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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
SUMMER TRADE^ABOVE AVERAGE
With the Musical Merchandise Department of
Chas. H. Ditson & Co., New York.
situation analagous to that of goods entered under
bond for warehousing.
HERMANN WEISS HEARD FROM.
Manager of the American Branch of Ch. Weiss
Sends Post Card from the Trenches.
fl. L. Hunt, manager of the musical merchan-
dise department of C. H. Ditson & Co., 8 East
Thirty-fourth street, New York, states that this
With his customary optimism and good cheer,
present summer's business has exceeded all expec-
Hermann
Weiss, manager of the American branch
tations, showing a marked increase over the cor-
of Ch. Weiss, 393
lesponding period of last year. In view of general
Broadway, N e w
conditions in the majority of commercial lines, this
Y o r k , the well-
record is very gratifying, and especially in view of
known harmonica
the fact that the business has been received from
and Fluta manu-
many sources. Professional musicians are quite
facturer, regards
active at the present time, Boy Scout organizations
life in the trenches
are placing good-sized orders, and summer resorts
f r o m the bright
arc also providing for the entertainment of their
side, and, as will
guests in a musical way.
b- seen from the
Sig. Alvatore de Stefano, the famous harpist,
accompanying i 1 -
who uses at all times a costly Lyon & Healy con-
lustration, is far
cert harp, was a visitor this week to the harp
from pessimistic in
salons of C. II. Ditson & Co, where the Lyon &
his thoughts of the
Mealy harp line is handled. Sig. de Stefano played
future. Mr. Weiss
I'Viday evening at a promenade concert given at
is now seeing ac-
Madison Square Garden under the auspices of the
tive duty at the
Russian Symphony Society.
Hermann Weiss (to Left), front and has been
engaged in a number of encounters, fortunately
IMPORTANT CUSTOMS RULING.
without injury.
Appraisers Make Regulations Concerning Fil-
Mr. Weiss, who has been manager of the Ameri-
ing of Protests.
can headquarters of Ch. Weiss for the past four
years, is popular throughout the country, having
The Board of General Appraisers has overruled
a protest by J. W. Hampton, Jr., & Co. and laid visited the trade at frequent intervals in the inter-
down rules of tariff procedure of general applica- est of the Weiss products. When war was declared
tion. It was held that a protest filed several months he was visiting Trossingen, Germany, the home of
after liquidation, but within thirty days after full his parents and the site of the Weiss plant, and
payment of duties due, is not timely filed within the immediately took steps to actively participate in
requirements of paragraph N, section 3, of the the mammoth European conflict.
present tariff law, which specifies that protests shall
INCORPORATED.
be tiled within thirty days af^er liquidation. Judge
Waite ^aid in his decision for the board that an
The Standard Mus'.cal String & Manufacturing
importer, by voluntarily delaying payment of duties
Corporation was granted a certificate of incorpora-
for nine months after liquidation, during which
tion this week by the Secretary of State at Albany,
time the merchandise (entered for consumption)
N. Y., to engage in the manufacture of musical
remained in the custody of the Government, cannot
by that act prolong the period for tiling protest
beyond the statutory limitation. It was held that
I he facts in the case at bar do not give rise to a
instruments and parts. The capital is given as
$10,000, and the incorporators are Herman Colin,
Ernest R. Voight and Gustave Schirmer, Jr., New
York.
AMATEUR BANDJVUKES RECORD.
Fourth Regiment Band of Watertown, S. D.,
Captures Two First Prizes in Band Contests.
That a non-professional band, recruited in a
town of less than 10,000 inhabitants, was able to
spring into national prominence in three days by
being awarded first prize at a national convention
seems improbable, and yet it has been accom-
plished by the Fourth Regiment Band of Water-
town, S. D., under the direction of Win. Peck.
The band went to Los Angeles on July 15 to par-
ticipate in the band contest at the Elk National
Convention and won first prize. It also won first
prize in the contest conducted by the Royal Order
of Moose in Los Angeles on July 21. The citizens
of Watertown are very proud of the organization.
MUSICAL INSTRUMENT VALVE.
(Special to The Review.)
WASHINGTON, U. C, August 7.—Paul I lardy, Klk-
hart, Ind., was last week granted Patent No. 1,147,-
1()G for a musical instrument valve, in which the
membrane is not only permanently and accurately
spread, but is left entirely free throughout that
portion which contacts with the edge of the port
or opening to be closed, so that a superior effect
is produced and the valve is rendered very much
more permanent. Moreover, the shaping means
presents tihe outer periphery of the membrane in
uniform and perman.nt relation to the cup, which
greatly improves the appearance of the valve, par-
ticularly since the cup is usually of highly polished
metal and the membrane is preferably of a higih
grade of white kid leather. In otlur words, the
present invention produces a valve which is supe-
rior not only functionally but esthetically.
WEISS
Harmonicas
Metallas
Flutas
WEYMANN&SON
Incorporated
Manufacturers of
The Famous
Weymann Mandolutes and
"Keystone State" Instruments
are Popular the
World Over
1010 Chertaot St.. Philadelphia. Pa.
CH. WEISS
Black Diamond
Strings
New Brunswick, N. J .
EXCELSIOR
DRUMS £ STANDARD
Some dealers may say that they cost more than
others.
Excelsior drums cost more because they are
worth more. Cost more to make.
We could make them cost less by usinff cheaper
material, use less care In making them, and dis-
pense with the new patented improvements.
If we did, however, Excelsior Drums would not
be the Standard as they are to-day. Write for
catalogue.
EXCELSIOR DRUM WORKS
A., a. SOISTMAN, Vice-Pres. and Gen. Manager,
Tenth and Market Streets,
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