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THE
JULY 24, 1920
MUSIC
TRADE
37
REVIEW
HIGEL CO. EXPANDS IN ENGLAND
BRITISH PIANO^ ACTION MERGER
Has Great Possibilities and Large Supply Is
Now Available—In Former Years This Wood
Was Popular for All Work
Big Addition Being Built to Piano Action Plant
in That Country—Registered Last Month
About twenty-five years ago, when elm was
being extensively used for basket splints and
rims, and also for slack-barrel staves and head-
ing, as well as for hoops, apprehension began
to be felt that the elm supply would soon be
exhausted, and seemingly because of this, there
was great casting about for other woods to sub-
stitute for elm.
This was the day of the great turning to gum,
and since that time gum has been developed and
exploited until it has become a leader in our cab-
inet woods instead of a neglected forest product,
and meantime the elm has been neglected until
to-day the relation of the elm supply to other
timber supplies is strongly 'suggestive of advan-
tages which might accrue from a turning again
to the use of more elm in veneer and basket
industries, says Veneers, in discussing the lumber
supply question.
\
Illustrative of the present situation, in a recent
interview with a package manufacturer who uses
elm in slat form, he reported that while some
other woods were very scarce and hard to ob-
tain, elm was plentiful. He found it higher in
price, the same as other woods, but the available
supply was much better.
There is more than a hint in this; it is a re-
minder that we should ask ourselves about elm
and give a little more attention to its immediate
possibilities in the veneer world. Elm has many
qualities to commend it for plain veneer work,
and for some purposes it is really a superior
wood. A little investigation of the matter to-
day may help some of the veneer manufacturers
solve at least part of the present raw-material
problem.
LONDON, ENGLAND, July 5.—The Higel Co.,
Ltd., well-known manufacturers of piano ac-
tions, was registered on June 7 with a capital of
150,000 pounds, the shares not being offered for
public subscription. Otto Higel is chairman of
the company and has the controlling interest.
H. E. Gamble is managing director, and the
other directors are Lieut.-Gen. Sir Arthur Slog-
gett, Major-Gen. Lord Edward Gleichen and J.
Richardson Sowerby. The secretary of the com-
pany is A. G. Corbett.
Arrangements have been made to add 4,000
square feet of floor space to the present fac-
tory of the company at Church Walk, Stoke
Xewington, and it is expected that the additional
space will be ready for occupation at an early
date. The factory addition will be of fireproof
construction. It is stated that the plans of the
company call eventually for factory buildings
with 200,000 square feet of space, on the com-
modious site recently purchased.
Group of Piano Men Acquire British Rights of
Schwandler Action From J. Herrburger of
Paris—Rights Merged With Brooks Action
Factory—Company Incorporated for £250,000
USE OF ELM FOR VENEER WORK
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WOOL PRODUCTION IN ALBERTA
Consul Samuel C. Keat Prepares Report of In-
terest to Wool and Supply Men
CALGARY, ALBERTA, July 19.—Alberta's wool clip
in 1919 totaled about 2,115,000 pounds, with an
approximate value of $1,225,000, according to es-
timates made by the director for Alberta of the
Canadian Co-operative Wool Growers, Ltd.
Of the total production, the farmers marketed
1,463,859 pounds through the Canadian Co-opera-
tive Wool Growers' Association, and sold about
650,000 pounds direct to brokers. The bulk of
Alberta's wool was sold in the United States
principally in Boston.
The prices obtained by the co-operative asso-
ciation ranged from 40 to 6Sy 2 cents a pound,
averaging about 58 cents a pound. Average
prices obtained in previous years were: 1914,
19 cents; 1915, 27 H cents; 1916, 29 cents; 1917.
60 cents; 1918, 60 cents.
The total amount of wool invoiced through
the American consulate in Calgary for the
United States in 1919 was 243,756 pounds, valued
at $142,594; that through the consular agency
in Lethbridge, 884,177 pounds, valued at $515,-
544; and that through the Edmonton agency,
29,795 pounds, valued at $20,344.
LONDON, ENGLAND, July 5.—Negotiations have
at last been completed whereby the interests
of the Brooks Action Factory have been merged
with the British rights of J. Herrburger of
Paris, maker of the famous Schwandler actions.
The company has been registered at Somerset
and has a capital of £250,000. Shortly after the
formation of the British Associated Pianomak-
ITS a deputation was sent to Paris to secure the
British rights to the Schwandler actions. This
deputation was successful in securing an option
on these rights and in due time negotiations
between Mr. Herrburger and representatives of
the British Associated Pianomakers were com-
pleted. The move was made by a group of piano
men who desired to have an adequate supply of
actions in England.
An announcement made here recently says:
"Herrburger Brooks, Ltd., has been registered
with a nominal capital of £250,000 in £1 shares.
The objects are: To enter into agreements (a)
with J. J. Herrburger and (b) with the Aeolian
Co., Ltd., and the Chappell Piano Co., Ltd., C. E.
Heath and W. J. Mallinson, and to carry on in
the United Kingdom, in the British Dominions,
beyond the seas, Protectorates and Mandatories
under the League of Nations, and in the U. S. A.
and (subject to certain provisions in the agree-
ment first above mentioned in any other part of
the world) the business of manufacturers of
and dealers in piano actions, etc. The first di-
rectors are: C. E. Heath (underwriter, member
of Lloyds, and chairman John Broadwood &
Son, Ltd.); A. J. Mason (chairman Aeolian Co.,
Ltd., and managing director of Orchestrelle Co.,
Ltd.); J. J. Herrburger, Paris, manufacturer of
piano actions and keys; F. W. Shenstone (di-
rector Shenstone & Co., Ltd., and Brooks, Ltd.);
I'".. Brooks, engineer and managing director of
Brooks, Ltd.; F. B. Allen, Gerrards Cross, piano
manufacturer; W. J. Mallinson, director of John
r.roadwood & Sons, Ltd."
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