Music Trade Review
Issue: 1904 Vol. 39 N. 17 - Page 39
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THE
MUSIC
LIVINGSTON IN UTICA.
TO
MAKE
TRADE
SELF-PLAYINQ
REVIEW
ACTIONS.
Manufacturing Will Be in Full Swing on
Nov. 1—Saw Mills at Stratford.
A New Company incorporated in New Jersey
With a Capital of $50,000 Will Control and
Exploit the Patents of Philip Wuest.
The factory of the J. C. Livingston Co., at
Utica, N. Y., wherein will be manufactured sound-
ing boards, backs, bridges, boxes and trapwork,
will be in full working order by November 1st.
The main building, as already described in The
Review, is 155x72 feet, three stories high, and
there is an additional building containing the en-
gine and boiler house, with dry kilns which have
a capacity of 12,500 feet of lumber per day.
In a recent communication sent out by Mr. Liv-
ingston he states that they will continue to manu-
facture lumber at the saw mills in Stratford. The
factory at that place, however, will be closed and
all goods for the piano trade will be hereafter
manufactured in Utica, where they will have
splendid facilities to meet all demands.
(Special to The Review.)
Philadelphia, Pa., Oct. 17, 1904.
The Auto-Manual Piano Action Co., whose
home office will be at 205 Market street, Camden,
N. J., was incorporated Saturday under the laws
of the State of New Jersey, with a capital of $50,-
000 divided into five hundred shares of $100 each.
The purpose of the organization is to manufac-
ture self-playing actions for pianos and piano
players. The officers and board of directors are as
follows: President, Arthur B. Paige; vice-presi-
dent, Philip Wuest, Jr.; treasurer, R. L. Fackler;
secretary, Walter C. Harper. These gentlemen
and M. C. Campbell constitute the board of direc-
tors.
The Auto-Manual Piano Action Co. control
DEMANDED BY THOSE WHO KNOW!
MARTHAUS HAMMER FELT
FINEST TONE QUALITY. PERFECT FINISH. ELASTIC. MADE
(IN GERMANY) FROM VERY BEST LONG-FIBRE WOOL ONLY.
SMOOTH, CLEAN AND WHITE.
IP YOU ARC SEEKING ABSOLUTELY THE BEST, CORRESPOND WITH THE SOLE AGENTS,
HAMMACHER, SCHLEMMER & CO.,
ALFRED DOLCE, PREST.
WM. T. NOBLE, SECY.
ALFRED DOLGE M'F'G CO-
Manufacturers of F E L T S for all purposes
Specialty: SUN-BLEACHED PIANO FELTS AND HAMMERS
L. CAVALLI, Eastern Representative
FACTORIES: Dolgeville. Los Angeles Co., California
THE "TOWSLEY" GLUING
OR STAINING MACHINE
Is economic, efficient and satisfactory
MADE
IN THREE
SIZES,
12IN.,
18IN.,
24IN.
Write for complete catalog of Wood'
working Machinery, Factory Trucks
and Clue Room Appliances.
about thirty valuable patents and inventions of
Philip Wuest, Jr., who for thirteen years was
superintendent of the Aeolian and Pianola repair
department of C. J. Heppe & Son, Philadelphia,
and two inventions by Florence J. Heppe, of the
same firm. The Heppes, who own many of the
Wuest patents, have sold their interests to the
new company.
Vice-President Wuest will have charge of the
practical department of the business.
A number of points absolutely individual are
claimed for the specialties of this company, and,
among the claims made for their auto-manual
piano player, which is detachable or interior con-
struction, are: "The action proper is built of
three units or shelves. Each unit carries the
power pneumatic and valve controlling it, also
the air supply or feed for itself or any unit above
it. Each unit is complete in itself as a playing
action and the three units, when assembled, are
compensating for shrinkage or swelling, due to
climatic changes, such as heat, cold or damp. All
units are interchangeable. In case of an acci-
dent or split in a valve board, a new unit can be
inserted, in a very short time. There are no
channel boards to split or check open, and each
unit is accessible for adjustment if required."
