September 24, 1927
PRESTO-TIMES
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SITUATION IN SUPPLIES
Facts in Various Lines of Commodities Which Enter
Into Musical Instrument Manufacture.
The American Walnut Manufacturers' Association
met in convention in its headquarters at 616 South
Michigan boulevard, Chicago, on Thursday, Septem-
ber 15. with a full attendance. The National Hard-
wood Lumber Association also met in its annual con-
vention on September 15 and 16.
Wool prices advanced at the opening of the fifth
series of the London sales, the Department of Agri-
culture is advised by cabled reports from the Agri-
cultural Commissioner in England, E. A. Foley.
A report has been published in London that Henry
Ford has acquired 1,000,000 acres of land in Para,
Brazil, for rubber cultivation.
New regulations, to be known as Regulations 3.
relating to manufacture, taxation and sale of indus-
trial and denatured alcohol under the National Pro-
hibition Act were made public September 16 by the
Department of the Treasury and ordered to become
effective October 1.
A classification schedule for use in determining in-
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.
ternational statistics on wool will be discussed by
Government officials and members of the wool trade
in meetings to be held next week in Boston, New
York City, and Philadelphia, the Department of Agri-
culture stated on September 16. The chairman of the
conference will be George T. Willingmyre, in charge
of wool standardization, Department of Agriculture.
Mahogany log shipments to the United States from
Central America were over 2,000,000 feet for July,
and for the seven months of this year ended with
July they continued to run about fifty per cent
heavier than for the same months of last year. Ma-
hogany imports from Africa also showed gain.
Philippine cabinet wood logs imported by the United
States in the seven months totaled 3,663 million feet
as against 1,156 million feet in the same months of
1926, and sawed cabinet woods from the Philippines
totalled 17',727 million feet as against 14,565 million
feet last year.
INTERNATIONAL RADIO CONFERENCE.
Forty-six of the 57 countries which were signa-
tories of the International Radiotelegraph Conven-
tion drawn up in London in 1912 have accepted the
invitation of the United States Government to partici-
pate in the International Radiotelegraph Conference
to be held in Washington beginning October 4, ac-
cording to announcement September 13 from head-
quarters of the conference, which have been estab-
lished under the joint auspices of the Department of
State and Commerce.
NEW MUSIC PERIODICAL.
The New Music Society of California will publish,
beginning October 1, a quarterly periodical called
New Music, containing not articles on music, but
music itself. The magazine will afford a means of
publication of ultra-modern works, and also insure
their distribution among a number of subscribers.
If any profits are made they will be divided among
the contributing composers. It will publish works
for piano, violin, orchestra, chamber music, etc.
Greater Beauty
and Greater
A. C. CHENEY
PIANO ACTION COMPANY
SCARFS,
GUSH-
IONS,
COVERS
CASTLETON, N. Y.
SCHAFF
Piano String Co.
Manufacturers of
Comfort
Bench Cushions, Piano Throws, Bags
for Small Instruments, Upholstered
Bench Tops.
Illustrated
BIG EASTERN BODY MEETS
Talking Machine and Radio Men, Inc., Dine at Cafe
Boulevard Before Attending Radio Show.
The Talking Machine and Radio Men, Inc., held a
meeting September 20 at the Cafe Boulevard, Broad-
way and 41st street, New York City. At the con-
clusion of meeting the members proceeded in a body
to the Radio Show at Madison Square Garden where
extra features were put on for them.
The executive committee had done considerable
work during the summer and desired to make a
report about certain matters of great importance to
the trade, such as preferential discounts, patent situa-
tion, cooperative advertising, etc.
"Come, be on time and bring your competitors
with you. Make it your business to help your asso-
ciation and its officers by increasing our dealer rep-
resentation at these meetings. You ought to know
your competitors—you will both gain by putting your
legs under the same table—it will be worth your
while and his," was the appeal in the notice by Irwin
Kurtz, president.
M. 11. 11 ousel & Co., Williamsport, Pa., has an-
nounced plans for a three-story office building and
store at 135-139 West Fourth street.
OTTO R. TREFZ, Jr.
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