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Music Trade Review

Issue: 1917 Vol. 64 N. 2

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THE MUSIC TRADE
their other ends permitting the device to be held
in any position and to produce the proper tone
Recent Patent Granted on Chimes Suspended when struck by the beater.
It is finally an object of this invention to con-
Within a Resonance-Box
struct a sounding device easy and cheap to manu-
WASHINGTON, D. C, January 8.—John B. Koh- facture, the chiming members being so mounted
ler, Chicago, 111., was last week granted Patent above a suitable resonance-box as to sound only
No. 1,210,950 for a percussion musical instru- the pure fundamental tone thereof.
ment, which he has assigned to the Kohler-
Liebich Co., Wilmington, Del.
REQUIRES FORCE TO PLAY 'CELLO
A great many different types of percussion
musical instruments have been constructed com- Prof. Poffenberger Tells How it Takes Four
monly known as dinner chimes for household
Tons of Energy to Play the 'Cello
use, of which the most familiar is that wherein
a number of tubes are suspended at their upper
A simple air played on the violoncello calls
ends from a suitable support, thus permitting a for a total expenditure of energy equal to two
natural vibration of the tubes to take place and three-quarter pounds per note, or more than
when the same are struck. It has been found four tons of energy for the single selection.
that a richer and more mellow tone is secured This statement is vouched for by Prof. Poffen-
from instruments in which the sounding mem- berger, of Columbia University, who made some
bers are mounted on supports on a resonance- experiments in his laboratory with the aid of
box. But due to the manner in which the sound- the famous Dutch 'cellist, Michael Penha.
ing members have heretofore been attached to
A special apparatus is necessary to conduct
the supports, it has been found that the vibra- the tests. Against the surface of a revolving
tions of the sounding members are communi- carbon cylinder is suspended a chalked point
cated through the supports directly to the reson- which is actuated by a slender wire attached to
ance-box.
the musician's finger. At each pressure the ten-
This invention relates to an improved form sion vibrates along the communicating connec-
of support for the sounding members upon a tion and records the energy expended.
resonance-box whereby there is no possibility
At a recent test Michael Penha at times raised
of the vibrations of the sounding member being the point to a distance equalling three pounds
communicated through its supports to the in weight, that being the record of the forefinger.
resonance-box.
The pressure alone required to produce the char-
It is an object therefore of this invention to acteristically luscious tones of a simple Bach
construct a sounding device wherein the sound- aria, averaged two and three-quarter pounds
ing members are freely supported, permitting per note. The total energy expended amounted
the device to be held in any position and when to 9,414 pounds, or more than four tons.
struck giving off a rich and pleasing tone en-
This same amount of energy, says the Pop-
tirely free from the harsh metallic note of other ular Science Monthly, would be sufficient to
constructions of this type.
carry a laborer through his entire day's work.
It is also an object of this invention to con- Yet it took but five minutes for the artist to
struct a sounding device wherein the sounding exert the same amount of force.
members are each at one end supported upon
silk cord and at their other end are loosely held
AT THE CONCERT
from movement by another cord, the manner of
We arrived very early at the piano recital,
support permitting natural vibrations of the
sounding members to take place when the same and while we sat waiting for it to begin we lis-
are struck by a blow from the soft headed tened to the conversation of two women di-
rectly behind us. They were talking in shrill
beater provided for the purpose.
It is furthermore an important object of this and penetrating whispers of their diseases, all
invention to construct a chiming device in that they had had, had now, had heard of other
which the sounding members are positively con- people having. They mentioned the liver, the
nected at one of their ends upon a silken cord heart, the lurrgs, and other well-known parts
with spacing sleeves threaded on the cord and of the anatomy, with rhythmic regularity.
"My. dear," said my friend to me, wearily,
upon which the sounding members rest, said
sounding members also yieldably supported at "did you say this was to be a piano recital:
It sounds to me more like an organ recital."
IMPROVED DINNER CHIMES
DURRO
AND
STEWART
Largest Wholesale
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House in America
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113 Univetsity Place
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Consult the universal Want Directory of
The Review. In it advertisements are inserted
free of charge for men who desire positions
of any kind.
FIXING VALUE OF JAPANESE GOODS
Importers of Musical Instruments Made in
Japan Will Be Interested in Recent Customs
Ruling Relative to Fixing Import Duty
In denying a claim filed by Morimura
Brothers of this city and Yokohama, action was
taken by the reappraisement division of the
Board of General Appraisers which is expected
to affect the method of taking duty on many
lines of Japanese merchandise made especially
for the American market, and for which there
is no sale in Japan. The goods were invoiced
and appraised at a certain price per dozen pieces.
Appraiser Sague found the market value by fig-
uring back from the wholesale selling price of
the merchandise in the United States.
Morimura Brothers submitted a mass of data
bearing upon cost of production of the goods.
They contended that the value of the merchan-
dise could be more accurately determined by
figuring from the cost of production, and argued
that that method should be followed in apprais-
ing the goods. In an affidavit the manufac-
turers gave the value of the raw materials and
the price paid for the labor on each special
item. To this was added an amount approxi-
mating 25 per cent, to allow a margin for ex-
pense and profit.
Summed up the issue before the General Ap-
praiser was whether the market value of the
merchandise should be found by using the cost
of production as a basis or whether the whole-
sale selling price in the United States was the
basis upon which the market value should be
ascertained. The issue involved the interpre-
tation to be placed on Paragraph K of Section
3 of the Tariff act dealing with appraisals of im-
ported merchandise.
Judge Cooper in his decision said that in the
case at bar the market value figured from the
cost of production was not high enough, under
the statute, as compared with the wholesale sell-
ing price of the goods in this country. He held
the Appraiser acted in accordance with the
statute in finding the value by figuring back
from the American selling price, and duty was
fixed accordingly.
