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THE
SEPTEMBER 13, 1919
MUSIC
TRADE
There are several thousand large and small
parts entering into the construction of a piano
Many Members of the Supply Trade to Exhibit or a player-piano, but the average person has
at National Music Exhibition—Excellent Op- only a very limited idea regarding imny of
portunity to Acquaint Public With Details these parts and their functions.
Likewise,
Concerning the Construction of Pianos
there is considerably more to the construction
of a talking machine than many people believe.
Those members of the piano and talking ma-
It has been the experience at automobile
chine supply trade who have arranged for space shows that visitors were apparently much more
at the National Music Exhibition, to be held at interested in the displays of parts and acces-
the Grand Central Palace during the week of
sories than they were in the completed cars,
February 2-7, have apparently displayed con- and if the supply manufacturers in the music
siderable foresight and it is expected that others industry take the trouble to arrange their dis-
of the trade will likewise arrange for exhibits plays effectively there is no reason why this
at an early date.
department of the exhibition should not have its
Inasmuch as the exhibition is designed to at- own fascination for those who attend.
tract the patronage of the public it would seem
Manager Charles H. Green, of the exhibition,
most desirable that that same public be made has made arrangements to devote a special sec-
acquainted with the various items that go into tion of the display space to the exhibits of the
the making of a piano or talking machine. It supply trade and has already booked a number
has been found by actual experience that when of such exhibits.
the "innards" of a piano, or particularly a
player-piano, are exposed in the window of a
HOW TO MAKE JRON RUST=PROOF
retail store, with cards or placards designating
the various parts of the same, the pulling pow-
The most durable method of making iron rust-
ers of the display have been usually good. It is
proof
is described by Prof. Bariff in the
human nature to want to know what the inside
Zeitschrift.
of an article is made of and the music exhibi- Schweizerische Elektrotechnische
The
iron
is
exposed
at
red
heat
to
the
action of
tion would seem to offer a special opportunity to
superheated steam. If exposed for five hours at
gratify this general desire.
260 deg. C. the coating of black iron oxide thus
formed will resist emery paper. If exposed for
RUBBER BELLOWS CLOTH OF EVERY DESCRIPTION
six or seven hours at 650 deg. C. it will with-
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stand the action of a file.
SUPPLY DISPLAYS AT EXHIBITION
Robber Goths and Tubing
For Automatic Pianos and Piano-Players
L. J . MUTTY CO.
BOSTON, MASS.
Refer all Inquiries to Dept. X
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REVIEW
Consult the universal Want Directory of
The Review. In it advertisements are inserted
free of charge for men who desire positions.
PIANO KEY BEDS
FIR AND SPRUCE POSTS AND LUMBER
Geo. M. Harty Lumber and Manufacturing Co.
TACOMA, WASHINGTON
PIANO & PLAYER
HARDWARE, FELTS & TOOLS
AMERICAN EXPORTERS WARNED
National Foreign Trade Council Calls Attention
to Misuse of F. O. B. by Exporters
The National Foreign Trade Council issued
recently a letter to American houses which do
an export business calling attention to com-
plaints from customers abroad regarding the
misuse of the term "f. o. b. port," which, it is
alleged, is extensive here. The expression is
taken by usage as meaning that goods are de-
livered on board ship without expense to the
purchaser, according to the letter. Purchasers
in Australia and elsewJiere have complained that
many American firms simply deliver the mer-
chandise within the limits of the port of New
York, and not on board the overseas vessel.
"Any form of quotation that is susceptible of
double interpretation lends itself to the possi-
bility of abuse detrimental to American trade
as a whole," says the letter. "The National
'Foreign Trade Council urges upon American ex-
porters and manufacturers that they adopt the
unvarying practice of making their quotations so
explicit as to preclude the possibility of misun-
derstanding."
A NEW COPPER PLATING PROCESS
Plating Metal Is Applied to Cold Iron Sheets
and Then Melted
A company at Elizabeth, N. J., is plating iron
sheets with copper by a new process, says the
Scientific American. The plating metal is ap-
plied to the sheet in the form of a soft mixture
by means of rolls, such as inking rolls. The
sheet, after being coated with this mixture, is
automatically carried forward and deposited on
a link-belt conveyor, which carries it through a
furnace maintained at a temperature well above
that of molten copper. The basic principle in-
volved in this method lies in the application of
the plating metal to the sheet while the sheet is
cold and then melting the metal in place on the
sheet under conditions which are favorable to
the formation of the plating.
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