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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
FOUR MONTHS OF PROGRESS.
NEW SUPPLEMENTARY CATALOG.
Devoted Exclusively to Guitars and Mandolins
H. L. Hunt, Manager of the Musical Merchan-
to Be Issued by Buegeleisen & Jacobson.
dise Department of Chas. H. Ditson & Co.,
Makes Interesting Report.
Buegeleisen & Jacobson, 113 University place,
New York, have in preparation a new supple-
"We have not experienced the slightest depres- mentary catalog, which will be devoted exclusively
sion in our business the past few months,'' said to guitars and mandolins, comprising a line dis-
H. L. Hunt, manager of the musical merchandise continued by the house a few months ago. This
department of Charles H. Ditson & Co., 8 East line was first mentioned in a special catalog issued
Thirty-fourth street, New York, in a chat with a short while since, and the response was so general
The Review t.iis week, "and as a matter of fact
from the dealers in all parts of the country that it
our sales for the first four months of this year
was decided to list the instruments in greater de-
compare very favorably with the corresponding tail in order that the trade might be fully ac-
period of last year, even exceeding 1914 sales in quainted with the complete line. Buegeleisen &
several lines.
Jacobson have made a specialty of their guitar and
"Every branch of our business is sharing in the mandolin department, and the line discontinued re-
popular demand just now, although there is a cently includes a number of popular selling instru-
noticeable increase in our drum department. This ments.
may be attributed in a measure to the approach of
the summer vacation period, when camping is a
favorite amusement among schoolboys in many
The Custom House report on transact'ons at
sections, while there is no doubt but that the mar-
tial spirit of the past eight months has influenced this port for April, to be issued in the next ten
the sales of drums and similar instruments. The days, is expected to show that importers during
popularity of the dance craze continues unabated, the month made heavy inroads on goods stored in
and this has also brought aibout demands for drums bonded warehouses. This movement, while partly
and banjo-drums greater than would otherwise be explained by the summer's approach and the put-
ting into consumption of many lines of seasonable
the case."
goods, also, in the view of customs officials, re-
flects the inability of handlers here to procure
merchandise owing to the war's curtailing effects.
This latter feature is further emphasized by the
falling off during April of goods warehoused.
Difficulty is being experienced in getting certain
lines, and, when procured, they are put at once
into consumption. Reserve stocks, as reflected by
warehoused goods, are steadily being depleted.
RESERVE STOCKS_BEING DEPLETED.
The oldest arvd
largest musical
merchandise house
ii\ America
C.Bruno & Son,k
The Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce,
Washington, D. C, is in receipt of a letter from a
business man in Austria who desires to form com-
mercial relations with American manufacturers of
stringed instruments. Manufacturers interested in
this inquiry should address the bureau, referring
to inquiry No. 16611.
WEISS
351-53 4^ Ave. Newyork
WEYMANN&SON
Harmonicas
Metallas
Flutas
Incorporated
Manufacturers of
The Famous
Weymann Mandolutes and
"Keystone State" Instruments
1010 Cktsbmt St., Philadelphia, Pa.
Black Diamond
Strings
THE WORLD'S BEST
lational Musical String Co.
New Brunswick, N. J .
EXCELSIOR
DRUMS ™ STANDARD
Bom* daalert 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 oare 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
oatalogue.
EXCELSIOR DRUM
WORKS
A. a. BOISTMA2T, Vioe-Pres. and Gen. Manager,
Tenth and Market Streets,
OAKDBH, W. J.
are Popular the
World Over
CH. WEISS
393 Broadway
New York
Manufacturers, Importers
Publishers. Largest and
most complete stock of
Musical Merchan-
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trade.
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and J. HEBERLEIN, VIO-
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MITTENWALD VIOLIN STRINGS
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UEGELEISEN
& JACOBSON
113-115 University Place
NEW YORK
NEW EXERCISER^OR MUSICIANS
Just Patented by Harry Ostrovsky, of London—
Designed Especially for the Use of Violinists.
(Special to The Review.)
WASHINGTON, D. C, May 3.—Harry
Ostrov-
sky, London, England, was recently granted
Patent No. 1,136,481, for an exercising apparatus
for use by musicians for developing the muscles
of the hand, particularly for use by violinists.
This invention relates to apparatus for use by
violinists for exercising muscles brought into use
when playing instruments, of the kind wherein
spring plates or keys are employed on wh'ch the
fingers of the left hand of the user operate and
which are arranged to slide along a bar, frame or
stem representing the key board of the instrument.
According to this invention the plates or keys
are made so that they are removable from the
key board or finger board and the resistance of
the springs can be varied by removing and replac-
ing the springs or by the provision of means for
adjusting such tension thereof. The part of the
frame, bar or stem in which slide the plates or
keys is removably connected to the part carrying
the chin-rest so that the said parts can be de-
tached and joined together at a right angle, in
which position the chin-rest can then serve as a
support for the hand, wrist or fore arm and the
apparatus can then be used for exercising the
muscles used by pianists, the rest or support being
movable along the bar or stem in order that its
position may be adjusted to the user's require-
ments.
When the apparatus is required for use by
pianists it is advantageous to employ two simi-
lar parts of the frame carrying the keys or plates
which would represent the white and black keys
respectively of a piano, such parts being secured
together.
•
Means are provided for stopping any one or
more of the keys or plates from being actuated
by the fingers in order to develop independence
of action of the other fingers. Upon the bar or
stem in proximity to the rest or support there is
provided an adjustable spring device in which the
fingers or thumb can engage to afford lifting ex-
ercise therefor.
In practise the part of the frame in which the
keys or plates are located is formed tubular with
a longitudinal slot having an enlargement throujh
which the keys are introduced, the keys being
made with clamping nuts which grip the edges of
the slot and receive the stems of the pistons of the
keys beneath which are the springs, the piston-
stems being marked with divisions to indicate the
pressing power exerted by the fingers 'and the
tension of the springs being adjusted by screws
working in the bottoms of the clamping portions;
additional springs may also, if required, be coiled
around the piston-stems.
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