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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
THE "SMALL GOODS" TRADE
The Graphophone in Demand.
That popular instrument, the grapho-
phone is coming" in for a full share of at-
tention during the holiday season. Enor-
mous retail purchases have been made and
music dealers who have placed in a goodly-
stock, of these instruments tell us that
their sales have been unprecedentedly
large. The great factories at Bridgeport,
Conn., are humming day and night_ to
keep pace with the orders.
Menzenhauer=5chmidt Advance.
There is a steady demand for the Men-
zenhauer- Schmidt Mandolin-Harp for holi-
day presents at the big department stores
and among dealers who pursue an aggres-
sive policy with reference to this cleverly
devised instrument.
During a talk with The Review on
Tuesday, Mr. Menzenhauer, of Menzen-
hauer & Schmidt, said that the aggregate
sale of " Deweylins " is fair, "but," said
he, " we do not expect that the call for this
Mandolin Harp will ever come up to that
of the Guitar-Zither.
"The Guitar-Zither is and always will
A Tonk Specialty.
be the most popular of the two instru-
The Tonk music cabinets of the present
ments. We are doing a good business
season
excel all previous efforts in the mat-
with it, both domestic and export. All
ter
of
design and finish. Style No. 670,
hands are kept busy supplying orders and
shown
in the illustration, is one of the
there are indications that the demand will
handsomest
and best-selling, as well as
continue.
being
one
of
the most useful of the series.
"Mr. Otto Schmidt, the member of the
Like
all
other
Tonk specialties, it repre-
firm now in Germany, is working as hard
sents
exceptional
value. Each of the six
as ever and securing excellent results. He
drawers
is
of
full
size and is practically
has succeeded in establishing active and
dust-proof,
thus
enabling
music to be kept
paying agencies in every live town. These
he manages from our German headquar-
ters in Berlin and he has built up a most
successful business there."
Mr. Menzenhauer said that owing to the
wear and tear of machinery at the factory
consequent on almost perpetual work for
many months past, it has become impera-
tive to give the whole outfit a complete
overhauling. This, he has decided, will
be done during the holidays, when two
weeks will be devoted to the purpose.
Graphophone Affairs.
At the adjourned meeting of the Amer-
ican Graphophone Company held at the
office of the President in New York, Wed-
nesday, the 20th instant, directors for the
ensuing year were elected as follows, all
the old directors being re-elected: M. E.
Lyle, Andrew Devine, F. J. Warburton,
Edward D. Easton, R. F. Cromelin, Thos.
R. White, Jr., Philip Mauro, Win. Herbert
Smith, John J. Phelps.
The board was organized for the year,
E. D. Easton being re-elected president;
M. E. Lyle, vice-president; Wm. Herbert
Smith, treasurer and F. Bischoff, secre-
tary. Messrs. Easton, Devine and Lyle
were elected as the executive committee.
The annual reports submitted showed
the enterprise to be in a flourishing con-
dition. During the year $32,000 more
was paid in dividends than in the preced-
ing year, the total amount distributed in
dividends for the year being $150,000.
How Bells Are Tuned.
mandolins and Guitars excel
all others
They are made on scientific prin-
ciples, and fof volume, purity and
sweetness of tone, have never been
equaled* Write for catalogue and
prices*
Che Rudolph Oluriitzer Co.
manufacturers
Cincinnati
When certain bells in a chime produce
discord they can be tuned. The tone
of a bell may be raised or lowered by
cutting off a little metal in the proper
places. To lower the tone the bell-
tuner puts the bell in his lathe and
reams it out from the point where
the swell begins nearly down to the
rim. As the work proceeds he fre-
quently tests the note with a tuning-
fork, and the moment the right tone
is reached he stops the reaming. To raise
the tone, on the contrary, he shaves off
the lower edge of the bell, gradually les-
sening or flattening the bevel, in order to
shorten the bell, for of two bells of equal
diameter and thickness the shorter will
give the higher note.
free from damage and soiling. The new
closed cabinet has numerous advantages
over the old open shelves.
A New Guitar.
Columbus, O., Dec. 18, 1889.
Musicians in general will be interested in
the new ten-string guitar recently invent-
ed by Mr. Carl Brown, of this city, and
manufactured by the New Orleans
branch of the Columbus Harpochord Co.
The instrument is said to contain the
best tones of any yet heard. The New
Orleans house is sending them out by the
hundreds, and the sales are enormous.
The company here is located on West
Broad street, at the west end of the
bridge, -and the large number of em-
ployes are working overtime to keep up
with orders on the celebrated harpochord
turned out by this firm, which is also
the invention of Mr. Brown. The manu-
facture of the guitar will be commenced
by the local concern for this market at an
early date, or as soon as the orders have
been caught up with.
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JOHN C. HAYNES & Co.
BOSTON, MASS.