Classic Mode

Presto

Issue: 1927 2127

19
PRESTO-TIMES
May 7, 1927.
PIANO FACTORY ffl STORE SUPPLIES
same stain, blending out where the work remains
too light by going over the work with a brush which
has been shaken out so that it contains little stain.
Allow to dry eight hours or over night.
Then fill over all with brown filler; allow filler to
Reasons Explained in New Booklet Which show
dry on top, then pack into the pores thor-
Also Describes Most the Desirable Proc-
oughly by rubbing with rag or waste, crosswise of
grain. Allow the filler to dry forty-eight hours. Of
esses in Doing the Finishing.
course it is understood that in packing filler the rub-
The favor for walnut pianos, benches and cabinets bing crosswise cleans it off. Now apply a coat of
white shellac. Allow to dry over night then
is continuous, but at intervals the furniture manufac- pure
sand lightly. Follow with two or three coats of
turers set styles in new finishes which often are fol- varnish, allowing plenty of time between coats, usu-
lowed in the piano factories. In a recent booklet ally 'three days.
issued by the American Walnut Association with
Sand each coat lightly with fine paper and dust
offices at 616 South Michigan avenue, Chicago, the thoroughly. The final rubbing coat should stand
necessities for finishes are explained and some of the three or four days before rubbing. For rubbing use.
most desirable processes set forth. The fundamental 3-F pumice stone and light rubbing oil (paraffin oil.).
reason why cabinet woods are finished is to seal the Use a medium hard felt and be sure to rub with the
grain, easing up pressure on end of stroke, so as not
surface of the wood, which prevents absorption of
moisture that is responsible for shrinking, swelling, to cut through edges. Clean off excess oil with clean
warping or checking, says the booklet. While wal- waste or very soft rags.
nut is less subject to such changes than other cabinet
WALNUT'S BOTANICAL NAME.
woods, nevertheless it must be remembered that the
furniture of a single factory may be shipped to all
The botanical name for walnut, "Juglans," is de-
parts of the United States and be subjected to widely rived from the Latin "Jovis glans," or "nut of Jupi-
varying heat and moisture conditions! therefore, a ter." In ancient times walnut was called "Juglans
good finish that seals the surface is always desirable. regia" or "royal walnut," American black walnut
The information continues:
(Juglans nigra) grows principally in the eastern, mid-
The best shades are the natural color and the very dle-western and southern states. Its nut is the famil-
slightly darker shades that display the natural beauty iar black walnut. The European walnut (Juglans
of the wood. Very dark finishes make the identifica- regia) is a related species, the wood of which is
tion of the walnut more difficult and the substitution variously known as English, French, Italian and Cir-
of other woods more difficult to detect.
cassian walnut. Its nut is known commercially as
First sponge the wood with water. When dry,
usually after eight hours, sand smooth with 000 paper the English walnut.
and dust thoroughly. Stain the wood with a water
stain obtained from reliable source, either in powder
The western group of the National Piano Techni-
or liquid form, calling for walnut stain—standard cians' Association met at the factory of the W. W.
shade; it is easier to buy the powder and dissolve Kimball Co., Chicago, last week, and were conducted
according to the maker's direction.
When sap wood is encountered apply regular stain on a tour of the plant by E. B. Bartlett, vice-presi-
to sap parts and when dry go over entire work with dent, and George B. Lufkin, superintendent.
WHY WALNUT IS 'FINISHED'
WESSELL, NICKEL & GROSS
Manufacturers of
MAN WHO PLAYS THE BELLS
Carilloneur Is His Official Title and He Produces
Orderly Music on His Switchboard.
Carilloneur is the title of the man who plays a caril-
lon of bells. The newspapers told that fact when they
reported the opening recital of the carillon of forty-
three bells last week at St. Chysostom's church in
Chicago.
The carillon and "change ringing" are two different
things. The former is orderly music, with an orderly
scale and accurate adjustments as to pitch; the latter
is wild, free, indiscriminate clanging of many bells
at the same time, without rhyme or reason. The
machine, as you probably know, is quite like an elec-
tric switchboard, with its handles replacing the keys
on an ordinary piano keyboard, and a duplicate set
of pedal keys, like the organ pedal board, working
in the lower octave of the compass. Direct action to
the battery of bells overhead is made by steel rods
from the "key" to the balanced "clapper," which are
compensated mechanically so that the weight of tlris
clapper offers not too great resistance.
TALKING MACHINE AND RADIO.
L. J. Rooney represented the Talking Machine and
Radio Men, Inc., at the meeting this week in Syra-
cuse of the New York State Music Dealers' Associa-
tion. Other appointments made by Irwin Kurtz,
president, is that of Byron R. Foster to be chairman
of the 1928 banquet and ball committee. Mr. Kurtz
will later appoint representatives of the organization
to attend sessions in various large cities of the Fed-
eral Radio Commission.
A bill before the Legislature of New York provides
for an expenditure of $100,000,000 for reforestation
of the state's idle agricultural lands.
MOVING TRUCKS
for
PIANO ACTIONS
ONE GRADE ONLY
HIGHEST GRADE
PIANOS
The Wessell, Nickel & Gross action is a
guarantee of the grade of the instrument
in which it is found.
FACTORIES:
t 10thAfe.
10thAfe &W46th.
&W46th
45thSt.,
M P U /
H I - i VV
Orthophonic Victrolas
Electric Refrigerators
OFFICEi
457 W . 45th Street
Write for catalog and prices for End Trucks, Sill
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.
THE O. S. KELLY CO.
Manufacturers
PRESTO BUYERS' GUIDE
TELLS ALL ABOUT ALL PIANOS
