Music Trade Review
Issue: 1917 Vol. 65 N. 21 - Page 78
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THE MUSIC TRADE
NOT AVAILABLE FOR HOLIDAY TRADE
REVIEW
THE NEW YORK_P0LICE BAND
R0NQ
Musical Merchandise of German Origin Held Organization That Has Won a Place for Itself
in Rotterdam and Recently Released by the in the Face of Many Obstacles—Services in
British Government Will Not Reach This
Great Demand for Various Occasions
Country for Some Time to Come
One of the most popular musical organiza-
The music trade, particularly the musical tions in New York City is the Municipal Police
THE OLDEST AND
merchandise division, was much interested re- Hand. This body of blue-coated musicians is
cently in learning of the release by the British not a haphazard venture or a passing fad. The
LARGEST MUSICAL
Government of goods of German and Austrian band has been in existence some fifteen years.
MERCHANDISE HOUSE
origin to the value of several million dollars Those who witnessed the recent police parade
IN AMERICA
held in Rotterdam since the opening of the .will remember the burnished instruments and
Exclusively Wholesale
war. Among the goods released were numer- spotless uniforms.
ESTABLISHED I B S *
ous cases of musical merchandise, particularly
It was approximately fifteen years ago that
harmonicas, of which there has been great a handful of policemen, with the approval of
shortage for many months past. Word now Commissioner Murphy, then in command of
351-53 FOURTH AVE.NEWYORKCITY.
comes that although the goods have been re- the department, conceived the idea of a police
Vic tor Dis tribu tors
leased they will not under any condition reach band. They were spurred on by the success of
this country in time for the Christmas trade, the Letter Carriers' Band and the Fire Depart-
EXHIBITS TEXAS=MADE VIOLINS
wh.ch will prove a disappointment to many ment Band, and of police bands in other cities.
buyers who planned to use the released goods
But to found a band and to keep it in running
High Value Placed on Instruments Made Al-
at that season. At the present time there has order were two different things. The first few
most Entirely of Texas Products, Which
been no date set for the departure of the goods months were anything but comfortable. Sneered
Were Exhibited at State Fair Held Recently
at from without the department and joked about
from Rotterdam.
within, the founders .had hard sledding.
DALLAS, TEX., November 19.—Three violins be-
For years the band has appeared at the An-
WURLITZER CO.'SJVALUABLE VIOLINS
longing to S. R. Glidewell, of Whitewright, at-
nual Memorial Military Field Mass for dead
Some Particularly Interesting Instruments at veterans of the Civil and Spanish-American tracted a great deal of attention in the Buy-It-
Made-in-Texas exhibit in the Coliseum at the
the Company's Salons in New York
wars held at the New York Navy Yard in Brook-
State Fair held here recently. These violins
lyn
on
Memorial
Sunday.
It
is
in
great
demand
The Rudolph Wurlitzer Co., 115 West For-
are valued at $1,500 each. All materials en-
tieth street, N e w York, are calling the attention at police and other memorial services in New tering into their construction are Texas prod-
York
and
nearby
cities.
I
t
appears
very
often
of the public to their very marked collection
ucts, except the finger boards, which are made
of masterpieces of great violin makers which for the benefit of charitable projects and has of Madagascar ebony.
g'.ven
many
concerts.
As
a
memento
of
their
ap-
is now on exhibition in the Wurlitzer violin
The instruments are lighter than the ordinary
studios. The collection contains authentic in- preciation, members of the Philadelphia police
violin of fine make, one of them weighing only
force
two
years
ago
presented
an
engraved
struments by Stradivarius, Joseph Guarnerius
eleven ounces. Their owner believes this fact
(del Gesu), Joseph Guarnerius Filius Andreae, silver loving cup to the New York Police Band
alone makes them a distinctive product. An-
Petrus Guarnerius, Nicolas Amati, Guadagnini, for having made a flying trip to the Quaker City
other unique feature is that they are not "stub-
Ruggieri, Montagnana, Sanctus Seraphin, Gag- to give a concert in aid of the Philadelphia
born," like the ordinary new violin, but are im-
liano, Gabrielli, Balestrieri, Testore, Landolfi, Police Pension Fund.
mediately responsive to the vibration of the
Carcassi, Tononi, Cappa, Storioni, and many
Sergeant Floyd B. Pitts, attached to De-
others of lesser fame. This company has built tective Bureau at Headquarters, is the band's strings and can be played without a strong ten-
up quite a trade in this special field.
president. Sergeant Pitts was one of the or- sion.
Mr. Glidewell planned the instruments for
ganizers of the band and knows the capabilities •
nineteen
years before the first was manufac-
and limitations of each of the eighty-odd mem-
BASS ATTACHMENT FOR ZITHERS
tured. It takes fourteen months to complete
bers.
