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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
IMPORTERS ARE ACTIVE.
Stradivarius, which belonged to a street musi-
cian who played on it for years. A violinisi
gave him $125 for it and sold it for $400. It is
Association Fully Launched and Planning an
likely to fetch $4,000. There are no more than
Aggressive Campaign.
sixty genuine "Strads" known to be in existence,
The National Importers' Association may now yet we hear of discoveries of these instruments
Ln said to be fully organized and ready for an daily. If they were all authentic as claimed the
aggressive campaign in the interests of its mem- number of "Strads" in existence would exceed
bers. It is now established in offices at 350 Broad- 200,000.
way, and last week its board of directors formally
approved its constitution and by-laws.
The declared purpose of the organization is ro
promote, foster, and aid in protecting the lawful Brooklyn Rapid Transit Co. Has Actually Be-
rights and commercial interests of its members,
come Generous and Will Provide Instru-
and to secure the prompt, just, uniform, and non-
ments as Well as Instructor.
partisan administration of the customs laws. The
preamble to the constitution goes on to say that
The officials of the big Brooklyn Rapid Transit
its object is to prevent undervaluations, to en- system have signed a contract with bandmaster,
deavor to ascertain and establish correct market W. S. Mygrant, for the organization and instruc-
values, and to aid in securing equitable tariff
tion of a full band and orchestra, to be composed
legislation and to promote the commerce of the exclusively of employes of the company, most of
United States with all ports of the world, and to whom will come from the ranks of the motor-
promote the enactment and enforcement of a men and conductors distributed over the various
fair and just customs administrative law and tt> lines of that system.
investigate and seek to remedy any abuses there-
Prof. Mygrant, the celebrated cornetist and
of.
conductor, and the organizer and leader of the
At the meeting of the directors last week a
enlisted band of the Thirteenth Regiment, has
committee was appointed to consider the first
been selected to develop the latent talents of the
active steps to be taken by the association. What
much-abused railroad men, and to cultivate in
they are is a secret yet, but the committee will
them a soul for music. Bandmaster Mygrant has
formulate plans and present them to a meeting
been given carte blanche in the matter, and has
this week, when they will be made public. The
arranged for an instrumentation of sixty-threo
committee consists of R. Kenneth Maclea, of R.
pieces. He has been promised a man for every
B. Maclea & Co.; Lee Kohns, of L. Straus & Sons,
instrument, and already has a score or more at
and Frank M. Prindle, of Frank M. Prindle & Co.
work trying to master the mouthpieces and keys
of the instruments which go to make up a prop-
DEVERY AS A MUSIC LOVER.
erly organized and well-regulated band.
The band is to be confined to members of the
An Example of His Entnusiasm Caught on the
B. R. T. Employes' Mutual Benefit Association,
Fly by a Sun Reporter.
of which George W. Edwards is secretary, and
Ex-Chief Devery has a love for music which under whose auspices it will be organized and
no absorption in politics can abate. On Wednes- maintained. It has the full sanction, encourage-
day night, as is his custom, he dropped a cent in ment and support of all the B. R. T. officers, and
the slot of the singing machine in the Hunter's bids fair to be a big success socially, if not mu-
Point ferry house. He has nightly caused this sically.
Practise has already begun in a small way, but
machine to give forth tuneful sounds up to and
regular
rehearsals will not begin till next Sep-
until the 12.12 train for Arverne for the last six
tember or until there is a sufficient number in the
months.
Wednesday night the machine turned loose band to make a good start.
A band room will be fitted up at the East New
"Every morn I bring thee violets."
York
Club house, and there behind closed doors
"Gee," said Bill, "that's a fine song. Say you,
"Snyder," turning to the young man who was for a while at least, the amateur musicians may
make all the noise they please.
with him—"go buy a dollar's worth of pennies;
One need not be surprised now, says the Brook-
I want to hear some more violets."
