Music Trade Review
Issue: 1905 Vol. 40 N. 16 - Page 35
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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
CASEMAKERS IN DEMAND.
Weber Factory in Worcester Unable to Secure
Enough Help in That City.
(Special to The Review.)
F. W. HONERKAMP'S MOVE.
To
Engage
in the Veneer
May 1.
Business
SOME LOGS VERY DECEPTIVE.
About
Veneer Men in the Piano Field Most Particular
—Can Buy at Home as Well as Abroad.
Frederick W. Honerkamp, who for the past
year has had charge of the sales department of
the International Hardwood Co., which recently
passed into the hands of a receiver, will start in
the veneer business about May 1 on his own ac-
count. He will occupy the building in which the
International Co. has been conducting its busi-
ness, as he holds the lease of the property. Mr.
Honerkamp is one of the best-known veneer sales-
men in the city, having been identified with that
industry since 1871.
In speaking in a general way, the lumber firm
of P. E. Dingee & Sons, said to The Review
this week, that while there was apparently a big
supply of lumber on hand, the veneer dealers
were constantly on the outlook for something
better than the logs showed from the outside, and
it seemed to be the general opinion that much
that was being brought over was unavailable for
their purposes, but nevertheless they had secured
some very choice lots from the dealers. The
trouble was that their judgment was often a t
fault, and what seemed to promise well in the log
proved
to be practically worthless when cut. This
STILL MORE MACHINERY FOR DOLGE.
was particularly true with walnut and mahogany,
Three more carloads of machinery for the and no importer can do more than depend on his
Dolge felt factories has arrived from the Bast best judgment in making his selections, and if a
the past week and is being installed at the big veneer dealer goes abroad to buy, he runs the
felt factory. Most of the machinery is for the same risk that he does when he buys at home.
carding room. This makes six carloads of ma-
chinery that has recently arrived for the Dolge
GRUBB & KOSEGARTEN BROS. INCOR-
mills, and more is to follow. When all this
PORATED.
machinery is in motion, the felt output of the
mills will be largely increased, likewise the list
Among the incorporations filed with the Sec-
of employes.—Alhambra (Cal.) Advocate, April 8.
retary of the State of New York on Tuesday last
was that of Grubb & Kosegarten Bros., manufac-
INTERNATIONAL CO. WILL RE-ORGANIZE.
SCHLIES' REPAIR SHOP BURNED.
turers of pianoforte actions at Nassau, N. Y.,
There have been many rumors regarding the
with a capital of $30,000. Directors: Jacob
(Special
to
The
Review.)
future of the International Mahogany Co., which
Grubb, A. O. Kosegarten, C. W. Kosegarten, and
Grand
Rapids,
Mich.,
April
15.
recently went into the hands of the receiver.
O. F. Kosegarten, all of Nassau.
The
workshop
of
L.
Schlies,
54
West
Division
Mr. Montgomery, the president of the concern,
Baid to The Review that plans were being formu- street, was partially destroyed by fire shortly
lated for the reorganization of the concern, but after 11 o'clock last night. An automobile and JONES SHOWING MAHOGANY VENEERS.
a buggy were removed. The building was used
just how soon he could not state. He said if
Louis G. Jones, the large dealer in veneers at
such a thing came about, they would confine as a repair shop for musical instruments and
themselves strictly to dealing in lumber and logs, contained a piano, three organs and other in- 10th street and Avenue D, New York, has lately
and would drop the veneer business. The affairs struments, which were damaged. The loss is added to his stock about 100,000 feet of very
of the concern are in such a state that it will about $1,500 and the building and contents were finely figured mahogany veneer, as well as a
quantity of choice domestic and Circassian wal-
be several weeks before the receiver will be insured for ?300.
nut. J. H. Hundley is to make his maiden trip
in a position to know the exact status of the
for him about May 1, and will cover New York
firm's liabilities and assets.
STRINGENT METHODS.
State and Canada. His many friends in the lum-
Here is a new Mark Twain anecdote which, ber district are wishing him all kinds of success
J. B. DAYFOOT BUYING VENEERS.
among thousands of its kind, has a peculiar ring in his trip.
John B. Dayfoot, the veneer buyer for the of genuineness. Some years ago Mark Twain's
Ivers & Pond Piano Co., Boston, Mass., was in home in Hartford was invaded with scarlet fever.
REINWARTH STRINGS FOR JAPAN.
this city on Monday inspecting the wares of the The disease raged for some weeks, when heroic
veneer men. It is needless to say that they all measures were taken to disinfect the house. "We
The fame of the Reinwarth strings, manufac-
gave him a very hearty welcome, as the reputa- had a fumigator so strong," said Mark Twain, tured by Rudolf C. Koch, the well-known manu-
tion of his firm precluded the possibility of his "that it took all the brass off the doorknobs and facturer, 386 Second avenue, have extended as far
all the tune out of the piano."
selecting anything but the choicest woods.
off as the Mikado's domain. He recently filled
an order for strings for a piano factory in Yoko-
hama. The "Yankees of the East" evidently are
not asleep when it comes to piano making, and
while the output is small, they are gradually
¥T 1 ¥ A T T f T t Manufacturers of Piano and Furniture Polishes, Fin-
« *-•• 1 1 - r * * M. V/Vr«y ishes. Special Repair, Varnish Remover. Stains and
augmenting the quality of their products. They
Colors; Combination Rubbing Polish for dull work. $1.50 Per Gallon; 70c. Per Gallon In
Barrel Lots for factory use. Per Gross, 6 oz. Bottle Cartons, $15.00.
evidently know a good thing when they see it,
hence their order for Reinwarth strings.
