The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1912-05-24
BAND INSTRUMENTS
START LIVELY ROW
IN SUPERVISORS
lFrom wedne.day !. AdyerlIserl

Affom wednesday AuNcfthtTl
II the Hawaiian band makes a. much
discorI with its new musical instru.
ments a. the board Of supervisors did
last night over the opening Of about
twenty bids for supplying them, Homo
lulu will wish that Captain Berger had
made no request to replace the pes
ent wornout equipment.
Dwight grew wrathy when a letter
from the Honolulu Music Company was
read in which reference was made 60
the fact that the specifications were
vague and indefinite and gave bidders
little opportunity to know just what
sort of Instruments the board wanted.
Dwight arose in his usual Chesterfield
ian manner and announced very for
mally that the ways and means com
mitteo to which the bids were to be
referred was composed of Intelligent
men who could look into the matter
and make a proper selection"
The board smiled when they felnd
Dwight discussing music and particular
" musical instruments and setting him.
| SUI up as an AuNuuIllN uh pullu Hlstl-
tiers. 1t was suggested by enc member
that the ways and means committee, in
order to end all signs of discord should
select an instrument from one bid, an
other instrument from another bid, and
so on, so that everybody should be sat
isfed, and if the public didn't like the
music they could stay away from con
certs.
The deputy city attorney threw q
trickle of cold water down the super
visors' backs when he notified them
that the specifications ms advertised il
the papers were not specifications al
all, and If any one of the bidders pro
tested, the board would not have a leg
to stand on in court.
; Dwight was vociferOus in his de
mands that the bid be given to the only
bidder who had sent in a certified check
but the city attorney showed that certi
fed check had not been called for in tn,
specifications advertised, and tina
mainland bidders, under the circum
stances, could feel they had been dis
! eliminated against. The result is tina
bids may be readvertised and more def
, mite information given to the instru
ment makers and dealers.
, Prices for sets of instruments ranged
from 5000 to $4,000, and the bidder
, hailed from Regent street, London, t.
Market street, San Francisco, and Kin,
street, Honolulu. Some of the bes
known instrument manufacturers il
the world were represented in the bids
Boosey of London bid 22l pounds ster
ling; Bergstrom Music Company of Ho
nolulu, No. l, so, No. 3, $1573.90
Honolulu Music Company, No. !, 1856
No. 2, $780, Office Supply Company
$l735 and $1,000; Hawaiian News Com
pany, $685. and $3.50; A. B. Arleigh
Co., nickel plated, 1895, silver, $1,000
! for one style; $l475 and $500; 1921
and $2240; J. w. Tripper & Son, Phi
adelphia, $971; II. +. Hanson, uni
price; c. G. Conn, Elkhart, Indiana
y $1759.50; Sherman, Clay Company, Sa
: Francisco, $1304.45; Lyon, Healy & Co
o Chicago, $1246.30; Carl Fischer, NeN
), York, $5S7.14 and $622.42; j. w. Yor
/ & Son, Grand Rapids, Mich, $1442; RI
dolph, Wurlitzer & Co., Cincinnati
8 1888; Buescher Band Instrument Co
g Elkhart, $10sS.22; Kohler & Chase, Sa
> Francisco, unit price.
Captain Berger will be consulted a
Q to just what kind of instruments h
IS wants, whether nickel plated or silve
+ plated. The board wants a good set c
instruments and is willing to pay
V good price.