Music Trade Review
Issue: 1899 Vol. 29 N. 20 - Page 27
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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
To Efface Phonograph Records. ened with alcohol. After this dry and For some time he had been under the care
Mr. W. F. Rigby, of Philadelphia, says,
regarding the effacement of the records
from phonograph cylinders, "Place the
cylinders on a mandrel and put it in the
lathe or on the mandrel of the phono-
graph. In this case the motor of the
phonograph is not quite of sufficient power
to turn out a highly-finished cylinder. If,
however, the hand wheel is connected
direct to the phonograph, the results are
better. Take a smooth rag and moisten
it in spirits of turpentine and rub it on the
cylinder, keeping it constantly rotating,
then rub for a short time with a rag moist-
polish with a smooth cloth." By the above
method a cylinder can be cleaned in about
a minute with a finely-polished surface far
surpassing any record that has been shaved.
Records taken on the cylinders so treated
have the grating sound so objectionable in
low talking records reduced to a minimum.
Plotts Shoots Himself.
Edward Plotts, said to be a member of
the music trade firm of Plotts & Stannen-
berg (?), at Washington, N. J., committed
suicide last week by shooting himself in the
head at Deer Park Hotel, Newark, Del.
Mehlin
Pianos
Factory. 461 to 467 West 40th St.,
New York.
of doctors, and was able to sleep only
through the aid of opiates. Mr. Plotts had
been in Newark about a month, and sold a
number of organs in the neighborhood.
He was fifty-three years old.
Joseph J. Romo, a Mexican who has
been working in the factory of the Kurtz-
man Piano Co., Buffalo, N. Y., for the past
few weeks, reported this week that four
hundred opals which he brought with him
from Mexico had been stolen. They are
valued at $700.
THE
DEWEY
"A Leader POLISH
among
Leaders."
Main Office and Wararooms :
27 Union Square.
A Piano which is
a money maker
for every dealer
who handles it . .
FACTORY AND OFFICES:
157&159E. 128th St.
NEW YORK CITY.
The Best
" ^ ^ ^ Ever Prepared
POLISHES OFF A PIANO AS
EFFECTIVELY
AS DEWEY
POLISHED OFF THE SPAN-
ISH FLEET AT MANILA
Order a dozen and you
will want more
No gummy or sticky
surface
THE DEWEY
POLISH CO.
13 East 14th Street
NEW YORK
Julius m i
MILLS AND OFFICE:
5PIELMANN
MANUFACTURER OF.
Sounding Boards, Bars, Guitar and Vandolii
Catalogue and Information can be had by addressing
Factory and
524-534 E. I 34th St., N . Y .
arerooms
DOLGEVILLE. N. Y.
•• STANDARD OF HIGHEST MERIT,"
ESTABLISHED 1840.
PIANOS
MAKE MONEY FOR THE DEALERS
THE ARTISTIC PIANO OF AMERICA
THE
OVER 110,000 MANUFACTURED.
FISCHER
PIANO.
UPRIGHT PIDHO HDTIOHS,
J. & C. FISCHER,
OFFICES AND
MANUFACTORIES,
ROTH & ENGELHARDT,
F. ENCELHARDT,
FORMERLY FOREMAN 8TEINWAY * SONS
FORMERLY WITH
ACTION D~P'T.
A. DOLCE.
FACTORIES:
OFFICE}
4I Union Square New York St. Johnsvllle, N. Y. on N. Y. C. R. R.
A. P. ROTH,
W E G M A N P I A N O CO
417 t o 433 West
28th
Street.
NEW YORK.
ESTABLISHED 1853.
SYLVESTER TOWER,
Manufacturer of
GRAND AND UPRIGHT PIANO-FORTE ACTIONS
Also PIANO-FORTE AND ORGAN KEYS.
Keys, Action, Hammers, Brackets and Nickel Rail, Furnished Complete.
TOWERS ABOVE ALL OTHERS.
PIANO
131 t o 147 BROADWAY, CAMBRIDGEPORT, MASS.
MANUFACTURERS,
All our Instruments contain the full iron frame and patent tuning pin. The greatest invention in the history of piano
making. Any radical changes in the climate, heat or dampness cannot affect the standing in tcne of our
instruments, and therefore challenge the world that ours will excel any other.
THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
To Efface Phonograph Records. ened with alcohol. After this dry and For some time he had been under the care
Mr. W. F. Rigby, of Philadelphia, says,
regarding the effacement of the records
from phonograph cylinders, "Place the
cylinders on a mandrel and put it in the
lathe or on the mandrel of the phono-
graph. In this case the motor of the
phonograph is not quite of sufficient power
to turn out a highly-finished cylinder. If,
however, the hand wheel is connected
direct to the phonograph, the results are
better. Take a smooth rag and moisten
it in spirits of turpentine and rub it on the
cylinder, keeping it constantly rotating,
then rub for a short time with a rag moist-
polish with a smooth cloth." By the above
method a cylinder can be cleaned in about
a minute with a finely-polished surface far
surpassing any record that has been shaved.
Records taken on the cylinders so treated
have the grating sound so objectionable in
low talking records reduced to a minimum.
Plotts Shoots Himself.
Edward Plotts, said to be a member of
the music trade firm of Plotts & Stannen-
berg (?), at Washington, N. J., committed
suicide last week by shooting himself in the
head at Deer Park Hotel, Newark, Del.
Mehlin
Pianos
Factory. 461 to 467 West 40th St.,
New York.
of doctors, and was able to sleep only
through the aid of opiates. Mr. Plotts had
been in Newark about a month, and sold a
number of organs in the neighborhood.
He was fifty-three years old.
Joseph J. Romo, a Mexican who has
been working in the factory of the Kurtz-
man Piano Co., Buffalo, N. Y., for the past
few weeks, reported this week that four
hundred opals which he brought with him
from Mexico had been stolen. They are
valued at $700.
THE
DEWEY
"A Leader POLISH
among
Leaders."
Main Office and Wararooms :
27 Union Square.
A Piano which is
a money maker
for every dealer
who handles it . .
FACTORY AND OFFICES:
157&159E. 128th St.
NEW YORK CITY.
The Best
" ^ ^ ^ Ever Prepared
POLISHES OFF A PIANO AS
EFFECTIVELY
AS DEWEY
POLISHED OFF THE SPAN-
ISH FLEET AT MANILA
Order a dozen and you
will want more
No gummy or sticky
surface
THE DEWEY
POLISH CO.
13 East 14th Street
NEW YORK
Julius m i
MILLS AND OFFICE:
5PIELMANN
MANUFACTURER OF.
Sounding Boards, Bars, Guitar and Vandolii
Catalogue and Information can be had by addressing
Factory and
524-534 E. I 34th St., N . Y .
arerooms
DOLGEVILLE. N. Y.
•• STANDARD OF HIGHEST MERIT,"
ESTABLISHED 1840.
PIANOS
MAKE MONEY FOR THE DEALERS
THE ARTISTIC PIANO OF AMERICA
THE
OVER 110,000 MANUFACTURED.
FISCHER
PIANO.
UPRIGHT PIDHO HDTIOHS,
J. & C. FISCHER,
OFFICES AND
MANUFACTORIES,
ROTH & ENGELHARDT,
F. ENCELHARDT,
FORMERLY FOREMAN 8TEINWAY * SONS
FORMERLY WITH
ACTION D~P'T.
A. DOLCE.
FACTORIES:
OFFICE}
4I Union Square New York St. Johnsvllle, N. Y. on N. Y. C. R. R.
A. P. ROTH,
W E G M A N P I A N O CO
417 t o 433 West
28th
Street.
NEW YORK.
ESTABLISHED 1853.
SYLVESTER TOWER,
Manufacturer of
GRAND AND UPRIGHT PIANO-FORTE ACTIONS
Also PIANO-FORTE AND ORGAN KEYS.
Keys, Action, Hammers, Brackets and Nickel Rail, Furnished Complete.
TOWERS ABOVE ALL OTHERS.
PIANO
131 t o 147 BROADWAY, CAMBRIDGEPORT, MASS.
MANUFACTURERS,
All our Instruments contain the full iron frame and patent tuning pin. The greatest invention in the history of piano
making. Any radical changes in the climate, heat or dampness cannot affect the standing in tcne of our
instruments, and therefore challenge the world that ours will excel any other.
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