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THE MUSIC TRADE
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INSTRUMENTS FOR THE SOLDIERS
REVIEW
NEW HARP ROOM AT DITSON'S
Wind and String Instruments Collected by Or- Special Quarters in Chas. H. Ditson & Co.
lando Rouland Giving Much Pleasure to
Building Set Aside for Display of Harps
Fighting Men in Camps and Hospitals
A room that is to be solely devoted to harps
Attention has already been called in these is rapidly nearing completion on the tenth floor
columns to the excellent work being done by of the building occupied by Charles H. Ditson
Orlando Rouland, the artist, and his wife to & Co., at 8 East Thirty-fourth street, New York.
collect musical instruments of all sorts for dis- It has long been planned to separate the harps
f r o m the floor de-
voted to general mu-
sical merchandise and
place them in suitable
quarters of their own.
They w i l l continue
under t h e manage-
ment of H. L. Hunt
as heretofore. T h e
room is finished in
white in the colonial
period and the mir-
rors on all sides com-
bine to give a very
pleasing effect. It is
expected that t h i s
r o o m will also be
m a d e available for
private recitals.
Charles H. Ditson
& Co. have had sin-
Convalescent Soldiers Enjoying an Impromptu Concert
gular success w i t h
tribution among the soldiers and sailors. The their elevator service "manned" by women. It
slogan adopted for the campaign has been "Get has been attempted to award the position in
a Fiddle for a Fighter," but the contributions each case to someone with a relative "over
have not been limited to fiddles but have in- there." One of their most efficient operators, a
cluded practically every type of wind and Miss Peake, has five brothers at the front and
stringed instrument. Through the patriotism two more training to go.
and generosity of Charles H. Ditson & Co. in-
struments received in poor condition have been
PLAN TO MANUFACTURE VIOLINS
repaired and put in playable shape in the Dit-
The Green Mountain Co., recently incor-
son repair department without charge. Many
of the contributed instruments have already porated in Stowe, Vt., for the purpose of manu-
found their way into the camps and cantonments facturing violins, will shortly begin operations,
here and abroad, and have been particularly having leased a factory and arranged for the
appreciated by the convalescents in the various proper machinery. The company is headed by
base hospitals, as is indicated by the photo- Frank M. Ashley, of New York, formerly en-
graph of an impromptu hospital orchestra pre- gaged in making violins in that city, and Fred
E. Smith and J. M. Ruiter, of Stowe.
sented herewith.
The collection of instruments is still going
If everybody said "I'd like to buy some bonds,
on, and it is strongly suggested that those hav-
" who would win the war?
ing musical instruments round about the house but
which are seldom, if ever, played, put them to
good use by sending them to Mr. Rouland at
130 West Fifty-seventh street, New'York.
Consult the universal Want Directory of
The Review. In it advertisements are inserted
free of charge for men who desire positions.
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SEPTEMBER 28, 1918
ACCESSIBLE MUSIC BLOCK PATENTED
New Device Permits of Arrangement So That
the Drummer Can Play It Easily
WASHINGTON, D. C, September 23.—Patent No.
1,276,839 was last week granted to William H.
Weber, Detroit, Mich., for a musical block.
In the operation and distribution of the va-
rious instruments of percussion played by the
drummer or trap-man of an orchestra, it is pe-
culiarly desirable that the instruments be within
easy range of the operator so that he can pro-
duce his effect by reaching any one of the in-
struments he desires without changing his posi-
tion.
This invention relates to musical blocks and
to a disposition thereof whereby the trap-man
can easily reach them with his drumstick or
other means, and play them in combination with
a drum or like instrument, producing the de-
sired runs and like effect with very slight ef-
fort.
TWO PATENTS FOR CORNET
Several Important Improvements Included in
Devices Recently Invented
WASHINGTON, D. C, September 23.—Henderson
H. White, Cleveland, O., was last week granted
two patents, No. 1,277,012 and No. 1,277,013 re-
spectively, for a cornet. The first-named inven-
tion comprises a cornet of simple construction
and balanced design in which a single slide func-
tions to permit independent tuning in B flat and
A and for quick change from any correctly
tuned adjustment in B Hat to a corresponding
correct position and tune in A, and in which air
and water pockets, water-keys, tuning slides,
short turns in the tubes, and unsightly and in-
terfering adjustment rods and parts are all re-
duced to a minimum or eliminated.
The second invention relates to improvements
in cornets, and the improvement comprises a
simple and effective means for extending and
controlling the movement of a tuning slide in
such instruments, all substantially shown and
described.
The York Undertaking Co., 308 East Sixth
street, Okmulgee, Okla., have opened a new de-
partment for the handling of pianos, player-
pianos and phonographs.
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