Address, 145 CANAL STREET, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.
Worcester, Mass., April 12, 1905.
The supply of piano casemakers in this city
is far below the demand. J. L. Nixon, manager of
the Worcester branch of the Weber Piano Com-
pany says: "We have been counting upon employ-
ing only Worcester men in our Worcester shop,
but this week I had to send on to New York for
casemakers, and I imagine I will have to have
fully twenty-five more come on, unless I am able
to get a line upon more casemakers about Worces-
ter."
The first shipment of piano cases, to the manu-
facture of which the Worcester branch of the
plant is devoted, was made yesterday and other
shipments will follow two or three times a week.
Plans are now being prepared for the construc-
tion of additional dryhouses, which will make it
possible for the company to have in its houses
about eighty thousand more feet of lumber than
there is now room for. More than a carload of
lumber a day is now being used, and the amount
will be substantially increased as soon as the com-
pany can secure a full quota of employees.
KING OF POLISHES
ALFRED DOLCE, PREST.
ALFRED
WM. T. NOBLE, SECY
DOLGE
M'F'Gi CO.
Manufacturers of F E L T S for all purposes
Specialty. SUN-BLEACHED PIANO FELTS A N D HAMMERS
L.
CAVALLI. Eastern Representative
FACTORIES: Dolgevllle. Los Angeles Co., California
VENEERS
CHOICE
FlGU RED VENEERS
AVE.
L.
G.
D. & E.
10TH
JONES
STREET, NEW YORK
C. H. O. HOUGHTON
ESTABLISHED 1824 BY E. 96 FIFTH AVENUE
NEW YORK CITY
Phone, 6935 Gr«v mercy
Grand Rapids
Piano
Case
Co.,
Ltd.
SRMD RAPIDS, MICH.
The most modern and
complete exclusive
case factory in the
world.
QUALITY AND PROMPT SHIPMENTS GUARANTEED
A. C. CHENEY PIANO ACTION CO.
f HIGH GRADE PIANOFORTE ACTIONS.
CASTLETON, NEW YORK
THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
CASEMAKERS IN DEMAND.
Weber Factory in Worcester Unable to Secure
Enough Help in That City.
(Special to The Review.)
F. W. HONERKAMP'S MOVE.
To
Engage
in the Veneer
May 1.
Business
SOME LOGS VERY DECEPTIVE.
About
Veneer Men in the Piano Field Most Particular
—Can Buy at Home as Well as Abroad.
Frederick W. Honerkamp, who for the past
year has had charge of the sales department of
the International Hardwood Co., which recently
passed into the hands of a receiver, will start in
the veneer business about May 1 on his own ac-
count. He will occupy the building in which the
International Co. has been conducting its busi-
ness, as he holds the lease of the property. Mr.
Honerkamp is one of the best-known veneer sales-
men in the city, having been identified with that
industry since 1871.
In speaking in a general way, the lumber firm
of P. E. Dingee & Sons, said to The Review
this week, that while there was apparently a big
supply of lumber on hand, the veneer dealers
were constantly on the outlook for something
better than the logs showed from the outside, and
it seemed to be the general opinion that much
that was being brought over was unavailable for
their purposes, but nevertheless they had secured
some very choice lots from the dealers. The
trouble was that their judgment was often a t
fault, and what seemed to promise well in the log
proved
to be practically worthless when cut. This
STILL MORE MACHINERY FOR DOLGE.
was particularly true with walnut and mahogany,
Three more carloads of machinery for the and no importer can do more than depend on his
Dolge felt factories has arrived from the Bast best judgment in making his selections, and if a
the past week and is being installed at the big veneer dealer goes abroad to buy, he runs the
felt factory. Most of the machinery is for the same risk that he does when he buys at home.
carding room. This makes six carloads of ma-
chinery that has recently arrived for the Dolge
GRUBB & KOSEGARTEN BROS. INCOR-
mills, and more is to follow. When all this
PORATED.
machinery is in motion, the felt output of the
mills will be largely increased, likewise the list
Among the incorporations filed with the Sec-
of employes.—Alhambra (Cal.) Advocate, April 8.
retary of the State of New York on Tuesday last
was that of Grubb & Kosegarten Bros., manufac-
INTERNATIONAL CO. WILL RE-ORGANIZE.
SCHLIES' REPAIR SHOP BURNED.
turers of pianoforte actions at Nassau, N. Y.,
There have been many rumors regarding the
with a capital of $30,000. Directors: Jacob
(Special
to
The
Review.)
future of the International Mahogany Co., which
Grubb, A. O. Kosegarten, C. W. Kosegarten, and
Grand
Rapids,
Mich.,
April
15.
recently went into the hands of the receiver.