WASHINGTON, D. C, November 19.—The Phono-
each instrument, since the wood must be al-
harp Co., East Boston, Mass., are the owners
Hill & Sons, the noted violin experts of Lon- lowed to season for a given period between each
through assignment by William A. Copeland, don, estimate that Stradivarius made 1116 in- trimming, which gradually draws it in shape.
Brookline, Mass., of Patent No. 1,246,058 for a struments, including violins, violas and 'cellos. Two of the three instruments on exhibition were
bass attachment for zithers, and has for its ob- They claim to have located 540 violins and have made from a single piece of cypress, secured
ject to provide a simple attachment for use in found traces of about 100 more.
from a family which had used it for a bread
connection with groups of bass strings, so that
board for more than forty years.
an operator can cause a selected group to sound
One feature of the Glidewell violin which
'OLD & NEW
in accompaniment to a melody produced on a
causes it to be lighter than most other makes
VIOLINS
GRAND PRIZES^
group of melody strings.
is the fact that it has a patented joint for the
CKOGOI»3-5T.LOUI5I90«1
(BEST STRINGS
back and front. This joint is in the nature of
JOHNFRIEDRICH&BRO.
a groove and it requires much skill to mould
5EN0 FOR ^ ^ ^ P 279 riFTH
AVE
NEW YORK
it properly. This joint was used in reassem-
OUR
E5T. IS83
^CATALOGUES
bling a Stradivarius which came into Mr. Glide-
well's possession.
He believes his improve-
ments on this old instrument aged it 500 years
and added much to the softness of its tone.
DURRO
AND
STEWART
OLIVER DITSON GO.
Largest Wholesale
Musical Merchandise
House in America
Buegeleisen & Jacobson
113 University Place
NEW YORK
BOSTON, MASS.
Manufacturers
Importers and Jobbers of
MUSICAL
MERCHANDISE
Attractive Specialties
Modern Service
ESTABLISHED 1834
M U »* S I C A L
Merchandise
Cincinnati
Chicago
JHEYMANN
Superior Quality MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
Victor Distributors
1108 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa.
Established over half a century
Consult the universal Want Directory of
The Review. In it advertisements are inserted
free of charge for men who desire positions
of any kind.
Black Diamond
Strings
THE WORLD'S BEST
National Musical. String Co.
New Brunswick, N. J.
74
THE MUSIC TRADE
NOT AVAILABLE FOR HOLIDAY TRADE
REVIEW
THE NEW YORK_P0LICE BAND
R0NQ
Musical Merchandise of German Origin Held Organization That Has Won a Place for Itself
in Rotterdam and Recently Released by the in the Face of Many Obstacles—Services in
British Government Will Not Reach This
Great Demand for Various Occasions
Country for Some Time to Come
One of the most popular musical organiza-
The music trade, particularly the musical tions in New York City is the Municipal Police
THE OLDEST AND
merchandise division, was much interested re- Hand. This body of blue-coated musicians is
cently in learning of the release by the British not a haphazard venture or a passing fad. The
LARGEST MUSICAL
Government of goods of German and Austrian band has been in existence some fifteen years.
MERCHANDISE HOUSE
origin to the value of several million dollars Those who witnessed the recent police parade
IN AMERICA
held in Rotterdam since the opening of the .will remember the burnished instruments and
Exclusively Wholesale
war. Among the goods released were numer- spotless uniforms.
ESTABLISHED I B S *
ous cases of musical merchandise, particularly
It was approximately fifteen years ago that
harmonicas, of which there has been great a handful of policemen, with the approval of
shortage for many months past. Word now Commissioner Murphy, then in command of
351-53 FOURTH AVE.NEWYORKCITY.
comes that although the goods have been re- the department, conceived the idea of a police
Vic tor Dis tribu tors
leased they will not under any condition reach band. They were spurred on by the success of
this country in time for the Christmas trade, the Letter Carriers' Band and the Fire Depart-
EXHIBITS TEXAS=MADE VIOLINS
wh.ch will prove a disappointment to many ment Band, and of police bands in other cities.
buyers who planned to use the released goods
But to found a band and to keep it in running
High Value Placed on Instruments Made Al-
at that season. At the present time there has order were two different things. The first few
most Entirely of Texas Products, Which
been no date set for the departure of the goods months were anything but comfortable. Sneered
Were Exhibited at State Fair Held Recently
at from without the department and joked about
from Rotterdam.
within, the founders .had hard sledding.
