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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
Cbc Small Goods trade
THE WALDO ORCHESTRAL
The cut below illustrates a new and origin-
al mandolin and a product of the Waldo
Manufacturing Co., of Saginaw, Mich. This
mandolin is specially designed for soloists
and club leaders, and has a beautiful, deep
quality of tone. The entire instrument is
constructed by skilled labor from specially
selected material. The top is made of the
choicest White Mountain spruce. The frets
are of tempered steel and will not wear out.
increased width of top allows a heavier vi-
bration and by using / holes at the side
of the top, same as in all Waldo mandolins,
instead of the round sound hole in the cen-
tre, the best part of the top is retained, in-
stead of being cut away. The guard plate
is not required underneath the strings or
on the G side of the mandolin, so it is only
placed where it is required, underneath the
E string and out of the / hole.
This mandolin is only one of the many
styles catalogued by the Waldo Manufac-
turing Co., of Saginaw, Mich. Complete
catalogues and descriptions may be obtained
for the asking.
AT THE PAN-AMERICAN EXPOSITION.
The Graphophone Plays an Important Part in the
Display Made by the Interior Department of
the Government.
The Pan-American Exposition at Buffalo
has many attractive features, but not all of
them are as much appreciated as others.
There is one place, nevertheless, that is al-
ways crowded and that is where James C.
Boykin, Chief 'Special Agent, having in
charge the Interior Department Exhibit of
the United States Government, is giving re-
productions several times each day, of the
regular exercises in the schools of Washing-
ton, D. C , in the United States Naval Acad-
emy at Annapolis, and in the Indian School at
Carlisle, Pa. In his representations of these
various schools, Mr. Boykin brings to his aid
the Graphophone, the stereopticon and the
biograph. With the first named he furnishes
a reproduction of the lessons given by the
various teachers—English, German, French,
etc.,—and the responses by the pupils. To
these are added marches by celebrated bands
and also several musical compositions very
effectively rendered by the Indian Band,
made up of pupils in attendance at the school
in Carlisle. This part of the exercises is
supplemented by the stereopticon and moving
pictures are thrown upon the screen at inter-
vals, the combined effect of which is to pre-
THE WALDO ORCHESTRAL MANDOLIN.
The body of the mandolin has no cap around sent what, to all appearances, is a school in
it to unnecessarily increase the weight, but full operation. And yet no word is spoken,
a rosette inlaid and bound with celluloid at excepting through the medium of the graph-
back end of body. Across the top and un- ophone. While this instrument is used, as
derneath the bridge, the mandolins meas- are the stereopticon and biograph to aid
ure 1^4 inches more than the regular style in giving a speaking as well as a moving
of instrument, but the shell or body lacks picture of schools in actual progress, the
one inch of being as deep. For ease of hold- thought that is paramount in the beholder's
ing and playing in high positions on finger- mind is that the Graphophone is the logical
board, this mandolin stands unexcelled. The language teacher, and as such it is certain,
sooner or later, to be generally introduced
in the public schools.
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Guitars,
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JOHN C HAYNES & CO.,
Importers and Manufacturers,
451 Washington St., Boston,
Near the point in the Government building
where the school reproduction is being given,
is the United States Patent Office Exhibit,
and a part of this consists of the Grapho-
phone in its most perfect form, together with
a representation in metal of a cross section of
a large musical record on which the sound
waves are enlarged sufficiently to enable vis-
itors to see them with the naked eye and com-
prehend their relative lengths and depths and
records is a part of the exhibit and whenever
the Graphophone is being played, other attrac-
tions are deserted and the crowd moves in
the direction from whence the music proceeds
and listens with evident enjoyment.
Out on the Midway the man of fluent and
picturesque diction has brought the Grapho-
phone to his aid, and instead of "barking"
until he is bereft of voice, as has been his
former practice, he has his story on a conven-
ient record and lets the machine take turns
with him, in telling of the glories of the en-
tertainment inside.
In the Balcony of the Ethnology Buildingthe
Graphophone is used for reproducing the lan-
guage, songs, prayers, cries, whoops and in-
cantations of the noble red man. The rec-
ords which are here exhibited were made
by Red Cloud and sixteen of his braves from
the adjacent log hut village of the Six Na-
tions. When these Indians visited the Eth-
nology Building to make their records, they
were gotten up for the occasion, even to* the
extent of having their war paint on, and they
awakened much curiosity, even as they quiet-
ly filed through the grounds and a crowd fol-
lowed them. When the Indians reached their
destination they were dextrously separated
from the crowd and hurried up stairs to the
balcony. As soon as their performances be-
gan, the noise being suggestive of a band
of warriors tomahawking the peaceful dwell-
ers in a pale face settlement, the crowd below
and in the neighborhood became nervous and
excited. One man was for sending in an
alarm by way of the police box; another
was agitating the matter of calling out the
reserves and a woman fainted away. As they
listened men heard a war whoop, followed
by a clash of steel and the slow, steady
pounding of the Indian war dance, like the
deep thumping of a motor in a pestle. The
rhythmic chant of the Senceas, given always
just before the attack in battle, came through
the closed glass doors. Some of the more
courageous visitors, their faces, however,
somewhat blanched, filed up the stairs and
the excitement finally became so intense that
Dr. Benedict, who had the record making
experiments in charge, gave out the infor-
mation that the visitors were not on the war
path, whatever the circumstances might indi-
cate, but had come over for an exhibition
before the Graphophone.
"We wished," he said, "to make records
for future reference, of the corn, or festival
dance, the snake, or moon dance and of the
war dance. We have been very successful
thus far."
This explanation was a great relief and
it gradually became known that nothing con-
templating bloodshed was in progress. But
for a time the crowd around and within the
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cArtistic in design and finish.
Mandolins. Guitars,
Banjeuux, flandolas,
Banjeaulins, Harp-
Guitars, Handocelloa,
Piccolo and Bass
Banjeaux.
WALDO MFG. CO.,
SAGINAW, MICH.