Music Trade Review
Issue: 1918 Vol. 67 N. 21 - Page 46
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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
46
NOVEMBER 23, 1918
AN ENERGETIC ECHO
VIOLIN FROM THE BATTLEFIELDS
ANENT IMPORT RESTRICTIONS
Band Man Proves Equal to Unexpected Task
Placed on Him by Joking Cornetist
Canadian Soldier Makes Violin Out of Cracker
Tin and Door Panel
No Immediate Modification of Present Rules to
Occur—The Situation Is Being Closely
Studied, However, by War Trade Board
Band men as a rule are a cheerful lot who in-
dulge in many a practical joke during an en-
gagement that the audience is not aware of.
One August evening at Revere Beach, when
Ives' Band was doing the honors, in answer to
a request they played the old favorite "descrip-
tive," "The Hunting Scene." Walter Smith,
who was playing solo cornet, without saying a
word to the leader or the boys, decided to put
up a neat little job on Harry Shapiro, the re-
piano cornet. Before the number Harry had
wandered down to the beach to respond with
the echo trumpet calls. For the first call Wal-
ter started it in the regular way, but ended on
a sustained D. Without the least hesitation
Harry sends the echo back note for note. For
the second call Walter mixes things up a bit
by interpolating a short yet flashy cadenza, but
he doesn't put anything over on Harry, who
sends it back like a phonograph. For the third
and last call Walter puts everything into it ex-
cept his hair and teeth, winding up the fanfare
with a brilliant run ending on high F.
A home-made violin, made by a soldier in the
Canadian forces, is being used in a vaudeville
act on the Western circuit, and is attracting
much attention. The act is given by four Ca-
nadians, all of whom have seen active service,
and who have become incapacitated for further
warfare by reason of their wounds. The scene
of the act is the kitchen of a French home, and
the actors demonstrate how the boys in service
amuse themselves when off duty. The violin in
question is made from a large tin cracker-box,
and the stem was originally a portion of a door
panel. The instrument has but a single string,
which was taken from a piano that the Germans
overlooked in their retreat. Despite the incon-
gruous materials of which the instrument is
composed, the soldier-actor who plays it man-
ages to get really good music out of it.
In response to inquiries from importers as to
what attitude the War Trade Board will now
adopt in view of the signing of an armistice
which undoubtedly precludes the resumption of
hostilities, announcement has been made that
no immediate relaxation will take place and
that any modification that takes place will be
gradual and the result of careful study of con-
ditions both in this country and abroad. F. B.
Peterson, director of the Board of Imports of
the War Trade Board, is now on his way to
Europe, it is understood, to confer with officials
of the Allied governments. The future policy
of the War Trade Board, with respect to im-
ports, will undoubtedly be governed by Mr. Pe-
terson's recommendations after he has had an
opportunity to study the situation in Europe.
NEGRO BAND PARADES LONDON
WIND INSTRUMENTS IN DEMAND
American Soldiers Serenade King's Palace With
Jazz Music
Government Requirements Result in a Shortage
of Instruments on the Pacific Coast
This time Harry had met his Waterloo in a
way, and no wonder, for it is very doubtful if
Walter could have repeated it himself. How-
ever, Harry puts in all of the extemporization
he could remember and then dolls up the bal-
ance in such an artistic manner that, outside of
a musician familiar with the selection, no one
in the audience would know the difference. In
the meantime the band was convulsed, and it
surely was a minute and a half after the last
echo before the men could muster up a pucker
to finish the number.
A dispatch from London, Eng., says: "Ameri-
can soldiers stationed here or visiting the city
on leave of absence paraded this afternoon be-
hind a typical negro soldier jazz band of forty
pieces. The parade halted in front of Bucking-
ham Palace, where it disbanded.
"The band then proceeded to the parade
grounds, where it gave a concert lasting an
hour. Thousands of persons listened to the
music. To-night the band played for a dance
under British military control."
IMPROVEMENT IN GUITAR STEELS
XYLOPHONE IMPROVEMENT
A distinct shortage of wind instruments is
reported from the Pacific Coast. The demands
of the Government for wind instruments for
military bands has necessarily lessened the avail-
able supply, and many houses on the Coast are
finding their stocks to be in a very depleted con-
dition. H. C. Hanson, of the small goods de-
partment of the Hauschildt Music Co., San
Francisco, states that he has many more orders
for wind instruments on hand than it is possible
for him to fill at the present time, though he
believes that with the coming of peace the
stringency in the wind instrument line will be
abated somewhat.
