Music Trade Review
Issue: 1912 Vol. 55 N. 12 - Page 44
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44
THE
PARCELS POST EXTENDED,
Hitchcock Lets in Star Routes—Chiefs
Him Plan.
MUSIC TRADE
REVIEW
OLD VIOLINS OFTEN SWINDLES.
Help
(Special to The Review.)
Washington, D. C, Sept. 13. 1912.
Fifteen division superintendents of the railway
mail service were in conference with Postma'ster-
General Hitchcock to-day regarding the prepara-
tions to be made for caring for the large volume of
business that will have to be handled when the
parcels post act goes into effect on January 1.
The Department is now working out a tariff
schedule from which patrons of the system can
readily ascertain the cost of the carriage of pack-
ages.
The Postmaster-General has decided to despatch
parcels over the star routes as well as over rural
routes, thus extending the service to additional
thousands of people. Through inadvertence the
act failed to mention star routes. The law extends
the system to the Philippines, the Hawaiian Islands,
Porto Rico and Alaska.
The Interstate Commerce Commission has fixed
October 9 for the express companies to appear and
show cause why lower rates or> a block system
established by the commission several months ago
should not become effective. The parcels post law
was enacted by Congress after the commission (-.•-
dered the reduction of express rates, and in view
of this it is believed that the express companies will
ask a postponement of the date of the beginning of
this hearing in order to give them an opportunity
to check and compare the parcels post rates to be
announced by the Post Office Department.
WEISS' LATEST OFFERING.
The New Ail-Metal Harmonica, the "Metalla,"
Is Destined to Win a Large Measure of Suc-
cess—The Fluta Still a Favorite.
Elsewhere in this department will be found rn
announcement from Ch. Weiss, 393 Broadway,
New York City, in regard to his latest all-metal
harmonica, entitled "Metalla," which has many new
features that will enable it to appeal to purchasers
of this popular type of instrument. The tone
quality is full, rich and resounding. It can be
taken apart and cleaned and therefore is most
hygienic.
Herman Weiss, the New York representative, is
already experiencing a strong call from the trade,
who are most desirous of having a good stock
of these ''Metalla" harmonicas in hand to meet
the demand this fall.
Meanwhile the "Fluta" continues to be one of
the sensational sellers of the year. The demand
continues to enlarge all the time. The stores that
have made a specialty of displaying the "Fluta"
are reaping a large reward in sales.
Business generally with the house of Weiss is
excellent, and the trend is toward a larger measure
of expansion all the time.
o |A(
1 13-115 I
NEW YORK
The Weaknesses of Humankind Played Upon—
Factories in Europe Make a Business of
Turning Out Fake Antiques.
Percy Grainger, the young Australian pianist,
composer, and folklore expert, who created one of
the few sensation's of the last London season, also
according to the London Telegraph, "achieved
Every little while somebody has heart failure as fame in yet another way, namely, by extending
a result of reading about old violins. Big prices one's knowledge of the technique of the guitar
are sometimes paid for genuine old instruments. and the mandolin. I believe it may be true that
They are of a fatness which makes the mouth to the fact that Graingcr's knowledge of these instru-
water.
ments was limited enabled him to obtain effects
Forthwith the dazzled reader turns the place up- that would not have occurred to the virtuoso upon
side down until he finds a hitherto neglected in- them. I do not mean to say that the less a com-
strument. He examines the scars. Then he poser knows of the technique of an instrument the
catches sight, through one of the F openings, of
better the effects he is likely to obtain. That
an inscription at which he squints excitedly. It is would be obviously absurd. But it seems reason-
on a small oblong piece of paper pasted on the able enough that a musician of Grainger's calibre
inside of the back of the violin and is invisible and genius might realize possibilities of tone that
except when one peers through the opening at the would not occur to a musician who was a player
left of the bridge. The attack of heart failure only. Certainly the greatest effects that are ob-
comes then and there if he happens to read some- tainable from the modern orchestra have not been
thing like this:
'invented' by the players upon the instruments, but
by the rarer imagination of the composer."
Antonius Stradivarius Cre-
Monensis
Faiebat Anno 1713.
The paper on which this startling bit of infor-
is our best advertisement and musi-
mation is printed is yellow with age and grimy
cians usiiip YORK instruments are
with the accumulated soil of only two less than
—satisfied. YORK instruments have
boon tested in the grind of experience,
200 years. At any rate that's the way it looks to
with the tire of a public musical opin-
ion, and have not been found wanting.
its enraptured discoverer, who forthwith sits down
This tost has covered a period of 30
yours and each year has made YORK
and writes to some dealer and specialist in old
a greater success.
Does this moan
anything to you? If you are on the
violins, telling of the possession of a ''genuine old
HiiNioiiH sent wo want you to
Strad" and asking the value of the same.
