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THE
MUSIC TRADE
REVIEW
The Technical Department—(Continued from page 43)
damaged keys more efficiently and satisfactorily
Builds Up Business on
than the work could be done in the average
dealer's repair shop. In a sense it is a mail-
Piano Key Repairing order
business, for the bulk of the work is sent
Freild Miller, of Indianapolis, Specializes in the
Recovering and Repairing of Piano Keys for
the Trade in General
INDIANAPOLIS, IND., March 8.—One of the inter-
esting plants in this city is that established and
operated by Freild Miller and devoted entirely
to the repairing, recovering and refinishing of
piano keys, a work in which the proprietor is
assisted by his two sons and a number of other
workmen. Mr. Miller has succeeded in building
up an extensive clientele, including many piano
manufacturers and several hundred dealers, who
take advantage of his facilities for repairing
Government Figures on
Animal Glue Output
h Leather Specially
Tanned for Player*
and Organs
tlUTKINSa Pianos
Also Chamois
Sheepskins, Indiai
and Skivers
Last Quarter of 1925 Shows Big Increase in
Production—Statistics on Stocks on Hand
A Specialty of
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to Mr. Miller by parcel post and returned in
the same manner.
Mr. Miller received his training in piano mak-
ing in Canadian factories and some years ago
realized the need for service in recovering and
repairing piano keys. His plant at 3767 Illinois
street is equipped with modern machinery driven
by individual electric motors, and several of
the machines are of his own invention, one of
them being an ingenious device for grinding the
edges of ivory tops after they have been placed
on the keys, so that they preserve the proper
degree of clearance. Another machine finishes
the fronts rapidly and uniformly. It is in the
use of special machinery that Mr. Miller secures
accuracy and economy in repair work.
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T.L.LUTKINSInc
4 0 SPRUCE ST.. NEWYORK.N.Y.
WASHINGTON, D. C, March 6.—The Department
of Commerce announces that there was pro-
duced during the fourth quarter (October-
December) of 1925 a total of 27,245,700 pounds
of glue of animal origin, of which amount 15,-
500,900 pounds was contributed by hide glue,
2,672,400 pounds by extracted bone glue, and
9,072,400 pounds by other bone glue. Com-
DE LUXE ADJUSTABLE
UKULELE ATTACHMENT
We Are Specialists in
High Grade White Eastern
Easy to Install in any player-piano
ALBERT L. WASEMANN CO.
160 So. Park St.
Wheeling, W. Va.
SPRUCE
BAR STOCK
Let us know your requirements
GEORGE LOUGKS
Dolgeville
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Worcester Wind Motor Co.
WORCESTER. MASS
Maker* of Absolutely Satisfactory
WIND MOTORS for PLAYER PIANOS
New York
Also all kinds of Fneumatics and Supplies
MARCH 13, 1926
pared with a total production of 20,602,800
pounds in the third quarter of 1925, and of
26,364,600 pounds in the fourth quarter of 1924,
increases of 32.2 per cent and 3.3 per cent,
respectively, are shown.
Stocks on hand at the end of the fourth quar-
ter of 1925 amounted to 29,750,800 pounds of
hide glue and 17,010,100 pounds of bone glue, a
total of 46,760,900 pounds, representing decreases
of 4.4 per cent and 16.5 per cent, respectively,
as compared with total stocks of 48,926,500
pounds at the end of the preceding quarter, and
55,973,800 pounds at the end of the fourth
quarter of 1924.
The statistics are based upon the reports of
thirty-three companies or firms, representing
forty-seven establishments, of which number
seven each were located in Illinois, Massachu-
setts and Pennsylvania, five in New York, three
each in California and Kansas, and the remain-
ing fifteen in eleven other States.
Talks on Foremanship
SCRANTON, PA., March 8.—An interesting event
took place here recently under the auspices of
the Foremen's Club of the Scranton Y. M. C. A.,
when C. D. Bond, superintendent and assistant
secretary and treasurer of the Weaver Piano
Co., of York, addressed that body on the subject,
"Who, What and Why Is the Foreman." Mr.
Bond, who is a past president of the York En-
gineering Society and an instructor in foreman-
ship in the York Y. M. C. A., held his listeners
through his carefully worked out talk and was
given a cordial reception by all present.
Rubber Prices Dropping
Although the figure may be negligible so far
as affecting the cost of pneumatic tubing for
player actions, considerable relief may now be
expressed by the pneumatic action manufactur-
ers in the consistent drop in the price of raw
rubber. "The course of the market has been
consistently downward since the beginning of
the year," said F. R. Henderson, president of
the Rubber Exchange of New York this week.
"Excessive speculation on the 'bull' side in Lon-
don carried the market to over $1 a pound for
spring delivery."
ISAAC I.COLE& SON JULIUS BRECKWOLDT & SON, Inc.,
I.Y.
Manafactvrers of Sonnding Boards, Bars, Backs, Bridges, Mandolin and Gvitar Tops,
Maaifactnrcrs
•fAUKadsat
Monarch Tool &Mfg.Co.
MAKE A SPECIALTY OF
PIANO CASE VENEERS
FACTORY AND WAREROOMS
Foot 8th St., E. R.
New York
Wall Boxes, Magazine Slot Boxes,
Coin Slides, Reroll Machines, Money
Boxes, Pumps, Pump Hardware. Spe-
cial parts Made to Order.
130 Opera Place
CINCINNATI, O.
F. RAMACCI0TT1, Inc. PIANO ACTION MACHINERY
Designers and Builders of
PIANO BASS STRINGS
421-423 W. 28th St. near Ninth
NEW YORK
\xt.
Special Machines for Special Purposes
Quality Selections in
Foreign and Domestic Veneers
and
Hardwood Lumber
THE A. H. NILSON MACHINE CO.
BRIDGEPORT
CONN.
IMPORTERS AND MANUFACTURERS
Mills and Main Office:
Cincinnati, Ohio
0. S. KELLY CO.
PIANO PLATES
The Highest Grade of Workmanship
THE OHIO VENEER
COMPANY
Foundries: SPRINGFIELD, OHIO
Continuous Hinges
Service
Grand Hinges
Price
in
Pedals and Rods
For Quality
Bearing Bars
Casters, etc., etc.
Reliability
Eastern Office: 405 Lexington
Ave., at 42d St., New York
FAIRBANKS
PIANO
PLATES
A QUALITY PRODUCT
CHAS. RAMSEY
CORP.
THE FAIRBANKS CO
KINGSTON, N. Y.
SPRINGFIELD, O.