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marily upon the temperature of the air, the
pitch rising with increase of heat, and if we
neglect the warming effect of the breath, the
change of pitch due to a change from 47 0 to 73 0
would equal a quarter of a tone. As, however,
the warming effect of the breath is greater in
cold weather than in hot, this great range of
pitch is considerably modified when instruments
are in use. The average variation with tem-
perature of different classes of instruments is
about as follows, the instruments being fairly
warmed with playing in each case : —
RISE OF PITCH IN IO° FAHRENHEIT.
Propor-
tional
increase
of vibra-
tions.
Frac-
tion
of a
scmi-
t^ne.
A POINTS OF SUPERIORITY FORTUNES IN SONGS,
*
OF THE
••S|KARRIS, the composer of' After the Ball,'
"*** will make over $ 100,000 out of his
song before it gets through its run," said a
music dealer to a Pittsburg Dispatch reporter.
" I know this for a certainty, for I have figured
with him on the matter. Harris, unlike many
other composers, realizes that the only way to
make money is for the composer to publish it
himself. He learned from the experience of
others. The composers of ' Listen to My Tale
of Woe ' and ' The Song That Touched My
Heart ' would have been wealthy men on these
t^-PORITY AND SWEETNESS of TOKE. two productions alone, if they had had the fore-
sight to take out copyrights in their own names.
j;^-SCIE»TIFIC CONSTRUCTION.
Take an instance in Pittsburg. In 1868 Henry
(THE ONLY STRICTLY
JtLO_H_G_R*P_E PIANO
Kleber composed a piano piece, ' The Rainbow
MANUFACTURED
Schottisch,' and gave it to a publisher who
IN CHICAGO.)
agreed to pay a royalty. The piece had a great
run—over a million copies being sold—and it is
running well yet. Instead of receiving $300 a
year royalty, as he has every year since the pub-
lication, Mr. Kleber might have made his for-
SOLE FACTORS.
tune on this little piece. Harris produced a
of ' After the Ball ' for four cents. He
(The Largest Dealers in Pianos and Organs in the World.) copy
makes fifteen cents clear on each copy sold to
inubic dealers. He makes no reduction in the
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL WAREROOMS,
price, not if you took 100,000. He realizes the
people will buy and knows that once a song is
(SECOND FLOOR.)
215 WABASH AVE.,
popular a few cents means nothing to the pub-
lic. He therefore raised the retail price ten
CHICAGO.
cents above that of any other similar song."
Celebrated
"Conover"
Pianos.
Wood instruments (small) - - - ™
& A
Brass
do.
(do.) cornets, etc. ,J O &
Do.
do.
(large) basses, etc. ih h
As an example we may take a B flat cornet, and
compare its pitch at 50 0 with its pitch at 8o°.
The difference is 30 0 , and the increase for io° is
one twelfth of a semitone. Three times io o is3o°,
and three times one-twelfth is three-twelfths, or
one-fourth of a semitone, which is therefoie the
amount that a cornet plajed on a hot summer's
day, or in a hot concert room, will be sharper
than when played in the open air on a cool
day. The difference with basses would be
rather greater, and with small wood instru-
ments decidedly less.
Absolute uniformity between different classes
of wind instruments at different temperatures
is therefore unattainable, without recourse to
the tuning slides.
" A habit of mind or custom is prevalent
among many musicians of assuming, when in-
struments are not together in pitch, that it is Enterprising dealers all over the Country are
the flatter ones which are at fault, and such are
fast securing the agency tor the wonderful
hastily condemned to be "cut." As a matter
of fact, the fault usually lies with those that
are sharp, which should be tuned down to the
fiat ones, unless it can be proved that these are
flatter than the Philharmonic and Kneller Hall
pitch. Very slight differences are always to be
expected, and should be allowed for, due to
different methods of blowing, differences be-
tween reeds, etc.; but it is extremely rare to
find a wind instrument really flatter than the
Kneller Hall pitch. It is the custom of instru-
ment makers to give the '' benefit of ths doubt ''
in favor of a slight sharpening, rather than
flattening, and therefore, when a slight differ-
ence between two instruments is observed, it
Wonderful in Tone Quality.
should never be assumed that the flatter of the
two is wrong, for the probability is quite the
Wonderful in Selling Qualities,
other way.
"The pitch of Boosey & Co. 's instruments is
Style, Finish, Strength,
fixed in accordance with these considerations,
Action, Durability and Popularity,
and purchasers may rely upon the standard
pitch being kept; and they trust that by draw-
and
ing attention to the subject in this way they
may assist their customers in resisting the Improvement of Tone by Age and Use.
absurd desire for a yet higher pitch, and in
bringing down again to the standard those The Company Scrupulously protect their
agencies,
bands which are at preseut playing distinctly
and
above it. The tendency to play above the
Never
change
when
it can be avoided.
standard pitch is more noticeable among those
Hence
the
agency
becomes
more valuable
provincial orchestras and bands which are re-
every year.
moved from metropolitan influences, than
among the chief London musical organizations If you can, you should secure it at once,
by writing to
and the leading military bands.
CHICAGO COTTAGE ORGAN COMPANY,
A.
B.
CHASE
PIANOS.
BURGLARS entered the music store of A. C.
Andrews, Willimantic, Conn., recently, but
were frightened away before anything was
taken.
Used Exclnsiyelj in Seidl,
Thomas and Gilmore Concerts
at Madison Square Garden,
New York.
THE A. B. CHASE CO.,
THE: ROYAL "CROWN,"
The crown is emblem of the king :
Of monarch's crowns the poets sing.
The '' Crown '' Piano, of the rest,
Is monarch and by far the best.
When a piano you select,
The "Crown " you should at first inspect
With careful eye the whole then scan
And know the beauty of its plan.
The ivory keys, the finish neat,
The tone so rich, so clear, so sweet,
The workmanship in all so grand,
Show work of a true master's hand.
The tuner's seldom needed here :
In everything the " Crown " is peer.
'Tis useless then to farther go,
To have the " Crown " is joy to know.
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