Music Trade Review
Issue: 1919 Vol. 69 N. 13 - Page 56
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THE MUSIC TRADE
REVIEW
SEPTEMBER 27, 1919
PATENTS FOR VIOLIN SUPPORTS
BIG DITSON VIOLIN DEPARTMENT
TO MAKE STRINGED INSTRUMENTS
Vancouver Inventors Have Produced New
Types of Support for Violins
New York Store to Have Large Violin Display
Room on Third Floor—Large Line to Be in
Stock—H. L. Hunt Returns From Vacation
New Company Organized in Los Angeles to
Utilize Newly Invented Automatic Machines
Patents have been granted to two Vancouver
inventors for new violin supports, tlic descrip-
tion of which follows:
"1. A violin support comprising a light frame
bent at one end to pass around the back of
the neck of the player and rest on the front
of one shoulder, the other end being extended
to support both ends of the violin body and
intermediate of the violin supports being bent
down to rest against the breast of the player
below the shoulder.
"2. A violin support, the one end being ex-
tended to support the neck of the violin at its
connection to the body of the same, and hav-
ing provision adjacent the neck bend for con-
nection to it of the other end of the violin
body, the frame intermediate of the violin at-
tachment being bent down to rest against the
breast of the player just below the shoulder
and support the violin at the desired angle.
"3. A violin support comprising a light frame
bent to pass around the back of the neck of
the player and to extend on one side to a length
approximately that of the violin body, a cork-
lined clip adapted to resiliently engage the
sides of the neck of the violin at its connec-
tion to the body, and an endwise resilient sup-
port secured to the frames adjacent the neck
bend and adapted to engage the opposite end of
the violin body, and means for drawing that
end of the violin laterally into engagement
with the support."
Another Vancouver party has also patented
a violin support. Marti Myrtle has been granted
live claims on the following improved form of
violin support:
"1. A violin support comprising a narrow
strip of flexible resilient material bent to exer-
cise a resilient hold on the junction of the neck
and shoulder of the player and means for re-
movably connecting the same to the violin
body.
"2. A violin support comprising a narrow
strip of flexible resilient material bent to ex-
ercise a resilient hold on the junction of the
neck and shoulder of the player, the same con-
nected to the violin by a similar strip of thin
material conforming generally to the curva-
ture of the bottom bout of a violin to which it
is removably connected, one end of said violin
conforming strip being connected to one enci
of the neck and shoulder engaging strip and
the other end of the violin conforming por-
tion being bent backward to tangentially en-
gage and be connected to the bend of the neck
and shoulder engaging strip."
DURRO
AND
STEWART
ERNEST N. DORING AGAIN AT HELM
Ernest X. Doring, secretary of John Fried-
rich & Bro., specialists in old and new violins,
of Xew York City, returned from his vacation
during the early part of the month, well pre-
pared to take care of the heavy fall business
which Mr. Doring reports is already coming in.
Occasional shipments from abroad have been
received, but it is still uncertain as to when
they will be received with any regularity.
WASHINGTON, D. C, September 22.—H. A. Wey-
mann & Son, Philadelphia, Pa., are the owners
through assignment by Harry W. Weymann,
same place, of Patent X'o. 1,312,882 for a banjo
attachment.
This invention has for its object to provide an
exceedingly simple and effective device which
may be used upon musical instruments, espe-
cially those as the banjo or banjo-mandolin,
whereby the musical tones emanating from the
instrument will be confined in a relatively small
area and permitted to pass therefrom toward
the audience when faced by the musician, so
that the tones are greatly amplified, thus giving
a greater scope to said tones so that they may
be heard by the audience at a great distance
from the musician.
RON0
T H E OLDEST AND
LAROEST MUSICAL
MERCHANDISE HOUSE
IN AMERICA
Exclusively Whol»sml»
KSTASUtHIO I S M
Victor Distributors
A. BURDWISE
WHOLESALE
MUSICAL
MERCHANDISE
BALTIMORE, MD.
u
Manufacturer*
Importan and Jefeben mi
NEW YOMK
NEW BANJO ATTACHMENT
WASHINGTON, D. C, September 22.—A drum-
head-tightener has just been invented, and
Patent Xo. 1,312,771 for same has just been
granted to John Vogeler, Xew York. This in-
vention has for its principal object to provide
means which may be readily applied to drums
of various sizes whereby the tone pitch of the
drum may be quickly and accurately altered.
