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Music Trade Review

Issue: 1914 Vol. 59 N. 4

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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
GROWS IN POPULARITY.
SECURES IMPORTANT PATENT.
The Constantly Increasing Demand for the
Various Weiss Harmonica Assortments Tells
the Story—Attractively Boxed for Trade.
The National Musical String Co., New Bruns-
wick, N. J., Now Owns a Machine Which
Will Greatly Facilitate the Making of Wire
Strings for Piano and Other Musical Instru-
ments—Embodies Distinctive Features.
Ch. Weiss, the prominent harmonica and Fluta
manufacturer of Trossingen, Germany, with Amer-
ican offices at 393 Broadway, New York, is exper-
iencing a constantly increasing demand for the
various Weiss harmonica assortments which have
achieved marked popularity both here and abroad.
These assortments contain various brands of Weiss
harmonicas and are so designed that they present
a very attractive appearance.
The assortment shown in the illustration here-
Weiss Harmonica Assortment No. 1.
with is designated as Weiss hamonica assortment
No. 1, and contains twelve Weiss harmonicas, with
10 single holes, 20 reeds, solid brass plates and
heavy nickeled covers. All of these mouth organs
are of the Richter style, and were chosen because
of their many merits which make for their ready
sale. These harmonicas retail for 25 cents each,
and include the following well-known Weiss brands:
"World's Triumph, Brass Band, Brass Band
Clarion and American Favorite."
WILL THEY LISTER TO THE BAND?
A certain silk-printing concern, hoping to en-
tertain both its employes and the workers in the
mills near its plant, has organized a brass band
from the male members of its organization. To
make sure that the music will be sweet, the con-
cern has permitted a committee of the employes to
petition the silk trade, on the firm's letterhead,
for the wherewithal to buy the instruments. These
pleas have aroused no small amount of unfavor-
able criticism, and one prominent manufacturer asks
if sabotage must be faced if no contributions are
sent. It is intimated that the firm in question is
going to lose some business because of the letters
that have been sent out. There have been any
number of pleas for contributions of various sorts
by store organizations of the wholesale houses
from which they buy, but this is thought to be
the first time on record that a concern with some-
thing to sell has permitted its possible customers to
be canvassed for aid.—New York Times.
ENJOYING SUMMER OUTING.
August M. Gemiinder, of Gemvinder & Sons,
New York, is spending his vacation in developing
his golfing ability at the Great Neck Golf Club,
Long Island, of which he is a member. Mean-
while his brothers, Oscar and Rudolph Gemiinder,
are endeavoring to breast the demand for the
much-sought Gemiinder Art violins of the firm.
MUSICAL BRUSHES.
The latest articles devised for the benefit of the
modern woman are musical clothes brushes, scent
bottles, sprays and powder puff boxes for her
dressing table. The musical clothes brush is now
being sold throughout Europe. Two tunes can be
played on the brush while it is being used. The
little button which starts the mechanism is placed
just where the hand is certain to press it.
The National Musical String Co., maker of the
famous Black Diamond strings, at New Brunswick,
N. J., has just secured an important patent, the
invention of Louis Biava, of New York, on a ma-
chine which, it is claimed, will greatly facilitate
the making of wire strings for piano.s and other
musical instruments. This new machine will be
also utilized in the manufacture of the products
of the National Musical String Co., which have a
large market and have won a wide appreciation
among musicians in this country as well as abroad.
Among the claims of the invento.r for this patent,
No. 1,102,233, is the following:
"In a machine for making wound-wire strings
for musical instruments, a main frame provided at
its opposite ends with vertical stationary supports
having longitudinal sleeve bearings arranged one
abo.ve another, a shaft mounted in two of said
bearings, rotatable spindles mounted in the bot-
tom sleeve .bearings, and means for rotating said
spindles, said shaft being also provided between
the bearings in which it is mounted with cross
heads provided in their opposite ends with rotata-
ble spindles having inwardly directed hooks, means
whereby said spindles may be engaged by the spin-
dles in the stationary supports, the spindles in one
of the cross heads connected with said shaft being
longitudinally movable and being provided with
springs whereby they are normally held at the
limit of their outward movement, and means for
forcing said spindles inwardly in different posi-
tions of said shaft."
FALL TRADE OUTLOOK BRIGHT
With the W m . R. Gratz Import Co.—Sales
Totals of Trade for the First Six Months of
the Year Somewhat Ahead of Last Y e a r —
Movements of Messrs. Mock and Gratz.
