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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
GREAT DEMAND REPORTED FOR WASLE PIANO ACTIONS
A factory which has been busy the entire
year has been that of Wasle & Co., 133rd street
and Brown place, New York. The Wasle piano
actions have been greatly in demand, and the
output of the company has materially increased
product, but they also have extensive lumber
yards, where many hundreds of thousands of
feet of lumber is stored at all times for sea-
soning- purposes. They also have excellent
dry kiln facilities, so that there is no delay
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order to accomplish these important results a
novel sheet metal damper-block has been de-
vised and is described at length in the patent.
CROP REPORTS J>H0W CONDITIONS
American Steel & Wire Co. Issues Valuable
Weekly Bulletins Regarding Agricultural Con-
ditions in All Sections of the Country
Business men throughout the country arc ex-
pressing much interest in the weekly report
of crop conditions, which is being issued by
the American Steel & Wire Co. These re-
ports are compiled from information furnished
the concern by its traveling salesmen, who
cover all parts of the country, and the reports,
issued in condensed and easily readable form,
give an adequate idea of agricultural conditions
which obtain in the various sections. The con-
dition of any agricultural section of the country
furnishes a very accurate basis upon which to
estimate the general business and financial ac-
tivity, and the clients of the American Steel &
Wire Co. have learned to depend upon these
weekly reports for first-hand information re-
garding the status of the different sections of
the country.
CAN LEARN EVERYWHERE
The Wasle Piano
over that of last year. The facilities at the
command of the company are such that the
work is done in the most progressive and thor-
ough manner, and prompt deliveries are as-
sured. Not only do they maintain the most
up-to-date facilities for manufacturing their
Action Factory
in the progress of the work from the time the
lumber is delivered until the completed action
is shipped out. The orders which this com-
pany now has for future deliveries should keep
them extremely busy for a great many months
to come.
THE WIDENINGJJSES OF VENEER
PIANO DAMPER BLOCK
•New York City Leads in the Production of Its
Economic Development
David S. French, of Bridgeport, Is the In-
ventor of an Improvement in This Direction,
Which He Has Assigned to the Cornwall &
Patterson Manufacturing Co., of that City
The widening range of uses of veneer has
resulted in the closer utilization of many cheaper
woods for packing boxes, berry cups, fruit
packages, barrels, drawer bottoms, wooden
plates, butter dishes, confectioners' packages,
filling in three-ply lumber, etc. Formerly veneer
Was confined to selected hardwoods where
beauty of grain recommended it as exterior
finish for high-grade furniture. To-day the total
amount of inferior wood consumed is many
times that of mahogany, oak and other high-
grade woods. In New York the consumption
of wood for veneer now amounts to 25,000,000
feet annually, and is rapidly increasing. This
State has been the leading Eastern State in
the production of veneers for many years, and
its consumption for uses such as boxes and
crates has helped the farmers, by allowing them
to cut their wood lots with profit.
New York City leads in the production of
mahogany veneers, says a writer in Veneers.
The establishments in that vicinity supply in-
dustries in every State with high-grade exterior
finish in the form of standard veneer one-
twenty-fourth to one-twenty-eighth inch in
thickness. While the imported woods are eco-
nomically cut into thin veneer, the inferior
species of our wood lots are also used along
with it for fillers and backing. The veneer in-
dustry, therefore, is an economic development
in three directions: First, it multiplies many
cimes the surface for exterior finish; second, it
supplies an increased market for cheaper woods
in the high-grade articles of furniture and fix-
tures; third, it greatly reduces shipping costs.
The Ohio Veneer Co.
CINCINNATI, O.
Importers and Manufacturers of Figured
Mahogany and Foreign Woods for high-
grade piano cases and cabinets.
*JV«u> York Officm and Sample
Room
Grand Central Palace Bldg.
Lexington Ave. and 46th St.
G.H. VAUGHAN. Eastern Repreaentatire
WASHINGTON, D. C, October 23.—David S.
French, Bridgeport, Conn., was last week
granted Patent No. 1,201,572 for a piano damper-
block, which he has assigned to the Cornwall
& Patterson Manufacturing Co., same place.
This invention relates to piano actions and
has for its object to provide a skeleton damper-
block which can be formed from a strip of sheet
metal. It is found to be cheaper and better
in every way to make these blocks of sheet
metal for the reason that the metallic block
does away with the use of bushings and wholly
eliminates the trouble and loss that has hereto-
fore resulted from the splitting of the blocks
in inserting the bushings, likewise all danger
of the blocks swelling in damp weather and of
shrinking, cracking and becoming loose on the
damper wire during the portion of the year
when artificial heat is required, as when the
instrument is in a room heated by steam. Fur-
thermore, should the novel blocks become loose
from any cause whatever, they may be secured
by simply tightening a set screw and may be
readily removed and replaced in repairing a
piano or when new dampers are required. In
BRANCH OFFICES:
The Superior
Pout* of
Invisible
Hinges
are Apparent
Some of the sizes shown indicate the
variety oi "SOSS" Hinges which we
manufacture for use on pianos, player-
pianos, talking machines and music
cabinets.
There is a particular "SOSS 11 Hinge
best suited for your requirements.
Our illustrated catalog " S " gives
complete and interesting information.
Write for a copy and for quotations on
your particular requirements.
Sots Manufacturing Company,
435-443 Atlantic A r c . Brooklyn, N. Y.
Chicago
160 No. Fifth ATC.
San Francisco
164 Haasford Blag.
Lo» Aagele*
224 Central Bid*.
Mtnneapoli*
3416 Second AT«.,SO.
Any man, no matter what his age and expe-
rience, can learn something from every man he
comes in contact with, if he is looking for and
is willing to accept information. It is well
for the workers in wood-working plants to get
together occasionally for discussion of their
problems.
Undoubtedly their methods will
clash and the sparks fly occasionally, but these
ideas, burned in by the heat of discussion, will
be remembered and called into use when other
and perhaps more vital ideas are long before
forgotten.
THE T R E A T M E N T ^ RUSTY PIANOS
C. F. Black, Goshen, Ind., has issued a very
interesting free book for tuners on the subject
of Rusty Pianos and Their Treatment. The
book should prove of particular interest to
tuners and repairmen, as the rusty piano fre-
quently offers more than one problem for their
consideration.
HEAVY CALLj^OR STRINGS
A very active demand for piano strings is be-
ing experienced by A. D. Ramacciotti, director
of the well-known house of F. Ramacciotti, 421-
423 West Twenty-eighth street. The factory
was not only busy during the summer, but at the
present time it is rushed to capacity in order to
meet demands from numerous prominent piano
manufacturers.
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.F GDEPEL^CD
Detroit
922 David Waiter
Buildwt
137
E A S T I3 T -* ST.
NEW
YORK