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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
CASTERS FOR PIANOS AND PLAYERS.
Illustrated and Described in Very Complete
Volume Issued by Hammacher, Schlemmer &
Co.—Twenty-four
Distinct Styles Shown.
A rather unique catalog has just been issued by
Hammacher, Schlemmer & Co., of New York, de-
voted exclusively to casters and accessories. Its
extent and completeness may be estimated from
the fact that in its twenty-eight pages, which meas-
ure 9 by 12 inches in size, there are twenty-four
distinct styles of casters illustrated and described
with all the varying modifications.
Never before has a catalog been published ex-
clusively devoted to these specialties, and therefore
it stands forth as an achievement inasmuch as it
shows the completeness and extent of the line car-
ried by Hammacher, Schlemmer & Co.
The line of piano casters shown on pages 19,
20, 21 and 22 will particularly interest the piano
trade, but the reader will not confine himself
to these pages, for there are so many different
sizes of casters shown that with the advent of
the player and the demand for all sorts of special
items, such as the heavier casters for truck and
general use, the catalog as a whole will prove
of more than ordinary importance and value to
those who have to do with sek'ctin.n supplies of
stock for the piano factory.
Like all the literature issued by Hammacher,
Schlemmer & Co., this volume is well printed, the
illustrations are clear and detailed and the index
carefully compiled to aid those who consult its
pnges.
Lumber and Veneers
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.
Cross-banding Veneers in Poplar,
Gum and Birch. Rock Maple for
Rest Plank. Piano Lining in Maple
and Mahogany.
Rotary-cut Rock Maple, for Piano
Pin Blocks. We also manufacture
Birch and Maple Panels.
reported to be in excellent condition, which shows
in a way that the piano industry is certainly in a
healthy state.
This concern manufactures only high-grade
piano plates, such as are used in the better class
of pianos and players, and Benj. Ogden, general
manager, tells The Review that the outlook for
the future and for the balance of the year is very
encouraging. He believes that business will be
far ahead of last year and that the public itself is
growing to appreciate the difference between
pianos and, owing to the excellent financial con-
dition of the country, will not hesitate to spend
money for good instruments. Naturally, this re-
flects itself in growing sales with those houses
that specialize on quality, which shows that the
policy of the John Davenport Co. in only making
plates of high-grade character is a winning one.
WELL SOAKED WOOD.
OUTLOOK FOR FUTURE EXCELLENT.
Benj. Ogden, of the John Davenport Co., in Dis-
cussing Conditions in the Piano Industry Be-
lieves That the Present Year Will Show
Marked Development in Business Generally
—Fundamental Conditions Are Sound.
(Special t o The Review.)
STAMFORD, CONN., March 1G.—Business at the
foundries of the John Davenport Co., this city, is
Ebony is always soaked in water for from six
to eighteen months as soon as cut. It comes
chiefly from Mauritius and the East Indies.
HOW CO-OPERATION COUNTS.
If the glue room and the finishing room would
co-operate to eliminate faults, instead of both try-
ing to shift the blame on to the other, there would
be better work and better feeling all around.
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
HOFFMAN BROTHERS CO.,
Established 1867.
Incorporated 1004.
FORT WAYNE, INDIANA.
Specialties, Hardwood, Veneers, and
Lumber for Musical Instruments.
J. J. NARTZIK
Plain Sawed and Rotary Cut Veneers
1966 Maud Ave.,
CHICAGO, ILL.
Soft Poplar and Gum Cross-band-
ing. Hard Maple
Pin Block Stock.
Bird's-eye or l J lain Linings.
CHECKS IN VARNISH AND WOOD.
Neither One Nor the Other Always Entirely to
Blame for Faults That Develop in Finishes—
How Checking Differs According to Causes.
For the benefit of those in the glue room and
those in the finishing room, who are continually
wrangling with each other about the cause of the
checking of finish on wood wo'rk, it may be said
that both the varnish and the wood will check.
To put it another way, sometimes the fault is in
the wood and at other times it is in the varnish
itself. It is doubtful if everybody can always
agree on just which it is that is at fault when
checking in the finished face occurs. Still, a care-
ful, analytical study of the work should furnish
considerable light on the subject. If there is no
sign whatever of disturbance or checking in the
Wood, and the varnish is rather heavy, and there
is a fine cross-line checking on the outer surface,
the trouble may generally be attributed to the var-
nish itsc-lf.
Varnish, like wood, when put on in successive
coats, may check in the process of drying out and
shrinking together.
Also, sometimes in the making of varnish it may
be short on some of the essential ingredients, and
checking results, just as the end of a piece of
wood will check at times in the process of rapid
seasoning. On the other hand, no matter how good
the varnish may be, if the wood is not thoroughly
dry before it is used it will, in the process of dry-
ing out, check and cause trouble with the varnish.
Generally when the checking fault is with the
wood, the disturbance shows deeper, and also it
should show checks running the direction of the
grain of the wood, whereas the checking with
faulty varnish is a series of fine criss-cross lines
that in nowise follow the grain of the wood. If,
instead of trying to shift the blame from one to
the other, those who arc interested would make a
careful, analytical study of the faults in finishing
when they do appear, it should be comparatively
easy to locate the source of the trouble and deter-
mine whether it is in the wood or in the varnish,
and get from this some idea of the corrective
methods to take for preventing it.
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.
Send for C
Brooklyn, N. Y.
N0. m.