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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
Producing a High Class Product for Moderate Price.
Simplex Player Action Co., Under Supervision of Theodore P. Brown, Has Made Rapid Strides During Last Few Years
—Many Automatic Machines and Improved Methods of Construction Assure Highest Grade Workmanship and
Uniform Construction in Simplex Player Actions—H. D. Griffith Has Success in Exploiting this Product.
One of the most enterprising firms now maiui-
factur'ng player actions for the trade is the Sim-
plex Player Action Co., whose extensive factories
arc at 10 Blackstoue street, Worcester, Mass.
It was in INKS that the first Simplex action was
produced by 'I hen. P. Brown, the present head of
the company, and well known as the inventor of
not only this action but of many player action de-
vices and machines for making player action parts.
Mr. Brown has spent practically his ent're life
working out player action problems, and even at
the time when he put his first Simplex player on
the market it jumped into widespread prominence,
owing to its ease of operation and mechanical per-
fection. From t me to time improvements have
naturally been made, until to-day it embodies sev-
eral individual characteristics which can be found
in no other instruments on the market. Besides
Mr. Brown, who is also the inventor of many of
manufacturing and the other in the sales end, the
the automatic mac lines which a"c used in con-
Simplex player action is found to-day in many of
structing the action. The organization which has
the highest grade pianos being manufactured in
t.iis country, while its
popularity is ever on the
increase. Mr. Griffith
has for many years had
experience in the piano
business and comes from
a family who have been
as:;::c.ated with the iii-
d u s t r y practically all
their lives. At present
he makes his headquar-
ters in Worcester, but
most OL .lis time is spent
.11 traveling.
Ti'.e business of the
H. D. Griffith, Travel- company has increased
ing Representative of tremendously in the last
the Simplex Co.
twj years, so much so
that although at present
square feet of floor
All Pneumatics Are Tested for Leaks in This
space is used to the last inch for manufacturing
the actions, the company is negotiating for more
Manner.
space so that deliveries may be greatly facilitated
also been gathered together by Mr. Brown com-
and a much larger volume of business taken care
prises a set of men and women who have had years
of with ease.
of experience, many of whom having been under
Phenomenal Increase in Business.
Mr. Brown's supervision for periods of from ten to
A fair idea of tie increase of the business may
thirty-two years.
bi; realized by the reports for the months of
Capacity of 12,000 Actions.
August, September and October of this year, which
The factory has a capacity of 12,01)0 actions per
show that twice as
much business has been
done in these months
as in any correspond-
ing nvmths in previous
years since the com-
pany has been in busi-
ness. A greater num-
ber of high-grade piano
manufacturers
than
Theodore P. Brown, Inventor of the Simplex
ever before have adopt-
Player Action, Shown in His Workshop.
ed the Simplex player
th s there are appr iximately ~>o,iH)u of these actions
action this year for use
hi u.;e all over the country.
in their instruments,
Manufacturing and Sales.
and the report also
While Mr. Brown attends to the mechanical de- shows that no cus- Regulating and Giving Simplex Actions the Final "Third Degree" Test.
tails and the actual producing of the instrument, tomer who has been using the actions during the
annum. The work is done in a thoroughly pro-
II. 1). Griffith represents the house throughout the last two years has had any cause to discont'nue.
gressive manner, so that the construction may be
country, and is one of the most popular and ener-
The factory of the company is one of the most
entirely uniform. By closely watching the manu-
getic young salesmen in the industry. Through the modern player action plant, in the world. It has facturing of the action and by introducing auto-
perseverance of these two men, the one in the been carefully planned and the work distr buted by
matic machines and other fac lities for lowering
The Extensive Factories of the Simplex Player Action Co., Worcester, Mass., Which Have a Capacity of Over 12,000 Actions Per Annum.