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THE
FEBRUARY 22, 1919
MUSIC
TRADE
REVIEW
FAMOUS NEGRO BAND RETURNS
CARING FOR WOOD FLUTES
Fifteenth Infantry Band Leads Colored Heroes
Up Fifth Avenue to the Strains of the Jazziest
Music Ever Heard in Gotham
Dealers Should Instruct Their Customers How
to Keep Their Instruments in Condition
Dealers in small goods will often find that
Music as one of the important factors in the their customers are not sufficiently acquainted
war came into its own again in New York this with the proper manner of caring for their
week with the return from the battlefield of instruments. The small goods dealer is often
France of the 369th U. S. Infantry, made up in asked as to the right way to care for a flute,
part of the old Fifteenth Infantry N. G. N. Y., and the following suggestions will prove of
a regiment of colored men. With the regi- interest to both dealers and customers.
ment returned the famous Fifteenth Infantry
Reputable flute manufacturers let the wood
Band, under the command of Lieutenant Europe, cylinders, from which flutes are to be made, soak
which covered itself with glory in France by for months in vats of linseed oil, every fibre
playing the members of the regiment on to vic- of the wood becoming impregnated. This makes
tory, entertaining the tired and wounded sol- re-oiling unnecessary after the instruments have
diers at rest camps and hospitals and likewise been completed. However, it will do no harm
unfolding the mysteries of jazz music to the to lightly saturate a small cotton cloth with
French natives.
linseed oil, oil of sweet almonds or sweet oil
Newspaper dispatches without number have (olive oil), placing it in the slot of the cleaning
told of the reputation won by this band of col- stick and swab the bore of the instrument, great
ored men d u r i n g
over a year back of
the fighting lines, of
the manner in which
the lively melodies
played by the band
have c h e e r e d up
countless thousands
of American soldiers
who were far away
from home, and re-
sponded most en-
thusiastically to the
music w i t h which
t h e y had so long
been familiar.
As t h e regiment
swung up Fifth ave-
nue on review Mon-
day with bayonets
glistening, the men
wearing t h e i r "tin
The Famous Fifteenth Infantry Band
hats," and a goodly portion of them displaying care being exercised to avoid coming in contact
proudly the Croix de Guerre, and in some cases with the pads. The external surface can also be
the distinguished service medal, the band played wiped with this cloth. It will be found more
lustily in the lead, rendering the sort of music satisfactory and beneficial to remove the mech-
that makes it difficult for the feet to stay mo- anism, apply the oil both inside and outside as
tionless.
mentioned above, and permit the wood to absorb
The music of the soldiers in all frankness is the oil over night, the mechanism being attached
not the classics, although the Fifteenth Infantry the following morning. Be sure to remove all
Band can play, and have played, the classics
most successfully. The music that seemed to
have the greatest effect was what is termed
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the colored soldiers it was just an inspiration
to step out a little higher and a little lighter.
The band incidentally is the first one from the
overseas forces that has been heard in parade
in this country, and served to bring vividly to
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superfluous oil from the tone-hole seats (where
the pads rest against the wood). Oiling wood
flutes once every six months wili prove ample
and will incidentally keep the wood in fine con-
dition.
Three-in-One oil, or any good sewing machine
oil, applied with the point of a darning needle
to the mechanism wherever two pieces may butt
or join, also at the pillars upon which it is
swung, will keep the mechanism of the flute in
Al condition. It is not necessary to remove the
mechanism for this operation, but you can per-
form the two operations, i.e., oiling the wood
and mechanism, at the same time with greater
ease. Do not use linseed oil, oil of sweet
almonds or sweet oil for the mechanism,.as they
are vegetable oils and will gum. It is unneces-
sary to re-oil more than once every six months,
except when a key sticks or does not act freely,
in which case a very small quantity of oil will
soon remedy the difficulty.
WANTED A "MOOSIC CLOCK"
Patient Clerk Finally Discovers That Customer
Really Desired a Metronome
The other day a long-haired man, evidently a
musician, came in to one of the large department
stores and asked the clerk to tell him where
they had "moosic clocks," but the clerk couldn't
think what he meant. She really had never
heard of the moosic clock, and, although he kept
hrinming a tune and heating time with his hands
to make her understand, she couldn't think of a
thing in the shop that would fit his description.
"Is it a musical clock?" she ventured, indicat-
ing the clock department, near at hand. "No—
ro—moosic, clock-moosic ticks. Tick-tacks for
moosic." Finally, after much parleying, she
decided it might be a metronome. "Ah, tempo?"
she queried, falling back on her small stock of
musical knowledge. His face beamed, and off
he went to the music department, to return later
with his metronome and profuse thanks for the
clerk's kindness.
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