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Music Trade Review

Issue: 1916 Vol. 63 N. 11

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THE MUSIC TRADE
FAVORS UKULELE FACTORY
Leading Musician of Hawaii Advocates the
Establishment of Local Factory to Supply the
Demand for Hawaiian Instruments
HONOLULU, HAWAII, August 29.—A ukulele fac-
tory for Honolulu which could supply the de-
mand for these instruments would be a benefit,
and would mean a new industry for Hawaii, is
the opinion of Ernest Kaai, who is one of the
leading musicians here. His studio and his
orchestras have become known throughout the
world, and his ideas have been sought by
ukulele manufacturers of America.
"It is true," said he, "that Hawaii cannot now
supply the demand for ukuleles, and a factory
equipped with the latest machinery and com-
bining the best ideas of the mainland and
Hawaii would surely be a big boost for the
islands. A campaign of advertising backed by
standard goods should result in something more
than is being done at present. People on the
mainland ' will buy a ukulele bearing the
Hawaiian stamp sooner than they will one made
on the mainland, providing everything is equal.
There are more ukuleles being made on the
mainland than in Hawaii at present."
The Hawaiian ukulele was one of the first
exhibits of home manufacture to be sent to the
Pan-Pacific industrial museum, and the Pan-
Pacific Club is working on plans to increase the
industry.
A LARGE FACTORY BAND
Dodge Manufacturing Co. Has Band Composed
Entirely of Workmen—Summer Concerts
Given for Benefit of the Public
The Dodge Manufacturing Co., makers of
power transmission machinery at Mishawaka,
Inrl., has a band, membership lying entirely in
the various departments of the business. For
example: The piccolo player comes from the
engineering department; one of the cornetists is
a foundry man; a drummer comes from the
iron pulley shop; one of the saxophone players
is from the veneer shop; and so on, to a total
membership of nearly fifty players.
The band was inaugurated in November, 1915.
The idea originated among the employes, cer-
tain of whom petitioned the company for per-
mission to organize a band. Twenty members
were readily obtained, and rehearsals began
under the direction of a competent instructor,
who was also an employe. The company sup-
plied the instruments and a room for rehearsal.
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Later a beginners' class was established with
a large and interested membership.
Three rehearsals were held weekly, and five
months after organization a public concert
was given with satisfactory results. During the
summer which has just closed the band played
a number of concerts for the recreation of the
townspeople.
No man is employed by the company so as
to build up the band, but a musician, other
things being equal, receives preference, and a
member of the band must give satisfaction as a
workman or forfeit his connection with the or-
ganization.
It is significant of the spirit of the times that
an orchestra for women employes is being con-
sidered.
The music director is Capt. L. Eugene Willes.
MAKING A BEAUTIFUL TONE
The Importance of Proper Pressure in Pro-
ducing a Proper Violin Tone
Some months ago The Violinist printed a
symposium on "Tone," from which we take the
following paragraphs:
"A tone may be killed by excessive or wrong-
ly applied pressure. A forced tone is not unlike
the throaty quality of a poorly-taught tenor.
The pressure brought to bear on the bow must
come from the hand alone and not from the
arm or shoulder, otherwise the arm stiffens and
the tone becomes forced. The pressure bears
a direct relation to the speed with which the
bow travels; that is, the greater the pressure,
the greater must be the speed. And there is a
limit to the resources of every violin. The mo-
ment that limit is exceeded the tone becomes
coarse. There is exactly the same difference
here as there is between a tone sung with full
voice and the same tone carried beyond the
singer's capacity to a raucous screech.
"Tone production depends upon the manner
in which the bow is applied to the string, and
the manner of applying the bow to the string
must, in-a great measure, depend upon the way
the bow is grasped.
"The beginner's attention should be concen-
trated on tone and the fundamentals of bowing
until the proper holding of the bow, a free, flex-
ible wrist, and relaxation of the arm and fingers
have been fairly well mastered."
Cincinnati
TORONTO, ONT., September 5.—Walter Beare, of
Beare & Son, a prominent violin and musical
merchandise house of London, England, recent-
ly spent two weeks visiting the local branch
of the Beare concern here. In speaking of ex-
isting conditions in the small goods market
Mr. Beare expressed the opinion that there
would be no decline in small goods prices for
several years to come.
