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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
in the gigantic family of "Wonder" in-
strument admirers.
It is noteworthy that every European
visitor to this country interested in band
instruments has carried away with him the
that the mames are rubbed off of most highest opinions of the "Wonder," and
of them they play as good as ever, they all say "it is only necessary to test
but we want something new and will them thoroughly to comprehend their in-
ask you to please send us the latest list of dividual merits."
music and also give us the net price per
dozen, and please give us the benefit of
Wulschner's Big Festival.
any reduction from the last order that you
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can, and if you ever make anything finer
in a box than the one we have, please
Indianapolis, Ind., Feb. n , 1901.
notify us, that we may try and negotiate
The Wulschner Music Co. have perfected
for it, as we feel we do need music in our arrangements for a mandolin, guitar and
home and the finer the better. I ask your
kind indulgence for so lengthy a letter and banjo festival to be given in Tomlinson
shall hail the catalogue with pleasure. Hall, Friday, March 15, with Samuel Sie-
gel as the soloist, assisted by an orchestra
Respectfully yours,
Mrs. Homer E. Simpson.
of one hundred members. To the pro-
gram, as arranged, will be added Miss Lulu
Another Suit Against Edison. A. Fischer, one of the most popular sopra-
[Special to The Review.]
nos in this city. The approaching concert-
Trenton, N. J., Feb. 11, 1901.
promises to be one of the most unique and
Suit was begun to-day by the New Eng- entertaining musical functions given in
land Phonograph Co., against Thomas A. this city for many a day.
Edison, the Edison Phonograph Works
Last Friday afternoon the guitar and
and the National Phonograph Co. Dam- mandolin teachers of the city met at the
ages in $100,000, an accounting and an parlors of the Wulschner Music Co. and
injunction are asked on an allegation that effected a permanent organization. Mr.
the defendants have infringed the New Joseph B. Cameron was elected director.
England Company's rights for which it The organization will have within its mem-
paid.
bership not less than one hundred of the
It will be remembered that two weeks leading musical pupils of the city who are
ago a suit for $225,000 damages was filed studying the mandolin, guitar, banjo, vio-
against Thomas A. Edison and his various lin, 'cello, flute, harp and viol. It is from
phonograph companies by the New York this organization that the orchestra for the
Phonograph Co. who asked for an injunc- approaching Siegel concert is to be made.
tion to prevent Mr. Edison from continu-
Varrelman in Town.
ing in the phonograph business and for
damages to the amount stated.
' Geo. Varrelman is evidently trying to
break the record as a globe trotter. He
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Compliments The Wonder." returned again last week from his head-
The fame of the band and orchestral in- quarters in St. Croix, Switzerland, and
struments made by C. G. Conn is spread- will remain in town only a few weeks,
ing to all parts of the world. Talking a when he returns to Europe, coming back
few days ago with a gentleman who has to the "land of the free" early in the year.
returned from a globe- trot and who is in-
H. C. Morrow & Co., of Phoenix, Ariz.,
terested in band instruments, he said: " I
felt proud wherever I visited, or no matter have not sold out their b^^siness, as has
with whom I talked, to find a knowledge of been published in some of the trade papers.
the tremendous advance which this country In a recent communication they state:
has made in the production of band instru- "We have the lead on the music business
ments. In this connection the name of in this Territory, and propose to hold it."
Mr. Conn, of course, came to the front, be-
cause he is virtually the founder of the
American school of manufacture which, I
believe, is bound as surely to dominate the
world in this special field as our manufac-
tures in other lines are corr. pelling the admi-
ration and support of Europeans."
This is a tribute with which we can cor-
dially agree. Up to a few years ago peo-
ple at home, not alone abroad, had but lit-
tle idea of the superb instruments manu-
mandolins and Guitar* excel
factured in this country. Mr. Conn has
an otiw*
achieved success by persistent striving
They are made on scientific prin-
along the lines of improvement and inven-
ciples, and for volume, purity and
tion. Every step made has been toward a
sweetness of tone, have never been
higher ideal in perfection. Mr. Conn has
equaled, Write for catalogue and
scored a wonderful advance—particularly
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in the brass family—in the ease of blow-
ing, quality of tone and accuracy of into-
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nation. The same improvements can be
manufacturers
noted in his wood wind creations. It is no
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Cincinnati
wonder that the most famous bandmasters
and instrumental soloists are now included
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Relic of the Galveston Typhoon.
A MUSIC BOX MADE BY F. G. OTTO & SONS
SURVIVES THE CATASTROPHE WHAT ITS
OWNER, MRS. SIMPSON, SAYS.
The following interesting letter received
recently by F. G. Otto & Sons, of Jersey
City Heights, is certainly a strong testi-
monial as to the sterling merits of the
music boxes which they manufacture. To
have gone through such an experience as
the Galveston typhoon and yet be "as good
as new" makes this music box a valuable
testimonial and Mrs. Simpson's pride in it
is excusable:
Galveston, Texas, Jan. 26, 1901.
F. G. Otto & Sons:
Gentlemen—I suppose you have won-
dered if our fine music box was lost in our
terrible storm of Sept. 8 last. It certainly
had a pretty rough experience, but it now
plays just as sweetly as ever and we prize
it very highly as a relic of the storm, as
that and a few other things were all
we saved. The box was down in salt water
when we found it after returning home
two days after the storm we were obliged
to flee from our home to a high place of
safety. I immediately took the box apart
very carefully, and for three days I worked
on it with oil and brushes getting the rust
and salt off of it. I worked patiently and
carefully, and even after I had put it all
together again I was afraid to start
it, fearing I had made some mistake.
I finally cleaned one sheet of music and
put it in, and I almost held my breath
as I started the lever but to our great de-
light it played it off as softly and sweetly
as ever. Mr. S. (who is a newspaper man
and sleeps days) rose up in bed at the first
notes and that music box is our greatest
comfort; its first notes were like a ray of
sunshine through the gloom, surrounded
as we were . then with death and de-
struction on every hand. The box is
very little injured save for a small open-
ing on one corner and the metal parts
are a little tarnished, but those of our
friends who have seen it express surprise
that we should have saved it at all. We
had four feet of water in our house and it
is raised about three feet from the ground,
so you can see there was little chance of
saving much; the roof came off and the
rain poured in from the top and further
added to the work of destruction. All the
tune sheets were also saved and thanks to the
composition of the metal they are rust-
proof. The film or lacquer which covers
them turned white and peeled and curled
up, so we took a stiff brush and after a
time got it all off, but it was certainly a
hard job. Then I took some oil and a
brush and rubbed them over until they
were quite dry of surplus oil and except
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