Music Trade Review
Issue: 1921 Vol. 72 N. 4 - Page 35
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THE
JANUARY 22, 1921
MUSIC
TRADE
REVIEW
35
IN T H E MUSICAL MERCHANDISE DOMAIN— (Continued from page 34)
AUCTION SALE OF RARE VIOLINS
Valuable Violins and 'Cellos Sold at the An-
derson Galleries Last Week—Were From the
Collection of "The Friends of Music," Vienna
—Sale Attracted Large Crowd of Buyers
An interesting sale at the Anderson Galleries,
New York City, last week was of thirty-two old
string instruments from the collection of "The
Society of the Friends of Music," Vienna. This
collection has been well known in the history of
old instruments, and it is the pressure of present
circumstances which has forced the society to
dispose of it. Many of the instruments had his-
tories, being gifts from distinguished people or
their families. No. 30, an old Italian violin, with
the label "Johannes Baptista Guadagnini Placen-
tinus fecit Mediolani 1742," which sold for $825,
going to Abraham Goldberg, was presented to
the society by the family of Haydn, the com-
poser. Guadagnini was a pupil of Stradivarius.
A Viennese master violin by Franciscus Geis-
senhof, who made excellent instruments in the
style of Stradivarius, presented by his family,
went to N. E. Posner for $265, and for a
Viennese master viola, by the same maker, Pos-
ner paid $245. An old Viennese violoncello by
Michael Ignatius Stadelmann, member of an
old family of violin makers, was bought by T.
Mirsch for $205; a Viennese violoncello by Geis-
senhof, Stradivarius size, reddish brown lacquer,
sold to A. T. Louis for $210; an old Viennese
violoncello by Martin Stoss, an excellent
Viennese master who lived in the latter part of
the eighteenth and first part of the nineteenth
century, sold to A. Tacroff for 230. A. T. Louis
bought an old Italian viola of a rarely large size,
yellow lacquer, made by Carlo Antonio Testore
of Milan, a seventeenth and eighteenth century
maker and son of a violin maker, for $375.
A very fine large Italian violoncello, made by
Lorenzo Storioni, the last of the great Cre-
monese masters, was bought by T. Ackerman
for $625; an old French violoncello, made by
Jean Baptiste Vuillaume, said to have been the
best French violin maker, and who made excel-
lent copies of Stradivarius violins, went to A. L.
Smith for $650; Edward Collins paid $850 for an
old Italian violoncello, made by Francesco Rug-
geri, who was a pupil of Amati, lived in Cremona
and specialized in violoncellos. Abraham Gold-
berg, who bought the Haydn violin, also bought
one of the finest instruments of the collection,
in excellent preservation, made by Storioni, the
last great Cremona violin maker.
The highest price of the day, $900, was paid by
Goldberg for a Venetian violin by Carlo Bcr-
gonzi, who was the best pupil and follower of
Stradivarius and lived in Cremona. It was this
pupil who acquired the house and workshop of
the master after his death. The violin had a
divided back, was of red lacquer and bore the
label "Anno 1736 Carlo Bergonfci fece in Cre-
mona." The total returns for the sale amounted
to $7,«4S.
The Salerni Co., of Queens, New York City, has
been incorporated with capital stock of $10,000 to
make musical instruments. The incorporators are
R. E. and D. Battaglia and D. d'Addario.
Black Diamond
Strings
THE WORLD'S BEST
/merit Cxr.
ElkHa/it. Iivclio/no.
O
NE HUNDRED TO ONE is a conserv-
ative estimate of dealers now handling
band instruments compared with those
handling them in 1915. Dealers that have
made the experiment recognize band instru-
ments as one of their most profitable de-
partments.
In selecting your band instrument repre-
sentation* for 1921 you will want the line
that is Nationally Advertised and Known the
world over by band men for its superiority.
The Famous Buescher
True-Tone Saxophones
Buescher makes more saxo-
phones t h a n t h e combined
product of all other manufac-
turers. There is a reason.
Your band men will tell you.
THE BUESCHER TRUE-TONE BRAND
Ask us to send you for your files our handsome big
catalog illustrating everything in True-Tone band
and orchestra instruments. We solicit your orders,
which can now be filled with reasonable promptness.
The Buescher Grand Trumpet No. 9
Buescher Band Instrument Company
A-24 Buescher Block, Elkhart, Ind.
