P R E S T 0-TI M E S
April 16, 1927.
PIANO FACTORY M STORE SUPPLIES
States Forest Experiment Station, said that America's
supply of spruce is being rapidly depleted.
In the Sydney, Australia, wool market this week,
Self-Lifting Piano Truck Co., Findlay, Ohio, has France and England have been leading buyers, with
Japan taking some wool, and American mills buying
Admirable Line of Movers' Supplies.
a fair quantity of wool as suitable lots were offered.
The piano industry is represented in the Wood
The competent piano mover who works with a
dependahle hoist like those made and sold by the Industries Division of the American Society of Me-
Self-Lifting" Piano Truck Co., Findlay, Ohio, real- chanical Engineers by Theo. Cassebeer, Paul Victor
izes the danger he avoids by its use. The devices and Paul Bilhuber, all of Steinway & Sons, New
are of the kind which have the element of safety to York; H. C. Rice, C. Kurtzmann & Co., Buffalo; A.
recommend them, an argument that appeals to the K. Gutsohn, Standard Pneumatic Action Co., New
humane and careful dealer unwilling to take chances York, and Paul Taylor.
with less dependable hoisting devices.
The people of the United States must accept for-
It is an admitted fact among wise music merchants estry as an opportunity as well as a responsibility,
that practical piano moving equipment increases the E. A. Sherman, of the Forest Service Department,
selling power of their stores. The Self-Lifting Piano told the meeting of the American Forestry Associa-
Truck Co. makes dependable piano moving contriv- tion in New Haven, Conn., recently.
ances which are used by large moving firms and
The Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
many progressive piano houses throughout the coun- has been asked by a firm in Sydney, Australia, for
try. The company makes end trucks, sill trucks, information leading to the purchase of American
overs and special straps, as well as dependable hoists. veneers. The bureau inquiry is numbered 24,270.
The famous Weickert hammer and damper felts
are carried by Philip W. Oetting & Son, Inc., 213
SITUATION IN SUPPLIES
East 19th street, New York, which house also carries
a full line of grand and upright hammers made of
Pacts in Various Lines of Commodities Which Enter Weickert felt as well as full supplies of fine bushing
cloths and other requirements of 'that kind.
Into Musical Instrument Manufacture.
Hard rains and resultant floods have interrupted
Next week, beginning Monday, April 18, a course
in the gluing of wood will be given at the U. S. the shipment of logs for veneer mills in Evansville,
Ind., and other points.
Forest Products Laboratory, Madison, Wis.
Much of the hardwood used in the piano industry
The Tonk Manufacturing Co.'s branch factory at
4627 East 50th street, Los Angeles, Calif, guaran- is of Georgia origin, according to a report by State
tees prompt deliveries of Tonkbench orders by west- Forester B. H. Lufburrow, who recently reported on
the productiveness of twenty-three countries having
ern music dealers.
In a talk before the technical division of the Amer- a total of 4,742,450 acres of hardwood.
Mahogany has been exported from British Hon-
ican Pulp and Paper Association at the twelfth an-
nual dinner at the Hotel Commodore, New York, duras for more than 200 years and since the decline
last week, Raphael Zon, director of the Great Lakes in the value of logwood has been the chief product.
SAFETY IN PIANO MOVING
WESSELL. NICKEL & GROSS
Manufacturers of
THE FAIRBANKS PIANO SCALE
Product of the Fairbanks Co., Springfield, O., Pos-
sesses Qualities Required in Fine Instruments.
The importance of the piano plate is acknowledged
by every manufacturer of pianos. The good plate
provides basic dependence for imparting the character
of rigidity in the construction of the instrument. In
the American piano industry the piano plates made
by the Fairbanks Company, Springfield, Ohio, are
considered a potent means towards attaining the char-
acter of sturdiness and durability for pianos. It is a
selection prompted by distinctive qualities in the
Fairbanks plates which manufacturers believe to be
essential to the production of high-class pianos.
Fairbanks piano plates are particularly desirable
because they conform to the requirements of the
exacting- piano manufacturer and are made from the
finest materials by the most skillful workmen. It is
admitted by dealers, piano makers and piano owners
of a discriminating kind that a Fairbanks plate in a
piano is a prime factor in dependable construction.
A GOOD SUGGESTION.
The American Piano Supply Co., Inc., of New
York, has a forceful "sticker" which is attached to
outgoing correspondence. It is printed in colors,
with a grand piano in relief and these words con-
spicuous, all within a broad border: "Please don't
wait until the last moment to order your needs. Fore-
see, and secure better service and merchandise. What
do you need?" It's a good suggestion well placed.
Experts at the U. S. Forest Products Laboratory,
Madison, Wis., say no tree produces lumber that is
entirely free from defects and blemishes. The same
irregularities in the wood, natural and accidental, are
likely to grow in any species.
MOVING TRUCKS
for
PIANO ACTIONS
HIGHEST GRADE
ONE GRADE ONLY
PIANOS
. The Wessell, Nickel & Gross action is a
guarantee of the grade of the instrument
in which it is found.
FACTORIES:
l\ItT \ A 7
45th St., 10th Aw. &W46lh. I^lEa W
Y H R l f
I V-JIVlV
Orthophonic Victrolas
Electric Refrigerators
OFFICEi
457 W . 45th Street
Trucks, Hoists, Covers and Special Straps.
JULIUS BRECKWOLDT & SON, INC.
DOLGEVILLE, N. Y.
Manufactured by
Self-Lifting PianoTruck Co.
Manufacturers of
FINDLAY, OHIO
Piano Backs, Boards, Bridges, Bars,
Traplevers and Mouldings
J BRECKWOLDT, Pres.
W. A. BRECKWOLDT, Sec. & Treas.
PRESTO BUYERS' GUIDE
TELLS ALL ABOUT ALL PIANOS
THE Manufacturers
O. S. KELLY
CO.
of High Grade
PIANO PLATES
SPRINGFIELD
XH E COMSTOCK, C HEIME7 Y
-
&L
-
OHIO
CO.
IVORYTON, CONN
IVORY CUTTERS
SINCE 1834
MANUFACTURERS OF
Grand Keys, Actions and Hammers, Upright Keys
Actions and Hammer , Pipe Organ Keys
Piano Forte Ivory for the Trade
Enhanced content © 2008-2009 and presented by MBSI - The Musical Box Society International (www.mbsi.org) and the International Arcade Museum (www.arcade-museum.com).
All Rights Reserved. Digitized from the archives of the MBSI with support from NAMM - The International Music Products Association (www.namm.org).
Additional enhancement, optimization, and distribution by the International Arcade Museum. An extensive collection of Presto can be found online at http://www.arcade-museum.com/library/