THE
AUGUST 11, 1923
MUSIC
TRADE
REVIEW
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HANDLING VENEERS PROPERLY
Economical Methods That Reduce Costs in This
Section of the Factor y
SO lll e va luable sugges ti ons on h an dlin g ve
ne er s arc given by Leon Kenyon in Veneers and
hi s discuss io n in c lu des the tr ea tment of wood
froll! the fr e ig ht car to glu e room. He states
th a t the fir st ope rat ion in h an dling veneer ot
a ll kinds begin s in bulking o r s takin g away. If
the s tock is damp, especia lly walnu t h avi ng
more than 10 per cent moisture, great ca re
should be takcn in s ta c king, so as not t o ..et th e
edges c url O\'e r s id es, fo r the a ir w ill s oon dr y
o ut these edg es so t ll<,t they wil l h c practically
1Y0rt hk ss . H e ,Hites:
" if th e s to ck is r o tar y wa ln ut the top and bot
to nl of c rate ,ho ulcl be used by kno ck ing o ff
, ide cle at:; a nd la y the h a lves o f crate s be tween
the lo gs, keep in g th e e nds perfectly eve n anc!
sp r eading o ut th e na rr o w parts of th e flitches
so th ey ;vil l be a s w id e as the wide st s he e t s in
th e l o~. H a nd led in this way the sheets wi ll
"at c up, as I ca ll it, and th e stack will keep
even in OLl i ld ill ;'; I f) rt ny h e ig h t, wh ic h I u s ually
h ave to d o. S li ced wa lnut shou ld have a pl
the widt h and length of lo g between eac h two,
because it is nol :1. lways cra tcd, and t h e n the
cro ss cleats have a tendu:,'" to cause a wave
in th at pa rt of the log wh ic h comcs in contact
wi th them.
"Eve ry tim e ve ne e rs are hand led a few splint s
a r e left, so it pays to h ;)ve a com p e te nt man,
'w hose only d ut y is to m easure, grade and se lect
stock fo r th e me n wh o work it up int o len g ths
and widths.
"Ven eers o f all kinds s h o uld be kept in a cool,
dr y, we ll-v e ntilat ed roo m. I ha ve h a d walnut
ve n eer s o dry and buckled tllat I co uld not
use it, th at after laying in a pil e fo r about t wo
monl h s , in such a plac e, fl attened out an d we
worked it up in o ur re gular run of stock. O f
course th at doesn ' t apply to a ll kind s of wood;
the twi sted - grai n stock m ust undergo ~ differ
ent pro cess befor e it is ready for u se.
"O n e of tile great est factors in th e manufac
tpring of veneered work is fi at sto ck. E ver y
time a ca rload of ve neer, wa lnut, ma hogan y o r
oak is pur chased there is some of it to o dry
",.nd buckl e d t o u sc . M any conce rn s lay this out
and use it on reject ba cks, but thos e a r e pretty
expc:ns ive bac ks b ecause the stock was not
bou ~'ht at a reject pri ce . .'\nd then lhe wo rk
men d on't lik e t o c lip "that old buckled stu ff ,"
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and mo s t of it goes as waste to the boiler room .
"I h ave ne v er s een a be tter m e th od than th at
pr act ice d in th e p lant where I am work in g.
Ev e r y pa rticl e of ve n ee r th a t comes into the
plant i s press e d between hot bo a rds, and the
perfe ct condition in whi ch thi s sto ck (bu ck led,
dry and a ll ) comes out would be s ur pr is in g to
any one who had n ever see n the m et h od tried."
BIG DEMAND FOR FELTS
If Hammer Orders Are Barometer of the Trade,
the Fall Outlook Is Hopeful
Felt manufacturers a n d dealers suppl yi n g the
pianO' t rade in the New York distri ct a rc quite
amazed at the extenl of t he ir SUIllHler bus ine ss
this year, w hi ch ha s not s uffe r ed the s CO;t,ona l
let-d ow n as in former years. T. arge or ders a r e
natura lly not so 11l1l 11C rOUS as In the ear ly
Spr in g, bUl lll any o f those \vho a ttend ed the
t ,ade co n vent ion in Chica go in ~ une s ta te that
it has tak e n the lll over a month to get ca u g ht
up with the present shipm e nt s. Thi s Summe r' s
orders a r e co min g n ot on ly fr0111 the large pian o
factories, but from s 1l1all facto ries throughout
th e indu st ry wllO ,He uormally litll e h ea rd fr 01l1
durin g lhe SUJl1111Cr mo nth s. Many o f the ord e r s
now co min g in for felts ca ll for immedi ate d e
livery. T aking the hamm er d e llland as a barom
ete r of tr ade, th e ou tlook f or the piano industry
is extrem e ly hop,ful.
JULY PIG IRON PRODUCTION
Pig ir on production for Jul y h as been an
nounced by t h e Ir on Age and cOlllparing daily
rates in Jun e and J ul y ther e was a d ecrease of
3 per cent, w hile compa ri ng the estim ated rate
Aug u st I wit h the estimated rate Ju ne I-the
highe st rate s hown on this ' mo vement an d th e
record rate in the history of th e industry-there
is a decrease of 9 per cent. Th e rate of pro
duction August I was a bout 42,000,000 ton s per
yea r. There was a net decrease of 25 per cent
during Jul y in the number of furnac es act ive
a nd additi o nal furnaces a r e g oing' out thi s
month.
