The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-12-15
MUSICAL ppYEs.

Ingenious Conttivhnces Witch Fill tho
Home With Melody and I,equlr no skili.
Anybody can get music out Of music.
al box. The akill Is in tho manufacture,
which Ia a series Of scientific operations.
To produce a ilne musical box requires
great deal Of labor, and TO produce It
at q low price requires cheap labor. So
1t happens that Switzerland which EN-.
barked shyly In the business about q
hundred years ago, remains the home OF
these pleasure.giving Instruments. The
Swiss are not only cunning workmen,
but in branches Of industry with which
they are familiar they display marked In.
genuity. The musical box Is a fair IL.
lustration. BY one clever device after
another they have improved Its wearing
qualities and provided for tho prolonga.
ton oil ita life under circumstances the
most advantageous; given II wider
range; improved It's tone and otherwise
made 1t u more acceptable companion.
A reporter OF the lNTELLlGENCEn who
dropped into the music store Of F. W.
Bauner & 20. saw wonderful array OF
musical boxes. From the little fellows
for fifty cents that you turn with o
crank W TO stately Instruments In fine
boxes at Sj0-irom Yankee Doodle to
grand opera-anything you want at any
price you want. There Is the familiar lit.
tie box, playing four airs, and another
and better playing the came number OF
airs but in large case, and this Is
offered at 81. g-a =
For SCI you may have IN strument
which plays eight airs with harp either
effects, d wonderful imitation and alto.
gether wonderful affair for the money.
II your taste runs to "the rhyming and
tho Ginning Of the bells,p you may east.
ly have 1t satieled with such airs as
"fhe Watch on the Rhine !" "When the
Lsayes begin to Turn;S "Hear Dem
Bellies" Convent Bells; "Comin' Thro'
the Rye" and tho ever sweet and soft
"Blue Bells OF Scotland" This box
plays eight airs, each Of them with fine
effect. .l
A large harp either, playing ten airs,
price $50, has in its repertory affections
from Little Tycoon" Merry War; and
the "hlikado," and such fetching things
as "Baby's Lullaby and the rollicking
"paddy Murphy's Cart" II you have q
liking for something Of deep and power.
full tone, ask for Sublime Harmony, in
which the effects Of forte and piano
are produced by two combs acting on the
cylinder Rather q novel thought to
put up sublime harmony in boxes, but
there it is and it does not cost much to
take box Of it home to the children.
The picolo is another fine effect, and
this too is handsomely boxed. So you
may have your box with flute in it, a
guitar or mandolin.
A mandolin sither at $50 is, frat Of
all, beautiful piece OF cabinet work.
The rosewood case Is edged with BIRDS
eye maple. and artistically inlaid as the
Swiss know so well how 10 do it. There
is an extra large cylinder, and the boz
has much more than ordinary power,
with richness, purity and sweetness Of
tone. This triumph OF the musical box
! makers art comes With this tempting
bill OF fare: Airs from "Beggar Stu.
dent" Carmen" ( roreader's song),
LA Gondola," Boccaccio," "Gaspar.
one" lie Premier Amour" "Excelsi.
or" and "Lohengrin"-a whole season
Of high grade opera at very low price.
One Of the agreeable features OF these
improved boxes is that the. tempo
changes according to the requirements
OF the score, whereaa the old way was to
play everything in the same tempo, be.
cause the capacity Of the instrument in
that direction had mechanical limita.
tions. Besides the boxes proper Mr..
Banner has variety ofingeuious things
which let loose their sweet sounds OF
the least expected simss-noyelties In
the ways Of Musical ins:ruments. Mr..
Baumer has made speciality Of musical
boxes for this season, and his exhibit is
the largest ever seen in Wheeling. He
! hss hougkt direct and the whole line is
| made up OF bargains. Drop in and hear
the boxes play,