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Music Trade Review

Issue: 1917 Vol. 65 N. 25

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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
SOME POINTS ON FINISHING WALNUT
Thomas Wilde Makes Some Valuable Sugges-
tions for Piano Manufacturers Who Are
Using Walnut for Piano Cases—The Problem
of Producing the Right Color Discussed
Some time ago a finishing supply house sent
to its customers a pamphlet dealing principally
with the finishing of walnut, in which the
finisher was advised to apply a coat of shellac
before filling on all stock stained with an oil
stain in order to prevent the liquid in the filler
dissolving the stain and removing it during the
process of cleaning up, leaving the wood as
though it had not been stained.
The advice is all right, but it is given in such
meager detail that it is liable to mislead and
result in very poor finish. In the first place,
there is something decidedly wrong with a stain
that will remove with the filler so that the
wood will have the appearance of not having
been stained. All stains, whether oil, acid,
spirit or water, should have sufficient penetrat-
ing qualities to prevent entire removal during
the filling process; and the liquid that will not
do this can scarcely be called a stain. Such a
liquid is a mere surface coating, and usually
lacks transparency, giving the goods a murky
color if shellacked over before filling. The best
oil stains do not penetrate to the same extent
as water, acid or spirit stains; and for that rea-
son all surplus stain should be wiped off just
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New York Officm and Sample Room =
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Lexington AT«. and 46 th St.
G. H. VAUGHAN, Eastern R i re«entative
before it is dry. If the wood is the desired
shade of color after the surplus stain has been
wiped off it should then be protected by apply-
ing a coat of very thin shellac—not more than
l l / 2 pounds to a gallon of solvent. When this
shellac is dry, sand very lightly with No. 000
paper before filling.
But it should be very seldom necessary to
resort to the above in finishing walnut, because
this wood should not be finished dark, and some
liquid color in the filler, such as black japan or
asphaltum, will neutralize the effect of the filler
on the stain to a very large extent, and with
undesirable results.
If a person is going to the trouble of shellack-
ing before filling it would be better to use a
water or spirit stain and secure a more trans-
parent finish, and one that will draw out to
better advantage the finer markings of the wood
than can be done with an oil stain. If a spirit
or water stain is used, apply a coat of thin shel-
lac and sand to remove any fuzz that may
have been raised by the stain. Do this before
filling.
Manufacturers of walnut will do well to dis-
courage everything tending toward a darkening
of the finish on this wood because such a tend-
ency will be the forerunner of the decline of
this wood's popularity. I well remember the
time, a third of a century ago, when walnut was
in the meridian of its former popularity. The
wood had been finished in many different shades;
then came a craze for a dark finish, and this
was the beginning of the end of walnut's en-
viable popularity. Do not finish the wood so
near the natural that it looks raw, but keep
well within the brown shades and away from
the black, and walnut will occupy a distinguished
place among the cabinet woods of this country
for many years to come.
RUBBER BELLOWS CLOTH OF EVERY DESCRIPTION
OUR SPECIALTIES
Rubber Cloths and Tubing
For Automatic Pianos and Piano-Players
L. J. MUTTY CO.
BOSTON, MASS.
GEO. W. BRAUNSDORF, Inc.
Tuners' Trade
Manufacturers ol
Solicited
PAPER, FELT AND CLOTH PUNCHINGS
BRIDLE STRAPS, FIBRE WASHERS AND BRIDGES
FOR PIANOS, ORGANS AND PLAYER ACTIONS
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Office and Factory: 428 East 53d Street, New York
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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
GF. G0EPEL*C0
137 E A S T I3 T -* ST.
NEW YORK
TOOLS AND TEMPERATURE
It would be interesting to know to just what
extent the difference in temperature between
winter and summer seasons affects saws and
knives. We know that ordinarily temperature
affects the hardness of metal. There is a sort
of natural or normal temperature. When we
heat metal it gradually assumes a softness of
body until it reaches the melting point .and be-
comes liquid. The question is, Does the differ-
ence in the temperature between winter and
summer have enough effect on the metal in saws
and knives to be noticeable? It is a problem
well worth the attention of practical piano
makers.
A CHANCE FORj\N INVENTOR
If somebody would invent a glue with a
pleasant perfume, maybe the trade would hail
it with joy and maybe they would hail it with
suspicion. Who can tell?
Consult the universal Want Directory of
The Review. In it advertisements are inserted
free of charge for men who desire positions.
THE CELEBRATED WICKHAM
QUALITY FIRST
PIANO PLATES
THE WICKHAM PIANO PLATE COMPANY, SPRINGFIELD, OHIO
Towers Above
All Others
Manufacturers
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Keys, Actions. Hammers. Brackets and Nickel Rail Furnished Complete
131 to 147 Broadway
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CAMBRIDGEPORT, MASS.
Established 18SS
SYLVESTER T O W E R CO.
WESSELL, NICKEL & GROSS
MANUFACTURERS
OF
Behlen's Varnish Crack Eradicator
is unexcelled for use in the refinish-
ing of pianos, furniture, automobile
bodies and other highly finished
surfaces.
It eliminates cracks and checks,
saving the time, trouble and ex-
pense of scraping off the old varnish
and shellac.
Send for a sample can today and
try it.
PIANO
ACTIONS
HIGHEST GRADE
ONE GRADE ONLY
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Behlen
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.^laSs. -Stains
OFFICE
457 WEST FORTY-FIFTH ST.
FACTORIES—WEST FORTY-FIFTH ST.
Tenth Avenue and Wett Ftrty-Sixth Street
NEW YORK
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Shellacs S § ^
Fillers
PEARL ST., NEW YORK
A. C. CHENEY PIANO ACTION CO.
^. (PNEUMATIC ACTIONS FOR PLAYER-PIANOS
ol -j eiGH-GRADE PIANOFORTE ACTIONS
