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JUNE 19, 1926 The Music Trade Review 33

colo. 4 square keys; No. 624. Japanese; No. 625. Dou- ble Flageolet. This instrument first came into use in 1668. In one pipe the soprano part is played, in the other pipe a Waverly and Standard String Exhibit unison or echo can be produced. No. 626. Hautboy. French make 13 keys; No. 627. . German make 8 keys; No. 628. Clarinet. Made by Singer, Carlsruhe, 12 at Convention Attracts Wide Interest keys, two being roller keys; No. 629. Clarinet. Made by Euler, Frankfurt, 12 round keys, No. 630. Clarinet. Same maker; No. 631. . 9 keys. Made by F. Ott Showing of Antique Musical Instruments One of the Outstanding Features of the Musical Mer- Wurzburg; No. 632. Alpine ; No. 633. Clarinet. German make; No. 634. Clarinet. 11 keys. Made by Key. chandise Displays at the National Music Industries Meeting in New York England; No. 635. Scotch Bag-Pipe; No. 636. Precentor for Bag-Pipe. Group N OO much interest was manifested in the dis- Group B Nos. 589-594. Historic Instruments. ^ play of the museum collection of old and Nos. 514-517. Keyed Bugles. The Keyed Bugle was No. 594. Cymbal, Boston Brass Band. invented by Joseph Halliday, bandmaster of C'avan Militia, The Old Boston Band Bass Drum, of the first brass rare musical instruments held jointly at the Ho- in 1810. It had five keys and was called the Kent horn in band founded in America; Edward Kendall, leader, 1835. compliment to Field Marshal, the Duke of Kent. The It has the Boston Coat-of-Arms emblazoned on the shell; tel Commodore last week by the Waverly Musi- Kent horn, or bugle, was used to a great extent as a coach also the names of the members of the band, each side of it, cal Products Co. and the Standard Musical horn, and was the real precursor of the chromatic scale with 1835 below. In 1852 Mr. D. C. Hall assumed leader- instrument. ship of the Band. His name is on the side of the Drum. String Co. that arrangements were made to pho- The old bass drum was used over sixty-five years. No Group C other bass drum has so important a history in America. tograph the exhibit for the benefit of those deal- Nos. 518-525. French Horns. Various materials have No. 666. Edward Kendall's Copper Keyed Bugle (1837); No. 667. D. C. Hall's Gold Plated Keyed Bugle; No. 668. Rudolph Hall, Silver Keyed Bugle; No. 669. Harvey B. Dodworth, Silver ; No. 670. P. S. Gilmore, Silver Cornet; No. 673. Arbuckle Brass Sarrusophone. Imported for Arbuckle's Ninth Regiment New York Band in 1880. It occupies a position relative to the hautboy and bassoon, like that of the saxophone to the clarinet. The sarruso- phone has a double reed like a bassoon, and was invented by Mr. Sarruse, a French bandmaster in 1856. The A. J. Oettinger Collection Collected personally by Mr. Oettinger during forty years of painstaking search. Early Type Instruments of the String Variety 1. pomposa, 18 century, invented by Tohann Sebas- tian Bach; 2. Viola d'amour, by J. C. Leidolff, Vienna, 1755, 7 melody and 7 sympathetic strings; 3. Viola di Gamba, 17th century, 5 strings; 4. Viola di Gamba, 18th century, 6 strings; 5. Pochette or pocket , 18th cen- tury, used by the dancing masters; 6. Pochette or pocket violin, 18th century, used by the dancing masters; 7. Violinetta or Philomel, all wire strings, used in the open; 8. Lute, by Ambrogio Marafi, Milano, 1775; 9. Guitar, by Charles Stiimcke, Boston, 1800, earliest of known American girtar builders; 10. Mandolin, by E. Vinaccia, Naples, 1771; 11. Banjo, very early type; 12. Ukulele, very early type, all metal; 13. Zitlier, by Georg Tiefenbonner, Munich, 1846; 14. Snare Drum. In regular use during the Revolu- tionary War. Loaned by Chas. H. Ditson & Co. Martin Guitar, made in 1848. Loaned by C. A. Bramley Early Type Lute. Double String Early Type Guitar. New Music Patents Patent No. 1,577,418, a on the mandolin type. Patentd March 16, 1926, by Sherman Clubb, of Olathe, Col. Patent No. 1,577,245, a tuning device for vio- lins. Patented March 16, 1926, by Frank A. Exhibit of Waverly Musical Products Co. and the Standard String Co. Rua, of Lodi, N. J. Upper left—instruments on wall left to right in following order (see text for numbers) Nos. 12, 11, 10, 9, 1, 8, Patent No. 1,575,960, xylophone. Patented 7, 6, 5, 4. In chair, old drum, No. 14. Seated, A. J. Oettinger. Upper right—left to right, group F, group C, group L; above, dragon head . Lower left—Louis Schreiber band instruments listed under group E. March 9, 1926, by William Bartholomae, Brook- Lower right—left to right, bass horn, Ophicleides and keyed bugles, Serpent, historical instruments under group N lyn, N. Y. Patent assigned to the Bar-Zim been used at different times for this instrument; wood, Mfg. Co., New York. ers who are interested in stirring up musical in- ivory and several metals, but brass is now used exclusively. terest in this way in their own cities. Although As tar back as 1511 circular horns were known, originally Patent No. 1,577,899, harmonica. Patented of a single ring. Horns were used in the hunt, and by a complete story of the exhibit appeared in the signals announced its progress. Simple tunes were also March 23, 1926, by George S. Dusinberre, of within its compass and it was early adopted as an orches- Elmira, N. Y. June Musical Merchandise Section out last week tral instrument (1712) in Vienna. In a with- it was impossible to obtain photographs in time out valves, the insertion of the hand in bell produces gra- Patent No. 1,576,171, banjo head supports. dation of tones. Patented March 9, 1926, by Victor E. Adler, of for publication in that issue, which appeared Group D immediately at the close of the convention. Nos. 526-537. Slide Trombone. It is difficult to say Los Angeles, Cal. where or at what epoch this instrument was