OWl"., Aug ust 7.- Eric S hensto ne, of
Shenstone & Co., the well-known ivory man u
TORO NTO,
fact uring firm o f L ondon, Eng., has arriv e d in
Toronto t o take charge of the bra n c h plant al
l ead y mentioned in Th e Review, which is being
establi s h e d to handl e Cana dian bus in ess.
A
facto ry is in course of e re c tion at Mimico, a
subllr!) of Toront o, w!te re ivory wi ll b", cut into
p iano keys, b leached and matched.
Lumb er movements atlai n ed
durin g t h e week ending Jul y 21, according to
the report of th e National Lum ber :Manufac
tur ers' As soci at io n . The total c ut is estimat ed
at 273,971,556 feet and wa s about 10,000,000 ieet
mo r e t han in th e prece din g wee k.
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Heavy Drought Likely to Result in Shortage of
More Than 300,000 Bales in Clip
\ fador w hich Jlla y ha v e a distin c t b earing
o n the price of p iano fe lls dut' in g the co min g
seaso n i, ll,c pro lo n ge d dr o u g ht s uffered b y A u s
tra li a n woo l g r owe rs fro m J a nuary until Jun e S
of this year, r es ul t in r- in a s hortage of 300,000
bales in th e an nual production. Thi s figu re is
the estim a te of Alfr ed H. Be njamin, a n .Am eri
ca n importer of fine woo ls, \\Til; ng a s pecial
arti c le ill a re ce nt issue o f th e New York J ou r
nal of CO llllller ce. Acco rd ing to this auth ority
lh e ,illor ta ge in the Aust ra li a n clip for the
C0 1 ~1 illf' :-'Cd-"Oll w ill b( ' c hi efly ill Ill c rin os , a il e
of the Ill ost desire d wools for feltin g s tocks.
Mer ino s h eep arC' g razed on the low lancls of
!\ us tralia a nd they hav e h a d 11Iuci1 less wa t e r
than n Ori l\a l times p l" ovide d fo r , whereas the
cr ossb re d s th at are g ra%cd in Nell' Zea land and
ill the coas t a l distri c ts of Austr a li a h ave su ffer ed
ve ry little.
'Unt il the oh eep arc s h ea r e d, it is illl[lo s:; ibic
to es lilllal' c ti lC mortalit y, but it is I' ca so nabk
to aS Sl1l11 e front [las t exp erie nces 11) drou g ht s that
it will run into sOllle m illi ons. Much of th e
merino woo l that is prod uced in Au s tralia thi s
season will be oi a s tarved finen ess, w hich m "ly
not be a cceptabl e to the United States in par ·
ti c ul ar.
Fo r thi s rea so n, 111,UlY be li eve that the choic es t
woo ls will command the same figures, probably,
that the y did las t year, due to th e fact that
J ap an is a very lar ge fa c tor to-day in the fine
woo ls. This nation did not buy its r eq uir e
m e nt s in _\ustralia this yea r and was ob li ge d to
go to Bradford to buy the top s to make u p for
th e shor ta ge. )Jext year w it h t h e scarcit,.· n f
fine wool s in th e market th ey arc bound to be
a ver y deci ding factor in the matter oi price ,
which, of co ur se , w ill be reflected in the fin
ished felts and hamm ers.
THE WOOL CUP FOR 1923
Department of Agriculture Forecasts a Total
Clip of 228,031 ,000 Pounds
NEW CANADIAN KEY PLANT
LUMBER MOVEMENTS REACH PEAK
Write for a sample can of Behlen's
Varnish Crack Eradicator and try it.
Once you learn how much it means to
you in the saving of time on your refin
ishing jobs by eliminating the necessity
of scraping off old varnish and shellac,
and how much more satisfactory are
the results, because of the better sur
face it gives to work on, you, like others
will continue to use it.,
SCARCITY IN AUSTRALIAN WOOLS
GOSHEN
INDIANA
\tV .~SH J NG"ION, D. C, Aug u st 6.-.'1. wool clip of
228,031 ,000 pounds for 1923 was pr ed icted t o
day in the prelimin ary est imat e iss u ed by th e
Department of .\g r icultu re. This exceeds th e
220,1 55,000 pound clip of 1922 and the 223,062,
000 pound clip of 1921, bu t is belo w the c lip of
1920, w hi c h was 235,005,000 poun ds, and s till
further be l ow th at of 1919, w ith 249,9.~fl,OOO
pou nds.
T exas, wit h 19,700,000 po unds , lea d s i n the
est im ate o f the '',1'00 1 cl ip f or 1923. Wyol llin .Q·
is n ext wit h 18,800,000, fo ll owed by ili!onta na,
with 18,295,000; { : tah , 17,2 10,000; Idaho, 16,500,
000; Ohio, 14,313,000; Calif orn ia, 14,181,000, and
O regoll, 13,200,000. No other Sta t" ha s as Illuch
as 10,000,000 pou nd s.
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