Music Trade Review
Issue: 1914 Vol. 58 N. 26 - Page 6
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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
6
THE POINT OF VIEW.
(Continued from page 5.)
If You Aim At Artistic
Supremacy In The Player
Field And Money Making,
Cable Or Write At Once For My
TIVATE MECHANICAL SIMPLICITY, RE-
SPONSIVENESS AND EASE OF PLAYING.
4. AT THE SAME TIME T H E RETAIL
TRADE SHOULD CULTIVATE: (a) BET-
TER METHODS OF DEMONSTRATION; (b)
SANER ADVERTISING, and (c) SHOULD
ATTEMPT TO CO-OPERATE WITH THE
MANUFACTURERS IN EVERY EFFORT TO
BRING ABOUT A RATIONAL AND NAT-
URAL, NOT AN ARTIFICIAL, DEMAND
FOR T H E PLAYER-PIANO.
Such in brief are the results which we find from
an attempt to gain the views of dealers in various
communities and under various conditions, views
obtained in most cases from men who. realized that
they were talking to one who sincerely desired to
know the truth, but who did not expect that their
words would be taken down ; and who, in conse-
quence, were quite natural, quite unaffected, and
quite sincere. These ideas, then, are respectfully
Submitted to the trade in the hope that they may
be valuable.
KASTONO
Proposition. The "Kastonome" Player Action is the only action in which the
power of every individual note is separately under graduated control at any
and the correct moment. Infinitely in advance of all Bass and Treble Accent-
ing Devices, whether operated automatically by 2 Tracker Apertures or by 2
Buttons.
The "Kastonome" does away with such crude devices and has rapidly
taken the lead wherever introduced; thousands sold in Europe during last
two years. The "Kastonome" Patents may be applied to Manufacturer's own
Player Action, or my complete "Kastonome" Action is simple to manufacture
and suits even the smallest Piano. I offer my 3 U. S. A. Patents at a fair
Cash Price or at Fixed Annual Instalments.
Every Instruction concerning Manufacture and Regulation will be given.
Address: M. Kastner, 191, Regent Street, London, W. t England.
PNEUMATIC PLAYER PATENTED.
By G. W. and Rudolf Paulson and Assigned to
Henry F. Miller & Sons Piano Co.—Provides
for Simplification of the Mechanism and
Means for Controlling the Bass and Treble
So as to Accent the Melody or Accompani-
ment at Will—How Object Is Attained.
(Special to The Review.)
WASHINGTON, D. C , June 22.—Gustaf W. Paul-
son, Belmont, and Rudolf Paulson, Boston, Mass.,
were last week granted patent No. 1,100,611 for
a Pneumatic Player, which they have assigned to
the Henry F. Miller & Sons Piano Co., same
place.
This invention has for its general object to. pro-
vide simple and conveniently arranged means for
controlling the operation of the various parts and
for controlling their co-operative action whereby
the mechanism shall be easily controlled and in-
stantly responsive to the will of the operator.
The object is further to reduce the number of
parts and also to reduce the number of distinct
units of the mechanism so as to simplify the con-
struction, render easy and convenient the assem-
bling and dismounting of the parts, and provide
more direct communication and connection be-
tween co-operating parts so that the entire
mechanism is rendered neater and more compact
than player mechanisms heretofore and the parts
operate with more sensitiveness and responsive-
ness.
The object is still further to pno.vide improved
means for controlling 'the bass and treble sides.of
the player action so as to make it possible to ac-
cent the melody or accompaniment at will.
The Prominent Milwaukee Piano Company Se-
cures the Agency for the Line of Players
Made by the Price & Teeple Co.—Will Be
Displayed in Special Parlors.
.(Special to The Review.)
APPOINT TEMPORARY RECEIVERS.
Edward M. Backus, Jr., Julian T. Mayer and
Robert Oppenheim have been named temporary re-
ceivers of the assets and effects of the Wise Piano
Co., pianos i and organs, which was formerly in
business in New York City, in a suit brought by
R. S. Hoe & Co., a judgment creditor for $1,826.99
on a claim recovered against the company on April
27, 1911.
MILWAUKKK, Wis., June 23.—The agency for the
Price & Teeple line of players has been taken up
by the J. B. Bradford Piano Co., Milwaukee's old-
est piano house, representing the Mason & Hamlin,
Cable, Melville Clark, Sohmer, Shoninger and R.
