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THE
JANUARY 31, 1925
MUSIC
TRADE
REVIEW
49
SUPPLY BRANCHES OF THE INDUSTRY
Board of Directors of Musical Supply
Association Hold Mid-Winter Meeting
Committee Appointed to Carry on Extensive Publicity Campaign Showing the Functions and
Importance of the Supply Man in the Music Industries
/ ^ HI ("AGO, January 22.—The board of direc-
^- i tors of the Musical Supply Association of
America held their mid-Winter meeting last
night at the Blackstone Hotel in connection
with an informal dinner. The session was a
rather short one and was devoted to a discus-
sion of credits and other matters directly con-
cerning the Association members. The out-
standing feature of the meeting was the de-
cision to carry on an extensive campaign of
publicity in the trade papers regarding the
status and function of the supply man. The ar-
ticles will be divided into two classes, the first
setting forth what the supply men are doing for
the entire music industry and the second what
the supply trade means to a general music busi-
ness from various angles. Those who attended
the meeting included Joseph F. Reed, president;
Alfred TL Smith, secretary; I.ester Miller, A. W.
Johnston, Arthur \.. Wcssell, John C. Wick-
ham and W. C. Heaton. Mr. Heaton heads
the committee appointed.
we use a barrel-knuckle, which is of great im-
portance. There are also many other features
which are recognized by the entire trade as dis-
tinctive of Standard quality. We are certainly
very busy at the present time and feel that 1925
will be a very successful year throughout the
entire piano industry."
Bulletin on Simplified
Practice Is Issued
Department of Commerce Issues Another Bul-
letin in Series on This Vital Subject
WASHINGTON, D. C, January 24.—Some addi-
tional data on the value of simplified practice
in eliminating waste from manufacturing proc-
esses in American industry have been given out
this week by the'Department of Commerce in a
Standard action for the first time. This was booklet called "Simplified Practice—What It Is
Charles L. McHugh Back
particularly true in respect to our grand actions, and What It Offers." The foreword is by Sec-
which have proved particularly satisfactory to retary of Commerce Hoover, who states in part:
From Long Western Trip those
manufacturers who have been using them "While we currently assume that great advance-
ments in living standards are brought about by
President of Standard Action Co. Finds Man- and have also appealed to many who had not
new and basic inventions, an even larger field
ufacturing Industry Anticipating a Good placed but are now placing orders with us.
Demand
"The result has been that several of our de- for advancement of those standards is found in
partments are working overtime and we have the steady elimination of our economic wastes.
CAMBRIDGE, MASS., January 24.—Charles L. Mc-
made arrangements to see that nothing will be The necessity of maintaining a high wage level
Hugh, president of the Standard Action Co., lacking in the matter of service for the benefit requires that all processes of manufacture and
Cambridge, arrived home the latter part of last of the manufacturers who use the Standard distribution be reduced to the lowest possible
cost," continues the foreword. "This can be
week after a most successful Western trip dur- action."
ing which time he visited practically all the While The Review representative was at the clone through the elimination of those wastes
piano manufacturers throughout the Middle Standard plant David A. Barber displayed sev- arising out of too high a degree of diversifica-
West.
eral parts of this new grand action and called tion in certain basic products. To-day dozens
of different sizes, styles, types and patterns of
"I was very much pleased," said Mr. McHugh particular attention to the high standard of
the most commonplace articles are placed on
to a representative of The Review this week, workmanship which now prevails at the plant.
the
market by manufacturers who must possess
"to note the increased confidence for better
"You see," he said, "we take every precau-
business throughout the entire trade. Many of tion to guarantee the highest quality in produc- special equipment and skill to produce these
the manufacturers are ordering for the entire ing Standard actions. Both the material and endless variations. Merchants accumulate great
year, which is a very good sign that they be- the workmanship are of the best. We have also stocks, which turn but slowly because of the
lieve we are going to have a steadily increasing- incorporated several special features in the man- excessive diversity and lack of interchange-
business. My trip proved very successful and T ufacturing of our actions which are distinctly ability in their components. Because- of this
secured some very good contracts for actions advantageous. For instance, in the grand action situation many manuiacturers and distributors
favor co-operation for simplification and stand-
from many manufacturers who are using the
ardization."
STANDARD
Heavy Car Orders
(CAMBRIDGE)
Piano Actions
The man who uses Behlen's Varnish
Crack. Eradicator can afford to figure
lower, yet makes more profit on a re-
finishing job, than the man who does
not use it.
The reason—he saves the time, trouble
and expense of scraping off the old var-
nish and shellac and the finished job is
just as satisfactory, too—if not more so.
Send for a sample can today and
try it.
She Standard Action Company
An indication that a heavy freight traffic for
all kinds of commodities is expected during 1925
by the carriers of the country is to be found
in the fact that 30,000 more freight cars have
already been placed on order by Class 1 rail-
roads than were ordered in January, 1924.
J-ri'ight cars now being installed have a larger
carrying capacity lhan those being retired from
service. The- average capacity of freight cars
on January 1, 1925, was 44.32 tons.
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Manufacturers of
Cambridge, ^Massachusetts
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