Music Trade Review

Issue: 1914 Vol. 59 N. 8

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in that city. Those interested, according to the articles of
incorporation, are Robert Hall, Raymond Haggard, Walter
lieltz, William H. Whitmer and Harry J. Reeder.
Plans are under way
at Springfield,
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ill
struction
of f
motion picture theater which will cost
$100,000.
The Roof Garden Theater, on North Prospect street,
Marion, has opened under the management of J. K.
Schwinger.
Y.oung?town Hippodrome Co., Youngstown, are having
plans prepared for the erection of several buildings on
West Federal street, to cost about $400,000.
The moving picture theater owned by Hanley & Van
Aspeck, Marion, known as the Family Theater, will shortly
be remodeled. Many new improvements will be installed.
F. O. E. Aerie and Mr. Seidenfeld, chairman of Build-
ing Committee, Murray City, are having plans and speci-
fications prepared for a two-story moving picture theater
and lodge building to cost $12,500.
Purvis, Ruble & Co., Logan, have awarded the contract
to Krieg & Lumis for the erection of a two-story vaude-
ville and moving picture theater to cost $18,000.
Harry Walker, Dillondale, is planning to erect a one-
story vaudeville and moving picture theater to cost $15,000.
J. A. Martin, 256 Beech street, Berea, has awarded the
contract to George Quinn, Oberlin, O., for the erection of
a two-story moving picture theater to cost $17,000.
Lee Realty Co., Youngstown, will erect a one-story fire-
proof theater and store building.
George II. Dieringer, engineer, Wheeling, has plans for
a two-story brick, fireproof theater building for J. Trum-
bull to be built at Bellaire, at a cost of $~'5,000.
The new Hippodrome Theater, replacing the old one,
at Gay and High streets, Columbus, will be completed by
Oct. 25, according to announcement of John W. Awain,
president of the Pastime Amusement Co.
Pennsylvania.
A new motion picture theater has been opened at Hoopers-
ville under the management of Thomas Crissey and David
Jonothan.
C. E. Hoover will open a motion picture theater at 112
East Ohio street, Pittsburgh.
L. II- Hewitt, Scranton, has awarded the contract to A.
T. Maloney, 330 Ferdinand street, for the erection of a
one-story moving picture theater to cost $5,000.
George Schroder, Witzenkow building, Wilkes-Barre, is
preparing plans and specifications for a $20,000 moving
picture theater.
George Keller, Dickson City, is having plans prepared for
a one-story moving picture theater to cost $10,000.
H. B. Shoop, Fourteenth and Walnut streets, Harrisburg,
is preparing plans for a one-story moving picture theater to
cost $10,000.
Stiney Mickarweicz, Minersville, is planning to build
shortly a two-^tory amusement pavilion.
H. E. Kennedy Co., Pittsburgh, has- completed plans for
a dual theater and roof garden to he erected on Sixth ave-
nue for the Harry Davis Enterprise Co.
Plans have been filed in the Bureau of Building Inspec-
tion for the new Hamilton Theater building at the south-
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TRADE
REVIEW
west corner of Thirty-eighth and Chestnut streets, Philadel-
phia, by Solomon Greenberg and for the Hamilton Theater
Co. The cost is estimated at $100,000.
Alterations and additions will be made to the moving
icture and vaudeville theater at 5100 Germantown avenue,
pict
liladelphia, owned by William Freihofer.
Phi
LeRoy B. Rothschild is preparing plans for a moving
picture theater to be erected on Girard avenue, Philadel-
phia.
R. G. Vandevort, Martin building, Pittsburgh, is preparing
plans for a stock company which expects to erect a moving
picture theater to cost $40,000.
Joseph P. Barrows, Wilkes-Barre, is preparing plans for
a two-story theater building for Harry Jasper, Jr.
Virginia.
The new moving picture theater being erected on Broad
street, Richmond, for S. L. Hofheimer will soon be ready
for occupancy.
Washington.
William Virges, Tacoma, is planning to erect a nirie-slory
theater building to cost about $60,000.
Wisconsin.
Liberty Theater Co., Twenty-seventh and Vltet streets,
Milwaukee, is having plans prepared for a one-story addi-
tion to cost $25,000.
O. L. Meister, 183 Third street, Milwaukee, is having
plans prepared for a two-story moving picture theater to
cost about $100,000.
Frank E. Pieper and Edward Thiessed have opened a
motion picture theater in Hilbert.
NEW WINDING APPARATUS
For Music Rolls the Subject of a Recent Pat-
ent—The Invention of Robert A. Gaily and
Assigned to Baldwin Co
(.Special to The Review.)
WASHINGTON, D. C, August 17.—A music roll
winding and rewinding apparatus has just been
invented by Robert A. Gaily, Cincinnati, O. Pat-
ent No. 1,106,297 was last week granted him and
which he has assigned to the Baldwin Co., same
place.