S. Howard lines. Special player parlors have been
arranged for the new line.
John DeSwarte, vice-president o.f the Bradford
house, is in the East with his family, where they
will make a trip of four or six weeks' duration.
Mr. DeSwarte will visit several of the Eastern
piano factories.
TO CONTROL THE PEDAL PANEL.
Mr. Piano Manufacturer.
Have you been Thoroughly Satisfied with
Your Player-Piano
the past year? If there is any particular in which it can be
improved upon WRITE US NOW. We will enable you to
face the fall trade with the knowledge that you can guarantee
with no fear of a loss.
The Sonorus Player Action
fits any ordinary upright case. Even the smallest style you
make can be quickly converted into a perfect player by the
addition of a Sonorus Player Action.
Thoroughly tested, and we know our claims are true.
THE SONORUS CO.
200 North Third Street
PRICE & TEEPLETWITH BRADFORD.
Minneapolis, Minn.
(Special to The Review.)
WASHINGTON, D. C, June 22.—The Simplex
Player Action Co., Worcester, Mass., is the owner,
through assignment from Theodore P. Brown, o;f
patent No. 1,100,215 for a Pedal and Panel Op-
erating Mechanism for Musical Instruments,
which is suitable for use on automatic musical
instruments by which the folding pedals can be
moved into and o.ut of the casing and the lower
doors or panels opened and closed by a single
operating handle located conveniently under the
key bed; also, to an improved pedal operating
mechanism and improved door o,r panel operating
mechanism suitable for use in connection with
each other or separately.
PATENT TRACKER MECHANISM.
(Special to The Review.)
WASHINGTON, D. C, June 22.—John T. Austin,
Hartford, Conn., was last week granted patent
No, 1,099,907, which he has assigned to the Austin
Organ Co., same place, for a Tracker Mechanism
for automatic musical instruments, such, for in-
stance, as organs and pianos, the primary purpose
of the invention being the provision of simple and
effective means by which the tracker can be auto-
matically elongated or shortened to. conform to
variations in width of the music sheet due to at-
mospheric and other causes.
THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
6
THE POINT OF VIEW.
(Continued from page 5.)
If You Aim At Artistic
Supremacy In The Player
Field And Money Making,
Cable Or Write At Once For My
TIVATE MECHANICAL SIMPLICITY, RE-
SPONSIVENESS AND EASE OF PLAYING.
4. AT THE SAME TIME T H E RETAIL
TRADE SHOULD CULTIVATE: (a) BET-
TER METHODS OF DEMONSTRATION; (b)
SANER ADVERTISING, and (c) SHOULD
ATTEMPT TO CO-OPERATE WITH THE
MANUFACTURERS IN EVERY EFFORT TO
BRING ABOUT A RATIONAL AND NAT-
URAL, NOT AN ARTIFICIAL, DEMAND
FOR T H E PLAYER-PIANO.
Such in brief are the results which we find from
an attempt to gain the views of dealers in various
communities and under various conditions, views
obtained in most cases from men who. realized that
they were talking to one who sincerely desired to
know the truth, but who did not expect that their
words would be taken down ; and who, in conse-
quence, were quite natural, quite unaffected, and
quite sincere. These ideas, then, are respectfully
Submitted to the trade in the hope that they may
be valuable.
KASTONO
Proposition. The "Kastonome" Player Action is the only action in which the
power of every individual note is separately under graduated control at any
and the correct moment. Infinitely in advance of all Bass and Treble Accent-
ing Devices, whether operated automatically by 2 Tracker Apertures or by 2
Buttons.
The "Kastonome" does away with such crude devices and has rapidly
taken the lead wherever introduced; thousands sold in Europe during last
two years. The "Kastonome" Patents may be applied to Manufacturer's own
Player Action, or my complete "Kastonome" Action is simple to manufacture
and suits even the smallest Piano. I offer my 3 U. S. A. Patents at a fair
Cash Price or at Fixed Annual Instalments.
Every Instruction concerning Manufacture and Regulation will be given.
Address: M. Kastner, 191, Regent Street, London, W. t England.
PNEUMATIC PLAYER PATENTED.
