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P R E S T O-T I M E S
October 15, 1927
PIANO FACTORY^STORE SUPPLIES
back circuit is used on many receiving sets for ob-
taining added power.
The inventions involve, it is said, probably a half
Big Production of Grand Piano Plates by O. S. billion dollars.
The Appellate court overruled the claims of the
Kelly Co., Characterized by Desirability.
United States government, which holds the assign-
Every order of grand piano plates to the O. S. ment of the right of a patent to Alexander Meissner,
Kelly Co., Springfield, O., is an endorsement of its a German inventor, claimed to have discovered the
ability to meet the requirements of piano manufac- feed back and audion; those of the Westinghouse
turers of the highest class. The most important Electric and Manufacturing Company that Maj.
feature of the piano trade today is the sale of grand Edwin H. Armstrong, a Columbia university grad-
models so that orders to the O. S. Kelly Co. and its uate, is the inventor, and the claims of the General
continuous output of grand plates is highly signifi-
Electric Company that the vital radio discoveries
cant of the desirability of the O. S. Kelly Co.'s were made by Irving Langmuir.
product.
No dealer need be reminded of the importance of
ANTWERP IVORY SALES.
the grand piano business today in relation to the
About 185 pounds of hippopotamus teeth were sold
total output of pianos. The scrupulous care with
which the manufacturers of fine grands apply to the at the third quarterly ivory sale recently held at Ant-
selection of materials, particularly involve the plate. werp, Belgium, the Department of Commerce an-
The best plates are essential to the finest tone and nounced on September 20, based on a report from the
durable musical qualities, so it is easy to understand American consul at Antwerp, George S. Messersmith.
the preponderance of grand piano plate orders to the Almost 80,000 pounds of ivory and 144 pounds of
O. S. Kelly Co. Grand piano manufacturers depend rhinoceros horn Avere also sold at the sale, it was
on the mechanical ability of the O. S. Kelly foundry stated.
force and the guarantees generally of the progressive
organization whose effort and ambition is to sustain
CONTRACTS FOR RADIO SETS.
the reputation of the O. S. Kelly plates.
Several million dollars' worth of contracts for radio
receivers were placed during the trade hours of the
Radio World's Fair, New York city, last week, and
DR. LEE DE FOREST VICTOR
more than 7,500 dealers in radio apparatus were in
attendance, it was announced at radio show head-
World-Famed Radio Scientist Declared by Court to quarters in Madison Square Garden. More than
twenty-five large manufacturers of radio sets, exhib-
Be Inventor of Oscillating Audion.
itors at the Radio World's Fair in Madison Square
Dr. Lee De Forest, radio scientist, last week won a Garden, have sold their entire factory output for the
victory in a long series of legal battles when he was coming season, it was announced by U. J. Hermann,
declared by the United States Circuit Court of Ap- managing director of the show. Among them, he
peals to be the original inventor of the oscillating said, were the Zenith Radio Corporation, the Strom-
audion and the radio feed back circuit.
berg-Carlson Telephone Manufacturing Company, the
The oscillating audion is one of the principles by Alfred H. Grebe Radio Company and the Mohawk
which broadcasting is made practical, while the feed Radio Company.
FINE WEICKERT FELTS
QUALITY IN KELLY PLATES
WESSELL, NICKEL & GROSS
Manufacturers of
Philip W. Oetting & Son, Inc., Is Sole Agent for
Dependable Line Appreciated by Piano Industry.
Weickert hammer and damper felts are known and
prized in the piano industry on account of their ad-
mirable quality. Because fine tone and the character
for endurance in a piano depends largely on the mer-
its of the hammer and damper felts used in its con-
struction, the Weickert felts are sought by the am-
bitious piano manufacturer. The Weickert hammer
and damper felts for upright and grand pianos have
long been associated with the highest types of instru-
ments and their use naturally suggests admirable
merits of tone and care in manufacturing.
Philip W. Oetting & Son, Inc., 213 East 19th
street, New York, is sole agent for the famous line of
Weickert hammer and damper felts and the extensive
uses of the products by American piano manufac-
turers is sufficient testimony of their desirability.
The company also carries a wide line of fine action
bushing cloths and other commodities for the piano
manufacturer, tuner and repairman.
Philip G. Oetting, president of Philip W. Oetting
& Son, sole importers of Weickert felts, is now on
an automobile tour in the middle west accompanied
by Mrs. Oetting. He left New York three weeks ago
by the northern system of highways and will return
about the first of November by way of Indiana,
Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. In this trip he
will combine business with the pleasures of a vacation
and call on customers of Weickert felts along the
route.
CROSSMAN WHITE MAPLE.
The continuously lively orders for white maple to
the Crossman Lumber Co., Grand Rapids, Mich.,
from piano manufacturers is significant of increased
activities in the factories. The company has a big
stock of choice lower Michigan end-dried white maple,
quartered maple and wide maple, which interests the
alert buyers of supplies for the piano plants.
MOVING TRUCKS
for
PIANO ACTIONS
HIGHEST GRADE
ONE GRADE ONLY
PIANOS
The Wessell, Nickel & Gross action is a
guarantee of the grade of the instrument
in which tt is found.
FACTORIES:
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Orthophonic Victrolas
Electric Refrigerators
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JULIUS BRECKWOLDT & SON, INC.
DOLGEVILLE. N. Y.
Write for catalog and prices for End Trucks, Sill
Trucks, Hoists, Covers and Special Straps.
Manufactured by
Self-Lifting PianoTruck Co.
Manufacturers of
FINDLAY, OHIO
Piano Backs, Boards, Bridges, Bars,
Traplevers and Mouldings
J BRECKWOLDT, Pre«.
W. A. BRECKWOLDT, Sec. & Trww.
THE
O. S. KELLY CO.
Manufacturers of High
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