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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
NEW WEBER PIANO FACTORY READY FOR OCCUPATION
Former Plant at Seventeenth Street and Seventh Avenue Being Dismantled as Equipment Is
Moved to Commodious New Factory in the Bronx—New Plant a Model in Efficiency
The great new Weber piano factory of the
Aeolian Co., located at the corner of 138th street
and Willow avenue, in the heart of the Bronx
piano manufacturing district, has just been com-
ing the natural light, which is calculated to help
working conditions and aid materially the qual-
ity of the product.
Although planned for use as a manufacturing
FEBRUARY 19, 1921
ciency, and is amply served by two freight ele-
vators, each of which lias six thousand pounds'
capacity. It contains a modern, up-to-date heat-
ing plant, the electric lights are worked out
on the latest pattern, the power is electric with
direct and semi-direct drive and it also has a
complete electrical test laboratory for testing
motors under practically every condition and
various voltages on both direct and alternating
New Weber Piano Factory at 138th Street and Willow Avenue, New York City
pleted and is now being occupied by various building the artistic side has not been over- current so that they will be able to meet re-
departments of the Weber plant.
looked in its design. The architect designed the quirements from every section of the country
The old Weber factory at Seventh avenue building of reinforced concrete, with red-faced when installed in pianos.
The building was erected by the Complete
and Seventeenth street, a landmark for many brick spandrel walls, white cement finish on
years, is gradually being disTnantled and the concrete lightened harmoniously with architec- Construction Corp., of Brooklyn, from plans
and specifications drawn by J. J. Gloster, archi-
equipment moved to the new building in the tural tile.
Bronx, in which there is being installed also
A very important feature of the building is tect and consulting engineer, and makes a most
much new equipment of the most up-to-date the separate tuning rooms and test rooms for worthy addition to several other piano manufac-
design. The moving from the old plant to the the Duo-Art. The building is equipped with turing plants operated by the Aeolian Co. in and
new started officially on Monday of this week, the latest sprinkling system of 100 per cent effi- about New York City.
and will be carried on gradually in order that
there may be no halting in the output of pianos, TO ERECT NEW BUILDING IN AKRON ron's busiest mercantile district, a site of fifty-
and also that there may be no need to lay off any
foot frontage at the rate of $5,000 a foot and
of the workers. In a week or so the task is Kratz Piano Co. Having Plans Drawn for Tall, thirty feet in the rear, the deal for the site alone
expected to be completed.
involving approximately $300,000. "We intend to
Modern Structure to House Business
expand and when in our new home to have
The new Weber factory is one of the finest
piano plants in the country, and no expense has
AKRON, O., February 14.-^Announcement was one of the finest music stores in the Middle
been spared in providing a suitable space in made here this week that the Kratz Piano Co., West," said Mr. Groeneveld. This store, for
which to build one of the most famous "pianos for more than twenty-five years at 29 South twenty-five years, has been the agency for the
in America. The building itself is of reinforced Howard street, will begin the erection, some Steinway pianos and also handles the E.dison
concrete and six stories high, and occupies a time this year, in South Main street, of a mod- and Victor lines. Mr. Groeneveld, before com-
wide frontage on both 138th street and Willow ern business and office block, the first four ing to Canton, was associated with Ricca &
avenue.
floors to house the music concern. The build- Son, New .York, and is well known in music
The new building represents a modern day- ing will be either eight or ten stories high. A. trade circles in the metropolis. It is planned to
light plant in every particular. The walls are J. Groeneveld, secretary of the company, told a start excavation for the building just as soon as
almost entirely of glass and there are no ob- representative of The Review that the company building costs return to near normal. Architects
structions to prevent the workmen from enjoy- has purchased in South Main street, now Ak- are now at work on plans for the new building.
For over 25 years Specialists
in high grade Piano Cases
Paterson Piano
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PATERSON, N. J.