Music Trade Review
Issue: 1915 Vol. 61 N. 22 - Page 74
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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
74
quantities of German-made merchandise owned by
American importers, but held up at Rotterdam for
Important Ruling by Board of General Ap- many months, the Treasury Department issued an,
praisers in Which Lyon & Healy Are the order to all appraisers of merchandise directing
Victors—Goods Were Not Sold as Imported. that invoices for goods purchased in Europe which,
owing to the war conditions, had advanced in value,
The difference for purposes of duty between the should be made up at about the time of exportation.
tariff provisions for "gut strings for musical in-
Many merchants feared that a drastic construc-
struments" and "catgut unmanufactured" were set tion of the Government's order might result in
forth Saturday in a decision in the case of Lyon & more or less high-handed action by the appraising
Healy, Chicago. The merchandise, which was in- officers. In other words, that heavy advances and
voiced as "bundles of 'cello gut for winding," was accruing penalties might be imposed on imported
returned for duty at 20 per cent, ad valorem under goods, thereby adding another item to the already
the musical instrument string provision, whereas long list of importers' difficulties at this time.
the importers claimed free entry as unmanufac- These fears, however, cannot be said to have been
tured catgut.
realized to any great extent up to the present time,
The testimony submitted by the merchants although a wide variety of merchandise has come
showed that the merchandise is imported in bun- in for reasonable advances.
dles cut to certain lengths and that after importa-
One thing demonstrated by the war, so far as
tion they are sent to manufacturers of musical in- the customs men and importers are concerned, is
strument strings, who stretch and wind them with that, irrespective of nationality or origin, manu-
copper and silver. After being treated in this facturing and producing costs on practically every
way and further manufactured they are returned line of imported goods have increased since the
to the importers, who sell them as strings for mu- outbreak of hostilities fifteen months ago. Even
sical instruments. It was further testified that the British goods, which have maintained their ratio of
goods are not sold in the condition in which im- normal production better than the products of any
ported, nor are they capable of practical use for of the other belligerents, have gone up materially,
such purposes. Free entry was granted.
thereby calling for readjustments upward in values
for dutiable purposes when shipped into this coun-
Scarcity in many lines also has sent prices
ADVANCES IN THEJMPORTS VALUE. try.
soaring.
Complications Caused by the Greater Costs
Abroad, and How They Are Met.
NEW PERCUSSION INSTRUMENT
DUTY ON GUT STRINGS.
Appraising imported merchandise in war time is
a problem of many perplexities, as customs officials
and importers alike can attest. Curtailment or
stoppage in the importation of many lines of goods
from some of the belligerent countries, Germany
and Austria-Hungary in particular, not to mention
uncertainties of delivery, high freight charges, in-
surance and impaired ocean transportation service,
are among the difficulties confronting merchants.
Customs officers, for their part, also share in the
world-wide commercial upset, and are put upon
their best mettle in trying to settle the values of
foreign merchandise for dutiable purposes. Goods
delayed many months in shipment, interference
with regular advices from American Consuls, spe-
cial Treasury agents, and other sources of informa-
tion depended upon by appraising officials, all com-
bine to tax the -resourcefulness and patience of
Uncle Sam's revenue collectors to a degree never
experienced before in the history of the customs
service.
Shortly after the British authorities began to
issue permits for the forwarding of considerable
sical instruments, the object of the invention being
to provide a musical instrument which embodies
a number of separate instruments all operated by
the feet, and particularly designed for accompany-
ing an instrument held or played by the hands, so
that the performer can play upon one instrument
and accompany himself by means of the orchestra.
A further object is to provide a musical instru-
ment of the character described which is inclosed
within a box, and may be readily transported from
place to place.
The instrument can be utilized as a constituent
of an orchestra or for individual use.
The assumed business name certificate of the
Cottage Grove Music Co. has been filed by Georgia
L. Roach, Cottage Point, Ore.
IN TONE
STYLE & DURABILITY
HGHNER
HARMONICAS & ACCORDEONS,
ARE RECOGNIZED AS THE
BEST:
Invented and Patented by Philadelphia Man
Finds New Work for the Feet.
(Special to The Review.)
