Music Trade Review
Issue: 1904 Vol. 38 N. 23 - Page 42
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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
MUSIC BOX RULING.
A Decision of General Appraiser Sharretts
Which is of General Interest.
Brief mention was made last week of the de-
cision of General Appraiser Sharretts relative
to music boxes and musical clocks, and of which
the following is a complete decision: "(1) fifty
piccolos and 700 perforated plates for the same;
(2) alarm clocks with musical alarms.
"The appraiser reports that 'the piccolo is a
box-shaped affair of wood 6 by 8 by 10 inches,'
and is similar in shape and bellows arrangement
to a blow accordion. A perforated metal plate,
or 'notes,' by means of which the musical com-
position is to be produced, is securely placed on
an upright metal spindle, and by continuous
turning of a hand crank the plate revolves and
automatically opens and closes the keys and
works the bellows, the duration of the music de-
pending on the muscular endurance of the op-
erator" (and forbearance of the listener).
"The exhibit in the case corresponds with the
description made by the appraiser, and we find
that the same is not a toy, as claimed by the
protest, but is a musical instrument. The alarm
clocks are admittedly clocks, but, having a mu-
sical attachment, were held by the surveyor to be
more specifically provided for as musical instru-
ments than as clocks not specially provided for.
In the correctness of this conclusion we do not
concur. The musical attachment is a mere inci-
dent. The article under consideration is un-
questionably a clock and, as such, dutiable at
40 per cent, ad valorem under paragraph 191, act
of July 24, 1897, To this extent the protest is
sustained. In all other respects the decision of
the collector is affirmed."
tion, "Antonious Stradivarius, Cremo Faciebat,
Anno 1781." A number of musicians are report-
ed as having examined the violin and have told
the Colonel he has a treasure. Now, if the Col-
onel will submit his alleged "Strad." to the keen
inspection of some wholesale expert, the genuine-
ness of his find would be really determined.
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS OF JAPANESE.
Japanese girls of the upper and middle classes
learn to play the "koto," while those of the lower
orders usually learn the "samisen." The "koto"
is a narrow, horizontal instrument about five feet
long, with a sounding board, upon which are
stretched strings supported by ivory bridges. I t
is played by means of ivory finger tips. The
player sits before the instrument on the floor in
the ordinary posture, and when she touches the
strings she often sings a sort of accompaniment.
The "samisen" is a kind of banjo, and is often
played during theatrical performances and reci-
tations. It gives forth dull and monotonous
tones. The teaching of these two popular musi-
cal instruments is said to be largely in the hands
of blind men and women.
The Japanese scale has thirteen notes, and
some writers think that Japan borrowed the
Western method of tuning; but any attempt to
play their native compositions, even when they
have been adapted to European instruments, will
prove how far this belief is from the truth.
Moreover, a "koto" was used by a Japanese musi-
cian, called Yatsuhashi, 120 years before Sebas-
tian Bach composed his celebrated fugues.
AN OLD INSTRUMENT FOUND.
C. C. Bender, of Buffalo, N. Y., intends to open
another store at 624 Main street, in that city,
where he will exploit the Schubert Piano Co.'s
line.
Advices say that Col. E. S. Hendrick, of Tunk-
hannock, Pa., the other day bought, in an old
shop, a curious looking old violin, stringless and
long unused, for which he paid $10. Whereupon
he, to his delight, discovered upon it the inscrip-
O. E. Wuertz, a New York City dealer, has put
in a email plant over his store, at 1518 Third
H,vf-nue, and now figures as a manufacturer. Hi"3
capacity is three a week.
COLUMBIA
RECORDS
LATE PATENTS OF TRADE INTEREST.
(Specially Prepared for The Review.)
Washington, D. C, June 2, 1904.
ACCORDION. Raffaele Carbonari, San Francisco,
Cal. Patent No. 760,730.
The present invention relates to certain im-
provements in that class of musical instruments,
termed "accordions," in which bellows are em-
ployed to produce sounds by the action of the
wind on reeds of various sizes.
In addition to producing the simultaneous
sounding of fixed concordant tones the present
purpose is to provide simple, compact and durable
meatis for varying at will the combination of
other concordant tones, and thereby produce the
pleasing chords of the common, major and
anomalous variety.
