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THE
I/EBKHARY 7, 1925
MUSIC TRADE
REVIEW
45
SUPPLY BRANCHES OF THE INDUSTRY
Strauch Reports Steady
Increase in Orders
crease in the volume of wholesale and retail
trade. Christmas trade at department stores
was greater than in the previous year, and sales
by mail order houses and chain stores were the
Number of Improvements Have Been Made in largest on record.
Action—Guaranteed for Five Years
Orders for the Strauch pneumatic player ac-
tion, manufactured by Strauch Bros., New York,
have been increasing steadily since the first of
the year, according to A. R. Farmer, vice-
president and general manager. Since his ini-
tial trip to the West in the interests of this
action, Mr. Farmer has been devoting most of
his time to the development of the organization
and to the purchasing of materials which enter
into the construction of the player action.
"In selecting the latter," said Mr. Farmer this
week to a representative of The Review, "the
very highest quality of hardware, rubber cloth,
skins, etc., have been singled out for use ini the
construction of the Strauch player action. We
have also made some very important improve-
ments in the construction of the action which
we arc positive will prove greatly beneficial. I
have devoted practically the entire month to
supervising the purchase of these materials and
their superior quality is one reason why we are
in a position to guarantee these player-actions
against all defects for five years. We have also
arranged • for a finish on these actions which
will be permanent and will not scratch or mar.
The Strauch player-action throughout is a
quality product."
Forest Laboratory to
Hold New Courses
Three Offered in New Series, Which Will Be
Held from April 20 to May 9
New Veneer Trimming
Machine on Market
MADISON, WIS., January 31.—The following
dates have been set for the Spring group of
instructional courses in wood utilization, open
Instrument Cuts Down to One-thirty-second of to piano superintendents and foremen in any
woodworking industry, to be held at the
Inch—Power Used Is Electricity
United States Forest Products Laboratory
SYRACUSE, N. Y., January 31.—An electrically
here: Gluing of Wood—April 20 to 25; Kiln
driven veneer trimming machine has just been Drying of Lumber—April 27 to May 8; Box-
put on the market by a prominent manufactur- ing and Crating—May 4 to 9.
ing house of this city and is destined to be These three courses have been given at in-
of value in the veneer-cutting departments of tervals at the laboratory for several years and
piano and phonograph factories, as well as in have been attended by more than 700 repre-
other wood-working industries. The device sentatives of the wood-using industries. The
consists of a special motor support, saw, collar, instruction features not only basic knowledge in
nut and either a hand-shaped motor or router the different subjects, but its practical applica-
motor. With this equipment end veneer may tion to every-day problems.
be cut off one-thirty-second of an inch (and up)
Application for the courses or requests for in-
above the surface of the table top, etc., or it
may be cut off flush with the top. For cutting formation concerning them should be addressed
the veneer off flush, it is necessary to remove a to the director of the laboratory.
small portion of the motor support base so that
the veneer can extend upward between saw and
base; the sawing is done from the outside, flush
with the surface. The motor support is threaded
Franz Goepel, formerly with C. F. Gocpcl &
to fit the threads of the aluminum motor casing. Co., piano hardware dealers in New York until
This permits a fine vertical adjustment of motor last year, has recently joined the sales force
and saw. The operator controls the machine of Peter A. Frasse & Co., 417 Canal street,
by a wood handle, mounted conveniently for his New York. Mr. Goepel will sell the Brunton
use.
Silver Label unrustable piano wire, a British
product, for which the Frasse house is the
American distributor. Announcement was made
WASHINGTON, D. C, January 31.—The Federal
by C. W. Oliver, manager of the specialty dcT
Reserve Hoard in its monthly business review
partment of the company, that George C. Ruths
declares that production and employment in De-
has been taken on to assist A. A. Allen, Western
cember continued the increase which began in Government to Co-operate With Association in representative of the Frasse concern in Chicago
the Autumn and wholesale prices advanced fur-
Endeavor to Draft a Schedule of Standards to and that district.
ther to the highest level for the year. Railroad
Avoid Existing Confusion
shipments of goods continued in large volume,
Consult the Universal Want Directory of
and trade, both at wholesale and retail, was
Progress of American lumber standards will The Review. In it advertisements are inserted
larger than a year ago.
be one of the main features of the programs free of charge for men who desire positions.
"The index of production in basic industries of coming annual meetings of Lumber Traders'
advanced about 10 per cent in December to a Associations, according to an announcement
point 25 per cent higher than last Summer, but just made by the Central Committee on Lum-
was still below the level of the opening months ber Standards. In answer to requests for
of 1924," says the Board.
speakers, the committee, through the co-opera-
(CAMBRIDGE)
Distribution of goods was greater in Decem- tion of the Department of Commerce and the
ber than in the same month of 1923, as indi- National Lumber Manufacturers' Association,
cated by larger railroad shipments and an in- has been privileged to offer to the trade the
services of W. A. Gately, division of simplified
practice, and Arthur T. Upson, lumber stand
ards' advisor. Both men have been scheduled
to address eight or ten lumber associations in
various parts of the country during the coming
month.
Goepel With Frasse Go.
December Showed Increase
Lumber Traders to Discuss
Fixed Lumber Standards
STANDARD
Piano Actions
Antwerp Ivory Sales
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.
LONDON, ENGLAND, January 20.—The latest Ant-
werp ivory sale report states that 81,244 kilo-
grams of raw ivory were offered and 70,271
kilograms were sold. The attendance at the
auction was good, and a strong demand was
prevalent in the various sections except for
billiard ball ivory, for which prices had reached
an exorbitant level. Soft ivory was in particu-
lar request. Hard ivory was 7 to 10 francs
dearer per kilogram for large and medium
tusks, and more for exceptional parcels.
Anilines
Shellacs
10-12 Christopher St., New York
Near 6th Are., and 8th 8t.
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Manufacturers of
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530-540 Atlantic Ave., BOSTON, MASS.
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