Music Trade Review
Issue: 1906 Vol. 43 N. 2 - Page 39
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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
RARE FIDDLES IN GLASS CASES.
Musicians Unable to Compete With Rich Col-
lectors in Acquiring Them.
The greater value of old violins over violon-
cellos was shown at a London auction the other
day, when one of the larger instruments by Jo-
seph Guarnerius sold for only $1,650. A violin
of the same make would have brought much
more.
The work of Joseph del Gesu, a cousin of Jo-
seph Guarnerius, is quite as much valued as
that of the latter, although it is probable that a
rare 'cello of his manufacture which came to
light the other day in London will bring very lit-
tle more than was paid for the Guarnerius. Del
Gesu got his title from the fact that the few
genuine labels of his still in existence are
marked with the sacred emblem, "I.H.S."
His violins are among the finest of the Cre-
rcona makes, and he made few violoncellos, which
gives a greater value to an instrument discov-
ered by a violin expert several weeks ago. It is
not customary to discover a Stradivarius in Eng-
land every other day, and the new find is con-
sidered genuine.
It is not spurious instruments, however, that
the musicians fear. They are casting jealous
eyes on the collections of musical instruments
which amateurs are gradually forming.
Men of wealth who love music, as well as
those who care nothing about it, have lately
turned to musical instruments as a field for ar-
tistic investment. Naturally, these collectors are
able to pay any price- demanded for these things,
and thus shut the players out of all possible
competition with them.
The musicians are usually able to get the in-
struments, in one way or another, for less than
the market price. If they were compelled to bid
against the millionaires they would never be able
to possess the fine makes of violins, for it is
violins that the collectors want most.
"I often contemplate the day," Franz Kneisel,
of the Kneisel Quartette, said to a Sun reporter
last week, "when the violins of the world will
all be in the possession of persons who keep them
in glass cases and never use them.
"It would be the easiest thing in the world
for men of wealth to buy up all these instru-
ments and take them out of use. It is a discour-
aging thought to the musician, who feels that
the violins of Stradivarius and his famous col-
leagues are merely to become museum pieces af-
ter a while.
"Yet that can readily happen if the wealth of
the millionaire collectors is to be pitted against
the means of the musicians. I have several
friends who have beautiful collections of violins. the piece is unfortunate in its name, but that
I love to play on them, and always say it is a there is nothing in it to make it inappropriate
shame they should not be owned by men who ai. a funeral service.
could make use of them."
Several very valuable collections of violins are
in this country. H. H. Havemeyer owns many
NEW FIRM
NEW GOODS
valuable instruments and a Connecticut collector
NEW PRICES
has gathered many that are used only for mu-
seum purposes. Kept in this way fine violins are
likely to lose in value, since to be kept in their
best estate they must be played on.
Small Goods
HOHNER MARINE BAND.
The largest stock west of the Mississippi
River, everything up to date. IT WILL PAY
YOU TO WRITI TO-DAY.
Harmonica Is Proving a Great Favorite With
Wide-Awake Dealers.
Koerber-Brenner Music Company
The many lines of harmonicas offered by M.
Hohner, the great maker of the highest grades of
accordeons and harmonicas at Trossingen, Ba-
varia, always find a ready sale in this country,
and among them the marine band styles have
won for themselves an enviable notoriety. This
particular brand is made in a large variety of de-
signs and sizes, and are put up in the most at-
tractive packages possible. These instruments
are noted for their rich, full tones as well as for
their beautiful finish. The leader in this particu-
lar line is the marine band tremolo with two
extra fine, clear-toned bells. It is packed in a
fine hinged leatherette case, eight inches long.
This harmonica, which is No. 125 in the cata-
logue issued from their New York headquarters,
at 475 Broadway, has twenty double holes, forty
reeds, brass plates, nickel-plated covers, extension
ends, and is tremolo tuned. Dealers will find
this an exceptionally good leader.
TO MAKE IMPROVED VALVE.
The invention of Theodore Steinmetz, of Marsh-
field, Wis., and Albert O. Paulson, of Sharon, N.
D., for improving the valve system of musical
instruments, has proven a success, and machin-
ery has been placed above the Steinmetz store
for manufacturing instruments containing the
improved valve. Operations commenced last
week, and several men were employed at the
onset.
"Always in the Way" is suitable music to be
played at a funeral. A board of naval officers
has so decided, and its report upon the subject
was submitted to the Navy Department a few
days ago.
The piece was played at the burial service of
Private C. W. J. Anderson, of the Marine Corps,
at Olongope, P. I., and aroused much criticism.
The investigation made by the board finds that
The Standard of the World
THE
ORIGINAL
MAVUFACTUMB BY
THC BAUER CO.
141* H. «TH BT. PHILADELPHIA PA
S. S. Stewart Banjo
and the BAUER Mandolins and Guitars
THE GRAND PRIZE
Awirdtd tht C G.
