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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
THE FIVE PER CENT. REBATE CASE.
ERNST HOHNER AT THE FRONT.
Much disappointment is expressed in customs Promoted to Ordnance Officer—Honors Paid
to Hohner Family Appreciated.
and importing circles at the failure of the Cus-
toms Court of Appeals to make a decision in the
five per cent, rebate case which has been pending
Recent newspapers received from Trossingen,
for settlement in the court since last November. Germany, speak in glowing terms of the bravery
The members of the tribunal held a meeting and courage of several members of the Hohner
Wednesday, at which pending cases were discussed,
after which decisions were announced in thirteen
cases affecting various lines of the import trade.
While members of the court have been very reti-
cent regarding the reason for the unusual delay in
disposing of the rebate issue, it is understood that
up to this time discussions between the members
have disclosed wide differences of opinion as to
the interpretation to be given the controverted sec-
tion of the tariff law. Attorneys pointed out re-
cently that the court's adjournment for the summer
recess is only about thirty days off and that, if no
decision is handed down within this period, de-
cision will be deferred until the latter part of Sep-
tember.
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ROSS MANUFACTURING CO. FORMED.
(Special to The Review.)
LEOMINSTER, MASS., April ID.—The Ross Manu-
facturing Co. has succeeded the Paton-Perry Co.
as manufacturer of musical merchandise, and the
officers elected are George H. Ross, president, and
F. A. Adams, secretary-treasurer. It is the inten-
tion to specialize upon the manufacture of mu-
sical merchandise. Somers Paton continues with
the new concern, and the high standards of the
past will not only be maintained but augmented.
FAMOUS BANDMASTER DIES.
F. W. Bent, Old Guard Leader, Succumbs to a
Heart Attack—Well Known in Musical World.
Frederick W. Bent, proprietor of Bent Brothers'
Band, was found dead in bed last Friday night at
his home, 2266 Amsterdam avenue, after taking an
overdose of medicine containing chloral. Mrs.
Bent, finding it impossible to arouse him, notified
the police.
Mr. Bent was a native of England and came to
A controlling interest in the Townsend-Wyatt
this country in 1872. He played in various musi-
Music Co., at Trenton, Mo., was purchased by
cal organizations, among which were Harvey C.
J. Roy Huckins. Messrs. Townsend and Wyatt,
Dodworth's Band, well known during the eighties
the former owners, retain some stock in the
in
this city. In 1890, with his brother, he organ-
concern.
ized Bent Brothers' Band, and while continuing
Ernst Hohner with Group of Brother Officers.
with it became bandmaster of the Ninth Regiment
Mr. Hohner Second Man from Right.
family who have been at the front since war was in 1898, and three years later bandmaster of the
declared. As Trossingen is the home of the im- Old Guard Band.
Coroner Riordan, after a thorough investigation,
mense harmonica and accordeon factories of M.
Hohner, there is of course a keen interest taken announced that Bent had died of heart failure.
in the activities of the Hohner family, and the re-
cent awards of the Iron Cross to Ernst Hohner
PATENTS VIOLIN^ TUNING PEG.
and Carl Hohner were the cause of general re-
(Special to The Review.)
joicing in that city. Ernst Hohner, who is well
WASHINGTON, D. C, April 1!).—Robert Werner
known to the trade in this country, having spent
Oberhoffer, York, England, was granted patent
quite some time here several years ago, has again
No. 1,135,314 for a tuning peg for violins or like
been promoted, and is now ordnance officer on instruments. It relates to means for preventing
the regimental staff. In the accompanying photo- the strain on the strings from pulling around the
graph, Ernst Hohner is shown in company with
pegs in the peg holes, and thus allowing the
Ills brother staff officers.
strings to become slack or flat, i. e., out of tune.
More particularly the invention consists of im-
provements in that type of means for the above
Ave. NewVbrk
purpose in which one of the two peg holes is en-
larged and provided with a brake ring or socket,
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