Music Trade Review
Issue: 1914 Vol. 59 N. 2 - Page 47
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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
47
BEAUTIFUL WOOD MARKINGS.
Pianos Darkened in the Old Days—A Craze
for Dark Color—Keep to Lighter Shades.
We may all have our prejudices and preferences
in the matter of finish and deplore the constant
changing from one shade of color to another and
from natural finish to dark stain, but when the tide
of fashion once sets in a certain direction we may
about as well try to stem the ocean tide as attempt
to stop it. But we can keep it within bounds.
Twenty years ago, when walnut was in vogue, says
Rudolph Kilbourne in Veneers, men seemed to. lose
their heads in their effort to reach the extreme in
dark shades.
The wood was stained and the varnish colored
until the finer markings of the wood were com-
pletely obscured, and the most expert could not
positively identify the wood beneath the finish.
The craze spread like a prairie fire. It went fro.m
the factories to the homes. Women undertook to
dope the various articles of furniture. Pianos
with expensive rosewood cases, originally finished
to show to. advantage the beautiful tints, and colors
and markings which nature had, with a lavish
hand, bestowed upon it, were colored ana ebonized
in the mad rush after Dame Fashion, who decreed
that everything in wood of a beautiful nature
should be utterly destroyed.
When they had gone as far in this direction as
they could go they began to regain their lo.st rea-
son, and pianos and various articles of furniture
were returned to the factories to be scraped off
and refinished. Standing at this distance of time
and looking back to that period, we are led to, ask
ourselves if it is possible for another such insane
chase after the absurd to occur within the next
decade as a result of the present trend in finishes.
In those days the very cheapest woods were, in
most cases, palmed off o,n the unsuspecting as
woods of the more expensive variety. But I do
not believe that those dark days will ever return.
The man who wants to make an honest article
from honest material will not readily consent to
the destruction of the distinctive feature of his
goods—the beauty of his woo.ds—and place him-
self at the mercy of his unscrupulous competitor.
Circassian and figured gum, the two most beau-
tiful woods in the world to-day, if properly han-
dled, are here, and are here to stay for some time.
The wisdom of finishing these woods natural has
been made apparent after a considerable struggle.
But with the advent of the brown shade in finishes
there is liable to be a tendency to tint these brown,
and the road from brown to black is not very lo.ng.
Considerable vigilance will have to be exercised to
ward off any such tendency. A light-brown shade
of Circassian or gum is very nice, and, if prop-
erly made, will not interfere with the beautiful fig-
ure of the woo.d. In fact, if righly done, it would
The Ohio Veneer Co.
,
CINCINNATI, O.
Importers and Manufacturers of
Circassian Walnut and Figured
Mahogany Veneers for high grade
piano cases and cabinets.
New York Office and Sample Room
N. Y. FURNITURE EXCHANGE
Lexington Ave. and 46th St.
G. H. VAUGHAN, Eastern Representative
Lumber and Veneers
ASTORIA VENEER MILLS & DOCK CO.
BIRD'S-EYE VENEER CO.,
HOFFMAN BROTHERS CO.,
ASTORIA, L. I N. Y.
Custom mills for band and veneer
sawing; slice and rotary cutting of
Mahogany, Circassian and Fancy
Woods.
ESCANABA, MICH.
Established 1867.
Incorporated 1904.
FORT WAYNE. INDIANA.
Specialties, Hardwood, Veneers, and
Lumber for Musical Instruments.
THE E. L. CHANDLER CO.,
Mfrs. of Bird's-eye Maple and plain
wood for Piano Linings.
HENRY S. HOLDEN,
GRAND RAPIDS. MICH.
Cross-banding Veneers in Poplar,
Gum and Birch. Rock Maple for
Rotary-cut Rock Maple, for Piano
Pin Blocks. We also manufacture Rest Plank. Piano Lining in Maple
Birch and Maple Panels.
and Mahogany.
ORLEANS, VT.,
mellow it down and make it less striking, but any
tendency to get to the dark should be strangled in
its infancy. A little black japan used with vandyke
brown, in ordinary white filler, will give both Cir-
cassian and gum a beautiful brown tint which will
deepen slightly with age and enhance the appear-
ance of these extremely beautiful woo.ds.