WASHINGTON, D. C, November 18.—The subject
of guitar steels is covered in Patent No. 1,280,959
granted to B. N. Campton, Toronto, Out. This
invention relates to what are frequently termed
as guitar steels, which are devices used with the
hand in stopping the strings of an ordinary
guitar to give the tone quality of a Hawaiian
guitar, and the object is to provide a device of
this kind which is easily handled and controlled
at all times, which can be more easily and cer-
tainly positioned when moving from string to
string when running down the scale, and which
may be used to effectively muffle undesired vi-
brations of the strings, which muffling at pres-
ent must be effected as well as can be with the
fingers.
WASHINGTON,
D.
C,
November
18.—Robert
Hope-Jones (deceased), Tonawanda, N. Y., was
granted Patent No. 1,283,774 for a xylophone
and like instrument, which has for its object to
provide a construction in which the parts are
arranged compactly, without sacrifice of effi-
ciency in operation. To this and other ends the
invention consists in certain improvements and
combinations of parts.
BEST STRINGS
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BOSTON. MASS.
Utica, N. Y.
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MERCHANDISE
AttractiTe Specialties
Modern Service
T H E OLDEST AND
LARGEST MUSICAL
MERCHANDISE HOUSE
IN AMERICA
Exclusively Wholesale
BSTABLUHKO ISM
WEYMAHH
ESTABLISHED 1034
Victor Distributors
A window of harps is attracting much favor-
able attention at the headquarters of C. H. Dit-
son & Co., 8 East Thirty-fourth street, New
York. Many fine Lyon & Healy harps are dis-
played, and also the popular Clark Irish harp.
No quarter for the foe, but many quarters for
Thrift Stamps. Buy some to-day.
DURRO
AND
STEWART
Largest Wholesale
Musical Merchandise
House in America
Buegeleisen & Jacob son
RONQ
551-53FBUOTH AYE. NEVYORKCIIT
HARP WINDOW AT DITSON'S
Superior Quality MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
•
Victor Distributors
1108 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa.
Established over half a century
113 University Place
NEW
YORK
Black Diamond
Strings
THE WORLD'S BEST
National Musical String Co.
Nev Brunswick, N. J.
THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
46
NOVEMBER 23, 1918
AN ENERGETIC ECHO
VIOLIN FROM THE BATTLEFIELDS
ANENT IMPORT RESTRICTIONS
Band Man Proves Equal to Unexpected Task
Placed on Him by Joking Cornetist
Canadian Soldier Makes Violin Out of Cracker
Tin and Door Panel
No Immediate Modification of Present Rules to
Occur—The Situation Is Being Closely
Studied, However, by War Trade Board
Band men as a rule are a cheerful lot who in-
dulge in many a practical joke during an en-
gagement that the audience is not aware of.
One August evening at Revere Beach, when
Ives' Band was doing the honors, in answer to
a request they played the old favorite "descrip-
tive," "The Hunting Scene." Walter Smith,
who was playing solo cornet, without saying a
word to the leader or the boys, decided to put
up a neat little job on Harry Shapiro, the re-
piano cornet. Before the number Harry had
wandered down to the beach to respond with
the echo trumpet calls. For the first call Wal-
ter started it in the regular way, but ended on
a sustained D. Without the least hesitation
Harry sends the echo back note for note. For
the second call Walter mixes things up a bit
by interpolating a short yet flashy cadenza, but
he doesn't put anything over on Harry, who
sends it back like a phonograph. For the third
and last call Walter puts everything into it ex-
cept his hair and teeth, winding up the fanfare
with a brilliant run ending on high F.
A home-made violin, made by a soldier in the
Canadian forces, is being used in a vaudeville
act on the Western circuit, and is attracting
much attention. The act is given by four Ca-
nadians, all of whom have seen active service,
and who have become incapacitated for further
warfare by reason of their wounds. The scene
of the act is the kitchen of a French home, and
the actors demonstrate how the boys in service
amuse themselves when off duty. The violin in
question is made from a large tin cracker-box,
and the stem was originally a portion of a door
panel. The instrument has but a single string,
which was taken from a piano that the Germans
overlooked in their retreat. Despite the incon-
gruous materials of which the instrument is
composed, the soldier-actor who plays it man-
ages to get really good music out of it.
In response to inquiries from importers as to
what attitude the War Trade Board will now
adopt in view of the signing of an armistice
which undoubtedly precludes the resumption of
hostilities, announcement has been made that
no immediate relaxation will take place and
that any modification that takes place will be
gradual and the result of careful study of con-
ditions both in this country and abroad. F. B.
