Music Trade Review
Issue: 1915 Vol. 61 N. 26 - Page 71
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THE
MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
71
PROBLEM OF SECURING SMALL GOODS INCREASING.
MAKES RADIATING VIOLINS.
Prohibition of Parcel Post Shipments of German Goods to This Country Further Complicates the
Situation, Declares Henry Stadlmair, of C. Bruno & Son, Inc.—Other Difficulties.
James H. Ingram, a Violin Maker of Charlotte,
N. C. f Tells of the Principle Upon Which
He Constructs His Various Instruments.
There is every evidence in musical merchandise
circles that the problem of securing goods both
from foreign and United States factories is be-
coming more complex than ever. Henry Stadlmair,
vice-president of C. Bruno & Son, Inc., 353 Fourth
avenue, New York, calls attention to the recent
edict of the Imperial German Government whereby
an action was caused prohibiting parcel post ship-
ments to this country. It is doubtful now if it will
be possible to obtain goods of any kind from Ger-
many unless they were bought and paid for prior
to last March, the latter condition being such as to
alone stop shipment.
Mr. Stadlmair also states that England has
caused a two days' delay on cable messages to and
from this country, which makes the sending and
receiving of messages a tiresome and bothersome
detail. "Furthermore," added Mr. Stadlmair,
"there is every indication that the musical instru-
ments and merchandise made in this country are
advancing rapidly in price, although deliveries are
poor. Such materials as metal, linings, leather,
canvas, calfskins, etc., have all advanced at a tre-
mendous rate. Take in the matter of violin case
linings, which at one time were beautiful shades
of purple, yellow, blue, red and other colors. Now
it is impossible to get the dyes, and it appears as
if these linings will be white."
,
It may ibe stated that the house of Bruno is serv-
ing the interests of the dealer f with remarkable
ability, but even with its immense resources it can-
not cope with a situation that is of world-wide
significance, and which at this time is of vital in-
terest to every member of the trade. What the
future has in store, therefore, is a matter of con-
jecture.
RARE VIOLINS_WELL GUARDED.
of the genuineness of the instruments, the most
valuable one of which is priced at $5,000, and is
declared to be a genuine Stradivarius violin, dated
1690.
Other violins in the collection are a Jacob Steiner,
made 260 years ago; a Gaurnarius viola, dated
1695; a Mathias Klotz of 1765, and a Bretton which
bears the date of 1790. While the violins are
really on exhibit, they are nevertheless being kept
in a vault to guard against loss or damage. Eric
Hafsoos claims the exhibit to be the most im-
portant one ever made in Milwaukee.
Antique Instruments Kept in Vault by the
Flanner-Hafsoos
Co.—Collection
Contains
Genuine "Strad" of 1690 Among Others.
(Special to The Review.)
MILWAUKEE, WIS., December 20.—-The Flanner-
Hafsoos Music Co. has on exhibit five rare violins,
said to represent a total value of nearly $10,000.
The collection is the property of Charles G. W.
Nitz, of Wauwatosa, who has documentary proof
PATENTS SHOULDER REST.
IN TONE
STYLE & DURABILITY
H6HNIR
HARMON icAuAcc
ARE RECOGNIZED AS THE
(Special to The Review.)
WASHINGTON, D. C, "December 20.—Patent No.
1,163,636 was last week granted .to Frederick W.
Becker, New York, for a shoulder rest for stringed
instruments, and has for its object to provide a
shoulder rest which may be readily detached from
the bottom plate of the chin rest and which is so
mounted as to permit the instrument to move rela-
tively thereto according to the natural movement
of the arm while the person is playing without dis-
turbing the position of the shoulder rest upon the
shoulder.
WORL0S BEST"
The oldest arvd
largest musical
merchandise house
America •"--
Black Diamond
Strings
New Brunswlok, N. J .
EXCELSIOR
DRUMS E STANDARD
Some dealers may iay that tiey cost more than
others.
Excelsior drams 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 1 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. Write for
catalogue.
EXCELSIOR DRUM
WORKS
A. O. SOISTMAN, Vice-Pres. and Gen. Manager,
Tenth and Market Streets,
CAMDEN, K. J.
