Music Trade Review
Issue: 1905 Vol. 40 N. 25 - Page 63
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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
If a bit of wood prepared for its place, as a
"A very slight training would prepare a man
certain note in the xylophone, should give out a for such work," says the inventor.
sound too sharp, he takes up a fine saw and
Another remarkably simple and very useful
barely creases it across the middle. He revels invention, but which the hermit characteris-
in his work and in the demonstration of it.
tically makes no effort to promote because he de-
ALL KINDS OK INSTRUMENTS.
tests business in any form, is a musical staff to
Here is to be found a remarkable conglomera- be used in teaching. The lines of the staff, which
tion of musical bric-a-brac. Everything is there is about two feet wide, and as long as desired,
with tone and pitch, from door harps, chimes are made of wood or of wire, and to these are
and steel-plate bells, to curious and intricate in- attached notes made of tuned steel, each plate
ventions, some of them so advanced as to sug- or note giving out the exact sound represented
gest another age in which the people of earth by its position on the staff. His idea is to ap-
might demand harmony in every sound of the peal at once to the sight and the hearing of the
streets.
pupil. Mr. Kitching declares that children should
"Everything can be tuned," said Mr. Kitching, be taught the fundamental principles of music
taking up an oblong piece of white wood and so thoroughly that they can instantly intone any-
softly tapping it with a small hammer.
musical note at sight.
"These wooden bells are xylophones that I am
His favorite invention is his "Signal Music."
preparing," and he pointed to a row of the in- The instrument is composed of a keyboard,
struments that are nameless to most people and which, when played upon, gives no sound, but,
identified for the most part with vaudeville per- instead registers high above the keys and on
formers.
wires, skilfully placed, the notes of the composi-
"This bit of wood is flat. I remedy that so." tion played.
And, taking up his fine saw, he dropped off an
NOVEL MUSICAL PLAN.
end of the block, struck it again and compared
His theory is that in chorus work, each child
the sound with another bell instrument. The
in an aggregation of hundreds, or thousands
pitch was perfect.
even, will have his tuned bell or plate corre-
CAN TUNE MEN'S BONES.
"Everything can be tuned," he repeated. "A sponding in sound with a certain one of the notes
dead man's bones can be made musical, even flashed, and this he will strike at sight of his
though the man himself could not and would not signaled tone. The chorus may be divided into
carry a tune. Serve him right, too. An Irish- groups of hundreds if necessary. Each group
man's bones can be made to play 'God Save the will have the same note in a musical staff, until
Queen,' and the dry bones of an Englishman can every shading of sharp or flat is given out. As
give out 'The Wearing of the Green' very pret- the director plays his signal organ, the bells
tily. Not that I make a specialty of tuning dead respond. The director is really playing upon
the children, and Mr. Kitching thinks that in a
men's bones," he added with a smile.
Mr. Kitching is an inveterate student and an short time, with such training, the pupils' ears
would become so sensitive to pitch that they
original thinker.
could respond to the signals vocally as well as
HAS MAKINE FOCi WHISTLE.
His tonal marine fog whistle Is designed for with their bells.
The special use for signal music is in the open
warships and is so constructed as to give out a
peculiar tone for each point of the compass, so air choral work, and the instrument may be
that another vessel, hearing the whistle, has but wired to flash out notes of electric lights so that
to pull a cord and a receiver registers the tone enormous gatherings in a park of an evening
indicating the point from which the sound comes. would be able to participate.
Awarded a GOLD
63
WANTS LAW A0A1NST DISCORDS.
It is his dream to see the public so educated
that inharmonious sounds are unlawful. He
thinks that the disagreeable noises caused by
machinery in public conveyances may be abated,
and that horns used on election nights and for
other celebrations should be tuned and made by
the manufacturer to harmonize.
Municipal authority should demand that sleigh-
bells be in tune, he says, and steam whistles
might just as well chord harmoniously together
as to cause the hideous noices which they now
send forth.
Tuning forks and musical boxes Mr. Kitching
sends out to Yale and Harvard and other col-
leges, and he puts bells in tune for target prac-
tice. Many pieces of metal tubing lie about his
shop, and when asked what they are for, he ex-
plained that each tube is a chime for stage use,
the longer the tube the lower the pitch of the
church bell.
"PHILOSOPHIC
MUSIC."
"Most persons," says this musical man, "think
that expression means so many words put to-
gether in a sentence. In reality, an emotion, a
thought even, may be expressed as well in tones
of music if one but understands the language."
MUSICIANS' SUPPLY CO. INCORPORATED.
The Musicians' Supply Co. was incorporated
with the Secretary of the State of Massachu-
setts this week for the object of dealing in mu-
sical instruments. Capital, $15,000. President,
Carl L. W. Nellson, Summerville; treasurer,
Adolph J. Oettinger, Roxbury, Mass.
EXHIBITS HUGE BANJO.
The Benjamin Temple of Music at Kalamazoo,
Mich., has been displaying in its window what
is reputed to be the largest mandolin ever manu-
factured. It is the product of the Washburn
Co., and has been used by them in various places
for exhibition purposes, including the Louisiana
Purchase Exposition at St. Louis.
MEDAL
at World's Fair. Saint Louis
South African Ex. Capetown
1904
The only H a r m o n i c a s and
Accordeons
that ever re-
ceived the G O L D
MEDAL
at a World's Fair.
Ask Your Jobber
M. HOHNER
354 Broadway
NEW YORK
"HOHNER'S
ARE THE BEST
The People Know It
They Ask For Them
They're Bound To Get Them
They INSIST Upon Getting Them
WELL!
