Music Trade Review
Issue: 1904 Vol. 38 N. 15 - Page 38
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THE MU6IC TfiADE REVl£W
"I should like to see the celebrated manufactur-
and, second, as to their tension, so that the pressure
ers of the world represented in these competitions
may be increased of decreased independently of
on the score of quality alone. Besides, it would
the tension, and the tension may be increased or
[Special to The Review.]
give our American makers a still better chance to
decreased independently of the adjustment of the
Washington, D. C, April 6, 1904.
demonstrate the goods of their products. Now, it
snares toward and from the head.
GRAMOPHONE ATTACHMENT FOR MUSIC-BOXES.
is a sort of a one-sided affair, and gives us im- Jacob L. Schureman, Jr., Chicago, 111. Patent No.
porting jobbers no chance to place our goods where 755,946.
REQUEST SMALLER SALARIES.
we especially desire to have them. But it is not at
This invention has reference to the provision of
all likely the law will be changed to suit us."
a novei combination of sound record supporting
devices/with a reproducer therefor, means for sup- Piano Players of Spokane Do Not Wish Money—
Are Anxious to Have Wages Decreased.
porting the said mechanism and devices in proxim-
ity to a music box or other equivalent apparatus
Piano players in Spokane, who are at present re-
An Important Improvement in Discs Put Forward having a suitable driving means for imparting
ceiving $50 a week for their services, are asking
by a European House Which is Destined to movement to the sound record supporting mechan- the union to allow them to draw but $35 a week.
ism from the driving mechanism of the music box. This unusual request is on the grounds that the
Revolutionize the Business to Some Extent if
Another object of the present invention is the present scale is more than employers can afford to
the Inventor Can Accomplish All He Claims
for His Device—The Subject One of Great In- provision of an apparatus of the type described, pay, and that by the reduction some of the cornet
which can be manufactured and put on the market and violin players would receive work, while at
terest to Talking Machine Experts.
at a low price, because it is not necessary in con- present they are not employed on account of the
Mention of a duplex or double-faced talking junction with the same to supply any driving cost being prohibitive. The scale now in force calls
machine record in last week's Review, as the in- mechanism, the whole device being adapted for at- for $50 a week for single musicians for six hours,
troduction by a European company of a new and tachment to some ordinary form of music box or and $1 an hour for overtime, and, as many of the
what is claimed an essentially valuable improve- other like apparatus, which is already provided with piano men are required to play for eight hours a
ment in discs, was discussed with marked inter- driving mechanism, and thereby make it possible to day it brings their week's earnings up to the sum of
est by manufacturers. A few were inclined to use the driving mechanism of the music box for $64.
scoul its availability, while attorneys questioned actuating or furnishing requisite power to the Several months ago There was trouble in the Mu-
its patentability in connection with alleged parallel gramophone attachment.
sicians' Union in regard to the new scale which
DETACHABLE SHOULDER REST FOR VIOLIN OR
inventions. The inventor, however, declares the
was up for adoption. At that time the piano play-
advantages of his invention are obvious. First OTHER INSTRUMENTS. James H. White, Boston, ers endeavored to have their scale placed at $35 ct
and foremost claiming that in the method of hand- Mass., assignor to Adolph J. Oettinger, same place. week, but, as the players on the other musical in-
Patent No. 755,977.
ling the semi-plastic material in the process of
struments were greatly in the majority, they were
manufacture a greater density is produced in the
This invention relates to an improvement in de- unable to accomplish their object, and the $50 scale
record disc. This greater density means, he avers, tachable shoulder-rests for violins or other instru- went in^o effect, despite their protests.
that the molecules have been forced closer to- ments having a chin-rest. There are various kinds
gether, and therefore the scraping or hissing sound and makes of chin-rests in the market, and it is
STRAUSS FACTORY AT BRIDGEPORT.
which usually accompanies sound reproductions in the especial object of the invention to have such a
a talking machine, and which is produced by the detachable shoulder-rest as may be combined with
With the removal of the Strauss Mfg. Co. to
stylus jumping across the minute spaces between any one of them.
lower Broadway, New York, their factory was es-
the molecules, is reduced.
