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THE MUSIC TRADE
REMARKABLE VIOLIN[ORDER/ E way especially remarkable.
Where one
house over there have a good size order to
One of the Hohner Specialties in Harmonicas Which Mr. Buegeleisen Comments on a Recent Order place yearly quite a number here are in the
Has Won a Great Vogue.
Placed by an English Firm—Not Remarkable same class; and our own firm claim, in
When the Big Orders Placed by This House Are
Among the Hohner specialties in the
fact know—so far as violins go, we are
Considered.
harmonica field none is more popular than
strictly in it. This branch of our business
the "Marine Band Echo," as shown in the Referring to the recent statement in The has grown amazingly."
illustration. The tone of this instrument Review that an English firm's order for
David Jacobson, the junior of the firm,
is considered by experts to be perfect and 30,000 violins was the largest on record in hustled his samples together Monday, and
took to the trail for a short trip.
THE MARINE BAND ECHO.
BIG HARMONICA TRADE.
The Business for the Past Year in This Country
Makes an Unprecedented Record—Some Facts
in This Connection.
. . . . H 0 H N E R [A ar\ufac\uner
t the worid renowned Hahner Harmonicas.
of remarkable sweetness. The Marine
Band Echo is made in five styles. The one
shown is No. 486, the largest size, contain-
ing 16 double holes, 32 reeds, nickel covers,
brass plates, trio tuned. The results ob-
tainable with it are little short of marvel-
lous. It can be plainly heard when being
played in large halls, and is much in vogue
for concert and dance purposes. Like all
of the other Hohner products it is artistic,
both in construction and in appearance, and
is supplied in a neat hinged pasteboard box.
Harmonica importers are particularly
well satisfied with the business of 1903,
and if like fortune should attend their.ef-
forts during the current year no complaint
will be recorded. A material increase is
acknowledged by the leading firms, but the
most remarkable showing is that of a house
whose consular certificates show shipments
aggregating $450,000. Perhaps persistent
publicity may have had something to do
with this phenomenal showing; in fact, the
efficacy of the work is freely acknowledged.
the annals of Markneukirchen, Germany. S. At any rate the trade is amazed that such
Buegeleisen, of Buegeleisen & Jacobson, an enormous business is possible in a single
said: "I doubt that very much. For ex- instrument of minor musical importance.
ample, here are five numbers only of our
REGINA REASONING.
regular stock, and last season we ordered
over 700 dozen. Now, then, take the re- There is a big- demand among those who
mainder of our line only—over 240 regular are interested in the. sale of music boxes for
and about fifty to one hundred special the recent Regina booklet entitled Regina
grades, and our line is not far from the 30,- Reasoning No. 2, which gives hundreds of
000 or 2,400 dozen mark. A few houses valuable hints to music dealers and sales-
here exceed our ordering, but not many, men regarding the most effective way to
and therefore the English order was in no handle the Regina products. The "Dem-
TWO MILLIONS
A MONTH
WE
HOLD THE RECORD
Grand Prize Paris 1900
COLUMBIA MOULDED RECORDS
BLACK SUPER-HARDENED $ BRAND NEW PROCESS. Best cylinder records ever made. Much harder and much
more durable than any other cylinder record. Our enormous output of Two Million Records a month enables us to sell these
New and Superior Records for
...25 Cents ILacH.
Columbia Indestructible Disc Records have always been the Standard of Superiority. Seven Inch Discs; SOc much $5 a dozen.
7en Inch
Discs; $1 each ftO a dozen.
Send for Free Catalogue M containing long list of vocal quartets, trios, duets, solos and selections for band,
orchestra, cornet, clarinet, piccolo, xylophone, etc., etc.
For sale by dealart •r»rywh«re and by th*
COLUMBIA PHONOGRAPH
LEADERS IN
COMPANY, THE
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TALKING MACHINE AST
NEW YORK, Wholesale, Retail, Export, 03 Chamber* Street. UPTOWN, Retail Only, 878 Broadway.
PHILADELPHIA, 1600 Chestnut St.
SAN FRANCISCO, 126 Geary St.
CHICAGO, 88 Wabash Ave.
CLEVELAND, Euclid Ave. and Erie S t
MILWAUKEE, 391 E. Water St.
ST. LOUIS, 709 i*ine St.
BALTIMORE, 110 E. Baltimore St.
PITTS BURG, 616 PeHn Ave.
BUFFALO, 645 Main St.
INDIANAPOLIS, Claypool Hotel Bldg.
DETROIT. 37 Grand River Ave.
BOSTON, 164 Tremont St.
KANSAS CITY. 1016 Walnut St.
DENVER, 1625 Lawrence St
OAKLAND, 468 18th St.
WASHINGTON, 1212 F St., N. W.
PORTLAND, ORE., 128 7th St
MEMPHIS, 802 Main St.
MINNEAPOLIS, 18 4th St., South.
LOS ANGELES, 828 So. Main S t
OMAHA. 1621 Farnam St.
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LONDON. Wholesale, Retail, 80 Great Eastern St., E. C.
RETAIL BRANCH STOM, 800 Oxford St., W.
PARIS, 1 Rue Leon CladeL
BERLIN. 71 Ritterstrasse.
HAMBURG, Adolpksplatx No. 4.
ST. PETERSBURG, Kazan Plac* 8.