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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
MUSICALLY
SPEAKING.
{Continued from page 8.)
out in the least indulging in eccentricites of tempo
lever control. Play in time, play to get beautiful
tone, play unhurriedly, play it as you would sing
it; these are the instructions that alone one can
give.
The greatest of the nocturnes, however, is, in
our opinion, the piece in G minor (op. 48, No. 1).
For one thing, it is technically, perhaps, the most
formidable to the manual pianist, demanding from
him complete technical mastery, while emo-
tionally it is undoubtedly Chopin's most profound
work in this genre. Chopin's melodies are always
grateful to the ear, always lovely, always exqui-
sitely polished; but they are very seldom "strong,"
; as we apply that word to the opening of Beetho-
ven's Fifth Symphony, for instance. This asser-
tion is amply confirmed in the thematic structure
of the C minor Nocturne. The treatment is cer-
tainly virile, but the opening theme is shorn of
rude; strength. The second melody is quieter, yet
iicertainly more definite and significant. The nub of
i;the'Nocturne is, of course, the repetition of the first
ijtheme in most elaborate part-writing, where each
'imelody note seems to be the tip of a great surging
wave of sound below it. Technically, it is to the
manual pianist extremely difficult, but to the player-
pianist the chief interest is in the development of
ithe thematic ideas. After all, the player-piano is
•most useful and fulfils its mission best when it is
i disentangling an elaborate complex of writing
which embarrasses and perhaps defies the best ef-
forfs of the fingers. The accenting of the melody
Jin this nocturne presents a nice problem to the
!player-pianist, perhaps beyond the reach of all but
ithose who have really mastered and love their in-
jstrument.
i These short notes on the Chopin nocturnes will
serve, we hope, a useful purpose in stimulating
the interest of player-pianists in some of the most
beautiful music ever written.
AN ATTACHABLE MUSIC ROLL
Is the Subject of a Patent Just Granted Geo.
;,
Howlett Davis, West Orange, N. J.
(Special to The Review.)
WASHINGTON, D. C, October 25.—Patent No. 1,-
156,891 was last week granted to George Howlett
\ Davis, West Orange, N. J., for a music roll, which
• is termed "an attachable music roll"; that is to
say, a perforated music roll which has an attaching
hook at its rear end, and the usual attaching ring
at the frotit end so arranged that the hook fastener
may be connected to the ring fastener of an ordi-
nary music roll, and the attachable music roll
wound upon a spooled music roll, the purpose be-
ing to connect two or more such rolls in tandem
and wind the same upon a spool, so that the en-
tire collection of rolls may be mounted in a player
instrument and played consecutively in the ordi-
nary way. The result of such structure is to very
materially reduce the cost of music rolls, inasmuch
as the cost of the spool constitutes a material item
in the manufacture.
The present application discloses an improvement
upon the structure of the above-named prior appli-
cation, and it has for its object the provision of a
substitute for the spool of a music roll, and at the
same time the provision of improved attaching de-
vices whereby all of the results accomplished by
the structure of prior application are accomplished
by this present improvement.
Royal Music Rolls
are made in the most
efficient and clean-cut
plant in the country—
modernized in every par-
ticular. Machinery, men
and methods are para-
mount to achieve quality.
When you sell Royal
Rolls you sell music, and
you make a customer
who likes to buy and to
play his rolls.
Just say '.'prove it
to us" on a postcard
so we can give you
details.
ROYAL MUSICRfJLL CO.
3333 MAIN STREET
BUFPAtO, N, Y.
tance to make the sheet as short as possible, and
accordingly the margin of waste paper between the
For Improvement in Player-Pianos Whereby last perforations of one piece and the first perfora-
the Travel of the Music Sheet Can Be tions of the following piece must be as narrow as
Stopped at a Predetermined Point.
possible. However, it is a matter of equal impor-
tance to stop the movement of the sheet before
(Special to The Review.)
the perforations of the piece next to be played
WASHINGTON, D. C , October 25.—John A. We- reach the vents in the tracker board and when the
ser, New York, is the inventor of an automatic
vents in the tracker board are covered, in order
player-piano, patent No. 1,156,956 for which was
that the operating devices may again be set in mo-
granted last week, and has for its object to pro- tion by automatic devices.
vide automatically operated means controlled by a
It is an object of this invention to provide means
perforation in the music sheet, to stop the travel
operated and controlled by the music sheet, which
of the music sheet at a predetermined point when
shall stop the travel of the music sheet quickly,
desired.
shall be invariable in their operation and shall per-
The invention is designed with particular refer- mit the mechanism to be started again automati-
ence to player-pianos in which is used a music
cally.
sheet provided with perforations to form a series
A further object is to provide in combination
of musical compositions adapted to be rendered
with the means just referred to devices controlled
successively, either upon the introduction of a coin
by the same perforation which initiates the move-
for each piece or upon the proper manipulation of
ment of the pneumatic stopping devices and opera-
manually controlled devices. In the use of a sin- ble substantially simultaneously with the latter to
gle sheet having thereon several independent musi-
render inoperative the primary power means em-
cal compositions it is a matter of primary impor-
ployed in the piano player.
JOHN A. WESER SECURES PATENT
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