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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
WHERE IMPORTERS LOST.
Failure to Present Manifest Led to the Levy
of Duty—Important "Pointer."
Weiss, son of Ch. Weiss, head of the house, and
manager of the American branch, is safe at Tros-
singen. Mr. Weiss is a member of the German
"Landsturm," which is the last force to be called
out in times of war, and Mr. Weiss' duty, to date,
has consisted of special guard work along the
railroad lines. Otto Weiss, a brother of Her-
mann Weiss, who has been actively engaged in
the war since it was first declared, has emerged
safely from many battles.
That importers may not make entry at custom
houses on imported merchandise until the shipper's
manifest has been presented was established Mon-
day by a ruling of the Board of United States
General Appraisers. Parke, Davis & Co., drug man-
ufacturers of Detroit, imported gum arabic, which
arrived at this port September, 1913, but without
bonded manifests accompanying the billing. The
A VIOLIN MUCH IN FAVOR
commodity was marked for immediate transporta-
Is the Amita Model of the E. Martin-Sachsen
tion to Detroit.
Violin Handled by C. Bruno & Son, Inc.
The Collector would not accept entry without
the production of the manifest. The firm stated in
No one questions the importance of the violin
its protest to the board that it was not able to get
and its distinguished position at the head of
a duplicate manifest from Collector Mitchel, of
the stringed family of instruments. Some of the
this port, and on that account entry was delayed
old - time violins
until November 21, at which time the Collector
made by such mas-
classified the gum arabic under the specific pro-
ters as Cremona,
vision therefor in paragraph 36, Tariff Act of 1913,
Stradivari and oth-
carrying a duty of one-half of 1 cent per pound.
ers, cost thousands
The pfotestants claimed that the product should
of dollars each,
have been given free entry as a crude drug under
but the average
paragraph 559, of the act of 1909, and that, but for
violin of merit is
the two months' delay, it would have been so classi-
within the range
fied, as the present law did not become effective
of die man or
until October 4 last.
woman who seeks
Judge Waite, overruling the protest, says that the
an instrument of
importers cannot be given the same standing as
merit at a rational
though the goods were entered under the law of
cosjt. '-'The HoustP
1909. He holds that it was the carrier's duty to
of Bruno devotes
deliver the manifest and that it is doubtful if the
considerable at-
importers can shift to the Government the re-
tention and space
sponsibility of delivering the manifest to the Col-
to its line of vio-
lector at Detroit, as the carrier would be consid-
lins, some being-
ered the importers' agent. No relief can be
very low in price
granted, the Collector's assessment under the act
and others at a
of 1913 being affirmed.
high price.
The accompany-
ing
illustration
shows No. 1938,
Weiss Factories Working on Part Time Basis
Amita model of
and Conditions Are Improving.
the "E. Martin-
Sachsen violin," a
W. Boeckler, in charge of the American branch
noted instrument
of Ch. Weiss, 393 Broadway, New York, har-
o f
exceptional
monica and Fluta manufacturer, received a
quality. C. Bruno
number of letters this week from the firm's fac-
& Son, Inc., 351-
tories in Trossingen, Germany, which are more
353 Fourth avenue, New York are the ex-
encouraging than the reports in American news-
clusive representatives in this country for the
papers would indicate.
According to these advices, the Weiss factories
WEYMANN&SON
at Trossingen are working daily on a part time
Incorporated
basis, and conditions, as a whole, are improving
Manufacturers of
in the face of tremendous handicaps. Hermann
The Famous
GOOD NEWS FROM TROSSINGEN.
EXCELSIOR
DRUMS ™ STANDARD
Some dealers may say that they cost more than
others.
Excelsior drums cost more because they are
worth more. Cost more to make.
"We could make them cost less by using- cheaper
material, use less care in making- them, and dis-
pense with the new patented improvements.
If we did, however, Excelsior Drums would not
be the Standard as they are to-day. "Write for
catalog-no.
EXCELSIOR DRUM WORKS
A. O. SOXSTMAir, Vlce-Pres. and Gen. Manager,
Tenth and Market Streets,
CAMDEH, W. J.
Several importers have lost in protests dealing
with the classification under the old Act of catgut
strings ready for use on musical instruments. The
Collector took duty at the rate of 45 per cent, as
parts of musical instruments. Claims for free en-
try were made, and alternatively that duty should
have been assessed at 25 per cent, ad valorem.
Judge McClelland holds that none of the claims is
applicable. The importers included Carl Fischer,
C. Bruno & Son and R. F. Downing & Co.
INVENTS SYMPATHETIC HARP.
(Special to The Review.)
s
WASHINGTON, D. C, November 23.—Patent No.
1,117,199 was last week granted to Albert B. Lee,
Minneapolis, Minn., for a sympathetic harp, which
r; used in connection with a phonograph or other
sound-producing instrument.
RETURNS FROM_WESTERN TRIP.
Louis Buegeleisen, traveling representative for
Buegeleisen & Jacobson, 113 University place, New
York, the well-known musical merchandise house,
returned this week from a lengthy trip through the
West, where he states conditions are showing a
gratifying improvement, with the dealers looking
forward to a substantial holiday business and
prosperous 1915.
The oldest arvd
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products of the E. Martin factory, and the
Bruno catalog contains a wide range of these vio-
lins at prices running up to $100 at retail. Some
dealers in the country, in addition to featuring the
general Bruno line, operate a special violin de-
partment in which are prominently displayed not
only the E. Martin violins, but the line of "Bruno"
violins, which are slightly higher in price, but are
worth the investment.
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