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THE MUSIC TRADE
13
REVIEW
experienced by manufacturers who find a 'zing'
effect after the sound is produced by the hammer
How David H. Schmidt Has Specialized on coming in contact with the string. This is due to
Piano Hammers of Proper Efficiency to Se- too much striking surface on the hammer. Schmidt
hammers, being right, overcome this.
cure Best Tone Results in Player-Pianos.
"The foregoing little detail alone is sufficient to
One of the first houses to feel the tremendous in- keep a factory superintendent sitting up nights
crease in the player-piano business is the David H. wondering what is the matter with his scale and
Schmidt Co., Poughkeepsie, N. Y., because. for construction, when the fault is undoubtedly due to
several years past this house has specialized on the the hammer. It stands to reason that a house
development of piano hammers that would be of studying the piano hammer designing and manu-
the proper efficiency for the highest type of player facturing, and specializing upon it, is qualified to
work. Not only has the Schmidt Co. studied the give the buyer the broadest character of service as
problem of the manual player, but the mechanical
well as product.
instruments came in for the proper consideration.
"Business is very good," added Mr. Schmidt,
"and the outlook, judging from the conditions
both here and with the trade in general, indicate
a prosperous fall."
THE HAMMER AND THE PLAYER.
BRISK DEMAND^FOR PLAYERS
Being Experienced by the M. Schulz Co.—The
Special Constructive Features of This Com-
pany's Action Winning the Attention of Dis-
criminating Manufacturers.
Universal
Player
Pianos
produced with
(Special to The Review.)
David H. Schmidt.
So as the months passed the orders for the
David H. Schmidt player hammer have increased
until to-day it is surprisingly large. Naturally
there is a scientific method of making hammers,
because if there were not, the Schmidt Co. would
be unable to create such a big industry exclusively
on hammers. "The Schmidt hammer for players,"
said Mr. Schmidt, "is so made that the striking
point touches the strings and makes the proper
sound. Considerable trouble has been and is bei; g
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CHICAGO, I I I . , July 21.—(Business conditions with
the M. Schulz Co. are unusually excellent for the
present time of year. Especially is this so in the
player department, where a positively winter-like
activity is to be noted. It is the policy of this
company to be continually busied in the department
of experimentation, to the end that the many
original and forceful features which have already
given the M. Schulz player-piano an enviable place
in the estimation of the piano trade may be ever
more and more improved.
The officials of this company are firmly of the
opinion that the special M. Schulz Co. type of com-
bined pneumatic and valve has proved itself out
thoroughly. When first applied to a player-piano
the proposition was so new and in many ways so
different that its practical value was by some ques-
tioned. Experience has shown, however, that the
faith which induced President Otto Schulz to go
ahead was well founded. It is now generally con-
ceded that player actions embodying the M. Schulz
Co. principles are of the highest efficiency, com-
bined with simplicity, accessibility and durability.
The unreserved guarantee which the M. Schulz
Co. apply to their player mechanisms is another
feature in their favor.
The Southern branch of the company at Atlanta
reports an excellent showing. M. Schulz Co. prod-
ucts are growing rapidly in favor throughout the
South, where they have always had many warm
friends.
President Otto Schulz is enjoying a well-earned
vacation for a few weeks.
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(Special to The Review.)
BUFFALO, N. Y., July 22.—Negotiations have
been completed between the industrial bureau of
the Chamber of Commerce and the Otto Higel
Co., Ltd., of Toronto, Can., whereby*the latter
company will open a plant in Buffalo.
The industry will be known as the Otto Iligcl
Co., Inc., and will really be the United States
branch of the big Canadian plant of the Otto
Higel Co.. Ltd. At the outset the company will
confine itself to the manufacture of player actions.
NEW LINE OF MUTTY SAMPLES
Will Be Ready for the Trade Early in August
— President Mutty Away for July.
(Special to The Review.)
BOSTON, MASS., July 21.—The L. J. Mutty Co.,
of this city, the well-known rubber specialists,
whose products are so widely known in the player
trade, is getting out a new line of samples. This
sample list will be ready some time in early August
and will be the most complete ever issued by this
well-known house.
Mr. Mutty is spending the summer period at his
country home near Bangor, Me. Meanwhile busi-
ness at the Mutty headquarters in this city is most
brisk, and a lively campaign will be instituted when
Mr. Mutty returns to his desk.
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Universal
Piano Company
Whitlock Ave. and
E. 1 44th Street
New York