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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
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CHEAP VENEER WILLJIOT PRODUCE GOOD RESULTS
Good Stock, Combined with Good Workmanship, Is Essential to Turning Out a Satisfactory
Product—A Test for Soundness in Veneer—Co-operation of Great Value
The quality of the finished product of the out, and the strain is too much for some of the
veneer department depends upon two principal fibers, which break.
things, i. e., the quality of the material used and
One way to test the soundness of veneer is
the quality of the workmanship employed upon to take it in the hand and bend in with the grain
it. No matter how good the veneer may be, if —that is, bend it in the opposite direction to
the workmanship is poor the finished article which the grain runs. If the fibers do not part
will be of a poor quality, and no matter how to any very perceptible extent the veneer may
good the workmanship, if the veneer is low be considered sound. If, on the other hand,
grade a satisfactory article cannot be obtained. the parting is quite distinct on one side, the
Many defects that develop in veneered work veneer is unsound, and though this unsound
after the goods are finished, and which both the side, which is the wrong side, may be laid next
veneer man and finisher each try to blame on the core, it is not safe to use for the better
the other, have no connection with either de- grade of goods. It is well to examine veneer,
partment, but have their origin in the cutting especially for the best work, under a strong
of the veneer, and sometimes away back in the magnifying glass, in order to be sure as to the
tree from which the veneer was cut. But it right and wrong side. If veneer is badly rup-
is not the purpose of this article to deal with the tured on one side, even though that side be laid
cause of these defects so much as to show that down, the scraper or sander is liable to cut
they exist before the veneer is laid, and to down to the broken fiber and leave a bad face.
show how they may be detected and to warn
Just one word more. Most veneer buyers
against trying to make good stock out of poor would do well to consult the man who has to
veneer.
lay the veneer. Let him help in making a se-
The veneer buyer must be a judge of veneer lection. If he understands his business his
in order to buy to best advantage for the pur- opinion will be valuable on questions of import-
pose intended. It is not enough that a man ance regarding the quality, etc. The man who
knows a good figure and can buy it at a rea- lays the veneer is too frequently ignored by the
sonable price, figured considered. Some very man who buys it. These two should work to-
fine figured veneer is often so badly ruptured gether. It will pay.
in the fiber through loose cutting that it is un-
fit for face veneer. An instance of this kind ANALYZE PROFIT=SHAR1NG PLANS
is quoted in Veneers. A salesman asked a
manager if he did not want to buy some extra National Civic Federation Makes Public Results
of Recent Investigations—Unions Oppose and
good stuff for drawer bottoms. When the man-
Employers Favor Co-operative Schemes
ager saw the sample and heard the price, he
bought all the salesman had. He was influenced
The National Civic Federation this week made
by only two considerations—price and figure—
and he did not intend to use it for drawer bot- public an exhaustive report on the various profit-
toms. He thought it was too good for that, sharing plans tried in the United States. More
and saw visions of some fine looking veneer than three hundred such schemes are said to
on a line of novelties he was making. The have been tested here and more than two hun-
veneer man, who was not consulted when ve- dred of them have been investigated by the Fed-
neer was purchased, at once noticed that the eration within the last year.
A number of prominent men were quoted in
veneer was badly ruptured in the fiber when
the
report, including Geo. W. Perkins. Chas. M.
it was sent to him to lay, and drew the man-
ager's attention to the fact. But the manager Schwab, Samuel Gompers and other labor lead-
could not see the point, and said the varnish ers, and it was brought out that the Labor
and filler would remedy everything, and insisted Unions appear almost unanimous in opposition
to the theory and practice of profit-sharing. On
that it be used on the face.
When the goods were finished and ready to the contrary, many employers considered the
rub it was found that the varnish appeared to be schemes a success.