Conn Band, Or-
c h e s t r a and S o l o
I n s t r u m e n t s , it
mtrely a a«w acknowl-
edgment of what was
long ago e o n c t d e d ,
• imilr. (hn ( b •
" W o n d e r s " arc un-
paralleled In any excel-
lence or quality that goea
to make up.a P e r f e c t
and I d e a l inatrument.
Tne Holidays Are
A l m o s t H e r e , which
auggeata that a gift 'o
y o u r f r i e n d of a
"GRAND PRIZE" In
atrnment would make a
present that would
charm and delight :: ::
Send for large ILLUS-
TRATED
CATA-
L O G U E t e l l i n g all
about them
1006 Olive Street, ST. LOUIS
J. F. KALBE'S,
VERA IMPERIAL ACCORDEONS
bearing the well-known "Anchor
Brand," are, in tone, workman-
ship and finish, unsurpassed. They
are sold exclusively to first-class
Importers and Dealers at factory
prices without between profits.
For further particulars, apply to
Win. R. Gratz Import Co.
35-37 West Thirty-First Street. New York City
— THE-
WM. R. GRATZ IMPORT CO.,
35-37 West 31st St., New York City,
Sol* Agents tor
ANTOINB COURTO1S AND BOHLAND & FUCHS'
Band Instruments and Saxophones;
LBFBVRB, LECOMTB AND MERCADIBR
Clarionets;
Friedrich August Helmerdlng, Chadwlck, J. Strauss,
Koschat, E. Bausch, Hasimlg and Baser & Durr-
schmidt's Violins and Bows; Qustav Bernadel and
Koschat Rosin; Imperial, Empress, U. S., and Orand
Solo Accordeons, and Concertinas; Empress Mouth
Harmonicas.
Catalogs forwarded on request free of charge.
MR. DEALER:
You Need Two Things This
New Year
lst--LYON & HEALY MANDOLINS, GUI-
TARS AND VIOLINS.
2nd--SIEGEL-MYERS' MUSIC LESSONS
TO GIVE AWAY WITH THEM.
Hundreds of dealers all over the country are doubling-
their sales.
No cost whatever nor trouble to you, but a magnifi-
cent extra value for your customers.
You increase your lales by giving free $35.00 or
$50.00 worth of lessons with every instrument.
Write for full particulars.
LYON & HEALY,
Chicago
YORK
Band Instruments
JMMD POR MMW
ILLUSTRATED
CJtTJtLOOVM
J. W.YORK & SONS
c . G. CONN CO., Elkhart, Indiana
S.—Taa Wonder InatrnaionM are eoat on trial and FULLY
SUAMANTEK
Instrument*
GRAND R.APIDS
MICH.
THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
RARE FIDDLES IN GLASS CASES.
Musicians Unable to Compete With Rich Col-
lectors in Acquiring Them.
The greater value of old violins over violon-
cellos was shown at a London auction the other
day, when one of the larger instruments by Jo-
seph Guarnerius sold for only $1,650. A violin
of the same make would have brought much
more.
The work of Joseph del Gesu, a cousin of Jo-
seph Guarnerius, is quite as much valued as
that of the latter, although it is probable that a
rare 'cello of his manufacture which came to
light the other day in London will bring very lit-
tle more than was paid for the Guarnerius. Del
Gesu got his title from the fact that the few
genuine labels of his still in existence are
marked with the sacred emblem, "I.H.S."
His violins are among the finest of the Cre-
rcona makes, and he made few violoncellos, which
gives a greater value to an instrument discov-
ered by a violin expert several weeks ago. It is
not customary to discover a Stradivarius in Eng-
land every other day, and the new find is con-
sidered genuine.
It is not spurious instruments, however, that
the musicians fear. They are casting jealous
eyes on the collections of musical instruments
which amateurs are gradually forming.
Men of wealth who love music, as well as
those who care nothing about it, have lately
turned to musical instruments as a field for ar-
tistic investment. Naturally, these collectors are
able to pay any price- demanded for these things,
and thus shut the players out of all possible
competition with them.
The musicians are usually able to get the in-
struments, in one way or another, for less than
the market price. If they were compelled to bid
against the millionaires they would never be able
to possess the fine makes of violins, for it is
violins that the collectors want most.
"I often contemplate the day," Franz Kneisel,
of the Kneisel Quartette, said to a Sun reporter
last week, "when the violins of the world will
all be in the possession of persons who keep them
in glass cases and never use them.
"It would be the easiest thing in the world
for men of wealth to buy up all these instru-
ments and take them out of use. It is a discour-
aging thought to the musician, who feels that
the violins of Stradivarius and his famous col-
leagues are merely to become museum pieces af-
ter a while.
"Yet that can readily happen if the wealth of
the millionaire collectors is to be pitted against
the means of the musicians. I have several
friends who have beautiful collections of violins. the piece is unfortunate in its name, but that
I love to play on them, and always say it is a there is nothing in it to make it inappropriate
shame they should not be owned by men who ai. a funeral service.
could make use of them."
