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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
INTRODUCE SCHUBERT ACCORDEON.
New Addition to Comprehensive Buegeleisen
& Jacobson Catalog Is Designated as No.
1002 Schubert Accordeon and Has Won
Many Admirers Throughout the Country.
KIRSCH VIOLIN COLLECTION
Displayed in Wanamaker Auditorium, New
York, Attracts Attention of Local Musicians
and Collectors—Violin Still Most Popular In-
strument, According to All Appearances.
Buegeleisen & Jacobson, 113 University place,
New York, have just placed on the market a new
addition to their comprehensive accordeon line,
which is designated as a No. 1002 Schubert accor-
deon. In describing this handsome instrument,
Samuel Buegeleisen, head of this firm, remarked:
"Accordeon No. 100"2 (shown in the accompany-
ing illustration) is one of our new and most suc-
cessful styles of accordeons. This is a Stradella
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TRY TO STEAL STRADIVARRJS.
Hot Chase by Detectives Forces Thieves to Drop
Instrument, but They Make Their Escape—
Violin Recovered and Returned to Owner.
Two young men came into the musty old music
store of Henry Shettel, on the second floor of the
house at 1048 Flatbush avenue, Brooklyn, one night
last week, and asked to look at a violin. Shettel,
who is sixty-six years old, opened a battered case
in the corner and, reaching into it, drew forth a
violin.
"Look!" he said, holding up to the light, "a
Stradivarius!"
Schettel went into another room to get the bow
in order that he might draw it across the strings
and make music for his customers. He left the
violin lying on a chair. No sooner was he out of
sight than one of the young men leaped forward,
grabbed the instrument, shoved it under his coat
and ran from the house.
Detectives Brierton and Owen, who happened to
be in the neighborhood, saw the two men running
and followed them. They had a lively chase down
Flatbush avenue, and as they gained on the fugi-
tives the violin was thrown into a vacant lot. The
two men escaped, but the violin was taken to the
Snyder avenue station, where it lay on the lieuten-
ant's desk in an outraged silence all night.
The attention of local musicians and music-lovers
was called to an announcement made this week by-
John Wanamaker, of that prominent department
store, that beginning on Monday of this week the
famous Kirsch collection would be on exhibition
in the store's auditorium. This collection which
contains among others a Guanerius, an Amati, a
Guadagini and a Techier is one of the famous
modern violin collections, and as such is known
from coast to coast, tn addition to
this exhibition it was advertised that
at 2 o'clock each day a special matinee
concert would be given, at which the
various violins in the collection would
be played by a prominent violinist.
It is indicative of the wunderful
popularity of the violin that this an-
nouncement was responsible for the
drawing of crowded houses to see the
exhibition of famous violins, and
hear the violin concerts. Krom many
near-by towns violin lovers arrived at
the Wanamaker auditorium to careful-
ly examine the old masters on exhi-
bition and enjoy their music after the
exhibition.
Henderson M. Somerville, president of the Board
Judging from the enthusiastic com-
of United States General Appraisers, has set the
ments of those present at the
dates for the calling of dockets of customs cases
Schubert Accordeon No. 1002.
auditorium during the week, the
for this month at outside ports as follows: Bos-
model, and the entire woodwork is beautifully
jobbers and dealers who maintain that the violin
ton and Baltimore, January 27, and Philadelphia
inlaid with fine Italian mosaic. The corners of
is still king, and will continue to be as long as a
and Pittsburgh, January 2 ( J. All protests by im-
the woodwork and bellows-fold are bound with
true lover for music exists, are not far wrong.
porters at these ports, covering classification and
German silver. This model has an eighteen-fold
The interest manifested by the visitors to the exhi-
reappraisement of merchandise, which are ready
leather-covered bellows, giving it a very powerful
bition and the comments on the beauty of the music
for trial, will be heard by members of the board
tone, and the reeds are of finest steel.
all bore out the reports of the leading members of
to be designated by the president. Cases not
"Nothing has been spared to make this ac-
the trade, who state that the year just ended was
ready may be submitted later at the board's offices
cordeon a strictly high-class professional accor-
the best the violin business ever registered.
in this city for consideration and decision, or heid
deon, and dealers who have a discriminating pro-
Tt is a well-known fact that the manufacturers
until the next docket in October.
fessional trade in the accordeon field can certainly
of cheap violins abroad are absolutely unable to
present No. 1002 to excellent advantage. We also
keep pace with the demand for this class of goods,
ARRESTED AT CHERBOURG.
have about a dozen new styles of Italian model
and will probably be unable to do so for the next
accordeons in our line, but we have been so ex- year or two to come, but it is also significant of
Josef von Slenezynski was arrested at Cher-
tremely busy this year that it has been impossible
bourg, on the steamer "George Washington," on
the popularity of the violin that representative deal-
for us to complete our new catalog or even spare
the complaint of Henry Knopf, a New York violin
ers throughout the country are unanimous in stat-
the time to issue a new accordeon supplement. But ing that the better grade of violins also enjoyed a
dealer, that he has in his possession two costly
our trade knows that we are continually changing
banner trade in 1913, all of which points to an ex- violins taken from Mr. Knopf's store last month.
our lines in our effort to improve and extend
Mr. Slenezyski is fighting his arrest pending the
cellent violin trade during the ensuing year.
them, and we hope to very shortly issue a special
nrrival of extradition papers.
W. 1\ Larkin, of the Forbes-Wallace Co., will
sheet devoted to the new models.
Duncan & Son, of Monmouth, 111., who handle
"We have just closed the best year in our his- take a trip where he will enjoy the beauties of the
pianos,
are going out of business.
Mediterranean
by
a
trip
as
far
south
as
Jamaica.
tory, and this was only made possible, considering
the generally unsettled business conditions, by our
having in stock just what our customers wanted.
Our new 'Silent Salesmen' show-cases have been
a very successful line, and we have received many
encouraging letters from dealers who have ordered
these show-cases, stating that they now have a
place for everything, with everything in its place;
an ideal condition which was practically impossible
The Only Real Sanitary Harmonica.
Its Absolute Cleanliness Appeals
before the introduction of our 'Silent Salesmen'
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show-cases without incurring considerable expense.
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As our trade knows, there is absolutely no charge
for these show-cases, the dealer paying only for
the merchandise contained therein, and at the reg-
ular prices. We have in course of preparation
some new lines of show-cases which we will de-
Largest Jobbersin'Anierica of
scribe later in the columns of The Review."
CUSTOMS DOCKETS DATES SET.
CH. WEISS on a Harmonica stands for Highest Quality
METALLA
BUEGELEISEN
& JACOBSON.:
WATER KEY FOR^ TROMBONES.
(Special to The Review.)
WASHINGTON, D. C. January H.—A Water Key
for Trombones was invented by Joseph Krause,
Chicago, 111., and Patent No. l,08:?,(>20 was granted
him last week. Slide trombones are provided with
a water key for draining the moisture which
collects in the tubes when the instrument is being
played. Such a key is located at the bend of the
playing slide, which is some distance from the
handle, in view of which the key cannot be opened
without the player removing his hand from the
handle of the slide. In order to obviate this dis-
advantage, the present invention has been designed.
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