Music Trade Review
Issue: 1907 Vol. 44 N. 13 - Page 43
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TME
MUSIC
TRADE!
REVIEW
their use and the general satisfaction they have
given during the past winter.
MIRA MUSIC BOX PUBLICITY.
A Clever Book, Suitably Illustrated, Just Issued
by the Jacot Music Box Co.
A dainty 36-page illustrated booklet relating
to the Mira music boxes has just been issued by
the Jacot Music Box Co., of 39 Union Square, New
York. The booklet tells of the wonderful effects
possible with the Mira, the extensive repertoire
of discs at the disposal of the music lover, and
dwells on other features of the Mira music box
not generally known to the public, who often im-
agine a music box is one of those antiquated lit-
tle cylinders with a small crank protruding from
one and which when turned is capable of pro-
ducing a series of wails far from satisfactory.
To hear a Mira would give such persons an en-
tirely new idea of the modern music box as a
high-class musical instrument. Throughout the
pages of the booklet appear attractive little pen-
and-ink sketches, which, besides illustrating the
possibilities of the Mira, tend to relieve the se-
' verity of the straight type matter.
CUSTOMS RULING ON ACCORDEONS.
(Special to The Review.)
Washington, D. C, March 25, 1907.
Following the protest of a Boston firm against
the assessment of duty by the collectors at that
port, in which the importers contended that a
certain invoice of accordeons and talking ma-
chines were dutiable as toys, under paragraph
418 of the tariff act, the Board of General Ap-
praisers, on March 4, sustained the contention
as to the talking machines, but overruled as to the
accordeons. G. A. 4855, and abstract 13,914 were
followed in the opinion.
A LOST ART IN VIOLIN MAKING.
The Cremona varnish disappeared about 1760,
and so far the recipe has not been rediscovered.
Whether it was a gum or an oil or a distillation
from some plant or a chemical is not known, nor
how it was mixed. Many theories regarding it
have been advanced from time to time; and Dod,
BAUER CO.'S BIG SPRING SHIPMENTS.
who died in 1830, claimed to have rediscovered
it. He employed others to make his- violins, but
(Special to The Review.)
always varnished them himself. His varnish is
Philadelphia, Pa., March 25, 1907. very superior, and his violins command high
The Bauer Company have been able to get out prices. The varnishing and polishing of a violin
a large stock of instruments of their various are done usually by a woman. It requires time
manufacture for their spring trade, and on their and practice, for the finest instruments are gone
books they have larger orders than any spring over as often as thirty times.
in the history of the house. Many of these in-
struments will be sent abroad, for which they
MUSIC TO DISTANT HEARERS.
have been having an increased demand, prin-
cipally from their London agency. They will
One of the features of the performance at Tel-
make their first shipment of the Bauer banjo harmonic Hall is the actual playing to outside
drums to their export trade this spring, these gatherings, while the regular recital is in prog-
drums having gained a wide reputation through ress before the audience. Two large switches
on the stage, in plain sight of the audience, con-
nect the music circuits with a dozen hotels, in-
STOOLS
cluding the Waldorf, Sherry's, the Cafe Martin
BENCHES
and others, and in almost any recital the musical
CHAIRS
SCARFS
selections of the program are switched on to one,
COVERS
two or three other audiences at these places.
PIANO
Weaver's New Method of
Instruction for the Reed
Organ. 38,000 copies sold
THE HECKELPHONE AND CELESTE.
After bringing this instrument to the point of
perfection he aimed at, the inventor lost his
reason, and we are told is now confined in a
lunatic asylum. The celeste is a keyboard in-
strument of four octaves. The strings are of
steel and are struck by hammers. The effect
suggests a big musical box, and is particularly
pleasing in certain orchestral parts.
"ORCHESTRA" AND "BAND."
In Shakespeare's time no musical dictionary
could have distinguished between "orchestra"
and "band," for the simple reason that neither
word was then English in a musical sense.
"Orchestra" did not arrive before the eighteenth
century, and even "band" not until the latter
half of the seventeenth, when Charles II. had a
"band of violins" in imitation, probably, of Louis
XIV."s "bande." The old English word for a
band of music was "noise." "See if thou canst
find out Sneak's noise; Misstress Tearsheet would
fain hear some music," says one drawer to the
other at the Boar's Head Tavern; and just so
Ben Jonson has "a noise of fiddlers," and "a
noise of trumpets." The old word is wanted for
many a gathering of musicians outside this
writer's flat.
