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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
AMERICAN PIANO SUPPLY CO. MOVES
SOLID VS. BUILT=UP WORK
The Relative Strength of These Two Classes of
Materials Demonstrated in Unique Way
Opens New Offices at 339 South
Avenue, Chicago, 111.
Speaking of the relative strength of solid or
built-up work brings to mind a very convincing
experiment I once tried on a neighbor friend, who
always insisted that veneer was a sham, a sort of
cheap imitation of the real thing, and that for
real solidity and strength one must have the gen-
uine block of lumber to start with, says Kadillac,
writing for Veneers.
He always sneered at my statements that cross-
banding added to the strength, insured against
warping, that a selected face of veneer could sel-
dom if ever be matched for beauty in the solid
timber, and that my choice would be the reinforced
built-up work.
I gave the matter some study, being desirous of
finding some practical way to convince the gentle-
man of his error, also to verify my position, as I
admit we are both inclined to be like Josiah Al-
len's wife, rather "sot in our way."
Noticing a small five-ply panel one day at the
factory, which had been left near a leaky valve
and was started loose at one edge, I tucked it
under my arm and that evening I saw my friend
splitting his morning's supply of wood for the
kitchen stove. I carried the panel over, and throw-
ing it down near him, I said, "John, my axe is not
jet usable, my wife has broken the handle. Here
is a nice dry panel I found in the basement. You
may have it to split up for kindling."
"Sure," he answered; "I'm a bit short on kin-
dling. I'll be glad to have it; it's about all it is good
for anyway."
I saw him about to start operations and hastily
"beat it" home, where I watched the fun from the
kitchen window. Did you ever try to reduce a
five-ply maple panel to kindling with an axe? If
not, some day when you need exercise and want
to get warm twice give it a trial.
John laid the piece carefully on the splitting
block and struck it with the axe, dodging slightly
to avoid the splinters which he expected would fly.
The panel simply bounded up a foot or more, but
was not seriously injured, and no splinter flew.
John picked it up, looked to see that he was
splitting in the right direction, spit on his hands
and swung again on the innocent panel. It bound-
ed upward further than before, but resumed its
place scarcely disfigured except a mark where the
axe had fallen.
He began to get interested, so he did not wait to
deliberate, but struck again and then again. I
saw my panel go up in the air, solid yet, and called
my wife to watch the fun. John finally got the
thing fast under one foot and for about five
minutes was a busy man, and when I stepped to
the back door and gave him the laugh he got the
idea.
"Say," he yelled, "if there is any one else you
have a grudge against, you can come over and get
this durned thing and give it to 'im. I can't see
that I've injured it much."
"Thanks," I answered, "that's built-up work.
Where would a solid top have been by this time,
John?"
That lesson spoiled our argument. Try it.
CHICAGO, I I I . , April 3.—The American Piano
Supply Co., successor to the piano and organ
department of the American Felt Co., has
moved its headquarters here from 325 South
Market street to 339 South Wabash avenue, the
telephone number being Harrison 4808. No stock
is carried in Chicago by the American Piano
Supply Co.. but Messrs. L'rinz and Pfau, its
Western representatives, can always be reached
through the new Chicago office, and matters of
importance can thus be given immediate and
special attention.
"Are you fond of music?"
"Not very, but I prefer it to popular songs."
IDENTIFYING WOOD SAMPLES
Federal Laboratory Is Called upon to Determine
Species of Wood Used in Articles Ranging
from Chessmen to Railroad Ties
And when you're satisfied
that we've the best punch-
ings on the market, cut
clean and accurately from
the best of material in cellu-
loid, cloth, felt, fibre,
leather, paper, rubber or
whatever you want, give
us credit and send your
orders to
CFGOEPEL*C0
WASHINGTON, D. C, April 3.—More than 1,000
samples of wood are annually submitted to the
Forest Products Laboratory of the Forest Serv-
ice at Madison, Wis., for identification.
The requests for identification vary in impor-
tance from one case in which a party desired to
know from what kind of wood a particular chess
pawn was made to that of a large contractor
who had thousands of crossties rejected by a
railroad on the ground that they were red oak
instead of white oak, as specified.
As a rule, experienced lumbermen can readily
distinguish between species commonly handled,
but when a particular specimen shows some ab-
normal growth or discoloration they are in
doubt. Experts at the laboratory examine spec-
imens under the microscope, which shows many
characteristics not visible to the naked eye.
The distinguishing characteristics of over 400
native and 100 foreign woods have been studied
and carefully arranged in systematic order for
use in identifying samples.
$160,000, and $3,407 worth of forage. The loss
per fire in 1915 was $60.41, which is $14.03 less
than the live-year average, while the cost of
fighting each lire was $20.83 less.
Lightning figures as the chief cause of forest
fires in 1915, as it does in the average year.
Twenty-eight and a half per cent, of the fires
were due to this cause. Campers caused 13
per cent., which is 2y 2 per cent, higher than the
average. Eleven per cent, were caused by brush
burning. Nearly 11 per cent, were of incendiary
origin. Railroads were responsible for nearly 9
per cent, of the fires in 1915, as against 14^4
per cent, due to this cause in the average year.
The causes of over 15 per cent, were unknown.
Lumbering operations caused less than 3 per
cent.
FOREST FIRES IN 1915
WILL START MAKING GUN STOCKS
Timber Loss Through Forest Fires Last Year
Was $190,000
LEOMINSTKR, MASS., April 3.—President Frank
W. Wellington, of the Wellington Piano Case
Co., who secured an order some months ago for
a large number of gun stocks from the Russian
Government, states that the contract still holds
good and that the delay in getting the proper
machinery to do the work is responsible for
the non-delivery of the stocks. The demand for
piano cases has kept the factory working on
full time and this has also delayed the work of
manufacturing the war supplies. The necessary
machinery is being assembled, however, and the
factory will be turning out gun stocks in a short
time.
WASHINGTON, D. C, March 27.—Forest fires
burned over not quite 300,000 acres of National
Forest land in 1915, according to official re-
ports just compiled, or less than two acres per
thousand. Out of a total of 6,324 fires, 346, or
5J/2 per cent, did damage to the amount of $100
or more.
The timber loss was 156,000,000 board feet,
valued at $190,000. Although the season was
regarded as one of unusual exposure, owing- to
delayed fall rains, the loss was materially be-
low the average of the last five years. Over
87 per cent, of this loss occurred in the States
of Oregon, Washington and Idaho, while more
than 72 per cent, was in Oregon alone. Besides
the timber loss, fires destroyed reproduction, or
young tree growth, of an estimated value of
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