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pieces. The back is of maple, the front spruce,
the sides curly maple, the handle of maple, a
black ebony tail and finger-board and inlaid with
black ebony and pearl diamond. There are all
shades of pearl, and the violin is attracting much
attention. Mr. Barnes made it in ten days at
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quick sellers in accordeons are illustrated and
described in detail, following which are thirty
pages devoted to a line of violins.
Included in this section, but printed in a dis-
tinctive fashion, are the celebrated master vio
lins from the workshops of Salvadore de Durro.
In succession follow innumerable styles of violin
bows, strings, 'cellos, harmonicas, mandolins,
guitars, banjos, a line of band instruments, an
assortment of drums and the thousand and one
things that go to make up a complete catalog
such as this one is. The entire edition is bound
in cloth and boards, the cover being embellished
in red and blue with the new Durro Seal of
Quality trade-mark lately adopted by Buegeleisen
& Jacobson.
The compiling, editing and publishing of this
volume is the work of L. M. Schwartz, the firm's
advertising man, and rounds out appropriately
the first year of his connection with the house,
during which time he has issued many novel
pieces of business-bringing advertising literature.
the side, and the shell had to be brought across*
on the deck of a steamboat from Maine; it was
so large and the head was made of pieced skins.
Mr. Baldwin died March 26, 1896.
Possibly the oldest drum in the country is the
one in the Old State House, that belonged to
odd joiis.
Major Daniel Simpson, who beat the drum with
the New England Guards when they started for
Marblehead
in 1812 to defend the coast. For
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seventy-five years he beat the drum with various
military companies, and in the sixty-sixth annual
A Most Creditable Example of Publicity—Care-
parade of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery.
fully Arranged, Well Printed and Ably
Last April there was presented to the Lexing-
Edited by B. & J.'s Publicity Manager.
ton Historical Society the drum that was beaten
on Lexington Green April 15, 1775, to announce
The illustrated modern musical merchandise
the approach of the British. The drum was
beaten by William Dineen. At this presentation
the drum was beaten for the third time since
that memorable morning in Lexington 128 years
ago. It was beaten at the Centennial exercises
in 1875.
There is an old drum in the work room of
J. C. Haynes & Co., marked "Boston City Guard,"
HISTORICAL FACTS ABOUT DRUMS. and is possibly 80 years old.
The Lamas of Thibet use in their church cere-
One of the Oldest in Existence Is in the Old monies that are certainly repulsive and grew-
State House in Boston—The Drum in Peace some. The skulls of two children are taken
and over the concave of each is stretched the
and in War.
skin of a snake. The two skulls are then
cemented at their verticis to either side of a
There lived a man in Boston by the name of
N. J. Baldwin, known also as "Grandsire Bald- wooden disc covered with a cotton cloth, the
win," who, during his life, made 18,000 drums— stretched skin being outermost. The heads have
and to match this 36,000 drum sticks were painted on them devils in red and blue colors.
needed. When the Civil War broke out, a firm To play them, two halves of a cord is fastened
here got a contract to make drums—and Mr. to the wooden disc, and the drum suspended
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Baldwin was engaged to do it. He made all and made to revolve; two short cords with knots
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sorts of drums—bass drums and tenor drums, hang down and as the drum revolves they strike
with tin sides that were so popular when silver it and make a "turn, turn."
cornet bands were in vogue. Hardly a Massachu-
Possibly the drum is the oldest musical in-
setts band that went to the front that did not strument. Every savage nation has its instru-
have one of his drums, and although he worked ment of percussion. In some lands it was cred-
hard in those days, drums could not be turned ited with divine origin. In the interior of Brazil
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out fast enough to meet the demand, writes it is treated as a god. The native sorcerer of
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George Brayley, in the Dominant.
Lapland foretells by the use of a drum the suc-
Many went to Maine, New Hampshire and Ver- cess or failure of the hunting season. The Amer-
mont, and beat the brave men into many a ican Indian used it as an instrument of affection,
catalog of Buegeleisen & Jacobson, 113-115 Uni- charge. Some went on the other side, and in its monotonous beating, as Hiawatha told the,
"old story" on their way to MInnehaha.
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versity Place, New York, is fresh off the press. cheered the Confederates by their beat.
When Gilmore planned his Peace Jubilee in
The work of distributing the heavy edition is
VACATION PLANS OF THE BEHREND& •
already in progress. Although the fall buying 1871, he secured the services of Baldwin, not
season is not yet within striking distance, their only to make the big drum, but beat it. This
David Behrend, of Jos. W. Stern & Co.'s musi-
catalog is nevertheless going out at a rapid rate. famous drum was 6 feet across the head, and
cal merchandise department, is now on his vaca-
The volume abounds with a diversified line of
30 inches in width. This was a monster drum,
tion, going Thursday week. On his return Mon-
small goods, hundreds of fine illustrations lend- but the second one holds the record for size.
day, Al. Behrend, the co-manager, will seek a
ing it an inviting appearance. About a hundred It was 12 feet across the head and 4 feet across
cool spot in "some vast wilderness, some bound-
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less contiguity of shade." Following this period
of recuperation, he will take to the road and
pencil orders—he hopes—in rapid succession.
When one is up against it, there is virtue in
doing something. Inactivity—just plain, hope-
less drifting—is the limit of imbecility. In try-
ing something new one has a chance. However
remote that chance may be, it is a long way bet-
ter than passive death.
Lyon & Healy, Chicago, have received an order
for seventeen instruments to supply the new
brass band recently organized in Muncie, Ind.
The Frederickson-Kroh Music Co. store in
Oklahoma City, Okla., is not affected by the
taking over of the Muskogee store of the com-
pany by the Kroh Music Co.
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