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THE
MARCH 29, 1919
INTERESTING COLLECTION OF VIOLINS
MUSIC
TRADE
REVIEW
SELLING BANJOS AT $350
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LYON & HEALYJIET HARP PATENT
Joshua Nicholson Has Collected Valuable In-
struments From All Parts of World
McDougal Music Co., Portland, Ore., Finding It Secure Patent Rights to New Method of Con-
structing Harps
Easy to Get That Price for Good Banjo
An interesting collection of musical an-
tiques is to be found in the Nicholson Con-
servatory of Music, New York. Joshua Nichol-
son, the musical director, who for twenty-seven
years has been connected with the music trade,
has many rare violins which he has collected
from all parts of the world. He has one vio-
lin which he has refused to sell for $1,000, for
he believes that there is not another like it to
be found. The wood from which the violin
is made is over fifty years old, and was brought
from Europe by Mr. Nicholson a few years be-
fore the war. Suitable wood is at present a
very scarce article, and he believes that during
the next year or two it will be necessary to go
to Europe and bring back the wood for violins
if it is desired to have the best wood that can
be obtained.
PORTLAND, ORE., March 24.—$350 is a good bit
of money to pay for a banjo, but there are peo-
ple who will pay it, and who get their money's
worth out of it. The McDougal Music Co. have
sold several of these expensive banjos and other
high-priced instruments in their small goods
department. They carry the C. G. Conn band
instruments, which they feature and the Vaga
mandolins, guitars and banjos. A beautiful
store and high-class goods draws the McDougal
Music Co. the highest class of trade in Portland
and surrounding towns. Mr. McDougal ex-
pects very" soon to make extensive and impor-
tant improvements in his establishment. The
business is growing very rapidly and the con-
templated improvements will add to the ef-
ficiency of the service and increase the output.
PATENTS NEW TYPE OF TAIL PIECE
POLICE BAND IN MILWAUKEE
Policemen in That City Organizing a Brass
Band of Sixty Pieces
New Device Adjustable to Any Type of Instru-
ment, Declares Inventor
Patent No. 1,295,759 was last week granted to
Walter I. Kirk, Chicago, 111., for a harp, which
he has assigned to Lyon & Healy, same place.
The principal object of this invention is to
provide a simple, firm and effective joint between
the converging members at the lower end or
base of the harp.
Other objects of the invention are to permit
this construction to be readily assembled and
disassembled and to avoid an unsightly appear-
ance of the joint from the outside.
SCANIA FAIR AT MALMO, SWEDEN
American manufacturers who have placed
agencies with Swedish firms will have an ex-
cellent opportunity to introduce their products
at the Scania Fair, which will be held at Malmo,
Sweden, from June 30 to July 6, 1919. The
Scania Fair is purely a manufacturer's exhibit,
and its primary object is to bring together the
producer and consumer in order to effect a sale
ot goods. Musical instruments appear among
the list of items which may be exhibited.
WASHINGTON, D. C, March 24.—Patent No.
1,296,183 was last week granted to Herman S.
MILWAUKEE, WIS., March 24.—The Milwaukee Heller and John Jorgenson, San Francisco, Cal.,
The exports of gut strings for musical instru-
Police Department is going to have a brass for a tail piece for stringed instruments.
ments from Spain to the United States decreased
band all its own, according to plans made pub-
This invention relates to tail pieces for ban-
lic when application was made to the common jos, guitars and the like; and has for its object from $9,610 in 1916 to $4,617 in 1917.
council last week for an appropriation of $4,000 to provide a device of this character whereby
to purchase instruments for sixty pieces. The the strings may be adjusted and tuned to a nicety
appropriation is requested in the nature of a and one which is conformable and adjustable to
loan, which the policemen intend to repay out adapt it to any sized instrument.
of their band treasury from time to time. The
JOHN FRIEDRICH&BRO.
resolution has been referred to the finance com- The tail pieces as hitherto constructed in most
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cases
have
been
non-adjustable
and
tuning
of
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mittee and is expected to be sent back to the
CATALOGUES
strings
accomplished
by
turning
friction
plugs
common council with a favorable recommenda-
tion. The band will not need special uniforms, in the head of the instrument. This is incon-
at least for the present, as the idea is to wear venient and does not permit a fine tuning of the
the regular police garb on public appearances of strings.
the organization. The instruments will be pur-
NEW VIOLIN SHOULDER REST
chased from local dealers, but the details of the
AND
requirement have not yet been worked out.
WASHINGTON, D. C, March 24.—Patent No.
1,296,414 was last week granted to John McLay,
Consult the universal Want Directory of Valleyfield, Quebec, Can., for a violin shoulder
The Review. In it advertisements are inserted rest, and one object of the invention is to pro-
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Buegeleisen & Jacobson
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the violin may readily be held in proper position.
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