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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
wvwwvv The " Bay State " Instruments.
the Small Goods trade
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The Review called at the Broadway ware-
rooms of J. C. Haynes & Co. on Monday,
and noted the excellence of stock arrange-
ment and the vast quantity of musical mer-
Music Box Played in Hidair.
The Regent Zither.
chandise available for purchasers. The
The Regent Zither, now the property of IT WAS SENT ALOFT ON A STEFX KITE WIRE "Bay State" instruments, in every style,
BY W. A. EDDY.
the Phonoharp Co. and one of the best in-
plain and elaborately ornamented, are on
[Special to The Review ]
struments of the zither class on the mar-
exhibition in the huge glass cases specially
Bayonne, N. J., Feb. 26, 1901.
ket, is to be handled vigorously under the
constructed for their reception, and other
William A. Eddy, Sunday, sent aloft on Haynes specialties are displayed to the best
new administration. The Regent plant
and stock were include'd in the recent trans- his kite sustained steel wire a music box, advantage. Business is reported as excel-
fer of Flagg interests to the Phonoharp which was wound up at the earth, and lent.
Co. The "Columbia" and the ".Regent," which continued to play in midair. The
Gratz Visitors.
now under one management, form a team object of the experiment was to test the
efficiency
of
the
wire
to
transmit
musical
hard to beat. They represent a range in
William R. Gratz, of William R. Gratz
price and style suitable for all comers. In and other sounds without a telephone at- & Co., is well pleased with the result of
an early issue of The Review will appear tachment. Innumerable electric sparks his enterprise in opening an exhibition of
further details concerning the "Regent." from the upper air were drawn from the imported musical instruments from famous
wire by application to it of an iron rod foreign houses. There have been many
The Graphophone's Value.
driven into the ground. It was found that visitors at the Gratz warerooms since the
(Special to The Review.)
when the wire was charged with electric exhibition opened. They have all expressed
New Haven, Conn., Feb. 25, 1901.
force, and before sparks were drawn, the
James Demosthenes, a business man in musical sound vibrations were more dis- pleasure at the complete showing made.
Ansonia, who left Greece seven years ago, tinct with the wire under the electric The majority of callers left orders.
Mr. Gratz expects to leave on a lengthy
expects to talk by proxy to his father and strain. When the wire was grounded the
trip
within the next few days. Among
r
mother—6,000 miles away on Mitylene, a musical sounds w ere fainter.
recent
callers at the Gratz headquarters
place off the coast of Turkey—in a few
When the wire was charged the ear could
weeks, and the talk will be carried on from not be applied to it without getting an were F. Bechtel, Pittsburg, and Fred.
Ansonia. When the son gets through talk- electric shock, so that Mr. Eddy was com- Jenkins, of the J. W. Jenkins Sons Music
ing with his parents the latter are to talk pelled to use a non-conducting wooden Co., Kansas City, Mo.
back to their son. Demosthenes's business sounding board to detect the musical
Historic Old Wood.
partner, I. G. Anderson, who is also a na- sounds permeating the wire. But when
A. B. Clark, the violinmaker of Rich-
tive of Mitylene, sails for home next week the wire was grounded Mr. Eddy could
and will be intrusted with a graphophone apply his ear direct to the wire. He says mond, Ind., has completed a violin on the
as a gift from Demosthenes to his parents. that a further extension of the experiments Strad model, on which he has been work-
Among the records will be two into which may do away with the present complicated ing for years and which, if there is any
virtue in age in connection with violins,
the son will speak a message. Two blank telephone apparatus.
records are also to be sent, which will re-
In the snow squall in the afternoon elec- ought to become a masterwork. The back
cord the answers of the parents, and which tric sparks were drawn from the wire with is from an old Scotch commission table,
Mr. Anderson will bring back with him.
the kite at a height of not more than two known to be over 400 years old. The body
A few months ago the son sent his par- hundred feet, the cold and snow greatly is from an old log 3,000 years old, at least.
It was dug out of a swamp in New Jersey
ents a graphophone by one of the officers increasing the conductivity of the wire.
and exhibited in 1876, and pronounced by
of a Grecian warship that visited New
York. One of the records contained a fir. Schmidt Homeward Bound. scientists to be fully that old. It seems to
be a sort of cedar.
message from Anderson to his father, who
Oscar Schmidt, manufacturer of the
is an old man living a coup'e of miles from
The Gordon Advance.
the home of the parents of Mr. Demos- Mandolin-Harp, the Menzenhauer Guitar-
Zither,
the
O.
S.
Mandolin
and
other
mu-
thenes. Mr. Anderson was invited to their
Hamilton S. Gordon is getting good re-
home, and he did not pay much attention sical novelties, is expected back from sults from the new catalogue in his depart-
to the phonograph until the special record Europe by an early steamer.
ment of musical merchandise. The Gor-
This week's report from the Schmidt
was put in and he heard the word
don travelers, in their several routes,
"Father." Then he started, and as he factory shows healthy trade conditions, have secured many good orders and es-
heard once more the voice of his son he domestic and export. There was a lull
trembled, and approaching looked at it in for a few days in British territory during
wonder. His excitement became so great the period of Queen Victoria's death and
that he was unable to be carried home for funeral, but active operations have begun
three days afterward. He could not under- again and the outlook is excellent.
The Mandolin-Harp has developed an
stand how he could hear the voice of his
extraordinary
demand, both in this coun-
son 6,000 miles away.
try
and
Europe.
The O. S. Mandolin is
Mr. Anderson will also take a kodak and
in
such
favor
that
the whole mandolin
will photograph the parents of Demos-
force
at
the
factory
have
to work at high
thenes, the old homestead and other places
pressure
continuously.
of interest.
BflY STATE
TRADE MAF
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FLUTES and
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USED BY THE GREATEST ARTISTS
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EVERY INSTRUMENT THAT'S MUSICAL
JOHN C. HAYNES & CO.
Scribner Trade Active.
5V\fl) mandolins and Guitars excel
Cviv
all otbtrs
Frank Scribner continues to receive large
orders for the Brass Band Harmonica and
Brass Band Clarion. Advices from Ger-
many are to the effect that the Weiss fac-
tories are being worked to their full capac-
ity to meet current demands.
T h e y are made on scientific prin-
ciples? and for volume, purity and
sweetness of tone, have never been
equaled. "Write for catalogue and
prices. J* J* J* J* J* J*
The sales department at the Regina
warerooms, now in charge of J. B. Furber,
is very active. The demand for the Re-
gina Corona is steadily increasing.
manufacturers
J2J E. 4th St., oA
Cincinnati-
Che Rudolph UPurlitzcr Co.