CASTLETON, NEW YORK
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TALKING MACHINE RECORDS FOR SOLDIERS AND SAILORS AMERICAN GRAPHOPHONE CO. PLANS
New York Evening Journal, in Cartoon and Poem, Urges Public to Send Disc Records to Men
Now in Training for Military Service—The Value of Music in Preserving Morale
The important part that the talking- machine
plays in the life of the soldier or sailor has
heen strongly emphasized recently through the
energetic campaign being carried on by the New
the campaign has been immediately apparent,
with the result that practically every camp and
a great majority of the ships will have new sup-
plies of records for the Christmas season. The
©Star Publishing Co., 1917.
OVER HERE--AND OVER THERE
It is only a half-worn record
Of an old, familiar air,
And you hardly know that you hear H
As you doze in your Morris chair.
It is only a half-worn record
Of some old, familiar air,
Yet it makes of the dreary dugovt
A bit of home over there.
The sleet on the window rattles,
Cone are the shivering trenches
While the blnsts of Winter blow,
And the stretch of bloody loam;
But what do you care for Winter
Every heart with the music's turning
By your fireside's cheery glow?
Back to the Old Folk* at Home.
And each for his Annie Laurie
What is a half-worn record
And a ditty of other day*—
Would lay him down and d i e -
It ia Just a Song at Twilight,
Strange how a half-worn record
Brings a tear to the soldier's eye!
Heard through a dreamy haze.
C. B.
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Cheer up our bey» m camp or abaira sh,«P by sending them any disc talking machine records you can
spare.
They will keep oar soldier and sailor lads in good spirits these long Wlntej evenings. Any Army or Navy agency will
gladly forward whatever reoords you may turn in.
N. Y. Evening Journal Cartoon and Poem Urging Gifts of Records to the Boys in Service
York Evening Journal to have talking machine contributions of records are being collected by
owners contribute new and old records for the the Y. M. C. A., who so far as possible will see
use of the men in camps or on ships. Several that they are distributed in accordance with the
days last week the Journal ran special front- expressed desires of the donor.
page stories emphasizing the desirability of talk-
ing machines for the lighting men and publish-
EXTRA VICTOR CO. DIVIDEND
ing letters from soldiers and sailors asking for
The Victor Talking Machine Co. has de-
records or telling of their appreciation of gifts
clared the regular quarterly dividend of 1% per
of records received.
On one evening the Evening Journal covered cent, on the preferred and 5 per cent, on the
four columns of its editorial page with the car- common stocks; and an extra dividend of 15 per
toon and accompanying bit of poetry reproduced cent, on the common. The extra dividend was
herewith, and it is reported that the effect of payable December 15.
Reorganization of Concern Under Way—New
Title to Be Columbia Graphophone Mfg. Co.
—Exchange of Stock to Be Made
Arrangements have been made by the Ameri-
can Graphophone Co. for a plan of reorganiza-
tion and exchange of stock, and a circular signed
1>y President Francis H. Whitten, outlining the
details of the plan, has just been mailed to the
stockholders. It involves the incorporation of
a new company, the Columbia Graphophone
Manufacturing Co. of Delaware, to succeed the
present American Graphophone Co. of West
Virginia, and stockholders are asked to exchange
their present holdings for shares in the new
company. The present company has outstand-
ing $2,500,000 non-cumulative preferred and
$7,500,000 common stock, both of $100 par value.
The new company is to have $15,000,000 7 per
cent, cumulative preferred, of $100 par, and
150,000 shares of common stock without par
value. This capitalization is considered suffi-
cient to meet the financial needs of the business
for some years.
Stockholders are offered four options under
which they may exchange their holdings, the
options expiring on May 1 next, with the pro-
vision that President Francis S. Whitten may
terminate it any time between February 1 and
May 1, 1918.
The holder of 100 shares of preferred can ex-
change his stock for 100 shares of preferred
and 25 shares of common of the new company;
or he can exchange it for 110 shares of new
common. If the holder wishes to divide his
option he can get 50 shares of new preferred
for 50 old preferred and 67 J / 2 shares of new
common for the other 50 shares of preferred.
The holder of 100 shares of common stock
can take 100 shares of new preferred and 20
shares of new common, or he can take 105
shares of new common in exchange. If he de-
sires to divide his option he can use 50 shares
for a like amount of new preferred and the
other 50 shares can be exchanged for 62J/4 shares
of new common.
There will be considerable of the capitaliza-
tion of the new company remaining after the
exchange is completed and this stock will be
kept for future needs. The change of the name
from the American Graphophone Co. to the Co-
lumbia Graphophone Manufacturing Co. is for
the purpose of associating the name of the com-
pany with the name of its product—the Columbia
Graphophone.
It is asserted that business has increased con-
siderably this year and sales for the eleven
months, both in America and Europe, were be-
tween 25 and 30 per cent, ahead of the same
period of 1916. Each month's sales this year
has shown an increase over the same month of
1916, and the largest month this year was No-
vember.
GENEROUS CHRISTMAS BONUS
For Employes of Otto Heineman Phonograph
Co.—Gets War Saving Certificates in Addition
The Otto Heineman Phonograph Supply Co.,
New York, presented its employes this week
with a handsome Christmas bonus in recognition
of the fact that they had contributed materially
to the closing of the company's biggest year.
In addition to this Christmas bonus, every
employe in the Heineman executive and sales
offices throughout the country was presented by
Mr. Heineman with a $5 war saving certificate,
and accompanying this certificate was a sugges-
tion from Mr. Heineman' that the employes rec-
ognize the Government's splendid thrift plan em-
bodied in this war saving stamp plan.

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