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THE MUSIC TRADE
REVIEW
Government officials that the collector has a right
to reliquidate an entry on the ground of fraud in
Issued by Buegeleisen & Jacobson of Interest
the original invoice or entry without any time
to Musical Merchandise Men.
limit, and that when the entry has been reliqui-
Buegeleisen & Jacobson, 113 University place, dated the importer has no alternative but to pay
New York, sent out to their trade this week a sup- the duties under protest and appeal to the Board
plementary catalog which is of particular interest of General'Appraisers and the Customs Court if
in view of the shortage of goods in the musical he questions the collector's ruling. Before these
merchandise field. This catalog bears a most dis- tribunals, under the effect of a recent decision of
tinctive cover, the title reading, "Shipments are the Court of Customs Appeals, the importer must
being held up,'' and the illustration depicting an prove that he is innocent of fraud before he can
ocean lintr bowing to the commands of a sub- recover the duty that he might be compelled to pay.
Acting on the assumption that they had unlimited
marine.
The merchandise listed in the catalog is repre- powers of reliquidation where they charged fraud
sentative of the wide scope of the stock carried in the entry, collectors within the last few years
by Buegeleisen & Jacobson, th.-re being several have been exercising the power to make reassess-
pages devoted to Automat showcases, which have ments of duties extending back for considerable
achieved country-wide success, and a comprehen- time. They sometimes reliquidated the entries of
sive line of various models of accordeons. Other an importer for fourteen or fifteen years back, de-
merchandise represented in the catalog includes manding large sums of money and alleging frauds
violins, violin bows, guitars, banjo-mandolins, cor- which, it has been complained, it would be im-
nets and many miscellaneous articles. The mer- possible for tha importer to disprove because of
chandise is listed at a figure which is intended to the death of witnesses or the destruction of docu-
afford the dealer unlimited opportunities for sales mentary evidence which might establish his good
faith.
development.
SUPPLEMENTARY CATALOG
CURBING THE COLLECTORS.
INSURES TUNINQ_WITH ACCURACY.
Cannot Reassess Duties for Alleged Fraud After
a Year.
(Special to The Review.)
WASHINGTON, D. C, April 5.—Melville Clark,
Syracuse, N. Y., has just been granted Patent No.
In a decision handed down in Washington Mon-
1,133,616, for a harp, the object being to provide
day, the United States Supreme Court holds
means whereby the tuning pin for any particular
that collectors of customs have no power to re-
string may be more easily distinguished from the
assess or reliquidate duties on the ground of fraud
others, so as to enable the operator to expedi-
after the expiration of one year from the date of
tiously select the key for any string which may
entry, and that Section 21 of the act of June 22,
require tuning with greater accuracy and therefore
1874, makes the original settlement of duties final
with less liability of error. The importance of
after such period unless the Government proceeds
this will be at once apparent when it is considered
by a suit for the duties in the United States Court,
thai in many instances during the rapid tuning of
brought in such form as to compel the Government
the instrument it not infrequently happens that the
to sustain the burden of proving that there was
operator will turn the wrong key and thereby vary
fraud in making the entry. The decision was ren-
the pitch of a previously tuned string, which, of
dered in the case of the Government against Sher-
course, necessitates readjustment and- requires a
man & Sons Co., a dry goods importing firm of this
longer time for proper tuning.
city, and settles litigation of long standing in the
administration of the customs laws.
In importing circles the decision is regarded as
very important, it having been claimed by the
Incorporated
The Fnmoui
Weymann Maidelvtes and
"Keystone State" Instruments
CH. WEISS
Black Diamond
Strings
C.Bruno & 5on.k
393 Broadway
New York
Manufacturers, Importer*
Publisher*. Largest and
most complete stock of
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dise i n t h e
trade.
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others.
Excelsior drams oost more because they are
worth more. Cost more to make.
We could make them cost less by
using 1 oheaper
material, use less care In making 1 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
catalogue.
EXCELSIOR DRUM
WORKS
a., a. SOISTMAN, Tice-Pres. and Gen. Kanarer,
Tenth and Market Streets,
OAHDBIT, V. J.
The oldest ai\d
largest musical
merchandise house
in America ~ ~
are Popular the
World Over
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EXCELSIOR
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Bom« dealer* may Bay that they cost more than
PATENTS A HARP HARNESS.
Melville Clark, Syracuse, N. Y., is the inventor
of a harp harness, Patent No. 1,133,615, which was
granted him last week, and relates to certain im-
provements in body supports for harps for sup-
porting relatively small sized harps upon the body
of the player.
Harmonicas
Metallas
Flutas
Manufacturers of
••-.i New Brunswlok, N. J .
In the finest violins the body is made of white
maple. In cheap ones violet ebony is used. In
medium-priced ones alternate leaves of the two
are employed. The best wood of all is that of the
epicea, a tree resembling a fir in general appear-
ance, which grows in Central and Northern Eu-
rope, but musical instrument makers set special
value on that from the Vosges Mountains. Its
wood is most homogeneous and has the advantage
over all others that there is scarcely any difference
between the sap wood and the heart.
Violet ebony, which comes from Brazil, Africa
and India, is much used for pianos. True ebony
is now so expensive that it is reserved for nuts
and twisters.
.Sycamore maple, somewhat less homogeneous
than white maple and hence less sonorous, is em-
ployed chiefly in making mandolins.
The wood of trees from high altitudes and a
severe climate is much better than from the plains
and warmer countries for all purposes in which
sonority is desired. And it should have not less
than 200 or 300 years of growth and its concentric
circles should be no more than two or three milli-
meters apart.
The ancient violin makers, Stradivarius, Amati,
Guarnerius and the others, used the finest and best
seasoned maple, and this, with their perfect var-
nish, is why their violins have lasted so long.
WEISS
WEYMANN&SON
lational Musical Siring Co.
WOODS USED IPTVIOLIN MAKING.
Maple the Best Says a Prominent Writer Al-
though Other Woods Are Used.
ATTRACTIVE
SPECIALTIES
AUGUST MULLER
and J, HEBERLEIN, VIO-
LINS, VIOLAS AND CELLOS
MITTENWALD VIOLIN STRINGS
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