Music Trade Review
Issue: 1914 Vol. 58 N. 3 - Page 49
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THE
MUSIC
TRADE
49
REVIEW
INSTALLS NEW ^LAMP EQUIPMENT.
Germain Mfg. Co. Adopts Chas. E. Francis Co.
System of Piano Back Clamps.
The accompanying illustrations show a lot of
piano back clamps built by the Chas. E. Francis
Co. for the Germain Manufacturing Co., Saginaw,
Lumber and Veneers
ASTORIA VENEER MILLS & DOCK CO.
LOUIS G. JONES
ASTORIA, L. I., N. Y.
Custom mills for band and veneer
sawing; slice and rotary cutting of
Mahogany, Circassian and Fancy
Woods.
146-150 Avenue D,
N E W YORK.
Stolle Lumber & Veneer Co.,
AMERICAN TIMBER
PRODUCTS CO.
INDIANAPOLIS IND.
Quartered Oak Veneers for Piano
Manufacturers a Specialty.
THE E. L. CHANDLER CO.,
HENRY S. HOLDEN,
ORLEANS, VT.,
GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.
Cross-banding Veneers in Poplar,
Gum and Birch. Rock Maple for
Rest Plank. Piano Lining in Maple
and Mahogany.
complete before shipment to illustrate how the
small clamps can be let down out of the way.
They also installed several Glue Spreaders, Veneer
Tress, Retainers, etc., from the Chas. E. Francis
A Set of Piano Back Clamps.
Co., of Rushville, Jnd., who, as our readers well
Mich., who manufacture piano parts. They ordered
know, manufacture a full line of equipment for
one of these complete clamps as a sample, and practically every variety of gluing, veneering and
built-up work.
COPPER SURPLUS LARGE.
Production Gained 43,000,000 Pounds on Con-
sumption in December.
The Copper Producers' Association statement
for December, issued Saturday, shows that stocks
of the metal in refiners' hands increased 4'5,509,438
pounds during the month, as compared with a
gain of 15,3(i3,000 pounds in November. The
aggregate of supplies at the end of the year was
91,438,807 pounds, the largest total reported since
last April, when 104,269,270 pounds were available.
The increase was far in excess of what had been
expected by the trade, which had predicted a maxi-
Clamps Let Down Out of the Way.
mum of 15,000,000 pounds. The showing was
largely the resuk of small buying by manufactur-
then eleven more like it. For the purpose of
photographing the lot of clamps, one was set up ers in this country. Domestic deliveries in
Felts for all Purposes
Piano and Organ Materials
Piano Hammers, Tools
American Felt
Company
114-116 E. 13th St.
New York
Established 1867.
Incorporated 1904.
FORT WAYNK, INDIANA.
.Specialties, Hardwood, Veneers, and
Lumber for Musical Instruments-
Figured Veneers for Piano Cases.
TRIPOLI, W I S .
Hemlock and Hardwood Lumber—
Hircli, Klni, Maple. Rotary-cut Ve-
neers.
Rotary-cut Rock Maple, for Piano
Pin Blocks. We also manufacture
Birch and Maple Panels.
HOFFMAN BROTHERS CO.,
325 S. Market St.
Chicago
BIRD'S-EYE VENEER CO.,
ESCANABA, MICH.
.M frs. of Bird's-eye Maple and plain
wood for Piano Linings.
J. J. NARTZIK
Plain Sawed and Rotary Cut Veneers
1966 Maud Ave.,
CHICAGO, ILL.
Soft Poplar and Gum Cross-band-
ing. Hard Maple Pin Block Stock.
Bird's-eye or i'Jain Linings.
December amounted to only 21,938,576 pounds, a
decline of 20,700,000 pounds from the sales iir
November and of more than 46,000,000 pounds
from those of October.
Exports were 73,542,413 pounds, a gain of
3,474,610 pounds over November. Total deliveries
aggregated 95,480,983 pounds, as compared with
118,724,061 pounds in Novemiber and J 36,297, li;:i
pounds in October. Production amounted to 138,-
990,420 pounds, an increase over the preceding
month of 4,002,713 pounds.
NEW PRATT, READ & CO. PLAN.
Deep River
Factory
on New Time Schedule.
( Special to The Review.)
DEEP RIVER, CONN., January 12.—Pratt, Read &
Co. commenced on January 12 to run their Deep
River factories on the nine-hour schedule, requir-
ing nine full hours of work, but paying the same
amount of wages as heretofore on the ten-hour
schedule.
As 'this industry is the principal one in this town,
the result of this experiment has created a great
deal of comment locally, and will be watched by
the community with great interest. The player
action department of this enterprise is particular-
ly active.
The annual midwinter meeting and dinner of the
New York Credit Men's Association is scheduled
lo be held in the grand ballroom of the Hotel Astor
on Thursday of this week. Charles F. Hamlin,
Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, will be one of
the speakers, and his subject will be "The General
Management of the Treasury Department and Its
Relation to the Federal Reserve Bands."
R. S. BACON VENEER CO.
FINE MAHOGANY AND
WALNUT VENEERS
213-29 N. Ann St.
CHICAGO
Piano Manufacturers 2
soft yellow poplar for cross band-
ing is unapproached in this country.
A large supply always on hand.
The Central Veneer Co., Huntington, W. Va.
INVISIBLE
HINGES
Especially adapted
f o r Player-Piano,
Pianos and Organ?
Very easily a n d
quickly attached.
r*n MM
Made in six sizes.
SOSS MFG. CO.
435 Atlantic Ave.
Brooklyn, N. Y.