DALLAS, TEX., November 19.—Three violins be-
For years the band has appeared at the An-
WURLITZER CO.'SJVALUABLE VIOLINS
longing to S. R. Glidewell, of Whitewright, at-
nual Memorial Military Field Mass for dead
Some Particularly Interesting Instruments at veterans of the Civil and Spanish-American tracted a great deal of attention in the Buy-It-
Made-in-Texas exhibit in the Coliseum at the
the Company's Salons in New York
wars held at the New York Navy Yard in Brook-
State Fair held here recently. These violins
lyn
on
Memorial
Sunday.
It
is
in
great
demand
The Rudolph Wurlitzer Co., 115 West For-
are valued at $1,500 each. All materials en-
tieth street, N e w York, are calling the attention at police and other memorial services in New tering into their construction are Texas prod-
York
and
nearby
cities.
I
t
appears
very
often
of the public to their very marked collection
ucts, except the finger boards, which are made
of masterpieces of great violin makers which for the benefit of charitable projects and has of Madagascar ebony.
g'.ven
many
concerts.
As
a
memento
of
their
ap-
is now on exhibition in the Wurlitzer violin
The instruments are lighter than the ordinary
studios. The collection contains authentic in- preciation, members of the Philadelphia police
violin of fine make, one of them weighing only
force
two
years
ago
presented
an
engraved
struments by Stradivarius, Joseph Guarnerius
eleven ounces. Their owner believes this fact
(del Gesu), Joseph Guarnerius Filius Andreae, silver loving cup to the New York Police Band
alone makes them a distinctive product. An-
Petrus Guarnerius, Nicolas Amati, Guadagnini, for having made a flying trip to the Quaker City
other unique feature is that they are not "stub-
Ruggieri, Montagnana, Sanctus Seraphin, Gag- to give a concert in aid of the Philadelphia
born," like the ordinary new violin, but are im-
liano, Gabrielli, Balestrieri, Testore, Landolfi, Police Pension Fund.
mediately responsive to the vibration of the
Carcassi, Tononi, Cappa, Storioni, and many
Sergeant Floyd B. Pitts, attached to De-
others of lesser fame. This company has built tective Bureau at Headquarters, is the band's strings and can be played without a strong ten-
up quite a trade in this special field.
president. Sergeant Pitts was one of the or- sion.
Mr. Glidewell planned the instruments for
ganizers of the band and knows the capabilities •
nineteen
years before the first was manufac-
and limitations of each of the eighty-odd mem-
BASS ATTACHMENT FOR ZITHERS
tured. It takes fourteen months to complete
bers.
WASHINGTON, D. C, November 19.—The Phono-
each instrument, since the wood must be al-
harp Co., East Boston, Mass., are the owners
Hill & Sons, the noted violin experts of Lon- lowed to season for a given period between each
through assignment by William A. Copeland, don, estimate that Stradivarius made 1116 in- trimming, which gradually draws it in shape.
Brookline, Mass., of Patent No. 1,246,058 for a struments, including violins, violas and 'cellos. Two of the three instruments on exhibition were
bass attachment for zithers, and has for its ob- They claim to have located 540 violins and have made from a single piece of cypress, secured
ject to provide a simple attachment for use in found traces of about 100 more.
from a family which had used it for a bread
connection with groups of bass strings, so that
board for more than forty years.
an operator can cause a selected group to sound
One feature of the Glidewell violin which
'OLD & NEW
in accompaniment to a melody produced on a
causes it to be lighter than most other makes
VIOLINS
GRAND PRIZES^
group of melody strings.
is the fact that it has a patented joint for the
CKOGOI»3-5T.LOUI5I90«1
(BEST STRINGS
back and front. This joint is in the nature of
JOHNFRIEDRICH&BRO.
a groove and it requires much skill to mould
5EN0 FOR ^ ^ ^ P 279 riFTH
AVE
NEW YORK
it properly. This joint was used in reassem-
OUR
E5T. IS83
^CATALOGUES
bling a Stradivarius which came into Mr. Glide-
well's possession.
He believes his improve-
ments on this old instrument aged it 500 years
and added much to the softness of its tone.
DURRO
AND
STEWART
OLIVER DITSON GO.
Largest Wholesale
Musical Merchandise
House in America
Buegeleisen & Jacobson
113 University Place
NEW YORK
BOSTON, MASS.
Manufacturers
Importers and Jobbers of
MUSICAL
MERCHANDISE
Attractive Specialties
Modern Service
ESTABLISHED 1834
M U »* S I C A L
Merchandise
Cincinnati
Chicago
JHEYMANN
Superior Quality MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
Victor Distributors
1108 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa.
Established over half a century
Consult the universal Want Directory of
The Review. In it advertisements are inserted
free of charge for men who desire positions
of any kind.
Black Diamond
Strings
THE WORLD'S BEST
National Musical. String Co.
New Brunswick, N. J.
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