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THE MUSIC TRADE
SEI'TEMHKR 12, 1925
REVIEW
45
SUPPLY BRANCHES OF THE INDUSTRY
Early Supply Orders Now Coming Into
Manufacturers and Dealers in Supplies
Increased Demand Reported From the Piano Manufacturers From Practically Every Section of
This Branch of the Music Industries—Conditions Forecast Good Fall
"O EPORTS from various reliable sources in
the supply industry during August empha-
sized the fact that pianomakers have, in general,
experienced a much better Summer season than
they had anticipated earlier in the year. As a
result Fall orders for lumber, parts and acces-
sories are topping the quotas, sent in by the
manufacturers at the start of the Summer, as an
estimate of their requirements.
Particularly in the action field is the in-
creased demand in evidence this month. Such
pneumatic action producers in the New York
district as the Standard Pneumatic Action Co.,
Strauch Bros., Inc., and the Peerless Pneumatic
Action Co. inaugurated a capacity factory
schedule following Labor Day with indications
of an uninterrupted activity through the Win-
ter. Reports from the Simplex Player Action
Co., the Pratt Read Player Action Co. and
others in the East are equally encouraging.
Manufacturers of upright and grand piano ac-
tions have worked on good production during
the Summer and are likewise adding to their
factory personnel.
In such fields as piano hardware, felts, pneu-
matic leathers and the like the Summer has been
more active than usual. The tendency on the
part of manufacturers to postpone their orders
for the smaller parts is more noticeable in this
field, however, and it is generally believed that
the biggest transactions for supplying the Fall
demand will be made during September and
October.
The pianomaker in ordering his supplies of
piano hardware, for instance, finds it hard to
rid himself of the notion that the smaller the
item is the greater the chance that it will be
instantly available on the shelves of the supply
merchant. It is unfortunate that this fallacy
persists from year to year, but the supply deal-
ers have learned to reconcile themselves to it
and do the best they can, when the rush orders
commence to pour in from frantic manufacturers.
It is true that with the trend of standardization
there is a greater uniformity of hardware parts,
but the postponing manufacturer, who holds to
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knife-edge specifications, is running the risk of
holding up his entire production until the tiny
part is made for him.
No marked price variation has made its ap-
pearance during the Summer months, with the
exception of the raw rubber market. This is,
of course, of considerable interest to the pneu-
matic action makers, but even the doubling or
tripling of the outside market, as has been the
case, is not a large enough factor to affect the
cost of an individual action. The rubber mar-
ket has shown a tendency to stabilize since
August 1, as a matter of fact, and no alarm
need be attached to it this Fall. Production
of hardwood lumber and veneers has continued
heavier than the demand in the outside markets
during the past few months, and it is likely thai
veneer prices will show little variation.
New Piano Patent
WASHINGTON, D. C, September 3.—Frederick O.
mentality of the tracker and music sheet, and
to secure automatic stoppage of the music
sheet in an instrument employing an electrically
operated suction motor for developing pneu-
matic power for actuating the instrument.
Bureau of Standards
WASHINGTON, I). C, September 4.—The visiting
committee established by Congress to inspect
the operations of the Bureau of Standards has
reported its findings to the Secretary of Com-
merce for its visit of June 24, according to an
announcement made to-day.
The committee points out the "intense ac-
tivity of the Bureau as evidenced by the large
number of tests performed," and by "the im-
pressive number and quality of the publications
that have recently appeared."
These functions are recognized as parts of
the national economy program.
Reports Advance Orders
W. A. Mennic, president of the Standard
Pneumatic Action Co., New York, returned
from his vacation last week, after spending two
weeks in upper New York State. He stated
that he found a stack of orders on his desk
awaiting his approval on his return, which
placed him at once in an optimistic frame of
mind for the coming season,
"What has
pleased me most," said Mr. Mennie, "is to find
that piano manufacturers throughout the coun-
try are telegraphing orders to increase their
quota for the balance of the year. This, cou-
pled with a number of large export accounts,
which have materialized during the Summer,
will require a capacity-rate of production in the
Standard Pneumatic factory from now on.
Pease, Chicago, 111., was last week granted
Patent No. 1,551,771 for a stringed musical in-
strument which particularly relates to pianos
of various types.
This invention relates generally to stringed
musical instruments, but while it has particular-
ly relation to pianos of various types, such as
grand, upright, and player-piano types, yet it
should be understood that certain features of
the invention are applicable for use in connec-
tion with other instruments having fixed
strings tuned in scales, chromatics, chords, or
tunes, such as zithers, dulcimers, auto harps and
analogous, instruments, without a departure
Charles Pfriemer of Charles Pfriemer, Inc.,
from the spirit of the invention.
One of the objects of the invention is to fur- New York, maker of piano felts and hammers,
returned to his desk this week, after spending
nish a musical instrument which by reason of
a few weeks in the Adirondacks with his fam-
the utilization of improvements, shall possess
ily. Pfriemer put in most of his time fish-
high tonal qualities and shall be simple, dura-
ing and golfing in the vicinity of Scroon Lake.
ble, and inexpensive in construction, with its
William Pfriemer, managing the plant in New
parts so made, arranged and operable with re-
York in his brother's absence, stated that man-
spect to one another as to be positive and de-
ufacturers are commencing to order Fall stocks
pendable in action.
of hammers in large quantities, and expressed
Another object of the invention is to provide the belief that the coming season would be a
means in a musical instrument whereby certain busy one for the trade, if the Pfriemer condi-
musical effects, such as exceptional tonal values, tions may be regarded as a barometer.
sweetness and flexibility of expression, and ease
of execution can be produced, without requir-
Consult the Universal Want Directory of
ing any change in technique, but by simply em-
The Review. In it advertisements are inserted
ploying the pedals of the instrument to control
free of charge for men who desire positions.
or operate certain elements of the invention,
or as predetermined by the perforated record in
player-pianos.
When in the
Charles Pfriemer Returns
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New M. Schulz Patent
WASHINGTON,
D.
C,
September
3.—The
M.
Schulz Co., Chicago, 111., is the owner through
assignment by Adolph P. Gustafson, same
place, of patent No. 1,552,398, for a sheet-stop-
ping mechanism for automatic musical instru-
ments.
This invention relates to automatic musical
instruments, particularly such as are commonly
known as player-pianos, piano players and the
like.
Among the many objects are the following:
to arrange for the automatic stopping of the
music sheet, as, for example, after the same has
been rewound; to secure the foregoing result in a
simple, practical and expeditious manner; to
accomplish the foregoing through the instru-
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