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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW,
Upright piano action, No. 525,180, K. V. Bar-
nekov.
Spring motor for music boxes, No. 525,717,
G. Otto.
Device for producing overtones in stringed
instruments, No. 525,688, F. X. Audet, Jr.
TUBULAR KEY AND PNEUMATIC VALVE AC-
trate; consequently, longer immersion in the
boiling solution will be required, and a longer
time to enable it to dry sufficiently to be turned
in the lathe with any degree of comfort. The
usual method is to turn the articles first, then
stain and polish; and by practical hands this
can be so well done that imitations are hard to
detect from the real woods. It should be borne
in mind that the polisher does not rely on stains
alone; he uses a black polish as well—i. e.,
polish made black by the addition of Frankfort
black, or, better still, gas black.— Work.
RECENT LEGAL
DECISIONS.
TION FOR ORGANS.—Peter Baggstrom, Brook-
lyn, N. Y. According to this invention the
valve arrangement in the wind chest is so con-
stiucted that the valves may be manipulated by
a light touch on the keys to produce a prompt
speech from the tubes, the action being particu-
larly advantageous for utilizing the coupling at
present used between the several keyboards.
The organ valve action is also so improved as
to need no regulation, there being nothing in
its structure to get out of order.—Scientific Ame-
rican.
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TELEGRAM—DELAY IN DELIVERY.
The Supreme Court of Georgia held, in the
recent case of the Western Union Telegraph
Company vs. Ryals, that a telegraph company
does not incur liability for the statutory penalty
because of delay in transmitting and delivering
a message unless delay occurs after actual pay-
ment or tender of the charges ; and that where,
by mutual agreement of the sender and the
company's agent or operator, the charges are
held open as a debt to be subsequently paid by
the sender, or by him and a third person jointly,
Recent English Patents.
this is neither actual payment nor any substi-
American Organs—13,690 (1893). J. S. MUR- tute therefor with reference to the penal ele-
DOCH, London. The object is to render the ment of the statute, and it makes no difference
action more compact and less liable to injury. that the message is forwarded over the wire
It consists in the arrangement of the levers for nominally as a prepaid message.
connecting the stop bars with the mutes, and
INSOLVENCY—ASSIGNMENT—CORPORATION.
in an arrangement for enabling one lever to
The Supreme Court of Illinois held, in the
operate all the mutes, as well as in other minor case of Peterson et al. vs. The Brabrook Tailor-
details.
ing Company, that a transfer of property to be
Pianoforte Case.—16,617 (1893). J. B. KNOX, treated as a voluntary assignment under the
London. The back of the instrument is modelled statute must be a conveyance to an assignee
like the front, but instead of the fall flap cover- in trust for the creditors ; that a transfer of pro-
ing keys, it covers receptacles for music.
perty by an insolvent directly to his creditor for
Check Actions.—16,868 (1893). V. A. HALL- the purpose of securing or providing the means
PIKE, London. The object is to improve the for the payment of that creditor only is not a
touch, and to this end the arrangement consists voluntary assignment; that the giving of judg-
of the combination with the sticker of an arm ment notes by an insolvent corporation due on
provided with a button and regulating screw-pin demand to three of its creditors, followed by the
to engage the bevelled portion of a rail.
entry of judgments thereon and the levy of ex-
Automatic Musical Instrument.—4,005 (1894). ecution on all the tangible property of the cor-
K. BEHRENS, Leipzig, Germany. Describes the poration, will not of itself constitute a voluntary
combination of a dynamometer with a musical assignment, nor ia it, in any proper sense, a di-
instrument which will commence to play when version or misappropriation of a trust fund, and
the stored-up power of the dynamometer reaches that the mere fact that a corporation may be in-
a certain point, and continues to do so by the solvent does not so far charge its directors and
power stored up. The dynamometer is operated officers with the character and functions of trus-
by the grip of the hand.