LEAVES FIVE "STRAD" VIOLINS.
A despatch from London says that Charles J.
Oldham, who died in Brighton, left four Stradi-
varius violins of undoubted authenticity to the
British Museum. Another Stradivarius, named
the "Tuscan," the testator left to two friends to
sell for at least $16,000 or turn it over to the Mu-
seum. Mr. Oldham left $50,000 to the Corpus
Christi College at Oxford, $25,000 each to the
Cambridge and Oxford universities and $15,000
to the Manchester Grammar School.
SMITH ACADEMY
GUITARS a n d MANDOLINS
Cannot Be Duplicated for the Money
A trial order is all we ask
in 10 months.
WEAVER & CO
o. D. 195-197
Wabasb Avenue, Chicago
The Heckelphone and the celeste are instru-
WRITE
ments introduced to this continent in New York
in connection with the porformance of the Rich-
ard Strauss opera, "Salome." The first men-
tioned is an oboe bass, which derives its name
from its inventor Heckel, of Bieberich-am-Rhein.
FOR A CATALOGUE OF SALABLE GOODS
Koerber-Brenner Music Company
THE TRIO CORNET
" T H E HAMBURG 2Oth CENTURY" and
MILANO ORGANETTO ACCORDEONS
FOR * *
WM. R. GRATZ IMPORT COMPANY, 35 and 37 West 31 st St., New York
THE
NAME
CONN
AND THE
Union
Label
ARE SYNONYMOUS
AND THE
Genuine Distinguishing' Marks of Superiority
Which Will In Future Be Found On All
Wonder an* American Model Band
and Orchestra Instruments
MADE BY
C. G. CONN COMPANY,
ST. LOUIS
Exclusively Wholesale
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 ar« doubling
their tales.
No cost whatever nor trouble to you, but a magnll-
cent extra value for your customers.
You increase your sales by giving free $15.00 «r
$50.00 worth of lessons with every instrument.
Write for full particulars.
LYON & HEALY,
Chicago
YORIt—
Band Instruments
JMMD worn jumm
H.LUSTMMTMD CJ§TJ§LOOUM
J. W.YOUK It SONS
Makmrm mfthm hlghm* grmAm
B&nd Instruments
GRAND R.APIDS
MICH.
TME
MUSIC
TRADE!
REVIEW
their use and the general satisfaction they have
given during the past winter.
MIRA MUSIC BOX PUBLICITY.
A Clever Book, Suitably Illustrated, Just Issued
by the Jacot Music Box Co.
A dainty 36-page illustrated booklet relating
to the Mira music boxes has just been issued by
the Jacot Music Box Co., of 39 Union Square, New
York. The booklet tells of the wonderful effects
possible with the Mira, the extensive repertoire
of discs at the disposal of the music lover, and
dwells on other features of the Mira music box
not generally known to the public, who often im-
agine a music box is one of those antiquated lit-
tle cylinders with a small crank protruding from
one and which when turned is capable of pro-
ducing a series of wails far from satisfactory.
To hear a Mira would give such persons an en-
tirely new idea of the modern music box as a
high-class musical instrument. Throughout the
pages of the booklet appear attractive little pen-
and-ink sketches, which, besides illustrating the
possibilities of the Mira, tend to relieve the se-
' verity of the straight type matter.
CUSTOMS RULING ON ACCORDEONS.
(Special to The Review.)
Washington, D. C, March 25, 1907.
Following the protest of a Boston firm against
the assessment of duty by the collectors at that
port, in which the importers contended that a
certain invoice of accordeons and talking ma-
chines were dutiable as toys, under paragraph
418 of the tariff act, the Board of General Ap-
praisers, on March 4, sustained the contention
as to the talking machines, but overruled as to the
accordeons. G. A. 4855, and abstract 13,914 were
followed in the opinion.
A LOST ART IN VIOLIN MAKING.
The Cremona varnish disappeared about 1760,
and so far the recipe has not been rediscovered.