It is also within the purpose of this invention that tablished at Bridgeport, Conn., and the head of
Then again, when the under groove is also a the detachable shoulder-rest shall be such that the the firm runs up to the plant every Tuesday. They
sound record, two records can be impressed, and violin will be left with no projecting edge or other are making a line of musical novelties, a number
that comparative renditions of the same musical protuberance when the shoulder-rest is discon- of which are entirely new.
or other compositions may be conveniently asso- nected therefrom.
Elbridge R. Johnson, president of the Victor
SNARE-DRUM. Harry A. Bower, Boston, Mass.
ciated for reproduction. Thus the same song may
Talking Machine Co., an inventor of resource and
Patent No. 755,610.
be recorded when sung, as a solo on one side of
the disc, and when sung as a quartet on the other.
This invention has for its object to provide ingenuity, and therefore referred to as one of
Speeches or recitations may be treated in like means for holding the snares on the drum-head in the best-equipped talking machine men in America,
manner. Also any composition too extensive to be such manner that the said snares may be accurately returned to Philadelphia from his California trip
wholly recorded upon a single face, may have the adjusted, first, as to their pressure upon the head, on Sundav.
remainder impressed or engraved or moulded on
the opposite side, with certainty that there will
be no disparity or objectionable difference be-
tween the rendition of the two parts; and which
The Great Musicians of the World USE and ENDORSE the Celebrated
it is claimed has been quite impossible heretofore
when the successive renditions are from records
WONDER BAND, ORCHESTRA
successively produced under varying conditions.
"In this way," the inventor states, "I am enabled
and SOLO INSTRUMENTS
to produce sound-records of universal value as an
agency for instruction, amusement and the per-
a+o+o+o+o*
Exact Mechanical Con-
Having found in them
Another advantage claimed for the duplex disc
struction.
is that the indentations on the under surface of
their Highest and Best
Pleasing, Artistic Models.
the plate—whether in the form of grooves of any
Clear, Strong, Far-Reach-
Ideals, their Superiority
kind or of sound-record grooves or of other form
ing
Tone, Sweet, Velvety
over
every
other
make
is
—heighten the fractional adhesion of the disc to
and
Sympathetic Tone are
the felt with which the rotating table of the ma-
acknowledged by the Great
among their pronounced
chine is usually faced, and thereby decreases the
Mass of Musicians.
Excellences.
necessity for special clamping means, and so fa-
cilitates the use of the record-disc in the repro-
duction of sounds.
LATE PATENTS OF TRADE INTEREST.
DUPLEX TALKING MACHINE RECORD.
C. G. CONN
*»
il
For particulars concerning the Wonder Instruments, send for
large Illustrated Catalogue, which will give Descriptions, Prices,
Terms of Payment (cash and installment plan) and much other
useful and interesting information. Address,
C. G. CONN, Elkhart, Ind.
=YORR
Band Instruments
SEf/D FOR MEW
ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE
J . H O W A R D F O O T E , 28 E. Md St R .,| f w York.
CHEAPEST MUSICAL INSTRUMENT JOBBING HOUSE IN AHERICA.
riPMPDAI
J.W. YORK ^ SONS
Makers ofthm highest gradm
Ba.nd Instruments
GRAND R.APIDS
MICH.
A new departure In Mandolin Construction
THE AMERICAN LUTE
The Mandolin with the Violin Tone
PRICE, $40.00
Terms on application.
Agencies allowed to reliable dealers and teachers.
C. L. PARTEE MUSIC CO., 5 E. 14th St., New York City
Send for catalogue of latest publications.
The
I I N F K F P T I N STOCK"
celebrated genuine Courtois Band Instruments
UtirNCKAL, LimEr I V E f l
il> OIVJVIV.
Casino Accordions with Interchangeable tuned reeds
Violins, Violas, Cellos of German, French and Italian makes. American Conservatory Mandolins. "Imperial" Russian gut
and silk strings. Cases, Fittings, etc.
ANGELO
MANNELLO
Mfr. of
High-Crade
67 6 - 6 7 8 - 6 8 0
Mandolins, Mandolas^i Guitars
Highest Award and Gold Medal at all International
and Universal Expositions.
W R I T E
E A G L E
DURRO
BUEGELEISEN & JACOBSON,
F
O
R C A T A L O G U E
AVENUE,
A
N
D T E R M S
N E W YORK.
