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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
GETTING DULL FINISH ON WALNUT.
One Method as Outlined in Answer to an In-
quiry from a Wood Finisher.
In answer to an inquiry as to the b.st method
for procuring a dull finish on filled walnut,
Veneers says:
Walnut is filled with a paste filler, it being
classed with the open-grained woods. There are
several fillers used, but the one that preserves the
color of the wood best, and fills well, is simply
rye flour mixed to a paste with a composition
of equal parts of boiled oil, brown japan and tur-
pentine. Color with burnt umber, and run through
a hand mill, or mix otherwise, being careful to
Riake th-' mixture perfectly homogeneous. The
dead finish may be effected by applying three or
four coats of brown shellac, rubbing down the
last coat with fine pumicestone and raw linseed
oil, using a woolen or hair pad. Clean up with
a soft, clean cotton rag. Sometimes walnut is sim-
ply oiled and rubbed well. But the question is
how to get a dull finish, and the answer has been
given; shellac and rubbing with pumicestone
powder.
CONTINUED SUPPLIES OF WOOL.
The Piano Trade or Other Industries Will Not
Suffer from Shortage in This
Field as
Originally
Supposed, as Conditions Are
Steadily Bettering at Home and Abroad.
working on cloth for the British and their war part-
ners. Manufacturers in this country are not buying
much domestic wool just at present, as the prices
asked arc very high, and they are waiting to see
how large will be the orders for goods before
venturing far. No one believes that there will be
any cheap wool for some years to come, and so the
Western growers are contentedly biding their time.
The mathematics of the situation are with them.
ORGANIZES THEDOLGE FELT CO.
Fritz Dolge Is President and Treasurer of New
Concern with Plant in Oxford, Mass.— Has
Capital Stock of $150,000.
Fritz Dolge, son of Alfred Dolge, one of the first
to engage actively in the felt manufacturing indus-
try in this country, and who has himself spent a
number of years in the manufacturing and mar-
keting of felts, especially in the piano trade, has
organized the Dolge Felt Co., with capital stock of
$150,000.
The new concern, of which 0\Ir. Dolge is presi-
dent and treasurer, has purchased the property
formerly operated by the Stansfield Felting Mills,
Inc., in Oxford, Mass., which is well equipped and
has an annual capacity of over 300,000 pounds of
felt. The plant is being operated steadily in pro-
ducing a general line of felts, and it is probable
that piano felts may be manufactured in the near
future.
STOOL COMPANY MAKES PROGRESS.
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Our stocks are at
your disposal, they
don't bind your feet;
they help you trav-
ersing the broad high-
way of success.
CFGOEPELACO
137 E A S T I3 T -* ST.
NEW YORK
The accompanying illustration shows a part of
the plant, the photograph being taken from the
tracks of the Lackawanna Railroad.
Some Interesting Facts Regarding the Business
of the New York Piano Stool and Bench Co.
E. T. ROUVET WITH BRAUNSDORF.
Steadily increasing quantities of wool have been
K. T. Rouvet, formerly with Wasle & Co., and
coming forward both from abroad and from do-
mestic sources, so that now there is no complaint
Tn the yearly magazine called The Bells, de- more recently with Jos. Bloch, Inc., is now repre-
senting Geo. W. Rraunsdorf, Inc., manufacturer
of a lack of this raw material by*the makers of
signed to ring the message of progress in Monroe
woolen goods. Much wool
has come from Australia, and
a great deal more is on its
way. It may be added, also,
that much remains behind.
since Australia raised a large-
crop of the material last
year and lacked certain Eu-
ropean customers, especially
Germany. The shipments up
to March 1 were about 600,-
000 bales less than they were
in the corresponding period
the year before. On the
other hand, New Zealand,
whence come a lot of the
crossbred wools used in
army uniforms, increased its
shipments. The London auc-
tion sales of wool, which
were concluded during the
past week, showed an active
The Modern Plant of the New York Piano Stool and Manufacturing Co., at East Stroudsburg, Pa.
demand, though prices for
certain kinds of merinos were a little below top
County, Pa., which includes East Stroudsburg, Pa., of paper, fiber and felt punchings, at 232 E. Forty-
figures. Crossbreds were especially strong, and were is a lengthy article concerning the New York third street, New York.
all taken by the British. None of this kind of wool Piano Stool & Bench Co., of which Chester G.
can be exported except to the Allies or to factories Booth is secretary and treasurer. This is the con-
"Hello, old man. What's the matter with your
cern that recently purchased the Melvin Bancroft foot?"
Co., Lowell, Mass., removing its equipment and
"We had a dance at our house last night, and I
stock to East Stroudsburg. This concern is said to sprained my ankle playing the player-piano."
have made 25,000 piano stools, 10,000 piano chairs
and 5,000 piano benches annually, while the pro-
Secoy Bros, have closed their piano store in
CINCINNATI, O.
duction of the New York Piano Stool & Bench Fowler, Ind. They will reopen in the fall.
Importers a n d Manufacturers of Co. is said to be 30,000 stools and 7,000 benches an-
Figured Mahogany, Circassian Wal- nually. Combine these two and the company now
nut and Foreign Woods for high- figures as one of the biggest piano bench organ-
grade piano cases and cabinets. izations in the country.
The Ohio Veneer Co.
SOSS INVISIBLE HINGES
New York Office and Sample
Room
Grand Central Palace Building
Piano Manufacturers
"OUT OF SIGHT
EVER IN MIND"
££
Lexington Ave. and 46th St.
G. H. VAUGHAN, Eastern Representative
toft yellow poplar for cross band*
tng is unapproached in this country.
A large supply always on hand.
GRUBB & KOSEGARTEN BROS.
The Central Veneer Co., Huntington, W. Va.
PIANO-FORTE ACTIONS
OFFMAN BROS. CO.
Manufacturers of HIGH GRADE
N A S S A U , Rensselaer County, N . Y .
WHITE. SON
COMPANY
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ORGAN AND PLAYER-PIANO LEATHERS
930-340 Atlantic Avtnut, Boston. M a s s .
FORT WAYNE, IND.
(Est. 1867)
(Inc. 1904)
Specialties, Hardwood, Veneers, and
Lumber for Musical Instruments.
VENEERS
No. lOt
SOSS MFG. GO
When you fail
to see an un-
sightly hinge
protruding you
know SOSS is
the answer.
Write to-day*
435 ATLANTIC AVE.
BROOKLYN, N. Y.