March 5, 1927.
19
P R E S T 0-T I M E S
PIANO FACTORY m STORE SUPPLIES
lay aside their sentiment and cash in on the commer-
cial value of this much sought wood. Recently more
than 21,000 board feet of lumber were purchased by
Effective Devices Manufactured by the A. L. White Iberia, Mo., companies to be resold to veneer and
piano manufacturers.
Manufacturing Company Are Profit Makers.
One of the largest logs was estimated to contain
Among the specialties of the A. L. White Manu- 456 feet of wood. The logs are shipped to Iberia,
facturing Company, 215 Englewood avenue, Chicago, where they are cut into slabs and sent to the mills,
are practice keyboards which, besides a wide use in where they are then made into thin scrips for use
established schools and with teachers, have a fast for veneer.
In the marketing of walnut timber only the tree
increasing demand for massed piano class purposes in
trunks are considered, as the limbs do not furnish the
connection with piano stores.
The spread of the piano playing contests have dark wood that is demanded.
Representatives of veneer and piano manufacturers
naturally increased the interest of teachers aad
dealers in these devices and many dealers are now of the eastern and northern industrial centers of the
United States continue to scour Missouri for walnut
adding to their profits by handling the line.
The A. L. White Mfg. Co.'s practice keyboards timber. Many purchases of large logs of that kind
have use in homes as well as in schools, and else- are being reported by men who are in the business
where. The practice keyboards facilitate study in of acting as middlemen between the grower and the
playing in an admirable way, and the convenience, as manufacturer.
well as the effectiveness of the contrivances, insures
RADIO SHIPMENTS DECREASE.
greater use for them.
Shipments of radio equipment have decreased about
The A. L. White Mfg. Co. is known for its easy-
selling line of folding organs and school organs, $1,209,000 in value during the past year. Exports
whose dependable character is a guarantee of merit of this equipment at first rose rapidly, but keener
foreign competition caused a reduction in the vol-
in its other products.
ume of American radio sales abroad. Spark plugs,
magnetos, and other ignition apparatus; generators of
2,000 kilovolts and over, small motors and switch-
board panels, except for telephones, have shown
fairly large reductions.
Big Stands Are Getting Scarcer, But All Through
Southern Counties Are Fine Trees.
PLANS SIX-STORY BUILDING.
Plans for the erection of a six-story building on
Although walnut timber is not now nearly so plen-
Fourth street, between Broadway and Chestnut
tiful as it has been in former years, there are scat-
streets, Louisville, Ky., have been accepted by C. E.
tered sections of the Southwest in which line wood
of this character may be obtained. Many men. for Merriman, president of the Central Furniture Co. in
sentimental reasons, have refused offers for their that city. A lease for twenty-five years has been
acquired. The company carries phonographs and
trees; but now that walnut timber is soaring to such
high prices, they are beginning, more and more, to radio in addition to its wide line of house furnishings.
PRACTICE KEYBOARDS SELL
HUNT MISSOURI FOR WALNUT
WESSELL, NICKEL & GROSS
PLYWOOD OFFICIALLY DEFINED
Nature of Product Familiar to Many But Hereto-
fore Not Found in Dictionary.
The new dictionaries and encyclopedia amendations
will contain a definition of plywood, information
already possessed by piano factory workers and
others but heretofore not included in the media men-
tioned. The full technical definition of the word,
approved by the Plywood Manufacturers' Association,
has been supplied to the publishers and will be con-
tained in the next editions.
That the dictionaries and encyclopedias lacked the
information to this time is surprising to the men
who manufacture the product, because the making of
plywood antedates the Christian era. A text book
for the use of manual training schools and industries
using wood has been compiled by the association, of
which Will G. Schnutc, secretary and general man-
ager of the Evansvillc Top & Panel Co., Evansville,
Ind., is president.
The various kinds of plywood defined for the pub-
lishers comprise standard three-ply, five-ply, bent or
shaped plywood, package plywood and waterproof
plywood. Standard plywood is used chiefly for piano
cases, phonograph and radio cabinets and furniture.
VENEER LOGS SCARCE.
Logs available for veneer manufacture are reported
scarce in Evansville and other veneer making centers
in Indiana. In the Green River district and other
sections in Western Kentucky, from which the bulk
of Evansville's log supply comes, logging operations
have been discontinued for over a month. The result
all over is a short log supply and the consequent
higher prices.
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OFFICEi
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JULIUS BRECKWOLDT & SON, INC.
DOLGEVILLE. N. Y.
The last word in END TRUCKS. Make your service the beat.
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
Manufacturers of
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Piano Backs, Boards, Bridges, Bars,
Traplevers and Mouldings
J. BRECKWOLDT, Pros.
FINDLAY, OHIO
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