FRED A. HOLTZ'S CAREER
Formerly an Army Bandsman, He Now Is Sales
Manager for the Martin Band Instrument Co.,
of Elkhart, Ind.—Has Had Wide Experience
From army trooper bandsman to sales man-
ager of the Martin Band Instrument Co., of
Elkhart, Ind., is the colorful life story of Fred
A. Holtz. Mr. Holtz is now directing the sales
destinies of the Elkhart concern and is putting
into use the practical experience gained as a
bandsman for many years. As expressed by
Jacobs' Band Monthly: "To achieve success as a
sales manager requires much using of the face
muscles when talking to a nice business point,
while to be a first-class instrumentalist demands
much use of right lip pressure when playing to
a fine musical point."
Mr. Holtz has both qualities, for in addition to
his many years in band work he has had several
years' commercial experience. In 1912 he be-
came a salesman for a lime manufacturing com-
pany, rising rapidly to the sales managership of
that concern, and a few months ago he became
sales manager for the Martin Band Instrument
Co. His wide personal following in musical
OLIVER DITSON CO.
BOSTON. >LASS.
Manufacturers
Importer* and Jobbers of
MUSICAL
MERCHANDISE
National Musical String Co.
Attractive Specialties
Modern S e r v i c e
New Brunswick, N. J.
ESTABLISHED 1834
0
circles is a great asset both to himself and the
-Martin organization.
Mr. Holtz was formerly trombonist with' the
United States Military Academy Band at West
Point; the Ninth United States Infantry Band,
Manila, P. 1., and Fort Sam Houston, Tex.; the
Park 13. Prentiss Band with the Sells-Floto
circus; trombonist and double B flat bass player
with the Thirteenth Coast Artillery Corps Band,
Fort Dupont, Del. He has also had considerable
experience in park band and theatre orchestra
playing. He still "keeps his oar in," playing
lirst bass with the famous Instrument City Maud
of Elkhart. His eleven-year-old son, Fred, Jr., is
already a clever cornetist with the Elkhart High
School Orchestra.
NEW STORE IN CALIFORNIA
CALKXUO, CAI.., January 17.—The Imperial Music
Co. has opened a store in this city carrying a
large stock of band and orchestra instruments.
It is under the management of N. Novak.
RUNQ
T H E OLDEST AND
LAROEST MUSICAL
MERCHANDISE HOUSE
IN AMERICA
561-53 PWITH AVE. NEvYoBKCm;
VictorDistributors
THE
JANUARY 22, 1921
MUSIC
TRADE
REVIEW
35
IN T H E MUSICAL MERCHANDISE DOMAIN— (Continued from page 34)
AUCTION SALE OF RARE VIOLINS
Valuable Violins and 'Cellos Sold at the An-
derson Galleries Last Week—Were From the
Collection of "The Friends of Music," Vienna
—Sale Attracted Large Crowd of Buyers
An interesting sale at the Anderson Galleries,
New York City, last week was of thirty-two old
string instruments from the collection of "The
Society of the Friends of Music," Vienna. This
collection has been well known in the history of
old instruments, and it is the pressure of present
circumstances which has forced the society to
dispose of it. Many of the instruments had his-
tories, being gifts from distinguished people or
their families. No. 30, an old Italian violin, with
the label "Johannes Baptista Guadagnini Placen-
tinus fecit Mediolani 1742," which sold for $825,
going to Abraham Goldberg, was presented to
the society by the family of Haydn, the com-
poser. Guadagnini was a pupil of Stradivarius.
A Viennese master violin by Franciscus Geis-
senhof, who made excellent instruments in the
style of Stradivarius, presented by his family,
went to N. E. Posner for $265, and for a
Viennese master viola, by the same maker, Pos-
ner paid $245. An old Viennese violoncello by
Michael Ignatius Stadelmann, member of an
old family of violin makers, was bought by T.
Mirsch for $205; a Viennese violoncello by Geis-
senhof, Stradivarius size, reddish brown lacquer,
sold to A. T. Louis for $210; an old Viennese
violoncello by Martin Stoss, an excellent
Viennese master who lived in the latter part of
the eighteenth and first part of the nineteenth
century, sold to A. Tacroff for 230. A. T. Louis
bought an old Italian viola of a rarely large size,
yellow lacquer, made by Carlo Antonio Testore
of Milan, a seventeenth and eighteenth century
maker and son of a violin maker, for $375.
A very fine large Italian violoncello, made by
Lorenzo Storioni, the last of the great Cre-
monese masters, was bought by T. Ackerman
for $625; an old French violoncello, made by
Jean Baptiste Vuillaume, said to have been the
best French violin maker, and who made excel-
lent copies of Stradivarius violins, went to A. L.