Joseph Mock, secretary of the Wm. R. Gratz
Import Co., 35 West Thirty-first street, New York,
the well known musical merchandise house, will
leave to-day for Haines Falls in the Catskill
Mountains for a well-deserved two weeks' sum-
mer vacation. Mr. Mock will be accompanied by
his family.
Wm. R. Gratz, president of the company, will
arrive in New York to-morrow after a few weeks'
vacation at Lenox, Mass., on which he was accom
panied by his family, including his son-m-law,
Victor H. Starrak, who has been a member of
the Gratz sales staff for the past few months.
"Our business is keeping up remarkably well for
this time of the year," remarked Mr. Mock, "and,
as a matter of fact, our sales totals are somewhat
ahead of last year, which is encouraging in view
of the generally depressed condition of all lines
of business. Our shipments from abroad are ar
riving with regularity, and the outlook as a whole
for fall trade is very bright."
TUNING W00D=WIND INSTRUMENTS.
(.Special to The Keview.)
WASHINGTON, D. C, July 20.—Patent No. 1,103,-
o5f> was last week granted to Nicholas Alberti,
Chicago, TIL, for a wood-wind instrument, and the
object of the invention is to provide means for
tuning wind instruments such as flutes, clarinets
and the like. A further object is to provide means
for simultaneously changing the pitch of the notes
produced by the opening of the different valves.
A further object of the invention is to provide
a practicable device which is comparatively simple
in its construction for accomplishing the first-
named objects, and which is not liable to get out
of order.
If you are a salesman, tuner or traveler, and
desire a position, forward your wants in an ad-
vertisement to The Review in space not to ex-
ceed four lines and it will be inserted free of
charge and replies sent to you.
The
Case oi Sartory
vs. Schmidt
Eugene Sartory, a well-known
maker of violin bows in Paris,
France, obtained on the 19th of
March last a judgment against the
firm of Alban O. Schmidt, of Mark-
neukirchen, Germany, also a manu-
facturer of bows, whom he alleged
in the suit stamped the name of
"Sartory" on the frog of his manu-
factured articles and sold them as
"Sartory" bows.
There was another manufacturer
who was charged with the same
practice who was also made a party
to this suit, but he having appealed
the case the final result as to that
defendant has not yet been deter-
mined.
Below is a copy of the judgment:
IN THE NAME OF THE KING
In the case of the manu-
turer of bows
Eugene Sartory
of Paris (13 Faubourg Pois-
sonniere), the suit being de-
fended by the lawyers Dr. Von
Petrikowsky, Counsellor at
law, and Ernst Schumann of
Plauen
Plaintiff
against
1. The firm Alban O. Schmidt, of Mark-
neukirchen (sole proprietor: Alban O.
Schmidt, merchant in that town).
2.
Defendants
For unfair competition the second Cham-
ber for Commercial Affairs of the Royal
Court of Plauen, assisted by the Counsellor
at law of the Schluckwerder State Court
and by the judges dealing with commercial
matters: Fischer and Lange, adjudges:
I.—The defendants 1
arc
ordered to pay a fine of fifteen hundred
marks or are condemned to six months' im-
prisonment in case of violation of the fol-
lowing prohibitions :
(a) The Defendant I is prohibited from
having manufactured and putting into cir-
culation bows which he offers to his clients
by catalogue, by letter or verbally, as Sar-
tory bows, and which he stamps with the
name of the plaintiff in the same manner as
the said Sartory bows.
(b)
II.—It is ordered that the Defendant I
indemnify the Plaintiff for the prejudice
suffered by the latter and which he may
still suffer, by the acts mentioned in para-
graph I. a).
III.—The Plaintiff has been granted the
right to publish, at the Defendants' ex-
pense, the essential part of the decree with-
in one month from the date when the
judgment becomes enforceable.
(a) In Germany, in the "Markneukirch-
ner Anzeiger."
(b) In France, in the "Journal."
(c) In America, in "The Music Trade
Review."
IV.—As far as the other claims are con-
cerned the complaint is unfounded.
V.—The costs of the trial are to be borne
by the Defendants.
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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
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TALKING MACHINE EXPORTS.
The
Figures for
May
Presented—Exports
Show Falling Off for the Month.
( Special to The Review.)
PHILADELPHIA'S ON THE SEA.