"LET US PROVE I T "
His enthusiasm is somewhat dashed when he re-
by sendinp our catalogue and dealers' proposition. Do
ceives a perfectly calm reply from the dealer to
it today or some live one may do you out of your
chance.
the effect that it will be impossible to express any
J. W. York & Sons, Grand Rapids, Mich.
opinion in regard to the violin in question with-
out an opportunity to examine it. If its owner
will send it on by express (prepaid) the dealer will
be very glad, etc., etc. The fiddle owner soon sees
through it. He promptly figures it out that the
dealer is going to lure him into letting a precious
old Strad out of his hands with the evil purpose
of substituting a modern fake for it. If he has
the price of the journey he wraps up his precious
find, and vowing not to be separated from it night
or day, he carries it personally to a city dealer for
inspection.
Impoverished southern gentlewomen write of
these old instruments and timidry confess that a
few hundred dollars in return would make them
richer than they have been since before the war.
Just about once in a blue moon the violin is
old, is genuine, is a relic from a master's hands.
But more often, alas! it was "made in Germany"
not so many years ago and its real value wouldn't
pay for a round trip ticket from Rockaway. That
old yellow -label inside isn't worth more than any
New Brunswick, N. J .
other scrap of paper as proof that the violin was
made by the man whose name it bears.
Thousands of violins made but yesterday have
the same ancient looking ticket inside. Putting it
there is an open custom with some foreign fac-
tories. M
A Satisfied Customer
Black Diamond
Strings
THE WORLD'S BEST
National Musical String Co.
Largest Jobbers in America of
-
-ODLRN
LS1CAL
ERCHANDI:>E
W R I I E FOR NEW C A T A L O G
A PROBLEM
SOLVED!
WamtttMl Hurt M f t t r Btw Soraw Rtafs u r Cap M R fan if! OH BOW Sorowt at abovo Illustrated.
No aiviioa In prtot H Vtolia Bows art pmhaood havlag tfco Patented Sorew Attached to the Frog.
W M . R. C R A T Z I M P O R T C O . ,
GUITAR AND MANDOLIN SPECIALIST.
31-37 West 31st Street, lew York Cliy
MUSICAL
Merchandise
Chicago
Cincinnati
THE PATON-PERRY CO.
Leomlnster, Mass.
Manufacturer* of
"Made In America Quality"
MUSICAL M E R C H A N D I S E
Ebony P«««—Shall Pick*, ate
Sand for umplw «e prices
44
THE
PARCELS POST EXTENDED,
Hitchcock Lets in Star Routes—Chiefs
Him Plan.
MUSIC TRADE
REVIEW
OLD VIOLINS OFTEN SWINDLES.
Help
(Special to The Review.)
Washington, D. C, Sept. 13. 1912.
Fifteen division superintendents of the railway
mail service were in conference with Postma'ster-
General Hitchcock to-day regarding the prepara-
tions to be made for caring for the large volume of
business that will have to be handled when the
parcels post act goes into effect on January 1.
The Department is now working out a tariff
schedule from which patrons of the system can
readily ascertain the cost of the carriage of pack-
ages.
The Postmaster-General has decided to despatch
parcels over the star routes as well as over rural
routes, thus extending the service to additional
thousands of people. Through inadvertence the
act failed to mention star routes. The law extends
the system to the Philippines, the Hawaiian Islands,
Porto Rico and Alaska.
The Interstate Commerce Commission has fixed
October 9 for the express companies to appear and
show cause why lower rates or> a block system
established by the commission several months ago
should not become effective. The parcels post law
was enacted by Congress after the commission (-.•-
dered the reduction of express rates, and in view
of this it is believed that the express companies will
ask a postponement of the date of the beginning of
this hearing in order to give them an opportunity
to check and compare the parcels post rates to be
announced by the Post Office Department.
WEISS' LATEST OFFERING.
The New Ail-Metal Harmonica, the "Metalla,"
Is Destined to Win a Large Measure of Suc-
cess—The Fluta Still a Favorite.
Elsewhere in this department will be found rn
announcement from Ch. Weiss, 393 Broadway,
New York City, in regard to his latest all-metal
harmonica, entitled "Metalla," which has many new
features that will enable it to appeal to purchasers
of this popular type of instrument. The tone
quality is full, rich and resounding. It can be
taken apart and cleaned and therefore is most
hygienic.
Herman Weiss, the New York representative, is
already experiencing a strong call from the trade,
who are most desirous of having a good stock
of these ''Metalla" harmonicas in hand to meet
the demand this fall.
Meanwhile the "Fluta" continues to be one of
the sensational sellers of the year. The demand
continues to enlarge all the time. The stores that
have made a specialty of displaying the "Fluta"
are reaping a large reward in sales.
