Music Trade Review
Issue: 1928 Vol. 86 N. 4 - Page 6
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The Music Trade Review
such manufactured product and which produces
an artistic or ornamental effect or decoration.
Designs subject to copyright protection, how-
ever, do not include shapes or forms which have
merely a functional or mechanical purpose.
Protection is to be afforded initially for a pe-
riod of two years, before the expiration of
which time an application for renewal may be
filed, such renewal to be for a term of eighteen
years, making a total of twenty years during
which designs will be protected. Adequate
penalties are provided for infringement.
The bill is to go into effect July 1, 1928, if
passed, and will be known as the Design Copy-
right Act of 1928.
Bill for Copyright
Registration of Designs
Measure Introduced by Congressman Vestal
Would Simplify Problem of Protecting
Designs of Manufactured Articles
WASHINGTON, D. C, January
23.—Copyright
registration of designs is provided for in a bill
introduced in the House of Representatives
January 16 by Congressman Vestal of Indiana.
This legislation has been before Congress in
previous sessions and lengthy hearings have
been held on the subject, which is one of great
importance to industry. Mr. Vestal has strenu-
ously pushed the measure in previous sessions
and will probably seek a hearing before the
Patents Committee in the near future.
According to the Vestal bill, a design is a
pattern, shape, or form of a manufactured prod-
uct, or dies, molds, or devices by which such a
pattern, shape, or form may be produced,
original in its application to or embodiment in
JANUARY 28, 1928
Q R S Co. Now Enters
the Phonograph Field
Line of Portable Phonographs Made by the
Company Already on the Market and a Cab-
inet Model Will Soon Be Ready
The Q R S Co., large producer of music
rolls and radio tubes, has again broadened its
activities, and is now manufacturing an attrac-
tive line of portable phonographs of which
three models have already been placed on the
market at retail prices ranging from $12.50 to
Weaver Xmas Gift
YORK, PA., January 21.—The Weaver Piano Co.,
Inc., of this city, presented its many friends in
the piano industry at Christmas time with a
leather folding card case and memorandum pad.
This follows a line of successive attractive and
useful gifts it has presented.
s CHULZ
If
1
1
Now—As Always Before—
America's Qreatest Player-Piano
The new Schulz player actions are the last word in pneumatic
action design. They are the simplest, require the smallest
amount of air, and provide tremendous flexibility for expres-
sion. For thirteen years they have led all other players.
The M. Schulz Co., now in its fifty-ninth year, absolutely
guarantees Schulz player-pianos and Schulz player-actions.
Because of their durable construction, and simple design,
Schulz players require little service, and are practically trouble-
proof.
Interested dealers may learn many highly valuable facts about successful piano
and player piano merchandising by communicating with
M.
General Offices
711 Milwaukee Ave.
CHICAGO
SCHULZ
Founded 1869
P P T P A P H
t
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l
l
t
A
b
U
CO.
Southern Wholesale
1530 Candler Bldg.
ATLANTA, GA.
New Q R S Portable Phonograph
$25. The new instruments are light but strongly
built, have leatheroid cases with nickel-plated
hardware, and will play any make of lateral-cut
record.
The model illustrated herewith is designed to
retail at $25. It weighs about eighteen pounds,
has a pocket to hold eight records, and is fur-
nished in a variety of leatheroid coverings, in-
cluding black, artillery blue, seal brown and
maroon. The instruments are manufactured in
the Q R S Co. plant here, but substantial stocks
will be carried at the company's branches in
New York, Philadelphia, and elsewhere.
In addition to the introduction of the port-
able models the company is also working on a
new cabinet phonograph which is expected to
be ready for the market in about sixty days.
George L. Ames, sales manager of the com-
pany, who has been looking after the affairs of
the roll department, will also have charge of
the phonograph division.
Converse College Pays
Tribute to Mehlin Piano
Among the recent letters received by Paul G.
Mehlin & Sons, West New York, N. J., was
one from the School of Music of Converse Col-
lege, written by William C. Mayfarth, the dean
of the college, to the W. S. Rice Music House,
Spartanburg, S. C, in which Dean Mayfarth
said:
"It is now several months that we have had
the new Mehlin Grands and Upright Pianos in
use, and I desire to tell you how entirely satis-
factory these instruments are. I have played
all of the pianos from time to time and have
tested them very thoroughly to determine how
they are standing up. They are all in excellent
condition and do not show the slightest wear
despite the fact that they have been in constant
use and have had to stand the abuse from so
many different types of touches. The pianos
are very responsive and have a good clean tone.
They have already proved that they are un-
usuallv durable."
