Music Trade Review
Issue: 1917 Vol. 64 N. 2 - Page 55
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THE MUSIC TRADE
their other ends permitting the device to be held
in any position and to produce the proper tone
Recent Patent Granted on Chimes Suspended when struck by the beater.
It is finally an object of this invention to con-
Within a Resonance-Box
struct a sounding device easy and cheap to manu-
WASHINGTON, D. C, January 8.—John B. Koh- facture, the chiming members being so mounted
ler, Chicago, 111., was last week granted Patent above a suitable resonance-box as to sound only
No. 1,210,950 for a percussion musical instru- the pure fundamental tone thereof.
ment, which he has assigned to the Kohler-
Liebich Co., Wilmington, Del.
REQUIRES FORCE TO PLAY 'CELLO
A great many different types of percussion
musical instruments have been constructed com- Prof. Poffenberger Tells How it Takes Four
monly known as dinner chimes for household
Tons of Energy to Play the 'Cello
use, of which the most familiar is that wherein
a number of tubes are suspended at their upper
A simple air played on the violoncello calls
ends from a suitable support, thus permitting a for a total expenditure of energy equal to two
natural vibration of the tubes to take place and three-quarter pounds per note, or more than
when the same are struck. It has been found four tons of energy for the single selection.
that a richer and more mellow tone is secured This statement is vouched for by Prof. Poffen-
from instruments in which the sounding mem- berger, of Columbia University, who made some
bers are mounted on supports on a resonance- experiments in his laboratory with the aid of
box. But due to the manner in which the sound- the famous Dutch 'cellist, Michael Penha.
ing members have heretofore been attached to
A special apparatus is necessary to conduct
the supports, it has been found that the vibra- the tests. Against the surface of a revolving
tions of the sounding members are communi- carbon cylinder is suspended a chalked point
cated through the supports directly to the reson- which is actuated by a slender wire attached to
ance-box.
the musician's finger. At each pressure the ten-
This invention relates to an improved form sion vibrates along the communicating connec-
of support for the sounding members upon a tion and records the energy expended.
resonance-box whereby there is no possibility
At a recent test Michael Penha at times raised
of the vibrations of the sounding member being the point to a distance equalling three pounds
communicated through its supports to the in weight, that being the record of the forefinger.
resonance-box.
The pressure alone required to produce the char-
It is an object therefore of this invention to acteristically luscious tones of a simple Bach
construct a sounding device wherein the sound- aria, averaged two and three-quarter pounds
ing members are freely supported, permitting per note. The total energy expended amounted
the device to be held in any position and when to 9,414 pounds, or more than four tons.
struck giving off a rich and pleasing tone en-
This same amount of energy, says the Pop-
tirely free from the harsh metallic note of other ular Science Monthly, would be sufficient to
constructions of this type.
carry a laborer through his entire day's work.
It is also an object of this invention to con- Yet it took but five minutes for the artist to
struct a sounding device wherein the sounding exert the same amount of force.
members are each at one end supported upon
silk cord and at their other end are loosely held
AT THE CONCERT
from movement by another cord, the manner of
We arrived very early at the piano recital,
support permitting natural vibrations of the
sounding members to take place when the same and while we sat waiting for it to begin we lis-
are struck by a blow from the soft headed tened to the conversation of two women di-
rectly behind us. They were talking in shrill
beater provided for the purpose.
It is furthermore an important object of this and penetrating whispers of their diseases, all
invention to construct a chiming device in that they had had, had now, had heard of other
which the sounding members are positively con- people having. They mentioned the liver, the
nected at one of their ends upon a silken cord heart, the lurrgs, and other well-known parts
with spacing sleeves threaded on the cord and of the anatomy, with rhythmic regularity.
"My. dear," said my friend to me, wearily,
upon which the sounding members rest, said
sounding members also yieldably supported at "did you say this was to be a piano recital:
It sounds to me more like an organ recital."
IMPROVED DINNER CHIMES
DURRO
AND
STEWART
Largest Wholesale
Musical Merchandise
House in America
Buegeleisen & Jacob son
113 Univetsity Place
55
REVIEW
Consult the universal Want Directory of
The Review. In it advertisements are inserted
free of charge for men who desire positions
of any kind.
