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MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
NEW SMALL GOODS CATALOG
TOURTE VIOLIN BOWS
C. Bruno & Son, Inc., Issue Booklet Describing
Their Extensive Line
The Violin Bow as Now Made Has Been in
Use Since Tourte Improved the Old Style
Bows in 1775—Bows Were Semi-Circular
AND
C. Bruno & Son, Inc., 354 Fourth avenue, New
York, musical merchants, importers and whole-
salers, have issued a catalog supplement which
is a timely and valuable publication for the
Largest Wholesale
musical merchandise dealers throughout the
Musical Merchandise
country. This supplement which is designated
House in America
as catalog supplement "C" contains illustrations
and descriptions of practically all kinds of musi-
Buegeleisen & Jacob son
cal merchandise and the contents of this publica-
113 University Place
NEW YORK
tion are decidely interesting in view of the tre-
mendous shortage of musical instruments.
Since the outbreak of the war C. Bruno &
SMALL GOODSJN DEMAND
Retail Music Dealers Find That Small Goods Son, Inc., have left nothing undone to co-operate
Departments Are Producing Real Profits— with their dealers, and have spared no time or
expense to secure merchandise that can be of-
Some of the Factors in the Case
fered their trade. As a result of their efforts,
dealers handling the different lines merchan-
There is a noticeable tendency on the part of
retail dealers at the present time to pay more dised by C. Bruno & Son, Inc., have been able
attention to their small goods departments. to offer their clients musical merchandise that
Many dealers who hitherto have never handled has brought them repeat orders.
small goods are opening departments for the
Among the musical instruments featured in
sale of various stringed and fretted instruments, this new supplement are band instruments, vio-
and are finding that their activities in this line lins, violin strings and accessories, guitars, man-
are producing very satisfactory results. The dolins, ukuleles, banjos, banjo mandolins, har-
Hawaiian craze, which has continued to hold its monicas and in fact every type of musical in-
attraction much longer than was at first antici- strument that is in demand at the present time.
pated, is responsible for the enormous trade in
ukuleles and Hawaiian steel guitars which has
NEW AUTOMATIC PLAYING DEVICE
been done during the past two years. Not only
have the Hawaiian manufacturers of these in- Patent Issued on Apparatus for Mechanically
struments been working overtime in order to
Operating Stringed Instruments
supply the demand made upon them, but many
WASHINGTON, D. C, October 1.—Benjamin
American manufacturers of stringed instruments
have turned their attention to the ukulele, with h. Cartmell, Dayton, O., was last week granted
the result that every town and hamlet in the Patent No. 1,238,884 for an automatic playing
country is familiar with the soft strum of the device for stringed instruments and more par-
"uke," and the plaintive strains of the steel ticularly for an automatic playing apparatus ap-
plicable to stringed instruments without neces-
guitar as well.
sitating any changes in the construction of the
The dancing fad which has been in evidence
instrument
or involving any mutilation thereof.
for the past three or four years is still going
The
object
of the invention is to simplify the
strong, and the introduction of jazz music for
the livelier dances has given rise to a demand for structure as well as the means and mode of
banjos and drums that has proved most profit- operation of such apparatus whereby it will not
able to manufacturers and dealers alike. The only be cheapened in construction, but will be
military activities at present engaging the at- more efficient in use, positive in action, and un-
tention of every citizen of the country have also likely to get out of repair.
A further object of the invention is to pro-
had their effect on the small goods industry,
as recruits without number have taken with vide improved "form, of string stopping devices
them into camp some sort of a portable musical and control means therefor and improved means
instrument, with which to entertain themselves for operating the plectrums or picking devices.
during the comparatively little spare time they
find on their hands.
"Exclusively
The fall season always sees an increased
Wholesale "
interest in glee clubs and other local musical
organizations, and banjos, mandolins, violins,
PEARL MUSICAL STRING CO.
guitars, flutes and drums are in demand for the
Commercial Bldg., 8th and Chestnut Street., PHILADELPHIA, PA.
numerous small orchestras to be found almost
everywhere.
All of these factors have con-
tributed to create new markets for musical in-
OLIVER DITSON CO.
struments of all kinds, and the retail piano dealer
BOSTON, MASS.
who inaugurates a small goods department, or
who gives more attention to such a department,
if he already has one, is bound to find it a
Manufacturers
Importers and Jobbers ol
source of profit during the coming season.
STEWART
Black Diamond
Strings
THE WORLD'S BEST
To many it may be news that up to 1775 all
violin bows were bows in the truest sense—
were bowed or semi-circular in form.
About the year 1775 Tourte invented and per-
fected the "long bow"—as it was then called.
And though it wasn't a "bow" in the sense of
being radically bowed, the name still clings.
Tourte's bow, compared with all its forerun-
ners, exhibits no little* ingenuity and originality.
To begin with, he reversed the bow. That is
to say, he bent the ends of the stick backward
instead of forward, and brought the center of
the stick nearer to the hair than were the ends.
Previous bows were designed on the plan of
having the center of the stick furthest from the
hair. Tourte's father and elder brother, Xavier,
were both bow makers of the old school, so
there was no lack of material for the more
youthful Francois Tourte to experiment upon.
The great length of Tourte's bow—nearly
thirty inches—was, in itself, a revolutionary fea-
ture. This great length made violin technique
much more elaborate and much more certain.
The subtle effects of bouncing bow and every
other technical feat which depends upon the
flexibility and surety of the bow all came into
vogue with Tourte's long bow.
PATENTS MANDOLIN PICK
WASHINGTON, D. C, October 1.—Francis Tay-
lor Griffin, Ulm, Mont, is the patentee of a
mandolin bow, or pick, Patent No. 1,241,370 for
which was recently granted him.
This invention relates to a device combining
in effect the properties of a violin bow and a
mandolin pick. An object of the invention is
to provide a device which will produce a softer
tone on the mandolin than that obtained by
an ordinary pick, which is easy to manipulate,
and will afford a wider range of movement.
L. R. SINCLAIR JOINS ARMY BAND
Leroy R. Sinclair, son of the manager of the
White Musical Instrument Co., of Cleveland, O.,
has joined the Marine Corps Band now being
organized in Cleveland.
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