Business generally with the house of Weiss is
excellent, and the trend is toward a larger measure
of expansion all the time.
o |A(
1 13-115 I
NEW YORK
The Weaknesses of Humankind Played Upon—
Factories in Europe Make a Business of
Turning Out Fake Antiques.
Percy Grainger, the young Australian pianist,
composer, and folklore expert, who created one of
the few sensation's of the last London season, also
according to the London Telegraph, "achieved
Every little while somebody has heart failure as fame in yet another way, namely, by extending
a result of reading about old violins. Big prices one's knowledge of the technique of the guitar
are sometimes paid for genuine old instruments. and the mandolin. I believe it may be true that
They are of a fatness which makes the mouth to the fact that Graingcr's knowledge of these instru-
water.
ments was limited enabled him to obtain effects
Forthwith the dazzled reader turns the place up- that would not have occurred to the virtuoso upon
side down until he finds a hitherto neglected in- them. I do not mean to say that the less a com-
strument. He examines the scars. Then he poser knows of the technique of an instrument the
catches sight, through one of the F openings, of
better the effects he is likely to obtain. That
an inscription at which he squints excitedly. It is would be obviously absurd. But it seems reason-
on a small oblong piece of paper pasted on the able enough that a musician of Grainger's calibre
inside of the back of the violin and is invisible and genius might realize possibilities of tone that
except when one peers through the opening at the would not occur to a musician who was a player
left of the bridge. The attack of heart failure only. Certainly the greatest effects that are ob-
comes then and there if he happens to read some- tainable from the modern orchestra have not been
thing like this:
'invented' by the players upon the instruments, but
by the rarer imagination of the composer."
Antonius Stradivarius Cre-
Monensis
Faiebat Anno 1713.
The paper on which this startling bit of infor-
is our best advertisement and musi-
mation is printed is yellow with age and grimy
cians usiiip YORK instruments are
with the accumulated soil of only two less than
—satisfied. YORK instruments have
boon tested in the grind of experience,
200 years. At any rate that's the way it looks to
with the tire of a public musical opin-
ion, and have not been found wanting.
its enraptured discoverer, who forthwith sits down
This tost has covered a period of 30
yours and each year has made YORK
and writes to some dealer and specialist in old
a greater success.
Does this moan
anything to you? If you are on the
violins, telling of the possession of a ''genuine old
HiiNioiiH sent wo want you to
Strad" and asking the value of the same.
"LET US PROVE I T "
His enthusiasm is somewhat dashed when he re-
by sendinp our catalogue and dealers' proposition. Do
ceives a perfectly calm reply from the dealer to
it today or some live one may do you out of your
chance.
the effect that it will be impossible to express any
J. W. York & Sons, Grand Rapids, Mich.
opinion in regard to the violin in question with-
out an opportunity to examine it. If its owner
will send it on by express (prepaid) the dealer will
be very glad, etc., etc. The fiddle owner soon sees
through it. He promptly figures it out that the
dealer is going to lure him into letting a precious
old Strad out of his hands with the evil purpose
of substituting a modern fake for it. If he has
the price of the journey he wraps up his precious
find, and vowing not to be separated from it night
or day, he carries it personally to a city dealer for
inspection.
Impoverished southern gentlewomen write of
these old instruments and timidry confess that a
few hundred dollars in return would make them
richer than they have been since before the war.
Just about once in a blue moon the violin is
old, is genuine, is a relic from a master's hands.
But more often, alas! it was "made in Germany"
not so many years ago and its real value wouldn't
pay for a round trip ticket from Rockaway. That
old yellow -label inside isn't worth more than any
New Brunswick, N. J .
other scrap of paper as proof that the violin was
made by the man whose name it bears.
Thousands of violins made but yesterday have
the same ancient looking ticket inside. Putting it
there is an open custom with some foreign fac-
tories. M
A Satisfied Customer
Black Diamond
Strings
THE WORLD'S BEST
National Musical String Co.
Largest Jobbers in America of
-
-ODLRN
LS1CAL
ERCHANDI:>E
W R I I E FOR NEW C A T A L O G
A PROBLEM
SOLVED!
WamtttMl Hurt M f t t r Btw Soraw Rtafs u r Cap M R fan if! OH BOW Sorowt at abovo Illustrated.
No aiviioa In prtot H Vtolia Bows art pmhaood havlag tfco Patented Sorew Attached to the Frog.
W M . R. C R A T Z I M P O R T C O . ,
GUITAR AND MANDOLIN SPECIALIST.
31-37 West 31st Street, lew York Cliy
MUSICAL
Merchandise
Chicago
Cincinnati
THE PATON-PERRY CO.
Leomlnster, Mass.
Manufacturer* of
"Made In America Quality"
MUSICAL M E R C H A N D I S E
Ebony P«««—Shall Pick*, ate
Sand for umplw «e prices
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