Music Trade Review
Issue: 1894 Vol. 18 N. 35 - Page 8
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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW.
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other various microbes which are contained in
the saliva, even in its normal state.
CLEANSING AND DISINFECTION.
These facts seemed to have so much impor-
tance that M. de Freycinet, with the solicitude
for which he is noted in every matter connected
with the health of the army, ordained by minis-
terial decree (July 23d, 1890,) that every musical
instrument of wood or of copper in use in the
French army should be disinfected and cleansed.
A mere cleansing is sufficient, so long as the
instrument does not change hands, and provided
that the user be not ill. As the instrument is
soiled in a continuous and progressive manner,
it should be cleaned once a month. To accom-
plish this it should be filled with water at the
temperature of 50 or 60 degrees Centigrade,
pouring it in one end and closing the other.
This should be left for about ten minutes, after
which the instrument should be rinsed a few
times with water at the same temperature. A
small piece of sponge the size ot a hazel nut
should then be pushed in at the mouth-pie e
and blown through to the other end.
This hot water process can be applied to all
brass instruments, and is easily carried out. For
instruments with stops the latter should first be
removed, so that they may not be damaged by
the cleansing process.
Wooden instruments can neither be placed in
hot nor in could water ; they are to be cleansed
by two brushes ; one dipped in oil, the other
dry.
OTHER NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS.
Brass instruments can be disinfected by being
immersed in boiling water for ten or fifteen
minutes. All the component parts of these in-
struments can be plunged in boiling water with-
out risks, although the stops and cork fittings
of some of them should first be removed. Some
of the instruments, the horns and saxophones,
present some difficulty on account of their size ;
but this can be overcome by taking them apart
and boiling the segments separately. In fact
in order that the process of disinfection may be
as thorough as possible, it is ad visible that they
should be taken apart to the utmost extent, and
each piece be treated by itself.
Wooden musical instruments should be disin-
fected, not by passing water through them,
which make them split, but by running a brush
through after dipping ii in a solution of bichlor-
ide of mercury, one in a thousand, after which
they should be dried at once. The same process
should be gone through with the mouthpieces
of the flutes.
The mouthpieces of brass instruments should
be taken to pieces ; the parts that have little
value should be thrown away and replaced by
new ones ; the others should be boiled, cleaned
and disinfected as above directed.
JOHN C. HOUCK and O. K HOUCK composing
the finn of O. K. Houck & Co., have purchased
the Memphis branch of the Jesse French Piano
& Organ Company. They will handle tame
lines of instruments represented by that com-
pany.
An energetic young firm are Stuiz Bros., of
Hailem. They are doing an excellent business,
and report that for January and February their
trade has exceeded that of the same two months
for several years past. Sturz Bros, piano is an
excellent instrument of its class, and has a large
circle of admirers.
THE popular Steck pano is receiving evi-
dence every day of its popularity. Orders
from agents indicate that the Steck is having
an excellent sale both West and South, and
trade with them is looming up splendidly.
Will Not Close.
, PA., March 15th, 1894.
A New String Instru=
ment.
MR. EDWARD LYMAN BILL,
No. 3 East 14th street, New York.
12 of your last issue of
you say that we have
closed our store at this place. T h s i-* a mis-
take; we have only closed a branch store at
Rtnovo, P<< , for the reason that we wish to push
our interests in another direction.
Our store here has been established for th rty-
four years, and we have not ihe slightest idea of
closing it up. and as we pay ca->h for all our
goods we enjoy the happy feeling that no one
else can close it up for us, no matter how dull
business may be, in these "good old Demo-
cratic times."
Ifyouw'.ll kindly make correction we will
appreciate it.
YOUTS very truly,
DEAR SIR.—On page
Music TRADE REVIEW
The Violotta.
a conceit recently given in Minneapolis,
an instrument comparatively new and but
little known in the United States made its ap-
pearance. It is called the Vio'otta. Its osten-
sible purpose is to supply a place in the string
quaitet that heretofore has never been satisfac-
torily supplied, that is, the part of the tenor
voice. The quartet of string instruments, as is
known, stand in the same relations almost as
the quartet of human voices. It was at the be-
ginning of the eighteenth century that the
quaitet of strings was formed, out of which has
come the quartet of the present day in all its
aTtistic form. The quartet has always lacked
D S ANDRUS & Co.
an instrument that had the range of the tenor
voice. Some musicians are inclined not to look
THE Grand Schwander Action will shortly be upon it in this light, and to think that the
placed on the market by William Tonk & Bro., present arrangement of the string quartet can
26 Warren street. They expect it will be more be little improved upon. This is a narrow view
successful than even those already put out by to take of the matter, for there is nothing that
them.
cannot be improved. For this reason, says one
of our Western exchanges, the Violotta is wel-
comed by progressive musicians, who, at least,
aie willing to give it a fair tiial. The new in-
strument is pitched one octave lower than the
violin, standing in the same relation as the
viola
and 'cello, between which there is the dif-
is an expressive word. Many
ference of an octave.
firms know its meaning. In
Where the violotta has been used in quartet
our factory we make and ship
work, and ihis has been done to quite an extent
pianos every day—almost.
in Europe, the quartet is found to produce some
new effects that were quite surprising and pleas-
That's what we like. Still,
ing. At the concert alluded to the violotta was
it doesn't surprise us, for we
used in quaitet work, and all who heard it weie
have the best low-priced pianos
pleased.
in the field. Consult for prices.