tees as to take from them the power to make
Tune Sheets for Automatic Instruments.—9,382 preferential transfers of the corporate assets, so
(1894). A. AMTHOR, Waltershausen, Thuringia, long as they act in good faith and do not at-
Germany. The tune sheet comprises a number tempt to prefer themselves.
of separate parts, which are connected together
AC COUNT— BALANCE—DEBT.
by hooks or like devices, so that a continuous
The Supreme Court of Minnesota held, in the
series of tunes may be played.—Music Trades
recent case of Christofferson vs. Howe, that
Review, London.
when an account is stated the balance struck
Black Dye for Woods.
becomes an original demand and the transaction
amounts to an express promise to pay that bal-
dye wood a sufficiently deep black to en- ance, and except in case of fraud or mistake the
able it to be afterwards turned in the account cannot be examined to ascertain the
lathe, and still retain its black color throughout, Items of that balance, and when a new note is
requires a treatment that totally unfits it for given in settlement of the balance due on mutu-
delicate work. The wood would practically al running accounts of wheh a debt secured by
have to be boiled In the solution. The harder a mortgage formed only a part, it Is a satisfac-
the wood the more difficult it would be to pene- tion and not a renewal of that mortgage.
THE
CELEBRATED
STEGER
II
THE specialties of the Lowendall Star Works,
Berlin, Germany, are meeting with a great deal
of favor from the trade. Their latest is '' Rosina ''
a very practical and convenient rosin box for
violinists, and a "chin rest" for violinists which
are meeting with much favor from members of
the musical profession.
THE stock of J. J. Davis, at Durango, Col.,
has been purchased by J. E. Bowman. He
handles the popular Pease piano as leader.
THE new house of Scott & Moses, of Webster
City, la., are building a nice trade with Miller
organs and Klmball goods.
THE McCammon pianos were on exhibition at
the Central New York Fair, held in Oneonta,
September 17-20. A local paper says they were
greatly admired by the visiting thousands.
THE B. Dreher's Sons Company have opened
branch store at Galion, Ohio. It is under the
management of Frank Weed.
F. A. NORTH & Co., Philadelphia, are doing
a splendid trade with the popular Wilcox &
White " Symphony " organs.
R. M. BPPSTEIN, the Kimball agent at Erie,
Pa., disposed of six Kimball pianos to the St.
Vincent College, at Beatty, Pa., and made ar-
rangements for the exclusive use of the Kimball
pianos in that institution recently. This is the
best known Catholic college in that section of
the country, and this transaction will undoubt-
edly add still further to the fame and knowledge
of the celebrated Ktmball instruments.
THE new temple of music to be built on Van
Buren street, Chicago, will be eleven stories
high and will cost two hundred thousand dol-
lars. The style of architecture will be the
Italian Renaissance, and it will be built of terra
cotta and brick with the structural work of steel.
The first story of this mammoth structure will
be devoted to stores and the second will be occu-
pied by a recital hall with lobbies and retiring
rooms. This hall extends through to the third
story. It will be provided with a handsome
gallery. The entrance will be an imposing one,
some three stories high.
IN Germany, with the object of encouraging
careful work and long and faithful service
amongst the working classes, there prevails an
excellent practice which might with advantage
be introduced in this country. It is the custom
to bestow a silver medal on workmen who have
been employed continuously by one employer for
twenty-five years. This decoration, which is
presented with much ceremony, is highly valued
by the best class of artisans In Germany, and
has just been conferred by the King of Saxony
upon two men who have been employed for
over thirty years in the celebrated pianoforte
factory of Julius Bluthner, at Leipzig. Many of
the employees of Herr Bluthner have already re-
ceived this mark of distinction.—Musical Opin-
ion.
PIANOS
M
PATENTED 1892.
are noted for their fine singing quality of
tone and great durability. The most
profitable Piano for dealers to handle.
STEO-ER & CO,, Manufacturers,
Factory, Columbia Heights.
285 WABASH AYIL, CHICAGO.