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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
HOHNER HARMONICAS FOR ARTISTS
Instruments of That Make Have Long Been
Favorites with Professional Performers
LaMont and Wright use Hohner harmonicas
exclusively, and their favorite mouth organ is
the Hohner auto-valve harp No. 100, which they
are using in the illustration herewith. Both
members of the team praise this Hohner har-
monica in the highest terms, and are particular-
ly enthusiastic regarding the uniformity of
Hohner product.
SOME VALUABLE VIOLINS
Only
Twenty-nine Stradivarius 'Cellos
Known to Be in Existence.
Are
Albert Caressa, representative of a firm of
musical instrument dealers in France, is the au-
thority for the statement that the rarest violins
ii! the world are those made by Guanerius del
Gesu, only forty of which are known to be in
FIVE PATENTSJFOR J. C. DEAGAN
existence. One of these instruments was pur-
The Chicago Inventor Displays His Industry chased of him by Ysaye for $30,000. Two famous
by Many Devices of Value
Stradivarius instruments, which were used by
Sarasate during his great concert tours, were
WASHINGTON, D. C , April 1.—John C. Deagan, sold by Mr. Caressa. One of these, the Boissier,
Chicago, III., was recently granted live patents is in a museum at Madrid. It is valued at $50,-
relating to musical instruments. The first, patent 000. The other is in a museum in Paris. Three
No. 1,173,782, is for a piano without strings, one fea- years ago Mr. Caressa purchased a Stradivarius
ture of which is a row of adjacent resonating which was made in 1737 and paid $20,000 for it,
tubes, some of them having openings in end walls later selling it to a collector.
thereof which are contracted to form reduced exit
"A few months ago," he said, "I learned that
openings for sound issuing from the tubes, the a Stradivarius 'cello was for sale at Petrograd.
dimensions of the openings measured longitudinal- There are a few of these instruments in exist-
ly of the row of tubes being less than the dimen- ence. I went there oversea by way of Sweden
sions of said openings measured transversely of and Norway, because I could not go through
the row of tubes. Some of these openings are Germany, and bought it. Within a week I had
desirably continued transversely of the row of sold it to a wealthy amateur violinist for
tubes along the walls of the tubes provided there- f.100,000. There are only twenty-nine of these
with.
Stradivarius 'cellos in the world. Fifteen of
Patent No. 1,173,783 is for a percussion musical them have passed through my hands. Of the 300
instrument, and has for its object the provision of
Stradivarius violins that were made more than
an improved mounting for the bars.
200 have been bought and sold by me."
Patent No. 1,173,784 is for a xylophone, which
includes an elongated upright vibrating element, a
NO DUTY ON HARMONICAS
support therefor adjacent a nodal line of the
vibrating element, and a support-engaging part
LaMont and Wright Using the Hohner
Harmonicas, the favorite musical instrument
the hearty indorsement of the leading harmonica upon the vibrating element adjacent said nodal line of the British soldier at the front, may be im-
players on the vaudeville stage speaks volumes and having its support-engaging portion adjustable ported into the British Isles free of duty, pianos
for the constructional and musical merits of longitudinally of said vibrating element.
and other musical instruments being forbidden
Patent No. 1,173,785 is for a percussion musical entrance into the country under the war trade
these popular mouth organs.
One of- the most successful harmonica teams instrument employing sounding bars and also em- regulations issued bv the British Government.
now playing in vaudeville is the team of LaMont ploying resonating tubes operating in conjunction
and Wright, who have toured the country with with the sounding bars in the production of
Consult the Universal Want Directory of
their vaudeville act. This team is probably the musical tones, the features of the invention herein The Review. In it advertisements are inserted
only one in professional life consisting of two claimed relating to the resonating tubes and the free of charge for men who desire positions
association thereof with the sounding bars.
female harmonica players.
of any kind.
Hohner harmonicas have for many years been
prime favorites with vaudeville performers who
are in a position to be critical judges of the tone
quality and durability of the harmonicas they
use. The fact that Hohner harmonicas have won
Bell Brand Harmonicas
"Made in A m e r i c a "
Have won a national reputation because of their remarkable and durable
qualities. They are not the best merely because they are American
made, and the only harmonicas made in this country, but they stand
competition with the products of the world, embodying the very best
musical qualities and workmanship.
BELL BRAND HARMONICAS
CAN BE PROCURED FROM THE FOLLOWING WHOLESALE HOUSES
C. BRUNO & SON, New York City, N. Y.
BUEGELEISEN & JACOB3ON, New York City, N. Y.
OLIVER DITSON CO., Boston, Mass.
C. H. DITSON & CO., New York City
W. J. DYER & BRO.. St. Paul, Minn.
J. W. JENKINS SONS' MUSIC CO., Kansas City, Mo.
THE RUDOLPH WURLITZER CO., Cincinnati, O.
KOERBER-BRENNER MUSIC CO., St. Louis, Mo.
LYON & HEALY, Chicago. III.
C. MEISEL, New York City. N. Y.
SHERMAN, CLAY & CO., San Francisco, Cal.
TONK BROS. CO., Chicago, 111.
THE RUDOLPH WURLITZER CO., Chicago, 111.
THE ELIAS HOWE CO., 8 Bosworth St., Boston, Mass.
The National Musical String Co.,
New Brunswick
New Jersey