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Music Trade Review

Issue: 1926 Vol. 82 N. 16

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The Music Trade Review
APRIL 17, 1926
The Technical Department—Continued from page 40)
Brambach Factory Chosen as Example
of Safety Work by New York Labor Dept.
Official Films Made in New Factory of the Brambach Piano Co. to Be Used as Demonstrations
of What Proper Safety Work for Employes Should Be in Factory Practice
A COMPLIMENT of a high order was re- Here automatic machines, many with heads and
^^ ceived recently by the Brambach Piano moving parts, necessitate the use of belting.
Co., New York, maker of Brambach baby grand In the Brambach factory the entire belting is
pianos, when a request was made by the De- enclosed with steel screenings, covering the en-
partment of Labor of New York State for per- tire lengths from the central power plant to the
mission to use the Brambach plant as a model cutting heads. This innovation in scientific
for a motion picture, demonstrating safety work- precautionary measures is but one of the many
in factories. This department is in the midst features carried out throughout the whole of
of a campaign to promote safety for workers 'the new Brambach factory making for better
in manufacturing industries and is receiving the production at a minimum of hazard. The fac-
First" one step further and making it read
"Safety Always" in the new Brambach factory.
The letter is from Leland E. Cofer, director of
the Bureau of Industrial Hygiene of New York
State, and is as follows: "In connection with
the production of moving pictures illustrating
the common accident hazards in industry to-
gether with methods of prevention, the Bureau
of Industrial Hygiene in the New York State
Department of Labor must of necessity confine
the production of such moving pictures to those
plants which possess as nearly as possible ideal
conditions. On this account your factory was
selected by Safety Inspectors Robert Northrup
and Herbert Reid for the purpose above out-
lined.
"This letter has a twofold object: first, to
express the appreciation of your courtesy and
public spirit in aiding this work of accident pre-
vention by lending your plant which you have
done, and to credit you, as is your due, with hav-
ing a plant wherein the physical and mechanical
cond'tions are conducive to safety in indus-
try."
Wood Utilization to Be
Discussed on April 28
Special Conference to Be Held in Washington
for the Purpose of Laying Down a Definite
Program for the Entire Country.
Above — State Depart-
ment of Labor Taking
Moving Pictures in the
Brambach Plant—Let-
ter From State Depart-
ment
enthusiastic• co-operation of workers and execu-
tives everywhere.
After a comprehensive study of factory and
working conditions throughout the entire
State, Safety Inspectors Robert Northrup and
Herbert Reid chose the Brambach factory, at
609 West Fifty-first street, as a splendid example
of the modern factory. In the accompanying
photograph Mr. Northrup, of the Department
of Labor, will be seen "shooting" a motion pic-
ture of one Brambach sanding machine. It
will be noted that the room is free of over-
head shafting and belt-driven machinery, one
of the aims of the safety movement.
The sanding machine pictured has three
drums, each one operated by an individual three-
horse-power motor—directly connected; two of
these motors are visible on the near side and
one on the far side. Each machine stops and
starts with a push button, removing all the
dangers of the old-fashioned loose pulley, fre-
quently the cause of many accidents.
The entire factory is similarly equipped. An
innovation of particular interest to the produc-
lion executive exists in the action department.
tory is of modern fireproof construction from
top to bottom and enjoys one of the lowest fire
insurance rates ever given.
The moving picture, so recently completed,
will form the "piece de resistance" of the
State-wide campaign conducted by New York
and sponsored by the Department of Labor for
better safety conditions in factories. Plans
call for serial showings throughout the State
and theatres in industrial centers and sections
where working men live will exhibit the reels.
Pre-showings of this feature picture have already
caused much favorable comment not only for
the spirit and idea behind the campaign but also
for the model factory demonstrating modern
safety methods. These congratulatory expres-
sions are but in keeping with the many highly
nattering words of praise already heaped upon
the executives of the Brambach factory from
over the entire country upon completion and
inspection of the new building. It was espe-
cially gratifying to Mark P. Campbell, president
of the Brambach Piano Co., to receive the fol-
lowing letter, showing how well he had suc-
ceeded in carrying out the old slogan "Safety
WASHINGTON, D. C, April 5.—Plans arc nearing
completion for the coming meeting of the
National Committee of Wood Utilization to be
held here on April 28. A definite program of
procedure throughout the nation and the ap-
pointment of sub-committees to handle the
various projects under consideration will be
worked out at this meeting of the National Com-
mittee of Wood Utilization, which is an official
group organized in the Department of Com-
merce at the direction of President Coolidge.
Secretary of Commerce Hoover is its chairman
and Colonel W. B. Greeley, Forester of the
United States, is the vice-chairman.
Axel H. Oxholm, director of the National
Committee on Wood Utilization, which includes
in its membership^ producers, distributors and
consumers of wood and its products, says that
on an average only 25 to 35 per cent of the
standing trees of our forest are at the present
being utilized.