FIXING VALUE OF JAPANESE GOODS
Importers of Musical Instruments Made in
Japan Will Be Interested in Recent Customs
Ruling Relative to Fixing Import Duty
In denying a claim filed by Morimura
Brothers of this city and Yokohama, action was
taken by the reappraisement division of the
Board of General Appraisers which is expected
to affect the method of taking duty on many
lines of Japanese merchandise made especially
for the American market, and for which there
is no sale in Japan. The goods were invoiced
and appraised at a certain price per dozen pieces.
Appraiser Sague found the market value by fig-
uring back from the wholesale selling price of
the merchandise in the United States.
Morimura Brothers submitted a mass of data
bearing upon cost of production of the goods.
They contended that the value of the merchan-
dise could be more accurately determined by
figuring from the cost of production, and argued
that that method should be followed in apprais-
ing the goods. In an affidavit the manufac-
turers gave the value of the raw materials and
the price paid for the labor on each special
item. To this was added an amount approxi-
mating 25 per cent, to allow a margin for ex-
pense and profit.
Summed up the issue before the General Ap-
praiser was whether the market value of the
merchandise should be found by using the cost
of production as a basis or whether the whole-
sale selling price in the United States was the
basis upon which the market value should be
ascertained. The issue involved the interpre-
tation to be placed on Paragraph K of Section
3 of the Tariff act dealing with appraisals of im-
ported merchandise.
Judge Cooper in his decision said that in the
case at bar the market value figured from the
cost of production was not high enough, under
the statute, as compared with the wholesale sell-
ing price of the goods in this country. He held
the Appraiser acted in accordance with the
statute in finding the value by figuring back
from the American selling price, and duty was
fixed accordingly.
RUNG
T H E OLDEST AND
LARGEST MUSICAL
MERCHANDISE HOUSE
IN AMERICA
Exclusively Wholesale
OLIVER DITSON CO.
BOSTON, MASS.
C.BRUNO $SQN,IWC.
351-53FOURTHAVE.NEWYORKCITY
Manufacturers
Importers and Jobbers of
MUSICAL
MERCHANDISE
Attractive Specialties
Modern Service
ESTABLISHED 1834
HEMMMV
Superior Quality MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
Victor DUtributora
1108 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa.
Established over half a century
Victor' Distributors
Black Diamond
Strings
THE WORLD'S BEST
National Musical String Co.
New Brunswick, N. J.
THE MUSIC TRADE
their other ends permitting the device to be held
in any position and to produce the proper tone
Recent Patent Granted on Chimes Suspended when struck by the beater.
It is finally an object of this invention to con-
Within a Resonance-Box
struct a sounding device easy and cheap to manu-
WASHINGTON, D. C, January 8.—John B. Koh- facture, the chiming members being so mounted
ler, Chicago, 111., was last week granted Patent above a suitable resonance-box as to sound only
No. 1,210,950 for a percussion musical instru- the pure fundamental tone thereof.
ment, which he has assigned to the Kohler-
Liebich Co., Wilmington, Del.
REQUIRES FORCE TO PLAY 'CELLO
A great many different types of percussion
musical instruments have been constructed com- Prof. Poffenberger Tells How it Takes Four
monly known as dinner chimes for household
Tons of Energy to Play the 'Cello
use, of which the most familiar is that wherein
a number of tubes are suspended at their upper
A simple air played on the violoncello calls
ends from a suitable support, thus permitting a for a total expenditure of energy equal to two
natural vibration of the tubes to take place and three-quarter pounds per note, or more than
when the same are struck. It has been found four tons of energy for the single selection.
that a richer and more mellow tone is secured This statement is vouched for by Prof. Poffen-
from instruments in which the sounding mem- berger, of Columbia University, who made some
bers are mounted on supports on a resonance- experiments in his laboratory with the aid of
box. But due to the manner in which the sound- the famous Dutch 'cellist, Michael Penha.
ing members have heretofore been attached to
A special apparatus is necessary to conduct
the supports, it has been found that the vibra- the tests. Against the surface of a revolving
tions of the sounding members are communi- carbon cylinder is suspended a chalked point
cated through the supports directly to the reson- which is actuated by a slender wire attached to
ance-box.
the musician's finger. At each pressure the ten-
This invention relates to an improved form sion vibrates along the communicating connec-
of support for the sounding members upon a tion and records the energy expended.
resonance-box whereby there is no possibility
At a recent test Michael Penha at times raised
of the vibrations of the sounding member being the point to a distance equalling three pounds
communicated through its supports to the in weight, that being the record of the forefinger.
resonance-box.
