Music Trade Review
Issue: 1916 Vol. 63 N. 2 - Page 53
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THE MUSIC TRADE
WIN MEDALS FOR THEIR MUSIC
PATENTS NEW COMPOSITE STRING
British Soldiers Decorated for Playing Mouth
Organs to Rally Troops
Trouble Caused by Atmospheric Influence on
Strings Obviated by New Process
The London Gazette announces that the Dis-
tinguished Conduct Medal has been awarded to
Company Quartermaster Sergeant Beech and
Lance Corporal Vickery, of the Seventh Sea-
forth Highlanders, for rallying their comrades
by means of music dispensed by the humble
mouth organ.
The deed is thus officially described:
"At a critical moment they steadied the men
by getting up on a parapet and playing tunes
on mouth organs, although exposed to heavy
fire."
WASHINGTON, D. C, July 1.—Patent No.
1,187,962 for a string for musical instruments
was last week granted to Frank Barstow, Klk-
hart, Ind., which he has assigned to C. G. Conn,
Ltd., same place, and which relates particularly
to that class of strings which are built up of
a core of organic matter, such as gut, and an
outer surface of metal in the form of a wire
wound thereon.
In strings of this class as heretofore con-
structed, serious difficulties have been encount-
ered as an incident to changes in atmospheric
conditions owing to the absorption or giving
off of moisture by the core of organic matter,
which results in changing the longitudinal di-
mension of the string and consequently its
pitch when tensioned upon the instrument, and
also changing its transverse dimension with con-
sequent impairment of the quality of its tone.
It has been proposed to ameliorate these dif-
ficulties by providing the composite string with
a filler of floss silk wound upon the core and
beneath the outer metallic layer; but this was
effective only in a degree and was only tem-
porary in its effect.
The present invention avoids these several
difficulties by providing a composite string with
a filler between the core and the outer winding
of such character that it not only protects the
core largely or wholly against excess moisture
sufficient to affect its dimensions, but also pro-
vides a foundation in which the outer metallic
winding embeds itself and forms separate seats
for its individual coils and which will compen-
sate for changes in the transverse dimension of
the core, as well as expansion and contraction
in the metallic covering and thereby prevent
both the impaired quality of tone due to any
enlargement of the core which might take place,
and the rattling or creeping of the coils that
would result from any shrinkage of the core
that might take place.
PATENTS COMBINATION INSTRUMENT
Guitar and Mandolin Effects May Be Produced
at Will on New Musical Device
WASHINGTON, D. C, July 3.—Patent No.
1,188,983 was last week granted to Oddo Nonfri,
New York, for a combined guitar and mandolin,
and has for its object the provision of an ar-
rangement whereby the strings of each instru-
ment may b.e independently played while using
the same head and the same sounding board.
A still further object in view is to provide an
arrangement of bridges, tail pieces and the like,
whereby a set of mandolin strings and a set of
guitar strings' may be used upon the same de-
vice, one set being spaced above the other for
part of their length, in order that the respective
strings may be played independently.
ARRANGES FOR UKULELE SHIPMENTS
Ernest K. Kaal recently arrived in Los An-
geles, where he will transact business relative
to the distribution of Hawaiian ukuleles. Mr.
Kaal is a large manufacturer of Hawaiian mu-
sical instruments, his factory being located at
Honolulu.
His business interests will keep
him on the Pacific Coast for some weeks.
DURRO
VIOLINS
BOWS
STRINGS
AND
STEWART
BANJOS
MANDOLINS
GUITARS
Largest Wholesale
Musical Merchandise
House in America
Buegeleisen & Jacobson
113 University Place
NEW YORK
CHURCH BELLS WANTED
According to the Bureau of Foreign and Do-
mestic Commerce, an American Consular offi-
cer reports that estimates are desired in his
district for the manufacture of two church
bells, composed of 78 per cent copper and 22
per cent, tin, to weigh slightly over 1,250
pounds each. Full information may be ob-
tained by addressing the Bureau, either at
Washington, D. C, or at the Custom House,
New York, and referring to Foreign Trade Op-
portunity No. 21616.
OLIVER DITSON CO.
BOSTON. MASS.
Manufacturers
Importers and Jobbers of
MUSICAL
MERCHANDISE
Attractive Specialties
Modern Service
EXCELSIOR
DRUMS XI STANDARD
Som* dealer* may say that they cost more than
others.
Excelsior Drums cost mar* because they are worth
more. Cost mote to make.
We could make them cost less by using; cheaper
material, using less care In making: them, and dis-
pensing with the new patented Improvements.
If we did, however, Excelsior Drums would not
be the Standard as they ar« to-day. Write for
catalogue.