invented. For- The photographs which appear on this page merly it was known as the sackbut; its modern designation, Patent No. 1,576,443, a tambourine. Patented great , comes from the Italian. Early in the six- March 9, 1926, by Eugene C. McElhany, of show the collection in its entirety just as it ap- teenth century it had come into vogue in England. The peared in rooms 839-841 of the Hotel Commo- band of musicians in the service of Henry VIII included Kalamazoo, Mich. ten sackbut players, and under Elizabeth in 1587, there were dore last week. The collection was actually a six. Patent No. 1,576,263, xylophone. Patented There is one in this collection representing a dragon's March 9, 1926, by William Bartholomae, of combination of several different famous collec- head, with open mouth showing the teeth, also a red tongue tions of instruments and it was easily the finest which vibrates when the instrument is played. Brooklyn, N. Y. Patent assigned to the Bar- exhibit of its kind ever assembled at one time. Group E Zim Mfg. Co., New York. Nos. 538-545. Louis Schreiber Band Instruments. This Patent No. 1,578,763, a mute for wind instru- Included were the D. S. Pillsbury collection unique shape and style of band instrument has never been (principally wind instruments), the Adolph J. equaled in model and artistic beauty. Mr. Schreiber, of ments and the like. Patented March 30, 1926, New York, was the inventor and in 1858 a company with by George Schluesselburg, of Chicago, 111. One- Oettinger collection (principally stringed instru- a capital of $150,000 was formed to manufacture this spe- cial style of instrument. Only a few sets were completed half of patent assigned to P. T. Harmon, of Chi- ments), and additional exhibits loaned by Chas. as, owing to delays, the great expense incident to the intro- duction of the instruments and in making the models, cago. H. Ditson & Co. and C. A. Bramley, of Mt. drawings, etc., the capital of the company was exhausted, Vernon, N. Y. and manufacturing operations were suspended. These in- Patent No. 1,578,744, a finger-board for struments were sold in sets of seven, the price being $1,000 and like stringed instruments. Patented March Following is the catalog description of the This set is the only complete one known. It was formerly used by the Seventh Regiment (N. Y.) Band. 30, 1926, by Charles Evelyn Creasy Jensen Man- collection: Group F by, of Hawksburn, Melbourne, Victoria, Austra> The D. S. Pillsbury Collection Nos. 546-552. Bell Over Shoulder Band Instruments. Dodworth patent of 1838, by the Dodworth family of New lia. These instruments are grouped and arranged in sets and York, the inventors. The great advantage claimed for this Patent No. 1,576,981, a tube resonator for families, also as to their respective evolution. style of instrument over the bell-front, and upright-bell, is that the bell extending over the shoulder throws the music banjos. Patented March 16, 1926, by William Group A back where all in the rear could hear it, even to the last No. 501. The Serpent. The Serpent at the present day line or company marching in the regiment. Although out L. Lange, banjo manufacturer, 225 East Twenty- is a rare instrument. It is a conical tube, made of two of date for this purpose, these instruments have no equal fourth street, New York. This patent covers pieces of wood hollowed out, shaped in a serpentine man- and are now being recommended for street parades. In ner, glued together, and covered with leather. It has a this collection will be found the silver cornet in the unusual twenty-three claims. mouth-tube bent towards the performer, and a cupped key of A made by J. Lathrop Allen, of Boston, in 1845, mouthpiece. Until fifty or sixty years ago a serpent was for Harvey Dodworth, and used by him for over forty Patent No. 1,579,780, a stringed musical in- used in the band of the Life Guards, London. The Ser- years while leader of the Dodworth Band of New York. pent is said to have been discovered by a French priest, It was used by him at the Central Park Concerts for ove> strument. Patented April 6, 1926, by Paul P. Edme Guillaume, of Uuxerre, in 1590. twenty-five years and at ten presidential inaugurations. Richter, of Boston, Mass. Patent assigned to Mendelssohn and Wagner probably are the last composers This cornet was presented to Harvey Dodworth by the to demand the Serpent in their scores. members of his band in 1845. the Phonoharp Co., East Boston, Mass. No. 502. Bass Horn. The Bass Horn is a rare instru- ment. It was the first bass instrument made of brass, in- Group L Patent No. 1,579,987, peg for stringed instru- vented in 1790 by Regibo, and followed the wooden Ser Nos. 616-622. Copper Echo Instruments. Made of cop- ments. Patented April 6, 1926, by Milton O. pent. The instrument in this collection was used in the per, with echo attachment. Manufactured by D. C. Hall, first brass band in America, organized in Boston in 1835. leader of Hall's Boston Brass Band, 1256. The only com- Wickes, of Northampton, Mass. Nos. 505-513. Ophicleide. The Ophicleide is the first plete set of Echo Instruments in existence was used in complete instrument with ten to twelve keys, and was in- Hall's Boston Brass Band in their concert tours. The au- vented in 1817 by Halary, a professor of music and instru- dience generally supposed when the echo attachment was ment maker, at Paris, as an improvement on the brass played that there was an extra band behind the stage. Consult the Universal Want Directory of horn and serpent. It is interesting to read that the maker The Review. In it advertisements are inserted of the first Ophicleide in London was J. Astor. Ophicleide Group M was used in the Boston Brass Band in 1835. Nos. 623 636. Wood Wind Inatrumentt; No. 623. Pir- free of charge for men who desire positions.