Music Trade Review
Issue: 1918 Vol. 66 N. 23 - Page 131
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THE
JUNE 8, 1918
MUSIC
TRADE
109
REVIEW
BRUNO DRUMS GROW IN POPULARITY
THE BENDING OF INSTRUMENT TUBES
ORIGIN OF THE SAXHORN
Snare, Banjo and Bass Drums Featured by C.
Bruno & Son, Inc., Are in Great Demand for
Dance Orchestras and Jazz Bands
How Seamless Tubes Are Bent Into Various
Shapes Without Danger of Breaking
Instruments of That Type Originally Produced
by a Belgian Family Named Sax
The advantage of seamless or "solid-drawn"
tubes for such instruments as trombones and
horns is considerable, since, no matter how good
the joint may be, sooner or later the action of
the breath will wear away the solder, hence the
new modern instruments are made without
joints of this kind.
To bend these thin brass tubes without split-
ting or denting the metal was at one time very
difficult, but thanks to a most ingenious artifice
the operation is now both safe and simple. The
tube is first washed out with a chemical sub-
stance, such as is used by plumbers to prevent
solder from adhering where it is not wanted,
and it is then completely filled with molten
lead poured in from a ladle. Thus supported
from within, the brass is easily and safely bent
to the required shape, the lead being afterwards
liquefied by heat and thus got rid of.
Saxhorns, so called after a famous Belgian
family named Sax, who invented and introduced
these instruments about the middle of the last
century, are the mainstay of all modern brass
bands. They are manufactured in many dif-
ferent sizes, from high soprano to the large
contra bass or bombardon, and the most im-
portant of the lot is the euphonium, which sup-
planted the now obsolete "serpeant" and ophic-
leides. The tallest saxhorn ever made stands
eight feet high and contains rather more than
forty feet of tubing.
C. Bruno & Son, Inc., musical merchandise
importers and wholesalers, report an active de-
mand from their dealers throughout the country
for the various lines of drums, bass drums and
accessories, which they handle. The dealers
are having an active call for these instruments,
and although the market has been extremely un-
settled within the past two years the House of
Bruno has been able to take care of the require-
ments of its clientele with pleasing satisfaction.
The tango snare drum No. 27, shown in the
PATENTS IMPROVED DRUM SNARE
Bruno Tango Snare Drum
accompanying illustration, is one of the popular
leaders in this line. It measures 13 x 3 inches,
has a solid metal shell, metal flesh hoops and
rings, six thumb screw rods, wire snares, and
selected heads, hickory sticks.
Another leader in this line is the tango banjo
drum, a practical novelty admirably adapted for
use by the drum player for dancing parties. It
is small and compact, and can be easily car-
ried. In addition it has the snappy tone neces-
sary for dance work, and is meeting with success
everywhere.
The tango bass drum No ^2-1. also shown here-
WASHINGTON, D. C, June 3.—An improved drum
snare is the invention of Harry B. Jay, Chicago,
111., Patent No. 1,265,917 for which was granted
him last week. The main objects of this inven-
tion are to provide an improved form of drum
snare which is independent of atmospheric tem-
perature and humidity conditions and of the
surface conformation of the drumhead; to pro-
vide an improved snare for drums in which the
snares may be readily shifted into and out of
contact with the drumhead; and to provide im-
proved means for adjusting the tension of the
snares against the drumhead.
PATENTS VI0LIN=PIAN0
WASHINGTON, D. C, June 3.—A violin-piano
Bruno Tango Bass Drum
with, is a unique small-size bass drum of ex-
cellent construction. It has ample tone volume,
is easily carried, and is particularly adapted for
dance work. The drum shown measures 24 x 6
inches, has a solid metal shell, heavy hoops, and
seven thumb-screw rods.
EXPECTING STRINGS FROM FRANCE
The violin department of the Rudolph Wur-
litzer Co.'s New York warerooms at 113 West
Fortieth street expect to receive before long
the new French red silk strings of which this
company will be the sole importers. It is pre-
dicted that the popularity of this new string in
this country will run very high.
is the invention of James L,. Warner, Girard,
Kan.
The principal object of the invention is to
simplify-the mechanism of the instrument by
providing a combined bow actuating element
and rosining device.
It has been the practice heretofore to provide
one mechanism for operating the bowing ele-
ment and another means for applying the rosin.
This has complicated the structure to an unde-
sirable extent. As before stated, an object of
the present invention is to combine these mecha-
nisms, thereby to greatly simplify the structure
without reducing its efficiency but, on the con-
trary, improving the operation.