Whether it was a gum or an oil or a distillation
from some plant or a chemical is not known, nor
how it was mixed. Many theories regarding it
have been advanced from time to time; and Dod,
BAUER CO.'S BIG SPRING SHIPMENTS.
who died in 1830, claimed to have rediscovered
it. He employed others to make his- violins, but
(Special to The Review.)
always varnished them himself. His varnish is
Philadelphia, Pa., March 25, 1907. very superior, and his violins command high
The Bauer Company have been able to get out prices. The varnishing and polishing of a violin
a large stock of instruments of their various are done usually by a woman. It requires time
manufacture for their spring trade, and on their and practice, for the finest instruments are gone
books they have larger orders than any spring over as often as thirty times.
in the history of the house. Many of these in-
struments will be sent abroad, for which they
MUSIC TO DISTANT HEARERS.
have been having an increased demand, prin-
cipally from their London agency. They will
One of the features of the performance at Tel-
make their first shipment of the Bauer banjo harmonic Hall is the actual playing to outside
drums to their export trade this spring, these gatherings, while the regular recital is in prog-
drums having gained a wide reputation through ress before the audience. Two large switches
on the stage, in plain sight of the audience, con-
nect the music circuits with a dozen hotels, in-
STOOLS
cluding the Waldorf, Sherry's, the Cafe Martin
BENCHES
and others, and in almost any recital the musical
CHAIRS
SCARFS
selections of the program are switched on to one,
COVERS
two or three other audiences at these places.
PIANO
Weaver's New Method of
Instruction for the Reed
Organ. 38,000 copies sold
THE HECKELPHONE AND CELESTE.
After bringing this instrument to the point of
perfection he aimed at, the inventor lost his
reason, and we are told is now confined in a
lunatic asylum. The celeste is a keyboard in-
strument of four octaves. The strings are of
steel and are struck by hammers. The effect
suggests a big musical box, and is particularly
pleasing in certain orchestral parts.
"ORCHESTRA" AND "BAND."
In Shakespeare's time no musical dictionary
could have distinguished between "orchestra"
and "band," for the simple reason that neither
word was then English in a musical sense.
"Orchestra" did not arrive before the eighteenth
century, and even "band" not until the latter
half of the seventeenth, when Charles II. had a
"band of violins" in imitation, probably, of Louis
XIV."s "bande." The old English word for a
band of music was "noise." "See if thou canst
find out Sneak's noise; Misstress Tearsheet would
fain hear some music," says one drawer to the
other at the Boar's Head Tavern; and just so
Ben Jonson has "a noise of fiddlers," and "a
noise of trumpets." The old word is wanted for
many a gathering of musicians outside this
writer's flat.
LEAVES FIVE "STRAD" VIOLINS.
A despatch from London says that Charles J.
Oldham, who died in Brighton, left four Stradi-
varius violins of undoubted authenticity to the
British Museum. Another Stradivarius, named
the "Tuscan," the testator left to two friends to
sell for at least $16,000 or turn it over to the Mu-
seum. Mr. Oldham left $50,000 to the Corpus
Christi College at Oxford, $25,000 each to the
Cambridge and Oxford universities and $15,000
to the Manchester Grammar School.
SMITH ACADEMY
GUITARS a n d MANDOLINS
Cannot Be Duplicated for the Money
A trial order is all we ask
in 10 months.
WEAVER & CO
o. D. 195-197
Wabasb Avenue, Chicago
The Heckelphone and the celeste are instru-
WRITE
ments introduced to this continent in New York
in connection with the porformance of the Rich-
ard Strauss opera, "Salome." The first men-
tioned is an oboe bass, which derives its name
from its inventor Heckel, of Bieberich-am-Rhein.
FOR A CATALOGUE OF SALABLE GOODS
Koerber-Brenner Music Company
THE TRIO CORNET
" T H E HAMBURG 2Oth CENTURY" and
MILANO ORGANETTO ACCORDEONS
FOR * *
WM. R. GRATZ IMPORT COMPANY, 35 and 37 West 31 st St., New York
THE
NAME
CONN
AND THE
Union
Label
ARE SYNONYMOUS
AND THE
Genuine Distinguishing' Marks of Superiority
Which Will In Future Be Found On All
Wonder an* American Model Band
and Orchestra Instruments
MADE BY
C. G. CONN COMPANY,
ST. LOUIS
Exclusively Wholesale
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 ar« doubling
their tales.
No cost whatever nor trouble to you, but a magnll-
cent extra value for your customers.
You increase your sales by giving free $15.00 «r
$50.00 worth of lessons with every instrument.
Write for full particulars.
LYON & HEALY,
Chicago
YORIt—
Band Instruments
JMMD worn jumm
H.LUSTMMTMD CJ§TJ§LOOUM
J. W.YOUK It SONS
Makmrm mfthm hlghm* grmAm
B&nd Instruments
GRAND R.APIDS
MICH.
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