O. F. Kosegarten, all of Nassau.
The
workshop
of
L.
Schlies,
54
West
Division
Mr. Montgomery, the president of the concern,
Baid to The Review that plans were being formu- street, was partially destroyed by fire shortly
lated for the reorganization of the concern, but after 11 o'clock last night. An automobile and JONES SHOWING MAHOGANY VENEERS.
a buggy were removed. The building was used
just how soon he could not state. He said if
Louis G. Jones, the large dealer in veneers at
such a thing came about, they would confine as a repair shop for musical instruments and
themselves strictly to dealing in lumber and logs, contained a piano, three organs and other in- 10th street and Avenue D, New York, has lately
and would drop the veneer business. The affairs struments, which were damaged. The loss is added to his stock about 100,000 feet of very
of the concern are in such a state that it will about $1,500 and the building and contents were finely figured mahogany veneer, as well as a
quantity of choice domestic and Circassian wal-
be several weeks before the receiver will be insured for ?300.
nut. J. H. Hundley is to make his maiden trip
in a position to know the exact status of the
for him about May 1, and will cover New York
firm's liabilities and assets.
STRINGENT METHODS.
State and Canada. His many friends in the lum-
Here is a new Mark Twain anecdote which, ber district are wishing him all kinds of success
J. B. DAYFOOT BUYING VENEERS.
among thousands of its kind, has a peculiar ring in his trip.
John B. Dayfoot, the veneer buyer for the of genuineness. Some years ago Mark Twain's
Ivers & Pond Piano Co., Boston, Mass., was in home in Hartford was invaded with scarlet fever.
REINWARTH STRINGS FOR JAPAN.
this city on Monday inspecting the wares of the The disease raged for some weeks, when heroic
veneer men. It is needless to say that they all measures were taken to disinfect the house. "We
The fame of the Reinwarth strings, manufac-
gave him a very hearty welcome, as the reputa- had a fumigator so strong," said Mark Twain, tured by Rudolf C. Koch, the well-known manu-
tion of his firm precluded the possibility of his "that it took all the brass off the doorknobs and facturer, 386 Second avenue, have extended as far
all the tune out of the piano."
selecting anything but the choicest woods.
off as the Mikado's domain. He recently filled
an order for strings for a piano factory in Yoko-
hama. The "Yankees of the East" evidently are
not asleep when it comes to piano making, and
while the output is small, they are gradually
¥T 1 ¥ A T T f T t Manufacturers of Piano and Furniture Polishes, Fin-
« *-•• 1 1 - r * * M. V/Vr«y ishes. Special Repair, Varnish Remover. Stains and
augmenting the quality of their products. They
Colors; Combination Rubbing Polish for dull work. $1.50 Per Gallon; 70c. Per Gallon In
Barrel Lots for factory use. Per Gross, 6 oz. Bottle Cartons, $15.00.
evidently know a good thing when they see it,
hence their order for Reinwarth strings.
Address, 145 CANAL STREET, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.
Worcester, Mass., April 12, 1905.
The supply of piano casemakers in this city
is far below the demand. J. L. Nixon, manager of
the Worcester branch of the Weber Piano Com-
pany says: "We have been counting upon employ-
ing only Worcester men in our Worcester shop,
but this week I had to send on to New York for
casemakers, and I imagine I will have to have
fully twenty-five more come on, unless I am able
to get a line upon more casemakers about Worces-
ter."
The first shipment of piano cases, to the manu-
facture of which the Worcester branch of the
plant is devoted, was made yesterday and other
shipments will follow two or three times a week.
Plans are now being prepared for the construc-
tion of additional dryhouses, which will make it
possible for the company to have in its houses
about eighty thousand more feet of lumber than
there is now room for. More than a carload of
lumber a day is now being used, and the amount
will be substantially increased as soon as the com-
pany can secure a full quota of employees.
KING OF POLISHES
ALFRED DOLCE, PREST.
ALFRED
WM. T. NOBLE, SECY
DOLGE
M'F'Gi CO.
Manufacturers of F E L T S for all purposes
Specialty. SUN-BLEACHED PIANO FELTS A N D HAMMERS
L.
CAVALLI. Eastern Representative
FACTORIES: Dolgevllle. Los Angeles Co., California
VENEERS
CHOICE
FlGU RED VENEERS
AVE.
L.
G.
D. & E.
10TH
JONES
STREET, NEW YORK
C. H. O. HOUGHTON
ESTABLISHED 1824 BY E. 96 FIFTH AVENUE
NEW YORK CITY
Phone, 6935 Gr«v mercy
Grand Rapids
Piano
Case
Co.,
Ltd.
SRMD RAPIDS, MICH.
The most modern and
complete exclusive
case factory in the
world.
QUALITY AND PROMPT SHIPMENTS GUARANTEED
A. C. CHENEY PIANO ACTION CO.
f HIGH GRADE PIANOFORTE ACTIONS.
CASTLETON, NEW YORK
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