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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
MASTERTOUCH POPULARITY GROWS.
Letters from Manufacturers, Dealers and
Tuners Show Satisfaction This Action Is
Giving—Being Used in High Grade Pianos.
The Staib-Abendschein Co., 134th street and
Brook avenue, New York, has received during the
iast few months many letters from manufacturers,
Harrisburg, Pa., tells of its confidence in the ac-
tion and its success with it. Mr. Bard says:
"We have done considerable advertising for
you which no doubt will do you much good in
the future, and we are sure that it will not be long
before you will see the benefits. We, ourselves, are
so enthusiastic over your action that we want
everybody else to see what it is, and you can readily
understand that this kind of work tells on the
action. We cannot very well show our player
without saying a word for your 'Mastertouch.'"
Geo. F. Abendschein, vice-president and treasurer
of the company stated that the Mastertouch has
been steadily gaining in popularity and is being used
more and more in the construction of high-grade
instruments. The tuners throughout the country
have taken great interest in this action, many of
them have replaced old actions with the Master-
touch, and have found that they have proved very
successful and satisfactory to the owner of the
piano. An instance of this is cited by C. S. Hill,
of Champaign, 111., who writes under date of Oc-
tober 24:
"I am more than pleased with the 'Mastertouch.'
I got just a 'dandy job' setting the hammers and
dampers. The Opera House people are well pleased.
Their piano never sounded better, clear notes to
the last note on each end of the scale."
ther realize our duties and opportunities this article
is respectfully offered tor your consideration."
H. W. JARROW^S_NEW POSITION.
Now with the Western Branch of the Ameri-
can Piano Supply Co. as Sales Secretary.
H. W. Jarrow has been appointed sales secretary
of the Western branch of the American Piano Sup-
ply Co., with headquarters at Chicago.
This means that the service to the piano trade in
the West is augmented by a man who is well versed
in manufacturers' problems—a man who is able to
give an outside viewpoint based upon his seven
years' experience with one of the biggest piano
manufacturers in the world—the Cable Company,
ISSUES INTERESTING BOOKLET.
The Mastertouch Action.
dealers and tuners who have come in contact with
the Mastertouch piano action in pianos and player-
pianos. One of the letters received from Chas. E.
Bard, vice-president of the Sigler Piano Player Co.,
MATERIALS FOR
The Standard Felt Co., 404 South Fifth avenue,
Chicago, 111., prominent piano felt and hammer
manufacturer, with factories at West Alhambra,
Cal., and Chicago, 111., has just reprinted for gen-
eral distribution a very forceful article entitled
"Free Trade for Americans with Americans,"
written by E. C. Patterson, of P. F. Collier &
Sons, Inc., New York. This article has been sent
out by the company in booklet form, and its able
discussion of the problems presented by the Euro-
pean war in connection with American products
has attracted the attention of the entire mercantile
H. W. Jarrow.
world.
with whom for seven years Mr. Jarrow was asso-
A foreword to the article proper, reads:
ciated.
"The Standard Felt Co., always a strong expo-
His training here in eluded the details of office, fac-
nent of the development and use of domestic
tory
and road work on the entire line. Prior to his
products, feels the following article so well ex-
entrance into commercial activity, Mr. Jarrow at-
presses this sentiment that further comment would
be superfluous. With the hope that we may fur- tended the University of Pennsylvania, and also
graduated in 1905 from the Armour Institute of
Technology.
For the past two years Mr. Jarrow has been in
the manufacturing and advertising field in other
lines and it is needless to add that he is very glad
to get back "home" with his many friends in the
piano trade.
PIANO MANUFACTURERS
GENUINE FLY BRAND TUNING PINS,
GENUINE FELTEN & GUILLEAUME I M -
PORTED MUSIC WIRE, FELTS, CLOTHS
PUNCHINGS, HINGES, PEDALS AND
GENERAL PIANO HARDWARE.
PATENTS BALANCE RAIL PIN.
(Special to The Review.)
WASHINGTON, D. C, December 12.—Patent No.
1,118,939 was last week granted to George H. Law-
rence, New York, for a Balance Rail Pin for
Pianos, which relates to means for regulating the
touch of keys of musical instruments, and one of
the objects of the invention is to provide means
for accomplishing the leveling of the keys and the
changing of the depth of touch of the keys with-
out removing any part of the action of the instru-
ment or the key from its key pin.
CORRESPONDENCE INVITED
Richardson Piano Case Co.
HAMMACHER, SCHLEMMER & CO,
NEW YORK SINCE 1848
4th Ave. and 13th St.
Manufacturers of
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