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P R E S T O-T I M E S
June 25, 1927.
PIANO FACTORY ffi STORE SUPPLIES
class resonance wood hitherto mostly from Austria,
Bohemia and Hungary, and from the Black Forest.
But American lumber producers dispute this
Interesting Publication of the Hardwood Manufac- claimed pre-eminence of Roumanian woods and Head of National Broadcasting Company States Be-
warmly contend that there is no need to go out of
fore Federal Radio Commission That Profits
turers' Institute Gives Data on Weights
America for all the resonance wood that may be
Are Intangible.
of Lumber.
required, and of the right quality.
A
correspondent
of
the
Zeitschrift
fur
Instrumen-
Denying allegations made before the Federal Radio
The Hardwood Manufacturers' Institute, 1323-39
Bank of Commerce Building, Memphis, Tenn., has tenbau says that besides the countries named above, Commission that radio broadcasting is passing into
the specific wood required is only to be found in monopolistic control, the president of the National
distributed a book of weights on different species of
Savoy and the French Jura. This resonance wood— Broadcasting Company, Merlin Hall Aylesworth, ap-
hardwood ranging in thickness from three-eighths of
an inch to one and nine-sixteenths inches, with mois- which is so much sought for in Italy—is found peared before the Commission, June 15, and detailed
•tare content ranging from 10 per cent to 20 per cent. mostly in Maristale, in the Bistrita—Borsteni valley, the needs and purposes of his organization, which
The booklet also prescribes formulas for obtaining in Trotcestale, Putnatale; but particularly in the operates station WJZ, located at Bound Brook, N. ].,
for the Radio Corporation of America.
weights on lumber cut thicker than one and nine- Bukowina—in the Dornatale. The best varieties of
resonance
wood
are
found
at
the
height
of
600
meters
Exactly 50 per cent of the stock of the National
sixteenths inches, as well as a formula for obtaining
weights where moisture content is not specifically above sea level. There are forests in Roumania Broadcasting Company, he said, is held by the Radio
where resonance wood accounts for 8 to 10 per cent Corporation of America; 30 per cent is held by the
provided in the weight publication. It has followed
General Electric Company, and 20 per cent by the
closely the figures and results shown in Technical of the total growth.
To make 1,600 pianos require 160 cubic meters Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company.
Note No. 218, published by the Forest Products Lab-
Thus far, the National Broadcasting Company,
gross of resonance wood. It costs about 4,800 lei
oratory, Madison, Wis. In this pamphlet the green
f
weights as well as air-dry weights are shown per today to prepare a cubic meter of this wood. Italy, w hose services by telephone wires to privately owned
continues the communication, recognizes the impor- stations in all parts of the country were likened to
cubic foot of lumber having a moisture content of
tance of the Roumanian favored position, and 'the those furnished by press associations by telegraph to
12 per cent.
Italian handlers of resonance wood are devoting much newspapers, has actually shown a deficit in its opera-
This booklet is being printed in a most convenient
tion which is estimated to be $800,000 for the first
pocket size form and will be available for general attention to it.
year,
according to Mr. Aylesworth.
distribution within a short time to those interested.
The commercial benefits that accrue from the op-
PLANT FOR DECALCOMANIA CO.
The American Decalcomania Co., Chicago, at pres- eration of such stations as WJZ, Mr. Aylesworth as-
ent at 2961 Flournoy street, has begun the construc- serted, are intangible, being reflected in increased
tion of a plant at 4326-38 Fifth avenue. When com- sales of radio sets and equipment, in the manufacture
Some Varieties Said to Possess Resonant Properties pleted the new plant is to be one of the largest of its of which the Radio Corporation of America was de-
of Great Value in Music Industry.
kind in the country, according to the officials. It is scribed as the largest concern in the world.
A variety of Roumanian wood of great resonance to measure 250x120 feet and will be a story high.
NEW RADIO DISTRIBUTORS.
properties is interesting the European music goods The building, inclusive of the land, will represent an
The Green Joyce Company, Columbus, Ohio, has
manufacturers. Italian economic circles manifest a investment of $150,000, it is stated, and when com-
keen interest in the wood, and Legno, an Italian pleted will accommodate a force of 500 persons, in- just been appointed Freed-Eisemann distributor for
cluding seventy artists. George M. Eisenberg is Columbus and surrounding territory, according to
industrial journal, says enormous quantities of Rou-
manian wood are imported into Italy where the mu- president of the firm, which has offices all over the advices received from Arthur R. Freed, vice-president
of the Freed-Eisemann Corporation.
ical industry takes up a large proportion of first- country.
RADIO MONOPOLY DENIED
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ROUMANIAN WOODS FOR PIANOS
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