Talking Machine Men from Snellenberg & Co.
the Guests of E. G. Evans, of C. Bruno &
Son, Inc., on a Fishing Trip Outside Sandy
Hook—Some Happenings of Interest.
WASHINGTON, D. C, July 20.—In the summary
of the exports and imports of the commerce of the
United States for the month of May (the latest
period for which it has been compiled), which has
just been issued by the Bureau of Statistics o,f the
Department of Commerce and Labor, the follow-
ing interesting figures relating to talking machines
and supplies are set forth:
The total exports of talking machines, records
and supplies for May, 1914, amounted to $175,794,
•as compared with $194,860 for the same month of
1913.
R. B. Cope, E. W. Eisenhart, W. C. Stiver, Jr.,
and Wm. S. Irwin, of the talking machine depart-
ment of N. Snellenberg & Co., Philadelphia,
motored to New York last Saturday, where they
were the guests of E. G. Evans, of C. Bruno &
Son, Inc., 353 Fourth avenue, New York, the
musical merchandise jobbers.
With his usual hospitality, Mr. Evans invited
the party to a fishing trip on his motor yacht, and
with a "properly loaded" boat the party struck the
sea just outside of Sandy Hook. A fair sea was
running, so the story goes, and the semi-circular
rail stunts of Bro. Cope would do justice to any
LATEST PORTRAIT OF SLEZAK.
acrobat of Barnum's circus, reliability and speed
being the chief points of merit. But the other
Famous Tenor Shown in Unconventional Pose
members were pulling in sea bass and fluke by the
at His Home in Europe.
(thousands, hundreds)—take your choice as you
One often hears of
read—in any event, totaling a very good score.
temperamental a r t i s t s Evans, it seems, has a special map of the fishing
getting "up in the air," grounds.
but it is rare to see a
The party got back to the landing successfully,
prominent artist in ex- and about 12 o'clock at night started to motor
actly the reverse posi- back to Philadelphia. In an hour they were caught
tion. The accompanying by the big thunder and lightning storm, but this
unconventional snapshot time they toured through the water without the
of Slezak, the famous use of "Mothersills."
tenor, whose records on
the Columbia have prov-
BIG COLUMBIA DEPARTMENT.
en so popular, was taken
Western Fancy Dry Goods Co., Sole Distributers
at his home in Europe,
for Columbia Products in Large Section of
and shows how the
Western Canada, Opens Separate Quarters
singer spends his period
for
Department
Under
Management
of
of rest. Xot being a
Robert Shaw Assisted by Competent Staff.
dancer, the picture is in-
teresting only as show-
(Special to The Review.)
ing Slezak upside down,
WINNIPEG, MAN., July 20.—The Western Fancy
but perfectly cool and contented.
Dry Goods Co., sole distributer for the Co.lumbia
Graphophone Co. for the provinces of Manitoba,
Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Columbia, has
BLACKMAN ONJDEAL TOUR.
made special preparations to take care of the rapid
increase in the business in that department, which
Head of Blackman Talking Machine Co. on
is now located in separate quarters in the Gowans
Motor Trip Through New England.
Kent Building, this city, and under the direct
J. Newcomb Blackman, president of the Black- management of Robert Shaw. Mr. Shaw is an
man Talking Machine Co., started on Sunday to aggressive and thoroughly experienced talking
make the "ideal tour" for automobilists, which machine man and a Co.lumbia enthusiast, and is
covers about a thousand miles of the best high- well known to the trade in the States owing to his
ways in New England and takes the motorist having attended several of the conventions of the
through some of the most beautiful sections of
National Association of Talking Machine Jobbers.
the Berkshire Hills and other localities noted for
Mr. Shaw has brought together an increased
their scenery. Mr. Blackman is accompanied rjy staff of assistants and has started a live campaign
Mrs. Blackman and upon reaching Maine will in favor of the Columbia line among the trade in
spend several days at resorts in that State. Mr. Western Canada, in which strong letters and
Blackman will do his traveling in his big Buick bulletins are proving big factors.
"six."
TO MAKE TALKING MACHINES.
FILES INJUNCTION PROCEEDINGS.
Among the incorporations filed with the Secre-
tary of State at Delaware this week was that of
Thomas A. Edison, Inc., recently filed in- the Symphony Instrument Co., with the object of
junction proceedings against the TrafTord Music manufacturing phonographs and other musical in-
Co. of Mason City, la. The Edison Co. claims struments, capital $250,000. The incorporators are:
that the Trafford people have removed the Edi- F. R. Hansel!, Philadelphia, Pa., G. H. B. Martin
son identifications and then offered its machines and D. T. Vennel, Camden, N. J.
for sale, in spite of the fact that the Chalmers
Music Co. has sole selling rights in that city.
