The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-04-12
VIOLIN AND cello CASES.
Those Made in This Country the Best

Those Made in This Country the Best
The Double Bass Trunk.
or the many thousands Of violin cases
sold annually thisacountry numbers
were formerly imported from Europe;
these included cases Of mahogany and
of other fine woods, some of them lnlaid
and fitted with more or less fancy trim
mings Such cases are still made and
sold in Europe, but their is neither de-
mand nor sale fqrFthem nowadays in
this country, ana none Is imported.
There are, in fact, now imported of vio-
lin cases practically none except some
lower priced cases of papier mache
made in France. Almost all the violin
cases used here, of all kinds, low-priced
and expensive, are now made here, and
the American cases are in every way
better than any that can be imported,
being lighter and sightlier, stronger and
more durable, and more desirable i'll
every respect than any that are produce
ed elsewhere. 1t Is common thing for
visiting violinists coming here from h,u-
rope to provide themselves In this coun-
try with violin cases of American man
ufacture and the better grades of Amer
lean violin cases are now exported IN
considerable numbers to Europe, where
they may be found for sale in Paris and
Brussels and other cities
Formerly the great majority if not
ALL Of the violin cases were made Of the
familiar coffin shape. Only the very
low-priced cases are in this country
made nowadays in this form, the nedl-
um-priced and more expensive kinds are
most of them made with outlines con-
forming In shape to the body and neck
of the violin. There are now made some
violin cases that are uniform in width
from end to end. these being in appear
ance thin oblong leather boxes, not sug-
costing the violin at all, Formerly many
violin cases We're made tlat-bottomed;
large proportion OF Ameri-
can cases are moulded top and bottom,
adding to the symmetry of their APPEAR
ance
There are still Sold in which to carry
violins green baize bags such as have
long been to greater or less extent
used for that purpose. In such bag a
violin takes up practically no more
room than it's own bulk, and 1t can be
easily carried under the arm, OF the
green baize bags sold for this use more
are sold nowadays to women than to
men, probably because In that form the
violin is easier to carry and is a les
object to the eye.
The lowest priced Of the violin cases
Are those of the old style, of wood made
very likely with brass hinges and locks
and painted black and lined with fan
lel; such cases are sold at from 81 to So
each. The papier mache case, the only
one, or practically the only one now i'm
ported, is moulded more sharply to the
shape and outlines of the instrument
han any other case made; the papier
nache violin case sells ut about two dol
ars and a half,
Violin cases of the finer grades sell a
rom S. to $50 each. Many of these cases
Ire of wood covered with leather and
many are made of an imitation leather,
II leather board which is composed of |
Gather scraps and either materials
ground into pulp and then moulded |
nto shape; the top and the bottom of a
,iolin case of this material being each |
If a single piece. The lowest priced of |
he cases of this kind are made with a |
Gather finish in appearance and lac
luered; the more costly of these cases |
ire leather covered. The cost of the |
liner violin cases, whether OF wood or OF y