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THE MUSICAL CRITIC AND TRADE REVIEW.
NEW MUSICAL INVENTIONS.
PREPARED EXPRESSLY FOB THE MUSICAL CRITIC AND TRADE REVIEW, BY PARK
BENJAMIN & BROS., EXPERTS IN PATENTS.
January 20th, 1881.
Liverpool, 34 cabinettos, . . 1,000 Bristol, 4 organs,
42 organs, . . . 2,782
Total,
Imports.
Musical instruments, etc., 113,
' . . . . .
No. 235,382. TAIL-PIECE FOR MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS. Charles Rohlfs, Brook-
lyn, N. Y., Dec. 14,1880.
This invention is designed to facilitate the attachment of strings to cer-
tain musical instruments. The inventor discards the holes in the tail-piece
and uses in their place slits made in a projecting ridge on the body of the tail- England, organs,
piece.
240
$6,388
$16,856
PORT OF BOSTON.
Week ending Jan. 7, 1881.
Exports.
No. 235,381. DEVICE FOR STRETCHING SHEEP SKIN ON MUSICAL INSTRU- England, musical instruments
MENTS. Chas. Rohlfs, Brooklyn, N. Y., Dec. 14th, 1880.
$5,860
Imports.
$533
15
instruments, one of which is adjustable by means of screws. The skin to be
$548
Total,
stretched is first applied to the lower ring and a wooden hoop put over it,
Week ending Jan. 14, 1881.
the upper ring is then depressed engaging the hoop and holding the skin
Exports.
firmly in position, preventing any slips. The apparatus is well designed
England, organs, . . . . $?,216 Brit. Pos. in Australasia, . . $218
and very efficient for the purposes used.
89
No. 235,556. FREE REED BLOCK. Moses A. Nicholls, Clyde, Ohio. Dec. Scotland, organs, . . . .
Brit. Pos. in Africa, . . . 1,675
$9,198
Total,
14, 1880.
PORT OF BALTIMORE.
The object of this invention is to so form an organ reed that a deeper and
more rounded tone will result. This is said to be accomplished by a peculiar
Imports.
method of cupping the reed-block, which consists in having the edges of the Musical instruments entered for consumption, January 1 to 8 inclusive, $3,079
reed-aperture beveled out to form two tapering beveled cavities in reverse
"
"
for transportation,
329
positions on opposite sides of the block, the cupping being the greatest at
the end of the tongue, and gradually diminishing to its insertion in the reed
Total,
$3,408
block.
No. 235,420. EXPRESSION INDICATOR FOR REED ORGANS. John Fea, Amster-
THE GAZETTE.
dam, N. Y., Dec. 14, 1880.
John
E.
G-oold,
of
Goold
&
Schaff,
manufacturers of pianos, of Chicago, HI.,
In pipe organs the shading of tone is done by means of qualifying shade
has mortgaged his real estate for $1,700.
or swell doors. Heretofore persons who have learned to play had to rely
solely on the ear to discriminate between the power or force of tones pro- Geo. M. Guild, pianos, Boston, Mass.; renewal of chattel mortgage for $1.
duced. The object of the invention is to automatically indicate the power George Towle, piano key manufacturer, Northboro', Mass.; chattel mort-
of tones produced, and also guide the performer to graduate the pressure,
gage, $644.
so that the tones will be rendered or delivered with proper expression.
This the inventor claims to have accomplished by locating centrally upon Isidor H. Rastor, music, Denver, Colorado; realty mortgage, $3,008.
the face of the name board a dial case having represented upon its face George H. Ryder, organs, Boston, Mass.; chattel mortgage, $7,145.
dynamical signs used in expressing the degree of power of musical sounds.
Two index hands upon the dial are adapted by an arrangement of levers and Louis C. Guetual, pianos, New York city; judgment, $121.
toothed wheels to be operated by the contracting and expansion of the bel- Isidor H. Kastor (el al.J, music, Denver, Colorado ; realty mortgage, $3,008.
lows, or a receiver and closing movement of qualifying shade or swell doors,
thus indicating upon the dial the degrees of power and expression. The Knight Bros. & Waterbury, music, Denver, Colorado ; realty mortgage,
$3,000.
performer is thus enabled to produce better effects, and with greater ease
and certainty.
George H. Ryder, organs, Boston, Mass. ; chattel mortgage, $7,145.
No. 235,357. PIANOFORTE ACTION FRAME. John Hardman, N. Y., Dec. S. C. Symonds & Co., organ pipe manufacturers, Salem, Mass. J. A.
14, 1880.
Spencer, retired—Stephen Symonds, admitted.
This invention relates to a method of forming and attaching a movable
Morse & Emerson, piano strings, etc., New York city ; chattel mortgage,
action frame to upright pianofortes.
The device consists first in the peculiarly constructed oscillating stand-
ards which constitute a part of the frame. The standards proper consist oi!