"Many reasons," says the report, "are given by
checked along the line of the pores, and when
these
employers for their faith in the idea.
water-rubbed the checks opened up, and in
some places the fibers swelled above the var- Among these are that it promotes more con-
nish. An effort was made to oil-rub them, but tinuous service, reduces cost of production, se-
the results were little better. While the fiber cures more regular attendance at work, builds up
did not swell and raise, the oil entered the open confidence and creates a spirit of co-operation,
checks and penetrated the wood, and then for encourages home building, enables the company
days afterward the oil could be seen oozing out to keep its employes during rush seasons, in-
duces salesmen and others to work harder, pro-
of the checks.
Nearly all thin veneer is sliced and this has a motes efficiency, interest and loyalty, and in-
right and a wrong side. The right side of ve- creases the profits of the business."
"Yet," the report continues, "employers who
neer is that side which is farthest from the
have
had experience on the subject are by no
knife when the slice is being cut. The wrong
side usually has the fibers slightly damaged, means a unit as to its practical value. Some
although some veneer is so well cut that very employers express disappointment that the
little difference can be detected between the efforts of their companies were not appreciated
two sides. Rotary-cut veneer shows a greater by the men; that they seemed to prefer their
difference between the two sides than does the total earnings in fixed wages, with no variable
ordinary sliced article. .This is accounted for element; that they were suspicious of the em-
by the fact that the rotary-cut is taken off the ployers' motives; that they insisted upon join-
round log and the inside of the veneer, which ing unions and presenting demands in spite of
is the wrong side, expands when straightened the companies' efforts to give them an extra
share of the business; that, when new stock
was sold to employes upon favorable terms
they would dispose of it at a profit when its
value rose, and so get the habit of watching
the stock market; that when the profit distri-
CINCINNATI, O.
bution was large the employes learned to ex-
Importers and Manufacturers of Figured
pect a similar 'bonanza' every year, and were
Mahogany and Foreign Woods for high-
disgruntled if they did not get it."
grade piano cases and cabinets.
The Ohio Veneer Co.
^^ m ^ m ^^ m New
York Office and Sample
Room
Grand Central Palace Bldg.
Lexington Ave. and 46th St.
G. H. VAUGHAN, Eastern Representative
Harry—So the family in the flat next yours
lias a Victrola, eh? How many records have
they?
Sam—Heavens only knows! But they broke
their best previous record last Sunday by five
hours and twenty-six minutes.
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
C E GOEPEL*C0
137 E A S T I3 T -* ST.
NEW YORK
PRESIDENT RECEIVES PETITION
Five Thousand Signatures on Petition to Presi-
dent Wilson Asking Him to Attend the
World's Salesmanship Congress in Detroit
To insure the attendance of President Wilson
to deliver the opening address at the World's
Salesmanship Congress to be held in Detroit
July 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, Harry W. Ford, president
of the Saxon Motor Company and vice-chairman
of the program committee of the congress, is in
Washington with a giant petition from 5,000 of
Detroit's leading business men.
President Wilson already has expressed his
willingness formally to open the congress, but
the salesmen are not leaving anything undone
that will help to make the presence of the Presi-
dent at the congress a certainty.
The petition is handsomely bound in morocco
and embossed in gold. It is said to be one of the
finest memorials of its kind received at the
White House during the present administration.
WANT USED PIANOS IN ENGLAND
Tying Up of Native Factories and Barring of
Imports Brings About New Condition
It is reported from London that the pro-
hibition of imports of musical instruments into
Great Britain and the scarcity of labor and ma-
terials in piano factories in that country com-
bined with the great prosperity of the workers
in the industrial centers, has brought about an
enormous demand for used pianos of all classes.
I*: is impossible for the piano men to secure
enough new instruments from abroad and from
local factories to fill the demand and the call
for the used instruments is the result.
INVISIBLE BRANCH OFFICES:
HINGES
Out of sight,
ever in mind"
When you fail to see an un
sightly hinge protruding you
Know " Soss" is the answer.
Soss Hinges emphasize beau-
tiful wood finishes as there is
no projecting metal on either
side of the door.
Made in numerous sizes.
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