Their specialties include the auto-manual valve
cup, tracker boards which are of metal and air
motors, which are made on entirely new princi-
ples. They also manufacture the interior auto-
manual piano which, it is claimed, can be placed
into a piano of any make without increasing the
depth of the piano at the keybed end, with-
out changing the scale, action, frame, backposts
or keys. They also claim to furnish a "divided
scale" controlling bass and treble separately and
an ingenious device which controls each individ-
ual note at the will of the performer. There is
also an automatic "shut-off," made of metal, that
automatically closes and opens the end apertures
of the tracker board in accordance with the size
of the roll employed. The primary action is lo-
cated above the piano keys and is so arranged
that the entire mechanism swings out of the way
to allow unrestricted access to the piano proper
for purposes of regulating, tuning or repairing.
The auto-expression pedal is also furnished.
H. C. Harney, eastern agent for the O. S. Kelly
Co., piano plate manufacturers, Springfield, O.,
reports an active demand for the specialties of
this house in his territory. One morning last
week he received by mail orders for over three
hundred piano plates and this gives an idea of
the way business is opening up as far as the O.
S. Kelly Co. is concerned. Business at the head-
quarters at Springfield is exceedingly active.
NTYTCO-OPERATIVE
PIANO STRING CO.
MANUFACTURERS OP
JOHN. T. TOWSLEY MFG. CO.
CINCINNATI. O.. U. S A.
VENEERS
39
""• Ba$$ Strings
312, 316 East 95th Street,
NEW YORK.
C. H. O. HOUGHTON
ESTABLISHED 1824 BY E. OL C. W. HOVGHTON
96 FIFTH AVENUE
NEW YORK CITY
Phone, 6935 Gra.rr\«rcy
Brand Rapids
Piano
Case
Co.,
Ltd.
QR1ND RAPIDS. HIGH.
The most modern and
complete exclusive
case factory in the
world.
QUALITY AND PROMPT SHIPMENTS GUARANTEED
-\
A. C. CHENEY PIANO ACTION CO.
Manufacturer^ HIGH GRADE PIANOFORTE ACTIONS.
CASTLETON, HEW
YOM
THE
MUSIC
LIVINGSTON IN UTICA.
TO
MAKE
TRADE
SELF-PLAYINQ
REVIEW
ACTIONS.
Manufacturing Will Be in Full Swing on
Nov. 1—Saw Mills at Stratford.
A New Company incorporated in New Jersey
With a Capital of $50,000 Will Control and
Exploit the Patents of Philip Wuest.
The factory of the J. C. Livingston Co., at
Utica, N. Y., wherein will be manufactured sound-
ing boards, backs, bridges, boxes and trapwork,
will be in full working order by November 1st.
The main building, as already described in The
Review, is 155x72 feet, three stories high, and
there is an additional building containing the en-
gine and boiler house, with dry kilns which have
a capacity of 12,500 feet of lumber per day.
In a recent communication sent out by Mr. Liv-
ingston he states that they will continue to manu-
facture lumber at the saw mills in Stratford. The
factory at that place, however, will be closed and
all goods for the piano trade will be hereafter
manufactured in Utica, where they will have
splendid facilities to meet all demands.
(Special to The Review.)
Philadelphia, Pa., Oct. 17, 1904.
The Auto-Manual Piano Action Co., whose
home office will be at 205 Market street, Camden,
N. J., was incorporated Saturday under the laws
of the State of New Jersey, with a capital of $50,-
000 divided into five hundred shares of $100 each.
The purpose of the organization is to manufac-
ture self-playing actions for pianos and piano
players. The officers and board of directors are as
follows: President, Arthur B. Paige; vice-presi-
dent, Philip Wuest, Jr.; treasurer, R. L. Fackler;
secretary, Walter C. Harper. These gentlemen
and M. C. Campbell constitute the board of direc-
tors.
The Auto-Manual Piano Action Co. control
DEMANDED BY THOSE WHO KNOW!
MARTHAUS HAMMER FELT
FINEST TONE QUALITY. PERFECT FINISH. ELASTIC. MADE
(IN GERMANY) FROM VERY BEST LONG-FIBRE WOOL ONLY.