The National Committee plans to develop a
program which will promote in the manufactur-
ing industry more extensive wood utilization,
especially of the lower grade stock. Reduced
saw kerf, prevention of stain, wood preservation,
more efficient logging methods, utilization of
small logs, possibility of using a greater variety
of species for pulp manufacture and chemical
utilization will be among the measures advo-
cated. One tree will be made to serve the pur-
pose of two and the consumer will be receiving
a better value for his money. It is the hope
of the committee that through its efforts a more
uniform demand for all grades of lumber will
be stimulated. This in turn will promote closer
utilization, enabling the manufacturer to dis-
tribute his cost with greater accuracy.
T. L. Lutkins Recovering
News of the speedy convalescence of Ted L.
Lutkins, Jr., of T. L. Lutkins, Inc., New York,
who has been seriously ill at his home in West-
chester County for several weeks, was given out
by an executive of the Lutkins house this week.
Mr. Lutkins, who returned early in March from
an extensive trip through the Middle West call-
ing on player action and organ manufacturers,
contracted double pneumonia shortly after his
arrival in New York, tie has been troubled
with pleurisy somewhat since his recovery and
is not expected to return to his office at 40
Spruce street, New York, for ten days or so.

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IN THE WORLD OF MUSIC PUBLISHING
Conducted By V. D. Walsh
If You're 111 Try Victoria, Canada,
and You'll Forget Your Pains and Aches
So Says Maurice Richmond, Head of the Richmond Music Supply Corp., New York, After a Visit
to the Music Trade There—Healthiest City in the World to Liv« in, He Proclaims
V I C T O R I A , April 3.—Victoria, Queen resi-
dential city of Canada, is one of the healthiest
cities of the world to live in. This magic portal to
one thousand miles of wonderland, including its
suburbs, has a popula-
tion of about 60,000.
Situated on the south-
ern end of Vancouver
Island, that is beautiful,
with fine vistas of sea,
mountain, shore line
and bay, magnificent
and picturesque, Vic-
toria i s m o d e r n i n
everything that goes to
make up an up-to-date
city. There is perhaps
no city possessing a
combination of features
necessary to an ideal
Maurice Richmond
place of residence that
can compare with Victoria. They say to the
traveler: "Tie a tag on your bag, then follow
the birds to Victoria, Canada's most delightful
Winter resort."
Fletcher Bros., Ltd.
This music house, established a little over
fifty years ago, is located at 1110 Douglas street,
in a class A-A building, entirely of steel and
concrete construction, costing over $100,000.
This is the result of the fire in 1923, which
destroyed the entire plant. The old institution
was considered to be one of the most complete
music houses in the Canadian Northwest.
James H. Fletcher is the president and
Thomas C. Fletcher, treasurer. T. W. Fletcher,
the head of the firm, is eighty-six years old, and
not now actively engaged in the business. The
general offices of the firm are in Victoria. It
has a branch at Vancouver, B. C , of which
Frank Furk is the manager, and one in
Nanaimo, B. C, managed by George A. Fletcher.
During my interview with Thomas C. Fletcher
he escorted me through the entire building,
which is finished in cream color throughout
the four floors. The artistic color schemes car-
ried out in the piano rooms are the ideas of
Frederick King, who has been in the piano de-
partment of this firm for ten years. Mr.
Fletcher had this to say with reference to the
business:
"We had a phenomenal holiday trade in 1925
and our piano business was very good. We
are looking for a good year, indeed, in 1926.
The Orthophonic Victrola has given the phono-
graph business a new lease on life. Soon we
will be back to the good old days when we
could fill all requirements in this line. W e
have many thousands of dollars' worth of busi-
ness booked on Victor goods which we hope to
take care of soon."
Mr. Fletcher is a director of the Rotary Club,
and the Chamber of Commerce. He was very
proud of the fact that his son, Walter J.
Fletcher, a grandson of the founder, and a big
husky just out of college tipping the scale at
almost 180, is now actively engaged in the busi-
ness and making good.
Fletcher Bros, are agents for the Steinway,
Gerard Heintzman, Nordheimer and several
other makes of pianos. The piano and instru-
ment department is under the direction of W.
IT. Davis, who has been with the firm for
sixteen years. The spacious and extremely at-
tractive Duo-Art room, with its expensive dec-
orations and improved rugs, is decidedly ef-
fective. Mr. Fletcher made the fact known to
me that the house had recently celebrated its
fiftieth birthday in business.
Cecil W. Heaton
At David Spencer, Ltd., there is one of the
busiest sheet music, phonograph and musical
instrument departments on the Canadian Wesl
Coast. While I have seen a great many de-
partments with a lot more space, I doubt
whether there are very many having more ac-
tivity than is seen here. The facts and figures
given to me by Cecil W. Heaton plainly show
that his department has made a remarkable
gain year after year. Cecil moved here several
years ago from Eastern Canada. He wanted
a good place "To-ron-to" so he went out to
Victoria. His holiday business last year was
the best he has had since he has been on the
West Coast. Cecil believes in unique advertis-
ing and the following was a placard hung on
his wall:
SONGS THAT SELL
Always—(Irving Berlin)—New.
