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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
THE BRUNOJJKULELE.
Great Demand for This Instrument
Parts of the Country.
From All
Out of the many different kinds of
instruments that are included in the fall
from C. Bruno & Son, Tnc, 353 Fourth
New York, must be mentioned the Bruno
musical
demand
avenue,
ukulele,
The Bruno Ukulele.
which is the Ilawaian native instrument. The
instrument illustrated herewith is known as No. '-\,
made in mahogany, fancy inlaid edge, top and
hack, with a fancy strip in the back. Considering
the quality, the retail price of $1(1 is very low, and
it is hardly to be wondered at that Bruno ukuleles
are growing in sales. As a rule, whenever a sale
of a ukulele is made a case is included, this being
made of mahogany, leather bound.
IMPROVEMENTSJ)N DRUM PEDALS.
( Special to The Review.)
WASIUNCTON, I). C, October !).—Claim Ken-
drick, Kansas City, Mo., was recently granted
patent No. 1.151,120, for a drum-pedal, and patent
No. 1,154,121, which are for use in connection
with bass drum-pedals, whereby the drum and
cymbal are operated by means of the musician's
foot, the object of the first named being to produce
a device of this character which shall be very sim-
ple in its construction and yet effective and re-
liable in its operation, and in which the arrange-
ment of the parts shall be such as to permit the
device to be readily folded and packed for trans-
portation when desired.
Patent No. 1,154,121 has for its object to pro-
duce a construction of extremely simple charac-
ter provided with means for securely positioning
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the pedal and wit.i means for quickly and con-
veniently attaching the same to the drum.
Another object is to provide a simple device for
supporting the cymbal in operative position in
connection with means for ready attachment and
removal of the cymbal from said supporting device.
of the foregoing, care should be exercised to
ascertain the foreign market value of such mer-
chandise on the date of its exportation from the
country in which purchased."
At the office of John K. Sague, Appraiser of the
Port, it was said that t.ie tariff law will have to
be complied with in appraising merchandise when-
ever it appears to the satisfaction of the officials
MAKES RADIATING VIOLINS.
,tl:at
the fore'gn market value is higher than the
James H. Ingram, a Violin Maker of Charlotte,
entered or invoiced prices. At the present time
N. C Tells of the Principle Upon Which He
American consular officers and special Treasury
Constructs His Instruments.
agents abroad are doing their best to keep the local
office in close tone i with price Huctuat'ons, but this
An entirely new departure in the construct on
service, it was explained, : s rather difficult under
of violins and similar stringed instruments has
the existing un ettlcd conditions, especially in
been devised by James 11. Ingram, a violin maker
Europe.
of Charlotte, N. C. Ever since tie days of the
In cases where no reliable market valuation data
great violin makers of Cremona, Italy, the prin-
ciples they worked out, even to so small a matter can be obtained importer;,' merchandise will prob-
as the d sposition of the slots in the bridge, have ably be accepted at the entered or invo'ced prices.
in any case, the upset in European merchandise
been religiously followed. Backs and bellies of
violins have been made, as they made them, in two values is expected t > cause much litigation before
the reappraisemuit division of the Board of Gen-
sections or halves so well matched that the line of
juncture can scarcely be detected, or, less fre- eral Appraisers, and corresponding monetary loss
quently, from one piece of wood molded to t :c to merchants.
required shape.
NO DUTY ON COMMISSIONS.
Many very old and valuable violins have been re-
paired by expertly replacing cracked or broken
Rule La ; d Down by Appraisers in Fixing
portions of the violin belly with inserts of wood
Market Value—Action of Collectors of Cus-
tl at match and do not injure the tone. Every
toms Overruled by Board of General Ap-
detail and dimension of the old Cremona makers
pra'cer3 in Recent Decision.
has been copied—everything except the beautiful
tone, and that has proven elusive. Just why tiic
Collectors ; t custi n;s, who of late have been
violin makers themselves thoroughly disagree.
add.ng commissions to the dutiable value of im-
The new method of attaining the one all-impor- ported merchandise, were relinked in a decision by
tant object, a beautiful one, nvolves a departure the Board of 'General Appraisers just handed down
from the one and two-piece back and belly and the in a protest tiled by J. T. Steeb & Co., Seattle.
substitution of many vvedge-shaped strips con- This firm imported 21,000 bags of single jute yarn
verging toward the center of the violin. The un- put up in bales.
derlying principle followed is to have the strips
The invoices contained various items of charges
disposed so that when the violin is played upon
incidental to the preparation of the merchandise
the vibrations will travel in the path of the grain
for shipment, among them an item for commission
ot the wood instead of partly across the grain, as amounting to 11!>..'U yen. The Collector, in liqui-
mur.t be the case where the back and belly are dating the entry, assessed extra duty for the
constructed simply of one piece or of two pieces.
amount-of the commission, on the assumption that
tlie Appraiser had added that amount as a dutiable
item. The importers thereupon appealed to the
VALUES TO^BE RAISED.
board for relief.
More Trouble for Importers of Goods Detained
Judge VVaite, in revcrs'ng the Collector, said
Abroad—What Appraiser Sague Says.
commissions, as such, cannot be added by the Ap-
The recent ruling of Assistant Secretary of the praiser except to make market value, and, when so
added, cease to be properly characterized as com-
Treasury Peters addressed to appraising officers of
the customs dealing with the changes in mechan- missions, but must be assumed to be an addition
dise valuation brought about by the European war, of a certain amount to the entered or invoiced
is causing much speculat on among importers as to value to make the market value defined by statute.
"In passing," said the de^is'on, "we may also
the way the order will work out. Mr. Peters
called attention in the order to the fact that as a state that, in our view, commissions cannot be con-
rer.ult of the war there had been an advance in the sidered as either 'costs,' 'charges' or 'expenses' to
foreign market value of many classes of imports. be added by the Collector under the statute, and
The Assistant Secretary went on to say that as the rule laid down in I nited States vs. Spingairn.
a consequence the prices specified in invoices cov- Commissions are generally the result of an agree-
ment to pay a fixed aniount to an agent or servant
er'ng such merchandise, which was purchased or
contracted for a considerable time prior to its ex- of the purchaser for iierformhig certain duties in
portation from the country of purchase, were nec- connection with the purchase of g ods, but arc
entirely outside of and apart from the dutiable
essarily lower than the market value of the goods
value of the goods involved."
on tlie date of exportation. He added: "In view
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