He stated that con-
trary to the opinion existing in some quarters,
Germany has no stock worth speaking of, and
on account of the depletion of neutral markets,
the present shortage is bound to exist for
some time. He advocated the "buy now" policy
and gave as his belief the statement that prices
would advance still further before the war was
PATENTS IMPROVED CORNET
New Instrument Contains Extra Length in Vi-
brating Air Column
WASHINGTON, D. C, September 5.—Walter A.
French, Kansas City, Mo., was last week
granted Patent No. 1,196,007 for a cornet, par-
ticularly that class of instruments in which the
notes are determined by valves or pistons which
establish communication with auxiliary sections
of tubing to effect variations in the length of
the vibrating air column, and has for its object
to improve the tone and tune in making a
"quick change to A" from B Hat, by providing
for extra length in the vibrating air column,
without forming shoulders or obstructions in
the tubing which—as in telescoping slide tubes
—impair the tone by lowering the pitch thereof.
A further object is to provide a construction
whereby the length of the tubing may be in-
creased, a "long model" instrument producing a
better tone and being easier to blow.
Consult the universal Want Directory of
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CONDUCTED BY B. B. WILSON
'GIRL FROM BRAZIL" PRESENTED
SAM FOX ON WESTERN TRIP
GREAT PRODUCTION AT HIPPODROME
First Viennese Operetta of Season Opens at
Forty-fourth Street Theatre—Well Received
—Music Much Better Than the Book
Cleveland Music Publisher Finds Unusually
Heavy Demand for New Publication. Some
Fox Numbers That Are Showing Up Well
"The Big Show" One of the Most Elaborate
Offerings Yet Made at That Playhouse—
Great Aggregation of Stars—Music Excellent
"The Big Show," as the title of the new Dil-
CLEVELAND, O., September 5.—Sam Fox, head of
the Sam Fox Publishing Co., who is rated as lingham production at the Hippodrome, is a
one of the most energetic of sheet music sales- misnomer because there are really several big
men, is at present on his annual trip to the Pa- shows combined into one, and all wonderfully
cific Coast and is getting an unusually large staged by R. H. Burnsidc. In many respects
volume of orders for the new Sam Fox publica- it is the biggest aggregation of stars ever pre-
sented in one production, including Anna Pav-
tions.
The number which seems to be proving the lowa and her ballet, Charlotte and the ice bal-
biggest hit is "Simplicity," the sparkling novel- let; Toto, the clown; Haru Onuki, the Japanese
ette by Dorothy Lee, composer of "One Fleet- prima donna; Frank Fogarty, Matt Keefe and
ing Hour," and which is being featured exten- many others noted in vaudeville and minstrelsy.
sively by bands and orchestras, with Miss
The Pavlowa ballet is naturally the feature
Lee's song number, "My Dreams," as a close of the show and is entitled "The Sleeping
second.
Beauty." It is presented in four tableaux, with
Other Fox Co. publications that are showing costumes and scenery by Leon Bakst and music
up well include "The Prayer Perfect," Rrvine by Tschaikowsky. The ballet and all that goes
J. Stenson's excellent musical setting of James with it is a most elaborate affair.
The first scene preceding the ballet shows the
Whitcomb Riley's well known poem; Felix
Arndt's clever syncopation, "An Operatic front of the Hippodrome with the entire com-
Nightmare," a pianistic distortion of several pany marching past and affords the setting for
grand opera melodies in fox trot tempo; "Sun- • several vaudeville specialties including Powers'
set Land," a new Hawaiian composition offered Elephants, Mooney's horses, and the imported
both as a song, and a reverie and "It Was the feature, "The Revenge of the Lions." Special-
Time of Lilac," a beautiful song by Jane Hath- ties by Toto and Frank Fogarty are followed
away, composer of "I'm A-Longin' Fo' You." by two striking tableaux, one showing the West
Point cadets on the steps of the Capitol and the
second, the crew of a dreadnought on her deck.