REINWARTH STRING POPULARITY.
Demand Shows High Grade Pianos Have Call
— T h e Reinwarth String Has Now Been
Manufactured for 56 Years.
There has been much activity at the factory of
Rudolph C Koch, 386 Second avenue, New York,
up to the present time, owing to the demand for
the famous Reinwarth piano strings, which are
manufactured solely by Mr. Koch. The fact that
the demand for these strings has held out at this
season of the year is evidence that the high-grade
pianos in which they are used mostly are having
the call.
It is now fifty-six years since the Reinwarth
string has been manufactured, and the success of
the string has been manifested in the success of
its manufacturer, who has maintained the quality
of the product throughout and made it possible fo.r
piano manufacturers and dealers to secure a string
containing the Blue Label Felten & Guilleaume
wire, which is especially imported for the manu-
facture of the Reinwarth strings.
CONTROLLING THE^STOP ACTIONS
Of Self-Playing Pipe Organs Basis of Patent
Just Assigned to the W . W . Kimball Co.
(Special to The Review.)
WASHINGTON, D. C, July 6.—Halsey G. Kinder,
Chicago,, 111., has just been granted patent No.
1,101,937 for a means for controlling adjustable
combination stop actions in self-playing organs,
and which he has assigned to the W. W. Kim-
ball Co.
This invention relates to the art of self-playing
organs, and has reference more particularly to.
automatic means for controlling the stop actions
of such instruments. Self-playing organs wherein
the individual stops or fixed combinations thereof
are thrown into, and out of action by pneumatic
motors controlled from the tracker range and
perforated music sheet are known. Many organs
are equipped with mechanisms known as adjust-
able combination stop actions whereby adjustable
combinations o.f stops may be set in advance of
the playing of a piece of music, and may be suc-
cessively brought into action at the required times
through the agency of a manually operated con-
trolling device.
The object of the present invention is to render
J. J. NARTZIK
Plain Sawed and Rotary Cut Veneers
1900 Maud Ave.,
CHICAGO, ILL.
Soft Poplar and Gum Cross-band-
ing. Hard Maple Pin Block Stock.
Bird's-eye or Plain Linings.
self-playing organs of this type more completely
automatic through the provision of an automatic
means governed by the tracker range and music
sheet for controlling the actuating mechanisms
of the several adjustable combination stop actions
at the proper times; and a further object of the
invention is to provide, in instruments of this
character, a manually controlled means whereby
the said automatic control of the actuating mecha-
nisms of the adjustable combination stop actions
may itself be rendered operative or idle, accord-
ing to the wish of the player of the instrument, so
that the latter may employ either the manual con-
trol or the automatic control of the adjustable
combination stop actions, as desired.
To, these ends the invention, in its broadest as-
pect, resides in the provision, in a self-playing
organ having the usual tracker range and per-
forated music sheet and one or more adjustable
combination stop actions, of means controlled
from one or more additional or auxiliary ducts
leading from the tracker range and corresponding
additional or auxiliary perforations in the music
sheet for controlling the actuating mechanism o"f
one or more adjustable co.mbination stop actions
in proper order or sequence; and the invention
further resides in a manually controlled mecha-
nism for throwing on or off such automatic con-
trol, leaving it to the option of the performer to
employ either the automatic control or the usual
manual control.
DECIDES ON JNJTY ON RESIN.
It was decided this week that merchandise con-
sisting of a neutral saponifiable resin was properly
assessed by the Collector of Customs as resin ad-
vanced in value and condition, at one-fourth of 1
per cent, per pound and 10 per cent, ad valorem
under paragraph 20, act of 1909. G. Grosselfinger,
importer of the product, asked for free entry under
paragraph 525, as Burgundy pitch.
"What's the matter?" a colleague asked of the
advertising manager.
"Matter enough! The fools have placed Madame
Soprano's testimonial for a cold cure on the same
page with the announcement that she had a sore
throat and couldn't sing."
Piano Manufacturers
£J£3
•oft yellow poplar for cross band-
Ing is unapproached in this country.
