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Music Trade Review

Issue: 1919 Vol. 68 N. 10

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THE
MUSIC
TRADE
REVIEW
MARCH 8, 1919
PERCUSSION MUSICAL INSTRUMENT
TURN IT INTO "JAZZ"
J. C. Deagan's Invention Includes a Plurality of
Sounding Bars Capable of Producing Tones
of a Chord When Set Into Vibration
New Device Converts Any Brass Instrument
Into a Saxophone
Some Rare Instruments Listed in New Fried-
rich & Bro. Publication Just Issued
Carl J. Magin, says the Belleville, 111., News,
has recently obtained patent rights on a new
musical device to be used on any brass instru-
ment for the purpose of converting ordinary,
unemotional strains into the exotic moans of
the saxophone. The device is made of tin and
fits into the bell of the instrument to be con-
verted. Its inventor claims that its strongest
point is the fact that any one who already
knows how to play the trombone, cornet, bass
horn, etc., but does not know the saxophone, can
play the latter instrument by converting any
one of the former.
John Friedrich & Bro., of New York City,
have just issued a new catalog describing their
collection of antique violins. Although pre-
vious catalogs have been very attractive in their
arrangements, the new volume just issued, which
was prepared and edited by Ernest N. Doring,
Jr., secretary of the company, can be described
as the finest catalog they have produced.
A number of Stradivarius violins and other ex-
ceedingly rare instruments are well illustrated
and described. The general attractiveness of
the catalog, and the concise way in which the
various specimens are listed, will no doubt be
much appreciated by those receiving it.
D. C, March 3.—John C. Deagan,
Chicago, 111., was last week granted Patent No.
1.291,778 for a percussion musical instrument.
The instrument of this invention includes a
plurality of sounding bars capable of producing
tones of a chord when set into vibration. In
accordance with one feature of the invention
the bars are provided with a resonating box
having openings therein through which the
sound produced by the bars may pass,- there
being a partition or partitions within the interior
of the box that divide the box into resonating
compartments, these partitions sloping to have
portions thereof underlie the openings pertain-
ing thereto. Each resonating compartment
preferably has two valves for adjusting the
effective size of the opening therein, one valve
being normally fixed while the other is adjust-
able.
In accordance with another feature of this
invention the sounding bars are flat and are sup-
ported by strings located near the opposite ends
of the bars and at nodal points thereof. These
strings pass through openings in the bars and
are themselves provided with supports that have
string-engaging portions located at the spaces
between bars whereby the bars are flexibly sup-
ported in substantially the same plane without
having freedom for moving materially in their
plane.
WASHINGTON,
A REAL WAR=TIME MANDOLIN
A mandolin, found in an abandoned trench
near Lens, was made of a medley of material,
to wit: a bit of aeroplane wood, a celluloid
comb, a knife handle, part o.f a revolver, and
some slivers from the French timbers, with a
couple of buttons thrown in for good measure.
It could perhaps hardly be described as an
Italian mandolin, but rather as a war-time sub-
stitute for one.
PATENTS IMPROVED TRUMPET
RETIRES FROM RETAIL TRADE
G. A. Hofmann to Devote Entire Time to the
WASHINGTON, D. C, March 3.—Lincoln Isham,
New York, was last week granted Patent No.
G. A. Hofmann, head of the American Har- 1,291,903 for a banjo-snare which is especial-
monica Co., who has been conducting a retail ly designed for use on banjos to give an effect
music store at 480 Spring street, West Ho- when the banjo is played similar to that of a
boken, N. J., recently retired from the retail snare drum.
field in order to devote all of his energies to the
One object of the invention is to provide a
manufacture of harmonicas. The store will now snare which may be quickly attached to any
be known as the Karcher Music Store, and will banjo or similar instrument and detached there-
be continued as a retail store under entirely dif- from as occasion requires without altering the
ferent management.
instrument in any way or marring its appear-
ance. Another object is to provide a detachable
snare which is simple in construction and inex-
IMPROVED BANJO SHELL
pensive to manufacture.
New Design in Banjo Shells Gives Increased
Volume of Tone
NEW BAND INSTRUMENT FACTORY
WASHINGTON, L). C, March 3.—Benjamin V.
Kershner, Chicago, 111., is the patentee of a
banjo-resonator, the patent number of which
is 1,291,548.
Practice has unquestionably demonstrated that
with the ordinary banjo, having an open head
under the vellum, the volume of sound pro-
duced thereby could not be made sufficiently
great so as to clearly carry a long distance, such
as in concert halls, in theatres, etc.
The principal object of this invention is, there-
fore, to provide a shell of novel construction,
which may be readily attached to the head of
any banjo now in general use, and which, when
so attached, will greatly increase the volume of
sound emanating from said head.
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avenue, Chicago, 111., have purchased a plot of
ground at the northeast corner of Clybourn
avenue and Lewis stret, that city, and will erect
a one-story factory building.
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D. C, March 3.—Patent No.
1,291,966 was last week granted to David A.
MacDonald, Chicago, 111., for a trumpet. This
invention relates to an improvement in trumpets
or similar valved wind instruments, and has for
Futoran & Urban, Inc., New York, have been
its object the provision of an improved instru-
ment which can be readily and easily tuned to incorporated with capital stock of $10,000 to
deal in sheet music and musical instruments.
various keys.
