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THE MUSIC TRADE
EXPORTING PIANO SUPPLIES.
Not Large in Volume, But an Increase Is Noted
—Not Cultivated as It Should Be.
"We are now sending out of the country small
lots of our supplies," said a large dealer to The
Review recently, " and it looks to me as if the
trade is worth cultivating. We are possibly in
the same predicament as our piano manufactur-
ers, who are doubtless eager to sell their product
in other parts of the world, but do not care to
investigate and foster the business. A foreign
market is not an affair of mushroom growth.
It requires a patient, intelligent and persistent
cultivation, and it belongs essentially to those
who cultivate it.
"Many of our merchants have made no effort
to secure a foreign market for their goods, be-
cause of a belief that Americans could secure
that market only through the operation of some
political forcing house, or by the use of some
political crutch for economic cripples. The facts
stand before us that we are quite independent of
such institutions, notwithstanding the possibili-
ties of great usefulness which they may possess.
A rich field for foreign business is open, and full
evidence of our ability to secure it appears in the
figures presented by official reports."
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REVIEW
LATE PATENTS OF TRADE INTEREST.
MUSICAL
INSTRUMENT.
Sarah
Wood
Clark,
New York, N. Y. Patent No. 763,157.
This invention relates particularly to im-
(Specially Prepared for The Review.)
Washington, D. C , June 21, 1904. provements in upright pianos or similar up-
DAMPER-SUSTAINING DEVICE FOB PIANO AC- right musical instruments, an object being to
TIONS. Adam Nickel, New York,. NT Y. Patent employ in connection with such instrument a
curved sounding-board and a curved or concaved
No. 763,200.
This invention relates to a damper-sustaining lid, which also serves as a medium to diffuse
device for piano actions which Its so constructed and give enlarged tone and effect to the sounds
that the damper-levers of the depressed keys deflected upon it by the curved board within the
are effectively held off their strings while the instrument.
damper-levers of all the other keys retain their
ELECTRO-SOLVINE.
unobstructed freedom of motion.
WINDING AND RE-WINDING MECHANISM.
Otto
With their usual happy knack of selecting ap-
F. Hintz, Detroit, Mich., assignor to Farrand
propriate names for their specialties, the Oscar
Organ Co., same place. Patent No. 763,058.
Schlegel Mfg. Co., New York, have called their
The invention relates to winding and re-
new paint and varnish remover "Blectro-Solvine."
winding mechanism for piano players; and it is
Applied to a piano 75 years old, in which the
one of the objects of the invention to obtain a polish was rubbed down with the bare hand in
construction in which the noise of the mech- the French style, the surface was removed in 15
anism is reduced to a minimum. It is a fur- minutes.
ther object to obtain a simple and inexpensive
The advantages claimed for Electro-Solvine
construction.
over all other removers now on the market are:
TRACKER-BAB FOR MECHANICAL MUSICAL IN-
It is perfectly odorless; is absolutely free of acid
STRUMENTS. Joseph" Courville and Francis W. or other chemicals injurious to the hands; is the
Draper, of Detroit, Mich., assignors to the Far- quickest, known; does not raise the pores of wood
rand Organ Co., same place. Patent No. 762,986. in the least, nor change the color of it, and five
The invention has particular reference to minutes after its use the spot may be varnished
pneumatically-controlled mechanical musical in- or stained over without injury to the varnish or
THE BOTHNER-SCHMIDT ACTIONS.
struments, the sounding devices of which are stain.
operated by the movement of a traveling per-
On horizontal work apply with a sponge, let
The demand for the Bothner-Schmidt actions forated sheet over a member generally termed
soak for three minutes, then remove old paint or
is gradually increasing. This is the outcome of
a "tracker-bar" and provided with a plurality of
the vigorous, aggressive policy as the firm are air-ducts leading to the pneumatic devices and varnish with a scraping knife. Apply a second
now constituted. The Bothner-Schmidt actions with which the apertures in the sheet are coat, and five minutes later rub clean with a
piece of cheesecloth which has first soaked in the
of 1904, embracing as they do many important adapted to co-operate. In musical instruments
remover. On vertical surfaces use a very stiff
improvements, are highly approved by the firm's of this character it is essential that the per-
brush, and brush until the old paint .or varnish
customers.
foration in the sheet should at all times register has been washed off.
An entirely new and greatly enlarged catalogue accurately with the corresponding openings in
There is no let-up in the activity at the Auto-
entitled "Piano Materials and Supplies"—includ- the tracker-bar, and the present invention con-
ing felts, cloths, hardware, etc.—is being prepared sists in a means for effecting a relative adjust- music Perforating Co.'s factory headquarters,
for press by Hammacher, Schlemmer & Co., New ment between the tracker-bar and sheet to com- Bleecker and Carmine streets. The immense
York. The descriptive matter will be fuller and pensate for the variations in the width of the automusic library of classical and popular com-
the illustrations will be from special cuts. The latter occasioned by the atmospheric changes, positions is being added to daily. Mr. O'Connor
reports many accessions to their patrons.
catalogue will be ready for the trade in August. and in novel arrangement and construction.
WHY NOT
BEST ?
You may as well have the
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bears
t h e b r a n d of
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you have the assurance of the best procurable in material
and workmanship.
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756 E. I34TH STREET, NEW YORK.