Music Trade Review
Issue: 1914 Vol. 59 N. 2 - Page 49
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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
WM. R. GRATZ CO.'S "VIENNA WONDER" ACCORDEON.
One of the
best s e l l i n g
instruments i n
t h e extensive
accordeon lines
handled by the
W i l l i a m R.
G r a t z Import
Co., 35 W e s t
T h i r t y - first
s t r e e t , New
Y o r k , is the
"Vienna Won-
d e r" accord-
e o n,
N o.
5 0 7-21-12,
shown in t h e
accompanying
i l l u s t r a t i o n.
This accordeon,
which is manu-
f a c t u r e d by
Otto Weidlich,
Brunndoebra,
S a x o n y , Ger-'
many, w h o s e
products the Wm. R. Gratz Co. represents in this
country and Canada, is an Italian model, and its
tonal qualities are in accord with the prestige
and reputation of the entire Weidlich line.
No. 507-21-12, as illustrated herewith, has twenty-
Protest Made to the General Appraisers
Regarding
Duty
Imposed on
Granadilla
Wood Used in Making Musical Instruments
—Duty Reduced from 45 to 35 Per Cent.
TO HANDLEj\_NEW LINE.
AN INTERESTING ISSUE.
one keys and twelve basses with patent fasteners,
U is also furnished with different numbers of
basses and keys, and may also be had with brass
or steel rods. Its construction makes for durability
and service.
DOING HOUSECLEANINQ.
Disposing of Customs Claims That Have Been
Abandoned by Importers and Their Attorneys.
Judge Sullivan, President of the Board of
United States General Appraisers, said this week
It was decided last week by the General Ap-
he had decided to cut the proverbial red tape which
praisers that granadilla wood used in making
for years has kept a great number of importers'
various musical instruments is not to be regarded abandoned protests cluttering up the files of the
as "parts of musical instruments" as that term is tribunal. They include claims filed under the
employed in the Tariff act of 1909. Lyon &
Tariff acts of 1894, 1897, and 1909, and were
Healy, Chicago, imported the wood which was abandoned by merchants or their attorneys owing
taxed at 45 per cent, under the classification men- to a variety of causes, among them being adverse
tioned. The importers claimed a rate of 35 per decisions by the higher courts on test tariff ques-
cent, ad valorem under the provision for manu- tions affecting identical merchandise, inability to
factures of wood. Judge Sullivan holds that the secure evidence in support of contentions, and for
pro.test is well taken and must ibe sustained. The o.ther reasons.
same firm imported violin necks the duty on which
The procedure in the past has required the mem-
was protested. The merchants abandoned the bers of the board to go through practically the
claims and they were overruled.
CUSTOMS COURTS ADJOURNMENT.
A disposition exists in importing and legal clr
cles in this city to criticise the action of the
United States Court of Customs Appeals in ad-
journing last week for the summer. The adjourn-
ment was the earliest taken since the formation of
the court in 1909. • It is pointed out in some quar-
ters that, had the court assigned a docket for the
hearing of customs cases for next week, it would
have been possible to obtain decisions in several
cases which now must lie over until Sept. 29, when
the tribunal reconvenes for the fall term. Among
the cases to be heard at that time is the five per
cent, discriminatory tax case relating to merchan-
dise imported in American bottoms.
NO MORE CALENDAR CALLS.
In the June issue of The Cadenza appears the
official, doings of the American Guild of Ban-
joists, Mandolinists and Guitarists at the Cleve-
land convention in April, and as one glances over
the contents it becomes evident that Walter
Jacobs must have put in a vast amount of time in
preparing this issue. There is the constitution and
by-laws of the American Guild, and this in itself
represents a great deal of labor. The fact that
this and all other matter pertaining to the con-
vention are official make this issue of The Cadenza
important, and one that lovers of these instruments
cannot afford to be without.
MOST EXPRESSIVE INSTRUMENT.
Scotsmen claim that the bagpipe is the most ex-
pressive instrument in the world—and thereby
hangs a tale. There was an editor whose hand-
writing could be interpreted by only one com-
positor on the staff, a, Scot and a piper. One day
came a slip of copy which puzzled even this ex-
pert. "Can't you read it?" he was asked. "Nae,"
said he, according to the London Chronicle, but
added enthusiastically, "if I had my pipes, though,
I could play her!"
CH. WEISS on a Harmonica stands for Highest Quality
METALLA
The Only Real Sanitary Harmonica. Its Absolute Cleanliness Appeals
to All Mouth-Organ Players
Factories at TROSSINGEN, GERMANY
NEW YORK, 393 BROADWAY
MUSICAL
MERCHANDISE
TONK BROS . Co.