Remember (Irving' Berlin)
Don't Walt Too Long: (Irving Berlin)
Venetian Isles (Irving Berlin)
Then I'll lie Happy
I Never Knew
That Certain Party
In the Middle of the Night
I Wonder Where My Baby Is To-night
Poor Papa (Has Got Nuthin' at All)
I'd Climb the Highest Mountain (If I Knew
I'd Find You)
Gimme a Little Kiss (Will Ya-Huh?)
Tentin' Down in Tennessee
But I Do (You Know I Do)
What! No Women
Pining for You
Somebody's Wyes
Chinky Butterfly
Say It Again
He Ain't Done Right by Nell
What Am I Supposed to Do?
The Wind Blew Thru His Whiskers
Cecilia
I Wish't I Was in Peorla
Yes, Sir! That's My Baby
Oh, How I Miss You To-night
The Rosen Brought Me You
Yearning:
Waltzing the Blues Away
Miami, You Owo a Lot to Me
When Autumn Leaves Are Falling-
Take This Rose
Tell Me W T hy You and I Should Be Strangers
The Day That I Met You
—
—
—
—
—
—
"Oh,
it's Springtime in the country, and it's Springtime in
the town
And down at Cecil Heaton's they sell music by the poun'.
Sometimes they play it short and sweet,
Sometimes long and not so neat;
And music of that kind should be measured by the yard—
yes, by the back-yard."
Cecil is a great card and a good old pard.
He is as free of care as a bird in the air and is
"some bird" of the male species. He's a great
favorite with the ladies. Perhaps he favors
them also. The bowler, derby, I mean the Knox
or the Stetson which he brought out with him
years ago from Toronto, flew into the bay when
he first landed and he has never worn a hat
since. And what a crop he has on his dome—
curly, too. Cecil told me one about his twelve-
year-old boy, Roy. They were discussing his-
tory and Cecil asked him: "Do you know when
Rome was built?" "Yes," said Roy, "at night."
"Why, how do you account for that?" Cecil
asked. "Well," Roy said, "haven't you often
heard it said that Rome wasn't built in a day?"
Cecil is extremely fond of his eighteen-year-
old daughter, a very charming and sweet girl.
She was not in the city when I was there, but
was spending a holiday in eastern Canada.
Cecil reminded me of a picture I once saw
of a fellow sitting on a pumpkin, the title of
which was "Your Pumpkin of Independence."
That is just like Cecil. He is very happy that
he is in business for himself. He would rather
sit on the pumpkin and fltave it all to himself
than to be crowded on a velvet cushion. As a
matter of fact, he saw on the dim horizon of the
future the vision of business ownership—the
pumpkin all to himself, which led to natural in-
dependence. Some achieve their mission, while
others, resting on the velvet cushion, are still
hoping for the day when the key to their own
business will be in their pocket without making
the effort.
Oh, yes, I forgot to mention that Cecil's Or-
chestra is the real thing in Victoria. He plays
for all the high-brows. When the Prince of
Wales made a visit to Victoria he was enter-
tained by the elite, and Cecil was engaged to
play for him. As a result, the Prince gave him
a silver match-box.
Cecil claims there are no dull times in Vic-
toria so far as the music business is concerned.
"We have many holiday seekers in the Winter
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BOOKS THAT SELL
X
New Universal Dance Folio
No. 11
Fidition Extraordinary—Just Out
Peterson's Ukulele Method
World's Favorite Songs
Tiddle De Ukes
Strum It With Crumit
Irving Berlin's Song Gems
From the Musical Comedy Sensation
"THE COCOANUTS"
A Little Bungalow
Florida By the Sea
We Should Care
The Monkey Doodle Doo
Lucky Boy
IRVING BERLIN, Inc.
1607 Broadway, New York
and tourists in the Summer." He has four ex-
perienced girls in the department, who keep in
time with Cecil's step. Being long-legged and
full of "pep" he has some stride, too. He
broadcasts through station CFCF regularly.
While my visit with Cecil was on a Saturday,
the busiest day of the week, he did not fail to
take me out for a ride around the town in his
car, so that I could inhale some of that A-l
ozone and what not. Cecil paid for the lunch a
total of 30 cents. We ate a. la carte, too, and
the girls would not accept any tips from Cecil's
friends. The food sure was appetizing and
tickled the palate. Try and do it in New York.
After a short rest, Cecil said: "Now, Maurice,
I want you to get some of this wonderful sun,
it's much better than seeing the doctor." We
spent exactly one hour about town, driving

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