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Musical Courier 1895-03-20: Vol 30 Iss 784, 1895
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1Is "Nate" After Queen "Lil"?
3Some time ago The Musical Courier, in commenting on a recent sale of a Bradbury piano to a high Government official, suggested that Mr. Freeborn G. Smith should go to Hawaii and sell a Bradbury grand to Queen "Lil." That was before the Queen was deposed. Now that she is under sentence for five years at hard labor, as well as to pay a fine, the prospects of Queen "Lil" owning a Bradbury seem slim. Yet it would not surprise us to learn that a sale to her had been consummated, as Mr. "Nate" M. Crosby has started on a Western trip that will probably end with his taking a run over to the Sandwich Islands.
5"Nate" is versatile, as we have said before, and he may take it into his head to interview Queen "Lil," and if he does when she has any money in her pocket, or in her pocket handkerchief, "Nate" will get it in exchange for a Bradbury or a Henning or a Webster. As the people over in the Sandwich Islands are not now thoroughly impressed with Queen "Lil," according to reports, "Nate" may tackle President Dole. The football term is used advisedly, as best fitting an interview between two Yankees, as "Nate" has been on this side of the water so many years that we can claim him, and as Mr. Dole has succeeded in sticking to public snaps in Hawaii through so much trouble that his Yankee origin is in no sense tarnished.
7These things are mere suppositions, however, based on the belief that Mr. Crosby will go as far as Hawaii. You never can tell what "Nate" will aim at next. And whatever he goes for usually is his game. Mr. Crosby is a man of resources, and is versed in the intricacies of diplomacy. Besides that, his house backs him up. Any salesman knows what that means.
9An Improved Violin.
11An improvement in violins, violas, violoncellos and similar stringed instruments has been recently patented in the United States and the leading foreign countries by Prof. Bruno E. Wollenhaupt.
13The appearance of the instrument is the same as that of the ordinary violin, but within its body is arranged an auxiliary vibrating device sounding sympathetically and in unison with the outside strings when the latter are played on by the bow. Only those parts of the auxiliary vibrating device are sounded as are tuned in harmony with the corresponding main strings when the latter are played on. The auxiliary vibrating device consists of twelve metallic strings representing an octave of twelve half tones tuned from C-B, or from G-F sharp, and these strings are stretched longitudinally within the body and can be tuned to the required pitch from the bout by a key, the strings being sounded by means of a short, thin stick passed either through the F holes or through openings in the sides of the body; the opening being normally closed by small plugs. A feature of the invention is the dampening device, completely under the control of the player, and consisting of a transverse brush or dampening bar supported on a lever pivoted in the body and carrying on its rear end an upwardly extending rod passing through apertures in the top of the body and tailpiece, to be engaged at its upper end by a small block held on a flat spring.
15This block can be pressed by the player's chin to cause a swinging of the lever, so that the brush or dampening bar is moved in contact with all the strings of the auxiliary vibrating device, thus stopping the sounds emanating from the latter. When the player lifts the chin, then the brush falls back to its normal position, that is, out of contact with the vibrating device, and the latter again sounds sympathetically as soon as the outside strings are played on by the bow. Instead of using strings for the auxiliary vibrating device a metallic comb may be employed.
17When the instrument is played, every tone, from the highest pitch to the lowest pitch, will cause the corresponding auxiliary string, or prong of the comb to vibrate sympathetically and, therefore, cause a prolongation and increase in volume of the tone played. All harmonies, natural or artificial, respond and prolong the sound produced by the bow passing over the main strings, but in succeeding chords it is advisable to apply the damper to prevent disharmony.
19The first violins were built according to Professor Wollenhaupt's invention by the celebrated violin maker, Mr. George Gemünder, Sr. During a trip to Europe last summer Professor Wollenhaupt played on his new violin before the king of violinists, Professor Joachim, in Berlin, and this authority speaks in the highest terms of the improvement. A like testimonial is given by Prof. J. von Bermuth, in Hamburg, and Dr. Koenig, in Paris, the well-known authority on acoustics, considers the invention a perfect success.—Scientific American.
21Wessell, Nickel & Gross
22— MANUFACTURERS OF —
23PIANO ACTIONS.
24STANDARD OF THE WORLD!
25485, 487, 489 and 461 WEST 48th STREET,
26606 and 638 TENTH AVENUE, and 482, 484, 486 and 488 WEST 46th STREET,
27OFFICE, 457 WEST 48th STREET,
28NEW YORK.
30G. CHEVREL,
31Designer and Maker of Artistic Marquetry.
32GOLD MEDAL, PARIS EXPOSITION, 1889.
33PANELS AND NAME BOARDS FOR PIANOS AND ORGANS A SPECIALTY.
34PARIS, FRANCE.
35SAMPLES ON HAND FOR INSPECTION AT
36WILLIAM TONK & BRO., 26 WARREN ST., NEW YORK.
37217 WABASH AVE., CHICAGO.
39ROTH & ENGELHARDT,
40PIANO ACTIONS,
41Office: 114 Fifth Avenue, Room 59, New York City.
42Factories: St. Johnsville, N. Y., on N. Y. C. R.R.; Chicago Heights on East Ill. R.R.
43A. P. ROTH, formerly with A. Dolge.
44FRED. ENGELHARDT,
45Formerly Foreman of Steinway & Sons' Action Department.
47THE SCHWANDER
48PIANOFORTE ACTIONS
49LEAD IN ALL COUNTRIES.
50The most perfect Action of the present time.
51HERRUBURGER-SCHWANDER & SON,
52(ESTABLISHED FIFTY-FIVE YEARS.)
53NEW YORK AND PARIS,
54NEW YORK FACTORY: 88, 90 & 92 LINCOLN AVE.
55WILLIAM TONK & BRO.,
56Sole Agents for United States and Canada.
5726 Warren St., New York.
59STAIB PIANO ACTIONS
61PIANOS
62ESTABLISHED IN 1848
63FINEST TONE, BEST WORK AND MATERIAL.
64PRICES MODERATE AND TERMS REASONABLE.
6560,000 MADE AND IN USE.
66EVERY INSTRUMENT FULLY WARRANTED.
67ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE FREE.
68EMERSON PIANO CO.
69116 Boylston St., Boston. 92 Fifth Ave., New York.
70218 Wabash Ave., Chicago.
72COMSTOCK, CHENEY & CO.,
73IVORY CUTTERS AND MANUFACTURERS.
74PIANO KEYS, ACTIONS AND HAMMERS.
75Ivory and Composition Covered Organ Keys.
76The only Company Furnishing the Keys, Actions, Hammers and Brackets Complete.
77Telegraph and R. R. Station:
78ESSEX, CONN.
79OFFICE AND FACTORY
80IVORYTON, CONN.
82GEORGE BOTHNER,
83MANUFACTURER OF
84GRAND, UPRIGHT AND SQUARE
85Pianoforte Actions,
86135 & 137 CHRYSTIE STREET, NEW YORK.
87(Formerly 144 ELIZABETH STREET.)
89STAIB PIANO ACTION MFG. CO.,
90134th St. and Brook Ave.,
91NEW YORK.
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