WASHINGTON, D. C, November 22.—A Percus-
sion Musical Instrument has been invented by
Konstanty Domashewicz, Philadelphia, Pa., patent
No. 1,160,392 for which was granted last week, and
which relates to improvements in percussion mu-
THE
1HMSaSBBBBl
4
\
TRADEMARK
WEYMANN&SON
Incorporated
Manufacturers of
The Famoua
ELITE
Weymann Mandolutes and
"Keystone State" Instruments
LA FAVORITA
Reg. U. S. Pat. Off. The Highest
Grade Single Length Tested Violin
Strings — Excel all Others — Known
throughout the world and used by
Prominent Artists and Soloists. For
sale by Leading Music Dealers. Trade
supplied by M. E. SCHOENING, z6
- E a s t 22nd St., New York City.
The oldest aivd
largest musical
merchandise house
in America
Black Diamond
Strings
THE WORLD'S BEST
1010 Outturn St.. Philaddpkia, Pa.
Manufacturers, Importers
Publishers. Largest and
most complete stock of
Musical Merchan-
dise in t h e
trade.
Modern
Service
AUGUST MULLER
and J. HEBERLEIN, VIO-
LINS, VIOLAS AND CELLOS
MITTENWALD VIOLIN STRINGS.
SEND FOR COMPLETE CATALOG
CBrimo&Soiune
351-53 ^P Ave. Newyork
National Musical String Co.
N«w Brunswick, N . J .
EXCElSORlMS S£ STANDARD
Borne dealers may «ay that they coat more than
° Excelsior drums cost more because they are
worth more. Cost more to make.
We could make them cost less by usingr cheaper
material, use less care In makin* them, and dis-
pense with the new patented Improvements.
If we did, however, Excelsior Drums would not
be the Standard as they are to-day. Writ* for
oatalog-ne.
EXCEISIOR
DRUM
A. 9 . •OXSTUVMT,
*m«k an* MiiM Itnrti,
WORKS
MUSIC
Made of Highest
Quality Gut
STRINGS
Large Stocks
Prompt Delivery
Ashland M anufacturing Co.
UEGELEISEN
& JACOBSON
MUSICAL
Merchandise
Cincinnati
Chicago
Largest Jobbers in America of
ODERN
USICAL
ERCHANDISE
M
THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
74
quantities of German-made merchandise owned by
American importers, but held up at Rotterdam for
Important Ruling by Board of General Ap- many months, the Treasury Department issued an,
praisers in Which Lyon & Healy Are the order to all appraisers of merchandise directing
Victors—Goods Were Not Sold as Imported. that invoices for goods purchased in Europe which,
owing to the war conditions, had advanced in value,
The difference for purposes of duty between the should be made up at about the time of exportation.
tariff provisions for "gut strings for musical in-
Many merchants feared that a drastic construc-
struments" and "catgut unmanufactured" were set tion of the Government's order might result in
forth Saturday in a decision in the case of Lyon & more or less high-handed action by the appraising
Healy, Chicago. The merchandise, which was in- officers. In other words, that heavy advances and
voiced as "bundles of 'cello gut for winding," was accruing penalties might be imposed on imported
returned for duty at 20 per cent, ad valorem under goods, thereby adding another item to the already
the musical instrument string provision, whereas long list of importers' difficulties at this time.
the importers claimed free entry as unmanufac- These fears, however, cannot be said to have been
tured catgut.
realized to any great extent up to the present time,
The testimony submitted by the merchants although a wide variety of merchandise has come
showed that the merchandise is imported in bun- in for reasonable advances.
dles cut to certain lengths and that after importa-
One thing demonstrated by the war, so far as
tion they are sent to manufacturers of musical in- the customs men and importers are concerned, is
strument strings, who stretch and wind them with that, irrespective of nationality or origin, manu-
copper and silver. After being treated in this facturing and producing costs on practically every
way and further manufactured they are returned line of imported goods have increased since the
to the importers, who sell them as strings for mu- outbreak of hostilities fifteen months ago. Even
sical instruments. It was further testified that the British goods, which have maintained their ratio of
goods are not sold in the condition in which im- normal production better than the products of any
ported, nor are they capable of practical use for of the other belligerents, have gone up materially,
such purposes. Free entry was granted.
thereby calling for readjustments upward in values
for dutiable purposes when shipped into this coun-
Scarcity in many lines also has sent prices
ADVANCES IN THEJMPORTS VALUE. try.
soaring.
