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THE MU3IC TRADE
REVIEW
61
GLUE AND THE SPLASH LINE.
Lumber and Veneers
One of the Annoying Difficulties Met with In
Handling Oak Veneers—Holding Qualities of
Cut and Sawn Veneers Compared.
There is a peculiar, hard, flaky line in oak, called
the splash line—the thing that makes the figure
sought after in quartered oak—which sometimes
gives trouble in veneering, and in giving this trou-
ble it raises the question, Is it a matter of the glue
failing to stick to it well, or something else? It
is hard and slick, which immediately suggests that
glue will not adhere to it as well as to other parts
of the same wood. One man says that in using
sliced veneer it is advisable to tooth or roughen the
surface before gluing, so that it will hold well,
pointing out at the same time that occasionally
sliced veneer will go shelly, whereas sawed stock
never does, for the reason that there is the rough-
ness or fuzz of the saw cutting to hold the glue.
This is good reasoning, too, and it is unquestion-
ably true that, as a rule, sawed veneer will hold
better than cut veneer. There is room for some
argument, though, whether this is all a matter of
the glue sticking to the sawed surface better, or
whether part of it is due to some shelling or rup-
turing of the grain in slicing.
We know that the fibers of the wood are dis-
turbed a little in cutting. Also, those who are fa-
ASTORIA VENEER MILLS & DOCK CO.
ASTORIA, L. I., N. Y.
Custom mills for band and veneer
jawing; .slice and rotary cutting ot
Mahogativ Circassian ar. . fancy
Woods.
HOBOKEN, N. J.,
Manufacturer, All kinds of Veneer
panels and seatings.
Lewis Thompson & Co., Inc. HOFFMAN BROTHERS CO.,
PHILADELPHIA, PA.,
ASTORIA, L. I., N. Y.,
Lumber-Veneers, Mexican, African,
Cuban Mahogany, Circassian Wal-
nut, English Brown Oak.
RHINELANDER, WIS.,
Hardwood Lumber, Maple, Birch,
Ash, Elm, Basswood, and Oak.
Crating Lumber of all kinds.
HENRY S. HOLDEN,
THE E. L. CHANDLER CO.,
ORLEANS, VT,,
Rotary-cut Rock Maple, for Piano
Pin Blocks. We also manufacture
Birch and Maple Panels.
DANIELSON & PIERCE,
FORT WAYNE. INDIANA.
Specialties, Hardwood, Veneers, and
Lumber for Musical Instruments.
DIECHMANN & CO.
GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.,
Foreign and Domestic Veneers, Ma-
hogany, Circassian, Oak, Maple,
Birch.
miliar with veneer slicing know that it is impossi-
ble to split a splash line with a knife. The knife
will cut under it so far ,and then cut through; and,
no matter how sharp, it will not split a flake or
splash line through the middle. This causes some
shelling around this hard line in the wood; and at
times, when the finished work goes shelly, it may be
due to this rather than to the glue not holding to
the splash line, says a writer in Veneers.
THE CORNWALL & PATTERSON MFG. CO.
PIANO, ORGAN and PLAYER HARDWARE OF EVERY DESCRIPTION
TRANSMISSIONS, SPOOLS AND TRACKER BARS
THREADED WIRES AND SPECIAL PARTS
Inquiries Solicited and Quotations Cheerfully Furnished
OFFICE AND FACTORY: BRIDGEPORT, CONN.
FELT
JOEL H. WOODMAN,
H. C. HOSSAFOTTS
DAYTON, OHIO,
Lumber and Veneers, Sliced, Cut,
Quartered and Plain Indiana and
Ohio Oak, Fancy figured stock; also
Mahogany.
for nil
Purposes
Mahogany Lumber and Veneers.
Office & Yards, Foot of K. 101st St.,
: ::v YOKK.
One good way, for those who like to experiment,
to test this matter out would be to take some quar-
ter-sawed oak veneer with a good, broad splash
line, clean oft the inner face, and then glue it on.
Or, if it happens to be a case where it is a planing
mill making some veneer by resawing lumber,
smoothing it down with the planer will lay bare the
smooth splash line. Try this just as it comes from
the planer, and then try the same stock sanded off
to give a toothed effect, and it will tell the story of
which holds best, and of whether or not one should
sand sliced veneer on the inner side before gluing
it up to get a better job.
According to a decision handed down this week
by the Interstate Commerce Commission, free
transportation of shipments over railroads for
charitable purpose was forbidden unless at the
regular rates.
Piano Manufacturers ^
soft yellow poplar for cross band-
ing is unapproached in this country.
A large supply always on hand.
Piano and Organ Materials
Repairing Outfits
The Central Veneer Co., Huntington, W. Va.
ARTIFICIAL
TOOLS
Varnish Drying
114-116 East 13th St.
NEW YORK
CHICAGO OFFICE:
325 S. MarKet Street
PIANO HAMMERS
gives a SUPERIOR finish when done with
the aid of Wenborne-Karpen Dryer Co.'s
System. The drying of varnish can also be
expedited in a way to give an INFERIOR
finish. The RIGHT system is now installed
in 34 piano factories.
WENBORNE-KARPEN DRYER CO.
Karpen Building, CHICAGO
INVISIBLE HINGES
Especially adapted
f o r Player-Piano,
Pianos and Organs
C. F 1 . GOEPEL &. COMPANY
137 EAST 13th STREET, NEW YORK
SUPPLIERS OF HIGH GRADE COMMODITIES TO THE PIANO TRADE
Very easily a n d
quickly attached.
SOLE AGENTS FOR
KLINKES' CELEBRATED DIAMOND BRAND TUNING PINS
AN ESSENTIAL NECESSITY IN THE MANUFACTURE OF A STRICTLY FIRST CLASS INSTRUMENT
WAGENER'S IMPORTED MUSIC WIRE
BLACK, RED AND GREEN LABEL-HIGHEST APPROVED QUALITY AND TENSILE STRENGTH
ALLEN'S PATENT BALL BEARING CASTERS—Single and Double Wheel
POSSESSING DISTINCTIVE FEATURES WHICH HAVE STAMPED THEM AS THE BEST
George H. Harper Co.
Orange, N. J.
VENEERS
Pull Sis*
Made in six sizes.
SOSS MFG. CO.
435 Atlantic Ave.
Brooklyn N. Y.
Send for Catalogue No. 100.
Circassian Walnut, Oak, Walnut'
and Specializing on Mahogany.
Capacity—5 Million Feet