I WILL BUY
FOR CASH
Sheet Music and Small Goods
Peate's Music House, Utica, N. Y.
OLIVER DITSON GO.
BOSTON. MASS.
MUSICAL
MERCHANDISE
ESTABLISHED 1834
Victor Distributors
PHILADELPHIA, PA., June 3.—The annual conven-
tion of the American Guild of Banjoists, Man-
dolinists and Guitarists was held at the Adelphi
Hotel last week, with about seventy-five dele-
gates from all sections of the country in attend-
ance. A number of important addresses were
made, and new officers elected for the ensuing
year.
PLECTRUM INSTRUMENT CONTROL
WASHINGTON, D. C, June 3.—William J. Que-
more, Camden, N. J., was last week granted Pat-
ent No. 1,266,314 for a stringed instrument, the
object being the provision of means whereby
stringed instruments, such for instance as a
mandolin, guitar, banjo, and any combinations
thereof, may be more easily played than by the
usual linger fretting thereof.
A further object of this invention is the pro-
vision of a key-controlled mechanism arranged
according to the keys of the piano and operably
connected to string fretting means whereby a
piano player can readily play any of the above-
mentioned stringed instruments without diffi-
culty, in that the fretting devices may be oper-
ated by the piano keys in a similar manner to
the piano, the present invention requiring not
less than an octave of full tones and the usual
number of half tones to form one octave of a
chromatic scale.
r
0L0 & NEW
VIOLINS
6RAHD PRIZES^
k CHCMO « 3 • St LOUIJ19041
JOHNFRIEDRICH&BRO.
SEND FOR
-^ 279 nrTH AVE
DURRO
AND
STEWART
Largest Whole Male
Musical Merchandise
House in America
Buegeleisen & Jacobson
Manufacturer*
I m p o r t t n and Jobber* ot
THE OLDEST AND
LARGEST MUSICAL
MERCHANDISE HOUSE
INAMERICA
Exclusively Wholesale
HOLD CONVENTION IN PHILADELPHIA
Attractive Specialties
Modern Service
ESTABLISHED 1134
WEYMANN
113 University Place
NEW YORK
Black Diamond
Strings
THE WORLD'S BEST
Sqxrior Qoatty MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
National Musical String Co.
Victor Distributor*
Nev Brunswick, N. J.
l l 08 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa.
Established oy«r half a century
THE
JUNE 8, 1918
MUSIC
TRADE
109
REVIEW
BRUNO DRUMS GROW IN POPULARITY
THE BENDING OF INSTRUMENT TUBES
ORIGIN OF THE SAXHORN
Snare, Banjo and Bass Drums Featured by C.
Bruno & Son, Inc., Are in Great Demand for
Dance Orchestras and Jazz Bands
How Seamless Tubes Are Bent Into Various
Shapes Without Danger of Breaking
Instruments of That Type Originally Produced
by a Belgian Family Named Sax
The advantage of seamless or "solid-drawn"
tubes for such instruments as trombones and
horns is considerable, since, no matter how good
the joint may be, sooner or later the action of
the breath will wear away the solder, hence the
new modern instruments are made without
joints of this kind.
To bend these thin brass tubes without split-
ting or denting the metal was at one time very
difficult, but thanks to a most ingenious artifice
the operation is now both safe and simple. The
tube is first washed out with a chemical sub-
stance, such as is used by plumbers to prevent
solder from adhering where it is not wanted,
and it is then completely filled with molten
lead poured in from a ladle. Thus supported
from within, the brass is easily and safely bent
to the required shape, the lead being afterwards
liquefied by heat and thus got rid of.
Saxhorns, so called after a famous Belgian
family named Sax, who invented and introduced
these instruments about the middle of the last
century, are the mainstay of all modern brass
bands. They are manufactured in many dif-
ferent sizes, from high soprano to the large
contra bass or bombardon, and the most im-
portant of the lot is the euphonium, which sup-
planted the now obsolete "serpeant" and ophic-
leides. The tallest saxhorn ever made stands
eight feet high and contains rather more than
forty feet of tubing.
C. Bruno & Son, Inc., musical merchandise
importers and wholesalers, report an active de-
mand from their dealers throughout the country
for the various lines of drums, bass drums and
accessories, which they handle. The dealers
are having an active call for these instruments,
and although the market has been extremely un-
settled within the past two years the House of
Bruno has been able to take care of the require-
ments of its clientele with pleasing satisfaction.