Dr. Alfred Stelzner is the inventor of the
violotta. He is a resident of Dresden, Germany,
ai d is known as a scientist and musician. His
string instiuments, embracing the violin, viola,
517—523 W. 45th St.
'cello and double bass, are all constructed upon
New York.
scientific principles, and, what is of interest, do
n >t require to be over five years of age before
they emit a tone as rich as some of the most
famous instruments. This may sound extrava-
gant, but the best European judges and best
*
OF THE
known violin and other plajers of string instru-
ments have proven by repeated trials thot these
instiuments develop that roundness and rich-
mss of tone, that softness and fullness and
power of tone equalling the famous and costly
Guarneri or Stradivari.
Dr. Stelzner's instruments are destined to
create a furore in the musical world. It is
claimed by n any that these instiuments are
quite as satisfactory the first day they come
from the shop as the instruments of many
makers after they have had the influence of age
AND SWEETNESS of TONE. to mellow them.
This highly interesting new string instru
CONSTRUCTION.
ment, which can be played on as comfortably as
(THE ONLY STRICTLY
^"DURABILITY.
the viola, is certainly a valuable and inteiesting
HIGH GRADE PIANO
contribution to the constitution of the string
MANUFACTURED
IN CHICAGO)
quartet, and its development in public favor will
be watchtd with a gnat deal of inttreft.
The different string instruments built accord-
ing to Stelzner's system differ in four points
from the accepted and popular make. These
may be suuimjrized as follows: 1. The shape
SOLE FACTORS.
of the outline. 2. The shape and uf e of the two
principal blocks connecting the ends of ihe
(The Largest Dealers io Pianos and Organs in Hie World.) belly and the back. 3. The shape of the sides.
4 The shape of the sound holes. With these
few changes he has accomplished the most mar-
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL WAREROOMS,
velous accoustic results, and doubtless it will
be long before instruments made on his sys-
(SECOND FLOOR.)
2 I 5 W A B A S H A V E , , not
tem will be better known on this side of the
water.
Interregnum
Pib.no Qo.
A POINTS OF SUPERIOR! IT
Celebrated
"Conover"
Pianos.
CHICAGO COTTAGE ORGAN COMPANY,
CHICAGO.
THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW.
12
other various microbes which are contained in
the saliva, even in its normal state.
CLEANSING AND DISINFECTION.
These facts seemed to have so much impor-
tance that M. de Freycinet, with the solicitude
for which he is noted in every matter connected
with the health of the army, ordained by minis-
terial decree (July 23d, 1890,) that every musical
instrument of wood or of copper in use in the
French army should be disinfected and cleansed.
A mere cleansing is sufficient, so long as the
instrument does not change hands, and provided
that the user be not ill. As the instrument is
soiled in a continuous and progressive manner,
it should be cleaned once a month. To accom-
plish this it should be filled with water at the
temperature of 50 or 60 degrees Centigrade,
pouring it in one end and closing the other.
This should be left for about ten minutes, after
which the instrument should be rinsed a few
times with water at the same temperature. A
small piece of sponge the size ot a hazel nut
should then be pushed in at the mouth-pie e
and blown through to the other end.
This hot water process can be applied to all
brass instruments, and is easily carried out. For
instruments with stops the latter should first be
removed, so that they may not be damaged by
the cleansing process.
Wooden instruments can neither be placed in
hot nor in could water ; they are to be cleansed
by two brushes ; one dipped in oil, the other
dry.
OTHER NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS.
Brass instruments can be disinfected by being
immersed in boiling water for ten or fifteen
minutes. All the component parts of these in-
struments can be plunged in boiling water with-
out risks, although the stops and cork fittings
of some of them should first be removed. Some
of the instruments, the horns and saxophones,
present some difficulty on account of their size ;
but this can be overcome by taking them apart
and boiling the segments separately. In fact
in order that the process of disinfection may be
as thorough as possible, it is ad visible that they
should be taken apart to the utmost extent, and
each piece be treated by itself.
Wooden musical instruments should be disin-
fected, not by passing water through them,
which make them split, but by running a brush
through after dipping ii in a solution of bichlor-
ide of mercury, one in a thousand, after which
they should be dried at once. The same process
should be gone through with the mouthpieces
of the flutes.
The mouthpieces of brass instruments should
be taken to pieces ; the parts that have little
value should be thrown away and replaced by
new ones ; the others should be boiled, cleaned
and disinfected as above directed.
JOHN C. HOUCK and O. K HOUCK composing
the finn of O. K. Houck & Co., have purchased
the Memphis branch of the Jesse French Piano
& Organ Company. They will handle tame
lines of instruments represented by that com-
pany.