WEYMANN&SON
Incorporated
Manufacturers of
The Famous
Weymann Mandolutes and
"Keystone State" Instruments
1010 CkertMt St., Philadelphia. Pa.
Manufacturers, Importers
Publishers. Largest and
most complete stock of
Musical Merchan-
d i s e in t h e
trade.
AUGUST MULLER
and J. HEBERLEIN, VIO
LINS, VIOLAS AND CELLOS
MITTENWALD VIOLIN STRINGS.
SEND FOR COMPLETE CATALOG
SEND FOR
CATALOG
C.Bruno & 5on.k
THE WORLD'S BEST
latioeal Mniial String Co.
An entirely new departure in the construction
of violins and similar stringed instruments has been
devised by James H. Ingram, a violin maker of
Charlotte, N. C, says the Violin World. Ever
since the days of the great violin makers of
Cremona, Italy, the principles they worked out,
even to so small a matter as the disposition of the
slots in the bridge, have been religiously followed.
Backs and 'bellies of violins have been made, as
they made them, in two sections or halves so well
matched that the line of juncture can scarcely be
detected, or, less frequently from one piece of
wood molded to the required shape.
Many very old and valuable violins have been
repaired by expertly replacing cracked or broken
portions of the violin belly with inserts of wood
that match and do not injure the tone. Every de-
tail and dimension of the old Cremona makers has
been copied—everything except the beautiful tone,
and that has proven elusive; just why the violin
makers themselves thoroughly disagree.
The new method of attaining the one all-im-
portant object, a beautiful tone, involves a depar-
ture from the one and two-piece back and belly and
the substitution of many wedge-shaped strips con-
verging toward the center of the violin. The under-
lying principle followed is to have the strips dis-
posed so that when the violin is played upon the
vibrations will travel in the path of the grain of
the wood instead of partly across the grain, as
must be the case where the back and belly are con-
structed simply of one piece or of two pieces.
351-53 4? Ave. Newark
STRINGS
MUSIC
Made of Highest
Quality Gut
Large Stocks —
Prompt Delivery
Send for Price LUt
Ashland Manufacturing Co.
EGELEISEN
e JACOBSON
MUSICAL
Merchandise
Cincinnati
Chicago
Largest Jobbers in America of
ODERNf
USICAL%
THE
MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
71
PROBLEM OF SECURING SMALL GOODS INCREASING.
MAKES RADIATING VIOLINS.
Prohibition of Parcel Post Shipments of German Goods to This Country Further Complicates the
Situation, Declares Henry Stadlmair, of C. Bruno & Son, Inc.—Other Difficulties.
James H. Ingram, a Violin Maker of Charlotte,
N. C. f Tells of the Principle Upon Which
He Constructs His Various Instruments.
There is every evidence in musical merchandise
circles that the problem of securing goods both
from foreign and United States factories is be-
coming more complex than ever. Henry Stadlmair,
vice-president of C. Bruno & Son, Inc., 353 Fourth
avenue, New York, calls attention to the recent
edict of the Imperial German Government whereby
an action was caused prohibiting parcel post ship-
ments to this country. It is doubtful now if it will
be possible to obtain goods of any kind from Ger-
many unless they were bought and paid for prior
to last March, the latter condition being such as to
alone stop shipment.
Mr. Stadlmair also states that England has
caused a two days' delay on cable messages to and
from this country, which makes the sending and
receiving of messages a tiresome and bothersome
detail. "Furthermore," added Mr. Stadlmair,
"there is every indication that the musical instru-
ments and merchandise made in this country are
advancing rapidly in price, although deliveries are
poor. Such materials as metal, linings, leather,
canvas, calfskins, etc., have all advanced at a tre-
mendous rate. Take in the matter of violin case
linings, which at one time were beautiful shades
of purple, yellow, blue, red and other colors. Now
it is impossible to get the dyes, and it appears as
if these linings will be white."
,
It may ibe stated that the house of Bruno is serv-
ing the interests of the dealer f with remarkable
ability, but even with its immense resources it can-
not cope with a situation that is of world-wide
significance, and which at this time is of vital in-
terest to every member of the trade. What the
future has in store, therefore, is a matter of con-
jecture.
RARE VIOLINS_WELL GUARDED.
of the genuineness of the instruments, the most
valuable one of which is priced at $5,000, and is
declared to be a genuine Stradivarius violin, dated
1690.
