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MUSIC TRADE
tinent with his family. They will spend the sum-
mer months touring the different centres of in-
terest and business. Joseph Mock, secretary of
the company, even though trade is brisk, is acting
the part of a good citizen and doing jury duty this
week.
HOHNER HALF CENTURY RECORD.
The Products of the Famous House of Hohner
Have Scored a Remarkable Record for Relia-
bility and Excellence in the Half Century
Which They Have Been Before the TrSde
Throughout the World—Reasons for Their
Success.
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REVIEW
"DURRO" MASTER VIOLINS
Have Won Fame as Exact Duplicates of the
Genuine Old Masters—Esteemed by Great
Artists for Their Fine Qualities.
"Durro Master Violins are among the finest
products of the violin maker's art," &ays Bue-
How Water Affects the Quality Set Forth by
geleisen & Jacobson, 113 University Place, New
H. Schindler & Co.
York, who are the sole importers of these instru-
Who would believe that pure water makes a ments. These violins are made and finished by
better music string? This is true, according to Mr. Durro personally. Nothing but the finest of
rare old woods which he has accumulated for
H. Schindler, of H. Schindler & Co., makers of
music strings, Jamaica Plain dist, Boston, Mass., many years are used in their construction. In
and in order to improve the company's products chatting of these instruments, Mr. Buegeleiscn
it installed a huge filter to purify, the water, so to- said:
day all the water used is 99 per cent. pure. In the , "The models and finishes are exact copies of
preparation of gut, pure water gives an improve- the genuine old instruments in the possession of
ment in the finished product, which gives a still Mr. Durro and collected by him for years. They
further boost in the quality reputation of Schindler are executed in every detail exactly like the orig'
inal, in fact'to such an extent that they are hardly
music strings.
. .
.
.
distinguishable from the genuine instruments.
"Many of these Special Master violins are now
POPULARITY OF THE HARP.
in. the hands of some of the greatest artists in
The increasing popularity of the instruments of
Europe, and are pronounced by many as even
the plectrum family and the organization through-
better than the original instruments, from which
out the country of orchestras composed entirely
they are copied and which cost thousands of dol-
of these instruments, has demonstrated how ad- lars."
mirably the harp fits into the orchestral scheme.
The sweeping Buegeleisen & Jacobson guarantee
At the annual convention of the American Guild
goes with each instrument. They arc a distinctly
of Mandolin Teachers, 'held at the Palmer House, high grade violin and are sold to give the best of
Chicago, last week, the Lyon & Healy harp was satisfaction in every detail.
used in a prominent way at the various concerts
given by this body, and it added volume and color
to the instruments heard on that occasion.
As a matter of fact, the harp to-day is growing
la our best adTertlaement and musl-
iti favor as a solo instrument, as used with or-
clana using YORK Instrumenta art
—satisfied.
YOKK Instrumenta h a w
chestras of all kinds, as well as in the home, while
been tested In the grind of experience,
wltb the fire of a public musical opin-
in the leading vaudeville houses, special acts
ion, and have not been found wanting.
This teat baa covered a period of 80
wherein the harp is utilized, are most popular.
years and each year baa. made YORK
a greater success. Does this mean
There is no reason in the world why the harp
anything to you? If you are on th»
anxloui seat we want you to
should not be more popular if piano merchants
would only favor it more prominently. It always
" L E T VS PROVE I T "
adds to the attractiveness of special display rooms,
by sending: our catalogue and dealers' proposition. Do
It today or some live one may do you out of your
and, moreover, appeals to those desirous of equip-
chance.
ping their music rooms in the most complete way.
J. W. York & Sons, Qrand Rapids, Mich.
THE MAKING OF STRINGS.
J\l. Hohner, the progressive musical merchandise
house of "116 East Sixteenth street, New York, is
sailing -along through the spring season with colors
flying and carrying a cargo of business wh'ch taxes
the factory capacity. Hohner goods have been on
the market for fifty years. This is a long time
and the firm is justly proud of the record which
the Hohner line has established in that period. A
half a century in business, fifty years manufactur-
ing the same goods, half a hundred years spent
in an attempt to improve quality, extend manufac-
turing facilities, create new and practical styles.
This means much to the dealer of to-day. It means
that the people that are buying Hohner goods are
reaping the benefit of this experience and are get-
ting the value attending a fifty-year struggle
toward perfection.
A large portion of the success which has been
achieved by M. Hohner is in the line of reed
instruments. Nothing but the highest ideals are
ever entertained and this, coupled with an accurate
knowledge of the problems to be met and over-
come, have produced a series of reed instruments
of the very first standard. Hohner harmonicas
are known in the United States almost as well as
"Heinz 57 Varieties." The recent production of
M. Hohner, the Ironclad Line of harmonicas, has
made a name for itself even in the few weeks that
it, has been before the public. A full description
of this" line was published in The Review a few
weeks ago.
MANY SALES OF BAND INSTRUMENTS.
A Satisfied Customer
•The Will'am R. Gratz Import Co., 35 West
Thirty-first" street, New York, is keeping busy
through the spring months. Sales in band instru-
ments maintain the same brisk activity as has
If you desire a man for any department of
been "the ease for months past. President William
your service, either for your factory or for
Rji Gratz sailed-Tuesday, April 30, for the con-
your selling department forward your adver-
tisement to us and it will be inserted free of
THE PATON-PERRY CO.
charge.
Leomlnster, Mass.
If you are a salesman, tuner or traveler, and
Manufacturers of
desire a position, forward your wants in an ad-
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vertisement to The Review in space not to ex-
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