Music Trade Review
Issue: 1896 Vol. 22 N. 12 - Page 19
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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW.
T
HIS department is edited by Bishop &
Imirie, Patent Attorneys, 605 and 607
Seventh street, Washington, D. C. All re-
quests for information should be addressed
to them and will be answered through these
columns free of charge.
554,906. Music Box Regulator. F. J.
Bernard, Jersey City, N. J., assignor to the
American Music Box Co., West New York,
N. J. A regulator constructed of spring
sheet metal folded into a fan shape. As it
revolves its ends are caught and spread by
the wind.
554,967. Banjo. F. C. Wilkes, Man-
chester, England. The drumhead is pro-
vided with a reinforced opening below
which is an arched disk to act as a sound-
ing-board.
555» r 59-
Mechanical Musical Instru-
ment.
Eleinrich Friedrich Hambruch,
Hamburg, assignor to the Deutsche Auto-
maten-Gesellschaft, Stollwerck & Co., of
Cologne, Germany. The intervening
wheels which are engaged by the note
sheet have large angular central openings
through which their axles pass. The
wheels are thereby permitted to rotate
above the note sheet in case they fail to
drop into the perforations, arid they are
provided with projections at their angles so
that when engaged by the note sheet they
will not move upward.
555,409. Pianoforte. Roland M. Squire,
Montreal, Canada. A spring bears on the
rocker.of the action, and is adapted to be
adjusted so as to vary the touch of the in-
strument.
555,561. Reed Supporter for Clarinets.
THE
George R. Cadwallader, Geneva, N. Y.
The reed is secured in position by a cord
passed around the reed and the instrument
and through two eyes which are connected
by a thumb screw. It is thus yieldingly
supported so as to produce a better tone.
555)599- Picker .for Guitars. Karl R.
Essig, Leipsic, assignor to the Fabrik
Lochmannscher Musikwerks Actien-Gesell-
schaft, Leipsic-Gohlis, Germany. The
handle is provided with a hook-shaped pro-
jection covered with felt or other soft sub-
stance. The picker proper is secured
against this soft cover and an elastic wash-
er is arranged between the picker and the
securing screw.
Recent Legal Decisions.
[PREPARED FOR THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW.1
INSURANCE — AGREEMENT — CONSIDERA-
TION.—The Kentucky Court of Appeals
held, in the recent case of Guenther et al.
vs. Carey et al., that where the holder of a
policy of fire insurance agreed with appel-
lants after the property was destroyed by
fire that the proceeds of the policy should
be paid to them in consideration of their
undertaking to replace the property, which
they did, this was a valid pledge or appro-
priation of the proceeds of the policy, al-
though there was no writing to evidence
the agreement, and therefore the subse-
quent direction by the insured to his attor-
555,610. Harmonica. Matthias Mess- ney to pay the proceeds of the policy to ap-
ner, Trossingen, Germany. A slide within pellants was not an act of preference with-
the casing is adapted to close the blow holes in the act of 1856, being merely a recogni-
to prevent access of dust and dirt to the in- tion of the right appellants had previously
terior when the instrument is not in use.
acquired.
555,612. Piano Case. Knut A. Modee,
FOREIGN CORPORATIONS—REGULATIONS.—
Boston, Mass. The lid is provided with a
The Supreme Court of Indiana held, in the
recent case of Maine Guarantee Co. vs. Cox
et al., that the Indiana Legislature has pow-
er to prescribe the conditions upon which
a foreign corporation may do any particular
kind of business; that a foreign corporation
organized to do business of a kind which
it can only transact in the State by com-
plying with certain regulations, may, with-
out such compliance, do business of a gen-
eral character, such as loaning money upon
mortgage and collecting the same by suit,
and that a foreign building association can-
not collect dues, fines, premiums, bonus or
other charges pertaining exclusively to such
business without proof that it has filed with
the Auditor of State the statements re-
projection adapted to strike a flange on the quired by law.
music desk and force the same backward,
ACCOUNT—SALES—CREDIT.—The Su-
so that it cannot be left so far forward as to
preme Court of Georgia held, in the recent
be struck by the lid.
case of Park vs. Uskamp et al., that where
one sold to another on credit two bills of
merchandise on different days in two con-
secutive months of the same year, the pre-
sumption, in the absence of any proof to the
contrary, was that the demand arising upon
the two sales constituted one entire and in-
divisible account in favor of the seller
against the purchaser, and this being so, the
former could not divide the same into two
separate accounts predicated respectively
Design 25,183. Piano Chair. L. F. upon the two sales, so as to bring actions
Griswold, Meriden, Conn., assignor to the thereon within the jurisdiction of a Jus-
Charles Parker Co., of Connecticut. The tice's Court, and that where two such ac-
characteristic feature is the concentric for- tions were brought and a plea in abatement
mation of the seat and the part C, the seat for want of jurisdiction was filed, the bur-
overlapping the part C and said part hav- den of proof was upon the plaintiff to show
ing a rear elongation from which rises the that the two alleged accounts were not one
back.
and the same account, but that the)' arose
upon
separate and distinct transactions.
Trade-Mark 27,918. The P. J. Cunning-
ham Co., Philadelphia, Pa. The words
"The 'Matchless' Cunningham Piano."
J. W. STEVENS, formerly with Peek &
Used since May 1, 1892.
Son, is now connected with Jacob Bros.
CELEBRATED
STEGER
PIANOS
M
PATENTED 1892.
are noted for their fine singing quality 01
tone and great durability.
The mo«
profitable Piano for dealers to handle.