MUSICAL INSTRUMENT. Francois Sudre, Paris,
France. Patent No. 759,933.
This invention relates to improvements in
musical instruments; and the object is to obtain
similar tunes to those of reed instruments with
metal wind instruments having flaring mouths,
whether operated by pistons or otherwise, with-
out changing the method of fingering of these
instruments or necessitating previous teaching.
VIOLIN. Benjamin Battram, Lynnehurst, Can.
Patent No. 759,850.
REGARDING IMPORTED ALCOHOL.
Imported alcohol, when used, is part of the
dutiable value of the finished varnish, shellac,
etc. This may have a bearing on the so-called
French varnish which sellers claim is imported
goods. On the 19th ult. Judge Somerville, of the
United States Board of Appraisers, decided that
the amount of French internal-revenue tax levied
on the alcohol contained in the merchandise, but
which was not collected if the merchandise was
exported, was part of the market value of the
goods.
The Regina Co., of Rahway, N. J., are placing
a large bronze clock at the corner of their factory
in that little city.
A Word About Gold-Moulded Records
Columbia Moulded Cylinder Records were the first Moulded Records on the market by
about a year.
They always have been GOLD-moulded. A gold mould is the ONLY economical and efficient
mould known to the art.
Moulded records are superior to the old engraved records, because they may be made of
HARDER material. Hard records last longer and have a better quality of tone.
A gold-moulded record made of SOFT material would be no better in quality than an
ENGRAVED record in soft material.
The best Moulded Records are not only GOLD-MOULDED; they are SUPER-HARDENED.
Gold-moulded records are LESS expensive than engraved records. The PROCESS is simpler.
Formerly, BLANK cylinders were moulded, then SHAVED, then ENGRAVED from an original. The
originals soon wore out under the reproducing stylus.
Now, a gold-lined MOULD is made from the original, and the product of that mould is a
SMOOTHLY FINISHED cylinder, with the SOUND RECORD ALREADY ON IT. The life of the original is
increased ten times, a hundred times, a thousand times.
A record is not MORE expensive because it is gold-moulded.
It is LESS expensive.
Columbia Moulded Cylinder Records are NEW records, made by a NEW process. They are
not only gold-moulded. They are SUPER-HARDENED.
Irrespective of PRICE, they are superior in QUALITY to any other gold-moulded record on
the market.
FOR SALE BY DEALERS EVERYWHERE, AND BY THE
COLUMBIA PHONOGRAPH COMPANY
PIONEERS AND LEADERS IN THE TALKING MACHINE ART
GRAND PRIZE, PARIS, 1900
UrTOWN, RXTAIL ONLY, 872 Broadway.
NEW YORK. Wholesale. Retail and Export, 98 Chamber* St.
KANSAS CITY, 1016 Walnut St.
PITTSBURG, 615 Penn Ave.
CHICAGO. 88 Wabash Ave.
ST. PAUL. 886 Wabasha St.
NEW ORLEANS. LA., 828-680 Canal S t
PHILADELPHIA. 1019-1021 Market St.
DENVER, 606-507 Sixteenth St.
DETROIT, 37 Grand River Ave.
ST. LOUIS. 908 Olive St. (Frisco Building).
OMAHA. 1621 Farnam St.
MILWAUKEE. 391 East Water St.
BOSTON, 164 Tremont St.
LOS ANGELES, 828 South Main S t
WASHINGTON. 1212 F St., N. W.
BALTIMORE. 281 N. Howard St.
MEMPHIS, 802 Main St.
TORONTO. ONTARIO, 107 Yonge St.
CLEVELAND, Cor. Euclid Ave. and Erie St.
PORTLAND. ORE., 128 Seventh St.
MINNEAPOLIS. 18 Fourth St., South.
BUFFALO, 646 Main St.
OAKLAND. CAL., 468 18th St.
INDIANAPOLIS, 48 N. Pennsylvania St.
SAN FRANCISCO, 125 Geary St.
BERLIN, 71 Ritterstrasse.
LONDON, Wholesale, Retail, 89 Great Eastern St., E. C. RETAIL BRANCH STORE, 200 Oxford St., W.
HAMBURG, Adolphsplatz No. 4.
PARIS, 111 and U S Rue Montmartre.
