Music Trade Review
Issue: 1915 Vol. 60 N. 13 - Page 73
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THE
7S
MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
finally selected consists of Herman A. Metz, presi-
dent of the Farbwerke-Iloechst Co.; August I£i-
Steamship Engineer Charged with Smuggling
In the Demand for Accordeons Throughout the
iiKT, oi' Eimer & Amend; A. Emery of Lord &
Violin Strings Tried in Boston.
Country—One of Hohner's Best Sellers.
Taylor; A. Blum, of Abraham & Straus; B. Tres-
shier, of the Bausch & Lomli Optical Co.; George
(Special to The Review.)
Judging from the substantial orders being re-
II. Richards, of the Remington Typewriter Co.;
BOSTON,
MASS.,.
March
20.—George
E.
Metcalf,
ceiwd by the American branch' of M. Hohner, 111
\V. B. Baldwin, of the Otis Elevator Co.; A. Davis,
Kasl Sixteenth street, Xew York, for their entire diief engineer of the steamer Canopic, who was
of the Standard Varnish Works; David Wolf, of
accordeon line, there is renewed activity in this charged by the Government with smuggling violin
Wolf & Co.; William Knauth, of Knauth, Nachod
branch of the musical merchandise industry in all strings into this country, was in the United States
&
kuhne; Theodore Bach, of Snow's U. S. Sample
DisLrict Court yesterday afternoon before Judge
parts of the country. During the latter halt of
Kxprcss Co., and If. N. Cok', of Rice & llutcliins.
Morton.
After
pleading
he
was
fined
$150.
11)14, tlie accordeon business in general suffered a
Jrle was arrested on January 22 by the customs
decided slump, but since the first of January music
PATENTS AUTOMATIC VIOLIN BOW.
officials, charged with sending a package of violin
dealers have ordered accordeons in good-sized
strings from the ship to the shore. He claimed
(Special lo The Review.)
that they were samples sent over by his father-in-
WASHINGTON, D. C, March 22.—An automatic
law, a Naples dealer, who was working up a foreign violin bow is the invention of Gustav Karl Hen-
business. The Government put in testimony to nig, Bohlitz-Ehrenberg, near Leipzig, Germany,
show that he had previously been dealing in strings. patent No. 1,131,930, for which he lias assigned to
RENEWED ACTIVITY EVIDENT
ALLEGED SMUGGLER FINED $150.
Ludwig Hupfeld, Aktiengesellschaft, same place.
This invention relates more particularly to the
operation
of the bowing element of pneumatically
Importers Meet to Discuss Ways of Modifying
r-ctuated stringed musical instruments, and has
Conditions Affecting Trade with Germany.
fer its object to provide means whereby the bow
can be driven in either one or the other direction
More than 100 merchants interested in the export
m will like the customary bow moved by hand, the
and import trade with Germany attended a meet-
direction of driving being controlled either from
ing at the Vanderbilt Hotel Friday afternoon un-
Hohner Accordeon No. 366.
the note sheet of the musical instrument or by
der the auspices of the American Association of
hand, or both.
qtaHtities, indicating a better demand for these
Commerce and Trade of Berlin. Isaac Wolf, Jr.,
The object of the invention is to simplify the
instruments, particularly in the higher-priced
president of the association, who is in this country,
structure,
and thereby permit the use of consider-
models.
presided. The meeting was called for the purpose
ably less elements than have hitherto been used,
One of the best selling ilohner accordeons is of ascertaining to what extent American trade and
the Italian model, shown in the illustration here- commerce with Germany and Austria is adversely and to reduce the cost of manufacture.
with, which is designated in the Ilohner catalog as affected by the declarations of the various bellig-
The Rochester, N. Y., Times recently printed a
No. 306. This accordeon, which is representative erents. The meeting also took up the matter of ad-
picture of an old 'cello, which, it says, was made
in every detail of Ilohner quality, in accordeon
vising the Department of States as to the details about the year 1820 by Samuel d a r k , of Westmore-
manufacture, measures GVs inches by 11% inches. of such damage to American interests for the pur-
land, Oneida County, N. Y., from the door of the
Jt has a piano key-board, with white and black
pose of arranging some basis of compromise and
first church which had been built iby Westmoreland
keys, 21 treble keys, 12 basses and 4 sets of reeds. modification of the declarations in the interest of
settlers in 1793. Benjamin Jackson, Jr., has given
The frames are in ebony finish with neat imitation
American commerce.
the old 'cello in question to the municipal museum
pearl decorations, and heavy nickel-plated corner
The meeting was held behind closed doors. of Rochester, and Curator Putnam has placed it
bracketes. The bellows has 16 folds, metal corner Among the speakers was ex-Representative Herman with other musical curios.
protectors and leather clasps.
