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THE
MUSIC TRADE
REVIEW
Mich., from whom we have taken it in trade as
part payment on one of our celebrated Wash'-
burn guitars."
seen for some time, with its fall trade most
promising.
William R. Gratz, president of the firm, will
sail from Cherbourg, France, on the "Kronprin-
zessin Cecilie," September 17, and is due to arrive
BRIEF, BUT TOJHE POINT.
on the 22d following.
As conflirued by the management of the small
Tuesday David A. Mock, the eighteen-year-old
goods department of Chas. H. Dltson & Co., 8-12 son—his only child—of Secretary Mock, will ar-
E. 34th street, New York, the firm's wholesale rive from Europe on the "Kaiser Wilhelm II."
business in July was the best they have had in The young man, who is in mercantile business,
the history of the house. This despite the gen- has traveled over Europe with his uncle, and
eral curtailment of sales in all lines. August has been gone nearly three months. With this
was also strong, and they look forward to a early foreign travel and his natural ability, a
brisk and steady fall trade. The record in the worthy son of a worthy sire, the younger Mr.
retail department was also quite good.
Mock .promises well.
M. E. Sfhoening, importer of small goods,
started on his fall selling trip Monday, going
west, eventually reaching the coast. He will be
away until November.
Another ruling on Aug. 26 by the General
Board of Appraisers upholds the dutiable value
of harmonicas as properly classified as toys.
The strike among the workmen in the band
instrument factories at Graslitz, Bohemia, Aus-
tria, that has been in force for months, is on the
point of settlement, if an amicable agreement has
not already been reached. The latest advices
are to this effect. The differences between the
artisans and their employers were of an arbi-
trary nature on the part of the former, who took
exceptions to the enforcement of sanitary regula-
tions incidentally and to compel the recognition
of the labor union in reality. The strike has
interfered considerably with the handling of
Graslitz goods here, making shipments infre-
quent and uncertain.
WM. R. GRATZ IMPORT CO. ITEMS.
Secretary Mock, of the William Gratz Import
Co., 35-37 West 31st street, New York, who has
now come back from his week-end vacations,
said business wore a better look than he had
DEMAND FOR STRING INSTRUMENTS.
What the New York Tribune Has to Say Re-
garding the Growing Popularity of Such
Instruments.
Music dealers in various sections of the coun-
try will no doubt be interested in the general
review of musical instrument demand published
in the New York Tribune, under the heading,
"All Want the Strings," and reading as follows:
"At more or less regular periods a certain
class or kind of musical instruments looms big
in popularity, and manufacturers keep their ears
to the ground as carefully as do politicians, to
be prepared to jump at the first outbreak. There
will be a season, experience has taught them,
when the piano, which always, of course, will
remain chief in popularity, takes sudden strides
in the matter of demand and sale. Then some
other instrument will have the call for a time.
"Just now manufacturers say there is an un-
usual demand for stringed instruments of all
kinds, from the always popular violin up and
down the wide range of manufacture, and this
demand for the instruments is reflected in the
demand for stringed instrument instruction re-
ported at the studios. It seems that every musi-
cally inclined person has suddenly discovered
the joy and delight given by the vibrating
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strings and well-seasoned wood or properly con-
structed metal. Many men skilled in olher
branches of the musical art have found that the
lighter instruments afford amusement entertain-
ing alike to themselves and their friends.
"This demand for string instruments, the man-
ufacturers say, is not confined to any section or
city, but comes from all over the country and
from all classes of people. It is freely predicted
by them that the sale of string instruments
in 1908 will be"far in excess of that of any other
year in the musical history of America."
JOS. BLUMBERG RETURNS.
Monday Jos. Bluinberg, of the Regina Co.'s
executive committee, who has been in Chicago
inspecting the branch office, got back to Rahway,
N. J. He was at the New York store early in
the week.
Jack S. Wilson, of the floor force in the Re-
gina's New York establishment, resigned and
left for Detroit, Mich., on Saturday, where he
will engage in business on his own account.
PLAYED LIKE A MUSIC BOX.
The famous peal of bells at. Bruges i.s played
on the principle of a musical box, with an enor-
mous drum weighing nearly 2,000 pounds. In
the drum are 30,000 holes for brass pegs, which
touch the trackers and move the wires com-
municating with the bell-hammers. The airs are
changed once a year, and the drum is wound up
every two hours by an official, who pants with
the exertion of winding.
The Fort Worth (Tex.) Telegram and B. Z.
Friedman, a jeweler and clockmaker of thai city,
have donated a clock for the tower of the City
Hall. There are now being cast, in New York,
a set of chimes for the clock, to be miniature
reproductions of the famous chimes of Westmin-
ster, London. The tones of the bells will exactly
correspond with those after which they are pat-
terned.
The Latest in Hohner Accordions—Greatest Improvements in Recent Years
The Organ Pipe Accordion
The Trumpet Horn Accordion
Made by M. HOHNER, Germany
Made by M. Hohner, Germany
Unequaled for Its Sweet Tonal Effect
Remarkable for Its Increased Tone Power
No. 78'}.—This is a regular German model instrument to which nine bnrss
organ pipes are attached. The reeds are so constructed that all the tones pass
Into a metal sound channel and are then forced out through the brass pipes
which are attached to the channel. This produces a soft and very agreeable
tone, which the ordinary accordion does not possess. The frames measure 5Vi
x1U% inches, and are finished in ebony. The accordion has two sets of reeds,
ten button keys and double bellows with ten folds and nickel corner protectors.
It has patent self-acting spring clasps and metal rests at the base, which pre-
vent scratching of the woodwork.
Ask Your Jobber.
Xo. 7 8 8 . — T h e i n s t r u m e n t c o n s i s t s of si r e g u l a r (JeruiMii .Model A c c o r d i o n ,
w i t h a n a t t a c h m e n t of six b r a s s t r u m p e t h o r n s , a s seen in t h e I l l u s t r a t i o n . T h t
t r u m p t h o r n s a r e d i r e c t l y c o n n e c t e d w i t h a w o o d e n s o u n d box, i n t o w h i c h t i n
l o n e i isses a n d l i n d s i t s w a y o u t t h r o u g h t h e h o r n s . T h e h o r n s lend a v e r y
pleasi g t o n e t o t h e r e e d s a n d a l s o I n c r e a s e t h e t o n e p o w e r c o n s i d e r a b l y . T i n
>n of the sound within the brass horns is so pronounced that the. tonal
effects are given a very pleasing metallic blend. The frames measure 5i/>x
10% inches, and the woodwork is linished in dark mahogany. It lias fancy
moulding, double bellows with ten folds and brass corner protectors, metal
trimmings, patent self-acting spring clasps. There are ten button keys with
bone tops and two bass keys.
Send for Circular giving full particulars
M. HOHNER, 475 Broadway, New York
Canadian Office
76 York Street, Toronto