BOSTON. MASS.
Buegeleisen & Jacobson
Los ANCKI.KS, CM.., September 22.—The Cali-
fornia Violin & Accessories Co. has opened a
factory at 1816 Kast Ninth street, for the manu-
facture of stringed instruments of various types.
Automatic machinery has been installed, in or-
der to provide for sufficient production, and
will handle the carving, boring and other details
rapidly and accurately. The machines are the
invention of Charles Magerkurth. George Lind-
say is general manager of the new company,
which was recently incorporated with capital
stock of $65,000.
DRUMHEAD TIGHTENER PATENTED
OLIVER DITSON CO.
Largest Wholesale
Musical Merchandise
Hou*9 in America
113 University Place
Chas. H. Ditson & Co., 8 Kast Thirty-fourth
street, New York, are planning to install a large
violin department on the third floor of their
store, which will be one of the largest depart-
ments of this kind in the country. Two rooms
in the former Victrola department will be made
over into handsome showrooms, where sample
instruments will be exhibited. The business will
be both wholesale and retail and samples of
thirty cellos and a case of 300 violins will com-
prise the stock. A full line of all kinds of ac-
cessories will also be carried. The department
will be under the direction of Charles Mor-
lock, who, besides being an accomplished musi-
cian, has had many years' experience in the.
trade. He will have as assistant an expert re-
pair man. Alterations have been begun and it
is hoped to have the new department in work-
ing order by the holiday season.
II. L. Hunt, head of the musical instrument
department, has returned from his vacation. He
visited many of the factories in Chicago and
also spent some time in Elkhart, Ind., and Bos-
ton, in talking with men active in the trade
he said that he has learned many new ideas
which will be incorporated in the work of the
Xew York store for the coming year.
MUSICAL
MERCHANDISE
Attractive Specialties
Modern Service
ESTABLISHED ISM
Black Diamond
Strings
THE WORLD'S BEST
National Musical String Co.
New Brunswick, N. J.
JOHNFRIEDRICH&BRO,
WEYMAHM
Superior Quality MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
Victor Distributors
1108 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa.^
Established over half a century
I WILL BUY
FOR CASH
Sheet Music and Small Goods
Peate's Music House
Utica, N. Y.
50
THE MUSIC TRADE
REVIEW
SEPTEMBER 27, 1919
PATENTS FOR VIOLIN SUPPORTS
BIG DITSON VIOLIN DEPARTMENT
TO MAKE STRINGED INSTRUMENTS
Vancouver Inventors Have Produced New
Types of Support for Violins
New York Store to Have Large Violin Display
Room on Third Floor—Large Line to Be in
Stock—H. L. Hunt Returns From Vacation
New Company Organized in Los Angeles to
Utilize Newly Invented Automatic Machines
Patents have been granted to two Vancouver
inventors for new violin supports, tlic descrip-
tion of which follows:
"1. A violin support comprising a light frame
bent at one end to pass around the back of
the neck of the player and rest on the front
of one shoulder, the other end being extended
to support both ends of the violin body and
intermediate of the violin supports being bent
down to rest against the breast of the player
below the shoulder.
"2. A violin support, the one end being ex-
tended to support the neck of the violin at its
connection to the body of the same, and hav-
ing provision adjacent the neck bend for con-
nection to it of the other end of the violin
body, the frame intermediate of the violin at-
tachment being bent down to rest against the
breast of the player just below the shoulder
and support the violin at the desired angle.
"3. A violin support comprising a light frame
bent to pass around the back of the neck of
the player and to extend on one side to a length
approximately that of the violin body, a cork-
lined clip adapted to resiliently engage the
sides of the neck of the violin at its connec-
tion to the body, and an endwise resilient sup-
port secured to the frames adjacent the neck
bend and adapted to engage the opposite end of
the violin body, and means for drawing that
end of the violin laterally into engagement
with the support."
Another Vancouver party has also patented
a violin support. Marti Myrtle has been granted
live claims on the following improved form of
violin support:
"1. A violin support comprising a narrow
strip of flexible resilient material bent to exer-
cise a resilient hold on the junction of the neck
and shoulder of the player and means for re-
movably connecting the same to the violin
body.