A large supply always on hand.
The Central Veneer Co., Huntington, W. Va.
A NEW SOSS INVISIBLE HINGE
A s m a l l , neat
but strong in-
visible h i n g e ,
having a wide
clearance be-
tween the plates
when open.
xos
SEND FOR CATALOG NO. 103
C I 1 C C M C P O i l 435 ATLANTIC AVE.
O U O O m r h . b U . , BROOKLYN, N. Y.
THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
47
BEAUTIFUL WOOD MARKINGS.
Pianos Darkened in the Old Days—A Craze
for Dark Color—Keep to Lighter Shades.
We may all have our prejudices and preferences
in the matter of finish and deplore the constant
changing from one shade of color to another and
from natural finish to dark stain, but when the tide
of fashion once sets in a certain direction we may
about as well try to stem the ocean tide as attempt
to stop it. But we can keep it within bounds.
Twenty years ago, when walnut was in vogue, says
Rudolph Kilbourne in Veneers, men seemed to. lose
their heads in their effort to reach the extreme in
dark shades.
The wood was stained and the varnish colored
until the finer markings of the wood were com-
pletely obscured, and the most expert could not
positively identify the wood beneath the finish.
The craze spread like a prairie fire. It went fro.m
the factories to the homes. Women undertook to
dope the various articles of furniture. Pianos
with expensive rosewood cases, originally finished
to show to. advantage the beautiful tints, and colors
and markings which nature had, with a lavish
hand, bestowed upon it, were colored ana ebonized
in the mad rush after Dame Fashion, who decreed
that everything in wood of a beautiful nature
should be utterly destroyed.
When they had gone as far in this direction as
they could go they began to regain their lo.st rea-
son, and pianos and various articles of furniture
were returned to the factories to be scraped off
and refinished. Standing at this distance of time
and looking back to that period, we are led to, ask
ourselves if it is possible for another such insane
chase after the absurd to occur within the next
decade as a result of the present trend in finishes.
In those days the very cheapest woods were, in
most cases, palmed off o,n the unsuspecting as
woods of the more expensive variety. But I do
not believe that those dark days will ever return.
The man who wants to make an honest article
from honest material will not readily consent to
the destruction of the distinctive feature of his
goods—the beauty of his woo.ds—and place him-
self at the mercy of his unscrupulous competitor.
Circassian and figured gum, the two most beau-
tiful woods in the world to-day, if properly han-
dled, are here, and are here to stay for some time.
The wisdom of finishing these woods natural has
been made apparent after a considerable struggle.
But with the advent of the brown shade in finishes
there is liable to be a tendency to tint these brown,
and the road from brown to black is not very lo.ng.
Considerable vigilance will have to be exercised to
ward off any such tendency. A light-brown shade
of Circassian or gum is very nice, and, if prop-
erly made, will not interfere with the beautiful fig-
ure of the woo.d. In fact, if righly done, it would
The Ohio Veneer Co.
,
CINCINNATI, O.
Importers and Manufacturers of
Circassian Walnut and Figured
Mahogany Veneers for high grade
piano cases and cabinets.
New York Office and Sample Room
N. Y. FURNITURE EXCHANGE
Lexington Ave. and 46th St.
G. H. VAUGHAN, Eastern Representative
Lumber and Veneers
ASTORIA VENEER MILLS & DOCK CO.
BIRD'S-EYE VENEER CO.,
HOFFMAN BROTHERS CO.,
ASTORIA, L. I N. Y.
Custom mills for band and veneer
sawing; slice and rotary cutting of
Mahogany, Circassian and Fancy
Woods.
ESCANABA, MICH.
Established 1867.
Incorporated 1904.
FORT WAYNE. INDIANA.
Specialties, Hardwood, Veneers, and
Lumber for Musical Instruments.
THE E. L. CHANDLER CO.,
Mfrs. of Bird's-eye Maple and plain
wood for Piano Linings.
HENRY S. HOLDEN,
GRAND RAPIDS. MICH.
Cross-banding Veneers in Poplar,
Gum and Birch. Rock Maple for
Rotary-cut Rock Maple, for Piano
Pin Blocks. We also manufacture Rest Plank. Piano Lining in Maple
Birch and Maple Panels.
and Mahogany.
