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Musical Merchandise Section of The Music Trade Review
Here's a Hohner Accordion That
Went With Byrd to the Antarctic
cherished souvenirs in the offices
O NE of M. of the
Hohner, Inc., New York, the promi-
nent manufacturers of accordions and har-
monicas, is a Hohner accordion which, with
another instrument of the same make, accom-
panied the Ryrd Antarctic Expedition on its
recent trip of exploration to the South Pole.
Despite the fact that the instrument was taken
accordion was shipped from the factory.
The accordion at the Hohner headquarters
is one of two donated by the company to the
Byrd Expedition and was returned by Richard
W. Konter, a member of the expedition, who
in a letter to M. Hohner, Inc., wrote: "It is
with pleasure that 1 am presenting you with
a Hohner accordion, one of the two you so
perature. Nevertheless, its condition is just as
good to-day as when it was first received on
board ship.
"I cannot iell you how much real enjoyment
this accordion contributed to us all during the
long Winter days and evenings when we were
forced to spend so much time under shelter.
"I thought you would like to have this ac-
Warm Greetings
from a
Cold Country
TV OF NIW YO*K
July 10, 1930.
H. Hohner, Inc.,
114 B*at 16th Street
New rork City.
Gentlemen:-
I t la "with pleea'ure th«t I an pr
you with a Bohner Accordion, one of the t«
kindly don"ted to the Byrd Antarctic Expertlt
The Hohner
Accordion that
Went to the
Antarctic.
Right—Mr.
Konter's Letter.
through the tropics, across the equator and
down to the Antarctic regions, and then over
the same route home, it has apparently suffered
not at all from its experiences. The metal
decorations, it is true, show some corrosion as
a result of the sea air, but the fabric in the
bellows is unimpaired, as are the reeds, and
the musical tone is a,s perfect as when the
kindly donated to the Byrd Antarctic Expedi-
tion.
"This instrument, on board the auxiliary
barque 'City of New York,' was taken through
the tropics, across the equator and down into
the Antarctic, returning under the same con-
ditions. Thus, you will realize, it was subjected
to the most extreme kind of weather and tern-
Buegeleisens Return From
Extended European Trip
visited the store frequently and kept up a good
acquaintance.
A week later the same pair visited the Min-
neapolis store and secured a piano accordion
and a guitar on a plea that they had to play
for a booking agent and wanted to have some
photographs taken. In this store, as in St.
Paul, they signed "On trial'' to agreements and
talked of paying cash. The pair left town sud-
denly after pawning a, piano accordion and a
guitar and taking the other instruments with
them. They also left an unpaid hotel bill
amounting to $80.
H. D. Lake, who plays the guitar, has also
been known as Denver Lake, Mr. Cavanaugh
and Mr. Lorm, is about forty-five years old, five
feet ten and a half inches high, weighs 165
pounds and has prominent gold teeth. He is
very talkative. Eric Hedberg, alias Mr. King
and Mr. Rebbins, played the accordion. He
is about twenty-four, five feet six inches high,
weighs 150 pounds, has dark hair and eyes, and
a quiet disposition. An eleven-year-old boy,
the son of Lake, travels with the pair. The
Linquist Musical Instrument Co. and the polke
of Minneapolis are anxious to meet these mu-
sicians again..
Samuel Buegeleisen and his son, Harry Bue-
geleisen, recently returned froim a trip to Eu-
rope where they traveled 5,000 miles by auto-
mobile. They visited Germany, France, Italy,
Austria, Spain, Czecho-Slovakia and other
countries.
To a representative of The Review, SamueJ
Buegeleisen stated that he was very much im-
pressed with the splendid automobile highways
in every country he visited. "We had good roads
and little traffic," he said, "and I attribute the
latter to the fact that there was every evidence
that fewer tourists are going to Europe this
summer from America.
"We were successful in securing several new
and important lines, an announcement of which
will be made within the near future. One of
these, in particular, is an Italian piano accor-
dion which I feel quite certain will prove a
most successful seller in this country."
TMa Instrument, 01.
......
,
Berque "City of llew York", was tnlcen through
on board ahlp,
I cannot t e l l you how much real enjoymont
thla Accordion contributed to ua a l l during the long
winter daya and evenlnga when we were forced to spend
I thought you would 11 ICA to havs thla Ac cor *
dlon aa a aouvonlr of the Expedition, and ao I am lend-
ing It to you with my beat wlah«s and aa a araall tolwn
of «y appreciation of your R«n«rom g i r t of Harmonic*.?
and Accordlona
cordion as a souvenir of the expedition, and so
I am sending it to you with my best wishes
and as a small token of my appreciation of
your generous gift of harmonicas and accor-
dions,"
Mr. Konter, the writer of the letter, also
accompanied Admiral Byrd on his trip to the
North Pole, at which time he also carried
Hohner harmonicas and accordions to while
away the hours in the frozen North.
Oliver when lie says that this is one of the
best banjos he has ever used. It has an excel-
lent tone and a fine recording quality.
"He is using this instrument on all our rec-
ords, our broadcasts from the St. Regis Hotel,
and the Pure Oil Concerts which we broadcast
each Tuesday evening over Station WJZ at
8.00 p.m. This broadcast covers the National
Broadcasting System network."
THE FRANK CATALOG
JUST OFF THE PRESS
describing three distinct lines of quality
band instruments of our own manufacture
for the Professional, School
Musician and the be-
ginner—a combination
no dealer can af-
ford to overlook.
Here Are Two Men the
Dealers Should Watch for Vincent Lopez Praises
B & D Silver Bell Banjo
Linquist Musical Instrument Co., of St. Paul,
and Minneapolis, Minn., is- seeking information
regarding two men who visited each of their
stores and got away with two Rosati piano
accordions and two Gibson Model 4 guitars.
The men, H. D. Lake and Eric Hedberg, each
with several aliases as it later developed, first
visited the St. Paul store, borrowed a piano
accordion and guitar in order to play over
radio station KSTP. They mentioned the Lin-
quist company and the makes of the instru-
ments in their broadcast and stated tha,t they
intended to buy the instruments for cash. They
Anthony Oliver, banjo player with Vincent
Lopez and his orchestra now playing at the St.
Regis Hotel, New York, and also broadcasting
over the N. B. C. network at frequent intervals,
is using a B & D Silver Bell Banjo, manufac-
tured by the Bacon Banjo Co., Groton, Conn.
In a letter to David L. Day, general man-
ager of the Bacon Co., Vincent Lopez, the or-
chestra leader, said under date of March 19,
1930: "I would like to say that Anthony Oliver,
my banjo player, uses your 'Reino' Model
Bacon banjo exclusively. I agree with Mr.
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