Music Trade Review
Issue: 1914 Vol. 58 N. 4 - Page 49
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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
49
OPEN A FELTCUTTINO PLANT.
Widney & Widney Establish Quarters at 619
La Salle Street, Chicago, with Full Equip-
ment for Punching and Stripping Felts,
Cloths, Rubber Cloth, Leather or Fiber—New
Move Explained by S. W . Widney. Head of
the House—The Secret of Good Buying.
(Special to The Review.)
CHICAGO, I I I . , January 10.—Widney & Widney,
who have come into decided prominence in the
Western supply field the past two or three years
because of their vigorous direct representation of
various well-known Eastern and Western piano
and hardware .manufacturers, and also through the
widely recognized inventions of S. W. Widney,
such as the Widney patent steel trap work, have
inaugurated a new feature of great interest to the
trade. While maintaining their general offices and
showrooms at 5 South Wabash avenue, they have
opened a felt-cutting plant at 619 North La Salle
street, where they have installed the most improved
equipment for punching and stripping felts, cloths,
rubber cloth, leather or fiber. Some of the ma-
chines are of special design and built especially
for the company. In connection with the factory
they have also secured space which will enable
them to carry larger stocks of their various hard-
ware specialties than ever before.
In referring to the new departures, Stanley W.
Widney, the head of the house, said:
"Having noted the rapid development of the
Western industries the past ten years, it became
apparent to us a few years ago that it was only a
question of a short time when the piano manufac-
turers would insist on their source of supplies
being brought closer to them.
"In the old days, when practically all the pianos
in this country were made in New England, nat-
urally the manufacturers of supplies were located
there. However, when the great West began to
make pianos and soon began to produce more
goods than the East, a shift in the location of the
supply manufacturers was only logical.
"It is now for us to open up in Chicago and
give the Western piano manufacturers their first
factory making general felt supplies and various
Lumber and Veneers
ASTORIA VENEER MILLS & DOCK CO.
ASTORIA, L. I., N. Y.
Custom mills for band and veneer
sawing; slice and rotary cutting of
Mahogany, Circassian and Fancy
Woods.
Stolle Lumber & Veneer Co.,
HOFFMAN BROTHERS CO.,
146-150 Avenue D,
NEW YORK.
Established 1867-
Incorporated 1904.
FORT WAYNE. INDIANA.
Specialties, Hardwood, Veneers, and
Lumber for Musical Instruments.
Figured Veneers for Piano Cases.
AMERICAN TIMBER
PRODUCTS CO.
TRIPOLI, WIS.
Hemlock and Hardwood Lumber—
Birch, Elm, Maple. Rotary-cut Ve-
neers.
INDIANAPOLIS IND.
Quartered Oak Veneers for Piano
Manufacturers a Specialty.
THE E. L. CHANDLER CO.,
HENRY S. HOLDEN,
by-products, affording them an opportunity to get
their punchings cut, their felt stripped or cut just
as they want it and on short notice.
"'We have acquainted several of the large manu-
facturers with our plans and they are all enthusi-
astic over the opportunity it will give them. Player
manufacturers particularly appreciate it, as they
all have experienced more of less difficulty in get-
ting the goods they wanted and when they wanted
them.
"We will do punching, cutting, forming and
gluing of felt, cloths, rubber cloths, leather and
fiber, in conjunction with all kinds of small wood
turnings.
"Our many years of careful study appertaining
to the different requirements of the piano and
player trade should enable us to take care of their
needs most satisfactorily. Our ability to take care
of them and do all their punching and cutting,
along with the other lines that we can supply, will
put us in a position to reduce these perplexing
problems to a minimum.
"There has been a growing tendency among the
larger manufacturers to get in closer touch with
their source of supplies and thereby eliminate the
middleman.
"We appreciate they were having difficulty in
American Felt
Company
325 S. Market St.
Chicago
BIRD'S-EYE VENEER CO.,
ESCANABA, MICH.
Mfrs. of Bird's-eye Maple
aple and
ai: plain
wood for 1 iano Lining
J. J. NARTZIK
GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.
Cross-banding Veneers in Poplar,
Rotary-cut Rock Maple, for Piano Gum and Birch. Rock Maple for
Pin Blocks. We also manufacture Rest Plank. Piano Lining in Maple
and Mahogany.
