20
April 30, 1927.
PRESTO-TIMES
PROVIDING FUTURE LUMBER
Our large stock is very seldom depleted, and your
order, whether large or small, will receive Imme-
diate attention. In addition, you get the very
best of
Felts; Cloth*; Hammers; Punching*;
Music Wire; Tuning Pins; Player
Parts; Hinges; Castings; etc.
We have In atock a full line of materials for
Pianos and Organs.
AMERICAN PIANO
SUPPLY COMPANY
110-112 EAST 13th STREET
N E W YORK
Extension of Scheme of National Forests Is Plan of
Forest Reservation Commission.
The Government cannot restore the wealth of tim-
ber which earlier generations used up so wastefully,
but it can assure a continuous supply for future gen-
erations. The forest reservation commission and the
forest service propose to spend approximately $25,-
000,000 of the $40,000,000 sought in the purchase of
woodlands to complete the chain of national forests
in the White mountains in New England and through
the southern Appalachian range.
Another southern project would be the acquisition
of approximately 2,500,000 acres in the southern
coastal plain to be restocked with the long and short
leaf pine timber native to that district.
The lake states program proposes the purchase of
about 100,000 acres of cut over and burnt over lands
in northern Wisconsin and extensive additions to the
Michigan and Minnesota national forest.
COST OF RUNNING RADIO SET
Interesting Estimate Gives Expense at Seven and a
Half Cents an Hour.
Worry Over Player Details
is avoided by the manufac-
turer who uses the
A. C. Cheney Player Action
in his products. He knows
everything is all right and
that the best musical quali-
ties of his pianos are develop-
ed by the use of this player
mechanism.
A. C. CHENEY
PIANO ACTION COMPANY
CASTLETON, N. Y.
It costs the owner a little over 7 l A cents an hour
to operate his radio receiver. That is, if you are an
average radio fan and own an average set. For
this figure is the estimate of the average cost of
operating a radio set today. It includes everything—
from price of receiving set down to actual outlay for
operation of charger and B battery eliminator from
the house-lighting current. Liberal allowances have
been made for deterioration of parts as well as cost
of the current used.
Here is how this figure was obtained: The "aver-
age receiver" costs about $80. That's shown by
actual figures of sales recorded by the Radio Manu-
facturers and Dealers' Association. It is a five-tube
set, is run by an A battery of the storage variety and
by two heavy B batteries, or by a B eliminator.
This "average receiver" lasts about four years,
figuring its life conservatively. The A battery, its
charger and the B eliminator may be considered
GENERAL PIANO KEY
REPAIRING
24-HOUR
SCHAFF
Piano String Co,
Manufacturers of
also as lasting this time, although the latter two can
well outlast many receivers.
On this basis, however, we can estimate the fol-
lowing annual cost of these parts: Receiver, $20; A
battery, $4; charger, $3; B eliminator, $12; total, $39.
WOOD SPECIALISTS
Eighty-four-Year-Old Industry at Lisbon, N. H.,
Makes Wood Piano Parts.
At its plant at Lisbon, New Hampshire, the Parker-
Young Company manufactures sounding boards,
backs, bridges, key-beds, bar stock, bottom boards
and box shooks, for the piano trade. The company
publishes a paper called "The Pycolog," which tells
something about the fine old industry, established
in 1843.
It is easy to agree that there is considerable justi-
fication for the claim that the Lisbon industry is a
"specialist" when it is considered that some of
the foremen there have been supervising the manufac-
ture of backs, boards, bridges, etc., for a lifetime. The
offices of the Parker-Young Company are at 131
State street, Boston, Mass.
HAMMACHER, SCHLEMMER & CO. BOOK.
Hammacher, Schlemmer & Co., New York, has
issued a valuable booklet, "Handy Hints for Handy
Men," which is all the more desirable because it is
seasonable. The hints are for making window, door
and porch screens, commodities in which everybody
will be particularly interested in a few weeks. The
directions are clear and are the more easily followed
because of the accompanying figures. The making of
the step joint, miter and cross corner joint, doweled
miter joint, square end doweled joint, butt joint with
angle iron are all described and also the method of
applying the wire. Advices and suggestions about
the choice of wire complete the valuable little book.
SCHOOL MUSICIANS COMPETE.
Chicago high schood musicians who aspire to com-
pete in the state-wide contests for instrumental solo-
ists, to be held at Urbana, 111., April 29 and 30, had
•their elimination contests April 23 at the Central
Theater, in the Chicago Musical College building.
Players on the flute, piccolo, clarinet, oboe, saxo-
phone, bassoon, cornet, French horn, trombone, bari-
tone and tuba were entered.
Greater Beauty
and Greater
SCARFS,
CUSH-
IONS,
COVERS
SERVICE
RECOVERING
BUSHING
SHARPS
E. A. BOUSLOG, Inc.
2106 Boulevard Place
INDIANAPOLIS, IND.
Comfort
Bench Cushions, Piano Throws, Bags
for Small Instruments, Upholstered
Bench Tops.
Illustrated Folder* On Request
PIANO KEYS RECOVERED
Heaviest grade Pyralin Ivory, beveled
and polished to look like the finest ivory
keyboards built. Beautiful work, guaran-
teed. Sharps ebonized, bushings, etc.
Piano Bass Strings
We begin work on your keys the minute they
arrive. Write for New Price List.
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McMACKIN PIANO SERVICE
Cor er Lewis Street
CHICAGO
Factory: 1721-3 Mondamin Avenue
DES MOINES, IA.
HAMMACHER, SCHLEMMER & CO,
PIANO and PLAYER
HARDWARE, FELTS, TOOLS,
RUBBERIZED PLAYER FABRICS
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New York, Since 1848
4th Ave. and 13th St.
Period Drapery and Mfg. Co.
NEW ALBANY, IND.
OTTO R. TREFZ, Jr.
PIANO BASS STRINGS —PIANO REPAIR SUPPLIES
TUNERS AND REPAIRERS
Our new Illustrated Catalogue of Piano
and Player Hardware, Felts and Tools
is now ready. If you haven't received
your copy let us know.
2110 Fairmount Ave.
PHILADELPHIA, PA.
The Piano Repair Shop
Pianos and Phonographs Rebuilt by
Expert Workmen
Player-actions installed. Instruments
refinished or remodeled and actions and
keys repaired. Work guaranteed. Prices
reasonable.
Our-of-town dealers' repair work solic-
ited. Write for details and terms.
THE PIANO REPAIR SHOP
339 South Wabtih Are.
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