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and joining. Maple lias always been one of the finest
violin woods and it is nearly always combined witli
some softwoods, like pine or spruce.
Hardwoods constitute eighty per cent of all the ma-
That Desirable Characteristic of the Wood Causes It terial furnished by forests to the manufacturers of
to Be Employed Considerably in Manufacture
musical instruments in this country, or about 208,-
000,000 feet annually. Maple heads the list with 45,-
of Musical Instruments.
500,000 feet; yellow poplar is second with an annual
Spruce takes up and transmits vibrations more per- consumption of more than 40,000,000 feet, and
fectly than any other wood that can be had in ade- 38,000,000 feet, of chestnut is used each year. Oak,
quate quantities. The cause of spruce resonance is elm, birch, basswood, red gum and black walnut fol-
thought to lie in the wood's long fibres and in their low chestnut on the hardwoods list in the order
uniform or regular arrangement. The fibres vibrate named. Yellow poplar is an excellent cabinet wood,
like so many taut chords. Resonant woods, like taking a smooth, fine polish. Highest grade panels
spruce and Southern white cedar, are employed widely
may be made of yellow poplar, the casual observer
in the manufacture of pianos and similar musical supposing them to be rosewood or ebony. Red gum
instruments. For some other instruments, like the is also a fine cabinet wood for musical instruments.
violin, wood of unusual strength, as maple and birch, It closely resembles Circassian walnut.
is sought in order to give necessary rigidity.
A new material for large musical instruments is
Of a total of feet of softwoods estimated to be used California redwood, which is used in a Detroit pipe
in the manufacture of musical instruments in this organ.
country each year, more than fifty per cent is spruce.
White pine is second on the list of softwoods with
FREED-EISEMANN JULY SALES.
9,000,000' feet used annually.
The Freed-Eisemann Radio Corporation reports the
The quality of wood in a violin has much to do with
the value of the instrument and the old master makers greatest volume of July shipments in the history of
of violins selected their wood and prepared it with the company, and a statement by Joseph D. R. Freed,
as much care as they bestowed on the actual shaping president, indicates that August shipments are ex-
pected to show an even larger proportion of increase.
Rate of production of radio sets and speakers at the
Freed-Eisemann factory at Liberty avenue and Junius
street, Brooklyn, N. Y., is much greater than any
We Supply More Than
previous month of August. Some of the departments
are working nights to catch up with production re-
90%
quirements, states Mr. Freed.
of the Piano, Organ
and Action Trade in
U. S. and Canada
BUSH & LANE RADIOS.
The Bush & Lane Piano Company of Holland,
Pouch Shins
Mich., has announced distribution of radios in Detroit
a Specialty
this year through the H. D. Robertson company, 6553
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Woodward avenue. The Bush & Lane rad : o has for
Supply especially
a background many years' national reputation in the
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piano field. The company builds seven different mod-
els, and the built-in speakers and all cabinet work is
done in their own factories at Holland.
RESONANCE OF SPRUCE
ANNOUNCER MUST BE CAREFUL
Faulty Pronunciation of Composers' Names and
Musical Titles Evoke Call-Downs from Listeners.
Radio has made the general public so familiar with
the proper pronunciation of the names of composers
and their works that the radio announcer has to
watch his verbal step and attend closely to his enun-
ciation. The call-downs from the listeners are becom-
ing very frequent.
Radio has brought about a change in the mind of
the public about music. A few years ago it was rare
to find any except the musically educated who could
pronounce the names of such composers as Beetho-
ven, Liszt, Wagner, Rachmaninoff—or the mention
of these and the names of other such composers
produced in the minds of the hearers the thought that
their compositions were heavy, dull, uninteresting
and technical.
Of course, radio has not yet educated all of its
listeners to the point where they are always able to
appreciate the heavier classics, but the radio audience
today does thoroughly enjoy the orchestrations of the
lighter classics that have lived for generations because
of their melody and tunefulness.
PORTLAND RADIO MEN MEET
The Oregon Radio Trades association held a dinner
meeting at the Congress hotel in Portland, Ore.,
August 20, at which time t'.ie association, after dis-
cussion of the question of holding a radio exposition
this fall it was decided not to hold it. The principal
reason advanced was that a number of radio dealers
in the city had exhibited and demonstrated the new
1928-29 models at their places of business and prac-
tically nothing new was left to exhibit to the buying
public. James Condon, Jr., president of the associa-
t'on expressed regret that conditions were such as
to bar the holding of the exposition but said that it
would be foolish to hold it under the circumstances.
It was the consensus of opinion of the distributors
and dealers attending that the coming fall season
promised to be the most prosperous one in radio
history.
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at the C. G. Conn, Ltd., factories, Elkhart, Ind., and
was well attended. President C. D. Greenleaf gave the
address of welcome. In the days following there
were thirty-seven other addresses, covering methods
of getting and handling business, the effect of the
movie-tone on business, how the dealer can best
be financed, and kindred topics. Conn artists pro-
duced the music.
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