Complications Caused by the Greater Costs
Abroad, and How They Are Met.
NEW PERCUSSION INSTRUMENT
DUTY ON GUT STRINGS.
Appraising imported merchandise in war time is
a problem of many perplexities, as customs officials
and importers alike can attest. Curtailment or
stoppage in the importation of many lines of goods
from some of the belligerent countries, Germany
and Austria-Hungary in particular, not to mention
uncertainties of delivery, high freight charges, in-
surance and impaired ocean transportation service,
are among the difficulties confronting merchants.
Customs officers, for their part, also share in the
world-wide commercial upset, and are put upon
their best mettle in trying to settle the values of
foreign merchandise for dutiable purposes. Goods
delayed many months in shipment, interference
with regular advices from American Consuls, spe-
cial Treasury agents, and other sources of informa-
tion depended upon by appraising officials, all com-
bine to tax the -resourcefulness and patience of
Uncle Sam's revenue collectors to a degree never
experienced before in the history of the customs
service.
Shortly after the British authorities began to
issue permits for the forwarding of considerable
sical instruments, the object of the invention being
to provide a musical instrument which embodies
a number of separate instruments all operated by
the feet, and particularly designed for accompany-
ing an instrument held or played by the hands, so
that the performer can play upon one instrument
and accompany himself by means of the orchestra.
A further object is to provide a musical instru-
ment of the character described which is inclosed
within a box, and may be readily transported from
place to place.
The instrument can be utilized as a constituent
of an orchestra or for individual use.
The assumed business name certificate of the
Cottage Grove Music Co. has been filed by Georgia
L. Roach, Cottage Point, Ore.
IN TONE
STYLE & DURABILITY
HGHNER
HARMONICAS & ACCORDEONS,
ARE RECOGNIZED AS THE
BEST:
Invented and Patented by Philadelphia Man
Finds New Work for the Feet.
(Special to The Review.)
WASHINGTON, D. C, November 22.—A Percus-
sion Musical Instrument has been invented by
Konstanty Domashewicz, Philadelphia, Pa., patent
No. 1,160,392 for which was granted last week, and
which relates to improvements in percussion mu-
THE
1HMSaSBBBBl
4
\
TRADEMARK
WEYMANN&SON
Incorporated
Manufacturers of
The Famoua
ELITE
Weymann Mandolutes and
"Keystone State" Instruments
LA FAVORITA
Reg. U. S. Pat. Off. The Highest
Grade Single Length Tested Violin
Strings — Excel all Others — Known
throughout the world and used by
Prominent Artists and Soloists. For
sale by Leading Music Dealers. Trade
supplied by M. E. SCHOENING, z6
- E a s t 22nd St., New York City.
The oldest aivd
largest musical
merchandise house
in America
Black Diamond
Strings
THE WORLD'S BEST
1010 Outturn St.. Philaddpkia, Pa.
Manufacturers, Importers
Publishers. Largest and
most complete stock of
Musical Merchan-
dise in t h e
trade.
Modern
Service
AUGUST MULLER
and J. HEBERLEIN, VIO-
LINS, VIOLAS AND CELLOS
MITTENWALD VIOLIN STRINGS.
SEND FOR COMPLETE CATALOG
CBrimo&Soiune
351-53 ^P Ave. Newyork
National Musical String Co.
N«w Brunswick, N . J .
EXCElSORlMS S£ STANDARD
Borne dealers may «ay that they coat more than
° Excelsior drums cost more because they are
worth more. Cost more to make.
We could make them cost less by usingr cheaper
material, use less care In makin* them, and dis-
pense with the new patented Improvements.
If we did, however, Excelsior Drums would not
be the Standard as they are to-day. Writ* for
oatalog-ne.
EXCEISIOR
DRUM
A. 9 . •OXSTUVMT,
*m«k an* MiiM Itnrti,
WORKS
MUSIC
Made of Highest
Quality Gut
STRINGS
Large Stocks
Prompt Delivery
Ashland M anufacturing Co.
UEGELEISEN
& JACOBSON
MUSICAL
Merchandise
Cincinnati
Chicago
Largest Jobbers in America of
ODERN
USICAL
ERCHANDISE
M
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