Several very valuable collections of violins are
in this country. H. H. Havemeyer owns many
NEW FIRM
NEW GOODS
valuable instruments and a Connecticut collector
NEW PRICES
has gathered many that are used only for mu-
seum purposes. Kept in this way fine violins are
likely to lose in value, since to be kept in their
best estate they must be played on.
Small Goods
HOHNER MARINE BAND.
The largest stock west of the Mississippi
River, everything up to date. IT WILL PAY
YOU TO WRITI TO-DAY.
Harmonica Is Proving a Great Favorite With
Wide-Awake Dealers.
Koerber-Brenner Music Company
The many lines of harmonicas offered by M.
Hohner, the great maker of the highest grades of
accordeons and harmonicas at Trossingen, Ba-
varia, always find a ready sale in this country,
and among them the marine band styles have
won for themselves an enviable notoriety. This
particular brand is made in a large variety of de-
signs and sizes, and are put up in the most at-
tractive packages possible. These instruments
are noted for their rich, full tones as well as for
their beautiful finish. The leader in this particu-
lar line is the marine band tremolo with two
extra fine, clear-toned bells. It is packed in a
fine hinged leatherette case, eight inches long.
This harmonica, which is No. 125 in the cata-
logue issued from their New York headquarters,
at 475 Broadway, has twenty double holes, forty
reeds, brass plates, nickel-plated covers, extension
ends, and is tremolo tuned. Dealers will find
this an exceptionally good leader.
TO MAKE IMPROVED VALVE.
The invention of Theodore Steinmetz, of Marsh-
field, Wis., and Albert O. Paulson, of Sharon, N.
D., for improving the valve system of musical
instruments, has proven a success, and machin-
ery has been placed above the Steinmetz store
for manufacturing instruments containing the
improved valve. Operations commenced last
week, and several men were employed at the
onset.
"Always in the Way" is suitable music to be
played at a funeral. A board of naval officers
has so decided, and its report upon the subject
was submitted to the Navy Department a few
days ago.
The piece was played at the burial service of
Private C. W. J. Anderson, of the Marine Corps,
at Olongope, P. I., and aroused much criticism.
The investigation made by the board finds that
The Standard of the World
THE
ORIGINAL
MAVUFACTUMB BY
THC BAUER CO.
141* H. «TH BT. PHILADELPHIA PA
S. S. Stewart Banjo
and the BAUER Mandolins and Guitars
THE GRAND PRIZE
Awirdtd tht C G.
Conn Band, Or-
c h e s t r a and S o l o
I n s t r u m e n t s , it
mtrely a a«w acknowl-
edgment of what was
long ago e o n c t d e d ,
• imilr. (hn ( b •
" W o n d e r s " arc un-
paralleled In any excel-
lence or quality that goea
to make up.a P e r f e c t
and I d e a l inatrument.
Tne Holidays Are
A l m o s t H e r e , which
auggeata that a gift 'o
y o u r f r i e n d of a
"GRAND PRIZE" In
atrnment would make a
present that would
charm and delight :: ::
Send for large ILLUS-
TRATED
CATA-
L O G U E t e l l i n g all
about them
1006 Olive Street, ST. LOUIS
J. F. KALBE'S,
VERA IMPERIAL ACCORDEONS
bearing the well-known "Anchor
Brand," are, in tone, workman-
ship and finish, unsurpassed. They
are sold exclusively to first-class
Importers and Dealers at factory
prices without between profits.
For further particulars, apply to
Win. R. Gratz Import Co.
35-37 West Thirty-First Street. New York City
— THE-
WM. R. GRATZ IMPORT CO.,
35-37 West 31st St., New York City,
Sol* Agents tor
ANTOINB COURTO1S AND BOHLAND & FUCHS'
Band Instruments and Saxophones;
LBFBVRB, LECOMTB AND MERCADIBR
Clarionets;
Friedrich August Helmerdlng, Chadwlck, J. Strauss,
Koschat, E. Bausch, Hasimlg and Baser & Durr-
schmidt's Violins and Bows; Qustav Bernadel and
Koschat Rosin; Imperial, Empress, U. S., and Orand
Solo Accordeons, and Concertinas; Empress Mouth
Harmonicas.
Catalogs forwarded on request free of charge.
MR. DEALER:
You Need Two Things This
New Year
lst--LYON & HEALY MANDOLINS, GUI-
TARS AND VIOLINS.
2nd--SIEGEL-MYERS' MUSIC LESSONS
TO GIVE AWAY WITH THEM.
Hundreds of dealers all over the country are doubling-
their sales.
No cost whatever nor trouble to you, but a magnifi-
cent extra value for your customers.
You increase your lales by giving free $35.00 or
$50.00 worth of lessons with every instrument.
Write for full particulars.
LYON & HEALY,
Chicago
YORK
Band Instruments
JMMD POR MMW
ILLUSTRATED
CJtTJtLOOVM
J. W.YORK & SONS
c . G. CONN CO., Elkhart, Indiana
S.—Taa Wonder InatrnaionM are eoat on trial and FULLY
SUAMANTEK
Instrument*
GRAND R.APIDS
MICH.
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