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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
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REVIEW OF TRADE CONDITIONS
Larger Business Expected With the Conclusion
of Lent—Representatives from Importing
Houses Preparing for Annual Buying Trips
to Europe—No Possibility of Price Reduc-
tion—Question of Publicity.
PERTINENT PARAGRAPHS
Regarding Movements in the "Small Goods"
Domain—Appraiser's
Ruling — Gretsch in
Realty — Batons and Their Manufacture—
Lyon & Healy's Harp Volume—Other Items.
LATE PATENTS OF TRADE INTEREST.
(Specially Prepared for The Review.)
Washington, D. C, April 12, 1905.
HAKP.—P. E. Ekman, Woburn, Mass. Patent
No. 786,275.
This invention relates to a harp; and the spe-
The New York Collector's assessment on cer- cial object is to provide a new and useful harp-
tain music-box movements, imported by the Jacot action. The main feature of the invention re-
In small goods sales by wholesalers, jobbers Music Box Co., as manufactures of metal, though lates to the mechanism for actuating the forks
and direct importers are of a satisfactory order, claimed to be dutiable as toys, was affirmed by or pins by which the strings are raised either a
but a much larger business is expected to follow the Board of General Appraisers, March 28.
half-tone or a full tone, as desired. A part of the
with the coining weeks. The Lenten season, es-
mechanism—that which directly operates the
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pecially throughout the mining regions of Penn-
The Fred Gretsch Realty Co., Brooklyn, N. Y., forks—is contained in the neck of the harp, and
sylvania and other territory dominated by the was incorporated Monday; capital, $30,000. Di- the said operating mechanism is actuated by
foreign element, has had its effect, and the buy- rectors, Rosa Gretsch, Frederick Gretsch and pedal mechanism contained in the pedal-box and
ing was quiet, a condition discounted by the Walter Gretsch. The board is identical with the intermediate connecting mechanism which passes
stock houses. Travelers in these sections report directorate of the Fred. Gretsch Mfg. Co., manu- up inside of the post from the pedal-box to the
a sound basis in mercantile affairs, that must facturers of small goods, same place, the new neck.
redound to the profit of all concerned in the company probably being formed to handle the
Various features of the invention relate to dif-
movement of the various lines of musical mer- real estate embraced in the factory site with re- ferent parts of the action both in the neck and
chandise. Therefore, with this direct experience cent acquirements.
in the pedal-box.
at first hands, and the material prosperity con-
COMBINED DRUM AND CYMBAL BEATINU OR AC-
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ceded to be in sight everywhere throughout the
Batons are generally supposed to be simple TUATING CONTRIVANCE.—Geo. W. Clements, Wash-
country, public comment would seem superfluous. articles from a manufacturing view, but it ap- ington, D. C. Patent No. 786,486.
Representatives of importing houses are pre- pears musicians have decided preferences. Duss,
This invention relates to improvements in
paring to make their annual buying trip to the famous bandmaster, vows he can never find combined drum and cymbal beating or actuating
Europe; in fact, the advance guard has already a "stick" coming up to his ideal in the open mar- contrivances. Its object is to facilitate the oper-
taken their departure, and matters discussed ket, and therefore makes his own. They are ation of actuating or beating the drum and cym-
lead the observer to conclude that arrangements plain hickory, of small caliber, but strong and bal simultaneously or separately, to provide for
for next season's goods will be on a larger scale tough, and will not break even when the leader the ready and convenient disposition or compact
. than ever before. As to prices, no hope is held thumps his hardest in moments of frenzied en- folding of the parts out of the way, and to secure
out for a reduction of price in the most important thusiasm. It is said a Denver, Col., dealer also these ends in a simple and effective way.
lines, and possibly some advances may be an- turns out a baton of similar qualities, and his
STRINGED MUSICAL INSTRUMENT. Frank X. Au-
nounced, especially on low grades of instruments. customers are complimented with several on re- det, Boston, Mass. Patent No. 786,941.
It depends very much on the aspect of the labor quest. They are light, but practically unbreak-
The present invention relates to stringed musi-
market in producing centers of Germany.
cal instruments of the cithern type, particularly
able.
