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THE MUSIC TRADE
MAY 11, 1918
43
REVIEW
SAVING WASTE GLUE
DYEWOODS FROM JAMAICA
Many Dollars Can Be Saved by Attention to
Glue That Ordinarily Is Wasted
Value of Dyewoods From Jamaica Has Greatly
Increased Since the Beginning of the War
In these times of scarcity and high prices
every effort should, and in many instances is,
being made to conserve the nation's resources
and prevent waste. Business houses are even
saving their waste paper, not so much because
of any profit to be made from it, although it
well pays for the effort, but from a sense of
patriotic duty to the nation and the cause which,
ii, conjunction with other nations, we represent.
In every panel plant throughout this country
there is a great deal of glue going to waste
which can, with very little difficulty, be saved
and put to some useful purpose which requires
a lower grade of glue than is necessary for
panel-making. The glue scrapings from the
glue-room utensils can be thrown in a can
to harden; the glue trimmed from the edges of
panels can be saved, as- small pieces of veneer
mixed with it will not do any harm; the glue
left over after the day's work, where it is not
desirable to use it the following day, should be
saved and not thrown away, as is now too fre-
quently done. This glue can all be reclaimed
and made suitable for many of the purposes for
which a lower grade is used.
There are those who will say that what lit-
tle glue they waste would not be worth while
saving; and perhaps that would be true if they
were the only ones to save it. But when every-
body saves, and where there is a shop that would
have less than one pound of waste per day,
hundreds would have many times that amount,
the saving from each plant would be at least 300
pounds a year; and when this is multiplied by
the number of plants in the country the aggre-
gate saving would be many hundreds of tons—-
a saving that is surely worth while.
Jamaica contains about 500,000 acres of forest,
And when you're satisfied
the greater part of which is not heavily timbered.
There is a great variety of hardwood trees, the
that we've the best punch-
local department of agriculture listing 113, and
ings on the market, cut
the wood from these is mostly used in local fur-
niture and cabinet work, very little being ex-
clean and accurately from
ported. Mahogany is the most valuable wood
the best of material in cellu-
in Jamaica, then come in the order named, West
loid, cloth, felt, fibre,
Indian or Spanish cedar, mahoe, satinwood, Blue
Mountain yacca, rosewood, and yellow sanders.
leather, paper, rubber or
Cedar is most generally used of all local woods
whatever you want, give
in furniture, interior and exterior housework,
us credit; and send your
shingles, cigar boxes, etc.
There are no sawmills in the colony owing
orders to
to the absence of well-timbered land in any one
locality, the timber being considerably scattered
in various sections of the island.
Jamaica possesses in logwood and fustic two
valuable dyewoods. Since the beginning of the
present war the value of these products has
greatly advanced and materially added to the
volume of the country's exports. The impos-
T
sibility of obtaining dyestuffs from certain Eu-
ropean sources created a large demand for these
NE.W YORK
dyewoods, with the result that present market
prices are: For logwood, $21 to $25 per ton,
SUPERIOR FOUNDRY CO. BUSY
and for fustic, $13 to $17 per ton, as compared
with pre-war prices of $10 to $12 per ton for
CLKVKLAND, O., May 6.—Despite the fact that
logwood, and $8 to $12 per ton for fustic.
munition making is taxing the capacity of manu-
facturing plants, the Superior Foundry Co. piano
plate department is trying to keep up with or-
ders for the plates. This firm is doing its war
Sprayers for applying varnish are now found bit. The firm is one of the best-known indus-
in nearly every modern finishing room. The use trial plants in Cleveland, and has enjoyed phe-
of the sprayer, as every manufacturer will tell nomenal business in all its departments during
you who has used them in his finishing room, is the past few years.
HIM
without question economical. Some may argue
that the sprayer wastes varnish; this may or may
not be true, depending upon the class of work
varnished. But one thing I believe is certain,
and that is the amount of material wasted does
CINCINNATI, O.
not anywhere near amount to the saving in
Importers and Manufacturers of Figured
Mahogany and Foreign Woods for high-
labor cost. This is especially true on irregular
grade piano cases and cabinets.
work. A charge against brush work is: Too
much brushing out impairs the luster of the
'New York Office and Sample Room ^=
finish coat. Again, some varnishers do not ex-
ercise care in keeping brushes and pots clean
Grand Central Palace Bldg. | |§
and as a result the job suffers.
Lexington Ave. and 46th St.
Consult the universal Want Directory of
The Review. In it advertisements are inserted
free of charge for men who desire positions.
L. J. MUTTY COMPANY
OF BOSTON
Will Occupy Space 54
NATIONAL MUSIC SHOW
Grand Central Palace, New York, June 1-8, 1918
HEED OUR
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C.F. GOEPEL*C0
137 E A S T I3 -* ST.
THE USE OF VARNISH SPRAYERS
The Ohio Veneer Co.
G. H. VAUGHAN, Eastern Representative
GEO. W. BRAUNSDORF, Inc.
Toners' Trade
Manufacturer* ol
Solicited
PAPER, FELT AND CLOTH PUNCHINGS
BRIDLE STRAPS, FIBRE WASHERS AND BRIDGES
FOR PIANOS, ORGANS AND PLAYER ACTIONS
Write lor sample
Office and Factory: 428 East 53d Street, New York
card and price Hal
Established 1853
Manufacturers
SYLVESTER TOWER CO.
G p a n d
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Towers Above
All Others
Upright FlailO-fOrte ActfOIlS ^ ° SBGAN
Keys. Actions. Hammers, Brackets and Nickel Rail Furnished Complete
CAMBRIDGEPORT, MASS.
131 to 147 Broadway
WESSELL, NICKEL & GROSS
MANUFACTURERS OF
Try Behlen's Varnish Crack Erad-
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all the name implies.
Used and endorsed by hundreds
of leading refinishers of furniture,
pianos, automobiles, etc. Will be
used by you, too, once you try it.
Send for a sample can today.
PIANO
ACTIONS
HIGHEST GRADE
ONE GRADE ONLY
OFFICE
457 WEST FORTY-FIFTH ST.
FACTORIES—WEST FORTY-FIFTH ST.
Tenth Avenue and West Forty-Sixth Street
NEW YORK
I i Behlen & Bro.
Anilines v ^ s . Stains
Shellacs " > ^ Fillers
371
PEARL ST., NEW YORK
A. C. CHENEY PIANO ACTION CO.
Manufacturers of
PNEUMATIC ACTIONS FOR PLAYER-PIANOS
HIGH-GRADE PIANOFORTE ACTIONS
CASTLETON, NEW YORK