Arizona republican., 1909-10-12
SCHERzEL OPENS STUDIO
IN 0'NE|LL BUILDING
Something About the Talented Violin
ist Who Will Make Phoenix
His Home.

Stanislaus Scherzel the violinist. has
lust taken a studio in the O'Neill build
ing. yesterday he moved into the
spacious studio formerly occupied by
w. f. Rollins. the artist When he
gets through with his scheme of dec
Grafton the studio, will be one of the
few bits of Bohemia in Arizona
There will be Moorish cornSrs lit up
with colored lights in wrought iron
lanterns; divans, tapestries, collections
of armour and brio a brac from diff
ferent parts of the world, and rich
paintings on the walls. over the door
will be an owl with eyes that light up
when you press a button. The studio
win be as artistic and as comforta-
BILE as could well be devised.
Mr.. ScherZel came to Arizona year
ago unheralded. Up in the Black Hills
country of the Dakotas he is known as
the cowboy violinist, because he rides
a COW pony with the same technique
that he plays a concerto. And as he
rides he sometimes plays a few bars
of piZzicato movement with pair
of siX-shooters. He doesn't take very
kindly to the appellation cowboy vio-
linist," perhaps. because he is a real
violinist: but then he is a real cowboy,
too. and can rope a steer. braid quirt
and do all the rest of ii.
Scherzel spent much of his early
youth in the old Taft mansion in Gin
cinnati, which was leased by his uncle,
Colonel Leopold Markbreit. the mayor
of Cincinnati and proprietor of the
1t was Markbreit who did as much as
any one else toward placing Ruther-
ford B. HAYES in the presidential chair.
Scherzel was born in a little town in
Russia near Riga, where his father was
director of grand opera at Riga, a bill
let he received as part compensation
for a coronation march he composed
for Alexander Ill He won the first
prize. which was a purse of rubles and
the dictatorship of the opera
Scherzel came to America when very
young and lived with his uncle till he
was sent abroad to pursue the study
of the violin. He studied under Emile
Sauret in Paris and Leandro Cam
panari, brother of the great tenor.
Later in Chicago he was the pupil of
s. E Jacobson. Another of his mas
tiers was Jose Marien, concert meister
Of the Royal Symphony Orchestra OF
Brussels.
When he finished his course of stud
les he joined the Theodore Thomas
orchestra of Chicago and was a first
violin under Thomas. He was also
first violin under Van der Stucken in
the Cincinnati Symphony orchestra.
Too much steady employment be-
came irksome and Scherzel finally
yielded to "wanderlust" He started
for the Dakotas and tried cow punch
ing as n profession. For a long time
none Of the others suspected his must
cal ability till one day he picked up
a violin because he could not help il
and began TO play. After that he was
the cowboy violinist." Then he be-
gan to experiment to see if he could
harmonic his two professions. To the
great delight of the entire town he
played the "Arkansaw Traveller" for
wards and backwards on horseback at
a dead gallon. 1t was much better
than vaudeville and the town never got
enough of it though Scherzel did.
The young musician went to the
coast last summer and was married to
Miss Webster, a descendant of an old
Kentucky family. They have come to
Phoenix to stay. Mr. Scherzel will
spend his time developing any latent
talent he may find in the young people
who come to him for instruction.