Music Trade Review
Issue: 1918 Vol. 67 N. 14 - Page 49
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OCTOBER 5,
THE
1918
MUSIC
TRADE
REVIEW
45
MUSICAL GOODS IN NEW ZEALAND
REFORMING OF MILITARY BANDS
BUEGELEISEN HELPING UNCLE SAM
Decided Shortage in Music and Musical Instru-
ments of All Kinds at Present
Gen. Pershing's Desire That American Military
Bands Should Equal Those of France and
England Being Made Possible by the Estab-
lishment of a School for Bandmasters Near
General Headquarters in France
Prominent Musical Merchandise Dealer Now
Associated With Army Purchasing Division
WASHINGTON, D. C, September 30.—According
to a report from Consul General A. A. Winslow,
of Auckland, there is a decided lack of sheet
music, musical instruments, and accessories in
New Zealand at present, with prices very great-
ly increased along all lines. The demand for
sheet music is greater than the supply, since
music from Great Britain (whence most of the
sheet music has come heretofore) is slow arriv-
ing, and there has been some difficulty relative
to sheet music from the United States, the copy-
rights not having been properly protected in
some cases here to the detriment of American
interests. The shortage of musical instrument
accessories seems to be the most serious; it is
practically impossible to procure piano wires,
piano keys, strings for small stringed instru-
ments, etc., and when obtainable prices have ad-
vanced in many cases 100 per cent, and more.
Prior to the war Germany supplied quite a
large proportion of the musical instruments and
accessories on sale here, especially such instru-
ments as mouth organs, accordions, and violins,
and the strings for stringed instruments. At
the beginning of the war Japan made a strong
bid for this business, but at first failed quite
seriously. Of late, however, it has materially
improved, the quality of its mouth organs, ac-
cordions, etc., and these may soon rival the
German-made article.
It would seem that there is an excellent field
for these lines, since New Zealand's imports of
music, musical instruments, parts, and acces-
sories amount to about $875,000 per annum.
DRUM BEATER PATENTED
Patent Granted on Form of Drum Beater to Be
Operated by the Feet
WASHINGTON, D. C, September 30.—A foot oper-
ated beater for drums and cymbals has been
invented by Arthur W. Riches, Los Angeles,
Cal., for which Patent No. 1,277,123 was last
week granted.
The object is to make a foot operated beater
for drums and cymbals, and to provide a de-
vice which may be readily changed from swing
beating to stop beating and vice versa, and to
provide a device which will beat a drum and
cymbal simultaneously.
If you want the Kaiser to send you an Iron
Cross, don't buy any Liberty Bonds.
I WILL
General Pershing has definitely fixed the
status of music as a part of military efficiency,
according to Walter Damrosch, director of the
New York Symphony Orchestra, who recently
returned from France, where he went to enter-
tain the American troops with good music, and
remained to reform the bands of the American
Expeditionary Forces, and established a band-
masters' school at the request of General Per-
shing. The distinguished head of the American
forces said: "1 would like our army bands to
play so well that the people will say when we
march up Fifth avenue after peace has come,
'Here is another proof of the justice of military
training.' "
As a result of the Pershing-Damrosch confer-
ence, the two hundred bandmasters, who have
recently been commissioned second lieutenants
by Congress, will enter a school of instruction
in a building established near' General Head-
quarters in France. There will also be a sup-
plementary school to train players in order that
the personnel of every American band will be
fifty real musicians. General Pershing has de-
sired that the bands be modeled on the Garde
Republicaine.
Andre Caplet, now sergeant in the French
army, who conducted for two years at the Bos-
ton Opera, will be at the head of the school.
Francis Casadesus, another famous French mu-
sician, will teach orchestration, and many pro-
fessors serving as privates in the French army
will be released to teach the Americans.
According to Mr. Damrosch, this will place
American band music in the army on an equal
footing with that of bands in the French and
British armies. The regimental band will no
longer be at the whim of the commanding
officer. It will be used only for musical pur-
poses, because of the extremely important psy-
chological effect of music on the men. The band
will not go near the front-line trenches, but
will play the regiment to the front and meet it
with music on its return.