An energetic young firm are Stuiz Bros., of
Hailem. They are doing an excellent business,
and report that for January and February their
trade has exceeded that of the same two months
for several years past. Sturz Bros, piano is an
excellent instrument of its class, and has a large
circle of admirers.
THE popular Steck pano is receiving evi-
dence every day of its popularity. Orders
from agents indicate that the Steck is having
an excellent sale both West and South, and
trade with them is looming up splendidly.
Will Not Close.
, PA., March 15th, 1894.
A New String Instru=
ment.
MR. EDWARD LYMAN BILL,
No. 3 East 14th street, New York.
12 of your last issue of
you say that we have
closed our store at this place. T h s i-* a mis-
take; we have only closed a branch store at
Rtnovo, P<< , for the reason that we wish to push
our interests in another direction.
Our store here has been established for th rty-
four years, and we have not ihe slightest idea of
closing it up. and as we pay ca->h for all our
goods we enjoy the happy feeling that no one
else can close it up for us, no matter how dull
business may be, in these "good old Demo-
cratic times."
Ifyouw'.ll kindly make correction we will
appreciate it.
YOUTS very truly,
DEAR SIR.—On page
Music TRADE REVIEW
The Violotta.
a conceit recently given in Minneapolis,
an instrument comparatively new and but
little known in the United States made its ap-
pearance. It is called the Vio'otta. Its osten-
sible purpose is to supply a place in the string
quaitet that heretofore has never been satisfac-
torily supplied, that is, the part of the tenor
voice. The quartet of string instruments, as is
known, stand in the same relations almost as
the quartet of human voices. It was at the be-
ginning of the eighteenth century that the
quaitet of strings was formed, out of which has
come the quartet of the present day in all its
aTtistic form. The quartet has always lacked
D S ANDRUS & Co.
an instrument that had the range of the tenor
voice. Some musicians are inclined not to look
THE Grand Schwander Action will shortly be upon it in this light, and to think that the
placed on the market by William Tonk & Bro., present arrangement of the string quartet can
26 Warren street. They expect it will be more be little improved upon. This is a narrow view
successful than even those already put out by to take of the matter, for there is nothing that
them.
cannot be improved. For this reason, says one
of our Western exchanges, the Violotta is wel-
comed by progressive musicians, who, at least,
aie willing to give it a fair tiial. The new in-
strument is pitched one octave lower than the
violin, standing in the same relation as the
viola
and 'cello, between which there is the dif-
is an expressive word. Many
ference of an octave.
firms know its meaning. In
Where the violotta has been used in quartet
our factory we make and ship
work, and ihis has been done to quite an extent
pianos every day—almost.
in Europe, the quartet is found to produce some
new effects that were quite surprising and pleas-
That's what we like. Still,
ing. At the concert alluded to the violotta was
it doesn't surprise us, for we
used in quaitet work, and all who heard it weie
have the best low-priced pianos
pleased.
in the field. Consult for prices.
Dr. Alfred Stelzner is the inventor of the
violotta. He is a resident of Dresden, Germany,
ai d is known as a scientist and musician. His
string instiuments, embracing the violin, viola,
517—523 W. 45th St.
'cello and double bass, are all constructed upon
New York.
scientific principles, and, what is of interest, do
n >t require to be over five years of age before
they emit a tone as rich as some of the most
famous instruments. This may sound extrava-
gant, but the best European judges and best
*
OF THE
known violin and other plajers of string instru-
ments have proven by repeated trials thot these
instiuments develop that roundness and rich-
mss of tone, that softness and fullness and
power of tone equalling the famous and costly
Guarneri or Stradivari.
Dr. Stelzner's instruments are destined to
create a furore in the musical world. It is
claimed by n any that these instiuments are
quite as satisfactory the first day they come
from the shop as the instruments of many
makers after they have had the influence of age
AND SWEETNESS of TONE. to mellow them.
This highly interesting new string instru
CONSTRUCTION.
ment, which can be played on as comfortably as
(THE ONLY STRICTLY
^"DURABILITY.
the viola, is certainly a valuable and inteiesting
HIGH GRADE PIANO
contribution to the constitution of the string
MANUFACTURED
IN CHICAGO)
quartet, and its development in public favor will
be watchtd with a gnat deal of inttreft.
The different string instruments built accord-
ing to Stelzner's system differ in four points
from the accepted and popular make. These
may be suuimjrized as follows: 1. The shape
SOLE FACTORS.
of the outline. 2. The shape and uf e of the two
principal blocks connecting the ends of ihe
(The Largest Dealers io Pianos and Organs in Hie World.) belly and the back. 3. The shape of the sides.
4 The shape of the sound holes. With these
few changes he has accomplished the most mar-
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL WAREROOMS,
velous accoustic results, and doubtless it will
be long before instruments made on his sys-
(SECOND FLOOR.)
2 I 5 W A B A S H A V E , , not
tem will be better known on this side of the
water.
Interregnum
Pib.no Qo.
A POINTS OF SUPERIOR! IT
Celebrated
"Conover"
Pianos.
CHICAGO COTTAGE ORGAN COMPANY,
CHICAGO.
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