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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
I have played upon during my 26 years so-
journ in the United States."
The above testimony is strongly worded,
but the indorsement of others competent to
judge is no less emphatic.
SMITH & NIXON SECURE THE REGINA.
As a result of the trip of Mr. Fletcher,
of the Regina Music Box Co., to Cincinnati,
Smith & Nixon, of that city, will become
the retail agents for Cincinnati and adja-
cent territory. This prominent Cincinnati
concern propose to devote considerable
space to the display of Regina music boxes.
The initial order which was placed amounts
to several thousand dollars, and H. W.
Crawford proposes to push the sale of the
Regina with much energy.
Certain disagreements which followed the
separation between the Regina and Wur-
litzer interests in Cincinnati have been ad-
justed.
LIVE WIRES.
Rudolph Wurlitzer, Jr., of the celebrated
Wurlitzer house of Cincinnati, returned last
week after a trip abroad covering a period
of four or five months. As has already been
reported in The Review, Mr. Wurlitzer se-
cured a number of specialties which will be
announced later. A particular feature of
his trip also was the purchase of many old
violins of great value.
Fred. Menzenhauer, of the late firm of
Menzenhauer & Schmidt, sailed for Europe
on the "Deutschland" on Thursday last. It
is understood that this journey is for pleas-
ure.
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John Hohner, Jr., maker of the Hohner
harmonicas, arrived in this city recently as
a passenger on the "Deutschland." He will
remain in the United States some time on
special business connected with the devel-
opment of the Hohner interests in the West-
ern hemisphere.
H. L. Hunt, in charge of the J. C. Haynes
& Co. musical merchandise warerooms in
this city, left for town on Thursday for a
brief respite from work. He will probably
stay for a short time among the mountains
of Pennsylvania.
R. R. Duffin, Symphonion traveling rep-
resentative, will leave for a four-months'
tour of the States on Monday.
Oscar Schmidt's Notaphone, according to
latest reports, has taken a firm hold on the
market as a musical educator. There are
encouraging indications that the public
school authorities in several States will
adopt it officially as best adapted for teach-
ing young people.
flutes, Piccolos,
Guitars,
mandolins, Banjos, Zithers
flnd every Instrument
Chat's musical • •
JOHN C HAYNES & CO,
Importers and Manufacturers,
451 Washington St., Boston, Mass.
Hamilton S. Gordon is making active
preparations, notably in his musical mer-
chandise department, tor a big fall trade.
The Gordon traveling representatives will
have a big assortment of novelties when they
start out on their several routes.
This week's report at the wholesale head,
quarters of the Regina Co. records the ship-
ment of many important orders and a sat-
isfactory development of business through-
out the country. The retail trade in this
city, now in the hands of John Wanamaker,
is reported as large and increasing.
Every visiting dealer interested in musi-
cal merchandise certainly ought to include
the Thibouville-Lamy warerooms in his
rounds. Mr. Duchatellier has succeeded in
laying in a stock of imported instruments,
probably unexcelled in the United States.
And it is so well kept and well arranged that
inspection is a real pleasure.
William Tonk & Bro. will have many in-
teresting features among their musical mer-
chandise specialties during the coming sea-
son. Those who know the Tonk goods or
think they would like to know them, are
sure to receive prompt attention if they
write.
Chas. E. Post, son of the vice-president
of Lyon & Healy, who has been studying
piano construction in the Steinway factory
for two or three years, has returned to Chi-
cago, where, on the first of September, he
will take the position in the Lyon & Healy
factory.
THE "BAY STATE" FLUTES.
Interesting expert opinions have recently
been made public concerning the merits of
the "Bay State" flutes, which are now be-
ing largely used for orchestral purposes in
bands and other musical organizations.
These flutes and piccolos are wholly of Amer-
ican make, and the past year or two has
witnessed the substitution of flutes of Amer-
ican manufacture for instruments of foreign
make, which have heretofore held first place
in the favor of the best flute players.
The unequivocal praise given in behalf
of the "Bay State" flutes by men like Frank
W. Wadsworth, Otto Stoeckert, Hugo Witt-
genstein, Arthur Brooke, Carl Wehner,
Henry Jaeger, W. M. Sturtevant and Frank
L. Chamberlain, speaks volumes for the act-
ual merits of the instrument.
Henry Jaeger declares that "The tone is
rich, brilliant and mellow, surpassing in this
respect even the best wooden Flutes. The
intonation is absolutely correct, and is satis-
factory in every particular. The workman-
ship is unsurpassable, and leaves nothing to
be wished for." Carl Wehner, in a letter to
John C. Haynes & Co., concerning a Boehni
flute asserts: "You may indeed be proud of
this instrument; it is in good tune, it responds
easily and quickly throughout its whole com-
pass, and the tone is noble and of great bril-
liancy. In short it is by far the best Flute
SCRIBNER'S LATEST.
The Unique Metallochord—Interesting to the Trade.
Frank Scribner has been appointed man-
ufacturer's sole agent for the latest twenti-
eth century musical novelty, the "Metallo-
chord." This cleverly-devised instrument,
which is made conspicuous from the fact
that it is always in tune, is a unique com-
bination of superior bell-toned steel bars
tuned in chords, of a patent construction
which makes it the simplest to play without
the least idea of music.
The Metallochord is played with one
hand. With the aid of simplified numbered
music—six sheets of which, with hammer
and music rack, are supplied with each in-
strument—any person can play it after a
few minutes' practice. One stroke produces
THE METALLOCHORI), PATENTED MM' 7, IQOI.
all the notes of a full chord or the most
beautiful accompaniments, both for vocal
and instrumental purposes.
Frank Scribner, when The Review called
at his offices on Monday, gave an interest-
ing practical demonstration of the instru-
ment's simplicity. Speaking of its merits
and purposes; he said: "The Metallochord
is absolutely the simplest and best instru-
ment of its kind. It is also the cheapest.
Its possibilities, even in the hands of an or-
dinarily bright boy or girl, are beyond com-
putation.
"To those who are interested in the sale
of musical instruments of this class I would
say that the Metallochord affords an unusual
opportunity for quick returns if properly
handled. I shall be pleased to send full par-
ticulars on application. It is a decided nov-
elty and a better value for the money than
any musical instrument of its class in the
market."