September 10, 1927
13
P R E S T O-T I M E S
PIANO FACTORY^STORE SUPPLIES
Subjects on the list for official action include the
SCHAFF STRINGS FAMOUS
discussion of measures for the international super-
vision of communication by radio between the large
Goods a Result of Constant Effort to Make the fixed stations scattered throughout the world; the High Character of Materials and Personal Element
handling of press messages; use of the radio tele-
Best, Says the Manufacturer.
in Processes Make for Quality.
phone; measures for the elimination of interference;
The Schaff Piano String Co., 2009-2021 Clybourn
There is a forceful appeal to dealers in a recent better and more expeditious handling of distress mes-
letter signed by F. S. Smith, president of the Per- sages; radio aids to navigation, and other purposes avenue, Chicago, has for very many years been dis-
fection Furniture Co., Chicago, which says: "Never for which radio has been used as a result of the tinguished for the unchallenged merit of its bass
strings. Piano manufacturers know that the good
yet has a product been made but that someone could development of the art since 1912.
will of his trade is the keystone of his business.
make it worse and sell it for less. We have come
Without it the whole structure of his business would
in contact with competitors who will sacrifice an
TO
WOOD
USERS.
fall to pieces. He knows that fine tone may be
honest dealing to their passion to furnish low prices.
Unusual importance attaches to the exhibit to be effected by the use of perfect strings, and the manu-
"Through our years in business it has been our
constant aim to maintain the utmost in quality and shown by the National Committee on Wood Utiliza- facturer who uses the Schaff strings is assured of
dependability, and today 'Perfection' stands as tion, Department of Commerce, at the Better Homes one of the prime secrets of tonal merit for his instru-
Exhibition in Washington in October, because Wash- ments.
one of the finest producers of the highest type of
ington is about to enter a Federal building program
piano benches."
The quality of the bass strings in a piano is one of
involving $50,000,000, according to the director of
the most important consideration for the maker,
the National Committee on Wood Utilization, Axel the dealer, and the ultimate retail buyer. Pianists
He expressed this view in connection with
know the tonal value of good bass strings in
IMPORTANT RADIO CONFERENCE a Oxholm.
statement issued by the committee's headquarters the instruments they play. Fullness, resonance in
August 24.
an instrument, power, are accomplished by the selec-
Representatives of Forty-five Nations Called to
tion of the bass strings by the piano maker. A
Meeting October 4 in Washington, D. C.
piano rated as "fine" is an instrument in the building
THE ALEXANDERSON PATENT.
Alexanderson Patent 1,173,079, which relates to of which the maker is satisfied with nothing but the
Representatives of forty-five nations, including the
most important powers in the world, will assemble radio receiving apparatus, and particularly to a sys- best in materials. And in the list of materials the
bass strings are notably important.
in Washington this fall, at the invitation of the United tem for the selection of oscillations of a given wave
The Schaff bass strings are made by experts most
States, to revise the antiquated radio convention and length from mixed oscillations, was held to be valid
and infringed by the District Court for the Southern of whom are veterans who consider their occupation
regulations signed at London in 1912.
Invitations to the conference already have been District of New York in a suit by the Radio Corpora- among the arts. The most modern machinery is
accepted, delegates named, and preparations virtually tion of America and the Westinghouse Electric & used, but there is a personal element in the making
Manufacturing Company vs. E. J. Edmond & Co. of Schaff strings that makes them distinctive in the
completed for the greatest gathering of experts on
electrical communication ever attracted in a single The court held that infringement of the patent was industry.
city. More than a score of cable and wireless com- not avoided by using the invention with subsequent
A VENDING MACHINE CASE.
improvements. "The question is," the court stated,
panies also have accepted the invitation of the United
Whether automatic peanut vending and music
States to attend the conference and participate in "whether without improvement the invention was
vending machines possess points of similarity is
the working out of management regulations for car- operative."
scheduled for legal consideration at the tax board,
rying out the articles of the proposed treaty.
The Hartmann-Whaylen Music Co., which has Grand Rapids, Mich., this week, when the case of
Radio history is expected to be written before the
conference which assembles on October 4 completes been located at 500 Commercial street, Waterloo, the National Piano Manufacturing Company is to
la., has moved into larger quarters at 503 Commer- be heard. There were two corporations in 1917-22
its work of writing regulations for the conduct of
and $100,000 taxes are involved.
radio broadcasting and communication.
cial street.
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