Violins, Bows, Strings
And High-Class Trimmings,
NEW YORK
THE MU6IC TfiADE REVl£W
"I should like to see the celebrated manufactur-
and, second, as to their tension, so that the pressure
ers of the world represented in these competitions
may be increased of decreased independently of
on the score of quality alone. Besides, it would
the tension, and the tension may be increased or
[Special to The Review.]
give our American makers a still better chance to
decreased independently of the adjustment of the
Washington, D. C, April 6, 1904.
demonstrate the goods of their products. Now, it
snares toward and from the head.
GRAMOPHONE ATTACHMENT FOR MUSIC-BOXES.
is a sort of a one-sided affair, and gives us im- Jacob L. Schureman, Jr., Chicago, 111. Patent No.
porting jobbers no chance to place our goods where 755,946.
REQUEST SMALLER SALARIES.
we especially desire to have them. But it is not at
This invention has reference to the provision of
all likely the law will be changed to suit us."
a novei combination of sound record supporting
devices/with a reproducer therefor, means for sup- Piano Players of Spokane Do Not Wish Money—
Are Anxious to Have Wages Decreased.
porting the said mechanism and devices in proxim-
ity to a music box or other equivalent apparatus
Piano players in Spokane, who are at present re-
An Important Improvement in Discs Put Forward having a suitable driving means for imparting
ceiving $50 a week for their services, are asking
by a European House Which is Destined to movement to the sound record supporting mechan- the union to allow them to draw but $35 a week.
ism from the driving mechanism of the music box. This unusual request is on the grounds that the
Revolutionize the Business to Some Extent if
Another object of the present invention is the present scale is more than employers can afford to
the Inventor Can Accomplish All He Claims
for His Device—The Subject One of Great In- provision of an apparatus of the type described, pay, and that by the reduction some of the cornet
which can be manufactured and put on the market and violin players would receive work, while at
terest to Talking Machine Experts.
at a low price, because it is not necessary in con- present they are not employed on account of the
Mention of a duplex or double-faced talking junction with the same to supply any driving cost being prohibitive. The scale now in force calls
machine record in last week's Review, as the in- mechanism, the whole device being adapted for at- for $50 a week for single musicians for six hours,
troduction by a European company of a new and tachment to some ordinary form of music box or and $1 an hour for overtime, and, as many of the
what is claimed an essentially valuable improve- other like apparatus, which is already provided with piano men are required to play for eight hours a
ment in discs, was discussed with marked inter- driving mechanism, and thereby make it possible to day it brings their week's earnings up to the sum of
est by manufacturers. A few were inclined to use the driving mechanism of the music box for $64.
scoul its availability, while attorneys questioned actuating or furnishing requisite power to the Several months ago There was trouble in the Mu-
its patentability in connection with alleged parallel gramophone attachment.
sicians' Union in regard to the new scale which
DETACHABLE SHOULDER REST FOR VIOLIN OR
inventions. The inventor, however, declares the
was up for adoption. At that time the piano play-
advantages of his invention are obvious. First OTHER INSTRUMENTS. James H. White, Boston, ers endeavored to have their scale placed at $35 ct
and foremost claiming that in the method of hand- Mass., assignor to Adolph J. Oettinger, same place. week, but, as the players on the other musical in-
Patent No. 755,977.
ling the semi-plastic material in the process of
struments were greatly in the majority, they were
manufacture a greater density is produced in the
This invention relates to an improvement in de- unable to accomplish their object, and the $50 scale
record disc. This greater density means, he avers, tachable shoulder-rests for violins or other instru- went in^o effect, despite their protests.
that the molecules have been forced closer to- ments having a chin-rest. There are various kinds
gether, and therefore the scraping or hissing sound and makes of chin-rests in the market, and it is
STRAUSS FACTORY AT BRIDGEPORT.
which usually accompanies sound reproductions in the especial object of the invention to have such a
a talking machine, and which is produced by the detachable shoulder-rest as may be combined with
With the removal of the Strauss Mfg. Co. to
stylus jumping across the minute spaces between any one of them.
lower Broadway, New York, their factory was es-
the molecules, is reduced.