THE SOUND REPRODUCTION CO.
The Sound Reproduction Co. was incorporated
this week by the Secretary of State, Albany, N. Y.,
to engage in the manufacture of reproducing ma-
chines. The incorporators are A. Joseph Geist,
H. C. Burinstein and H. W. Hess, and the capital
is placed at $5,000.
A. K. Cox, a music manager of Minneapolis,
Minn., has been made manager of the Victrola de-
partment for the Cable Piano Co. in that city.
COLUMBIA CO. GLEANINGS.
E. N. Burns and G. C. Jell on European Trip
— H . L. Willson Returns—Columbia Grafo-
nolas for the Schools of Natick, Mass.—Va-
cations Now Under Way—News of Week.
il. L. Willson, assistant general manager of the
Columbia Graphophone Co., returned from Europe
Friday of last week on the "Aquitania." Mr. Will-
son was enthusiastic over the trip.
Edward N. Burns, vice-president and manager
of the export department of the Columbia Co.,
and G. C. Jell, chairman of the record committee,
sailed for Europe on the "Imperator" and will re-
main abroad for some time. Mr. Burns will visit
the various large cities in England and on the Con-
tinent chiefly for the purposes of business, while
Mr. Jell takes the trip as a vacation and will spend
some time with relatives in Berlin and Carlsbad,
after which he will visit London, Paris, Milan and
Rome. Mr. Jell will, incidentally, keep a bright
outlook for new singers and material for record-
ing.
These are vacation days with the Columbia staff
and every Saturday sees some of the staff mem-
bers leaving for a period of recreation at moun-
tain or seashore. This week the vacationists in-
clude Prof. Frederic Goodwin, manager of the
educational department, who is recuperating in
New England, and H. E. Parker, of the advertis-
ing department, who said that he "was going away
to hide and would lose the address." Mr. Parker
evidently understands the purpose and value of a
vacation.
Several members of the executive staff of the
Columbia Co. are sporting expensive Panama hats
—hats that are 'way beyond the five or ten dollar
class and give an air of much wealth to the
wearer, through the generosity of E. F. Sause, of
the export department, who recently returned from
a South American trip and brought the hats back
as souvenirs.
Fairbanks & Son, who handle the Columbia line
in Natick, Mass., have just reported the sale of
four Leader Grafonolas to the schools of that
city as follows: One each to the Nathan Rise
School, the Wilson School, the Bacon School and
the Nathan Goodnow School. This is good work
on the part of Messrs. Fairbanks & Son and in-
dicates that they are alive to opportunities lying
in the educational end of the Grafonola business.
INCORPORATED.
The Colonial Talking Machine Co., of Roches-
ter, was incorporated with the Secretary of State
at Albany, N. Y., this week with a capital stock
of $10,000. The parties interested are H. B. How-
ard, R. C. Cash and L. Weyranch.
ARTHUR D. GEISSLER TO EUROPE.
The Vice-President and Managing Director of
the New York Talking Machine Co. Accom-
panied by Mrs. Geissler Sailed This Week
on the "Aquitania" for a Trip Abroad.
Arthur D. Geissler, vice-president and managing
director of the New York Talking Machine Co., 81
Chambers street, New York, Victor distributer,
accompanied by Mrs. Geissler, sailed Tuesday after-
VICTROLA WITHJHE ORGAN.
noon on the "Aquitania" for a trip abroad. Mr.
Charles H. Demorest gave a novel program on
Geissler, who has been working day and night for
the organ in Tally's Broadway Theater in Los the past three weeks, in order to place everything
Angeles, recently in which the Victrola was used
in shape after the company's disastrous fire on
with organ accompaniment in Leoncavallo's arioso
June 21, has not decided just how long he will stay
from "I Pagliacci," sung by Caruso, and in John
abroad, having merely determined to take a much-
McCormack's singing of Marshall's "I Hear You
needed and well-deserved rest.
Calling Me."
It is well to remember that a fifteen-foot di-
ameter balloon holding hundreds of thousands of
cubic feet of gas can be punctured by a ten-cent
pocketknife.
If you desire a man for any department of
your service, either for your factory or for your
selling department, forward your advertisement
to us and it will be inserted free of charge.

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