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THE
EXCELLENT DEMAND IN TRADE FOR BRUNO TANGO BANJO
C Bruno & Son, Inc., 353 Fourth avenue,
New York, report a demand for their entire
line of instruments in the banjo family far be-
yond all expectations. These instruments have
steadily gained in popularity the past year or
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MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
LATEST CUSTOMS RULINGS
One of the most popular instruments in the Action of Appraisers in Raising Values on Mu-
sical Instruments Approved
banjo lines handled by C. Bruno & Son, Inc.,
is the Bruno tango banjo, No. 380, shown
Judge Sullivan, sitting as a reappraisement
herewith.
This instrument, which is ideally official of the Board of General Appraisers, last
fitted for tango dancing purposes, has a heavy week indorsed the action of the appraising of-
licials in raising values on musical instruments
shipped to this city by V. Dumont & Co., Paris.
The decision said the issue had reference en-
tirely as to when the advance in prices on the
goods in Paris went into effect. The General
Appraiser said that he found from the pre-
ponderance of the testimony that the date was
January 20, 1916. It was accordingly held that
clarinets, described as "Bb, 182," and entered
at 86.75f., were properly dutiable on the basis
of 91.QS-yii. each.
The local Appraiser was
affirmed.
The Bruno Tango
two because of their adaptability for dance
music purposes, but it was thought that this
demand would decrease as the modern dances
reached normal popularity.
Such has not been the case, however, and the
present call for many types of banjo instru-
ments, particularly the tango banjo, has con-
tinued at a high-water mark since the iirst of
the year. In fact, the demand is far in ex-
cess of the supply, although the manufac-
turers are making every effort to increase their
factory facilities.
PATENTS IMPROVED SOCKET
Recent Patent Granted Whereby Leaking at
Socket Is Eliminated
WASHJNC.TON, D. C, November 6.—Ferdinand A.
Buescher, Elkhart, Ind., was last week granted
Patent No. 1,202,665 for a socket for musical
instruments.
This invention relates to tubes for musical
instruments and particularly to the sockets for
controlling the formation of the different mu-
sical tones corresponding to the musical scale.
The sockets as heretofore usually constructed
and applied could not be maintained in se-
cured and tight condition because of limited
soldering surface thereof and after comparative-
ly short usage leakage at the socket joints
would ensue, and as a consequence the instru-
ments of the socket type were not generally
reliable as to their durability and desired
tonality. In the present improvement the de-
Banjo, No. 380
German silver rim, spun over both edges with
heavy wire, lined with rock maple, ten and one-
half inches diameter, two and one-half inches
deep, heavy safety grooved hoop, twenty-four
professional brackets, with steel hooks and ball
end nuts, selected Rogers head, etc. The neck
is of solid mahogany in three pieces, with rose-
wood strip running cross grain through center,
heavy ringerboard with fancy pearl positions,
twenty-one frets and bound with celluloid on
edges, French polished in antique color, patent
pegs, Elite tail-piece.
pendence on solder solely as a securing medium
for the sockets to the tube is practically ob-
viated by providing a novel form of flange
structure which is upset relatively to the open-
ing in the tube and incloses the wall of the
latter opening, whereby a positive and non-
leaking jointure of the sockets and tube re-
sults with more efficiency and reliability in the
tone and playing qualities of the instrument
and more durability in service of the instru-
ment.
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W. J. HAUSSLER OFF TO EUROPE
W. J. Haussler, advertising manager of M.
Hohner, 114 Hast Sixteenth street, New York,
manufacturer of harmonicas and accordeons,
sailed Thursday for Kurope on the steamer
"Oscar II." Mr. Haussler's stay abroad is in-
definite, as he will spend considerable time at
Berlin, and in all probability will visit the
Hohner factories at Trossin'gen, Germany.
Mr. Haussler, while abroad, will take care of
a number of important business matters, which
have been pending for some time past.
SMALL GOODS FROM JAPAN
LANCASTER, PA., November 6.—Burger's Music
House at 6 North Prince street, has just' re-
ceived a large shipment of small goods from
Japan, including violins, violin bows and har-
monicas. Owing to the British blockade of
German ports it has been impossible for this
concern, one of the largest small goods estab-
lishments in this section of the country, to
secure a proper supply of goods from that coun-
try, and therefore importations of Japanese
goods are now being made.
UNIQUE INSTRUMENTS USED
At the opening concert of the Philharmonic
Society under Josef Stransky at Carnegie Hall
Thursday and Friday of last week, Richard
Strauss' new symphony "The Alps" was heard
for the first time. Some unique musical instru-
ments were utilized in this score, among them
the haeckelphone, tenor tuben and the wind and
thunder machines. The hall's new organ was
also used.
For this pair of concerts the
orchestra was augmented to over 100 players.
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"You don't make very good music with that
instrument," said a bystander to the man with
the bass drum, as the band ceased to play. "I
know J don't," said the drummer, "but I drown
a heap of bad music."
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