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THE MUSIC TRADE fcEVIEW
TRADE CONDITIONS IMPROVING.
Business with the Standard Felt Co. Excellent
—Miss Walsh Finds Business Improved.
Lumber and Veneers
(Special to The Review.)
Los ANGELES, CAL., March 7.—-Business condi-
tions in this part of the country are greatly im-
proved and the outlook is most encouraging.
Mails have been delayed for some time owing to
Hoods throughout the State of California. Miss
M. M. Walsh, treasurer of the Standard Felt Co.,
remarked recently: "I find that all along the busi-
ness feeling is greatly improved over that of last
year, and I feel confident that the trade on the
Coa
There is a constantly growing demand for the
Standard felts among piano manufacturers, who
have found these products particularly satisfactory.
ASTORIA VENEER MILLS & DOCK CO.
BIRD'S-EYE VENEER CO.,
ASTORIA, L. I. N. Y.
Custom mills for band and veneer
sawing; slice and rotary cutting of
Mahogany, Circassian and Fancy
Woods.
ESCANABA, MICH.
Mfrs. of Bird's-eye Maple and' plain
wood for Piano Linings.
THE E. L. CHANDLER CO.,
HENRY S. HOLDEN,
ORLEANS, VT.,
GRAND RAPIDS. MICH.
Rotary-cut Rock Maple, for Piano
Pin Blocks. We also manufacture
Birch and Maple Panels.
Cross-banding Veneers in Poplar,
Gum and Birch. Rock Maple for
Rest Plank. Piano Lining in Maple
and Mahogany.
HOFFMAN BROTHERS CO.,
Established 1807.
Incorporated 1004.
FORT WAYNE, INDIANA.
Specialties, Hardwood, Veneers, and
Lumber for Musical Instruments.
J. J. NARTZIK
Plain Sawed and Rotarv Cut Veneers
1966 Maud Ave.,
CHICAGO, ILL.
Soft Poplar and Gum Cross-band-
ing. Hard Maple Pin Block Stock.
Bird's-eye or 1'lain Linings.
wood. $69,519; satinwood, $16,812; granadilla, $803;
lancewood; $H80.
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Easily Leads in List of Veneer and Cabinet
The total mahogany imports show up rather
Woods Imported During Past Year.
small, and some in the mahogany trade doubt the
NEW STEEL TRAPJWORK A SUCCESS.
accuracy of the Government figures in this matter,,
Latest Feature of the Line of Widney & Wid-
While mahogany is still by far the greatest single and perhaps very careful record is not kept, be-:,
ney Meets with Cordial Reception from
item in our imported veneer and cabinet woods, cause there are no duties collectible on these. Wlriaf 1
Prominent Piano Manufacturers.
amounting actually to more than all other im- may surprise some will be the quantities of satin-i
ported cabinet woods combined, it is not by any wood, ebony and boxwood imported. In the futufej
(Special to The Review.)
we may not only expect to see more of these, biti;
means the only wood. We are rapidly introducing
CHICAGO, I I I . , March 9.—The new steel trapwork
also more of many other tropical woods, as tn'ere^
for pianos (and players as well) which Widney & new woods from the tropics and developing a trade
seems to be an active movement now to bring in
Widney, of this city, placed upon the market a in them that is growing up to large proportions.
more new woods for the manufacture of furniture"
short time ago, is evidently destined to become one
Among the woods, other than mahogany and
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of the leading features of that business .inasmuch cedar, being imported now that are large enough to and other cabinet work.
In addition to the woods listed here, we im-*
as the heartiest endorsements have been received be tabulated separately by the Bureau of Statistics,
are boxwood, ebony, granadilla, lancewood, lig-
ported logs from the Philippines to the value of
from practically every manufacturer who has tried
numvitae. rosewood, satiiiwood, walnut and several
$25,364. This is not much of a showing as com-
the new device.
pared to the amount that has been written and said
In designing the new trapwork Stanley W. Wid- others grouped under the head of "all other."
about the great possibilities of the timber supply in
ney, the inventor, was very careful to avoid sharp
Only a ..few of these cabinet woods are listed as
the Philippines. Tt is a start, however, and we are :
hends in the spring, and the strain has been evenly
to value per 1,000 feet of logs. The average import
promised that there will he much larger receipts'
distributed throughout its entire length. Much com-
value of cedar is given as $54.li per 1,000 feet,
from this source in the next few years.
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mendation is also heard for the new device on the mahogany $71.73 and walnut $120.64. The walnut
listed here is evidently Circassian, which some-
score of its detachability. It can be detached by
hand in what is claimed to be half the time re- times has even a higher proportional rating than G. W. MOORE PRAISES PANAMA CANAL
this. The total value of cabinet woods imported
quired of others.
Manufacturer of Patented Capstan Screws Who
Just Returned Says Work Done Is Impressive.
Some of the manufacturers who have made un- in the log is given by the Bureau of Statistics for
solicited and favorable comment on the. Widney the fiscal year of 1912 as $4,960,575.70. Of this
(Special to The Review.)
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trapwork are Julius Bauer & Co., George P. Bent total there was mahogany to the value of $3,044,-
BOSTON, MASS., March 10.—George W. Moore,,
966.70,
cedar
-to
the
-value
af
$807,699,
walnut
to
Co., Bush & Lane Piano Co., the Cable Company,
manufacturer of the Moore patented capstan:
Ellington Piano Co., Price & Teeple Piano Co., the value of $307,678, ebony to the value of $138,-
screws, 15 Chardon street, this city, has returned •
136;
lignumvitse,
$96,675;
rosewood,
$82,945;
box-
Straube Piano Co. and the Schaff Bros. Co.
from a month's trip through the Panama Canal.
Mr. Moore went through the entire canal, saw the
workings of the various locks and other machinery
that is used in the canal, as well as visiting the'
more important cities through which the canal •
passes. Mr. Moore stated that the magnitude of
the work is very impressive and that what he
saw was well worth the trip.
George A. Moore, junior partner, is recovering
from a slight touch of the grippe.
MAHOGANY MOST POPULAR WOOD.
Felts for all Purposes
Piano and Organ Materials
Piano Hammers, Tools
American Felt
Company
114-116 E. 13th St.
New York
325 S. Market St.
Chicago
R. S. BACON VENEER CO.
FINE MAHOGANY AND
WALNUT VENEERS
213-29 N. Ann St.
CHICAGO
Piano Manufacturers
toft yellow poplar for cross band-
Ing is unapproached in this country.
A large supply always on hand.
The Central Veneer Co., Huntington, W. Va.
INVISIBLE HINGES
Especially adapted
f o r Player-Piano,
Pianos and Organs
Very easily a n d
quickly attached.
Made in six sizes.
SOSS MFG. CO.
435 Atlantic Ave.
Brooklyn, N. Y.
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