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THE
OCTOBER 10, 1925
MUSK
TRADE
REVIEW
45
SUPPLY BRANCHES OF THE INDUSTRY
Music Industries Invited to Attend
Lumber Waste Conference in Washington
Government Officials Planning National Conference to Eliminate Waste in the Handling of Lum-
ber and Request Suggestions as to Time When Conference Can Be Held
TlfASHINGTON, D. C, October 3.—Manu-
* ^ facturcrs of pianos, phonographs and radio
and the trade bodies representing them are be-
ing circularized by John Foley, chairman of the
hardwood consulting committee of the Depart-
ment of Commerce, for the purpose of stimu-
lating interest in a meeting to be held in Wash-
ington soon.
Chairman Foley called attention to a letter
of April 22, addressed to each organization rep-
resented on the committee, and requested that
the laboratory report be studied with a view
to drawing conclusions to the questions asked
therein. The letter of April 22 was in part as
follows:
"The preventable waste in the saw mills and
factories consuming hardwoods as their raw
material must be eliminated if the future exist-
ence of a large group of important industries
is not threatened by a growing shortage in
supply.
"Since grading rules influence the amount of
waste that develops in the production and use
of lumber, they should be developed along what-
ever lines will aid in the most efficient utilization
and effective procedure.
"The objective of the hardwood consulting
committee, in which your organization is rep-
resented, is to get agreement on grading rules
satisfactory to all interests involved through
amendments and developments of present prac-
tices.
"There is now available within the hardwood
consulting committee much of the information
needed by the hardwood lumber industry in lay-
ing out the course to be followed toward im-
proved practices. The committee has gone on
record as favoring the changing of f. a. s. to
a cutting basis and segregating No. 3 common
into two grades on the basis of 'clear face' and
'sound' cuttings. The guiding principle behind
these recommended changes is that they will
decrease the waste in factories and mills
through a better segregation of boards accord-
ing to their ultimate utility value.
"The Forest Products Laboratory has con-
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Shellac.
Staina
Filler.
10-12 Christopher St., New York
Xear «th Are., and 8th Bt.
ducted studies and presented to the hardwood
consulting committee facts which lead the labo-
ratory to recommend that, for cutting grades,
the existing principle of restrictions on size and
yield of cutting be supplemented to recognize
also the type and shape of predominant cuttings
obtainable. The reasons for their recommenda-
tion are as follows:
"1. The several branches of the hardwood
consuming trade work up the bulk of their lum-
ber into cuttings which are distinctive and char-
acteristic as to size and shape. Predominating
demands of any one branch can be grouped
into one or more of four classes, viz., long wide,
long narrow, short wide and short narrow cut-
tings.
"2. Cutting-room waste and the surplus of
cuttings of low utility value for a given indus-
try can be minimized by the application to grad-
ing rules of a principle which will segregate
boards according to the yield in cuttings of a
prescribed general length-wide relation, i. e.,
long wide, long narrow, etc. Boards containing
such types of cuttings are not segregated by
only specifying, as in existing rules, the yield in
low minimum sizes accompanied by a restric-
tion in the number of cuttings to insure large
area.
"3. The cutting, trimming and otherwise
wasting of much usable material at the saw mill
incident to manufacture to grade is the inevi-
table result of the restrictions on number of per-
missible cuttings at present used to insure ade-
quate size of cuttings.
"4. Insurance of a certain general length-
width relation of predominant cuttings by direct
specification rather than indirectly through lim-
itations on number of cuttings will result both
in savings at the saw mill and in a shifting of
certain number of boards, some from an upper
grade to a lower and others from a lower to a
higher, according to their cutting utility value."
The time of the next meeting depends largely
on the progress that the various committee
members have made in their study. The chair-
man has requested -suggestions as to the time
and place of the next meeting.
New Tonk Factory
Now in Production
Los Angeles Plant of Bench Manufacturer Now
Filling Pacific Coast Dealers' Orders Rapidly
Reports coming from Los Angeles, Cal., indi-
cate that production is under way satisfactorily
in the branch factory established there recently
by the Tonk Mfg. Co., Chicago, to supply the
Western piano trade. The new Tonk factory is
100 feet square and is of modern fireproof con-
struction. The structure is admirably lighted
and equipped with the latest machinery and
tools for producing high-grade piano benches
and cabinets.
Percy A. Tonk, president of the company,
who returned to Chicago recently after seeing
the branch established in Los Angeles, stated
that he lias complete confidence in C. A. Pat-
terson, manager of the Western branch, in the
matter of co-operating with the Chicago head-
quarters and giving satisfaction to customers in
his district. Orders are being filled in the new
factory, according to Mr. Tonk, in a manner
that satisfies all the dealers' expectation.
Oetting Finds Prospects
Excellent in New England
President of Philip W. Oetting & Son, Im-
porters of Felts, Reports That Manufacturers
Are Preparing for Active Demand
Philip G. Oetting, president of Philip W. Oet-
ting & Son, New York, importers of piano felts,
called on the piano manufacturing trade in the
vicinity of P>oston during the past week. W.
M. Shailer, vice-president and secretary of the
Oetting concern, stated that Mr. Oetting's let-
ters were most encouraging with respect to
conditions in the industry and contained sub-
stantial orders. Mr. Shaler also stated that
business has shown a decidedly brisk tone in
other piano manufacturing centers during the
past three weeks, and that everything seems to
indicate an active Fall.
A. L. Wessell in West
Arthur L. Wessell, vice-president of Wessell,
Nickel & Gross, New York, and president of
the Musical Supply Association, is completing
a trip through the Middle West, calling on the
trade. He was present at the recent conven-
tion of the Music Merchants' Association of
Ohio and also attended the Illinois Music Mer-
McHugh Realty Co. to Acquire Two Large New chants' Association convention.
Factories to Take Care of Expanding Business
Standard Action Co.
to Expand Its Plant
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CAMBRIDGE, MASS., October 3.—The McHugh
Realty Co. has recently been formed in this city
to take ca t re of the expansion of the Standard
Action Co.'s business. The active head of this
new organization is Charles L. McHugh, who is
well known throughout the entire piano indus-
try through his work with the Standard Action
Co. The McHugh Realty Co. has recently ac-
quired two large factories for the expansion of
the manufacturing facilities of the company, one
of which alone is said to involve an investment
of approximately $200,000. The constantly
growing business of the company has made this
an absolute necessity.
Mr. McHugh stated that business h-as been
good right along at the Standard Action Co. and
the plant has been working full time all year.
He recently returned from a business trip cov-
ering the Eastern States and found business
much improved.
STYLE NO. 181
The Art Novelty Co.
Goshen, Ind.
PHILIP W. OETTING & SON, Inc.
213 East 19th Street, New York
Sole Agents for
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