By G. W. and Rudolf Paulson and Assigned to
Henry F. Miller & Sons Piano Co.—Provides
for Simplification of the Mechanism and
Means for Controlling the Bass and Treble
So as to Accent the Melody or Accompani-
ment at Will—How Object Is Attained.
(Special to The Review.)
WASHINGTON, D. C , June 22.—Gustaf W. Paul-
son, Belmont, and Rudolf Paulson, Boston, Mass.,
were last week granted patent No. 1,100,611 for
a Pneumatic Player, which they have assigned to
the Henry F. Miller & Sons Piano Co., same
place.
This invention has for its general object to. pro-
vide simple and conveniently arranged means for
controlling the operation of the various parts and
for controlling their co-operative action whereby
the mechanism shall be easily controlled and in-
stantly responsive to the will of the operator.
The object is further to reduce the number of
parts and also to reduce the number of distinct
units of the mechanism so as to simplify the con-
struction, render easy and convenient the assem-
bling and dismounting of the parts, and provide
more direct communication and connection be-
tween co-operating parts so that the entire
mechanism is rendered neater and more compact
than player mechanisms heretofore and the parts
operate with more sensitiveness and responsive-
ness.
The object is still further to pno.vide improved
means for controlling 'the bass and treble sides.of
the player action so as to make it possible to ac-
cent the melody or accompaniment at will.
The Prominent Milwaukee Piano Company Se-
cures the Agency for the Line of Players
Made by the Price & Teeple Co.—Will Be
Displayed in Special Parlors.
.(Special to The Review.)
APPOINT TEMPORARY RECEIVERS.
Edward M. Backus, Jr., Julian T. Mayer and
Robert Oppenheim have been named temporary re-
ceivers of the assets and effects of the Wise Piano
Co., pianos i and organs, which was formerly in
business in New York City, in a suit brought by
R. S. Hoe & Co., a judgment creditor for $1,826.99
on a claim recovered against the company on April
27, 1911.
MILWAUKKK, Wis., June 23.—The agency for the
Price & Teeple line of players has been taken up
by the J. B. Bradford Piano Co., Milwaukee's old-
est piano house, representing the Mason & Hamlin,
Cable, Melville Clark, Sohmer, Shoninger and R.
S. Howard lines. Special player parlors have been
arranged for the new line.
John DeSwarte, vice-president o.f the Bradford
house, is in the East with his family, where they
will make a trip of four or six weeks' duration.
Mr. DeSwarte will visit several of the Eastern
piano factories.
TO CONTROL THE PEDAL PANEL.
Mr. Piano Manufacturer.
Have you been Thoroughly Satisfied with
Your Player-Piano
the past year? If there is any particular in which it can be
improved upon WRITE US NOW. We will enable you to
face the fall trade with the knowledge that you can guarantee
with no fear of a loss.
The Sonorus Player Action
fits any ordinary upright case. Even the smallest style you
make can be quickly converted into a perfect player by the
addition of a Sonorus Player Action.
Thoroughly tested, and we know our claims are true.
THE SONORUS CO.
200 North Third Street
PRICE & TEEPLETWITH BRADFORD.
Minneapolis, Minn.
(Special to The Review.)
WASHINGTON, D. C, June 22.—The Simplex
Player Action Co., Worcester, Mass., is the owner,
through assignment from Theodore P. Brown, o;f
patent No. 1,100,215 for a Pedal and Panel Op-
erating Mechanism for Musical Instruments,
which is suitable for use on automatic musical
instruments by which the folding pedals can be
moved into and o.ut of the casing and the lower
doors or panels opened and closed by a single
operating handle located conveniently under the
key bed; also, to an improved pedal operating
mechanism and improved door o,r panel operating
mechanism suitable for use in connection with
each other or separately.
PATENT TRACKER MECHANISM.
(Special to The Review.)
WASHINGTON, D. C, June 22.—John T. Austin,
Hartford, Conn., was last week granted patent
No, 1,099,907, which he has assigned to the Austin
Organ Co., same place, for a Tracker Mechanism
for automatic musical instruments, such, for in-
stance, as organs and pianos, the primary purpose
of the invention being the provision of simple and
effective means by which the tracker can be auto-
matically elongated or shortened to. conform to
variations in width of the music sheet due to at-
mospheric and other causes.
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