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THE MUSIC ^RADE REVIEW
THE "SMALL GOODS" TRADE
A Clever Artist and Inventor
IS
MISS HAYNES
OPERATES VIRTUALLY
WHOLE ORCHESTRA WITH HIGHLY
SATISFACTORY RESULTS.
A
Miss Gertrude Haynes, who is so well
known to the musical world as an artist in
original sketches and a performer on a
wonderful combination of instruments,
with the organ as a central figure, is also
an inventor of great ability. The larger
instrument used by Miss Haynes in these
performances, most ingeniously combined
with the bass and snare drums, cymbals,
triangle, bell and xylophone, making prac-
tically a whole orchestra, all of which are
operated in concert with the greatest ease
and skill. It is the invention of this lady
of talent and refinement, who is as great
in mechanical as in rmtsical genius.
In talking with a representative of the
Patent Record, Miss Haynes gave some
interesting facts with regard to mechanical
contrivances in the field of music. While
not underrating the effects of the orches-
trion and other mechanically operated in-
struments, she confirms the opinion of all
real musicians in her objections to instru-
ments where the human soul cannot express
itself as through a willing servant.
She believes that the grand effects of an
orchestrion, or of a full orchestra, can be
secured through an instrument which may
still be within the absolute control of the
performer, so that its music may not be
without that individual temperament, that
full expression which is the principal
charm of the art.
from a storage battery working through a
vibrator. The device is controlled with
the right foot, and does its work with
great rapidity and accuracy. The triangle
and bell are operated by strikers within
easy reach of the performer.
The combination of the xylophone with
the organ is most ingenious. It is oper-
ated automatically by the key-action of
the instrument. The instrument can be
played alone or in con-
junction with the organ.
The effect in Tannhaus-
er march and such stir-
ring music is really
remarkable. It has the
quality o f instruments
played each by an in-
dividual p e r f o r m e r.
Miss Haynes' invention
is made for an artist, and
with training can be op-
erated by anyone. She
herself has a talent for
difficult feats in playing.
In her performances, Miss Haynes is
handed a box over the footlights. The
audience expects to see roses. It proves
to be an organ, capable, in the hands of
Miss Haynes, of producing all of the
melody of the larger instrument. It
weighs 17 pounds, and is her invention.
While essentially an artist, Miss Haynes
says that she owes much of her success to
what her mechanical genius has achieved.
She is now having constructed by Story &
Clark a special instrument which she intends
to exhibit at the Paris Exposition in T900.
Tonk's Electric Violin Rosin.
This rosin is the invention of a celebrat-
ed chemist in Germany who prepared the
same for a renowned violinist from whom
the receipt was procured. It is highly es-
teemed by violinists, particularly soloists,
for its excellent qualities. It adheres well
to the hair of the bow; it does not throw
off dust, and produces a strong, smooth
['THE CELEBRATED
% VIOLIN R ^
Warranted dust proofand not I
.Subject to change, of temperaturel
tone, qualities which are very essential to
all violin players.
Rosin is by no means an unimportant
article for the professional or amateur per-
former. On the contrary it is indispens-
able, and it cannot be made too good. A
satisfactory article is exceedingly scarce,
and the receipt for such as is offered by
William Tonk & Bro., No. 28 Warren
Street, New York, is of great value. Deal-
ers who cater to the trade of violins should
not be without Tonk's "Electric Rosin."
rienzenhauer-Schmidt Travelers.
Frank Scribner and his representative,
E. M. Bonnell, intend to leave the city to-
morrow for a brief tour in the interest of
the new Menzenhauer-Schmidt musical
novelty. Mr. Menzenhauer will accom-
pany Messrs. Scribner and Bonnell as far
as Chicago.
A Wonderful Violin.
THE IMPERIAL AMERICAN GUITAR.
" I want an artistic instrument," said
she; " not a toy." While an exhibitor at
the World's Fair, at Chicago, of the organs
of Story & Clark, of that city, she con-
ceived the idea so wonderfully worked out
in her instrument. She turned a deaf ear
to words of discouragement, and toiled
away until the invention was a success.
Housed within the organ case on the
left is the drum and cymbals, operated by
the left foot through a system of levers.
The snare drum and triangle are on the
other side. The beating of the former,
which presented a most difficult problem,
was accomplished by an electric current
Imperial American Guitar.
The guitar shown on this page is a prod-
uct of the John Church Co., and has been one
of the most widely appreciated instruments
this season, very popular with professionals.
It is known as the Imperial American Gui-
tar, No. 1324 (1899), and is in every par-
ticular a model instrument. It is of solid
mahogany, rosewood fingerboard, Spanish
cedar neck, perfectly finished, inlaid
around sound-holes and edges.
C. S. Wolcott, music dealer, has just
opened a branch store in Reading, Mich.,
next to the Opera House.
A unique violin has been made by a Mis-
souri man. The back is of cherry from a
table more than a century old, which form-
erly belonged to the Howard-Payne Col-
lege. In the centre of the back are inserted
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