STEGER
235 WABASH AVENUE, CHICAGO
THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW.
T
HIS department is edited by Bishop &
Imirie, Patent Attorneys, 605 and 607
Seventh street, Washington, D. C. All re-
quests for information should be addressed
to them and will be answered through these
columns free of charge.
554,906. Music Box Regulator. F. J.
Bernard, Jersey City, N. J., assignor to the
American Music Box Co., West New York,
N. J. A regulator constructed of spring
sheet metal folded into a fan shape. As it
revolves its ends are caught and spread by
the wind.
554,967. Banjo. F. C. Wilkes, Man-
chester, England. The drumhead is pro-
vided with a reinforced opening below
which is an arched disk to act as a sound-
ing-board.
555» r 59-
Mechanical Musical Instru-
ment.
Eleinrich Friedrich Hambruch,
Hamburg, assignor to the Deutsche Auto-
maten-Gesellschaft, Stollwerck & Co., of
Cologne, Germany. The intervening
wheels which are engaged by the note
sheet have large angular central openings
through which their axles pass. The
wheels are thereby permitted to rotate
above the note sheet in case they fail to
drop into the perforations, arid they are
provided with projections at their angles so
that when engaged by the note sheet they
will not move upward.
555,409. Pianoforte. Roland M. Squire,
Montreal, Canada. A spring bears on the
rocker.of the action, and is adapted to be
adjusted so as to vary the touch of the in-
strument.
555,561. Reed Supporter for Clarinets.
THE
George R. Cadwallader, Geneva, N. Y.
The reed is secured in position by a cord
passed around the reed and the instrument
and through two eyes which are connected
by a thumb screw. It is thus yieldingly
supported so as to produce a better tone.
555)599- Picker .for Guitars. Karl R.
Essig, Leipsic, assignor to the Fabrik
Lochmannscher Musikwerks Actien-Gesell-
schaft, Leipsic-Gohlis, Germany. The
handle is provided with a hook-shaped pro-
jection covered with felt or other soft sub-
stance. The picker proper is secured
against this soft cover and an elastic wash-
er is arranged between the picker and the
securing screw.
Recent Legal Decisions.
[PREPARED FOR THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW.1
INSURANCE — AGREEMENT — CONSIDERA-
TION.—The Kentucky Court of Appeals
held, in the recent case of Guenther et al.
vs. Carey et al., that where the holder of a
policy of fire insurance agreed with appel-
lants after the property was destroyed by
fire that the proceeds of the policy should
be paid to them in consideration of their
undertaking to replace the property, which
they did, this was a valid pledge or appro-
priation of the proceeds of the policy, al-
though there was no writing to evidence
the agreement, and therefore the subse-
quent direction by the insured to his attor-
555,610. Harmonica. Matthias Mess- ney to pay the proceeds of the policy to ap-
ner, Trossingen, Germany. A slide within pellants was not an act of preference with-
the casing is adapted to close the blow holes in the act of 1856, being merely a recogni-
to prevent access of dust and dirt to the in- tion of the right appellants had previously
terior when the instrument is not in use.
acquired.
555,612. Piano Case. Knut A. Modee,
FOREIGN CORPORATIONS—REGULATIONS.—
Boston, Mass. The lid is provided with a
The Supreme Court of Indiana held, in the
recent case of Maine Guarantee Co. vs. Cox
et al., that the Indiana Legislature has pow-
er to prescribe the conditions upon which
a foreign corporation may do any particular
kind of business; that a foreign corporation
organized to do business of a kind which
it can only transact in the State by com-
plying with certain regulations, may, with-
out such compliance, do business of a gen-
eral character, such as loaning money upon
mortgage and collecting the same by suit,
and that a foreign building association can-
not collect dues, fines, premiums, bonus or
other charges pertaining exclusively to such
business without proof that it has filed with
the Auditor of State the statements re-
projection adapted to strike a flange on the quired by law.
music desk and force the same backward,
ACCOUNT—SALES—CREDIT.—The Su-
so that it cannot be left so far forward as to
preme Court of Georgia held, in the recent
be struck by the lid.
case of Park vs. Uskamp et al., that where
one sold to another on credit two bills of
merchandise on different days in two con-
secutive months of the same year, the pre-
sumption, in the absence of any proof to the
contrary, was that the demand arising upon
the two sales constituted one entire and in-
divisible account in favor of the seller
against the purchaser, and this being so, the
former could not divide the same into two
separate accounts predicated respectively
Design 25,183. Piano Chair. L. F. upon the two sales, so as to bring actions
Griswold, Meriden, Conn., assignor to the thereon within the jurisdiction of a Jus-
Charles Parker Co., of Connecticut. The tice's Court, and that where two such ac-
characteristic feature is the concentric for- tions were brought and a plea in abatement
mation of the seat and the part C, the seat for want of jurisdiction was filed, the bur-
overlapping the part C and said part hav- den of proof was upon the plaintiff to show
ing a rear elongation from which rises the that the two alleged accounts were not one
back.
and the same account, but that the)' arose
upon
separate and distinct transactions.
Trade-Mark 27,918. The P. J. Cunning-
ham Co., Philadelphia, Pa. The words
"The 'Matchless' Cunningham Piano."
J. W. STEVENS, formerly with Peek &
Used since May 1, 1892.
Son, is now connected with Jacob Bros.
CELEBRATED
STEGER
PIANOS
M
PATENTED 1892.
are noted for their fine singing quality 01
tone and great durability.
The mo«
profitable Piano for dealers to handle.
STEGER
235 WABASH AVENUE, CHICAGO
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