"2. A violin support comprising a narrow
strip of flexible resilient material bent to ex-
ercise a resilient hold on the junction of the
neck and shoulder of the player, the same con-
nected to the violin by a similar strip of thin
material conforming generally to the curva-
ture of the bottom bout of a violin to which it
is removably connected, one end of said violin
conforming strip being connected to one enci
of the neck and shoulder engaging strip and
the other end of the violin conforming por-
tion being bent backward to tangentially en-
gage and be connected to the bend of the neck
and shoulder engaging strip."
DURRO
AND
STEWART
ERNEST N. DORING AGAIN AT HELM
Ernest X. Doring, secretary of John Fried-
rich & Bro., specialists in old and new violins,
of Xew York City, returned from his vacation
during the early part of the month, well pre-
pared to take care of the heavy fall business
which Mr. Doring reports is already coming in.
Occasional shipments from abroad have been
received, but it is still uncertain as to when
they will be received with any regularity.
WASHINGTON, D. C, September 22.—H. A. Wey-
mann & Son, Philadelphia, Pa., are the owners
through assignment by Harry W. Weymann,
same place, of Patent X'o. 1,312,882 for a banjo
attachment.
This invention has for its object to provide an
exceedingly simple and effective device which
may be used upon musical instruments, espe-
cially those as the banjo or banjo-mandolin,
whereby the musical tones emanating from the
instrument will be confined in a relatively small
area and permitted to pass therefrom toward
the audience when faced by the musician, so
that the tones are greatly amplified, thus giving
a greater scope to said tones so that they may
be heard by the audience at a great distance
from the musician.
RON0
T H E OLDEST AND
LAROEST MUSICAL
MERCHANDISE HOUSE
IN AMERICA
Exclusively Whol»sml»
KSTASUtHIO I S M
Victor Distributors
A. BURDWISE
WHOLESALE
MUSICAL
MERCHANDISE
BALTIMORE, MD.
u
Manufacturer*
Importan and Jefeben mi
NEW YOMK
NEW BANJO ATTACHMENT
WASHINGTON, D. C, September 22.—A drum-
head-tightener has just been invented, and
Patent Xo. 1,312,771 for same has just been
granted to John Vogeler, Xew York. This in-
vention has for its principal object to provide
means which may be readily applied to drums
of various sizes whereby the tone pitch of the
drum may be quickly and accurately altered.
BOSTON. MASS.
Buegeleisen & Jacobson
Los ANCKI.KS, CM.., September 22.—The Cali-
fornia Violin & Accessories Co. has opened a
factory at 1816 Kast Ninth street, for the manu-
facture of stringed instruments of various types.
Automatic machinery has been installed, in or-
der to provide for sufficient production, and
will handle the carving, boring and other details
rapidly and accurately. The machines are the
invention of Charles Magerkurth. George Lind-
say is general manager of the new company,
which was recently incorporated with capital
stock of $65,000.
DRUMHEAD TIGHTENER PATENTED
OLIVER DITSON CO.
Largest Wholesale
Musical Merchandise
Hou*9 in America
113 University Place
Chas. H. Ditson & Co., 8 Kast Thirty-fourth
street, New York, are planning to install a large
violin department on the third floor of their
store, which will be one of the largest depart-
ments of this kind in the country. Two rooms
in the former Victrola department will be made
over into handsome showrooms, where sample
instruments will be exhibited. The business will
be both wholesale and retail and samples of
thirty cellos and a case of 300 violins will com-
prise the stock. A full line of all kinds of ac-
cessories will also be carried. The department
will be under the direction of Charles Mor-
lock, who, besides being an accomplished musi-
cian, has had many years' experience in the.
trade. He will have as assistant an expert re-
pair man. Alterations have been begun and it
is hoped to have the new department in work-
ing order by the holiday season.
II. L. Hunt, head of the musical instrument
department, has returned from his vacation. He
visited many of the factories in Chicago and
also spent some time in Elkhart, Ind., and Bos-
ton, in talking with men active in the trade
he said that he has learned many new ideas
which will be incorporated in the work of the
Xew York store for the coming year.
MUSICAL
MERCHANDISE
Attractive Specialties
Modern Service
ESTABLISHED ISM
Black Diamond
Strings
THE WORLD'S BEST
National Musical String Co.
New Brunswick, N. J.
JOHNFRIEDRICH&BRO,
WEYMAHM
Superior Quality MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
Victor Distributors
1108 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa.^
Established over half a century
I WILL BUY
FOR CASH
Sheet Music and Small Goods
Peate's Music House
Utica, N. Y.
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