Stud fmr CmtaU^m V: 100.
THE
MUSIC
TRADE
49
REVIEW
INSTALLS NEW ^LAMP EQUIPMENT.
Germain Mfg. Co. Adopts Chas. E. Francis Co.
System of Piano Back Clamps.
The accompanying illustrations show a lot of
piano back clamps built by the Chas. E. Francis
Co. for the Germain Manufacturing Co., Saginaw,
Lumber and Veneers
ASTORIA VENEER MILLS & DOCK CO.
LOUIS G. JONES
ASTORIA, L. I., N. Y.
Custom mills for band and veneer
sawing; slice and rotary cutting of
Mahogany, Circassian and Fancy
Woods.
146-150 Avenue D,
N E W YORK.
Stolle Lumber & Veneer Co.,
AMERICAN TIMBER
PRODUCTS CO.
INDIANAPOLIS IND.
Quartered Oak Veneers for Piano
Manufacturers a Specialty.
THE E. L. CHANDLER CO.,
HENRY S. HOLDEN,
ORLEANS, VT.,
GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.
Cross-banding Veneers in Poplar,
Gum and Birch. Rock Maple for
Rest Plank. Piano Lining in Maple
and Mahogany.
complete before shipment to illustrate how the
small clamps can be let down out of the way.
They also installed several Glue Spreaders, Veneer
Tress, Retainers, etc., from the Chas. E. Francis
A Set of Piano Back Clamps.
Co., of Rushville, Jnd., who, as our readers well
Mich., who manufacture piano parts. They ordered
know, manufacture a full line of equipment for
one of these complete clamps as a sample, and practically every variety of gluing, veneering and
built-up work.
COPPER SURPLUS LARGE.
Production Gained 43,000,000 Pounds on Con-
sumption in December.
The Copper Producers' Association statement
for December, issued Saturday, shows that stocks
of the metal in refiners' hands increased 4'5,509,438
pounds during the month, as compared with a
gain of 15,3(i3,000 pounds in November. The
aggregate of supplies at the end of the year was
91,438,807 pounds, the largest total reported since
last April, when 104,269,270 pounds were available.
The increase was far in excess of what had been
expected by the trade, which had predicted a maxi-
Clamps Let Down Out of the Way.
mum of 15,000,000 pounds. The showing was
largely the resuk of small buying by manufactur-
then eleven more like it. For the purpose of
photographing the lot of clamps, one was set up ers in this country. Domestic deliveries in
Felts for all Purposes
Piano and Organ Materials
Piano Hammers, Tools
American Felt
Company
114-116 E. 13th St.
New York
Established 1867.
Incorporated 1904.
FORT WAYNK, INDIANA.
.Specialties, Hardwood, Veneers, and
Lumber for Musical Instruments-
Figured Veneers for Piano Cases.
TRIPOLI, W I S .
Hemlock and Hardwood Lumber—
Hircli, Klni, Maple. Rotary-cut Ve-
neers.
Rotary-cut Rock Maple, for Piano
Pin Blocks. We also manufacture
Birch and Maple Panels.
HOFFMAN BROTHERS CO.,
325 S. Market St.
Chicago
BIRD'S-EYE VENEER CO.,
ESCANABA, MICH.
.M frs. of Bird's-eye Maple and plain
wood for Piano Linings.
J. J. NARTZIK
Plain Sawed and Rotary Cut Veneers
1966 Maud Ave.,
CHICAGO, ILL.
Soft Poplar and Gum Cross-band-
ing. Hard Maple Pin Block Stock.
Bird's-eye or i'Jain Linings.
December amounted to only 21,938,576 pounds, a
decline of 20,700,000 pounds from the sales iir
November and of more than 46,000,000 pounds
from those of October.
Exports were 73,542,413 pounds, a gain of
3,474,610 pounds over November. Total deliveries
aggregated 95,480,983 pounds, as compared with
118,724,061 pounds in Novemiber and J 36,297, li;:i
pounds in October. Production amounted to 138,-
990,420 pounds, an increase over the preceding
month of 4,002,713 pounds.
NEW PRATT, READ & CO. PLAN.
Deep River
Factory
on New Time Schedule.
( Special to The Review.)
DEEP RIVER, CONN., January 12.—Pratt, Read &
Co. commenced on January 12 to run their Deep
River factories on the nine-hour schedule, requir-
ing nine full hours of work, but paying the same
amount of wages as heretofore on the ten-hour
schedule.
As 'this industry is the principal one in this town,
the result of this experiment has created a great
deal of comment locally, and will be watched by
the community with great interest. The player
action department of this enterprise is particular-
ly active.
The annual midwinter meeting and dinner of the
New York Credit Men's Association is scheduled
lo be held in the grand ballroom of the Hotel Astor
on Thursday of this week. Charles F. Hamlin,
Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, will be one of
the speakers, and his subject will be "The General
Management of the Treasury Department and Its
Relation to the Federal Reserve Bands."
R. S. BACON VENEER CO.
FINE MAHOGANY AND
WALNUT VENEERS
213-29 N. Ann St.
CHICAGO
Piano Manufacturers 2
soft yellow poplar for cross band-
ing is unapproached in this country.
A large supply always on hand.
The Central Veneer Co., Huntington, W. Va.
INVISIBLE
HINGES
Especially adapted
f o r Player-Piano,
Pianos and Organ?
Very easily a n d
quickly attached.
r*n MM
Made in six sizes.
SOSS MFG. CO.
435 Atlantic Ave.
Brooklyn, N. Y.
Stud fmr CmtaU^m V: 100.
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