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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
49
GRAND ACTION CAPSTAN SCREWS.
One of the Latest Moore Specialties with Head
3-8 Inch in Diameter Which Should Prove
of Great Interest to the Trade.
(Special to The Review.)
BOSTON, MASS., April 6.—George W. Moore, 15
Chardon street, this city, is mailing to the trade a
set of capstan screws showing all the styles and
sizes that are manufactured by him. One sample
in particular is worthy of special mention, and that
is the latest Moore grand action capstan screw
with the head % inch in diameter.
Although Mr. Moore manufactured nineteen
millions of capstans in 1913, he is planning to even
exceed this number, if quality will do it. Geo. A.
Moore said: "We are using a much tougher brass
mixture and have also instituted a very rigid sys-
tem of inspection, the combination of which helps
the quality of the products. We also guarantee
perfect satisfaction."
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.
Mfrs. of Bird's-eye Maple and plain
wood for Piano Lining!.
THE £ . 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.
ESCANABA, MICH.
Cross-banding Veneers in Poplar,
Gum and Birch. Rock Maple for
Rest Plank. Piano Lining in Mmple
and Mahogany.
HOFFMAN BROTHERS CO.,
Established 18S7.
Incorporated 1004.
FORT WAYNE. INDIANA.
Specialties, Hardwood, Veneers, and
Lumber for Musical Instruments.
J. J. NARTZIK
Plain Sawed and Rotary Cut Veneert
1966 Maud Ave.,
CHICAGO, ILL.
Soft Poplar and Gum Cross-band-
ing. Hard Maple Pin Block Stock.
Hird's-eye or I'lain Linings.
NO DAMAGEJ^ROM FLOODS.
A NEW AND INTERESTING PROCESS
F. Engelhardt & Sons Report No Damage from
Floods This Year Despite Various Press
Stories from Northern New York.
For Bleaching and Extracting Coloring Matter
from Woods—Possibilities Are Great.
There was much concern last week in New York
TO SUPPLY TUNERS_AND REPAIRMEN. regarding the floods in the northern part of the
Hammacher, Schlemmer & Co. Equipped and State due to the spring thaw and rains which
Willing to Supply Everything and Anything caused floods in leading cities all the way from
"Buffalo to the Hudson. Last year St. Johnsville
Needed by Members of the Piano Trade.
suffered badly from the floods and the works of
F. Engelhardt & Sons, piano action manufacturers,
With the approach of spring have come rumors
and statements, pro and con, about changes in busi- did not escape. Fortunately this year, while some
towns were inundated, St. Johnsville escaped.
ness policies, business locations and otherwise, and
In a chat with Walter L. Engelhardt he stated
Hammacher, Schlemmer Co., of New York City, an-
to The Review: "We have been very fortunate
nounce that in their particular lines there are no
this year in not being affected with the recent
material changes and that they are better prepared
floods, as the ice in this locality has sunk and con-
than ever to supply tuners and repairmen and deal-
sequently removed all danger of high water, un-
ers with the supplies necessary in these branches.
less excessive and continuous rains should cause
They can ship to tuners everything required in
the way of high-grade tools and all requisites in the trouble, but we believe, however, the danger is past
line of materials from a set of pedals to an Em- as the weather conditions in this section at present
are ideal."
pire top hinge, a set of hammers, a strip of felt or
punchings of any kind.
Hammacher, Schlemmer & Co. have made a spe-
cialty of supplying the celebrated Felten & Guil- Great Demand for "House" Products—Ahead
leaume wire in patent quarter-pound clamps for
of Last Year's Business.
many years and can also supply Fly Brand Tuning
Pins in packages of 250 in the sizes required by
Herbert C. House, sales manager of Charles W.
their repairmen, such as 3-0 and 4-0 and in the House & Sons, Unionville, Conn., was in New York
various lengths.
this week at their branch headquarters, and when
seen by The Review representative he stated that
Repairmen need have no fear but that they will
be able to procure anything and everything re- business is exceedingly good taken as a whole, and
that the concern is ahead even of last year. Mr.
quired, as Hammacher, Schlemmer & Co. have al-
House made a significant remark when he said
ways expressed a willingness and a desire to handle
that Charles W. House & Sons are the only felt
the general run of this business.
manufacturers selling direct to the piano trade to-
DEMAND FOR PATENT IVORY POLISH day, which is particularly desirable in view of the
Has Grown to Such an Extent in Domestic and lowering tendency for smaller cost of selling.
The new mill of the company about which the
Foreign Markets That Manufacturing Facili-
trade is already familiar, is operating on a heavy
ties Have Been Greatly Enlarged.
schedule in order to supply increased demand for
In talking with H. Caplan, inventor and manu- the "House" products.
facturer of Caplan's patent ivory polish, 49 Sher-
WOOD PRESERVED BY SALT.
man avenue,. Jersey City, N. J., Mr. Caplan ex-
(Special to The Review.)
presses himself as being greatly pleased with the
WASHINGTON, D. C, April 6.—Experts of the
growth of the business; that when he first began
the manufacture of this article he only spent three Forest Service have discovered that the waters of
or four hours a day at it, but now it not only re- the Great Salt Lake act as a preservative against
quires his full time, but the time of several as- decay in timbers.
In replacing a railroad trestle recently burned
sistants, for the patent polish is sold not only in the
United States, but in many foreign countries. A along the north shore of Great Salt Lake it was
found that the piles were still perfectly sound,
little of this powder rubbed on a set of yellow ivory
after forty-three years of service. In looking for
keys soon makes the keys snowy white.
Some of the largest houses in the trade are using the cause, since the piles were only of local pine
and fir, it was discovered that the timbers were
this, and on the letter head used by the Caplan
impregnated with salt. At another point on the
Manufacturing Co. is a list of nearly a hundred
piano manufacturers who have purchased this lake 18-inch piles, set twenty-nine years ago, were
similarly preserved with salt.
powder.
H. C. HOUSE REPORTS PROGRESS.
It would seem that wide possibilities have been
opened up through a process for simultaneously
bleaching and extracting the coloring matter from
woods, which has recently been perfected and
placed upon the market. The editors of Hard-
wood Record have seen samples of wood treated
with this preparation, which is a patented article,
and in some cases the results have been really
astonishing. For instance, a specimen of mahog-
any was shown which had been bleached out by
this process and it is difficult to imagine a more
beautiful wood surface than the white, satiny piece
which resulted. It would also be difficult to imag-
ine anything more peculiarly adapted to piano
work for the gorgeous drawing room or music
room than this unusual class of wood. In fact,
negotiations have actually been completed with
several piano concerns which will result in thair
placing at least a limited number of their pianos on
the market finished in this way. The process has
also been used in connection with bird's-eye maple,
entirely eliminating the objectionable yellowish
stain which results from the aging of this wood.
Tt is used on red maple to make it white, on red
birch to make it white and on other woods, such
as basswood and similar species, made up for
various purposes.
The possibilities are too broad to enumerate.
The idea of the process is to render different col-
ored pieces of an equal color Or to make colored
wood absolutely white, as after the wood has at-
tained the desired grade of whiteness any finish
can be applied and the wood can be oiled, stained,
shellacked or varnished in the usual way with-
out danger of future change in its color. This is
a great advantage over the old method of whiten-
ing wood with oxalic acid.
R. S. BACON VENEER CO.
FINE MAHOGANY AND
WALNUT VENEERS
213-29 N. Ann St.
CHICAGO
Piano Manufacturers £ J £
soft 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
Jrall M M
SOSS MFG. CO.
435 Atlantic Ave.
Brooklyn, N Y.
Stnd for C*teJ«#«« N0. 1M.