Peterson, director of the Board of Imports of
the War Trade Board, is now on his way to
Europe, it is understood, to confer with officials
of the Allied governments. The future policy
of the War Trade Board, with respect to im-
ports, will undoubtedly be governed by Mr. Pe-
terson's recommendations after he has had an
opportunity to study the situation in Europe.
NEGRO BAND PARADES LONDON
WIND INSTRUMENTS IN DEMAND
American Soldiers Serenade King's Palace With
Jazz Music
Government Requirements Result in a Shortage
of Instruments on the Pacific Coast
This time Harry had met his Waterloo in a
way, and no wonder, for it is very doubtful if
Walter could have repeated it himself. How-
ever, Harry puts in all of the extemporization
he could remember and then dolls up the bal-
ance in such an artistic manner that, outside of
a musician familiar with the selection, no one
in the audience would know the difference. In
the meantime the band was convulsed, and it
surely was a minute and a half after the last
echo before the men could muster up a pucker
to finish the number.
A dispatch from London, Eng., says: "Ameri-
can soldiers stationed here or visiting the city
on leave of absence paraded this afternoon be-
hind a typical negro soldier jazz band of forty
pieces. The parade halted in front of Bucking-
ham Palace, where it disbanded.
"The band then proceeded to the parade
grounds, where it gave a concert lasting an
hour. Thousands of persons listened to the
music. To-night the band played for a dance
under British military control."
IMPROVEMENT IN GUITAR STEELS
XYLOPHONE IMPROVEMENT
A distinct shortage of wind instruments is
reported from the Pacific Coast. The demands
of the Government for wind instruments for
military bands has necessarily lessened the avail-
able supply, and many houses on the Coast are
finding their stocks to be in a very depleted con-
dition. H. C. Hanson, of the small goods de-
partment of the Hauschildt Music Co., San
Francisco, states that he has many more orders
for wind instruments on hand than it is possible
for him to fill at the present time, though he
believes that with the coming of peace the
stringency in the wind instrument line will be
abated somewhat.
WASHINGTON, D. C, November 18.—The subject
of guitar steels is covered in Patent No. 1,280,959
granted to B. N. Campton, Toronto, Out. This
invention relates to what are frequently termed
as guitar steels, which are devices used with the
hand in stopping the strings of an ordinary
guitar to give the tone quality of a Hawaiian
guitar, and the object is to provide a device of
this kind which is easily handled and controlled
at all times, which can be more easily and cer-
tainly positioned when moving from string to
string when running down the scale, and which
may be used to effectively muffle undesired vi-
brations of the strings, which muffling at pres-
ent must be effected as well as can be with the
fingers.
WASHINGTON,
D.
C,
November
18.—Robert
Hope-Jones (deceased), Tonawanda, N. Y., was
granted Patent No. 1,283,774 for a xylophone
and like instrument, which has for its object to
provide a construction in which the parts are
arranged compactly, without sacrifice of effi-
ciency in operation. To this and other ends the
invention consists in certain improvements and
combinations of parts.
BEST STRINGS
JOHNFRIEDRfCH&BRO
I WILL BUY
FOR CASH
Sheet Music and Small Goods
Peate's Music House,
OLIVER DITSON CO.
BOSTON. MASS.
Utica, N. Y.
Manufacturer*
Importer* and J*»b«n el
MUSICAL
MERCHANDISE
AttractiTe Specialties
Modern Service
T H E OLDEST AND
LARGEST MUSICAL
MERCHANDISE HOUSE
IN AMERICA
Exclusively Wholesale
BSTABLUHKO ISM
WEYMAHH
ESTABLISHED 1034
Victor Distributors
A window of harps is attracting much favor-
able attention at the headquarters of C. H. Dit-
son & Co., 8 East Thirty-fourth street, New
York. Many fine Lyon & Healy harps are dis-
played, and also the popular Clark Irish harp.
No quarter for the foe, but many quarters for
Thrift Stamps. Buy some to-day.
DURRO
AND
STEWART
Largest Wholesale
Musical Merchandise
House in America
Buegeleisen & Jacob son
RONQ
551-53FBUOTH AYE. NEVYORKCIIT
HARP WINDOW AT DITSON'S
Superior Quality MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
•
Victor Distributors
1108 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa.
Established over half a century
113 University Place
NEW
YORK
Black Diamond
Strings
THE WORLD'S BEST
National Musical String Co.
Nev Brunswick, N. J.
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