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JAPANESE COPPERJ)RE STATISTICS
AN IMPROVEDJUNING PIN
Facts and Figures Relative to Exports and Im-
ports of Copper Ore From Japan in 1916
Patent Issued on New Tuning Pin Which May
Be Rapidly Turned Out
WASHINGTON, U. C, August 6.—-The British
commercial attache at Yokohama has forwarded
to the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Com-
merce the following information relative to the
copper-ore output and exports of Japan in 1916,
which was furnished to him by the largest cop-
per-mine owners in that country.
The copper-ore output in Japan in 1916
amounted to 111,562 tons, as compared with
83,017 tons in 1915 and 7H.7OO tons in 1914;
while exports amounted to 57,402 tons in 1916,
as compared with 56,528 tons in 1915 and 43,305
tons in 1914. Russia now buys 60 per cent, of
Japan's copper exports; the United Kingdom
takes 20 per cent., while France, the United
States and India share the remainder. The
consumption of copper ore in Japan has in-
creased considerably during the last three years,
amounting in 1916 to 59,690 tons, as compared
with 27,723 tons in 1915 and 32,045 tons in 1914.
I. I. SHONBERG RETURNS
WASHINGTON, D. C,
August
6.—Arthur
HEED OUR
^ADVICE!
W.
Clauder and Sherman T. Cole, Bridgeport,
Conn., were last week granted Patent No. 1,233,-
552 for a tuning pin for piano strings.
It is the purpose of this invention to improve
upon tuning pins or screws of this character
by designing the same in a manner to permit
them to be made quickly and inexpensively by
automatic machinery whereby the cost of pro-
duction is materially lessened and the amount
and weight of material reduced; further to de-
sign a hollow, elongated form of pin or screw
having a tapered end, a threaded surface, and
a squared outer end portion whereby it may be
turned and adjusted to any desired position;
further to provide means such as a hole through
the screw for the attachment thereto of the
piano string, and particularly to design a screw
of the above class that may be made by auto-
matic machinery from a continuous strip of
sheet metal when rirst formed into a tube.
BAER BROS._PLANT BURNS
I. I. Shonberg, of the Standard Rolling Mills,
363 Hudson avenue, Brooklyn, manufacturers of
lead and composition tubing for players, has
just returned from a trip covering parts of Ohio
and the Middle West. Mr. Shonberg combined
pleasure with business on his trip.
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STAMFORD, CONN., August 6.—The factory of Baer
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. GOEPELa/CO
137 E A S T I3 T -* ST.
NEW YORK
Bros., manufacturers of bronze powder, located
on Canal street, was totally destroyed by lire
last week. The Kroeger Piano Co. factory,
B. F. HAAS IN ENGLAND
which is located near the Baer factory, was not
endangered. The destruction of this plant will Cablegram Received Here Last Week An-
nounces Safe Arrival of His Detachment
cause serious inconvenience to many manufac-
turers of piano plates who purchased their
Harold L. Haas, president of Henry Haas &
bronzing powder from the Baer concern.
Sons, of 1911 Park avenue, New York, manu-
facturers of piano and player-piano hardware,
received a cablegram last week from his brother,
Burton F. Haas, secretary of the concern, stat-
ing
that he had arrived safely in England. Bur-
A NEW QUALITY
ton F. Haas enlisted some time ago in the First
QUICK DELIVERY
Engineers' Medical Reserve Corps, being one of
PHONE US
the first members of the trade to volunteer for
military service. His detachment made a safe
voyage, and expects to get to France within a
Matawan
New Jersey
short time.
The Ohio Veneer Co.
CINCINNATI, O.
Importers and Manufacturers of Figured
Mahogany and Foreign Woods for high-
g grade piano cases and cabinets.
PIANO PLATES
m
New York Office and Sample Room
Grand Central Palace Bldg
Lexington Ave. and 46th St.
G. H, VAUGHAN. Eastern Representative
Matawan Steel and Iron Co.
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
Office and Factory: 428 East 53d Street, New York
THE CELEBRATED WICKHAM
QUALITY FIRST
PIANO PLATES
THE WICKHAM PIANO PLATE COMPANY, SPRINGFIELD, OHIO
M...i.ct«rer.
SYLVESTER TOWER CO.
G r a n d
a n d
Towers Above
All Others
Upright Piano-forte Actions Si" ORGAN F 2EYI
Keys, Actions, Hammers. Brackets and Nickel Rail Furnished Complete
131 to 147 Broadway
.
.
.
CAMBRIDGEPORT. MASS.
WESSELL, NICKEL & GROSS
MANUFACTURERS
OF
PIANO
ACTIONS
HIGHEST GRADE
ONE GRADE ONLY
OFFICE
457 WEST FORTY-FIFTH ST.
FACTORIES—WEST FORTY-FIFTH ST.
Twtk A r a m u 4 West Fwty-Sixtli Street
N E W YORK
Behlen's Varnish Crack Eradicator
not only eliminates the necessity
of scraping off the old varnish and
shellac by filling the cracks and
checks but gives you as fine a sur-
face for the new finish as you could
possibly wish for.
Try it on the next refinishing job
and note the difference in the time
consumed, profits made and re-
sults obtained.
A sample can mailed for a trial on
request.
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Behlen
& Bra
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Shellacs S Q ^
371
Fillers
PEARL ST., NEW YORK
WHITE, SON
COMPANY
Manufacturer!
ORGAN AND PLAYER-PIANO LEATHERS
53O-540 ATLANTIC AVENUE
BOSTON. MASS.
CRUBB & KO8EGARTEN
BROS.
Manufacturers ol HIGH GRADE
PIANO-FORTE ACTIONS
NASSAU. Rensselaer County. N. Y.
A. C. CHENEY PIANO ACTION CO.
«f (PNEUMATIC ACTIONS FOR PLAYER-PIANOS
of -j HIGH-GRADE PIANOFORTE ACTIONS
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