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MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
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Piano and Organ Material*
Repairing Outfits
TOOLS
11O-112 East 13th St.
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PIANO
ACTONS
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C. F. GOEPEL & CO.,
137 East 13th Street
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Can Be Easily Attached
to any Piano,, Old or New
New Yorl
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Patent Pedal Attachment
Devised to Keep Mice Out of Pianos
Being U»ed by Leading Manufacturers
JULIUS BRECKWOLDT
MILLS AND OFFICE
DOLGEVILLF;, N. Y.
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would find extremely interesting and worthy of
their skill."
The Filler Said to be at Fault.
The fillers now on the market came in for
their share of the blame, and several manufac-
turers, unable to obtain any that gave entire
satisfaction, are making their own. An expert
in this branch said: "The art of perfect wood
filling, like the making of varnish in its perfsc-
lion, is a lost one. In the bygone centuries there
existed a filler that filled every pore of the wood,
and during the successive centuries has shown
no signs of deterioration. I have tried to analyze
it, but without success. It was used or. the
Cremona violins with the incomparable varnish
of that period, and on furniture that was made
three or five centuries ago. With the varnish
that was applied, a surface was created that has
been impervious to moisture or extremes of heat
or cold. The checks produced by extreme cold
are not the same as the cross cracks in question,
and if we can secure an ideal surface, and cover
it with a properly made varnish, then the cracks
will be a rarity."
Difficulty of Solution.
So far no solution of the difficulty has been
reached, but with the many theories advanced by
men who have made the question a study of
years, there seems to be a possibility that in
time the cause that produces the effect will be
discovered, and the defect remedied. It is the
intention of The Review to follow the matter up,
and when any information on the subject that
will be of interest to the trade Is gleaned, to
present it, so that all may test the different
theories advanced. The Review will be glad to
receive any communications on this subject that
will throw still more light upon it, as it is one
that is open to considerable discussion.
THE VENEER MARKET.
Some Arrivals of Logs from Europe That
Promise Well—Satinwood Not in Favor
With Piano Manufacturers.
The veneer market has been extremely feature-
less during the past week, and but few transac-
tions of any moment have been recorded. The
logs that have arrived from Europe look as if
they possessed a good figure, and should open
well. Several lots of Circassion walnut have
been among the late arrivals, but by no means
enough to fill the growing demand for that wood.
Satinwood shows a decided falling off in demand,
and, except for marquetry work, but little will be
used in piano construction. This is in a measure
due to the poor quality of the wood that comes
to this market, most of it being defective and
very narrow, with practically no figure. Sev-
eral good lots of American walnut have come in
during the week, and will help in filling up the
hole made in the stocks by some of the piano
trade, who will use that wood to a considerable
extent during the fall.
JOHN ROSSI & CO. INCORPORATED.
MANUFACTURER OF
Sounding Boards, Bars, Guitar and Handolin Tops and Sounding Board Lumber
A Distinct innovation
THE NEWBY
THIRD PEDAL LOCK
A most ingenious and effective device for locking and
releasing the third pedal, both operations requiring
only a light downward pressure of the foot. Simple,
positive, noiseless and exceptionally unique in its action.
Send for special descriptive circular Mo. 1951
HAMMACHER, SCHLEMMER A CO.
PIANO MATERIALS AND TOOLS
NEW YORK SINCE 1848
4TII AVE. AND 13TII ST.
(BLOCK SOUTH OF UNION SQUARE.)
John Rossi & Co., of New Castle, have been in-
corporated with the Secretary of the State of
Indiana for the purpose of manufacturing and
selling piano strings with a capital stock of
$10,000. Those interested in the company are E.
B. Phillips, B. G. Phillips and Walter Murray.
As already announced in The Review, in dispos-
ing of this business Mr. Rossi agreed never
again to engage in the manufacture of piano
strings in the United States. The business of
the new company will be continued in New Cas-
tle and developed on a much larger scale.
Garrett Gordon, of 118 Avenue D, is expected
home the early part of the coming week, having
had an unusually successful trip.
George Bothner, who recently became attached
to the selling staff of Wood & Brooks Co., the
popular key makers, of Buffalo, N. Y., and who
have also now an active action department, was
in New York last week calling on the piano
manufacturers. He booked many orders.