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is almost ignored by many music lovers. Yet the INSTRUMENTATION FOR BANDS is more than a factor indispensable for every first-class . Historically it is the oldest of AMERICAN the reed group. Species of the Egyptian oboe, whose Table Prepared for the Guidance of Organizations by sportive lilt may have enriched the very first Follies Which to Insure Good Effects. of the Cheops roof still linger at museums. Agree- PIANO SUPPLY ably to its ancient origin, the oboe sounds an eerie The Buescher Band Instrument Company has pre- beseaching note, which even in light melody, recalls pared a table of instrumentation for military bands the distant past. No other tones so vitalize 2,000 COMPANY of from 12 to 60 pieces. This table is very useful as years of pastoral poetry. An oboe player who is recommending the proper instrumentation for bands expert can make $100 to $200 a week. And there Felts, Cloths, Hammers,Punchings, of various sizes, and particularly for school bands. is a demand for them." The table is as follows: Music Wire, Tuning Pins, Player No. in band 12 13 14 15 16 18 20 22 25 28 32 36 40 44 48 52 56 60 ])b Piccolo .... 111111111111111 Oboe1 111112 2 MORE SPACE FOR SACHS Parts, Hinges, Casters Kb Clarinet* . . 11111111111111111 Bb Clarinet ... 1 2 2 2 3 4 4 5 6 8 8 10 10 12 12 ] 2 14 Bassoon2 111112 2 A FULL LINE OF MATERIALS for PIANOS and ORGAN Bb Soprano Sax 111111111 Active Sales of Phonographs and Roll Cabinets Have Eb Alto Sax.3. 11111111112 Bb Tenor Sax.. 11111111112 Necessitated Adding of New Floor. Kb Baritone Sax 1111122222 Bb Bass Sax.. . . 111111 Sachs & Co., 425 S. Wabash avenue, Chicago, have Bb Cornet 4 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 :t K 4 4 4 5 5 5 fi 6 When in Need of Bb Trumpet .... 2222222444 taken over the entire second floor of the building in Eb Alto or Horn. 2222 3 3 3333444456 0 6 which they are now located. The taking over of this Bb Tenor Trombone 222222222334 5 5 6 6 6 SUPPLIES Bb Baritone 1 1 1111111111122222 space is the result of an active Phonograph sale now Eb Bass 1 1 1111111111122222 Communicate with Us BBb Bass 1111122222 3.1 in progress. The new styles of the "Saxola" are Snare Drum 1 1 111111111111 2 2 2 2 being featured. Bass Drum and Cymbals 1 1 1111111111111111 The Sachs player-roll cabinets have won the ap- M)r C. Soprano . proval of many dealers, who have ordered freely of American Piano Supply Co. 2Eb Baritone or as substitute. the latest designs. One of the most popular styles is 3Eb can be used with good effect ou Eb Cornet part. No. 1678, a beautiful double-door cabinet furnished 110-112 E. 13th St. New York 4Or Kb . in burl walnut, mahogany and oak. It is a medium Dance use to the exclusion sized cabinet, having eleven shelves and a capacity of string" instruments. A ten-man dance orchestra of 100 rolls and is finished equal to the best player- will often use a dozen saxophones, some players piano. doubling on two or more sizes. The saxophone is SCHAFF the life of the orchestra, and the soul of the band. MAKES ARTIFICIAL WOOD A QUARTER CENTURY OF Piano String Co. TUNING PIN MANUFACTURING MEANS Manufacturer* of Norwegian Scientist Claims to Have Compounded It Quality, Service and Value of Sawdust, Chalk and Chemicals. By using a cunningly devised mixture of 50 per cent sawdust with chalk and chemicals and subject- ing it to very heavy pressure, a scientist of the Kulle- Used in the World's Finest Pianos bund, Norway, says he has succeeded in making "artificial wood," possessing all the qualities of genu- ine timber. AMERICAN MUSICAL SUPPLY CO. Its specific gravity is the same as that of wood, 451 Communipaw Ave. JERSEY CITY, N. J. its hardness that of oak. It can be planed, sawed, bored, nailed, painted, stained or polished, and sub- jected to every process of carpentry or manufacture for which real wood is used. It will not deteriorate Established 1867 Piano Bass Strings in water, and on account of the chemicals it contains 2009-2021 CLYBOURN AVENUE it is impervious to rot and burns only at a tempera- Cor er Lewis Street ture very much higher than that at which real tim- ber ignites. Strauch Bros. CHICAGO A WORD FOR THE OBOE. All Well-posted Piano Dealers, Sales- O. O. Mclntyre, in a syndicated New York letter, men, and the Piano Buying Public wrote as follows: "Walter Damrosch, conductor of the New York Symphony Orchestra, has started a recognize the value of this name on a plan to encourage, through liberal gifts, the training Piano Action. of American oboe players. It is an instrument that For more than 55 years it has been associ- ated with the best products of the Piano industry. It ha s always represented PERFECT PUNCHINGS Quality and Merit When a Piano Action bears the name of AT Paragon Foundries Strauch Bros, it is an additional guarantee of the quality of the instrument containing it. C F GOEPEU CO Company Manufacturers of STRAUCH BROS.,Inc. Piano Actions, Hammers and Repairs T Paragon Piano Plates 327 to 347 Walnut Ave., at 141»t Street 137 EAST I3 -S ST. Oregon, Illinois NEW YORK NEW YORK

Comstock, Cheney & Co. WESSELL, NICKEL & GROSS Ivory Cutters and Manufacturers Manufacturers of PIANO ACTIONS Piano Keys, Actions and Hammers HIGHEST GRADE ONE GRADE ONLY IVORY AND COMPOSITION-COVERED ORGAN KEYS The Wessell, Nickel & Gross action is a The only Company Furnishing the Keys, Actions, Hammers and Brackets Complete guarantee of the grade of the instrument in which it is found.

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