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CONDUCTED BY B. B. WILSON
FEIST REPRESENTATIVES NAMED
WM. JEROME PUB. CORP. VERY BUSY
SILVIO HEIN AS A PRODUCER
Will Be Located in Larger Cities and Cover
Wide Territories—Expected to Develop a
Stronger Demand for Feist Prints
Leading Numbers of the Company's Catalog
Being Used in Numerous Productions, and
Also by Prominent Vaudeville Artists
Composer of Comic Operas Takes a Fling With
Shakespearean Production
In addition to branch offices of Leo Feist, Inc.,
representatives will shortly be placed in some of
the larger cities of the country where offices are
not already located. Appointments have been
made from the various branches and the repre-
sentatives will be placed in centrally located
cities to enable them to cover several large
towns in each state. Mort Schafer has been ap-
pointed representative at Minneapolis, Minn.,
and will look after that state and sections of
adjoining states. Frank Novak has been placed
at Cincinnati and will also look after Columbus
and Indianapolis. Archie Lloyd, who has been
connected with the Philadelphia office, has taken
charge of Baltimore, Washington, Richmond
and Wilmington, Del.
The representatives will look after the pub-
licity campaigns in their territories with the ob-
ject of giving better service to orchestras, bands,
moving picture houses, etc. If the new system
proves effective it will create a bigger demand
in those districts for Feist songs and, of course,
in the long run, will bring the dealer more
business.
James Troup, manager of the Wm. Jerome
Publishing Corp., has an array of songs at pres-
ent that is keeping his force on their mettle to
take care of the demands of the'professional
singers who use the numbers, and to fill the
demands from the trade created by that pub-
licity. One of the bright lights of the catalog
is "Come on Over Here," a high-class number
that is making a strong appeal to prominent
artists. Mr. Jerome .claims that it is his best
song since "Mr. Dooley," and expects it to
rival that number in popularity. Among the
artists who are using "Come on Over Here"
are included; Bert Williams, Frank Fogarty,
Eddie Cantor, Hooper & Marley, Billy Gibson
and Texas Guinan and others.
Jerry Delaney, in "Rubeville," is singing "That
Old New England Town" with great success,
and that number is also being strongly featured
by Chauncey Olcott. Several "Mutt and Jeff"
companies are using "Turn to the Right,"
"That Old New England Town," and George M.
Cohan's latest song, "There's Only One Little
Girl." Truly, it's a busy season.
Silvio Hein, who has won a reputation and in-
cidentally earned quite a lot of money as a com-
poser of musical comedies of the successful sort,
branched out this week as a producer of Shakes-
pearean works. Mr. Hein's first production is
"The Merry Wives of Windsor," with Thomas
A. Wise as Falstaff and a fine supporting cast,
and the opening was held at the Park Theatre
on Monday night. Here's hoping that it's an-
other good year for Shakespearean plays.
"HAVE A HEART" PRODUCED HERE
New Musical Comedy With Score by Jerome
Kern Presented at the Liberty Theatre
"Have a Heart," a lively new musical comedy
by Guy Bolton and P. G. Wodehouse, and with
music by Jerome D. Kern, was presented for
the first time in New York at the Liberty T,he-
atre on Thursday evening of this week, under
the management of Henry W. Savage. The new
piece is American throughout, and the majority
of the scenes are laid in Rhode Island. The
play is presented by a capable cast, including
Louise Dresser, Eileen Van Biene, Billy B.
NEW STASNY CO. PUBLICATIONS
NEW SYNCOPATED BALLAD
Van, Thurston Hall, and others.
Two New Songs by Jack Glogau in the List—
The new novelty syncopated ballad, "Let Him
Among the musical numbers that were par-
Buys " 'Tis You" From Murray Music Co.
Miss You Just, a Little Bit" (and He'll Think ticularly well received were "Have a Heart,"
The A. j . Stasny Music Co. will shortly pub- More of You), from the pens of Charles K. Har- "They All Look Alike," "And I Am All Alone,"
lish two new songs, both being from the pen of ris and Van and Schenck, has been quickly taken "The Road That Lies," "Polly Believed in Pre-
Jack Glogau. "Let's Make Believe We're Back up by a number of singers who reaped so much paredness" and "Honeymoon Inn." T. B.
to Childhood" and "When We Build Our Cot- success from previous syncopated ballads from Harms & Francis, Day & Hunter publish the
tage of Love" are the two numbers, the first the house of Harris and which are still going score.
being a march ballad with an unusually pretty good.
melody, while the latter song is a love song of
NEW HERBERT OPERETTA PRODUCED
no mean merit. The A. J. Stasny Co. also an-
CLIFF ODOMS ON LONG TRIP
nounces the acquisition of " 'Tis You" from
CLEVELAND, O., January 6.—Victor Herbert's
Cliff Odoms, general road representative of and Henry Blossom's new light opera, "Hearts
the Murray Music Co. This song is the work
of Con Barth, who is well known for his "Just Leo Feist, Inc., left Monday on a two months' of Erin," had its premiere in Cleveland New
trip. Mr. Odoms will call on the trade in the Year's night at the Colonial Theatre. Mr. Her-
a Kiss."
South, Southwest and Pacific Coast territory.
bert conducted at the opening performance. In
a curtain speech Mr. Herbert called it his con-
tribution to Irish music. Critics gave the piece
The Songs That Have
very favorable mention. Irish societies of Cleve-
land, appreciating the meaning of "Hearts of
Made Honolulu Famous
Erin" to their race, honored Mr. Herbert at a
If You Want
luncheon January 4 at the Hollenden. M. Wit-
mark & Sons, New York, publish the score
of the operetta.
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My VValklkl Mermaid
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