EXCELSIOR DRUM WORKS
A. O. 8OISTMAN. Vloe-Pres. and Gen. Manager,
Tenth and Market Streets,
CAMDEN, N. J.
ESTABLISHED 1834
WEYMANH
51
REVIEW
Manufac-
turers of
Superior Quality MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
Victor Distributors
1010 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa.
Established over half a century-
SMALL GOODS DEPARTMENT ADDED
SKATTLK, WASH., July 3.—Capacity business is
reported by the Bush & Lane Piano Co., at
their Third avenue store, which was recently
enlarged. Hitherto the store featured only
the Bush & Lane pianos with the addition of
talking machines, but since the store has been
enlarged a small goods department and a sheet
music department have been added. The con-
cern now occupies the entire ground floor of
the Fischer Building, and the remodeled quar-
ters are very comfortable and up-to-date.
BRIDGE FOR STRINGED INSTRUMENTS
WASHINGTON, D. C, July 3.—Dcmmon C.
Richards, Hot Springs, Ark., was last week
granted Patent No. 1,186,333 for a bridge for
stringed musical instruments, which has for its
object to provide a bridge of the character
specified adapted for use with any character
of stringed instruments as for instance violins,
'cellos, violas and the like, wherein the bridge
is in the form of a hollow casing having open
ends, one of which is adapted to rest upon the
sounding board of the instrument, and the other
end is adapted to receive and support the
strings.
TO INCREASEJT1E RESONANCE
D. C, July 3.—A stringed mus-
ical instrument is the invention of Mario Cam-
panella, Buffalo, N. Y., Patent No. 1,185,980
for which was granted last week, and relates
to improvements in guitars, violins, banjos and
other stringed instruments. Its principal object
is to increase the resonance or loudness of such
instruments and at the same 'time render their
tone sweet and mellow. A further object is
to so construct the instrument as to afford ready
access to such members as require renewal or
readjustment from time to time.
WASHINGTON,
MUSICATFANTHE
LATEST
According to information from a novelty
house, a new fan has been placed on the mar-
ket which contains a small music-making ap-
paratus in the handle. The music plays when-
ever the fan is waved.
The oldest and
largest musical
merchandise house
ii\ America - - -
5END FOR
CATALOG
C.Bruno & Sonjnc
351-53 4? Ave. Newark
Black Diamond
Strings
THE WORLD'S BEST
National Musical String Co.
New Brunswick, N. J.
THE MUSIC TRADE
WIN MEDALS FOR THEIR MUSIC
PATENTS NEW COMPOSITE STRING
British Soldiers Decorated for Playing Mouth
Organs to Rally Troops
Trouble Caused by Atmospheric Influence on
Strings Obviated by New Process
The London Gazette announces that the Dis-
tinguished Conduct Medal has been awarded to
Company Quartermaster Sergeant Beech and
Lance Corporal Vickery, of the Seventh Sea-
forth Highlanders, for rallying their comrades
by means of music dispensed by the humble
mouth organ.
The deed is thus officially described:
"At a critical moment they steadied the men
by getting up on a parapet and playing tunes
on mouth organs, although exposed to heavy
fire."
WASHINGTON, D. C, July 1.—Patent No.
1,187,962 for a string for musical instruments
was last week granted to Frank Barstow, Klk-
hart, Ind., which he has assigned to C. G. Conn,
Ltd., same place, and which relates particularly
to that class of strings which are built up of
a core of organic matter, such as gut, and an
outer surface of metal in the form of a wire
wound thereon.
In strings of this class as heretofore con-
structed, serious difficulties have been encount-
ered as an incident to changes in atmospheric
conditions owing to the absorption or giving
off of moisture by the core of organic matter,
which results in changing the longitudinal di-
mension of the string and consequently its
pitch when tensioned upon the instrument, and
also changing its transverse dimension with con-
sequent impairment of the quality of its tone.
It has been proposed to ameliorate these dif-
ficulties by providing the composite string with
a filler of floss silk wound upon the core and
beneath the outer metallic layer; but this was
effective only in a degree and was only tem-
porary in its effect.
The present invention avoids these several
difficulties by providing a composite string with
a filler between the core and the outer winding
of such character that it not only protects the
core largely or wholly against excess moisture
sufficient to affect its dimensions, but also pro-
vides a foundation in which the outer metallic
winding embeds itself and forms separate seats
for its individual coils and which will compen-
sate for changes in the transverse dimension of
the core, as well as expansion and contraction
in the metallic covering and thereby prevent
both the impaired quality of tone due to any
enlargement of the core which might take place,
and the rattling or creeping of the coils that
would result from any shrinkage of the core
that might take place.
