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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
The grazing receipts, which totaled $1,125,000, in-
creased $127,000, and the water power receipts,
The Old Method of Selling Mahogany by Pub- which amounted to not quite $!)0,000, increased
lic Auction at Liverpool Now a Thing of the
nearly $42,000.
Past, Says Veneers in Interesting Review.
The demoralization of ihe turpentine industry
< pij i; -accouot of- the war's curtailment of the naval
When buyers of mahogany who have been accus- "^stores" market caused- the receipts from the sale
tomed to visiting the Liverpool market for supplies .of.^urj^ntini.ng privileges on the national forest
go there again they will be confronted with a some- reserves to drop to about $9,000, as against nearly
what remarkable change. The old and well-estab- $15,000 last year..
lished method of selling mahogany by pubic auc-
tion at Liverpool is now a thing of the past. It was
IMPROVED PIANO KEY MOUNTING.
discontinued with the outbreak of war last August
(Special to The Review.)
and private selling resorted to. It is said that at
WASHINGTON, D. C, August 2.—Walter A. Goble,
lirst this seemed a little strange to the English Grand Rapids, Mich., was last week granted patent
traders, but buying and selling urokers soon No. 1,148,085 for a piano key mounting, one-fourth
adapted themselves to the new conditions, which of which he has assigned to Charles B, Magennis,
have since moved smoothly. There were some of
same place, and which relates to piano mount-
the buyers who favored the auction method because ings especially adapted for upright pianos and has
it gave publicity to the prices obtained. There were as its object to provide a construction wherein the
others, however, who objected to it for this very keys may be readily positioned or removed from
same reason. Anyway, the old custom has passed the key frame.
into history, and it is very likely that it will never
The invention has as a further object to provide
be resumed again. There is always some element a key mounting so constructed that when used in
of barter in the buying and selling of figured ma- connection with a player mechanism the key may
hogany, and all fancy figured woods, for that mat- be readily positioned upon the key frame or re-
ter, but the public auction sales never obtained in moved therefrom.'without' disturbing the player
this country, and seemed to be more an institution mechanism, and without the necessity of the re-
of the English markets than anywhere else. There moval of any of the parts coacting with the keys.
may be occasional auctions of special lots, but the
A further object of the invention is to provide a
present indications are that the old custom of gen- key mounting including a balance pin having de-
eral selling at public offering has passed away, ani tachable connection with a balance rail and wherein
that in Liverpool, as elsewhere, in future, matters the balance pin is adjustable upon the key and ar-
of barter in selling will be between individuals in a ranged 'for movement longitudinally upon the bal-
private way and not a matter of public auction.
ance rail.
PASSING OF AN OLD CUSTOM, "
FOREST RECEIPTS LARGER.
Turned $2,500,000 Into National Treasury in
Last Fiscal Year.
(Special to The Review.)
WASHINGTON, D. C, August 2.—The national
forests turned into the United States Treasury
during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1915, nearly
$2,500,000, an increase of more than $40,000 over
the previous year. On account of the depressed
condition of the lumber industry, the timber sales,
which amounted to $1,164,000, yielded $79,000 less,
but there were larger revenues from other sources.
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THE WEATHER AND THE DRY KILN.
Those in Charge of the Dry Kilns in the Piano
Trade Should Study This Subject so as to
Get Reliable Data for Use in Emergencies.
The weather as a factor in dry kiln operations
would perhaps receive more definite and specific
consideration if it were regular and dependable—
if one could tell just what the weather would be at
a given time. It is a factor that may well have
more attention anyway, because there is a relation
between drying capacity and the weather, and be-
tween plain temperature and the weather.
When air is dry atid crisp, drying operations
may be carried on rapidly with comparatively low
temperature just so one has air circulation, for the
air will take up moisture and carry it away.
Take a dry kiln, however, adjusted for proper
work in dry weather and let it come a damp and
soggy period with the air surcharged with moisture,
and the drying will prove to come along decidedly
slow, says the Furniture Manufacturer and Arti-
san. Usually when there is moisture in the air, if
it is a rainy or damp day, it is essential to have
considerable more temperature to heat up the air
draft and make it hungry for moisture before it
will perfom its service as a carrying agent.
A nice illustration of this fact was observed by
the writer in connection with orange washing and
drying. The drying before packing was being done
with an air draft from a fan coupled to an air
heater pretty closely related in construction to the
hot air furnaces used in heating houses. The
superintendent, when asked about the amount of
heat necessary, said that on clear dry days he used
very little heat, generally just a little in the morn-
WOULD NOT MAKE GUN STOCKS.
ing and maybe again late in the afternoon. On
rainy days, however, he found it necessary to keep
J. M. Lockey Declares He Will Stick to
Making Piano Cases.
up a pretty good fire because the air was so laden
with moisture that it would not carry away the
The prospect of making money out of the war moisture from the fruit and dry it rapidly enough
and sharing profits with the arms manufacturers unless heated.
evidently did not appeal to J. M. Lockey, president
It is easy enough to see how this same principle
of the J. H. Lockey Piano Case Co., Leominster, applies in kiln drying lumber, and those in charge
Mass., who is credited with turning down an order of dry kiln work should make it their business to
to manufacture gun stock for one of the warring study the subject to get at as near as practical
nations of Europe. Mr. Lockey declared that his specific data for the regulation of heat, according
concern has been making piano cases for the past to weather conditions and moisture in the air. In
sixty-five years and would stick to that line.
some kilns it may be that this matter can be taken
care of by moisture regulation in and about the
kiln itself, but even so, some specific knowledge of
the difference the weather makes in drying and in
heat requirements will prove of material assistance
in handling a dry kiln of any kind.
FELTS AND
CLOTHS
WAR FORCES HIGH PRICES FOR ZINC.
Increase Felt Severely by Makers of Organ
Pipes—Cost Rapidly Appreciating.
Many of those who have discussed the effect of
the war on the piano industry, including the in-
creased cost of metal parts, veneers, ivory, etc.,
have for the most part overlooked the fact that
the demands of the warring nations for zinc and
the subsequent shortage in that important product
has been keenly felt by the manufacturers of
organs and organ pipes, info the manufacture of
which zinc enters to a large extent.
IN ROLLS, STRIPS OR PIECES
ALSO PUNCHINCS OF ALL KINDS
We have provided against the feverish market conditions
and can deliver FROM STOCK at very interesting
quotations.
W R I T E TO-DAY
Richardson Piano Case Co.
Manufacturers of
HAMMACHER.SCHLEMMER&CO.
PIANO MATERIALS AND TOOLS
NEW YORK SINCE 1848
4th Ave. & 13th St.
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