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make him a millionaire. To quote from the
article:
"Boyhood friends who went to London at his
invitation found him master of an extensive
business, with an army of subordinates and the
possessor of an estate of twenty acres in Surrey.
Yet with all the splendor of life in England, Mr.
Owen felt the call of the Vineyard, and last year
THE GRADUATING TONE POST.
tried to sever his connection with the enterprise
A Recently Patented Invention for String
so that he might return to his island home.
Instruments.
"He was not entirely successful in this, the
English
directorate prevailing upon him to re-
In our issue of the 11th of June, 1904, we men-
main at the head of the company, but he did
tioned a recent device for improving the tone and
make an arrangement, permitting his spending
overcoming certain defects in string instruments.
W. BARRY OWEN'S SUCCESS.
six months of the year on Martha's Vineyard."
The manufacturers of the Graduating Tone Post,
In Seven Years Has Made a Million Dollars—
Mr. Owen shows his love for his home city by
with offices at 27 East 22d Street, inform us that
His Investments at Martha's Vineyard, His purchasing a hundred thousand dollars' worth of
the Graduating Tone Post is a device which is
Birthplace.
real estate, upon part of which he is about to
inserted through the sound holes of instruments,
erect a $50,000 residence. He has also erected a
all in one complete part; it has not to be assem-
Last Sunday's "Herald" contained an extended fine stable for the accommodation of English
bled inside of the instrument, but is merely
story
from Vineyard Haven, Mass., in which W. stock to be brought here this month, and desir-
placed in position as is any ordinary sound-post.
The inventor claims he has experimented for 15 Barry Owen, well known in the trade through ing an electric lighting plant for his own prem-
years with this device, and not until very re- his connection with the McPhail Piano Co., and ises, he will probably start an electric plant, and
sell electricity to all who wish to buy. Further
cently did he succeed in perfecting it so that it his later association with Alfred Dolge, figured
in a prominent way.
up the island, overlooking a beautiful lake, has
slides easily through the sound holes.
According to the facts submitted, Mr. Owen been acquired a long ridge, which is to be
Some of the best-known musicians have in-
has in seven years developed a talking machine crowned with summer cottages when Martha's
dorsed this invention, and tests w«re made which
business which has branches in a dozen prin- Vineyard has become the Isle of Wight of
demonstrated that this Graduating Tone Post
cipal cities in the world, outside the United America. With the exception of the site for his
actually fills a defect in string instruments, in-
States. In the development of this concern Mr. own house, Mr. Owen's investments have been
asmuch as it prevents all reaction, assists the
Owen has acquired a fortune of a million dollars, made with a view to future returns.
vibration, and dispenses with the so-called
and as managing director draws a salary reputed
Another enterprise of his is the establishment
"woody" tones. In the tests made in the pres-
to be equal to that of the President of the of a poultry farm of 150 acres, where he has
ence of eminent musicians new and cheap violins
United States.
six hundred fowls, some of them most expensive,
were fitted with a graduating tone post, and
Mr. Owen's success in London came about and rare birds. When Mr. Owen returns to the
musicians played on these as on old and high-
priced instruments in an adjoining room. The through his association with the man who country this month, i t is expected that he will
fact that frequently one of the new violins was owned the American rights in a talking machine take personal charge of his Vineyard enterprise.
proclaimed to be "the old, high-priced one," indi- which at that time was not a success. Appre-
ciating the possibilities abroad, Mr. Owen made
cates that this invention has excellent merits.
M. E. SCHOENING DUE FROM EUROPE.
a deal with Berliner, who patented a talking
machine record, for the English rights. This
Monday M. E. Scheoning will be at his place
VICTOR RECORDS FOR JULY.
was in 1897. Mr. Owen opened a small business of business, having reached New York from his
The new "Victor" records for July are now in London, interested British capital, started a European trip the preceding day. He left Bremen
ready for distribution by the Victor Distributing company, put the machine on the market, ob- on itie 16th instead of the 26th, and has teen
& Export Co., New York. The "Victor" and tained the favor of royalty, and in six years abroad about two months, in that time visitiug
developed an enterprise successful enough to all the leading musical merchandise centers on
the continent.
wherever the harmonica is loved, and that is the
world over. The trade of the dealer who han-
dles the- Hohner harmonica and accordeon is
always growing, because of the well considered
and ceaseless publicity which these goods re-
ceive at the hands of the Hohner institution.
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REVIEW
"Monarch" lists include many new selections and
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Michaeli's "Forge in the Forest," and Faure's
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