Why Not Sell Them ?
THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
If a bit of wood prepared for its place, as a
"A very slight training would prepare a man
certain note in the xylophone, should give out a for such work," says the inventor.
sound too sharp, he takes up a fine saw and
Another remarkably simple and very useful
barely creases it across the middle. He revels invention, but which the hermit characteris-
in his work and in the demonstration of it.
tically makes no effort to promote because he de-
ALL KINDS OK INSTRUMENTS.
tests business in any form, is a musical staff to
Here is to be found a remarkable conglomera- be used in teaching. The lines of the staff, which
tion of musical bric-a-brac. Everything is there is about two feet wide, and as long as desired,
with tone and pitch, from door harps, chimes are made of wood or of wire, and to these are
and steel-plate bells, to curious and intricate in- attached notes made of tuned steel, each plate
ventions, some of them so advanced as to sug- or note giving out the exact sound represented
gest another age in which the people of earth by its position on the staff. His idea is to ap-
might demand harmony in every sound of the peal at once to the sight and the hearing of the
streets.
pupil. Mr. Kitching declares that children should
"Everything can be tuned," said Mr. Kitching, be taught the fundamental principles of music
taking up an oblong piece of white wood and so thoroughly that they can instantly intone any-
softly tapping it with a small hammer.
musical note at sight.
"These wooden bells are xylophones that I am
His favorite invention is his "Signal Music."
preparing," and he pointed to a row of the in- The instrument is composed of a keyboard,
struments that are nameless to most people and which, when played upon, gives no sound, but,
identified for the most part with vaudeville per- instead registers high above the keys and on
formers.
wires, skilfully placed, the notes of the composi-
"This bit of wood is flat. I remedy that so." tion played.
And, taking up his fine saw, he dropped off an
NOVEL MUSICAL PLAN.
end of the block, struck it again and compared
His theory is that in chorus work, each child
the sound with another bell instrument. The
in an aggregation of hundreds, or thousands
pitch was perfect.
even, will have his tuned bell or plate corre-
CAN TUNE MEN'S BONES.
"Everything can be tuned," he repeated. "A sponding in sound with a certain one of the notes
dead man's bones can be made musical, even flashed, and this he will strike at sight of his
though the man himself could not and would not signaled tone. The chorus may be divided into
carry a tune. Serve him right, too. An Irish- groups of hundreds if necessary. Each group
man's bones can be made to play 'God Save the will have the same note in a musical staff, until
Queen,' and the dry bones of an Englishman can every shading of sharp or flat is given out. As
give out 'The Wearing of the Green' very pret- the director plays his signal organ, the bells
tily. Not that I make a specialty of tuning dead respond. The director is really playing upon
the children, and Mr. Kitching thinks that in a
men's bones," he added with a smile.
Mr. Kitching is an inveterate student and an short time, with such training, the pupils' ears
would become so sensitive to pitch that they
original thinker.
could respond to the signals vocally as well as
HAS MAKINE FOCi WHISTLE.
His tonal marine fog whistle Is designed for with their bells.
The special use for signal music is in the open
warships and is so constructed as to give out a
peculiar tone for each point of the compass, so air choral work, and the instrument may be
that another vessel, hearing the whistle, has but wired to flash out notes of electric lights so that
to pull a cord and a receiver registers the tone enormous gatherings in a park of an evening
indicating the point from which the sound comes. would be able to participate.
Awarded a GOLD
63
WANTS LAW A0A1NST DISCORDS.
It is his dream to see the public so educated
that inharmonious sounds are unlawful. He
thinks that the disagreeable noises caused by
machinery in public conveyances may be abated,
and that horns used on election nights and for
other celebrations should be tuned and made by
the manufacturer to harmonize.
Municipal authority should demand that sleigh-
bells be in tune, he says, and steam whistles
might just as well chord harmoniously together
as to cause the hideous noices which they now
send forth.
Tuning forks and musical boxes Mr. Kitching
sends out to Yale and Harvard and other col-
leges, and he puts bells in tune for target prac-
tice. Many pieces of metal tubing lie about his
shop, and when asked what they are for, he ex-
plained that each tube is a chime for stage use,
the longer the tube the lower the pitch of the
church bell.
"PHILOSOPHIC
MUSIC."
"Most persons," says this musical man, "think
that expression means so many words put to-
gether in a sentence. In reality, an emotion, a
thought even, may be expressed as well in tones
of music if one but understands the language."
MUSICIANS' SUPPLY CO. INCORPORATED.
The Musicians' Supply Co. was incorporated
with the Secretary of the State of Massachu-
setts this week for the object of dealing in mu-
sical instruments. Capital, $15,000. President,
Carl L. W. Nellson, Summerville; treasurer,
Adolph J. Oettinger, Roxbury, Mass.
EXHIBITS HUGE BANJO.
The Benjamin Temple of Music at Kalamazoo,
Mich., has been displaying in its window what
is reputed to be the largest mandolin ever manu-
factured. It is the product of the Washburn
Co., and has been used by them in various places
for exhibition purposes, including the Louisiana
Purchase Exposition at St. Louis.
MEDAL
at World's Fair. Saint Louis
South African Ex. Capetown
1904
The only H a r m o n i c a s and
Accordeons
that ever re-
ceived the G O L D
MEDAL
at a World's Fair.
Ask Your Jobber
M. HOHNER
354 Broadway
NEW YORK
"HOHNER'S
ARE THE BEST
The People Know It
They Ask For Them
They're Bound To Get Them
They INSIST Upon Getting Them
WELL!
Why Not Sell Them ?
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