Music Trade Review

Issue: 1915 Vol. 61 N. 16

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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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Conducted by B. B. Wilson
HAWKES & SON OPEN IN NEW YORK.
LEWIS F. MUIR WITH FEIST.
INDUCEMENTS FOR NEW MEMBERS.
Prominent London Publishers Open Branch
at 11 East Forty-third Street Under Di-
rection of Frederick Harris—To Publish
Music of "Around the Map."
Successful Composer Signs Contract with Leo
Feist Inc. and Turns Over Three New Num-
bers for Publication by That House
Membership Committee of Greater New York
Music Publishers and Dealers' Association
Anxious to Enroll More Dealers.
The membership committee of the Greater New
York Music Publishers and Dealers' Association is
once more striving to add to the already large mem-
bership of that organization and has arranged that
anyone making application before the next meet-
ing of the association, to be held in November, will
upon payment of five dollars be admitted to mem-
bership in the association, the live dollars covering
all dues up to February 1, 1916, and including two
dinners at the November and January meetings.
In regard to the present standing of the associ-
ation, S. Ernest Philpitt, chairman of the member-
ship committee, said:
"As we now have over ninety per cent, of all the
music publishers of any consequence in New York
City, we are particularly anxious to interest more
of the dealers, and while this association does not
attempt to correct any of the so-called evils of the
trade, being organized purely for social purposes
and good fellowship, we believe much would be ac-
complished if other dealers will take a more active
interest and become members of this purely local
and social organization, which would give them the
opportunity to become b.'tter acquainted with the
publishers, upon whom they are dependent for the
material which they are offering for sale.
"The membership committee has secured the ap-
plication of some very prominent representatives of
Louis F. Muir.
and who in 1013 went to London, where he col- the retail industry, to which they hope to add many
"MISS INFORMATION" PRODUCED.
additional dealers prior to the next meeting and
laborated with Leoncavallo, composer of "Pagliac-
Elsie Janis Scores Hit as Female Detective in
dinner, which will be held about November 10.
ci," in preparing the London Hippodrome show
New Play with Music.
that year.
Application for membership should be made to
Mr. Muir, who will make his headquarters at the S. Ernest Philpitt, American Music Stores, 144
One of the very promising new productions of
professional department of Leo Feist, Inc., has al- West Thirty-seventh street, New York; C. J.
the season is "Miss Information," a play with mu-
sic, which was presented for the lirst time in New ready turned in three songs for publication, all of Kronberg, Plaza Music Co., 10 West Twentieth
them with lyrics supplied by Grant Clark, another
street, or Will Teller, R. Teller Sons & Dorner,
York at the George M. Cohan Theatre on Wednes-
.successful member of the Feist staff. The titles
311 West Fortv-third street.
day night of last week with Elsie Janis as the star.
The play is one of the advanced crook type, and of the three new songs will be announced at an
early date, and they will be strongly featured.
INCORPORATE TOJMJBLISH MUSIC.
Miss Janis appears to advantage as a female de-
tective, which gives her many opportunities for
The Chelsea" Music Publishing Corp., printer,
COL, GOETTING IMPROVING.
giving her capable impersonations, ranging from a
publisher, advertiser, musical compositions, has
tough messenger boy to a Vassar student, and
been granted a charter under the laws of New
Col. A. H. Goetting, the well-known music
from a Piccadilly "Johnny" to a German servant
York with capital stock of $10,000. The incorpo-
jobber of Springfield, Mass., is improving in
girl. The plot concerns the theft of a valuable
rators arc: William P. Riley, Julian Adelos and
health, and it is the hope of his physician that he
string of pearls, and the chase of the detective
Lawrence H. Sanders.
will be around very soon. This item of interest
leads to many strange places and finally to Paris.
will be very welcome to his many friends in the
During the course of the piece Miss Janis sings
trade.
several songs, including "Two Big Eyes," "Some
Sort of Somebody," and "A Little Love for Me."
DEATH OF EDWIN GREENE.
for all of which John L. Golden and Miss Janis
Edwin Greene, world-famous as a composer and
supplied the lyrics, and Jerome Kern the music,
whose best known works are "Sing Me to Sleep,"
and all of which were decidedly well received. T.
"Fleeting Years," etc., died at his home in Chelten-
1>. Harms & Francis, Day & Hunter publish tie
ham, England, recently in his fifty-eighth year.
music.
Hawkes & Son, prominent music publishers of
London, England, have established a branch of
their business at 11 East Forty-third street, New
York, under the personal direction of the managing
partner, Frederick Harris.
Among the first publications to be issued in the
United States by the Hawkes House will be the
music of the new Klaw & Erlanger production at
the Amsterdam Theater, New York. It is entitled
"Around the Map," a musical globe trot, book and
lyrics by C. M. S. McLellan, author of "The Belle
of New York," "The Pink Lady," etc. Music by
Herman Finck, composer of "In the Shadows."
Hawkes & Son were the original publishers of that
number, as well as "Nights of Gladness," "Valse
Septembre" and other successes.
Hawkes & Son are also partners with Frederick
Harris in the Hawkes-Harris Music Co., Toronto,
Out. Frederick Harris will be better known as the
proprietor of the Frederick Harris Co., of London,
England, and many of the company's publications
are well known to the American music trade.
Among the more popular we might mention the
songs of Albert Ma'.linson. The Frederick Harris
Co. also controls the Carrie Jacobs-Bond publica-
tions throughout the Britirh Empire.
The latest addition to the long list of song writ-
ing stars placed under contract by Leo Feist, Inc.,
is Lewis F. Muir, writer of "The Robert E. Lee,"
"Here Comes My Daddy Now," "Hitchey Koo,"
"The Barber Shop •Chord." and other successes,
Sensational Song Hits
- • —
TWO BEAUTIFUL PIANO SOLOS
•——'
MAKE YOUR MUSIC DEPARTMENT PAY
Regrets and Autumn Thoughts
Here are numbers that sell at sight. Send
your order at once and watch your profits grow.
Interesting to dealers handling the better class
of music.
Send for sample copies—ioc each.
Published by
" LILLIAN WALKER WALTZ," Hesitation
"HONOLULU LOU," Big Novelty Hit
' S H E LIVES IN A MANSION OF SIGHS," Ballad
" I'M GOING BACK TO BUENOS AYRES," Novelty
'WISH I KNEW JUST WHAT YOU THINK OF M E "
" WALTZING WITH MY SUMMER GIRL "
" SWEETHEART OF MY DREAMS "
" IN THE SUMMERTIME " (Take a Trip to the Seashore)
" ALL FOR YOU " and " OH YOU GIRLS "
" THAT ANGELL RAG "
" REGENT WALTZ "
"SNAPPY RAG "
6 . per copy delivered in any quantity if you
attach this ad. to your order.
THE REGENT MUSIC
PUB. CO.
Lake Charles. La.
W. A. OUINCKE & CO.
230V2 S. Spring St.,
LOS ANGELES, CAL.
"IT'SjrULIP TIME IN HOLLAND '
"WHEN I WAS A D D E A M E B "
'^HESWfm^
"UINDEBNEATH THE S T A R S "
"IN OLD MADEIRA"
"ALABAMA JUBILEE"
Sp.^sh
Two Sensational English Ballad
Successes
"Somewhere a Voice is Calling"
"The Sunshine of Your Smile"
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"DANCING THEJELLY ROLL" j
"CIRCUS DAY IN DIXIE"
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