of
High
Grade
PIANO PLATES
SPRINGFIELD
XH E CO MSTOCK, C HENE" Y
IVORYTON, COrMIV
-
-
OHIO
& CO.
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/
20
May 7, 1927.
PRESTO-TIMES
sets and one-tube-scts still predominates in that coun-
try. This is not only because of the higher cost of
the more powerful sets but also because of the fact
Facts in Various Lines of Commodities Which Enter that in Germany there is usually only one broadcast-
ing station to a city and k has not been necessary,
Into Musical Instrument Manufacture.
therefore, to concentrate to so great an extent on
Raphael. Zon, director of the Great Lakes States selectivity.
The extent of radio development in the State of
Forest Experiment Station, says that America's sup-
Bavaria, from which the consular report was sent,
ply of spruce is being rapidly depleted.
Every veneer mill in the southwest states is suf- is evidenced by statistics, which show that on January
fering from the interruption to the log supply owing 31, 1927, there were 98,353 subscribers to radio pro-
to the flooded condition of all the streams usually grams of all kinds in that state. Of this number,
98,179 were subscribers to the various entertainment
depended upon for carrying logs to the mills.
['rimavera, so-called white mahogany, used in programs, 118 to the commercial services and 516
piano manufacture, is entitled to free entry as "sawed to the press service.
The cost of a subscription to the usual entertain-
boards," according to a recent ruling of the Board
ment programs of the Bavarian broadcasting stations
of United States General Appraisers.
Tests interesting to the piano manufacturing indus- (Munich and the relay station at Nuremburg) amount
try were recently made on glue joints, using differ- to two marks ($0.47) per month, the fee being col-
ent glues, by the Forest Products Laboratory, Madi- lected by the mail carriers of the Bavarian Postal
Administration, which is in direct charge of all radio
son, Wis.
The finest spruce for making sounding boards is broadcasting stations. Each person possessing a re-
cut from where it grows among other hardwood, ac- ceiving set is required to pay the fee, the proceeds
cording to Frank J. Weiser, an expert in lumber from which are applied to meet the current expenses
of broadcasting.
suitable to the piano industry.
The basic charge for press service is 60 marks
A new plant is in course of erection by the Jasper
Veneer & Mfg. Co., Jasper, Tex. It will have a ($14.29) per month, although this service is, of course,
also used by many persons who only pay the ordinary
capacity of 20,000 feet of veneer per day.
Log prices at Evansville, Ind., are high owing to fee of two marks per month for the entertainment
the interruption in the supply caused by the Moods programs.
in the contributing sections.
COURSE IN PIANO REPAIRING.
Now is the time to plan for a course at Folk's Col-
lege of Piano Tuning, La Porte, Ind., this summer,
making -the study period coincident with vacation. In
He Subscribes Various Sums for Different Kinds of addition to tuning, the repairing and regulating of
pianos, players and reproducing pianos are subjects
Service and Postman Collects.
promising profitable returns to the graduate. Dem-
Crystal and single tube radio receiving sets pre- onstrating specimens provided in the school cover
dominate in Germany, although improvements are every phase of the work of the repairman. Catalogs
rapidly being made by domestic manufacturers, C. T. furnished on request.
Zawadski, vice consul at Munich, has reported to
PUBLIC AS RADIO CENSOR.
the Department of Commerce. His report deals
largely with radio in Bavaria, and is the basis ior the
The federal radio commission, under the present
following statement just issued by the Department law, cannot and will not interfere with any broad-
caster's right to control and censor his own pro-
of Commerce:
In spite of the progress which has been made in grams," H. A. Bellows, member of the Federal Radio
Germany in the construction of radio tube sets, espe- Commission, said r this week. "In that matter his
cially those of three and four tabes, the use of crystal relations are not w ith the government, not with the
commission, but with you. It is for the listeners, not
for us, to censure his programs."
SITUATION IN SUPPLIES
Us!
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; Cloths; Hammers; Punchings;
Music Wire; Tuning Pins; Player
Parts; Hinges; Castings; etc.
We have In dtock a full line of materials for
Pianos and Organs.
AMERICAN PIANO
SUPPLY COMPANY
UO-112 EAST 13tk STREET
N E W YORK
j]
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.
WHAT GERMAN RADIO FAN PAYS
GENERAL PIANO KEY
REPAIRING
24-HOUR
SCHAFF
Piano String Co.
Manufacturers of
and Greater
BUSHING
SHARPS
E. A. BOUSLOG, Inc.
2106 Boulevard Place
INDIANAPOLIS, IND.
Piano Bass Strings
2009-2021 CLYBOURN AVENUE
Cor er Lewis Street
McMACKIN PIANO SERVICE
Factory: 1721-3 Mondamin Avenue
DES MOINES, IA.
HAMMACHER, SCHLEMMER & CO.
PIANO and PLAYER
HARDWARE, FELTS, TOOLS,
RUBBERIZED PLAYER FABRICS
4tH
13th St.
Comfort
SCARFS,
GUSH-
IONS,
COVERS
RECOVERING
Heaviest grade Pyralin Ivory, beveled
and polished to look like the finest ivory
keyboards built. Beautiful work, guaran-
teed. Sharps ebonized, bushings, etc.
We begin work on your keys the minute they
arrive. Write for New Price List.
Now York, Since 1848
Beauty
SERVICE
PIANO KEYS RECOVERED
CHICAGO
Greater
Bench Cushions, Piano Throws, Bags
for Small Instruments, Upholstered
Bench Tops.
Illustrated Folder* On Request
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 Wabath Ave.
Chicago
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/

Download Page 19: PDF File | Image

Download Page 20 PDF File | Image

Future scanning projects are planned by the International Arcade Museum Library (IAML).

Pro Tip: You can flip pages on the issue easily by using the left and right arrow keys on your keyboard.