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THE AMERICAN MUSIC TRADE WEEKLY
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CHICAGO, SATURDAY, JANUARY 27, 1923
NEW FACTORY FOR VOSE PIANO
Greater Facilities and Truly Modern Efficiency Assured in Producing High
Grade Instruments of the Vose & Sons Piano Co.
The accompanying illustration made from the
architect's drawing, shows the architectural style of
the new factory of the Vose & Sons Piano Co., Bos-
ton, now in course of erection at Watertown, Mass.,
about twenty minutes' ride from the center of the
city. The picture suggests the great extent of the
added facilities acquired by the company for manu-
facturing. But the black and white reproduction
gives no idea of the richness of color in the material
ed and advantageous in building Grand pianos than
the more congested buildings of lesser modern type.
Great Floor Space.
The Vose & Sons Piano Co.'s factory is wide and
and spacious, constructed of reinforced concrete
and faced with a rich colored red brick, which
makes it highly attractive from an architectural
standpoint.
its railroad terminals, vast lumber yards, and dry
kilns, adds an important part in the manufacture of
the famous Boston piano.
The large building accommodations permit Vose &
Sons to make more pianos and to take advantage
of up-to-date facilities, which will insure a future
product surpassing in quality and moderate price any
effort of the company in the past.
Benefits Vose Dealers.
Vose & Sons' representatives are quick to appre-
ciate this fact, for the Vose & Sons pianos and play-
ers have always been big values and a strength and
selling piower in the lines of instruments handled by
them. It is, therefore, the aim of the Vose & Sons
Piano Co. to give more value and quality, and the
new factory, with its ample floor space and its splen-
did facilities augurs well for Vose representatives.
Watertown, in which the Vose & Sons Piano Co.'s
factory is being erected, is conveniently located across
the Charles River, about twenty minutes' ride from
the business center of Boston. It faces the Boston,
New York Post boulevard, a part of the Metropolitan
Park system. The main railroad lines running to the
Great West are directly across the Charles River be-
yond the Parkway, in front of the Vose plant.
Thousands will daily pass the factory, by rail and
automobile, and the home of the Vose & Sons will,
therefore, be prominent before the public. In keep-
ing with these splendid buildings it is the plan of
the company to add to their attractiveness by well-
kept lawns.
MUSIC SUPPLY IMPROVEMENT
COMMITTEE HOLDS MEETING
Interesting Discussion of the Latest Important
Branch of the Industry Promises Results.
The Musical Supply Association's Committee on
Improvement of the Quality of Piano Supplies, of
which Herbert C. House, of C. W. House & Sons is
chairman, held a meeting in the offices of the Music
Industries Chamber of Commerce in New York on
Tuesday, January 23rd. The other members of the
committee are Joseph A. Reed, Paragon Foundries;
David H. Schmidt, D. H. Schmidt & Co.; David A.
Smiih, Standard Fe!t Company; and Arthur Wessell,
Wessell, Nickel & Gross.
The committee discussed the possibility of utilizing
the services of the United States Bureau of Stand-
ards in the matter of conducting investigations for
the purpose of establishing standard tests for supplies
and rendering reports on their quality as shown by
srch tests. This possibility was considered with par-
ticu'ar reference to hammer felts, tuning pins, wire
and woods, and it was decided to have the first tests
made by the Bureau in the matter of hammer felts.
It is hoped that as a result of the prospective tests
tie Bureau of Standards will be able to submit a re-
port upon the comparative resiliency of felts made
from various wool mixtures, and the relative ability
of felts of varying degrees of hardness to stand up
under use in the piano.
OTTO HIGEL ASSETS.
NEW FACTORY OF VOSE & SONS PIANO CO., AT WATERTOWN, MASS.
employed. The new building will fittingly commem-
orate the three-quarters of a century anniversary of
the Vost & Sons Piano Co., and become another
cause for pride in Boston's architectural group of
New England's thriving industries.
A Studied Plan.
The fact that many months' research have been
devoted to planning the new factory is an assur-
ance of the attainment of the ideals of the Vose
family to have a truly modern and efficient factory,
installing the approved and latest equipment in ma-
chinery, and scientific devices used in the making
of high grade pianos.
To meet the rapidly increasing demand for these
instruments bearing the na-me "Vose & Sons," es-
pecially Grands, makes it imperative and neces-
sary to provide a building of larger proportion. It
is a well known fact with manufacturers that a fac-
tory eighty feet wide is far more admirably adapt-
Much attention has been given to light, both day
and artificial; in fact, every foot of space in the en-
tire structure affords an abundance of light and
illumination. The ventilating system is another
splendid feature that makes the Vose factory healthy
and comfortable, and affords an inspiring environ-
ment for the workmen.
Efficiency and Economy.
"The efficiencies and economies of manufacture
have been foremost with us in making our plans,"
said George A. Vose, treasurer of the company, "and
this, you know, is reflected in the quality and price
of Vose pianos, and is greatly to the advantage of the
buying public."
The systems for drying lumber scientifically are
of the latest and most modern type, and their selec-
tion came in for much study in working out the effi-
ciencies of this new factory.
All in all, the new home of the Vose & Sons, with
All rights and title of the factory, real estate,
machinery, equipment, tools, patents, etc., of the
Otto Higel Co., Inc., of New York City, have been
acquired by the King Player Action Co., Inc., of
which Julian T. Mayer, of Mayer Bros. & Bramley,
Inc., of 417 West 28th street, New York City, is the
managing director of both sales and factory.
The firm of Mayer Bros. & Bramley, Inc., will be
the sole distributors of the output of the King Player
Action Co., Inc. The factory has been operating
steadily for the last five months and has acquired the
patronage of a number of manufacturers of player-
pianos in the United States.
THE "PULL" OF PRESTO ADVS.
Sioux Falls. S. D., Jan. 29. 1923.
Presto Pub. Co.: Some time ago I sent you an
add to run for two issues. The adv. answered its
purpose in fine shape. Presto is a wonderful paper.
It is, and should be, in all piano salesmen's hands.
We couM not be without it.
Yours very truly,
P. L. HANSON.
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