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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
GREAT HARMONICA DEMAND
Difficult to Supply Owing to British Embargo
and Metal Scarcity in Germany—A Popular
Duss Band Full Concert Harmonica.
"The situation in the harmonica field is very dis-
couraging and causing us considerable concern,"
supplied with our well-known Duss Band har-
monicas, and have left no stone unturned to secure
even a small stock of these instruments. The de-
mand for harmonicas is enormous, and the better
grades in particular are creating new sales records
day by day."
One of the popular models in the Duss Band line
is shown herewith. This instrument is known as
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FIVE PER CENT. CASE IS HEARD.
Importers
Hope
That
Decision
Will
Rendered Before the Fall.
Be
Arguments wore concluded this week in Wash-
ington before the United States Supreme Court in
the five per cent, cases involving customs duties
amounting to about $26,000,000. Solicitor General
John W. Davis presented the Government's side,
while Frederick W. Lehman presented the argu-
ments on behalf of the importers. Importers are
hopeful that the highest tribunal in the land will
render an opinion in this important issue not later
than the summer recess. Much inconvenience
would result if a decision was delayed until the
fall. Thousands of cases are on the suspended
files of the Board of General Appraisers and these
will not be handed down until the Supreme Court
has published its ruling.
AN AUTOHARP IMPROVEMENT.
(Special to The Review.)
WASHINGTON, 1). C, February 28.—Patent No.
Duss Band Harmonica, Style 260%.
remarked Samuel Buegeleisen, head of Buegeleisen No. 260%. It has ten double holes, forty bell-metal
& Jacobson, 113 University Place, New York, in a reeds and heavy brass plates. It is a full concert
recent chat with The Review. "The embargo harmonica with heavy nickel open back covers
placed by Great Britain on merchandise exported and extension ends. It is packed in a fancy nickel
by the Teuton allies is not the only handicap which lithographed box and is designed to retail at 50
we must contend with, as Germany has placed a cents.
ban on the use of metals which is proving a serious
detriment to the entire harmonica trade.
MUSICAL MERCHANDISE PATENTS.
"We have utilized every means to keep our trade
Abraham Morris, St. Louis, Mo., was recently
granted Patent No. 1,173,017 for a stringed mu-
sical instrument, which is intended to increase the
OLIVER DITSON CO.
BOSTON, MASS.
volume of sound, approximating that of two or-
dinary violins.
A whistling musical instrument has just been
Manufacturers
invented by John James Stanton, New York, for
Importers and Jobbers of
which he was recently granted Patent No.
1,173,054.
MUSICAL
MERCHANDISE
1,171,484 was last week granted to John W. Van
Hoy, Concord, N. C, for an autoharp, but more
particularly for an attachment whereby different
chords can be played by the depression of mute or
damper bars and then sounding those strings out
of engagement with the attachment.
One of the objects of the present invention is to
provide an attachment which can be adjusted and
applied to different instruments.
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We could make them cost less by using; cheaper
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