The pressure alone required to produce the char-
It is an object therefore of this invention to acteristically luscious tones of a simple Bach
construct a sounding device wherein the sound- aria, averaged two and three-quarter pounds
ing members are freely supported, permitting per note. The total energy expended amounted
the device to be held in any position and when to 9,414 pounds, or more than four tons.
struck giving off a rich and pleasing tone en-
This same amount of energy, says the Pop-
tirely free from the harsh metallic note of other ular Science Monthly, would be sufficient to
constructions of this type.
carry a laborer through his entire day's work.
It is also an object of this invention to con- Yet it took but five minutes for the artist to
struct a sounding device wherein the sounding exert the same amount of force.
members are each at one end supported upon
silk cord and at their other end are loosely held
AT THE CONCERT
from movement by another cord, the manner of
We arrived very early at the piano recital,
support permitting natural vibrations of the
sounding members to take place when the same and while we sat waiting for it to begin we lis-
are struck by a blow from the soft headed tened to the conversation of two women di-
rectly behind us. They were talking in shrill
beater provided for the purpose.
It is furthermore an important object of this and penetrating whispers of their diseases, all
invention to construct a chiming device in that they had had, had now, had heard of other
which the sounding members are positively con- people having. They mentioned the liver, the
nected at one of their ends upon a silken cord heart, the lurrgs, and other well-known parts
with spacing sleeves threaded on the cord and of the anatomy, with rhythmic regularity.
"My. dear," said my friend to me, wearily,
upon which the sounding members rest, said
sounding members also yieldably supported at "did you say this was to be a piano recital:
It sounds to me more like an organ recital."
IMPROVED DINNER CHIMES
DURRO
AND
STEWART
Largest Wholesale
Musical Merchandise
House in America
Buegeleisen & Jacob son
113 Univetsity Place
55
REVIEW
Consult the universal Want Directory of
The Review. In it advertisements are inserted
free of charge for men who desire positions
of any kind.
FIXING VALUE OF JAPANESE GOODS
Importers of Musical Instruments Made in
Japan Will Be Interested in Recent Customs
Ruling Relative to Fixing Import Duty
In denying a claim filed by Morimura
Brothers of this city and Yokohama, action was
taken by the reappraisement division of the
Board of General Appraisers which is expected
to affect the method of taking duty on many
lines of Japanese merchandise made especially
for the American market, and for which there
is no sale in Japan. The goods were invoiced
and appraised at a certain price per dozen pieces.
Appraiser Sague found the market value by fig-
uring back from the wholesale selling price of
the merchandise in the United States.
Morimura Brothers submitted a mass of data
bearing upon cost of production of the goods.
They contended that the value of the merchan-
dise could be more accurately determined by
figuring from the cost of production, and argued
that that method should be followed in apprais-
ing the goods. In an affidavit the manufac-
turers gave the value of the raw materials and
the price paid for the labor on each special
item. To this was added an amount approxi-
mating 25 per cent, to allow a margin for ex-
pense and profit.
Summed up the issue before the General Ap-
praiser was whether the market value of the
merchandise should be found by using the cost
of production as a basis or whether the whole-
sale selling price in the United States was the
basis upon which the market value should be
ascertained. The issue involved the interpre-
tation to be placed on Paragraph K of Section
3 of the Tariff act dealing with appraisals of im-
ported merchandise.
Judge Cooper in his decision said that in the
case at bar the market value figured from the
cost of production was not high enough, under
the statute, as compared with the wholesale sell-
ing price of the goods in this country. He held
the Appraiser acted in accordance with the
statute in finding the value by figuring back
from the American selling price, and duty was
fixed accordingly.
RUNG
T H E OLDEST AND
LARGEST MUSICAL
MERCHANDISE HOUSE
IN AMERICA
Exclusively Wholesale
OLIVER DITSON CO.
BOSTON, MASS.
C.BRUNO $SQN,IWC.
351-53FOURTHAVE.NEWYORKCITY
Manufacturers
Importers and Jobbers of
MUSICAL
MERCHANDISE
Attractive Specialties
Modern Service
ESTABLISHED 1834
HEMMMV
Superior Quality MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
Victor DUtributora
1108 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa.
Established over half a century
Victor' Distributors
Black Diamond
Strings
THE WORLD'S BEST
National Musical String Co.
New Brunswick, N. J.
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