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THE
SEPTEMBER 21, 1918
MUSIC
TRADE
REVIEW
board, including Lieutenant W'eill, of the French
army, a musician serving as liaison officer.
Despatch From Paris Tells of Great Impetus
"The majority of the bandmasters were young
Given to the Cause of Music by the Rapidly men of real musical talent, but many of them,
Increasing Number of Military Bands
having been thrown into the service without
previous discipline i;i conducting, were lacking
Of exceeding interest to musical merchan- in the technique of the baton, and not only
dise men is the copyrighted despatch from needed but craved further instruction.
Paris, which appeared in the New York Times
"Dr. Damrosch found that nearly all the
recently, in which the subject of military band bands were away below the number authorized
music was discussed in a most illuminative way. by Congress—forty-eight players—and that
The article read:
many important instruments which have helped
"One by-product of this war which will be to make the French military bands the most fa-
of benefit to all parts of America will be bet- mous in the world were totally lacking."
ter music. It will grow out of the fact that
10,000 band musicians will go home to the
TENOR AND TANGO BANJO TUNER
United States after hostilities with more knowl-
edge of and enthusiasm for music than they Increasing Demand for This Most Convenient
ever had before. This will be because of their
Means of Properly Tuning These Banjos
thoroughgoing artistic training in France, plans
for which have just been perfected by Walter
C. Bruno & Son, Inc., New York, musical
Damrosch at the request of General Pershing.
merchandise wholesalers and importers, report
"Dr. Damrosch was about to return to Amer- an active demand for tenor and tango banjo
ica early in July, when General Pershing ap-
pealed to him to do something to improve the
army music. Dr. Damrosch accepted this op-
portunity to serve the American troops, and to-
day he outlined to me a big comprehensive plan
approved by General Pershing, in which leading
French band leaders and players will serve as
instructors to the Americans. Co-operation in
the matter has been authorized both by the
French Ministry of War, because of the vital
influence of music on good military morale, and
by the French Ministry of Fine Arts, because of
The Bruno & Son Banjo Tuner
the opportunity offered for high-grade propa-
ganda by introducing French band methods to tuners which they manufacture. There is a fast
increasing demand for tenor banjos and as many
the American public after the war.
"For immediate army purposes, of course, the of the players are not conversant with the
whole thing is justified on the score of military proper method of tuning their instruments, this
efficiency.
General Pershing recognizes the banjo tuner is very handy and convenient.
The call for these tuners was so general that
vital part of music in warfare; so French mu-
sicians are to teach the Americans for exactly C. Bruno & Son decided to manufacture the
the same reason that French artillery and avia- tuners in order to be in a position to supply the
tion experts have been training American sol- trade with adequate shipments. The quality of
diers. Hence the appeal of General Pershing this tuner is on a par with the other products
manufactured by the House of Bruno, such as
to Dr. Damrosch.
pitch pipes, etc. This banjo tuner can also be
"As Congress had authorized the giving of
used for tuning mandolas, violas and 'cellos.
commissions to army bandmasters, General
Pershing desired that the 200 American band-
MUSIC KEEPS SNAKES OFF
masters in France be examined before they re-
ceived commissions. Dr. Damrosch agreed to
ALTOONA, PA., September 16.—Henry Atherton,
devote five weeks to this work. A military band
was accordingly sent to Paris, where every a Frankstown Township berry picker, plays a
bandmaster was summoned to give a practical mouth organ as a protection against snakes
demonstration of his knowledge of the tech- when he goes in the fields. He says that if
nique of conducting and his ability to instru- there are any copperheads, rattlers or other
mentate music for military purposes. Dr. Dam- species about they raise their heads and sway
rosch was assisted in the examination by a their bodies in time with the music and forget
all about biting.
The snakes are rendered
harmless for some time by the vibrations.
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HENRY STADLMAIR CHAIRMAN
President of C. Bruno & Son, Inc., Appointed
Chairman of Musical Merchandise Division
of Liberty Loan Committee
Henry Stadlmair, president of C. Hru 10 & Son,
Inc. New York, has been appointed chairman
of the nius'cal merchandise division of the Al-
lied Music Trades committee for the forthcom-
ing Fourth I berty Loan. Mr. Stadlmair, who
is one of the best known members of the musical
merchandise industry, is planning to institute an
aggressive campaign in behalf of the Liberty
Loin interests, and he asks the co-operation and
assistance of every member of the tr2d?. I i
order that the musical merchandise industry g >
"over tlie top" in this Liberty Loan, Mr. Stadl-
mair suggests that the individual members of
the industry endeavor to forward at least some
percentage of their Liberty Loan subscriptions
through the musical merchandise division of the
Allied Music Trades committee.
GET SHIPMENT OF STROH VIOLINS
Excellent Assortment of Those Instruments
Received From England by Ditson & Co.
Manager Hunt, of the musical merchandise
department of Chas. 11. Ditson & Co., 8 East
Thirty-fourth street, is registering pleasure
over the arrival of a shipment of Stroh vio-
lins and violas from Kngland. These instru-
ments have horn attachments and are used
much in phonograph record recording and in
vaudeville. Since the beginning of the war they
have been quite scarce. The new style Boy
Scout drum is proving exceedingly popular.
This new drum is a Ditson idea and is modeled
after a drum used in many of the army bands.
Yvonne Treville. celebrated soprano, was much
impressed with the drum and is using it in the
play "Fille de Regiment."
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