The 12.12 boat came and went and big Bill and lyn Times, to see a motorman or conductor while
his friend Snyder stood entranced in front of the his car is on the stand at either terminus of the
horn of the phonograph. It was with great diffi- road or during a long block take from his pocket
culty and the active assistance of the station or from beneath a seat of the car almost any
kind of an instrument or music book and run
porter that they caught the 3.37 train.
over
the chromatic scale or attempt in subdued
"I don't care, Snyder," Big Bill was heard to
say, as he waddled perspiringly toward the early tones a simple selection by way of practise.
It is not expected, of course, that the B. R. T.
morning ferryboat, "I never could help loving
Company will furnish musical entertainment for
music."
its patrons during the long waits which they are
compelled at times to suffer on the various lines,
GENUINE STRAD. TO BE SOLD.
but there is no limit to the possibilities of the
We learn that among the violins to be sold ai new musical aggregation and the patrons of the
auction in London this summer is a genuine system may at, least have an opportunity ere long
TROLLEY MEN ORGANIZE BAND.
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The C. G. CONN
WONDER BAND, ORCHESTRA
are unrivaled for
AND SOLO
INSTRUMENTS,
of listening to a concert by the new band In some
public hall or park.
The band in any event will bo a source of pleas-
ure and pastime for its members and something
to occupy their time and attention during their
leisure hours.
BUEGELEISEN & JACOBSON
Have a Special Accordeon Sheet in Press—Will
Interest the Trade.
A special sheet, now in press, and to be ready
for distribution early next month, will exploit
the strong line of accordeons carried by Burge-
leisen & Jacobson, 113-115 University place, New
York. Referring to these goods, the other day,
Mr. Burgeleisen said: "We claim to have the
largest line of double-row accordeons of all styles
ot any house in the country. These include
Italian, German and Vienna instruments and
made specially for professional use. They have
steel reeds tuned by experts, with brass keys,
and have as fine a tone as any oi'gan. The case
work would do credit to a piano. We are run-
ning about forty styles, and are having an enor-
mous success with the line, especially the Italian
and Vienna accordeons, of which we cannot get
enough. Having bought a lot right, we are mak-
ing a special drive on them in this new illus-
trated sheet, which fully describes the various
styles in every detail.
"Mr. Jacobson was along the Texas frontier
this week, and is due here about the middle of
August. His sales of goods have never been
equalled and he has placed them in the best
houses of the far West and Southwest. It is his
record trip by a large majority, and his health
has been greatly improved by the journey."
REGINA CO.'S FALL PLANS.
An
Active Campaign to Be Inaugurated—
Movements of Regina Men.
The Regina Co., Rahway, N. J., are now hard
at work formulating and developing their cam-
paign for fall and winter. They have many sur-
prises "up their sleeve"—if a corporation can be
so humanized as to wear such sartorial equip-
ment—and the trade can expect them \o main-
tain, during the season now opening, that lead-
ing place as creators of novel and meritorious
creations in the domain of music boxes, ranging
in size to suit all tastes and all pockets, which
has been theirs in the past.
P. A. Leland, who has been dividing his time
between New York and Rahway headquarters and
the road, expects to go to Philadelphia this week
for a few days' call on Regina customers. Lou
C. Wilber is busy on a trip through Michigan;
A. C. Edwards is at present in Minnesota and the
Northwest, and J. Blumberg, manager of the Re-
gina Co.'s Chicago office, is just starting on a six
weeks' trip to the Pacific coast, and his place is
being taken temporarily by L. T. Gibson, of Rah-
way, while Mr. Leland is holding down Mr. Gib-
son's chair. On top of it all, Mr. Furber, the
general manager of the Regina Co., is, to drop
into the vernacular, directing the "whole push."
R. C. Bollinger, of Fort Smith, Ark., was in
Chicago recently looking for vocal and instru-
mental teachers for the conservatory of music he
conducts in addition to his piano business.
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