It is also within the purpose of this invention that tablished at Bridgeport, Conn., and the head of
Then again, when the under groove is also a the detachable shoulder-rest shall be such that the the firm runs up to the plant every Tuesday. They
sound record, two records can be impressed, and violin will be left with no projecting edge or other are making a line of musical novelties, a number
that comparative renditions of the same musical protuberance when the shoulder-rest is discon- of which are entirely new.
or other compositions may be conveniently asso- nected therefrom.
Elbridge R. Johnson, president of the Victor
SNARE-DRUM. Harry A. Bower, Boston, Mass.
ciated for reproduction. Thus the same song may
Talking Machine Co., an inventor of resource and
Patent No. 755,610.
be recorded when sung, as a solo on one side of
the disc, and when sung as a quartet on the other.
This invention has for its object to provide ingenuity, and therefore referred to as one of
Speeches or recitations may be treated in like means for holding the snares on the drum-head in the best-equipped talking machine men in America,
manner. Also any composition too extensive to be such manner that the said snares may be accurately returned to Philadelphia from his California trip
wholly recorded upon a single face, may have the adjusted, first, as to their pressure upon the head, on Sundav.
remainder impressed or engraved or moulded on
the opposite side, with certainty that there will
be no disparity or objectionable difference be-
tween the rendition of the two parts; and which
The Great Musicians of the World USE and ENDORSE the Celebrated
it is claimed has been quite impossible heretofore
when the successive renditions are from records
WONDER BAND, ORCHESTRA
successively produced under varying conditions.
"In this way," the inventor states, "I am enabled
and SOLO INSTRUMENTS
to produce sound-records of universal value as an
agency for instruction, amusement and the per-
a+o+o+o+o*
Exact Mechanical Con-
Having found in them
Another advantage claimed for the duplex disc
struction.
is that the indentations on the under surface of
their Highest and Best
Pleasing, Artistic Models.
the plate—whether in the form of grooves of any
Clear, Strong, Far-Reach-
Ideals, their Superiority
kind or of sound-record grooves or of other form
ing
Tone, Sweet, Velvety
over
every
other
make
is
—heighten the fractional adhesion of the disc to
and
Sympathetic Tone are
the felt with which the rotating table of the ma-
acknowledged by the Great
among their pronounced
chine is usually faced, and thereby decreases the
Mass of Musicians.
Excellences.
necessity for special clamping means, and so fa-
cilitates the use of the record-disc in the repro-
duction of sounds.
LATE PATENTS OF TRADE INTEREST.
DUPLEX TALKING MACHINE RECORD.
C. G. CONN
*»
il
For particulars concerning the Wonder Instruments, send for
large Illustrated Catalogue, which will give Descriptions, Prices,
Terms of Payment (cash and installment plan) and much other
useful and interesting information. Address,
C. G. CONN, Elkhart, Ind.
=YORR
Band Instruments
SEf/D FOR MEW
ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE
J . H O W A R D F O O T E , 28 E. Md St R .,| f w York.
CHEAPEST MUSICAL INSTRUMENT JOBBING HOUSE IN AHERICA.
riPMPDAI
J.W. YORK ^ SONS
Makers ofthm highest gradm
Ba.nd Instruments
GRAND R.APIDS
MICH.
A new departure In Mandolin Construction
THE AMERICAN LUTE
The Mandolin with the Violin Tone
PRICE, $40.00
Terms on application.
Agencies allowed to reliable dealers and teachers.
C. L. PARTEE MUSIC CO., 5 E. 14th St., New York City
Send for catalogue of latest publications.
The
I I N F K F P T I N STOCK"
celebrated genuine Courtois Band Instruments
UtirNCKAL, LimEr I V E f l
il> OIVJVIV.
Casino Accordions with Interchangeable tuned reeds
Violins, Violas, Cellos of German, French and Italian makes. American Conservatory Mandolins. "Imperial" Russian gut
and silk strings. Cases, Fittings, etc.
ANGELO
MANNELLO
Mfr. of
High-Crade
67 6 - 6 7 8 - 6 8 0
Mandolins, Mandolas^i Guitars
Highest Award and Gold Medal at all International
and Universal Expositions.
W R I T E
E A G L E
DURRO
BUEGELEISEN & JACOBSON,
F
O
R C A T A L O G U E
AVENUE,
A
N
D T E R M S
N E W YORK.
Violins, Bows, Strings
And High-Class Trimmings,
NEW YORK
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