Previous music roll winding apparatus have usu-
ally had the motor drive and rewind, and shift
clutches for same, all at one end of the roll box,
such drive, rewind and shift lying between the mo-
tor and the box; or the motor drive to one rewind
at one end of such box, with a second rewind at
the other end. In the present invention the driv-
ing motor means is beyond one end of the box,
PATENTS CONTROLLING DEVICE.
the forward drive engagement at the box, prefer-
(Special to The Review.)
ably at the other end; and the rewind connections
WASHINGTON, D. C, August 17.—The National beyond the end of the box away from the motor
Piano Co., Boston, Mass., is the owner through as- drive means, all being most conveniently com-
signment by William A. Watson, Maiden, Mass., of bined by the use of three shafts set end to end
patent No. 1,100,998 for a control for self-playing on one axial line parallel to the axis of the music
musical instruments, and relates to means for con- spools.
trolling pneumatic devices and is especially adapted
Two other patents have been granted Mr. Gaily
to pneumatically operated musical instruments,
and have likewise been assigned to the Baldwin
such as player-pianos. It is customary to regulate
Co., namely, patent No. 1,106,040 for a music
the tempo, the volume of sound and other phases
player varve action and patent No. 1,106,296 for
of expression by manually operative members
an improvement in self-playing devices.
located below and in front of the keyboard, and it
is with these expression-regulating devices that the
If you desire a man for any department of
present invention combines means for controlling your service, either for your factory or for your
pneumatics Which in turn control or operate other selling department, forward your advertisement
parts of the player mechanism.
to us and it will be inserted free of charge.
THE COMSTOCK. CHENEY * n o
IVQRYTON.OONN
MANUFACTURERS —
Piano-forte Ivory Keys, Actions and Hammers,
Ivory and Composition Covered Organ Keys
THE STANDARD CO.
T0R R
C J; G N T0M '
STRAUCH
Manufacturers of a
Co triplet* Lin* of Piano Action Hardware
Brass Flanges, Damper Rods, Special Capstan
Screws, Bracket and Ball Bolts, Key Pint,
Regulating Brackets and Specialties.
WHITE.
Piano
22, 24, 26, 28, 30 TENTH AVENUE,
Actions
and
Hammers
NEW YORK
W ASLE
PIANO
ACTIONS
Are noted for their elasticity, responsiveness and durability. They satisfy in all cases.
W A S L E & C O . , Brown's Place and Southern Boulevard, NEW YORK
SON COMPANY
Manufacturer a
ORGAN AND PLAYER-PIANO LEATHERS
ALL STEEL TRAP WORK
DAMCCV
Simple, Silent, Strong
l\#4lwlO*W
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Continuous Hinges, Bearing Bars, Padals, Casters
330-540 Atlantic Av«nu*. Boilon, Mass.
Whol*tal* Onlr
Establish**! I 8 6 0
BROS.
CHAS. RAMSEY CO.
HENRY HAAS & SON
We are now located at our new factory, Kingston, N.Y.
Towers Above
1907-1911 Park Ave., New York
MAKERS
Piano & Piano Player Hardware General Supplies
Established 1853
GRUBB fit KOSEGARTEN BROS.
131 to 147 Broadway
All Others
SYLVESTER TOWER CO.
Grand a n d Upright Piano-forte Actions Jjy PIAN
°- FORTE
ORGAN
KEYS
Keys, Actions, Hammers, Brackets and Nickel Rail Furnished Complete
CAMBRIDGEPORT, MASS.
Manufacturers of HIGH GRADE
PIANO-FORTE
WESSELL, NICKEL & GROSS
ACTIONS
N A S S A U , Rensselaer County, IM. V .
MANUFACTURERS OF
The
Homer D. Bronson Co.
PIANO
Manufacture and Sell Direct
PIANO HINGES -DESK HANGERS-
F R O N T F R A M E CATCHES-KNIFE
H I N G E S - B U T T S and SPECIALTIES
Write for Quotations
D. BRONSON CO.
BEACON FALLS, CONN.
ACTIONS
DEW
HIGHEST
THE HOMER
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GRADE
OFFICE
457 WEST FORTY-FIFTH ST.
ONE
GRADE
ONLY
FACTORIES-WEST FORTY-FIFTH ST.
Tenth Avenue and West Forty-Sixth St.
NEW YORK
A. C. CHENEY PIANO ACTION CO.
PNEUMATIC ACTIONS
PLAYER-PIANOS

, (PNEUMATIC
ACTIONS FOR
FOR PLAYER-F
Manufacturers of \ H 1 G H GRADE PIANOFORTE ACTIONS
CASTLETON, HEW YORK
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PLATE USED IN NEW BAUER PIANO.
Description of This Plate, Which Is Cast in a
Single Piece and Is Hollow, Thus Reducing
Weight—Serves to Improve Tone.