SMOOTH, CLEAN AND WHITE.
IP YOU ARC SEEKING ABSOLUTELY THE BEST, CORRESPOND WITH THE SOLE AGENTS,
HAMMACHER, SCHLEMMER & CO.,
ALFRED DOLCE, PREST.
WM. T. NOBLE, SECY.
ALFRED DOLGE M'F'G CO-
Manufacturers of F E L T S for all purposes
Specialty: SUN-BLEACHED PIANO FELTS AND HAMMERS
L. CAVALLI, Eastern Representative
FACTORIES: Dolgeville. Los Angeles Co., California
THE "TOWSLEY" GLUING
OR STAINING MACHINE
Is economic, efficient and satisfactory
MADE
IN THREE
SIZES,
12IN.,
18IN.,
24IN.
Write for complete catalog of Wood'
working Machinery, Factory Trucks
and Clue Room Appliances.
about thirty valuable patents and inventions of
Philip Wuest, Jr., who for thirteen years was
superintendent of the Aeolian and Pianola repair
department of C. J. Heppe & Son, Philadelphia,
and two inventions by Florence J. Heppe, of the
same firm. The Heppes, who own many of the
Wuest patents, have sold their interests to the
new company.
Vice-President Wuest will have charge of the
practical department of the business.
A number of points absolutely individual are
claimed for the specialties of this company, and,
among the claims made for their auto-manual
piano player, which is detachable or interior con-
struction, are: "The action proper is built of
three units or shelves. Each unit carries the
power pneumatic and valve controlling it, also
the air supply or feed for itself or any unit above
it. Each unit is complete in itself as a playing
action and the three units, when assembled, are
compensating for shrinkage or swelling, due to
climatic changes, such as heat, cold or damp. All
units are interchangeable. In case of an acci-
dent or split in a valve board, a new unit can be
inserted, in a very short time. There are no
channel boards to split or check open, and each
unit is accessible for adjustment if required."
Their specialties include the auto-manual valve
cup, tracker boards which are of metal and air
motors, which are made on entirely new princi-
ples. They also manufacture the interior auto-
manual piano which, it is claimed, can be placed
into a piano of any make without increasing the
depth of the piano at the keybed end, with-
out changing the scale, action, frame, backposts
or keys. They also claim to furnish a "divided
scale" controlling bass and treble separately and
an ingenious device which controls each individ-
ual note at the will of the performer. There is
also an automatic "shut-off," made of metal, that
automatically closes and opens the end apertures
of the tracker board in accordance with the size
of the roll employed. The primary action is lo-
cated above the piano keys and is so arranged
that the entire mechanism swings out of the way
to allow unrestricted access to the piano proper
for purposes of regulating, tuning or repairing.
The auto-expression pedal is also furnished.
H. C. Harney, eastern agent for the O. S. Kelly
Co., piano plate manufacturers, Springfield, O.,
reports an active demand for the specialties of
this house in his territory. One morning last
week he received by mail orders for over three
hundred piano plates and this gives an idea of
the way business is opening up as far as the O.
S. Kelly Co. is concerned. Business at the head-
quarters at Springfield is exceedingly active.
NTYTCO-OPERATIVE
PIANO STRING CO.
MANUFACTURERS OP
JOHN. T. TOWSLEY MFG. CO.
CINCINNATI. O.. U. S A.
VENEERS
39
""• Ba$$ Strings
312, 316 East 95th Street,
NEW YORK.
C. H. O. HOUGHTON
ESTABLISHED 1824 BY E. OL C. W. HOVGHTON
96 FIFTH AVENUE
NEW YORK CITY
Phone, 6935 Gra.rr\«rcy
Brand Rapids
Piano
Case
Co.,
Ltd.
QR1ND RAPIDS. HIGH.
The most modern and
complete exclusive
case factory in the
world.
QUALITY AND PROMPT SHIPMENTS GUARANTEED
-\
A. C. CHENEY PIANO ACTION CO.
Manufacturer^ HIGH GRADE PIANOFORTE ACTIONS.
CASTLETON, HEW
YOM
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