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MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
TAKING OUT VENEER WRINKLES.
Work That Must Be Handled Carefully to Pre-
vent Spoiling of Valuable .Stock.
It is not an unusual thing for the very best stuff
in the way of face veneer to become considerably
wrinkled when thoroughly dry. In fact, wrinkling
is a pretty good sign of thorough dryness, and if
one has fine face stock that isn't wrinkled it should
be carefully examined for dryness before it is used,
for generally in reaching the stage of thorough dry-
ness thin veneer will wrinkle considerably.
To straighten these wrinkles out before using,
without splitting, is a task that is not so difficult,
but it is a little tedious at times and requires pa-
tience. The veneer must be moistened either by
sponging or steaming to make it practical to flatten
it out, and then, of course, it must be put under a
flat board or caul to keep it flat and straight while
it is drying.
There are several points in the details of this
work where practices vary. Some moisten the ve-
neer, flatten it out and use it immediately, but those
who take more time and pains with their work
usually moisten and then flatten the veneer by
leaving it between two flat boards or cauls for a
while, so that it may dry out and become fixed in
its flat state.
About the best idea in this connection is to use
for flattening cauls or boards of soft or porous
lumber, as of white pine, chestnut, basswood or
poplar, boards that will readily take up moisture
from the veneer. Then for handling fine face ve-
neer, like crotch mahogany, have these caul boards
heated. This dries out whatever moisture may
have been in the board and makes it hungry for
more, and when the moistened veneer is clamped
between two hot boards of this kind it will dry out
much quicker and better, because in this state they
are hungry for moisture and will take it up readily
from the moistened face veneer, while at the same
time holding it flat. So use hot boards for flatten-
ing veneer and have them preferably of porous
wood and not coated with wax or shellac, as you
do some of the cauls for press work, but have the
pores of the wood open, so that it will take mois-
ture readily, absorb it from the face veneer and
dry it out quickly. The moisture will be driven
out of the boards in the reheating for the next
using.
Lumber and Veneers
ASTORIA VENEER MILLS & DOCK CO.
BIRD'S-EYE VENEER CO.,
HOFFMAN BROTHERS 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.
Established 1867.
Incorporated 1004.
FORT WAYNE. INDIANA.
Specialties, Hardwood, Veneers, and
Lumber for Musical Instruments.
Mfra. of Bird's-eye Maple and plain
wood for Piano Linings.
J. J. NARTZIK
THE E. L. CHANDLER CO.,
HENRY S. HOLDEN,
ORLEANS, VT.,
GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.
Cross-banding Veneers in Poplar,
Gum and Birck. 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.
PROMOTING ^ V A R N I S H OIL.
Experiments of United States Government with
the Raising of Chinese Wood Oil Trees in
This Country Meeting with Fair Success.
Plain Sawed and Rotary Cut Veneers
I860 Maud Ave.,
CHICAGO, ILL.
Soft Poplar and Gum Cross-band-
ing. Hard Maple Pin Block Stock.
Bird's-eye or Plain Linings.
DUTY ON WOOL FELT.
Treasury Fixes Rate at 25 Per Cent. Ad
Valorem on Wool Felt So-called.
(Special to The Review.)
WASHINGTON, D. C, July 14.—Assistant Secretary
The United States Department of Agriculture be- of the Treasury Malburn has instructed the collec-
came interested enough six or eight years ago in tor at New York to impose a duty of 25 per centum
the subject of a Chinese wood oil tree to obtain on imported wool felt so-called. His letter to the
and distribute several thousand of these through New York collector said:
the South for experimental growing in this coun-
"It appears that the article in question is a
try. The main interest in this tree centers around woven jute fabric with a cattle hair facing and
the idea that it furnishes an oil which is a splen- backing, the felt being placed on the jute while in
did drying oil; in fact, it is classed as the best oil a dampened condition and pressed. It further ap-
for this purpose known, and has been producing a pears that cattle hair is the component material
revolutionary effect on the varnish industry, hav- of chief value.
