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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
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WOOD IN MASTERTOUCH ACTION CAREFULLY PREPARED/I
Woodworking Plant in Roscoe, N. Y., Owned by Staib-Abendschein Co. Up to the Minute in
Appointments—Interior View Shown Herewith for First Time.
vicinity and therefore requires little handling.
Over 2,000,000 feet of lumber is kept on hand
at all times and great care is given to the season-
ing of it before it is
used in the construc-
tion of the Master-
touch action.
Wood
that is now being used
in the construction of
this modern invention
has been seasoning for
some three yea,rs. At
the plant 60,000 feet of
lumber can be dried at
one time, a dry kiln
having been • erected
which is 20x90 feet,
one of the largest in
that part of the coun-
try.
A large force of
workmen is kept busy
at all times preparing
Interior View of Staib-Abendschein Woodworkin g Plant, Roscoe, N. Y.
this lumber, so that
first to be shown in any publication. It is here
there is never any delay in having a plentiful sup-
that all the wood which goes into the Mastertouch
ply of materials to work with at the New York
piano action is seasoned and cut ready for use in
plant,
t h e company's
plant at 134th
street and Brook
a v e n u e , New
York.
The
wood-
working plant is
150 feet long by
60 feet wide and,
as may be seen
in t h e exterior
v i e w , is locat-
ed b e s i d e the
railroad, so that
transpor t a t i o n
Woodworking Plant of the Staib-Abendschein Co., Roscoe, N. Y.
facilities are the
In such delicate products as piano actions, the
best. It is equipped with the very latest auto-
matic machines for cutting and planing the wood, proper handling and drying of the lumber is a most
which is taken from the land in the immediate important factor from the quality viewpoint.
In one of the accompanying illustrations is
shown an interior view of the Staib-Abendschein
Co.'s woodworking plant at Roscoe, N. Y., the
MR. DEALER,
MR. TUNER,
MR. REPAIRMAN
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NEW ACTION FOR GRAND
PIANOS.
Gustave Bjorkland, of Bayonne, N. J., Has Been
Granted a Patent on an Action for Grand
Pianos Which May Be Operated Either by
Keys or by a Self-Playing Device.
(Special to The Review.)
WASHINGTON, D. C, June 22.—Patent No. 1,100,-
283 has just been granted to Gustave Bjorkland,
Bayonne, N. J., for an Action for Grand Pianos
and which relates to an action for grand pianos,
which may be operated either by keys or by a
self-playing device, and which is so constructed
that the player mechanism operates upon the ac-
tion entirely independent of the keys, so that
while the piano is played automatically the keys
remain inert and functionless.
Mr. Bjorkland makes the following claims for
his invention :
1. In a grand piano action, a key having a
capstan, a rail above the key, a lever pivoted to
said rail and extending a distance beyond the key,
a support resting upon the lever, an automatically
actuated lifter engaging the projecting end of the
lever, and a rocker pivoted to the lever and rest-
ing upon the capstan.
2 In a grand piano action, a key having a
capstan, a rail abo.ve the key, a lever pivoted to
said rail and extending a distance beyond the key,
said lever being provided with a lower notch, a
support resting upon the lever, an automatically
actuated lifter engaging the projecting end of the
lever, and a rocker pivoted to the lever and ac-
commodated within the lever notch, said ro.cker
being movably supported on the capstan.
3. In a grand piano action, a key having a
capstan, a rail above the key, a lever pivoted to
said rail and having an upper projection and a
lower notch, said lever extending a distance be-
yond the key. an automatically actuated lifter en-
gaging the projecting end of the lever, a second
rail above the projecting end of the lever, a support
pivoted to said second rail and having a knuckle
that rests upon the lever projection, and a rocker
pivoted to the lever and accommodated within the
lever notch, said rocker being movably supported
upon the capstan.
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recourse to the courts, has been taken up up by
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expected that if such a system is inaugurated a
good deal of expensive litigation may be saved.
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selling department, forward your advertisement
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ALBERT A. McCARTY
Manufacturer of
PIANO BASS STRINGS
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PIANO MATERIALS AND TOOLS
NEW YORK SINCE 1848
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Richardson Piano Case Co.
Manufacturers of
Upright-
Grand—
Player—
Piano Cases
Established 1891
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