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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
THE "SMALL GOODS" TRADE
The " Bay State" Instruments. Talking Machine Company Sued.
"Bay State" string instruments continue
to secure a large amount of public favor in
this and other cities. Expert instrumen-
talists as well as dealers, take very kindly
to them and never fail to say a good word
in their behalf when possible.
F. M. Lapetina, one of the leading in-
structors in stringed instruments, writes
from the Lapetina music school, Phila-
delphia :
"During the last ten years, all kinds
and makes of instruments have been tried
in my school; and my observation has
been that your 'Bay State' guitars stand
the time test better than any other instru-
ment made in this country."
Among the teachers who are also deal-
ers, Mr. Charles P. Ricker, a well-known
teacher and player of Waltham, Mass.,
says of the " Bay State " instruments:—
" I find I can make more money selling
other instruments; but I build up a better
reputation for fair dealing, and give better
satisfaction with tone, volume, grace of
model, even balance, absolute perfection
in scale, and shape of finger-board and neck
by selling the ' Bay State.' I prefer the
latter course.
"Theguitar I recently purchased of you
is without doubt the finest instrument of
its kind I have ever had in my hands. I
use the ' Bay State' instruments exclu-
sively with my pupils."
The papers in six suits brought jointly
by the United States Gramaphone Com-
pany, of West Virginia, and doing business
in Washington, D. C., and the Berliner
Gramaphone Company, of Roanoke, Va.,
against the American Talking Machine
Company for an alleged infringement of a
patent, were filed late Monday afternoon
in the United States Circuit Court. The
complaining companies demand an ac-
counting of the talking machine company's
sales and the destruction of the alleged in-
fringing gramaphones in course of con-
struction.
Scribner's Specialties.
Frank Scribner, of Brass Band Har-
monica fame, has just issued a very attrac-
tive colored circular for the trade, illus-
trating the Original and Standard "Brass
Band" and the Professional and Superior
" Brass Band Clarion " instruments.
Mr. Scribner declares, and the continued
demand for these specialties strengthens
his declaration, that the "Brass Band" and
" Brass Band Clarion" present greater pos-
sibilities for the jobber and dealers than
all others combined. Mr. Scribner's special
illustrated notice in the last issue of The Re-
view has attracted much favorable comment.
The Columbia Zither.
When The Review visited the Phono-
harp Co. 's offices in this city on Tuesday,
His Base of Supplies.
one of the firm's musical experts gave an
exhibition
of his skill on the Columbia
Mrs. Hayrix—My son Jim is gettin' to
Zither,
using
the famous No. 4, concert
be a reg'lar mechanical genius.
size.
Mrs. Corntasel—Dew tell! What's he
The performance left nothing to be de-
been a-doin' now?
sired
in the matter of tone and expression.
Mrs. Hayrix—Why, he's gone an' made
It
demonstrated
fully the marvellous possi-
a fiddle out of his own head—an' he's got
bilities
of
the
instrument and clearly
enough wood left for another one.
showed why the Columbia Zither has at-
tained such wide spread popularity among
the masses.
John F. Stratton Co.
mandolins and Guitars excel
all others
They are made on scientific prin-
ciples, and for volume, purity and
sweetness of tone, have never been
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"We have no cause for complaint as far
as business is concerned," said a represen-
tative of the John F. Stratton Co. to The
Review, when he called at their establish-
ment at 62 Grand street, this city, on Wed-
nesday. "We are getting orders in every
day for our goods and the new year, al-
though scarcely two months old, has al-
ready given evidence of being one of the
most successful seasons we have ever en-
joyed. Our violins, mandolins, guitars,
banjos, strings and trimmings are to be
found in many of the prominent music
stores in the United States and Canada,
and we have yet to learn of one who has
found fault with our goods."
Daniel F. Treacy, of the Davenport &
Treacy Co., was a visitor to Chicago the
early days of last week.
Telephone-Phonograph.
RICH YOUNG DANE'S ASTONISHING INVENTION
THAT
IS SUCCESSFUL.
Ever since the invention of the tele-
phone it has been the desire of electricians
to see an instrument perfected which will
leave a message on the other end of the
wire. Numerous attempts have been made,
but it has been left, it is said, for a young
Dane named Paulsen to invent the con-
necting link 'between the telephone and
the phonograph. Paulsen left the world
in ignorance of his discovery until he as-
tonished the residents of Copenhagen last
month with a detailed story of what he
had achieved. He demonstrated before a
body of experts that a telephone message
can be left at the other end of the wire and
the absentee, by simply turning a knob,
can hear what has been left for him.
Instead of the usual phonographic wax
cylinder Paulsen supplied a steel ribbon.
Where it is necessary to plane off the wax
on the ordinary phonograph Paulsen's
phonograph needs only a cloth to rub off
the writing, which does the "talking " a s
easily as if it was that much chalk on a
blackboard. The only reason why experi-
ments in this direction met with failure
was because it involved too much trouble
to record the message on the wax cylinder.
The feasibility seemed apparent enough.
But until Paulsen appeared no practical
value could be attached to the experiments.
• The apparatus is constructed so that a
very small magnetic needle, which is con-
nected with the current of the telephone
wire, influences a steel ribbon which in
turn runs over two cylinders. These cylin-
ders come in touch with the magnetic
needle and the work is done. While the
instrument is operating and a person talks
into the telephone, the magnetism in the
steel ribbon is influenced by the electric
needle to such a degree that a perfect mes-
sage is recorded. At the receiving end it
is only necessary to let the steel ribbon
pass later before the electric needle and
the current will then reproduce the words
sent over the wire. Just as soon as the
message has been heard, by passing a mag-
net over the steel ribbon, the speech is
wiped off immediately and the instrument
is ready to receive messages again.
The experiments which have recently
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