ing quite extensively taken the place of kauri gum,
"In the opinion of the Department the merchan-
and has made possible the manufacture of a quicker dise in question, which has as its foundation a
drying varnish, less liable to crack.
woven jute fabric, is not a felted fabric, and the
The Chinese wood-oil or tung-oil tree grows in
Department accordingly concurs in the view ex-
China on hillsides where the rainfall is heavy and pressed by you that merchandise represented by
the climate warm, somewhere similar to that in the sample is properly dutiable as a cloth made
Florida and along the Gulf Coast. The tree is said in chief value of cattle hair at the rate of 25 per
to be distantly related botanically to our well- centum ad valorem under paragraph 288 of the
known castor bean, which, when planted down in present tariff act.
Florida, grows to tree-like proportions. The tree
"As there is no provision in the tariff act for
has a flower as large as catalpa, and is said to pre- other manufactures of cattle hair the Department
sent a pretty sight when in bloom. It is reported is further of the opinion that by virtue of the simil-
as desirable as an ornamental tree, yet the wood itude clause in paragraph 286 of the tariff act the
itself has but little value. The value from the tree cloth under consideration, if cut out and sewn to
is in the seed of the fruit. The tree commences to the shape of rooms, ready for laying down, would
bear when four or five years old, and has fruits also be dutiable at the rate of 25 per centum ad
about the size of small apples, which contain from valorem as cloth made in chief value of cattle hair
two, to eight large oily seeds that are said to be under paragraph 288 of the tariff act."
poisonous; they at least have a purgative effect
similar to that of the castor bean, and there is said
IMPORTS OF MAHOGANY AND OAK.
to be enough yield from these seeds to make the
NO STRINGEDJNSTRUMENT.
growing of this wood-oil tree profitable on certain
According to figures published in the Daily Con-
"Do you play yourself ?"
lands in Florida and California.
sular and Trade Reports, of July 9, there was ex-
"No," replied the maiden frigidly; "I play the
The trees have been grown and have fruited well ported to 'the United States from the consular dis-
piano."
in south California, Florida, Alabama, West Vir- trict of Manchester, England, mahogany logs, oak
If you desire a man for any department of ginia, Georgia and Texas. It is said the tree will logs, etc., to the value of $175,200 during the year
your service, either for your factory or for your stand a temperature as low as four degrees F., and of 1913. This total showed a substantial gain over
selling department, forward your advertisement is slow enough to start budding out in the spring 1912, when the exports reached the figure of $156,-
that it is not likely to be caught by sudden changes 412. Exports of machinery from this district to
to us and it will be inserted free of charge.
in the weather during the spring season. Experi- the United States fell off considerably in 1913, 'the
ments tried by distributing trees throughout the figures totaling only $838,979 as compared with
South in 1906 and 1907 have brought a fair amount $729,038 of 1912.
of
information as to the behavior of the trees in
CINCINNATI, O.
this country. It appears from data gathered that
Importer* and Manufacturers of
it does best in the more moist parts of the Gulf
•oft yellow poplar for cross band-
Coast regions, on deep loam soils which are under-
Circassian Walnut and Figured
Ing is unapproached in this country.
laid with a stiff clay. The sticky gumbo soils of
Mahogany Veneers for high grade
A large supply always on hand.
eastern
Texas
seem
unfavorable
and
the
trees
have
piano cases and cabinets.
The Central Veneer Co., Huntington, W. Va.
not thrived well on the pure sand soils of Florida,
New York Office and Sample Room
though they might do well there if given some fer-
N. Y. FURNITURE EXCHANGE
tilizer or some humus added to the soil by culti-
Lexington Ave. and 46th St.
vation of stock peas and beans or something of the
G. H. VAUGHAN, Eastern Representative
kind.
The Ohio Veneer Co.
Kano Manufacturers
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SOSS INVISIBLE HINGES
"OUT OF SIGHT
EVER IN MIND"
No. 103
When you fail
to see an un-
sightly hinge
protruding you
know SOSS is
the answer.
Write to-day.
ATLANTIC AVE.
SOSS MFG. CO., 435 BROOKLYN,
N. Y.