The current situation is thus described to The
to that class of such instruments known as "toy
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Review by a leading house: "So far as business
Lyon & Healy are working on a revised edition harps." In instruments of this class as usually
is concerned it is excellent, and there is no rea- of the "Spell of the Harp." It will be materially constructed the strings are tuned to produce
son for believing other than that it will be main- enlarged and contain much new matter and tes- when struck in regular order a complete scale.
tained until the regular quiet season comes along. timonials from professional and amateur players. The execution upon such instruments of music,
One thing surprises us more and more each year,
comprising both a melody and accompanying
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and that is goods of standing and repute and
Oscar Schmidt, manufacturer of almost every- chords, requires in the absence of special selec-
character command the market. That is to say, thing in string instruments, 87-101 Ferry street, tive devices, such as damping bars or shields,
dealers find it easier and more satisfactory to Jersey City, N. J., returned from a trip to Chi- great skill on the part of the performer, since
handle lines the merits of which are known than cago last week. While West he closed a number the strings belonging to the chords of the ac-
the general run of stock. This question of pub- of important deals for handling his lines. His companiment are separated by intervening
licity in regard to small goods needs no special latest addition is the banjo, samples of which strings and must be selected and separately
argument to prove its worth, for it now goes are now in the hands of his selling agents, and struck by the performer.
without saying that advertised lines are the easi- on which he is making preparations for a big
The object of the present invention is to pro-
est and most profitable sellers. The same holds trade.
duce a toy harp in which, without the addition
true of houses in this branch of the business."
of bars, strings, or extra parts of any kind, but
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by a mere rearrangement of the ordinary com-
After a stay of nearly a month in New York, plement of strings, the playing of chords may be
Louis Geisler, of Sherman, Clay & Co., San Fran- facilitated; and to this end the invention consists
REGINA BOXES WORKS OF ART.
cisco, started for home Wednesday week. He in an instrument having a series of string3 tuned
Now on Exhibition at the Regina Co.'s New expects to stop in Cincinnati, Chicago and St.
to produce, without duplication, all the tones of
York Warerooms.
Louis en route.
a scale, but arranged, at least in part, in such
order that strings used in playing the principal
MANNELLO'S PLANT A BUSY ONE.
The Regina Music Box Co. have completely ar-
chords are adjacent to one another, so that the
ranged their large warerooms in their building,
Everything is in smooth running order at
11 E. 22d street, New York, and have placed on Angelo Mannello's mandolin and guitar factory,
exhibition some new music boxes that are works 607 Bergen avenue, New York. Orders have
of art. Noticeable among these is one that is greatly increased for the spring trade and the
made like a curio cabinet, in Rookwood finish, full capacity of the plant is in requisition,
and decorated in the style of Louis XIV. with though he suffers for lack of room. This will
hand-painted panels. The paintings consist of not be remedied until Mr. Mannello erects a
portraits of the old masters and pastoral scenes. factory building of his own, a project now ap-
HEN T U B TALKING MACHINE WOULD
will be of the greatest possible service
The panels are tastefully hand carved, and the proaching settlement as to a suitable site, the
to you. It is the only journal published
music box would ornament the most richly fur- one in view on the Southern Boulevard, being
in America, devoted exclusively to
nished drawing-room. The Regina Co. have been held in abeyance for a choicer location.
the interests of the trade which Its name
meeting with great success with the sale of the
Indicates.
It is filled with news and
chatty Items, contains a list of all month-
Reginaphone, and are behind on orders.
DISPLAYING LATEST IMPORTATIONS.
HAVE YOU A
TALKING MACHINE DEPARTMENT?
T
The laboratory of the Universal Talking Ma-
chine was removed during the past week from
750 East 134th street to 256 West 23d street.
Their new laboratory will be devoted exclusively
to producing the primary plate, and the construc-
tion of records will be confined to the factory at
Camden, N. J., which will be in charge of George
K. Cheney, who was the superintendent of the
pld laboratory,
The, William R. Gratz Import Co. have been
calling the attention of their customers to some
of their latest importations in stringed instru-
ments, and the samples on exhibition in their
warerooms at 11 East 22d street, New York, jus-
tify the pride they take in showing them. Their
mandolin, guitar and violin stock show a wide
assortment of instruments of the better grade,
and they look forward to a splendid business.
ly records issued by the various firms,
patents and technical articles of an In-
structive nature.
5 cents per copy
Fifty cents a year
EDWARD
LYMAN
BILL
PUBLISHER
1 MADISON AVENUE,
NEW YORK