Other violins in the collection are a Jacob Steiner,
made 260 years ago; a Gaurnarius viola, dated
1695; a Mathias Klotz of 1765, and a Bretton which
bears the date of 1790. While the violins are
really on exhibit, they are nevertheless being kept
in a vault to guard against loss or damage. Eric
Hafsoos claims the exhibit to be the most im-
portant one ever made in Milwaukee.
Antique Instruments Kept in Vault by the
Flanner-Hafsoos
Co.—Collection
Contains
Genuine "Strad" of 1690 Among Others.
(Special to The Review.)
MILWAUKEE, WIS., December 20.—-The Flanner-
Hafsoos Music Co. has on exhibit five rare violins,
said to represent a total value of nearly $10,000.
The collection is the property of Charles G. W.
Nitz, of Wauwatosa, who has documentary proof
PATENTS SHOULDER REST.
IN TONE
STYLE & DURABILITY
H6HNIR
HARMON icAuAcc
ARE RECOGNIZED AS THE
(Special to The Review.)
WASHINGTON, D. C, "December 20.—Patent No.
1,163,636 was last week granted .to Frederick W.
Becker, New York, for a shoulder rest for stringed
instruments, and has for its object to provide a
shoulder rest which may be readily detached from
the bottom plate of the chin rest and which is so
mounted as to permit the instrument to move rela-
tively thereto according to the natural movement
of the arm while the person is playing without dis-
turbing the position of the shoulder rest upon the
shoulder.
WORL0S BEST"
The oldest arvd
largest musical
merchandise house
America •"--
Black Diamond
Strings
New Brunswlok, N. J .
EXCELSIOR
DRUMS E STANDARD
Some dealers may iay that tiey cost more than
others.
Excelsior drams 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 1 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. Write for
catalogue.
EXCELSIOR DRUM
WORKS
A. O. SOISTMAN, Vice-Pres. and Gen. Manager,
Tenth and Market Streets,
CAMDEN, K. J.
WEYMANN&SON
Incorporated
Manufacturers of
The Famous
Weymann Mandolutes and
"Keystone State" Instruments
1010 CkertMt St., Philadelphia. Pa.
Manufacturers, Importers
Publishers. Largest and
most complete stock of
Musical Merchan-
d i s e in t h e
trade.
AUGUST MULLER
and J. HEBERLEIN, VIO
LINS, VIOLAS AND CELLOS
MITTENWALD VIOLIN STRINGS.
SEND FOR COMPLETE CATALOG
SEND FOR
CATALOG
C.Bruno & 5on.k
THE WORLD'S BEST
latioeal Mniial String Co.
An entirely new departure in the construction
of violins and similar stringed instruments has been
devised by James H. Ingram, a violin maker of
Charlotte, N. C, says the Violin World. Ever
since the days of the great violin makers of
Cremona, Italy, the principles they worked out,
even to so small a matter as the disposition of the
slots in the bridge, have been religiously followed.
Backs and 'bellies of violins have been made, as
they made them, in two sections or halves so well
matched that the line of juncture can scarcely be
detected, or, less frequently from one piece of
wood molded to the required shape.
Many very old and valuable violins have been
repaired by expertly replacing cracked or broken
portions of the violin belly with inserts of wood
that match and do not injure the tone. Every de-
tail and dimension of the old Cremona makers has
been copied—everything except the beautiful tone,
and that has proven elusive; just why the violin
makers themselves thoroughly disagree.
The new method of attaining the one all-im-
portant object, a beautiful tone, involves a depar-
ture from the one and two-piece back and belly and
the substitution of many wedge-shaped strips con-
verging toward the center of the violin. The under-
lying principle followed is to have the strips dis-
posed so that when the violin is played upon the
vibrations will travel in the path of the grain of
the wood instead of partly across the grain, as
must be the case where the back and belly are con-
structed simply of one piece or of two pieces.
351-53 4? Ave. Newark
STRINGS
MUSIC
Made of Highest
Quality Gut
Large Stocks —
Prompt Delivery
Send for Price LUt
Ashland Manufacturing Co.
EGELEISEN
e JACOBSON
MUSICAL
Merchandise
Cincinnati
Chicago
Largest Jobbers in America of
ODERNf
USICAL%
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