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course the cheap variety doesn't amount to
anything'. They're simply toys. There is
just as much difference in drums as in any
other musical instrument, though most peo-
ple wouldn't think so. The drums re-
quired in orchestra and band work have a
certain sharpness of tone, while those used
in corps and military work must have a
duller tone and the drum must not be so
sensitive to the touch.
"And how many parts do you think a
well-made drum consists of? Wrong. It
has 248 pieces, not including sticks, hooks
and belt. Everything must be of first
quality, too, for a drum must have tone
first of all, and it must be constructed to
withstand rough usage. Great business is
drum making, and interesting, too."
THE WILLIAM R. GRATZ CO.
The William R. Gratz Co., 11 E. Twenty-
second- street, sole representatives in the
United States and Canada for the genuine
Courtois band instruments and saxaphones
and other notable products, are doing a lively
business in each of their specialties. William
R. Gratz, the head of the firm, has built up a
strong following by personal work in seeing
to it that his customers receive exactly what
they ask for, that the goods supplied to them
are in every way perfect, that their service is
prompt and that their wishes in every way arc
consulted and complied with.
BREAKING ALL TRADE RECORDS.
Of 60 cases of accordeons ordered a iew
weeks since by Buegeleisen & Jacolison, 16 E.
Seventeenth street, New York, the first ship-
ment coming in Sept. 28, such has been the
sale that the entire lot has been disposed of
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with the exception of three cases, which came
to hand Monday. Another large invoice was
cabled for at once, the manufacturers notify-
ing the firm in reply that owing to the readi-
ness of certain essential parts and immediate
hustle in the factory, the goods will soon be
"swimming" and in New York within 10
days.
SHORTAGE IN SOME LINES
Of Small Goods, Particularly in the Export Field—
German Manufacturers Very Busy These Days.
Spot cash is the only argument that seems to
budge them even a little bit, and when the
stuff is delivered you find only about half of
what you ordered. If such is the condition
now, what will it be later? Dealers are buy-
ing as never before, and there you are."
DEMAND FOR SILK STRINGS
Steadily Growing—Their Advantages and Dis-
advantages Discussed—Excellent for Open Air
Work—Quality, of Course, Is Highly Essential.
Conceding the inalienable position of gut
strings in the estimation of musicians, the in-
Jn the height of the selling season the visi- creasing use of silk strings is quite noticeable.
ble supply of violins, bows, trimmings, ac- Gut will always remain the material par ex-
cordeons, etc., is said to be none too plentiful. cellence, but in recent years the utility of silk
Houses who had increased their orders with has been recognized and approved for certain
the German small goods manufacturers, and kinds of work. For example, when orches-
on a more liberal basis than ever before, are tras play in the open air, where moisture or
complaining of a shortage in goods. The dampness is apt to affect the strings, or if
manager of quite a prominent firm said to the performer's hands perspire abnormally,
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then silk displaces the gut. Also when in-
"What I fear now is a limited stock of
struments are subject to hard usage, as in the
goods. Our orders placed ahead in the spring case of teachers, silk strings are preferred.
were almost double that of last year ; and here
"The tone of silk strings is quite good,
we are in the height of the season, and stocks though not up to the high mark of gut," ob-
are too short for any comfort. Other houses served an importer when speaking to The
are in the same predicament, I hear. The Review on the subject. "We with others im-
fact of the matter is the German manufactur- port larger stocks every year, and the sales in
ers are busy with their home trade, have about the American trade have increased in a phe-
all they can swing the way they do business, nomenal ratio. For instance, it has been only
and when we order the bill is generally cut a comparatively short time since the sales of
in half as to quantity by the time it reaches one of the leading wholesale houses in the
the United States. There is undoubtedly a country were but 150 bundles a year. Now
scarcity of goods.
that quantity is sold monthly, and the rate is
"This holds true of domestic merchandise going ahead. Other firms have swollen their
as well—guitars, mandolins, etc. The man- orders in like proportion.
dolin factories are reported full up, and the
"Gut is an uncertain material at best, and
effort to get goods is heart-breaking at times. despite the utmost care in testing and in se-
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UPTOWN, RETAIL ONLY, 872 Broadway.
CHICAGO, 88 Wabash Avenue.
SAN FRANCISCO, 126 Geary Street.
BALTIMORE, 110 E. Baltimore Street.
WASHINGTON, 1212 F Street, N. W.
MILWAUKEE, 891 East Water Street.
DENVER, 1625 Lawrence Street.
INDIANAPOLIS, 114 W. Washington Street
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PHILADELPHIA, 1609 Chestnut Street.
PITTSBURG, 615 Penn Avenue.
ST. LOUIS, 709 Pine Street.
MEMPHIS, 302 Main Street.
KANSAS CITY, 1016 Walnut Street.
LONDON, 89 Great Eastern Street, E. C.
HAMBURG, Adolphsplatz No. 4.
CLEVELAND, Cor. Euclid Ave. and Erie St.
MINNEAPOLIS, 18 Fourth Street, South.
BUFFALO, 645 Main Street.
BOSTON, 164 Tremont Street.
DETROIT, 37 Grand River Avenue.
OMAHA, 1621 Farnam Street.
LOS ANGELES, 323 South Main Street.
OAKLAND, 468 18th Street
PARIS, 34 Boulevard des Italiens.
BERLIN, 71 Ritterttrasse
ST. PETERSBURG, Kazan Place 8.
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