Birch and Maple Panels.
ORLEANS, VT,
Felts for all Purposes
Piano and Organ Materials
Piano Hammers, Tools
114-116 E. 13th St.
New York
LOUIS G. JONES
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 1'lain Linings.
doing this, and a little over a year ago conceived
the manufacturers' agency idea, which has proven
to be the missing link.
"We have brought the manufacturers and con-
sumer (who is the piano manufacturer) into closer
touch with each other, and by our scheme of car-
rying a help-out or emergency stock in Chicago we
insure the customer against any embarrassment
as a consequence of delayed shipments, or where
the stockkeeper has failed to place his order in
lime to permit a freight shipment.
"We have shown the supply manufacturers
where we can sell their line cheaper and better
than they can sell it themselves; for instance, a
manufacturer who had but one small line to offer
found it too expensive to call as often as is neces-
sary. He found that the piano manufacturers' re-
quirements were peculiar and required a great deal
of study and attention. This meant frequent calls,
as letter writing is never satisfactory.
"We are gradually convincing the piano manu-
facturers that it pays to order in large quantities
and eliminate excessive handling expenses as much
as possible. The old idea of buying in dribs or
from hand to mouth is gradually becoming a thing
of the past. The up-to-date manufacturers have
learned that it means an added expense in more
ways than one.
"In this day, when efficiency is being sought for
so diligently, our proposition cannot help but ap-
peal to the reasonable mind."
STRONG VENEERJtt. INCORPORATES.
The Strong Veneer Co., of Gerry, N. Y., was in-
corporated at Albany last week with a capital stock
of $100,000 by E. A. and V. E. Strong and J. N.
Campbell, all of Jamestown.
R. S. BACON VENEER CO.
FINE MAHOGANY AND
WALNUT VENEERS
213-29 N. Ann St.
CHICAGO
Piano Manufacturers ™[!
toft 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 arid Organs
Very easily a n d
quickly attached.
Made in six sizes.
SOSS MFG. CO.
435 Atlantic Ave.
Brooklyn, N. Y,
Stnd ftr Catolotm N: 100.
THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
49
OPEN A FELTCUTTINO PLANT.
Widney & Widney Establish Quarters at 619
La Salle Street, Chicago, with Full Equip-
ment for Punching and Stripping Felts,
Cloths, Rubber Cloth, Leather or Fiber—New
Move Explained by S. W . Widney. Head of
the House—The Secret of Good Buying.
(Special to The Review.)
CHICAGO, I I I . , January 10.—Widney & Widney,
who have come into decided prominence in the
Western supply field the past two or three years
because of their vigorous direct representation of
various well-known Eastern and Western piano
and hardware .manufacturers, and also through the
widely recognized inventions of S. W. Widney,
such as the Widney patent steel trap work, have
inaugurated a new feature of great interest to the
trade. While maintaining their general offices and
showrooms at 5 South Wabash avenue, they have
opened a felt-cutting plant at 619 North La Salle
street, where they have installed the most improved
equipment for punching and stripping felts, cloths,
rubber cloth, leather or fiber. Some of the ma-
chines are of special design and built especially
for the company. In connection with the factory
they have also secured space which will enable
them to carry larger stocks of their various hard-
ware specialties than ever before.
In referring to the new departures, Stanley W.
Widney, the head of the house, said:
"Having noted the rapid development of the
Western industries the past ten years, it became
apparent to us a few years ago that it was only a
question of a short time when the piano manufac-
turers would insist on their source of supplies
being brought closer to them.
"In the old days, when practically all the pianos
in this country were made in New England, nat-
urally the manufacturers of supplies were located
there. However, when the great West began to
make pianos and soon began to produce more
goods than the East, a shift in the location of the
supply manufacturers was only logical.
"It is now for us to open up in Chicago and
give the Western piano manufacturers their first
factory making general felt supplies and various
Lumber and Veneers
ASTORIA VENEER MILLS & DOCK CO.
ASTORIA, L. I., N. Y.
Custom mills for band and veneer
sawing; slice and rotary cutting of
Mahogany, Circassian and Fancy
Woods.