Send for Catalog No. 33
128, 130, 132 So. Wabash Avenue, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
The Board of United States General Appraisers
will hold no more calendar calls of customs pro-
test cases until after Labor Day. Only the more
pressing tariff cases will be given hearings in the
chambers of the members of the tribunal during
the summer. Judge McClellan is on his way to
Europe and will not return until the middle of
September. Other members are planning vaca-
tions of a month or longer. Each member of the
clerical force is also, entitled to a month off with
full pay. Judge Somerville, having recovered from
a long illness plans to remain on duty during the
summer.
If you desire a man for any department of
your service, either for your factory or for your
selling department, forward your advertisement
to us and it will be inserted free of charge.
same routine with abandoned protests as with live
issues. This has taken up much valuable time,
which President Sullivan thinks had better be de-
voted to questions of real value. It is now pro-
posed to. waive the formality of notifying im-
porters and lawyers when abandoned cases are
up for decision and go ahead with their determina-
tion without further formalities. Since merchants
or their legal representatives abandoned the pro-
tests the board sees no reason for holding them
on the files any longer.
A start in this direction was made yesterday
when several hundred protests from importers in
all sections of the country were taken off the
files and marked "overruled." The clean-up cam-
paign just inaugurated will dispose of 40,000 cases
in a comparatively short time
Byron Mauzy, the prominent San Francisco,
piano and music dealer, has just arranged for the
handling of a new line of small instrument strings
which he will place on the market under his own
name. Mr. Mauzy's small goods department is
under the management of his son, C. S. Mauzy.
LYON & HEALY SUSTAINED
In
49
UEGELEISEN
& JACOBSON
113-115 University Place
NEW YORK
Largest Jobbers in America of
ODERN
USICAL
ERCHANDISE
M
WRITE FOR NEW CATALOG*
A PROBLEM
SOLVED!
Warranted that neither Bow Screw Rings nor Caps can fall off on Bow Screws as above illustrated.
No advance in price if Violin Bows are purchased having the Patented Screw Attached to the Frog.
WM.
R. G R A T Z I M P O R T C O . ,
35-37 West 31st Street, New York City
THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
WM. R. GRATZ CO.'S "VIENNA WONDER" ACCORDEON.
One of the
best s e l l i n g
instruments i n
t h e extensive
accordeon lines
handled by the
W i l l i a m R.
G r a t z Import
Co., 35 W e s t
T h i r t y - first
s t r e e t , New
Y o r k , is the
"Vienna Won-
d e r" accord-
e o n,
N o.
5 0 7-21-12,
shown in t h e
accompanying
i l l u s t r a t i o n.
This accordeon,
which is manu-
f a c t u r e d by
Otto Weidlich,
Brunndoebra,
S a x o n y , Ger-'
many, w h o s e
products the Wm. R. Gratz Co. represents in this
country and Canada, is an Italian model, and its
tonal qualities are in accord with the prestige
and reputation of the entire Weidlich line.
No. 507-21-12, as illustrated herewith, has twenty-
Protest Made to the General Appraisers
Regarding
Duty
Imposed on
Granadilla
Wood Used in Making Musical Instruments
—Duty Reduced from 45 to 35 Per Cent.
TO HANDLEj\_NEW LINE.
AN INTERESTING ISSUE.
one keys and twelve basses with patent fasteners,
U is also furnished with different numbers of
basses and keys, and may also be had with brass
or steel rods. Its construction makes for durability
and service.
DOING HOUSECLEANINQ.
Disposing of Customs Claims That Have Been
Abandoned by Importers and Their Attorneys.
Judge Sullivan, President of the Board of
United States General Appraisers, said this week
It was decided last week by the General Ap-
he had decided to cut the proverbial red tape which
praisers that granadilla wood used in making
for years has kept a great number of importers'
various musical instruments is not to be regarded abandoned protests cluttering up the files of the
as "parts of musical instruments" as that term is tribunal. They include claims filed under the
employed in the Tariff act of 1909. Lyon &
Tariff acts of 1894, 1897, and 1909, and were
Healy, Chicago, imported the wood which was abandoned by merchants or their attorneys owing
taxed at 45 per cent, under the classification men- to a variety of causes, among them being adverse
tioned. The importers claimed a rate of 35 per decisions by the higher courts on test tariff ques-
cent, ad valorem under the provision for manu- tions affecting identical merchandise, inability to
factures of wood. Judge Sullivan holds that the secure evidence in support of contentions, and for
pro.test is well taken and must ibe sustained. The o.ther reasons.
same firm imported violin necks the duty on which
The procedure in the past has required the mem-
was protested. The merchants abandoned the bers of the board to go through practically the
claims and they were overruled.
