May 14, 1927.
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P R E S T 0-TI M E S
PIANO FACTORY m STORE SUPPLIES
One of the latest changes announced by Commis-
sioner Bellows was the shifting of Station WJAZ,
operated by the Zenith Radio Corporation at Chicago
And How Self-Lifting Piano Truck Co. May Help Is on the exclusive Canadian wave length of 329.5
meters, to a frequency of 760 kilocycles, or a wave
Shown in Catalog.
length of 394.5 meters. It will thus share time on
A good preparation by piano dealer and piano mover the air with Station WCRW, operated at Chicago by
for spring and summer trade is an equipment of mov- Clinton R. White. WJAZ uses 5,000 watts power
ing trucks made and sold by the Self-Lifting Piano and WCRW uses 500. W H T , Chicago, formerly on
Truck Co., Findlay, O. The catalog of the company, 760 kilocycles agreed 'to go to 1,260.
to be had on request, will suggest many ways in
Air. Bellows said that the Chicago area's 60 or
which the company can make the work of piano more broadcasters are operating from 20 to 50 kilo-
moving better and more economical. In addition cycles apart under the temporary permits granted
to uses for the pianos, the trucks of the Findlay com- them by the Commission preliminary to its consider-
pany are equally useful for moving the new Ortho- ation of their applications for licenses under the Radio
phonic Victrolas and other new models of phono- Act of 1927.
graphs.
In both New York and Chicago, all applicants ob-
The Self-Lifting Piano Truck Co. calls attention tained permits to continue broadcasting, but it is the
in its catalog to the new Buckeye Sill Piano Truck commission's intention to consider the regular license
for grands and uprights which is guaranteed to give issues with greater discrimination, it was stated. The
the best service. The sill has been rebuilt and greatly broadcasting situation in each city is largely contin-
improved for longer service. New merits for the gent upon what is done in the other. So far the
mover are seen in the handles, center shaft and the commission has practically created in both a new
uprights of both ends. The company makes eight realignment of stations, but has not wholly completed
styles of end trucks as well as piano hoists, covers its task in either city.
and special straps for the mover.
In other words, Commissioner Bellows explained,
changes need to be made in New York which will
affect 'the Chicago situation, and vice versa. The
REALINE RADIO STATIONS
complete alignment will be announced later.
NOW
IS TIME TO BUY TRUCKS
In New Announcement Station WJAZ, Operated by
Zenith Radio Corp., Is Affected.
The Federal Radio Commission will consider
broadcasting conditions in the Chicago district. This
region, next to New York which has already been
considered, is said to have the largest concentration
of radio stations that have been causing heterodyne
interference with each other and with stations
throughout the country.
ANTITRUST LAW ON VENEERS
Western Plywood Export Company, Seattle, Wash.,
in Plea to Federal Trade Commission.
The Federal Trade Commission announced on April
26 that the Western Plywood Export Company, of
Seattle, Wash., has filed papers under the Export
Trade Act with the Commission for exemption from
the anti-trust laws in the exportation of veneers, ply-
wood and plywood products. The full text of the
statement by the Commission follows:
The Western Plywood Export Company, 500 Leary
Building, Seattle, Wash , has filed papers under the
Export Trade Act (Webb-Pomerene law) with the
Federal Trade Commission, for the purpose of ex-
porting veneers, plywood and plywood products.
The officers of the corporation are: G. L. Bartells,
president; E. Q. Walton, vice-president; Philip Gar-
land, secretary and treasurer. Members are: Elliott
Bay Mill Company, Seattle, Wash ; Portland Manu-
facturing Company, Portland, Ore.; The Wheeler,
Osgood Company, Tacoma, Wash.; Buffelen Lumber
& Manufacturing Company, Tacoma, Wash.; Wash-
ington Veneer Company, Olympia, Wash., and Mack-
all-Paine Veneer Company, Vancouver, Wash.
The Export Trade Act grants exemption from the
anti-trust laws to an association entered into and
solely engaged in export trade, with the provision
that there be no restraint of trade within the United
States, or restraint of the export of any domestic
competitor, and with the further prohibition of any
agreement, understanding, conspiracy or act which
WALNUT VENEERS SCARCE.
Conditions in the walnut sections of the Southwest shall enhance or depress prices or substantially lessen
competition within the United States or otherwise
are affecting the supplies of walnut logs for the ve- restrain
trade therein.
neer mills and a shortage greater than what now
exists is a possibility. The great popularity of wal-
A style B Steinway semi-concert grand, bought
nut for furniture, especially the veneers of fancy
markings, has encouraged the veneer manufacturers from Sherman, Clay & Co., was recently installed in
to large production but despite the preparations for a the Commercial Club, San Francisco. Harold Bracht,
piano sales manager, made the sale.
big call the walnut veneer stocks are low just now.
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guarantee of the grade of the instrument
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