulbransen; secretary, Edward B. Healy. Directors, A. G. Gulbransen, C. Gulbransen, Edward B. Healy, A. H. Boettcher, George A. McDermott, L. W. Peterson and C. H. Berggren. President A. G. Gulbransen, in his annual report to the stockholders, was able to present a favorable showing by the Gulbransen Co. 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