JULIUS C. WEISS CELEBRATES
Next comes Haru Onuki, the Japanese prima
Manager of Sheet Music Department of Grin- donna, who sings delightfully. The six Brown
nell Bros. Has a Birthday
Brothers follow with their saxophone specialty
and the first part ends with a mammoth minstrel
DETROIT, MICH., September 4.—Not long ago a
number of personal friends of Julius C. Weiss, show featuring over 400 people, and including
FOUR NEW REMICK NUMBERS
manager of the sheet music department of Grin- a number of prominent singers a.nd comedians.
Charlotte and her ice ballet, presenting a num-
An interesting quartet of new numbers re- nell Bros., gathered at his summer home on
r
cently issued by Jerome H. Remick & Co., in- Lake Ste. Clair to celebrate Mr. W eiss' forty- ber of new features, ends the show.
There are a number of excellent songs used in
cludes "Valse Inspiration," by Julius Lenzberg; third birthday. The feature of the day was a
"Just a Word of Sympathy," by Gus Kahn and massive birthday cake presented by Mrs. Weiss. various sections of the show, the music being
Egbert Van Alstyne; "Welcome Honey to Your • Among those present were J. Anton Dailey, by Julius Einershofer and Raymond Hubbell,
Old Plantation Home," by Jack Yellen and Al- well known composer and his wife; Sig. G. and lyrics by John L. Golden. Mr. Hubbell,
bert Gumble, and "On Lake Champlain," by Al- Bartolotta, celebrated Italian singer; George incidentally, is the composer for the whole pro-
Kempton, Philadelphia pianist; Frank Bailey, duction, except for the Pavlowa ballet, and also
fred Bryan and Albert Gumble.
Detroit piano dealer and wife; and Russell (). ciirects the orchestra.
Weiss, publicity manager of the Sam Fox Pub
The score is published by T. B. Harms and
The "Best" Is Always the "Cheap-
lishing Co., Cleveland, O.
Francis Day & Hunter.
"The Girl From Brazil," tlie first of the sea-
son's Viennese operettas to be presented in New
York, opened at the Forty-fourth Street Theatre
on Wednesday of last week, and although some-
what of the standard Viennese type, had suf-
ficient originality to secure a very cordial re-
ception. As the New York Times said, "It is
rather better than the average. Thanks to some
sprightly music, a generally gingery perform-
ance, at least one good voice and at least one
fine clown."
The comedy is in three acts by Edgar Smith
from the German of Julius Brammer and Al-
fred Grunwald. The music is by Robert Win-
terburg and Sigmund Romberg, and the lyrics
by Mathew Woodwin.
The cast includes Beth Lydy, who has an ex-
cellent voice; George Hassell, a comedian of
high order, Frances Demarest, beautiful and
statuesque; Stewart Jackson, a youth with nim-
ble feet, and Maud Odell.
In many respects the music is much better
than the book and shows its German origin
quite frequently. There is a waltz hit and sev-
eral other fine numbers—notably "Darling, I
Love You So," "Heart to Heart," "I'll Be Your
Own Romeo," "I'm Such a Nervous Man."
The score is published by the Karczag Pub-
lishing Co., and there are in addition several in-
terpolations.
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British W r i t e r W o u l d H a v e L a w P a s s e d P u n -
ishing A d o p t i o n of T i t l e s A l r e a d y U s e d
A c o r r e s p o n d e n t for a British music t r a d e
paper offers a s t r o n g a r r a i g n m e n t of c o m p o s e r s
and publishers w h o a r e a p p a r e n t l y careless in
the selection of titles for their works. T h e
writer even goes so far as t o s u g g e s t that an
act be passed by P a r l i a m e n t to provide punish
m e n t for a n y p e r s o n w h o thereafter issues a
s o n g u n d e r a title a l r e a d y in existence or any
colorable imitation thereof. If such a law was
passed in t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s we would h a v e to
establish s o m e n e w courts.
NEW CATALOG READY SOON
A. J. Stasny Music Co. Preparing Catalog of
30-Cent Music
The A. J. Stasny Music Co. will shortly an-
nounce their new catalog of 30-cent song num-
bers, a feature of the catalog being numerous
instrumental pieces that will be known as dance
numbers.
A song now being featured by the Stasny Co.
is called, "I Found you Among the Roses." This
number is being well received, and has led its
publishers to predict its sale will be among
the largest of any songs published by the
firm this season.
Consult the universal Want Directory of
The Review. In it advertisements are inserted
free of charge for men who desire positions
of any kind.
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