JOHNFRIEDRICH&BRO.
BUY
FOR C A S H
Sheet Music and Small Goods
Peate's Music House,
Utica, N. Y.
RUNQ
T H E OLDEST AND
LARGEST MUSICAL
MERCHANDISE HOUSE
IN AMERICA
Exclusively Wholesale
ESTA*USMCD 1834
C.BRUNO $SON,INC.
OLIVER DITSON CO.
BOSTON. MASS.
M anuf acturar*
Importer* and Jobber* of
MUSICAL
MERCHANDISE
Attractive Specialties
Modern Service
ESTABLISHED ISM
WEYMANN S=f=
Samuel Buegeleisen, head of the well-known
musical merchandise firm of Buegeleisen &
Jacobson, New York, and a recognized authority
in the musical merchandise industry, is now as-
sociated with the Purchasing Division of the
Samuel Buegeleisen
United States Army. Mr. Buegeleisen is spend-
ing his entire time in Washington, D. C, where
he is rendering valuable service to this depart-
ment in the purchasing of instruments and in-
cidental equipment for the IT. S. Army bands.
There is probably 110 man in the country who
is better qualified to serve in this capacity than
Samuel Buegeleisen, as he has been associated
with the musical merchandise industry for twen-
ty-five years, and is thoroughly familiar with
every detail of band instrument manufacture and
production. Me has visited the leading markets
abroad, and is recognized throughout the trade
as possessing a remarkable knowledge of the
industry. Mr. Buegeleisen, in giving up his
entire time to the Government, is evincing an
unselfish and patriotic spirit of the highest kind.
DURRO
AND
STEWART
Largest Wholesale
Musical Merchandise
House in America
Buegeleisen & Jacobson
113 University Place
NEW YORK
Black Diamond
Strings
THE WORLD'S BEST
351-53 Jtomra Avz. NEWYORKCTTY
Superior Quality MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
National Musical String Co.
Victor Distributor*
Victor Distributors
,1108 c h c , t n u t Street, Philadelphia, Pa.
Nev Brunswick, N. J.
Establish**! ovar half * century
OCTOBER 5,
THE
1918
MUSIC
TRADE
REVIEW
45
MUSICAL GOODS IN NEW ZEALAND
REFORMING OF MILITARY BANDS
BUEGELEISEN HELPING UNCLE SAM
Decided Shortage in Music and Musical Instru-
ments of All Kinds at Present
Gen. Pershing's Desire That American Military
Bands Should Equal Those of France and
England Being Made Possible by the Estab-
lishment of a School for Bandmasters Near
General Headquarters in France
Prominent Musical Merchandise Dealer Now
Associated With Army Purchasing Division
WASHINGTON, D. C, September 30.—According
to a report from Consul General A. A. Winslow,
of Auckland, there is a decided lack of sheet
music, musical instruments, and accessories in
New Zealand at present, with prices very great-
ly increased along all lines. The demand for
sheet music is greater than the supply, since
music from Great Britain (whence most of the
sheet music has come heretofore) is slow arriv-
ing, and there has been some difficulty relative
to sheet music from the United States, the copy-
rights not having been properly protected in
some cases here to the detriment of American
interests. The shortage of musical instrument
accessories seems to be the most serious; it is
practically impossible to procure piano wires,
piano keys, strings for small stringed instru-
ments, etc., and when obtainable prices have ad-
vanced in many cases 100 per cent, and more.
Prior to the war Germany supplied quite a
large proportion of the musical instruments and
accessories on sale here, especially such instru-
ments as mouth organs, accordions, and violins,
and the strings for stringed instruments. At
the beginning of the war Japan made a strong
bid for this business, but at first failed quite
seriously. Of late, however, it has materially
improved, the quality of its mouth organs, ac-
cordions, etc., and these may soon rival the
German-made article.
It would seem that there is an excellent field
for these lines, since New Zealand's imports of
music, musical instruments, parts, and acces-
sories amount to about $875,000 per annum.