Consult the Universal Want Directory of
The Review.
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such manufactured product and which produces
an artistic or ornamental effect or decoration.
Designs subject to copyright protection, how-
ever, do not include shapes or forms which have
merely a functional or mechanical purpose.
Protection is to be afforded initially for a pe-
riod of two years, before the expiration of
which time an application for renewal may be
filed, such renewal to be for a term of eighteen
years, making a total of twenty years during
which designs will be protected. Adequate
penalties are provided for infringement.
The bill is to go into effect July 1, 1928, if
passed, and will be known as the Design Copy-
right Act of 1928.
Bill for Copyright
Registration of Designs
Measure Introduced by Congressman Vestal
Would Simplify Problem of Protecting
Designs of Manufactured Articles
WASHINGTON, D. C, January
23.—Copyright
registration of designs is provided for in a bill
introduced in the House of Representatives
January 16 by Congressman Vestal of Indiana.
This legislation has been before Congress in
previous sessions and lengthy hearings have
been held on the subject, which is one of great
importance to industry. Mr. Vestal has strenu-
ously pushed the measure in previous sessions
and will probably seek a hearing before the
Patents Committee in the near future.
According to the Vestal bill, a design is a
pattern, shape, or form of a manufactured prod-
uct, or dies, molds, or devices by which such a
pattern, shape, or form may be produced,
original in its application to or embodiment in
JANUARY 28, 1928
Q R S Co. Now Enters
the Phonograph Field
Line of Portable Phonographs Made by the
Company Already on the Market and a Cab-
inet Model Will Soon Be Ready
The Q R S Co., large producer of music
rolls and radio tubes, has again broadened its
activities, and is now manufacturing an attrac-
tive line of portable phonographs of which
three models have already been placed on the
market at retail prices ranging from $12.50 to
Weaver Xmas Gift
YORK, PA., January 21.—The Weaver Piano Co.,
Inc., of this city, presented its many friends in
the piano industry at Christmas time with a
leather folding card case and memorandum pad.
This follows a line of successive attractive and
useful gifts it has presented.
s CHULZ
If
1
1
Now—As Always Before—
America's Qreatest Player-Piano
The new Schulz player actions are the last word in pneumatic
action design. They are the simplest, require the smallest
amount of air, and provide tremendous flexibility for expres-
sion. For thirteen years they have led all other players.
The M. Schulz Co., now in its fifty-ninth year, absolutely
guarantees Schulz player-pianos and Schulz player-actions.
Because of their durable construction, and simple design,
Schulz players require little service, and are practically trouble-
proof.
Interested dealers may learn many highly valuable facts about successful piano
and player piano merchandising by communicating with
M.
General Offices
711 Milwaukee Ave.
CHICAGO
SCHULZ
Founded 1869
P P T P A P H
t
t
l
l
t
A
b
U
CO.
Southern Wholesale
1530 Candler Bldg.
ATLANTA, GA.
New Q R S Portable Phonograph
$25. The new instruments are light but strongly
built, have leatheroid cases with nickel-plated
hardware, and will play any make of lateral-cut
record.
The model illustrated herewith is designed to
retail at $25. It weighs about eighteen pounds,
has a pocket to hold eight records, and is fur-
nished in a variety of leatheroid coverings, in-
cluding black, artillery blue, seal brown and
maroon. The instruments are manufactured in
the Q R S Co. plant here, but substantial stocks
will be carried at the company's branches in
New York, Philadelphia, and elsewhere.
In addition to the introduction of the port-
able models the company is also working on a
new cabinet phonograph which is expected to
be ready for the market in about sixty days.
George L. Ames, sales manager of the com-
pany, who has been looking after the affairs of
the roll department, will also have charge of
the phonograph division.
Converse College Pays
Tribute to Mehlin Piano
Among the recent letters received by Paul G.
Mehlin & Sons, West New York, N. J., was
one from the School of Music of Converse Col-
lege, written by William C. Mayfarth, the dean
of the college, to the W. S. Rice Music House,
Spartanburg, S. C, in which Dean Mayfarth
said:
"It is now several months that we have had
the new Mehlin Grands and Upright Pianos in
use, and I desire to tell you how entirely satis-
factory these instruments are. I have played
all of the pianos from time to time and have
tested them very thoroughly to determine how
they are standing up. They are all in excellent
condition and do not show the slightest wear
despite the fact that they have been in constant
use and have had to stand the abuse from so
many different types of touches. The pianos
are very responsive and have a good clean tone.
They have already proved that they are un-
usuallv durable."
Consult the Universal Want Directory of
The Review.
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