Smith for $650; Edward Collins paid $850 for an
old Italian violoncello, made by Francesco Rug-
geri, who was a pupil of Amati, lived in Cremona
and specialized in violoncellos. Abraham Gold-
berg, who bought the Haydn violin, also bought
one of the finest instruments of the collection,
in excellent preservation, made by Storioni, the
last great Cremona violin maker.
The highest price of the day, $900, was paid by
Goldberg for a Venetian violin by Carlo Bcr-
gonzi, who was the best pupil and follower of
Stradivarius and lived in Cremona. It was this
pupil who acquired the house and workshop of
the master after his death. The violin had a
divided back, was of red lacquer and bore the
label "Anno 1736 Carlo Bergonfci fece in Cre-
mona." The total returns for the sale amounted
to $7,«4S.
The Salerni Co., of Queens, New York City, has
been incorporated with capital stock of $10,000 to
make musical instruments. The incorporators are
R. E. and D. Battaglia and D. d'Addario.
Black Diamond
Strings
THE WORLD'S BEST
/merit Cxr.
ElkHa/it. Iivclio/no.
O
NE HUNDRED TO ONE is a conserv-
ative estimate of dealers now handling
band instruments compared with those
handling them in 1915. Dealers that have
made the experiment recognize band instru-
ments as one of their most profitable de-
partments.
In selecting your band instrument repre-
sentation* for 1921 you will want the line
that is Nationally Advertised and Known the
world over by band men for its superiority.
The Famous Buescher
True-Tone Saxophones
Buescher makes more saxo-
phones t h a n t h e combined
product of all other manufac-
turers. There is a reason.
Your band men will tell you.
THE BUESCHER TRUE-TONE BRAND
Ask us to send you for your files our handsome big
catalog illustrating everything in True-Tone band
and orchestra instruments. We solicit your orders,
which can now be filled with reasonable promptness.
The Buescher Grand Trumpet No. 9
Buescher Band Instrument Company
A-24 Buescher Block, Elkhart, Ind.
FRED A. HOLTZ'S CAREER
Formerly an Army Bandsman, He Now Is Sales
Manager for the Martin Band Instrument Co.,
of Elkhart, Ind.—Has Had Wide Experience
From army trooper bandsman to sales man-
ager of the Martin Band Instrument Co., of
Elkhart, Ind., is the colorful life story of Fred
A. Holtz. Mr. Holtz is now directing the sales
destinies of the Elkhart concern and is putting
into use the practical experience gained as a
bandsman for many years. As expressed by
Jacobs' Band Monthly: "To achieve success as a
sales manager requires much using of the face
muscles when talking to a nice business point,
while to be a first-class instrumentalist demands
much use of right lip pressure when playing to
a fine musical point."
Mr. Holtz has both qualities, for in addition to
his many years in band work he has had several
years' commercial experience. In 1912 he be-
came a salesman for a lime manufacturing com-
pany, rising rapidly to the sales managership of
that concern, and a few months ago he became
sales manager for the Martin Band Instrument
Co. His wide personal following in musical
OLIVER DITSON CO.
BOSTON. >LASS.
Manufacturers
Importer* and Jobbers of
MUSICAL
MERCHANDISE
National Musical String Co.
Attractive Specialties
Modern S e r v i c e
New Brunswick, N. J.
ESTABLISHED 1834
0
circles is a great asset both to himself and the
-Martin organization.
Mr. Holtz was formerly trombonist with' the
United States Military Academy Band at West
Point; the Ninth United States Infantry Band,
Manila, P. 1., and Fort Sam Houston, Tex.; the
Park 13. Prentiss Band with the Sells-Floto
circus; trombonist and double B flat bass player
with the Thirteenth Coast Artillery Corps Band,
Fort Dupont, Del. He has also had considerable
experience in park band and theatre orchestra
playing. He still "keeps his oar in," playing
lirst bass with the famous Instrument City Maud
of Elkhart. His eleven-year-old son, Fred, Jr., is
already a clever cornetist with the Elkhart High
School Orchestra.
NEW STORE IN CALIFORNIA
CALKXUO, CAI.., January 17.—The Imperial Music
Co. has opened a store in this city carrying a
large stock of band and orchestra instruments.
It is under the management of N. Novak.
RUNQ
T H E OLDEST AND
LAROEST MUSICAL
MERCHANDISE HOUSE
IN AMERICA
561-53 PWITH AVE. NEvYoBKCm;
VictorDistributors
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