CUSTOMS COURTS ADJOURNMENT.
A disposition exists in importing and legal clr
cles in this city to criticise the action of the
United States Court of Customs Appeals in ad-
journing last week for the summer. The adjourn-
ment was the earliest taken since the formation of
the court in 1909. • It is pointed out in some quar-
ters that, had the court assigned a docket for the
hearing of customs cases for next week, it would
have been possible to obtain decisions in several
cases which now must lie over until Sept. 29, when
the tribunal reconvenes for the fall term. Among
the cases to be heard at that time is the five per
cent, discriminatory tax case relating to merchan-
dise imported in American bottoms.
NO MORE CALENDAR CALLS.
In the June issue of The Cadenza appears the
official, doings of the American Guild of Ban-
joists, Mandolinists and Guitarists at the Cleve-
land convention in April, and as one glances over
the contents it becomes evident that Walter
Jacobs must have put in a vast amount of time in
preparing this issue. There is the constitution and
by-laws of the American Guild, and this in itself
represents a great deal of labor. The fact that
this and all other matter pertaining to the con-
vention are official make this issue of The Cadenza
important, and one that lovers of these instruments
cannot afford to be without.
MOST EXPRESSIVE INSTRUMENT.
Scotsmen claim that the bagpipe is the most ex-
pressive instrument in the world—and thereby
hangs a tale. There was an editor whose hand-
writing could be interpreted by only one com-
positor on the staff, a, Scot and a piper. One day
came a slip of copy which puzzled even this ex-
pert. "Can't you read it?" he was asked. "Nae,"
said he, according to the London Chronicle, but
added enthusiastically, "if I had my pipes, though,
I could play her!"
CH. WEISS on a Harmonica stands for Highest Quality
METALLA
The Only Real Sanitary Harmonica. Its Absolute Cleanliness Appeals
to All Mouth-Organ Players
Factories at TROSSINGEN, GERMANY
NEW YORK, 393 BROADWAY
MUSICAL
MERCHANDISE
TONK BROS . Co.
Send for Catalog No. 33
128, 130, 132 So. Wabash Avenue, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
The Board of United States General Appraisers
will hold no more calendar calls of customs pro-
test cases until after Labor Day. Only the more
pressing tariff cases will be given hearings in the
chambers of the members of the tribunal during
the summer. Judge McClellan is on his way to
Europe and will not return until the middle of
September. Other members are planning vaca-
tions of a month or longer. Each member of the
clerical force is also, entitled to a month off with
full pay. Judge Somerville, having recovered from
a long illness plans to remain on duty during the
summer.
If you desire a man for any department of
your service, either for your factory or for your
selling department, forward your advertisement
to us and it will be inserted free of charge.
same routine with abandoned protests as with live
issues. This has taken up much valuable time,
which President Sullivan thinks had better be de-
voted to questions of real value. It is now pro-
posed to. waive the formality of notifying im-
porters and lawyers when abandoned cases are
up for decision and go ahead with their determina-
tion without further formalities. Since merchants
or their legal representatives abandoned the pro-
tests the board sees no reason for holding them
on the files any longer.
A start in this direction was made yesterday
when several hundred protests from importers in
all sections of the country were taken off the
files and marked "overruled." The clean-up cam-
paign just inaugurated will dispose of 40,000 cases
in a comparatively short time
Byron Mauzy, the prominent San Francisco,
piano and music dealer, has just arranged for the
handling of a new line of small instrument strings
which he will place on the market under his own
name. Mr. Mauzy's small goods department is
under the management of his son, C. S. Mauzy.
LYON & HEALY SUSTAINED
In
49
UEGELEISEN
& JACOBSON
113-115 University Place
NEW YORK
Largest Jobbers in America of
ODERN
USICAL
ERCHANDISE
M
WRITE FOR NEW CATALOG*
A PROBLEM
SOLVED!
Warranted that neither Bow Screw Rings nor Caps can fall off on Bow Screws as above illustrated.
No advance in price if Violin Bows are purchased having the Patented Screw Attached to the Frog.
WM.
R. G R A T Z I M P O R T C O . ,
35-37 West 31st Street, New York City
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