New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-01-24
VERY EXPENSIVE BRASS BANDS
OVER TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR A
JEWEI.LED CORNET.
From Answers.

From Answers.
The writer was recently accorded the privilege
OF ohe ' pf the largest firms Of brass instrument
makers in London Here. are to be seen types;
acTl that the mind of man has ever DEVISED
invented or produced.
to be the costly presentation cornet ever pro
duced It was mad to The order OF the late nzar
with various devices. among which the arms of the
imperial house of Romanon figure conspicuouslyy;
fligree work and the "bell of the instrument is
thickly incrusted with rubies and emeraids Its
\ melancholy interest attaches to a battered and
st h%s'e wnf ddon Re" to u" the o"
patches-which were once spla she's Of wet blood =
the bal of the instrument when first found. II
pretty conclusive indication that the gallant owner
relentless foes It may be that some ebony
skinned Zulu still wanders about with an indenta-
ton in his -<ull whom 1t would be d'iicut to con-
Near to this interesting relic is fac-simile Of a
set ~ lrums which were made for the new Rho
desia Horse. The popularity lies in the fact that
necessary by tho number OF white ants that infest
that country. The other Instruments are Of brass.
The above Is. or course. Il comparatively Inodest
t,irnout For real gorgeousness in brass bands IL
r,acent sets of Instruments turned out for Eastern
notcntate. The bands OF even the smartest OF our
as eIcSancc of appearance is concerned with the
nrivate bands of some Of our Indian tributary
Drfn
to give the former several points II 1t came to n
musical contest between them
The private band of the Rao OF Clutch. for in
s,,nce cost originally 1900 and renews most OF the
irstrumnnts every four or five years. The tigerskn
,,saJ he the Raos big drummer. which sent
ovor here 10 be prepared and mounted. was taken
Srorn an animal killed by His ilghness. and meas
MOD over seven feet in length Ii Is lined through
o win heavy corded crimson silk. and the brute's
.vcs are simulated by pair OF big yellow diamonds
Another very fine band was made three years ago
r., The order OF the late Shah OF Persia. All the in
struments were Of pure silyer-which. by the way.
dos not give forth good sound as brass. be-
ei,tos hanp FAR heavier to handle-inlad with gold.
The total cost of this band de luxe a trihe
,nder q 900 guneas. A very different kind OF band
Vas that made last year by the same frm. for
,hn Nmkish Indians. tribe OF savagcs living near
Alert Raw in British Columbia. The band Is nearly
I'll dr,im and the mouthpieces OF the few brass in
struments are tipped with india rubber. 10 obvate
: he Inconvenience OF applying metal to the lips In
temperature OF some thirty or forty degrees below
! curious order was received short time ago
from the Emperor OF Morocco. Ii was for eighty
ola rionets for band. As the instruments I'm
were all in key. IL Is probable that they
were to he played In unison. The effect upon an
average man OF eighty band claronets blown stimuli
ancously would probably be TO create I'm him wild
desire TO take the woods and become an aborgne.
Even TO imagine such an ear-percing combination
sets ones tympanum Quivering.