The accompanying illustration shows the front
of the plate which is used in the new Bauer piano,
invented by William M. Bauer, of Julius Bauer &
Co., Chicago. The metal is between five and six
inches thick, cast in a single piece, and is hollow,
thus reducing weight without sacrificing any great
amount of strength. Sound-board and wrest-
plank are securely fastened to the plate and the
heavy wooden back eliminated. A space of almost
The complete instrument was shown at the re- "C'orozo nuts," furnish the vegetable Ivory so
widely used in the manufacture of buttons and
cent convention of the piano men in New York,
trinkets.
where it was much admired and commented on.
MEETING THE DEMAND FOR IVORY.
Real
and Imitation Ivory Compared—What
Some Substitutes Are Composed Of.
The supply of ivory is never equal to the de-
mand. Hence it is that the ingenuity of man is
constantly being exercised to provide good, serv-
iceable substitutes for the real thing. The imita-
tions and substitutes are sometimes so excellent
that it is difficult to distinguish them from the
genuine ivory. To the ex-
pert, however, it is an easy
matter to tell the real from
the counterfeit.
Genuine ivory, being a
modification
of dentine,
shows in transverse sec-
tions lines of varying
shades running in arcs and
forming minute lozenge
shaped spaces, says Popular
Electricity. These mark-
ings, which exist in every
portion of any transverse
section, enable the expert
to recognize true ivory as
distinct from every other
kind of tooth substance and
from bone and all fictitious
"ivories."
A very curious form of
imitation ivory of the vege-
table sort is that which is
the product of a plant call-
ed the Phytelephas macro-
carpa, native to South
America. This is said more
completely
to resemble
Front View, New Bauer Franrje
the
majority
of
the ani-
six inches lies between the sound-board and the > real ivory than
strings and this "open"' space is said to aid won- mal substitutes. The fruit of this palm-like plant
is of great size, almost as large as a man's head,
derfully in furnishing a tone that is prolonged
and it contains numerous nuts somewhat smaller
and which possesses to an unusual extent the
than hen's eggs.
"singing" quality so much sought for by the piano
The kernels of these, commercially known aa
builder.
MR. DEALER,
MR. TUNER,
MR. REPAIRMAN
YOU SHOULD HAVE OUR NEW
price list of Piano Repair Materials;
an abridged list, conveniently ar-
ranged for quick reference.
RUBBER GOESJP IN PRICE.
Player Action Manufacturers Will Have to Pay
More for Rubber Tubing—Rubber Importers
Make an Announcement in This Connection.
The conditions in the rubber market, owing to
the war in Europe, are causing increase in prices
in all manufactured rubber and, of course, tubing
for player-pianos, pipe organs and other musical
instruments wherein pneumatics are used to any
extent will be affected.
The Rubber Club of America, the national rub-
ber trade association, issued a statement on Mon-
day declaring that manufacturers of rubber
throughout this country had been obliged to in-
crease prices. The breaking down of interna-
tional exchange, together with the relatively small
supply of crude rubber in the hands of manufac-
turers, besides the difficulty of rubber importers
in delivering crude rubber on future contracts.
The best grade of rubber comes from Brazil
and the Far East, and all is cleared through for-
eign banking exchanges. Nearly all the carrying
trade between- Brazil, the East Indies and the
United States is in the hands of the English, Ger-
mans and Dutch. Unless shipping conditions improve
•the situation in the rubber trade will be aggra-
vated as the war advances.
Due to the demoralization of business in Lon-
don the fortnightly auction of crude rubber from
the Far East, which was to have been held in
that city, has been postponed indefinitely. Trad-
ing in the local market is dull and featureless,
aside from the high price now asked for old Bra-
zilian rubber as a result of the paucity of supplies
in this city. Up-river fine was quoted this week
at $1.10 a pound. Some of the new Brazilian rub-
ber will be received here before long. It was said
that a steamer left Para on August 14, bound
for this port.
HAROLD HAASJN CANADA.
Harojd L. Haas, traveling representative for
Henry Haas & Son, 1909 Park avenue, New York,
started on a three weeks' trip through the West
and Canada on Monday last. The whirr of ma-
chinery at the Haas plant this week gave evidence
of activity, which, it was stated, has kept up
throughout the summer.
MACHINERY FOR SALE
One second-hand pin block boring
machine, heavy design, complete with
chuck; price $40.00. Also, one electric
motor with starter; direct current, 220
volts, 2,000 revolutions and 2-horse power;
price $35.00. Address "Machinery," care
The Music Trade Review.
ALBERT A. McCARTY
Manufacturer of
PIANO BASS STRINGS
36 BEACH STREET
BOSTON, MASS.
DUPLICATING
A SPECIALTY
ASK FOR CIRCULAR NO. 3190
HAMMACHER, SCHLEMMER & CO.
PIANO MATERIALS AND TOOLS
NEW YORK SINCE 1848
4th Ave. and 13th St.
Richardson Piano Case Co.
Manufacturers of
Upright-
Grand—
Player—
Piano Cases
EttabUthed 1891
LEOMINSTER
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MASS.

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