The tango snare drum No. 27, shown in the
PATENTS IMPROVED DRUM SNARE
Bruno Tango Snare Drum
accompanying illustration, is one of the popular
leaders in this line. It measures 13 x 3 inches,
has a solid metal shell, metal flesh hoops and
rings, six thumb screw rods, wire snares, and
selected heads, hickory sticks.
Another leader in this line is the tango banjo
drum, a practical novelty admirably adapted for
use by the drum player for dancing parties. It
is small and compact, and can be easily car-
ried. In addition it has the snappy tone neces-
sary for dance work, and is meeting with success
everywhere.
The tango bass drum No ^2-1. also shown here-
WASHINGTON, D. C, June 3.—An improved drum
snare is the invention of Harry B. Jay, Chicago,
111., Patent No. 1,265,917 for which was granted
him last week. The main objects of this inven-
tion are to provide an improved form of drum
snare which is independent of atmospheric tem-
perature and humidity conditions and of the
surface conformation of the drumhead; to pro-
vide an improved snare for drums in which the
snares may be readily shifted into and out of
contact with the drumhead; and to provide im-
proved means for adjusting the tension of the
snares against the drumhead.
PATENTS VI0LIN=PIAN0
WASHINGTON, D. C, June 3.—A violin-piano
Bruno Tango Bass Drum
with, is a unique small-size bass drum of ex-
cellent construction. It has ample tone volume,
is easily carried, and is particularly adapted for
dance work. The drum shown measures 24 x 6
inches, has a solid metal shell, heavy hoops, and
seven thumb-screw rods.
EXPECTING STRINGS FROM FRANCE
The violin department of the Rudolph Wur-
litzer Co.'s New York warerooms at 113 West
Fortieth street expect to receive before long
the new French red silk strings of which this
company will be the sole importers. It is pre-
dicted that the popularity of this new string in
this country will run very high.
is the invention of James L,. Warner, Girard,
Kan.
The principal object of the invention is to
simplify-the mechanism of the instrument by
providing a combined bow actuating element
and rosining device.
It has been the practice heretofore to provide
one mechanism for operating the bowing ele-
ment and another means for applying the rosin.
This has complicated the structure to an unde-
sirable extent. As before stated, an object of
the present invention is to combine these mecha-
nisms, thereby to greatly simplify the structure
without reducing its efficiency but, on the con-
trary, improving the operation.
I WILL BUY
FOR CASH
Sheet Music and Small Goods
Peate's Music House, Utica, N. Y.
OLIVER DITSON GO.
BOSTON. MASS.
MUSICAL
MERCHANDISE
ESTABLISHED 1834
Victor Distributors
PHILADELPHIA, PA., June 3.—The annual conven-
tion of the American Guild of Banjoists, Man-
dolinists and Guitarists was held at the Adelphi
Hotel last week, with about seventy-five dele-
gates from all sections of the country in attend-
ance. A number of important addresses were
made, and new officers elected for the ensuing
year.
PLECTRUM INSTRUMENT CONTROL
WASHINGTON, D. C, June 3.—William J. Que-
more, Camden, N. J., was last week granted Pat-
ent No. 1,266,314 for a stringed instrument, the
object being the provision of means whereby
stringed instruments, such for instance as a
mandolin, guitar, banjo, and any combinations
thereof, may be more easily played than by the
usual linger fretting thereof.
A further object of this invention is the pro-
vision of a key-controlled mechanism arranged
according to the keys of the piano and operably
connected to string fretting means whereby a
piano player can readily play any of the above-
mentioned stringed instruments without diffi-
culty, in that the fretting devices may be oper-
ated by the piano keys in a similar manner to
the piano, the present invention requiring not
less than an octave of full tones and the usual
number of half tones to form one octave of a
chromatic scale.
r
0L0 & NEW
VIOLINS
6RAHD PRIZES^
k CHCMO « 3 • St LOUIJ19041
JOHNFRIEDRICH&BRO.
SEND FOR
-^ 279 nrTH AVE
DURRO
AND
STEWART
Largest Whole Male
Musical Merchandise
House in America
Buegeleisen & Jacobson
Manufacturer*
I m p o r t t n and Jobber* ot
THE OLDEST AND
LARGEST MUSICAL
MERCHANDISE HOUSE
INAMERICA
Exclusively Wholesale
HOLD CONVENTION IN PHILADELPHIA
Attractive Specialties
Modern Service
ESTABLISHED 1134
WEYMANN
113 University Place
NEW YORK
Black Diamond
Strings
THE WORLD'S BEST
Sqxrior Qoatty MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
National Musical String Co.
Victor Distributor*
Nev Brunswick, N. J.
l l 08 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa.
Established oy«r half a century
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