PATENTS COMBINATION INSTRUMENT
Guitar and Mandolin Effects May Be Produced
at Will on New Musical Device
WASHINGTON, D. C, July 3.—Patent No.
1,188,983 was last week granted to Oddo Nonfri,
New York, for a combined guitar and mandolin,
and has for its object the provision of an ar-
rangement whereby the strings of each instru-
ment may b.e independently played while using
the same head and the same sounding board.
A still further object in view is to provide an
arrangement of bridges, tail pieces and the like,
whereby a set of mandolin strings and a set of
guitar strings' may be used upon the same de-
vice, one set being spaced above the other for
part of their length, in order that the respective
strings may be played independently.
ARRANGES FOR UKULELE SHIPMENTS
Ernest K. Kaal recently arrived in Los An-
geles, where he will transact business relative
to the distribution of Hawaiian ukuleles. Mr.
Kaal is a large manufacturer of Hawaiian mu-
sical instruments, his factory being located at
Honolulu.
His business interests will keep
him on the Pacific Coast for some weeks.
DURRO
VIOLINS
BOWS
STRINGS
AND
STEWART
BANJOS
MANDOLINS
GUITARS
Largest Wholesale
Musical Merchandise
House in America
Buegeleisen & Jacobson
113 University Place
NEW YORK
CHURCH BELLS WANTED
According to the Bureau of Foreign and Do-
mestic Commerce, an American Consular offi-
cer reports that estimates are desired in his
district for the manufacture of two church
bells, composed of 78 per cent copper and 22
per cent, tin, to weigh slightly over 1,250
pounds each. Full information may be ob-
tained by addressing the Bureau, either at
Washington, D. C, or at the Custom House,
New York, and referring to Foreign Trade Op-
portunity No. 21616.
OLIVER DITSON CO.
BOSTON. MASS.
Manufacturers
Importers and Jobbers of
MUSICAL
MERCHANDISE
Attractive Specialties
Modern Service
EXCELSIOR
DRUMS XI STANDARD
Som* dealer* may say that they cost more than
others.
Excelsior Drums cost mar* because they are worth
more. Cost mote to make.
We could make them cost less by using; cheaper
material, using less care In making: them, and dis-
pensing with the new patented Improvements.
If we did, however, Excelsior Drums would not
be the Standard as they ar« to-day. Write for
catalogue.
EXCELSIOR DRUM WORKS
A. O. 8OISTMAN. Vloe-Pres. and Gen. Manager,
Tenth and Market Streets,
CAMDEN, N. J.
ESTABLISHED 1834
WEYMANH
51
REVIEW
Manufac-
turers of
Superior Quality MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
Victor Distributors
1010 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa.
Established over half a century-
SMALL GOODS DEPARTMENT ADDED
SKATTLK, WASH., July 3.—Capacity business is
reported by the Bush & Lane Piano Co., at
their Third avenue store, which was recently
enlarged. Hitherto the store featured only
the Bush & Lane pianos with the addition of
talking machines, but since the store has been
enlarged a small goods department and a sheet
music department have been added. The con-
cern now occupies the entire ground floor of
the Fischer Building, and the remodeled quar-
ters are very comfortable and up-to-date.
BRIDGE FOR STRINGED INSTRUMENTS
WASHINGTON, D. C, July 3.—Dcmmon C.
Richards, Hot Springs, Ark., was last week
granted Patent No. 1,186,333 for a bridge for
stringed musical instruments, which has for its
object to provide a bridge of the character
specified adapted for use with any character
of stringed instruments as for instance violins,
'cellos, violas and the like, wherein the bridge
is in the form of a hollow casing having open
ends, one of which is adapted to rest upon the
sounding board of the instrument, and the other
end is adapted to receive and support the
strings.
TO INCREASEJT1E RESONANCE
D. C, July 3.—A stringed mus-
ical instrument is the invention of Mario Cam-
panella, Buffalo, N. Y., Patent No. 1,185,980
for which was granted last week, and relates
to improvements in guitars, violins, banjos and
other stringed instruments. Its principal object
is to increase the resonance or loudness of such
instruments and at the same 'time render their
tone sweet and mellow. A further object is
to so construct the instrument as to afford ready
access to such members as require renewal or
readjustment from time to time.
WASHINGTON,
MUSICATFANTHE
LATEST
According to information from a novelty
house, a new fan has been placed on the mar-
ket which contains a small music-making ap-
paratus in the handle. The music plays when-
ever the fan is waved.
The oldest and
largest musical
merchandise house
ii\ America - - -
5END FOR
CATALOG
C.Bruno & Sonjnc
351-53 4? Ave. Newark
Black Diamond
Strings
THE WORLD'S BEST
National Musical String Co.
New Brunswick, N. J.
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