ST. PETERSBURG, 58 Nevski Prospect
THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
MUSIC BOX RULING.
A Decision of General Appraiser Sharretts
Which is of General Interest.
Brief mention was made last week of the de-
cision of General Appraiser Sharretts relative
to music boxes and musical clocks, and of which
the following is a complete decision: "(1) fifty
piccolos and 700 perforated plates for the same;
(2) alarm clocks with musical alarms.
"The appraiser reports that 'the piccolo is a
box-shaped affair of wood 6 by 8 by 10 inches,'
and is similar in shape and bellows arrangement
to a blow accordion. A perforated metal plate,
or 'notes,' by means of which the musical com-
position is to be produced, is securely placed on
an upright metal spindle, and by continuous
turning of a hand crank the plate revolves and
automatically opens and closes the keys and
works the bellows, the duration of the music de-
pending on the muscular endurance of the op-
erator" (and forbearance of the listener).
"The exhibit in the case corresponds with the
description made by the appraiser, and we find
that the same is not a toy, as claimed by the
protest, but is a musical instrument. The alarm
clocks are admittedly clocks, but, having a mu-
sical attachment, were held by the surveyor to be
more specifically provided for as musical instru-
ments than as clocks not specially provided for.
In the correctness of this conclusion we do not
concur. The musical attachment is a mere inci-
dent. The article under consideration is un-
questionably a clock and, as such, dutiable at
40 per cent, ad valorem under paragraph 191, act
of July 24, 1897, To this extent the protest is
sustained. In all other respects the decision of
the collector is affirmed."
tion, "Antonious Stradivarius, Cremo Faciebat,
Anno 1781." A number of musicians are report-
ed as having examined the violin and have told
the Colonel he has a treasure. Now, if the Col-
onel will submit his alleged "Strad." to the keen
inspection of some wholesale expert, the genuine-
ness of his find would be really determined.
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS OF JAPANESE.
Japanese girls of the upper and middle classes
learn to play the "koto," while those of the lower
orders usually learn the "samisen." The "koto"
is a narrow, horizontal instrument about five feet
long, with a sounding board, upon which are
stretched strings supported by ivory bridges. I t
is played by means of ivory finger tips. The
player sits before the instrument on the floor in
the ordinary posture, and when she touches the
strings she often sings a sort of accompaniment.
The "samisen" is a kind of banjo, and is often
played during theatrical performances and reci-
tations. It gives forth dull and monotonous
tones. The teaching of these two popular musi-
cal instruments is said to be largely in the hands
of blind men and women.
The Japanese scale has thirteen notes, and
some writers think that Japan borrowed the
Western method of tuning; but any attempt to
play their native compositions, even when they
have been adapted to European instruments, will
prove how far this belief is from the truth.
Moreover, a "koto" was used by a Japanese musi-
cian, called Yatsuhashi, 120 years before Sebas-
tian Bach composed his celebrated fugues.
AN OLD INSTRUMENT FOUND.
C. C. Bender, of Buffalo, N. Y., intends to open
another store at 624 Main street, in that city,
where he will exploit the Schubert Piano Co.'s
line.
Advices say that Col. E. S. Hendrick, of Tunk-
hannock, Pa., the other day bought, in an old
shop, a curious looking old violin, stringless and
long unused, for which he paid $10. Whereupon
he, to his delight, discovered upon it the inscrip-
O. E. Wuertz, a New York City dealer, has put
in a email plant over his store, at 1518 Third
H,vf-nue, and now figures as a manufacturer. Hi"3
capacity is three a week.
COLUMBIA
RECORDS
LATE PATENTS OF TRADE INTEREST.
(Specially Prepared for The Review.)
Washington, D. C, June 2, 1904.
ACCORDION. Raffaele Carbonari, San Francisco,
Cal. Patent No. 760,730.
The present invention relates to certain im-
provements in that class of musical instruments,
termed "accordions," in which bellows are em-
ployed to produce sounds by the action of the
wind on reeds of various sizes.
In addition to producing the simultaneous
sounding of fixed concordant tones the present
purpose is to provide simple, compact and durable
meatis for varying at will the combination of
other concordant tones, and thereby produce the
pleasing chords of the common, major and
anomalous variety.
