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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
NEW DITSON^ CATALOG
Bearing Upon the Musical Merchandise of This
House, Just Issued—Is Termed a "Flyer" for
Fall Trade—Will Interest the Trade.
The Oliver Ditson Co., Boston, Mass., has just
sent out to its patrons a new catalog of musical
merchandise which it terms a "flyer" for fall trade.
Owing to the war abroad it is not planned to issue
the usual complete catalog, the book just published
representing some new styles and goods which can
be supplied the trade during the coming season.
Practically all of these goods are of American
manufacture, the lines cataloged indicating the
strides which American manufacturers have made
recently in the musical merchandise field.
Among the lines listed in the flyer are cornets
and other band instruments, banjo-mandolins,
guitars, celestaphones, harmonicas, mandores, man-
dolins, violin strings, ukeleles, violin and mandolin
cases and others.
The cover of the new catalog is very attractive,
carrying out the idea of the book being a flyer.
An aeroplane is a prominent part of the cover de-
sign, while "prosperity" is represented by the sun
bursting forth through the clouds.
PATENTS MEANS FOR VARYING TONE.
(Special to The Kevievv.)
WASHINGTON, D. C, September 14.—Patent No.
•1,162,925 was last week granted to John A. Bach,
St. Paul, Minn., for a stringed musical instrument,
and the object is to provide a stringed instrument
of such construction and to play it in such a man-
ner and by such means that the varying tones are
secured by playing upon different predetermined
points of the string without fingering or otherwise
changing the actual length of the string. In order
to secure this result one end of each string is
cushioned and then played on the string with a
peculiar bowing device consisting of a transversely
corrugated rod, which when pushed or pulled across
the string partly bows and partly picks it and there-
by produces musical sound only in the long or short
part of the string extending from the bowing device
to the uncushioned end of the string.
THOSE DELAYED IMPORTS.
them, whether they were especially ordered or were
furnished on a running account, he stands a good
show of getting them past the British blockade.
How much of such goods there are is a disputed
question. It is absolutely certain that there is no
such quantity as the $125,000,000 worth or more
that has been stated now in Rotterdam awaiting
shipment, since that port has not the warehousing
or other facilities for such an amount. But what-
ever there is, it is in great measure stuff that is
needed by the importers for immediate distribution.
OILER FOR TROMBONE SLIDES.
(Special to The Review.)
WASHINGTON, D. C, September 14.—George W.
The Merchants' Association is maintaining a
bureau to guide its members as to the procedure to
be followed in submitting proof of American own-
ership of goods of German or Austrian origin
which were contracted for before March 1. Great
Britain has agreed to release such merchandise,
held up by the Order in Council, if the purchaser
shows that he was legally bound to pay for the
goods before that date, even if no paynunt had
been made.
The association has sent one of its staff to Wash-
ington to keep in touch with conditions at the State
Department, which has announced that it is ready
others.
Excelsior drums cost more because they arc
worth more. Cost more to make.
We could make them cost less by usingf cheaper
material, use less care In mating 1 them, and dis-
pense with the new patented improvements.
Xf we did, however, Excelsior Drums would not
be the Standard as they are to-day. Writs for
catalogue.
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Some dealers may say that they cost more than
The Shutt Mandolin-Guitar Co., Topeka, Kans.,
has just issued an attractive catalog of its
products, including the Shutt mandolins, mandolas,
mandocellos, guitars, harp-guitars and mando-
bass-harp-guitar. The catalog is profusely illus-
trated with cuts of the instruments in the line.
BUREAU TO AID IMPORTERS.
Black Diamond
Strings
New Brunswlok, N. J .
ISSUES ATTRACTIVE CATALOG.
Gill, Three Rivers, Mich., was last week granted
patent No. 1,152,407, for an oiler for the slides of
wind musical instruments for use on trombones, the
object being to provide an improved oiler for slides
of wind musical instruments which is effective in
keeping the slide properly oiled and wiped free from
dust.
A further object is to provide an improved oiler
for the slides of wind musical instruments which
can be readily applied to instruments now in use
without material modification thereof.
A Utile progress has been made toward expedit-
ing imports here of German and Austrian goods
ordered before March 1, when the British Order in
Council went into effect. It seems to have sifted
down to a matter of proving the liability of an
importer for the goods he is trying to obtain. If
he is able to show that he is obligated to pay for
lational Musical String Co.
to begin assisting American consignees of these
goods in obtaining shipping permits. S. C. Mead,
secretary of the association, will arrange to have
members informed as to the nature of goods and
the nature of the terms of sale which now warrant
their release.
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