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PRESTO
April 25, 1925.
SMALL GOODS AND SUPPLIES
SCHAFF BASS STRINGS
Seeing Processes of Manufacture of Bass Strings Co.,
Will Be An Interesting Convention Week
Diversion.
The Schaff Piano String Co., 2009 to 2021 Clybourn
avenue, Chicago, is one of the well known specialty
houses in the piano supply trade and one that pre-
serves its clientele by the excellence of its products.
The Schaff Piano String Co. has always realized the
importance to the piano manufacturer of string de-
pendability. On good, reliable bass strings he de-
pends in a special way for a continuation of a high
quality character in his pianos. Good bass strings
are a most important means towards imparting fine
tonal merits to his instruments.
From the first the Schaff Piano String Co. has
made the strings a standard of high quality. The in-
dustry achieved a character based on the application
of the most approved and up-to-date methods which
involved the extremely careful details of expert work-
manship. The high character of the Schaff bass
strings is due as much to the experience and expert-
ness of the workmen as to the exclusive mechanical
means of producing them.
One of the most interesting convention week sights
for the visiting dealer will be the plant of the Schaff
Piano String Co.
NEW ENGLAND DEALERS ACT
Musical Merchandise and Sheet Music Trade in Six
States Alive to Benefits of Band Contest.
The New England states are keenly interested in
the band contest to be held May 9 in the Boston
Arena, the final event of the National Music Week
celebration. Music publishing houses and musical
merchandise houses of Boston are distributing litera-
ture describing the event and encouraging New Eng-
land merchants to stimulate the band contest sipirt
in their communities.
Over 100 bands will participate in the contest and
in the parade that will mark the opening of the big
event in the Boston Arena. In addition there will
be a demonstration on the Common and a pageant in
the Arena. In a circular issued by the Music Week
promoters, New England dealers are urged to secure
public aid for competing bands.
"Local bands and orchestras should start imme-
diately to secure backing of their city council, cham-
ber of comerce, Kotarians, Kiwanians, and the public
school boards to finance traveling expenses to Boston
and back," is the advice.
ASKS LUMBER FREIGHT REVISION
Interstate Commerce Commission Petitioned by Lum-
ber Interests to Revise Freight Figures.
A revision downwards of railroad rates for lumber
was asked the interstate Commerce Commission in its
general rate structure investigation last week by rep-
resentatives of lumber interests. The investigation
would also correct certain situations in the applica-
tion of certain railroad rates on lumber. The lum-
ber interests declared there was lack of uniformity of
practice regarding the basis of freight charges upon
lumber and forest products.
Freight rates on lumber from any and every stand-
point or basis of comparison are unduly high, the
commission was told. The average freight charge for
transporting lumber and forest products was unjust,
unfair, prejudicial to the rights of and discriminatory
against the lumber industry of the United States as
a whole, and the consumers of lumber, the petition
said.
It was said, for instance, that in some cases the
same rate applies on all lumber produced by various
mills regardless of their location. In other words, all
mills within a certain area take a group rate, while in
other localities lumber moves on a different rate from
every separate producing point.
A branch of the Sterling Piano Corp.'s store in
Jamaica, L. I., was opened recently at 17 Railroad
avenue, Freeport, L. I., with Fred Lawton as
manager.
WESSELL, NICKEL & GROSS
PIANO
Greater Facilities for Piano Plate Production Added
to the Big Plant of the O. S. Kelly Co.
The importance of the plate in the piano is under-
stood by every dealer as well as by every manufac-
turer, and strength in the plate is an admitted re-
quirement by tuners whose daily work means the
study of piano parts. The famous Kelly player made
by O. S. Kelly Co., Springfield, O., is one of the de-
pendable piano parts that means an assurance of
worth to everybody who makes, sells, tunes or re-
pairs pianos. That is why the high grade plate of
the company is in continuous demand in this day of
favor for the instruments of artistic tone and struc-
tural values.
The steady demands for fine plates from the O. S.
Kelly Co., is an indication of the character of pianos
that sell today and it is a call to which the company
has responded in a way that marks its appreciation of
the business of the piano industry. More speace and
increased facilities for production have been accorded
that phase of the work of the O. S. Kelly Co. Not
only are the most scientific methods of casting applied
to the Kelly plates but the latest and most approved
means for giving them the finest finish as well. Im-
portant recent additions to the O. S. Kelly Co.'s foun-
dry were designed to provide greater facilities for the
piano plate department.
DISTINGUISHING MAHOGANY VARIETIES.
How to distinguish the true from the immature
mahogany is told by Arthur Koehler, specialist in
lumber in a report for the United States Department
of Agriculture. More than sixty different species of
timber have been put on the market under the name
of mahogany, according to Mr. Koehler's report.
Many, if not all, of these have been used in the manu-
facture of pianos, phonographs and certain other
musical instruments. Some of these varieties closely
resemble mahogany and are related to it botanically.
Others have only slight resemblance to mahogany,
but when used as veneer may be mistaken by persons
unfamiliar with its characteristics.
THE SELPO TRUCKS
FOR PIANO MOVERS
Manufacturers of
HIGHEST GRADE
DEPENDABLE KELLY PLATES
ACTIONS
ONE GRADE ONLY
The Wessell, Nickel & Gross action is a
guarantee of the grade of the instrument
in which it is found.
FACTORIES:
NEW YORK
OFFICE t
417 W. 49th
Comstock, Cheney & Co.
Ivory Cutters and Manufacturers
Piano Keys, Actions and Hammers
The last word in END TRUCKS. Make your service the best.
These trucks are most complete and sturdy. The frame is cross
braced and riveted, so it can not rack.
The bail has been lengthened to increase its leverage. Also, Sill
Trucks, Piano Hoists, Covers and special made straps.
Manufactured by
SELF LIFTING PIANO TRUCK CO.
F1NDLAY, OHIO
IVORY AND COMPOSITION-COVERED ORGAN KEYS
The *nlir Company Furnishing t/hm Itoyv, AeftteiM, Hwmtiiw and I m t a i t C«mp4*tc
Telegraph and R. R. Station: EOMK, Conn.
Office and Factories: Ivoryton, Conn.
THE O. S. KELLY CO.
Manufacturers
of
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JULIUS BRECKWOLDT & SON, ING.
Manufacturers of
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OHIO
Saw Mills
Fulton Chaia
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Piano Backs, Boards, Bridges, Bars*
Traplevers and Mouldings
SOLE AGENTS FOR RUDOLF GIESE WIRE
WESTERN REPRESENTATIVE:
Oracle
PIANO PLATES
SPRINGFIELD
Factory and Offiot
DOLQEVILLE.N.Y
CENTRAX STEEL & WISE CO.,
119-127 N. Peorla Street,
J. BRECKWOLDT. Pro.
Chicago, 111.
W. A. BREOtWOLDT, Sac. & Traa
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