MUSICAL INSTRUMENT. Francois Sudre, Paris,
France. Patent No. 759,933.
This invention relates to improvements in
musical instruments; and the object is to obtain
similar tunes to those of reed instruments with
metal wind instruments having flaring mouths,
whether operated by pistons or otherwise, with-
out changing the method of fingering of these
instruments or necessitating previous teaching.
VIOLIN. Benjamin Battram, Lynnehurst, Can.
Patent No. 759,850.
REGARDING IMPORTED ALCOHOL.
Imported alcohol, when used, is part of the
dutiable value of the finished varnish, shellac,
etc. This may have a bearing on the so-called
French varnish which sellers claim is imported
goods. On the 19th ult. Judge Somerville, of the
United States Board of Appraisers, decided that
the amount of French internal-revenue tax levied
on the alcohol contained in the merchandise, but
which was not collected if the merchandise was
exported, was part of the market value of the
goods.
The Regina Co., of Rahway, N. J., are placing
a large bronze clock at the corner of their factory
in that little city.
A Word About Gold-Moulded Records
Columbia Moulded Cylinder Records were the first Moulded Records on the market by
about a year.
They always have been GOLD-moulded. A gold mould is the ONLY economical and efficient
mould known to the art.
Moulded records are superior to the old engraved records, because they may be made of
HARDER material. Hard records last longer and have a better quality of tone.
A gold-moulded record made of SOFT material would be no better in quality than an
ENGRAVED record in soft material.
The best Moulded Records are not only GOLD-MOULDED; they are SUPER-HARDENED.
Gold-moulded records are LESS expensive than engraved records. The PROCESS is simpler.
Formerly, BLANK cylinders were moulded, then SHAVED, then ENGRAVED from an original. The
originals soon wore out under the reproducing stylus.
Now, a gold-lined MOULD is made from the original, and the product of that mould is a
SMOOTHLY FINISHED cylinder, with the SOUND RECORD ALREADY ON IT. The life of the original is
increased ten times, a hundred times, a thousand times.
A record is not MORE expensive because it is gold-moulded.
It is LESS expensive.
Columbia Moulded Cylinder Records are NEW records, made by a NEW process. They are
not only gold-moulded. They are SUPER-HARDENED.
Irrespective of PRICE, they are superior in QUALITY to any other gold-moulded record on
the market.
FOR SALE BY DEALERS EVERYWHERE, AND BY THE
COLUMBIA PHONOGRAPH COMPANY
PIONEERS AND LEADERS IN THE TALKING MACHINE ART
GRAND PRIZE, PARIS, 1900
UrTOWN, RXTAIL ONLY, 872 Broadway.
NEW YORK. Wholesale. Retail and Export, 98 Chamber* St.
KANSAS CITY, 1016 Walnut St.
PITTSBURG, 615 Penn Ave.
CHICAGO. 88 Wabash Ave.
ST. PAUL. 886 Wabasha St.
NEW ORLEANS. LA., 828-680 Canal S t
PHILADELPHIA. 1019-1021 Market St.
DENVER, 606-507 Sixteenth St.
DETROIT, 37 Grand River Ave.
ST. LOUIS. 908 Olive St. (Frisco Building).
OMAHA. 1621 Farnam St.
MILWAUKEE. 391 East Water St.
BOSTON, 164 Tremont St.
LOS ANGELES, 828 South Main S t
WASHINGTON. 1212 F St., N. W.
BALTIMORE. 281 N. Howard St.
MEMPHIS, 802 Main St.
TORONTO. ONTARIO, 107 Yonge St.
CLEVELAND, Cor. Euclid Ave. and Erie St.
PORTLAND. ORE., 128 Seventh St.
MINNEAPOLIS. 18 Fourth St., South.
BUFFALO, 646 Main St.
OAKLAND. CAL., 468 18th St.
INDIANAPOLIS, 48 N. Pennsylvania St.
SAN FRANCISCO, 125 Geary St.
BERLIN, 71 Ritterstrasse.
LONDON, Wholesale, Retail, 89 Great Eastern St., E. C. RETAIL BRANCH STORE, 200 Oxford St., W.
HAMBURG, Adolphsplatz No. 4.
PARIS, 111 and U S Rue Montmartre.
ST. PETERSBURG, 58 Nevski Prospect
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