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MUSIC TRADE
REVIEW
new management The Cadenza will take a new
"I believe he solved the mystery of the Cre-
lease of life. Certain it is that anyone interested monese varnish. Many assert that the secret of
in any of the instruments to which The Cadenza the great makers of the past was the varnish,
caters cannot afford to be without it.
which is true to an extent, I think, and I be-
lieve he solved the secret of the masters.
"This secret he kept to himself to within a
DEATH OF BARON FERENCZY.
few hours of his death, when, being told he could
Famous as a Maker of Violins and Credited live but a few hours longer, he gave it to his
W i t h Having Rediscovered the Cremonese daughter."
Varnish.
bracing over thirty designs, are made in oak,
solid mahogany and imitation, with many new
conceits in Vernis Martin, Rookwood and mar-
queterie inlay, which must appeal to both dealer
and prospective buyers. Another feature, the
cabinets are made in both single and double
doors, with patented automatic openers, and
this combination often influences a sale. The
style, workmanship and finish of the line is un-
surpassed. Blue prints and price list will be
cheerfully furnished out-of-town dealers upon
application.
CADILLAC CO. AT N. Y. EXPOSITION.
Baron Karoly Tomasowzky de Ferenczy,
The Cadillac Cabinet Co., of Detroit, Mich.,
widely known in Europe and this country as a
maker of violins, and credited by experts with have a most comprehensive exhibit of cabinets
PHOTOGRAPHING SPOKEN WORDS.
having rediscovered the Cremonese varnish, died at the thirty-fifth semi-annual exposition at the
on Monday at Far Rockaway, after a long ill- New York Furniture Exchange, 43d street and Development of This Idea—Telephone Messages
ness. He was forty-eight years old and is sur- Lexington avenue, New York. In the concern's of the Future Can be Recorded Automatically.
fall announcement every piece offered is sure to
vived by a widow and one daughter, Alvina.
To this daughter, a violin maker of ability, prove a money maker for the dealer. An able
The photographing of spoken words has been
he gave the secret of the Cremonese varnish on corps of designers are employed to cater to the accomplished for some time, but the signs ob-
consumers' tastes with the result there is a tained on the sensitive ribbon have not always
his deathbed.
De Ferenczy, who came from a famous family wide range of patterns to meet every call and at proved perfectly clear, nor has it been possible
of Budapest violin makers, came to this country prices to suit. The line embraces cylinder and to read the traced marks. M. Poincare read a
several years ago at the solicitation of several disc record cabinets, metallic sheet music cabi- paper on June 15 before the Academy of Science
wealthy violin enthusiasts of Denver, who be- nets, piano player music roll and sheet music in Paris on the experiments made by a physician,
lieved that in the dry air of that section it cabinets, automatic cylinder record cabinets and M. Devaux-Charbonnel, who has succeeded in
would be possible to get excellent results in the last, but not least, piano benches. All of the photographing words by means of signs so clear
making of instruments. The project met with cabinets are made in oak, mahogany, Rookwood, that they can be deciphered.
considerable success, some of the new instru- Vernis Martin, also hand-painted or in mar- Vowels and diphthongs spoken in front of a
ments bringing high prices, but the altitude and queterie. Many are also mounted with French microphone connected with an extremely sensi-
rarified air that was such an aid to Ferenczy in bevel plate mirrors. Dealers will be furnished tive Blondel oscillograph are depicted on a pho-
so far as his art was concerned was too much with a handsome catalog upon application.
tographic plate by curves, each sound giving a
for his constitution, and after several months
different curve. "By means of this method," Dr.
spent in an endeavor to become acclimated he
Devaux-Charbonnel says, "it will in time be pos-
CHARLES BOBZIN TO EUROPE.
was forced to return to the coast. Several
sible to read a telephone message sent when the
months ago his condition became such that he
Charles Bobzin, general manager of the Oliver receiver is not present to take it."
had to go to St. Joseph's Hospital, where he Ditson Co., Boston, Mass., sailed for Europe by
The apparatus, placed in front of the tele-
died on Saturday.
the Ivernia on July 16.
phone, will photograph the words, and the pho-
"De Ferenczy," said Victor S. Flechter, a vio-
tographed signs will be read as shorthand is.
lin expert, "was undoubtedly the greatest violin
The voices of criminals will be photographically
DISPLAYING OVER THIRTY DESIGNS.
maker of his time. Some of his work was noth-
stenographed, thus giving an additional means
ing short of marvelous. I knew of him before
The United States Desk and Dining Room of identification, which with the impression of
he came to this country, but never met him Furniture Co. are 'way up in front, as usual, the fingertips and anthropometry should make
until after he had settled in Denver. Some of with their new fall line of music cabinets ex- identification absolutely certain.
the instruments he made there were wonderful hibited at the New York Furniture Exchange
in quality and volume of tone, selling for as and permanently at salesrooms, 254 Canal street,
KAFFENBERGER SENDING IN ORDERS.
much as $1,000, an unusual price for a new and piano and music houses will find it to their
instrument.
advantage to look it over. The full line, em-
Morris Cantor, of Kaffenberger & Cantor,
stated to a Review representative that Mr. Kaf-
fenberger, who is touring the Pacific coast, is
OH.
sending in some nice orders, and further states
MANUFACTURER OF THE CELEBRATED
that retail trade at all points visited is good;
in fact, is much better than in the east. This
progressive house has added many new conceits
to their line of piano covers for fall, and Mr.
TROSSINGEN, Germany
NEW YORK, 393 Broadway
Kaffenberger is reaping quite a harvest on same.
The line in question embraces novelties in silk
and embroidered plush effects, including a diver-
sified line of imported fabrics that must be seen
to be fully appreciated.
BRASS BAND HARMONICAS
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THE
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AND THE
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HUMPHREY CO.'S DISPLAY OF CABINETS.
Charles S. Scofield, the able representative of
the Humphrey Book Case Co., has a tasty exhibit
at the thirty-fifth semi-annual exposition at the
New York Furniture Exchange, and he claims
no dealer's stock is complete without a sprink-
ling of their latest sectional cabinets that are
perfect in construction, designed to please the
many and priced to suit every purse. There are
many novelties in the line and each piece is sure
to make new trade wherever introduced. The
line is made for both disc and cylinder records
and in all the popular woods and finishes.
SMITH ACADEMY
GUITARS a n d MANDOLINS
Cannot Be Dnpllcated lor the Money
Which Will In Future Be Found On All
A trial order Is all we ask
Wonder and American Model Band
and Orchestral Instruments
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MADE BY
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