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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
against a rigid knife, which is seventeen
feet long, the veneer is cut off as evenly
as a shaving is sliced from a block of wood
by a plane. The whole log is thus sliced
up into veneers one-thirtieth of an inch
thick. Thus one log may yield several
hundred veneers. Sawed veneers are more
expensive because not more than ten to fif-
teen can be cut from an inch of wood.
The rest of the wood is lost in sawdust,
while in the cut veneers there is no waste
at all.
The relative cheapness of mahogany logs
is also making revolutions in furniture
manufacturing. The sailing vessels and
steamers engaged in the trade are more
numerous than ever before, and each
steamer may bring 700,000 feet of mahog-
any logs to New York, and the sailing
STARR
PIANOS
Promote business
success as
they embody
generous values.
Richmond,
Ind.
vessels from 200,000 to 300,000 feet. The
mahogany forests of South America are
not being ruthlessly destroyed, as are many
of our American woods. In Central Amer-
ica, where the forests are controlled by
Americans, two trees are planted for every
one cut. This wise policy insures a per-
manency of supply that practically makes
the wood inexhaustible.
LOOK AND LISTEN.
Yes, look at it and see an organ artistically made of the best
A* B. Campbell has again made his ap-
pearance in the piano business at 24 East
Bay street, Jacksonville, 111., and is carry-
ing a full line of instruments.
materials and with the greatest skill of the most experienced work-
men.
Look it all over, from pedals ^ ^ _ _ _ — .
it's just the same.
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look pleased you,
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tone?
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toned
and clearer with each
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But listen! Ah, if the
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fifty years of voicing \ ^ ^ ^ J\%/^
in the sweet
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to music rack, and
strange
FACTORY OPPORTUNITY.
thai
Factory equipped with all modern machinery.
Plant can be purchased at a bargain and factory
secured at low rental. Thirty pianos can be
turned out from partly finished stock on hand
within few days. Scales and valuable patents
included in sale. Splendid opportunity for men
with moderate means to engage in piano-mak-
ing. Location adjacent to New York. ''Factory"
THE REVIEW, 3 East 14th Street, New York.
\ reeds should result
—
Estey, ever sweeter
n e w instrument that
comes
from t h e factory, else w h a t w e r e t h e u s e s of e x p e r i e n c e ?
SEND FOR CATALOGUE
ESTEY ORGAN CO.,
ESTABLISHED t850
BRATTLEBORO, VT.
A GEN'L AGENT. " Life of Admiral Dewey " and " Amer-
ica's New Possessions." Superbly illustrated. Sample 25 cts.,
stamps or coin. Catalogue free.
F. TENNYSON NEELY, 114 Fifth Ave., N. Y.
CLOUGH & WARREN
ALL^VTANUFACTURED IN OUR LARGE NEW FACTORIES.
CLOUGH
*
HIGH GRADE,
SOLIDLY BUILT,
FINE FINISH,
DELIGHTFUL TONE.
ORDERS AND CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED.
& WARREN co., 213 Woodward Ave., Detroit, Mich
The Factories of W. W. Kimball Co., Chicago, 111., U. S. A.
"More than double the size and output of any similar institution in the world."—CHICAGO TRIBUNE.
Kimball Pianos.
Kimball Reed Organs.
Kimball Pipe Organs.