A. Metz. It was decided to form an advisory board
which was empowered to act in behalf of the inter-
A transposing mechanism for accordions and the ests represented at the meeting. This board as
like has just been patented by Joseph Galleazzi,
San Francisco, Cal., the object of which is to pro-
vide a simple and convenient transposing mecha-
nism for accordions and like instruments.
PLAN TO EASE BLOCKADE.
WEISS
Harmonicas
WEYMANN&SON
Incorporated
Manufacturers of
The Famous
Metallas
Flutas
Weymann Mandolutes and
"Keystone State" Instruments
are Popular the
World Over
1010 Che.tnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.
Black Diamond
Strings
New Brunawlok, N. J.
EXCELSIOR
DRUMS ™ STANDARD
Some dealer* may say that they cost more than
others.
Excelsior drama cost more because they are
worth more. Cost more to make.
"We could make them cost less by using' cheaper
material, use less care In making* them, and dis-
pense with the new patented Improvements.
If we did, however, Excelsior Drnmi would not
be the Standard as they are to-day. Write for
catalogue.
EXCELSIOR DRUM
WORKS
A. a. SOISTMAN, Vlce-Pres. and Gen. Manager,
Tenth and Market Streets,
CAMDEN, 2X. J.
CH. WEISS
CBrimo & Sonjne
393 Broadway
New York
351-53 ^ Ave. Newyork
Manufacturers, Importers
Publishers. Largest and
most complete stock of
Musical Merchan-
dise i n t h e
^
trade.
THE WORLD'S BEST
National Musical String Co.
The oldest arvd
largest musical
merchandise house
in America *•--
ATTRACTIVE
SPECIALTIES
AUGUST MULLER
and J . HEBERLEIN, VIO-
LINS, VIOLAS AND CELLOS
MITTENWALD VIOLIN STRINGS
SEND FOR COMPLETE CATALOG
B
UEGELEISEN
& JACOBSON
113-115 University Place
NEW YORK
MUSICAL
Merchandise
Cincinnati
Chicago
Largest Jobbers in America of
ODERN
USICAL
ERCHANDISE
WRITE FOR NEW CATALOG
M
THE
7S
MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
finally selected consists of Herman A. Metz, presi-
dent of the Farbwerke-Iloechst Co.; August I£i-
Steamship Engineer Charged with Smuggling
In the Demand for Accordeons Throughout the
iiKT, oi' Eimer & Amend; A. Emery of Lord &
Violin Strings Tried in Boston.
Country—One of Hohner's Best Sellers.
Taylor; A. Blum, of Abraham & Straus; B. Tres-
shier, of the Bausch & Lomli Optical Co.; George
(Special to The Review.)
Judging from the substantial orders being re-
II. Richards, of the Remington Typewriter Co.;
BOSTON,
MASS.,.
March
20.—George
E.
Metcalf,
ceiwd by the American branch' of M. Hohner, 111
\V. B. Baldwin, of the Otis Elevator Co.; A. Davis,
Kasl Sixteenth street, Xew York, for their entire diief engineer of the steamer Canopic, who was
of the Standard Varnish Works; David Wolf, of
accordeon line, there is renewed activity in this charged by the Government with smuggling violin
Wolf & Co.; William Knauth, of Knauth, Nachod
branch of the musical merchandise industry in all strings into this country, was in the United States
&
kuhne; Theodore Bach, of Snow's U. S. Sample
DisLrict Court yesterday afternoon before Judge
parts of the country. During the latter halt of
Kxprcss Co., and If. N. Cok', of Rice & llutcliins.
Morton.
After
pleading
he
was
fined
$150.
11)14, tlie accordeon business in general suffered a
Jrle was arrested on January 22 by the customs
decided slump, but since the first of January music
PATENTS AUTOMATIC VIOLIN BOW.
officials, charged with sending a package of violin
dealers have ordered accordeons in good-sized
strings from the ship to the shore. He claimed
(Special lo The Review.)
that they were samples sent over by his father-in-
WASHINGTON, D. C, March 22.—An automatic
law, a Naples dealer, who was working up a foreign violin bow is the invention of Gustav Karl Hen-
business. The Government put in testimony to nig, Bohlitz-Ehrenberg, near Leipzig, Germany,
show that he had previously been dealing in strings. patent No. 1,131,930, for which he lias assigned to
RENEWED ACTIVITY EVIDENT
ALLEGED SMUGGLER FINED $150.