DRUM BEATER PATENTED
Patent Granted on Form of Drum Beater to Be
Operated by the Feet
WASHINGTON, D. C, September 30.—A foot oper-
ated beater for drums and cymbals has been
invented by Arthur W. Riches, Los Angeles,
Cal., for which Patent No. 1,277,123 was last
week granted.
The object is to make a foot operated beater
for drums and cymbals, and to provide a de-
vice which may be readily changed from swing
beating to stop beating and vice versa, and to
provide a device which will beat a drum and
cymbal simultaneously.
If you want the Kaiser to send you an Iron
Cross, don't buy any Liberty Bonds.
I WILL
General Pershing has definitely fixed the
status of music as a part of military efficiency,
according to Walter Damrosch, director of the
New York Symphony Orchestra, who recently
returned from France, where he went to enter-
tain the American troops with good music, and
remained to reform the bands of the American
Expeditionary Forces, and established a band-
masters' school at the request of General Per-
shing. The distinguished head of the American
forces said: "1 would like our army bands to
play so well that the people will say when we
march up Fifth avenue after peace has come,
'Here is another proof of the justice of military
training.' "
As a result of the Pershing-Damrosch confer-
ence, the two hundred bandmasters, who have
recently been commissioned second lieutenants
by Congress, will enter a school of instruction
in a building established near' General Head-
quarters in France. There will also be a sup-
plementary school to train players in order that
the personnel of every American band will be
fifty real musicians. General Pershing has de-
sired that the bands be modeled on the Garde
Republicaine.
Andre Caplet, now sergeant in the French
army, who conducted for two years at the Bos-
ton Opera, will be at the head of the school.
Francis Casadesus, another famous French mu-
sician, will teach orchestration, and many pro-
fessors serving as privates in the French army
will be released to teach the Americans.
According to Mr. Damrosch, this will place
American band music in the army on an equal
footing with that of bands in the French and
British armies. The regimental band will no
longer be at the whim of the commanding
officer. It will be used only for musical pur-
poses, because of the extremely important psy-
chological effect of music on the men. The band
will not go near the front-line trenches, but
will play the regiment to the front and meet it
with music on its return.
JOHNFRIEDRICH&BRO.
BUY
FOR C A S H
Sheet Music and Small Goods
Peate's Music House,
Utica, N. Y.
RUNQ
T H E OLDEST AND
LARGEST MUSICAL
MERCHANDISE HOUSE
IN AMERICA
Exclusively Wholesale
ESTA*USMCD 1834
C.BRUNO $SON,INC.
OLIVER DITSON CO.
BOSTON. MASS.
M anuf acturar*
Importer* and Jobber* of
MUSICAL
MERCHANDISE
Attractive Specialties
Modern Service
ESTABLISHED ISM
WEYMANN S=f=
Samuel Buegeleisen, head of the well-known
musical merchandise firm of Buegeleisen &
Jacobson, New York, and a recognized authority
in the musical merchandise industry, is now as-
sociated with the Purchasing Division of the
Samuel Buegeleisen
United States Army. Mr. Buegeleisen is spend-
ing his entire time in Washington, D. C, where
he is rendering valuable service to this depart-
ment in the purchasing of instruments and in-
cidental equipment for the IT. S. Army bands.
There is probably 110 man in the country who
is better qualified to serve in this capacity than
Samuel Buegeleisen, as he has been associated
with the musical merchandise industry for twen-
ty-five years, and is thoroughly familiar with
every detail of band instrument manufacture and
production. Me has visited the leading markets
abroad, and is recognized throughout the trade
as possessing a remarkable knowledge of the
industry. Mr. Buegeleisen, in giving up his
entire time to the Government, is evincing an
unselfish and patriotic spirit of the highest kind.
DURRO
AND
STEWART
Largest Wholesale
Musical Merchandise
House in America
Buegeleisen & Jacobson
113 University Place
NEW YORK
Black Diamond
Strings
THE WORLD'S BEST
351-53 Jtomra Avz. NEWYORKCTTY
Superior Quality MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
National Musical String Co.
Victor Distributor*
Victor Distributors
,1108 c h c , t n u t Street, Philadelphia, Pa.
Nev Brunswick, N. J.
Establish**! ovar half * century
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