The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-04-30
PIANO EXHIBITION
To Be RARE TREAT
Music's Devotees Promised Great
Time During Con-
ventien.
MARINE BAND COMING
FROM WASHINGTON
Richmond Horse Show Building
VIII Be Mecca for Thousands
of Visitors Next
Month. &hxM@

Painters, decorators, fresno artists
and other skilled laborers are putting
finishing touches on the interior of the
Richmond Horse Show building. re-
modelled at an expense of 100000 IN
preparation for the wonderful eXhi-
bition OF music to be made under the
auspices OF the National Association
of Piano Dealers of America, which
meets in annual convention here May
16-ls.
Seventy sound proof rooms, having
n capacity for several hundred pianos,
will doubtless be the mecca for thou
sands of music lovers during the ex-
hibition. which will begin on May 10,
continuing until May FL. The Marine
Band will come down from Washing
ton on the night of May Is. and spe-
ciaI excursions will run to Richmond
especially for this attraction. Another
feature in connection with the exhibit
ton will be the Bostonian Ladies
Symphony Orchestra. every member OF
which is said TO be a graduate OF the
Boston Conservatory Of Music This
orchestra will give concerts every az
ternoon and evening during the ex-
hibition Still another attraction Will
be a quartet from the Manhattan OPP
era House In New York.
First of Its Kind.
The exhibition will /be unique in
that 1t will be the first of Its kind
ever given in this country.
Skilled musicians will play pianos
which will occupy the sound-proot
rooms, and, in fact, nothing will be
the greatest musical treat Richmond
hu II N a
All railroads within the scope of
the Southeastern Tariff Association
have agreed to give rates OF three
cents a mile plus twenty-five cents
for the round trip. Tickets VIII be
on sale May 1919 In Virginia and
North Carolina, and for points south
of North Carolina. they viii be on
sale May 1915. They will be good
until May %.
Upward of 500 delegates are ex-
pected to be in attendance upon the
convention. Members of the New
York Piano Dealers Association will
is said that special Trains are now be-
ing organized in Chicago. Phiiadel-
phia, Boston and other cities.
Papers to Be Read.
Some OF the papers to be read al
the convention are as follows:
piano Thoughts To-Day and To-
Morrow" Minneapolis Mimi: .'Dol-
lars VS.. Morals" S. A. Woodward, CO.
Ilumbus. o.: THE Future OF the Play
err Piano and Music Roil."~ o. ]. De-
Moll. Washington. D. c.: Plano Ad-
vertising As 1t Should Be-" Robert n
Watkins, Dallas, Tex.
Chicago is a candidate for the next
convention OF the piano men, and vii.
sent a strong delegation here to cap
ture II. If possible The last conven-
ton was held at Detroit.
A special train OF forty cars loaded
with pianos is expected to arrive here
from New York within the next few
days by way or the Richmond. Fred
ericksburg and Potomac. Another
consignment win como from Cincin-
natl over the Chesapeake and Ohio.
Not For Sale.
The pianos are intenued purely ror
exhibition purposes ana none of
those exhibited will ~ purcnaseable.
Omcerx OF the Plans Mons Associa-
|tlon 40 n. n. prooIx uf NaSninrton,
fprel M nks u, y. WA NJ Fhf1adAls