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the originality of his idea nor the priority
of his claim. No details of the construc-
tion of his instrument have come down to
the present day, but so far as can be
learned, it very much resembles Riving-
ton's "color organ."
In brief, his theories were these: First,
That the light of the sun contains seven
different colors; second, that these colors
are formed by the rays experiencing differ-
ent refractions, and the red is that which is
the least broken or refracted, the next
orange, then yellow, green, blue, indigo
and violet; third, that these different col-
ored rays are afteiward unalterable; fourth,
that the spaces occupied by the several col-
ored rays correspond to the length of the
chords that sound the seven notes of the
diatonic scale of music.
Summed up, the principles of Father
Castel's harpsichord were: That there were
seven primary colors, and that there are
seven intervals in a musical octave in the
spectrum, the space occupied correspond-
ing to the divisions of the monochord.
The Breitkopf & Hartel Protest.
'THE General Appraisers of the Treasury
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Department, Washington, D. C , have
recently rendered the following decisions,
that will be of interest to the music trades:
In the matter of the protest of Breitkopf
& Hartel against the decision of the Col-
lector of Customs at New York, as to the
rate and amount of duties chargeable on
ruled music paper, General Appraiser Wil-
kinson has decided as follows:
The merchandise is ruled music paper.
It was assessed for duty at 25 per cent.,
under paragraph 311, Act of 1894, and is
claimed to be dutiable as writing paper at
20 per cent., under paragraph 310. We
find that the merchandise is not commer-
cially known as writing paper, and overrule
the protest.
General Appraiser Wilkinson has also
overruled the protest of Howard W. Foote
& Co., against the decision of the Col-
lector of Customs at Chicago, as to the rate
and amount of duties chargeable on certain
musical merchandise imported by that firm
in April last. The decision is as follows:
The merchandise consists of violin resins
and flute swabs, assessed for duty under
Act of August, 1894, at 20 per cent., under
section 3, and 35 percent, under paragraph
314, respectively, and claimed to be duti-
able at 10 per cent, under paragraph 16^,
and 25 per cent, under paragraph 326*4, re-
spectively.
Paragraph 16 Y?, provides only
for drugs. We find that violin resins are
not drugs. The flute swabs are swabs or
brushes used for cleansing flutes. We find
that they are not musical instruments or
parts thereof. The protest is overruled.
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'Washburn.
A Car Load of McCammon's.
N
ICHOLS BROS., of Denver, Col.,
know a good tiling when they see it.
They have placed with Mr. Geo. C. Adams
an order for a carload of McCammon pianos
for immediate shipment. Business in Colo-
rado seems to be on the increase, with pros-
pects of good fall trade.
Bought a Kranich & Bach.
X TOTWITHSTANDING the extreme
| \ j hot weather, the force of clerks at Col.
Guest's have had all the wholesale orders
they could possibly fill; besides, their retail
trade has been the very best with the
Checkering, Gabler, Kranich & Bach pianos.
A very prominent farmer in Illinois re-
cently had an experience in purchasing a
piano worthy of note on account of the
lesson it teaches. At least fifteen repre-
sentatives of piano houses, Chicago in-
cluded, called on the farmer. He enter-
tained twelve of them at dinner at one
time, and seven remained all night at
another date.
The farmer didn't com-
plain, neither did he saw wood. He simply
took notes as to the relative merits of the
different pianos. A representative of Col.
Guest called on our rural friend and in-
vited him to visit the house in Burlington,
which he did.
After a month of delibera-
tion and consideration he came and pur-
chased a handsome Kranich &.Bach piano.
—Haivkeye, Burlington, la.
Ann Arbor Organs in Australia.
"THE Ann Arbor Organ Co. received by
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last night's mail a letter from a large
importing firm at Ipswich, Queensland,
Australia, says a Michigan exchange, order-
ing four Ann Arbor organs and enclosing
draft for same. They state in their letter,
"We had a trial shipment of your organs
through a commission house, but prefer to
deal direct with you. We liked the pre-
vious lot we had very well, and should the
present lot turn out as satisfactory, and
times improve here, we hope to do a large
business with you."
This comes as quite
a surprise to the Ann Arbor Organ Co., as
the firm is entirely unknown to them.
They must have been well pleased with
the sample organs bought to send cash in
advance for so long a distance and order
additional instruments. It is pretty good
evidence that the Ann Arbor organ gives
satisfaction. On the same mail another
firm at Sandhurst, Australia, with whom
the organ company has been in correspond-
ence for some time, ordered fourteen or-
gans. Eighteen organs from parties whom
the organ company has never seen is a very
satisfactory order for one mail.
CELEBRATED
STEGER
W
ASH BURN is the name on the cover
of a comprehensive little booklet just
issued by Lyon & Healy. It contains a
few of the many endorsements given by
great artists to the Washburn guitar, of
which Lyon & Healy are sole manufactur-
ers.
Among those who have praised the
excellence of the Washburn guitar are
Emma Eames Story, Jean De Reszke,
Tamagno, Plancon, Nahan Franko and
others.
Story & Clark.
TORY & CLARK are going to have a
remarkable exhibit as well as a novel
advertisement at the Iowa State Fair, to be
held at Des Moines, September 1st to 15th.
They have a large tent which they call the
Story & Clark organ tent, where they will
give a variety of musical entertainments,
having engaged Miss Gertrude Ha)mes and
a number of other well-known artists.
The affair will be conducted under the
management of F.O. Evans, State agent for
Iowa for Story & Clark.
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The Sound of a Sunbeam.
NE of the most wonderful discoveries
in science that has been made within
the last year or two is the fact that a beam
of light produces sound. A beam of sun-
light is thrown through a lens on a glass
vessel that contains lamp-black, colored silk
or worsted, or other substances. A disk,
having slits or openings cut in it, is made
to revolve swiftly in this beam of light so
as to cut it up, thus making alternate
flashes of Hght and shadow. On putting
the ear to the glass vessel strange sounds
are heard so long as the flashing beam is
falling on the vessel. Recently a more
wonderful discovery has been made. A
beam of sunlight is caused to pass through
a prism so as to produce what is called the
solar spectrum, or rainbow. The disk is
turned and the colored light of the rainbow
is made to break through it. Now place
the ear to the vessel containing the silk,
wool, or other material. As the colored
lights of the spectrum fall upon it sounds
will be given by different parts of the
spectrum, and there will be silence in other
parts. For instance, if the vessel contains
red worsted, and the green light flashes
upon it, loud sounds will be given. Only
feeble sounds will be heard if the red and
blue parts of the rainbow fall upon the ves-
sel, and the other colors make no sound at
all.
Green silk gives sound best in a red
light. Every kind of material gives more
or less sound in different colors, and utters
no sounds in others.
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PIANOS
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PATENTED 1892.
are noted for their fine singing quality of
tone and great durability.
The most
profitable Piano fot dealers to handle,
STEGER
Factory, Colnmbia Heights.
235 WABASH AVENUE. CHICAGO.