Stolle Lumber & Veneer Co.,
HOFFMAN BROTHERS CO.,
146-150 Avenue D,
NEW YORK.
Established 1867-
Incorporated 1904.
FORT WAYNE. INDIANA.
Specialties, Hardwood, Veneers, and
Lumber for Musical Instruments.
Figured Veneers for Piano Cases.
AMERICAN TIMBER
PRODUCTS CO.
TRIPOLI, WIS.
Hemlock and Hardwood Lumber—
Birch, Elm, Maple. Rotary-cut Ve-
neers.
INDIANAPOLIS IND.
Quartered Oak Veneers for Piano
Manufacturers a Specialty.
THE E. L. CHANDLER CO.,
HENRY S. HOLDEN,
by-products, affording them an opportunity to get
their punchings cut, their felt stripped or cut just
as they want it and on short notice.
"'We have acquainted several of the large manu-
facturers with our plans and they are all enthusi-
astic over the opportunity it will give them. Player
manufacturers particularly appreciate it, as they
all have experienced more of less difficulty in get-
ting the goods they wanted and when they wanted
them.
"We will do punching, cutting, forming and
gluing of felt, cloths, rubber cloths, leather and
fiber, in conjunction with all kinds of small wood
turnings.
"Our many years of careful study appertaining
to the different requirements of the piano and
player trade should enable us to take care of their
needs most satisfactorily. Our ability to take care
of them and do all their punching and cutting,
along with the other lines that we can supply, will
put us in a position to reduce these perplexing
problems to a minimum.
"There has been a growing tendency among the
larger manufacturers to get in closer touch with
their source of supplies and thereby eliminate the
middleman.
"We appreciate they were having difficulty in
American Felt
Company
325 S. Market St.
Chicago
BIRD'S-EYE VENEER CO.,
ESCANABA, MICH.
Mfrs. of Bird's-eye Maple
aple and
ai: plain
wood for 1 iano Lining
J. J. NARTZIK
GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.
Cross-banding Veneers in Poplar,
Rotary-cut Rock Maple, for Piano Gum and Birch. Rock Maple for
Pin Blocks. We also manufacture Rest Plank. Piano Lining in Maple
and Mahogany.
Birch and Maple Panels.
ORLEANS, VT,
Felts for all Purposes
Piano and Organ Materials
Piano Hammers, Tools
114-116 E. 13th St.
New York
LOUIS G. JONES
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 1'lain Linings.
doing this, and a little over a year ago conceived
the manufacturers' agency idea, which has proven
to be the missing link.
"We have brought the manufacturers and con-
sumer (who is the piano manufacturer) into closer
touch with each other, and by our scheme of car-
rying a help-out or emergency stock in Chicago we
insure the customer against any embarrassment
as a consequence of delayed shipments, or where
the stockkeeper has failed to place his order in
lime to permit a freight shipment.
"We have shown the supply manufacturers
where we can sell their line cheaper and better
than they can sell it themselves; for instance, a
manufacturer who had but one small line to offer
found it too expensive to call as often as is neces-
sary. He found that the piano manufacturers' re-
quirements were peculiar and required a great deal
of study and attention. This meant frequent calls,
as letter writing is never satisfactory.
"We are gradually convincing the piano manu-
facturers that it pays to order in large quantities
and eliminate excessive handling expenses as much
as possible. The old idea of buying in dribs or
from hand to mouth is gradually becoming a thing
of the past. The up-to-date manufacturers have
learned that it means an added expense in more
ways than one.
"In this day, when efficiency is being sought for
so diligently, our proposition cannot help but ap-
peal to the reasonable mind."
STRONG VENEERJtt. INCORPORATES.
The Strong Veneer Co., of Gerry, N. Y., was in-
corporated at Albany last week with a capital stock
of $100,000 by E. A. and V. E. Strong and J. N.
Campbell, all of Jamestown.
R. S. BACON VENEER CO.
FINE MAHOGANY AND
WALNUT VENEERS
213-29 N. Ann St.
CHICAGO
Piano Manufacturers ™[!
toft 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 arid Organs
Very easily a n d
quickly attached.
Made in six sizes.
SOSS MFG. CO.
435 Atlantic Ave.
Brooklyn, N. Y,
Stnd ftr Catolotm N: 100.
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