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MAY
THE MUSIC TRADE
16, 1925
REVIEW
41
SUPPLY BRANCHES OF THE INDUSTRY
Care in Staining an
Essential in Finishing
the filler out of pores, but will leave the pores
well filled.
"The work should then be allowed to stand
until dry beyond a doubt, and then be given a
Some Brief Pointers That Will Be of Use in coat of shellac, white preferred, as white shel-
the Finishing Department of the Piano Fac- lac gives a clearer finish; this shellac should be
tory
cut, the amount left to the finisher foreman's
judgment; the shellac coat should be well
The matter of staining mahogany in the fin- sanded. In the following coats it is best to use
ishing room of a piano factory always offers the same varnish, as two different varnishes
many difficulties and too much cannot be said do not always work well together. Using the
in theory as to the means of obtaining a uni- same varnish, the various coats, leading up to
form surface effect. Some valuable suggestions and including the finish coat, can and should be
along this line are contained in an article by cut, being sure to use an A-grade turpentine.
J. Hendricks in the current issue of Veneers.
Pure gum spirit turpentine will give best re-
"Care should be used in staining," writes Mr. sults. The cutting of these coats will cause the
Hendricks, "to see that the same amount of work to dry better and the varnish will spray
stain be used on all parts of work being stained. better, also.
For all high-grade work, water stain is prefer-
"Time must be given work to allow the finish-
able, as it is the most durable, and the stain ing coat to thoroughly dry before rubbing, see-
should be made with only one powder, so if ing that all oil and pumice-stone are removed.
any trouble arises, caused by the stain, one can If oil is left on the work it may cause the var-
get at the bottom of the trouble much sooner nish to soften and result in printed work.
than if more than one powder is used in mix- Where pumice-stone is left on the work, it
ture. A one-powder stain can be furnished by causes the work to look badly, as when the oil
any first-class aniline house. The stained work dries out it will leave the pumice-stone showing
should be allowed to dry over night and then in the corners. A good picking brush will elim-
be given a thin size coat of shellac, 1-part of inate all of this."
shellac to 6-parts alcohol. Pure white shellac
should be used, as one is liable to have trouble
if sub-shellac is used.
"After the size coat is dry, the work should
WASHINGTON, D. C, May 9.—A willingness to
be thoroughly sanded; this is a very important
part, and if not sanded properly on this coat the comply with such requirements as the Federal
work will very likely show an uneven finish Trade Commission may impose upon the paint
when completed. Great care should be taken to and varnish industry is indicated in an answer
see that the work is well dusted before filling; made by the Ohio Shellac Company, of Cleve-
if this is not done trouble may follow, the pres- land, to a Trade Commission complaint.
The commission's complaint alleges that the
ence of pinholes in the finished product often
being caused by the work not being thoroughly varnishes offered by the respondents to the
dusted; the pores, being partly filled with dust, trade are packed in containers with labels bear-
ing in large and conspicuous letters the words
cannot be thoroughly filled.
"Dutch
Maid Shellac," "Ohio Shellac" and
"The filling of mahogany is one of the most
important parts of all the necessary operations; other phrases containing the word "shellac" as
the filler to be used should be neither too thick the names and designations of the varnishes made
nor too thin, as good work cannot be attained by them.
with either. One should use the filler known
as the happy medium, seeing that the filler is
well brushed into the grain, care being taken
not to brush too long, thereby lifting out much
MADISON, WIS., May 8.—The eleventh instruc-
of the filler. Allow work to dry to a flat ap- tional short course in the gluing of wood, given
pearance, rub filler across the grain, using a sea- here at the United States Forest Products
moss pad, and cleaning up with a rag, with the Laboratory during the latter part of April, was
grain. This method, properly used, will not lift attended by nineteen representatives of the
wood-using and glue-manufacturing industries,
constituting a record attendance for this course.
Piano manufacturers had six representatives in
the class, glue manufacturers five, and other
industries were represented by one or two men.
The next course in gluing will be given at the
laboratory in September.
Willing to Comply
Piano Men at Courses
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.
Write to-day.
Manufacturer* of
ORGAN AND PLAYER-PIANO
Head of German Felt Manufacturing Co. Makes
Headquarters With Oetting & Son, New
York
Fritz Weickert, of the piano felt manufactur-
ing concern of J. D. Weickert, Leipzig, Ger-
many, and grandson of Otto Weickert, founder
of the business, arrived in the United States re-
cently, and is making his headquarters with
Philip W. Oetting & Son, 213 East Nineteenth
street, New York, American representatives
of the Weickert house. Mr. Weickert plans to
spend four months in the United States for the
purpose of making a comparative study of
piano-hammer manufacture.
By a coincidence, Mr. Weickert's trip to
America has been made during the same time
that Philip G. Oetting, vice-president of Philip
W. Oetting, is visiting the Weickert factory in
Leipzig. A cable has been received from Mr.
Oetting by his firm to the effect that his cross-
ing on the "Leviathan" was completed satisfac-
torily and that he had arrived safely at Cher-
bourg, France, on May 7.
Investigates Popularity
of Walnut at Present
American Walnut Manufacturers' Association
Completes Survey of the Use of This Wood
A country-wide investigation of conditions af-
fecting the use of American walnut has just
been completed by the American Walnut Manu-
facturers' Association, Chicago, which has com-
piled the results on a printed circular sent out
to the wood-working industries. The survey,
which was taken in February, 1925, indicates
walnut is in predominant demand in the furni-
ture industry, the fact being based on an exam-
ination of 1,500 retail advertisements in all sec-
tions of the country, 97 per cent of these having
featured walnut finished merchandise during
this month.
Additional data obtained in the investigation
demonstrated the following facts: 93 per cent
of the advertisements showed walnut furniture
predominating; 45 per cent of the advertise-
ments mentioned no other wood except walnut,
and only 3 per cent mentioned other woods ex-
clusively.
Wool Tests Being Made
WASHINGTON, D. C, May 9.—A series of tests
of the shrinkage and moisture content of raw
wool grown in various parts of the United
States is to be made by the Department of
Agriculture, so that wool growers will have a
more accurate method of estimating the market
value of their product. The department has es-
tablished a special laboratory at Washington.
LEATHERS
Sell The
"ART LINE"
and
Increase Your Profits
Write for Catalog.
530-540 Atlantic Ave., BOSTON, MASS.
H. BEHLEN & BRO.
Anilines
ShslUcs
WHITE, SON CO.
Fritz Weickert Visiting
the American Trade
Stains
Fillers
PHILIP W. GETTING & SON, Ine.
213 East 19th Street, New York
10-12 Christopher St., New York
Sole Agents for
WEICKERT HAMMER AND DAMPER FELTS
GRAND AND UPRIGHT HAMMERS
N«»r «th AT*., and 8th Bt.
Made of Weickert Felt
STYLE NO. 125
168 Rolls
The Art Novelty Co.
Goshen, Ind.