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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
CELEBRATING "VOCALSTYLE WEEK."
Dealers All Over Country Supplied with Spe-
cial Display Material for National Campaign.
(Special to The Review.)
Going to Celebrate
"Piano Week"?
COUPLERS FOR PIANOS AND PLAYERS.
Patent Means for Connecting Treble or Bass
Sounding Device with a Similar Device One
or More Octaves Higher or Lower.
CINCINNATI, O., October 25.—The current week
Scores of piano merchants have indicated
will prove a most interesting and valuable one, ac-
their purpose to do special advertising dur-
cording to present prospects for both the Vocal-
ing "Piano Week"—that is, the first week
style Co., of this city, and its dealers, owing to the
in November.
fact that the week from October 25th to the 30th,
Why not make it a rousing time for piano
inclusive, is known officially as "National Vocal-
publicity in every part of the land?
style Week," and those popular rolls will be ad-
Do your share towards it!
vertised, demonstrated and featured in window
displays throughout the country.
plished so that the music rendered by the player
The Vocalstyle Co. has forwarded to the great
does not, in any sense, represent the best rendering
majority of its dealers, on request, special window
display features for use during the week, and has of any piece or the rendering which the author in-
tended the piece should have.
also been preparing some strong advertising for
The object of the present invention therefore is
both the United States and Canada, the campaign
to provide a pneumatic action for piano players ar-
including a good sized advertisement appearing in
ranged in a manner such that, irrespective of the
the Saturday Evening Post of last week.
"The National Week" idea is a new one as ap- knowledge or skill in music of the operator, except
plied to the exploitation of music rolls, and the possibly with the exception of sufficient under-
standing to set the devices for the proper tempo
success of the venture will be watched with much
and
for the proper pedaling, the machine will speak
interest by the trade. It is suspected that the
the music just as it was intended to be rendered
strong countrywide campaign will serve to stimu-
and will bring out the so-called melody note over
late greatly the holiday trade in the Vocalstyle
and above the acompaniment and will cause the
products.
theme to predominate at all times.
More specifically the invention relates to a suit-
able action comprising a primary pneumatic, a sec-
ondary pneumatic and a power pneumatic, together
Eugene C. Wamelink, Cleveland, Secures Im-
with a suitable device adapted to be actuated dif-
portant Patent in This Connection in Which
ferentially, and by varying the volume of air ad-
He Sets Forth Details of His Invention.
mitted through the tracker board control the oper-
(Special to The Review.)
ation of the power pneumatic in a manner to cause
WASHINGTON, D. O , October 25. — Eugene C.
it to speak the accompanment in ordinary tones
Wamelink, Cleveland, O., has been granted patent
and emphasize such tones as are necessary in the
No. 1,156,951 for a pneumatic piano player.
production of the theme or melody.
In piano players generally there has always been
a long-felt desire to produce music in just the man- INSTALLS NEW PLAYER DEPARTMENT
ner in which it would be produced by a master and
(Special to The Review.)
bring out the theme or melody and to subdue, as
DENVER, COL., October 25.—In order to prevent
it were, the accompaniment. This result has been
player-piano purchasers from being interrupted by
attained with reasonable satisfaction on numerous street noises during demonstrations, Frank D. Dar-
types of instruments of this general class, but no row, of the Darrow Music Co., this city, has
considerable success has been attained in players arranged for the installation of a separate sound-
of the pneumatic type. Devices, however, have proof player parlor in the warerooms. The room
been produced which in a measure accentuate or
will measure 20 by 30 feet and will accommodate
emphasize, as it were, a single portion of the mu- several player-pianos at one time.
sic, and with a skilful operator, and reader of
Charles J. Johnson, Chicago, 111., was last week
music, these devices produce very good results, but
as a general proposition instruments of this type granted patent No. 1,157,398 for a pneumatic action
especially adapted for use in player-pianos, which
are not operated by persons skilled in the art of
music, and the bringing out of the theme and the has for its object the provision of an improved
construction of this character which is simple and
art of accentuating the melody and causing it to
efficient in use.
stand out from the accompaniment, is not accom-
TO EMPHASIZE THE MELODY NOTE.
J
ARTISTANOSJFOR AUTO MEN.
(Special to The Review.)
NORWALK, O., October 25.—The recent sale of
an A. B. Chase Artistano to Harry A. Sheplar,
vice-president and general manager of the Willys-
Overland Co., brings to mind that several other
prominent automobile men have chosen the
Artistano for their personal use, among them being
C. L. Lewis, president of the Abbott-Detroit Co.,
and R. C. Hupp, of Hupmobile fame.
The colored waiter who dabbled in the hotel
orchestra at a note'd seashore resort was told that
the fish he had served to a chronic rheumatic was
flat. The waiter rose to the occasion and replied:
"Boss, dat fish am a ^C fish, derefore he can't 'B
flat.'"
Herzog Cabinets
for
Player-
Rolls
No. 2556M
Height, - 50 in.
Depth inside, 14 in.
Mahogany
Veneered all over
Furnished with
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grille doors
"I
(Special to The Review.)
WASHINGTON, D. C, October 25.—A coupler for
pianos and player-pianos has been invented by John
Clifford Moore and Edward L. Windton, Rush-
ville, Neb., patent No. 1,157,573 for which was
granted last week.
The object of the invention is to provide a new
and improved coupler for pianos, player-pianos and
similar musical instruments arranged to connect
any desired sounding device with another, notably,
however, to connect a treble sounding device with
another treble sounding device one or more octaves
higher or lower and connecting a sounding device
in the bass with a sounding device an octave
higher or lower, so that when any one sounding
device is actuated either by pressing a key or un-
covering a hole in the tracker board, then the
coupled-up sounding device is instantly actuated
with the original sounding device.
In order to accomplish the desired result use is
made of a valve bar provided with a series of
channels, each having an air inlet, spring-pressed
valves mounted on the said valve bar and control-
ling the air inlets, the said valves being normally
closed and being adapted to be opened by movable
members of the piano action, such as the abstracts,
and a series of pneumatics connected with the pi-
ano action and connected with the outlets of said
channels. Use is also made of manually-controlled
means for moving said valve bar into inactive po-
sition relative to its actuating member of the piano
action, so that the piano can be played by hand
without the use of the coupler.
Holds
180
rolls
And, remember, insist upon selling
Herzog Cabinets. No other make
will prove as satisfactory or as prof-
itable, for the original designs, per-
fect workmanship and unexcelled
finish, prompt the "yes" of pro-
spective buyers.
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