Ludwig Hupfeld, Aktiengesellschaft, same place.
This invention relates more particularly to the
operation
of the bowing element of pneumatically
Importers Meet to Discuss Ways of Modifying
r-ctuated stringed musical instruments, and has
Conditions Affecting Trade with Germany.
fer its object to provide means whereby the bow
can be driven in either one or the other direction
More than 100 merchants interested in the export
m will like the customary bow moved by hand, the
and import trade with Germany attended a meet-
direction of driving being controlled either from
ing at the Vanderbilt Hotel Friday afternoon un-
Hohner Accordeon No. 366.
the note sheet of the musical instrument or by
der the auspices of the American Association of
hand, or both.
qtaHtities, indicating a better demand for these
Commerce and Trade of Berlin. Isaac Wolf, Jr.,
The object of the invention is to simplify the
instruments, particularly in the higher-priced
president of the association, who is in this country,
structure,
and thereby permit the use of consider-
models.
presided. The meeting was called for the purpose
ably less elements than have hitherto been used,
One of the best selling ilohner accordeons is of ascertaining to what extent American trade and
the Italian model, shown in the illustration here- commerce with Germany and Austria is adversely and to reduce the cost of manufacture.
with, which is designated in the Ilohner catalog as affected by the declarations of the various bellig-
The Rochester, N. Y., Times recently printed a
No. 306. This accordeon, which is representative erents. The meeting also took up the matter of ad-
picture of an old 'cello, which, it says, was made
in every detail of Ilohner quality, in accordeon
vising the Department of States as to the details about the year 1820 by Samuel d a r k , of Westmore-
manufacture, measures GVs inches by 11% inches. of such damage to American interests for the pur-
land, Oneida County, N. Y., from the door of the
Jt has a piano key-board, with white and black
pose of arranging some basis of compromise and
first church which had been built iby Westmoreland
keys, 21 treble keys, 12 basses and 4 sets of reeds. modification of the declarations in the interest of
settlers in 1793. Benjamin Jackson, Jr., has given
The frames are in ebony finish with neat imitation
American commerce.
the old 'cello in question to the municipal museum
pearl decorations, and heavy nickel-plated corner
The meeting was held behind closed doors. of Rochester, and Curator Putnam has placed it
bracketes. The bellows has 16 folds, metal corner Among the speakers was ex-Representative Herman with other musical curios.
protectors and leather clasps.
A. Metz. It was decided to form an advisory board
which was empowered to act in behalf of the inter-
A transposing mechanism for accordions and the ests represented at the meeting. This board as
like has just been patented by Joseph Galleazzi,
San Francisco, Cal., the object of which is to pro-
vide a simple and convenient transposing mecha-
nism for accordions and like instruments.
PLAN TO EASE BLOCKADE.
WEISS
Harmonicas
WEYMANN&SON
Incorporated
Manufacturers of
The Famous
Metallas
Flutas
Weymann Mandolutes and
"Keystone State" Instruments
are Popular the
World Over
1010 Che.tnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.
Black Diamond
Strings
New Brunawlok, N. J.
EXCELSIOR
DRUMS ™ STANDARD
Some dealer* may say that they cost more than
others.
Excelsior drama cost more because they are
worth more. Cost more to make.
"We could make them cost less by using' cheaper
material, use less care In making* them, and dis-
pense with the new patented Improvements.
If we did, however, Excelsior Drnmi would not
be the Standard as they are to-day. Write for
catalogue.
EXCELSIOR DRUM
WORKS
A. a. SOISTMAN, Vlce-Pres. and Gen. Manager,
Tenth and Market Streets,
CAMDEN, 2X. J.
CH. WEISS
CBrimo & Sonjne
393 Broadway
New York
351-53 ^ Ave. Newyork
Manufacturers, Importers
Publishers. Largest and
most complete stock of
Musical Merchan-
dise i n t h e
^
trade.
THE WORLD'S BEST
National Musical String Co.
The oldest arvd
largest musical
merchandise house
in America *•--
ATTRACTIVE
SPECIALTIES
AUGUST MULLER
and J . HEBERLEIN, VIO-
LINS, VIOLAS AND CELLOS
MITTENWALD VIOLIN STRINGS
SEND FOR COMPLETE CATALOG
B
UEGELEISEN
& JACOBSON
113-115 University Place
NEW YORK
MUSICAL
Merchandise
Cincinnati
Chicago
Largest Jobbers in America of
ODERN
USICAL
ERCHANDISE
WRITE FOR NEW CATALOG
M
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