Mr. Miller, of Rochester, was in Worcester, Mass., during the week end-
single bars slightly wavering from a direct line, and bent inward at the
ing Jan. 15th, visiting Messrs. Taylor & Farley, whose agent in Rochester
board, and provided with a slot to receive the lock-bolt.
Near the middle of the standard is attached a bracket which carries on he is.
its end a plate and daniper-pad to support the combined soft pedal and
The demand for first-class pianos and organs the past months has been
hammer rail. The standards are alike with the exception of their lower immense—-greater
before in many years. The spacious warerooms of
ends or feet.which are so arranged that one is movable and the other fixed. S. Brainard's Sons than
been constantly thronged with purchasers, and for
Another improvement consist in the method for securing the action- several weeks before have
their retail sales of pianos averaged five per
frame to the main work of the instrument. It is usual to employ an iron or day. Their wholesale Christmas
trade has been equally satisfactory.
steel lock-bolt, one end of which is made fast in and at right angles with
the wood frame work of the piano, As wood in time is liable to shrink, the
S. Brainard's Sons have found it necessary to run all their presses until
inventor secures the lock-bolts directly into the metal frame of the instru- 11 p. m., the past month, in order to supply the immense demand for their
ment. When the action is lifted from the instrument, it is sustained in an popular music books. In future they hope to be able to fill orders promptly
upright position by setting the feet of the standards into holes bored in for their " Dollar Library," and other books—something that has been im-
short wooden blocks, placed transversly with the frame.
possible the past few weeks.
The device as described above is well conceived and is a valuable addi-
There was a pleasant surprise at the Loring & Blake Organ Company's
tion to the mechanics of the pianoforte.
factory one day last week. It being the 50th birthday of Mr. Loring, the
superintendent of the factory, the employes took advantage of the occasion
EXPOETS AND IMPORTS.
and presented him with a diamond pin. Mr. Loring is one of the first offi-
cers of this company, having been connected with it since its formation,
PORT OF NEW YORK.
some 12 years, and its superintendent for the last seven years. Mr. Loring
Week ending Jan. 4th, 1881.
responded in a very feeling manner. The presentation was made by Mr.
Exports.
Toomy, one of the employes.
Value.
Value.
Mr. C. A. Edward's book on "Organ and Organ Building," has lately
Brazil, 1 piano,
$415 Liverpool, 57 organs, . . . S3,155 been published in London, and is a really valuable and useful work to be
B r e m e n , 9 o r g a n s , . . . . 1,200 London, 50 organs, . . . . 12,275 recommended to all interested in organs.
30 Bristol, 4 organs,
Havre, 1 cabinetto, . . . .
250
The English College of Organists is about to hold a congress of organ
H a m b u r g , 1 organ materials,.
75
"
2 organ materials,
150
players and organ builders to discuss possible improvements in that instru-
"
1 oi-gan
110
U. S. Columbia, 1 organette,.
40
Total, . . . $19,260 ment.
Liverpool, 3 pianos, . . . . 1,560
A fire occurred on the evening of the 15th inst., in the building, No. 4
Imports.
Cortlandt street, occupied in part by Messrs. Charles Bruno & Son, dealers
Musical instruments, 234,
826,231 in musical instruments, whose loss is said to be fully covered by insurance.
Week ending Jan. 11th, 1881.
Mr. Henry R. Daniels, formerly connected with the firm of Woodward
Exports.
& Brown, pianomakers, Boston, Mass., has resumed his old occupation as
$500 stockbroker.
Bremen, 27 organs, . .
$1,355 Brit. Poss. Africa, 6 organs,
Bristol, 6 organs
400 Liverpool, 27 organs, . . . 1,125
We extract from a leading Chicago commercial paper, the important
Glasgow, 1 organ,
. . .
63
"
1 piano, . . .
560 intelligence that there are fifteen manufacturers of musical instruments in
Australia, 18 organs, . . .
913 Havre, 1 piano, . . . .
400 the city of Chicago, which have in all a capital of $101,950, or an average of
$6,796. That they employ altogether 229 work people, pay $122,209 yearly,
85,316 in wages, and that their products were valued at $415,125 for the year 1880.
Total
Imports.
Judging from the list of names of purchasers of pianos during the holi-
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$12,242 days, lately published in a leading Chicago paper, Messrs. Pelton, Pomeroy
& Cross, of 152 State street, seem to have had their full share of the local
Week ending Jan. 18th, 1881.
trade, the list containing the names of ninety-six purchasers.
Exports.
The Sohmer Grand piano was played in concert at Detroit recently, and
Danish West Indies, 1 piano, . $250 U. S. Columbia, 1 piano, . . $500
Hamburg, 7 piano materials, . 750 Mexico, 4 organs, . . . . . 195 recei ved the highest praise from the local press as well as from the musicians
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7 organs, . . . . 431 Brazil, 1 piano, . . . . . 240 present.
This device consists in having two concentric metal rings attached to the Scotland, musical instruments,