The incorporators are J. Joffe, S. Futoran and
J. W. Urban.
WASHINGTON,
HANDSOME NEW VIOLIN CATALOG
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1108 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa.
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113 University Place
NEW YORK
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THE
MUSIC
TRADE
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REVIEW
CONDUCTED BY V. D. WALSH
MUSIC PUBLISHERS FORM
GENERAL ORGANIZATION
Members of Music Publishers' Protective Asso-
ciation Join Music Publishers' Association of
the U. S. as Result of Conference Held Last
Week—An Important Move in the Trade
The long-pending plan to bring about one
general organization among the music pub-
lishers, to take in all members of that branch of
the trade, was consummated on Wednesday
evening of last week at a meeting held in the
Columbia Theatre Building when the members
of the Music Publishers' Protective Association
agreed to join the Music Publishers' Associa-
tion of the United States as individuals, the name
of the latter organization to be maintained.
At the same meeting there was brought up
the question of joining the Music Industries
Chamber of Commerce. The final action on
that matter was left until a later date to admit
of investigation regarding the benefits that
would come to the publishers through being af-
filiated with that central body. Maurice Good-
man, chairman of the executive board of the
Music Publishers' Protective Association, will
look into the merits of the case and report at a
meeting to be held in March.
A strong drive will be made to bring new
members into the association, the membership
committee consisting of Walter Fischer, Law-
rence B. Ellert and Michael Keane.
The failure of the music publishers to affiliate
at once with the Music Industries Chamber of
Commerce was due apparently largely to the
fact that the self-appointed temporary chairman
was unable to offer any concise information
as to what the general movement for the unity
of the industry presaged for the music pub-
lishers and the latter did not believe in dealing
in generalities.
H..B. Marks, president of the Music Publish-
ers' Protective Association, spoke in favor of
the members of his organization joining both
the National Association and the Music Indus-
tries Chamber of Commerce and a committee
appointed from his organization also favored the
move.
C. A. Woodman, president of the Music Pub-
lishers' Association of the United States, in a
We beg to announce the publication of one of the best descriptive ballads ever
issued. A song that will live forever . . . a wonderful story, beautifully
told by Byron Gay, set to the most exquisite melody Neil Moret has ever written.
MY BUDDY
Probably no song has ever been so unanimously praised and accepted by singers
. . . it will soon be ringing thru the country from every concert and vaude-
ville stage, and the natural selling qualities of the song, coupled to this and other
publicity, will create an instantaneous and continuous demand. Send for a
sample copy "gratis"; we want you to hear it before you order.
"Some day, in a better land,
I will grasp you by the hand,
My Buddy."
Professional Headquarters: 145 West 45th Street, New York City
DANIELS & WILSON, INC., San Francisco, Cal.
speech welcomed the new members into his
organization. He said it would give the work
of the body a decided uplift, and he proposed at
the annual meeting in June that the organiza-
tion elect younger men into some of the most
important offices. He pictured the associa-
tion with its new power and stated that he felt
its- future work would do much for the industry
as well as assist in gaining for music the recog-
nition it deserves.
The temporary chairman of the meeting in-
sisted that at the annual meeting of the body,
when the constitution would undergo necessary
changes, there should be embodied therein
a clause making it necessary for a publisher to
be in business at least two years before he was
eligible to membership. Just what is the object
in excluding young publishing houses will prob-
ably be hard to define other than it has been
suggested that they often flood the market
with goods that are not over salable and fre-
quently carry their offices in their hats. Be
that as it may the fact that a young publisher
is excluded from the organization will not keep
him from entering the publishing field. As a
matter of fact he probably will frequently first
hear of the association after his entry into the
ranks of the publishers.
During the past few years several very esti-
mable young men have started publishing
houses, and in the course of time it is likely
that others will do likewise. If they are mem-
bers of the body they will learn much in the
way of good business practice and they will fol-
low the ideals of the older houses and men
with whom they come in contact.
Much has been done in the past few years
to give music a prominent position in the life of
our people, and the association will be charged
with the responsibility of doing more than their
share of keeping it so and of adding to its rec-
ognition. This can best be done with new
entries in the field as members. The undesir-
ables certainly can be excluded without exclud-
ing publishers because they are young. Being
young in business is not necessarily a crime.
Prior to the meeting on Wednesday night the
executive committee of the Music Publishers'
Association of the United States held two ses-
sions, during the course of which they agreed
to take in the members of the Music Publishers'
Protective Association, to increase the dues of
their organization from $10 to $25 per year,
and to hold meetings quarterly instead of an-
nually as has been the rule in the past.
Now that the big, all-encompassing associa-
tion is in active'process of formation, the results
of bringing all classes of the trade into one cen-
tral body will be watched with considerable in-
terest.
The Sensational Song Hit of 1919
(DRY YOUR)
TEARS
A wonderful melody now sweeping the country. Used by hundreds of leading Vaudeville Acts. As a Fox Trot,
Orchestra Leaders say it's the best ever. Order from your jobber or direct from
Sherman,
ay&Go.
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