ORLEANS, VT.,
mellow it down and make it less striking, but any
tendency to get to the dark should be strangled in
its infancy. A little black japan used with vandyke
brown, in ordinary white filler, will give both Cir-
cassian and gum a beautiful brown tint which will
deepen slightly with age and enhance the appear-
ance of these extremely beautiful woo.ds.
REINWARTH STRING POPULARITY.
Demand Shows High Grade Pianos Have Call
— T h e Reinwarth String Has Now Been
Manufactured for 56 Years.
There has been much activity at the factory of
Rudolph C Koch, 386 Second avenue, New York,
up to the present time, owing to the demand for
the famous Reinwarth piano strings, which are
manufactured solely by Mr. Koch. The fact that
the demand for these strings has held out at this
season of the year is evidence that the high-grade
pianos in which they are used mostly are having
the call.
It is now fifty-six years since the Reinwarth
string has been manufactured, and the success of
the string has been manifested in the success of
its manufacturer, who has maintained the quality
of the product throughout and made it possible fo.r
piano manufacturers and dealers to secure a string
containing the Blue Label Felten & Guilleaume
wire, which is especially imported for the manu-
facture of the Reinwarth strings.
CONTROLLING THE^STOP ACTIONS
Of Self-Playing Pipe Organs Basis of Patent
Just Assigned to the W . W . Kimball Co.
(Special to The Review.)
WASHINGTON, D. C, July 6.—Halsey G. Kinder,
Chicago,, 111., has just been granted patent No.
1,101,937 for a means for controlling adjustable
combination stop actions in self-playing organs,
and which he has assigned to the W. W. Kim-
ball Co.
This invention relates to the art of self-playing
organs, and has reference more particularly to.
automatic means for controlling the stop actions
of such instruments. Self-playing organs wherein
the individual stops or fixed combinations thereof
are thrown into, and out of action by pneumatic
motors controlled from the tracker range and
perforated music sheet are known. Many organs
are equipped with mechanisms known as adjust-
able combination stop actions whereby adjustable
combinations o.f stops may be set in advance of
the playing of a piece of music, and may be suc-
cessively brought into action at the required times
through the agency of a manually operated con-
trolling device.
The object of the present invention is to render
J. J. NARTZIK
Plain Sawed and Rotary Cut Veneers
1900 Maud Ave.,
CHICAGO, ILL.
Soft Poplar and Gum Cross-band-
ing. Hard Maple Pin Block Stock.
Bird's-eye or Plain Linings.
self-playing organs of this type more completely
automatic through the provision of an automatic
means governed by the tracker range and music
sheet for controlling the actuating mechanisms
of the several adjustable combination stop actions
at the proper times; and a further object of the
invention is to provide, in instruments of this
character, a manually controlled means whereby
the said automatic control of the actuating mecha-
nisms of the adjustable combination stop actions
may itself be rendered operative or idle, accord-
ing to the wish of the player of the instrument, so
that the latter may employ either the manual con-
trol or the automatic control of the adjustable
combination stop actions, as desired.
To, these ends the invention, in its broadest as-
pect, resides in the provision, in a self-playing
organ having the usual tracker range and per-
forated music sheet and one or more adjustable
combination stop actions, of means controlled
from one or more additional or auxiliary ducts
leading from the tracker range and corresponding
additional or auxiliary perforations in the music
sheet for controlling the actuating mechanism o"f
one or more adjustable co.mbination stop actions
in proper order or sequence; and the invention
further resides in a manually controlled mecha-
nism for throwing on or off such automatic con-
trol, leaving it to the option of the performer to
employ either the automatic control or the usual
manual control.
DECIDES ON JNJTY ON RESIN.
It was decided this week that merchandise con-
sisting of a neutral saponifiable resin was properly
assessed by the Collector of Customs as resin ad-
vanced in value and condition, at one-fourth of 1
per cent, per pound and 10 per cent, ad valorem
under paragraph 20, act of 1909. G. Grosselfinger,
importer of the product, asked for free entry under
paragraph 525, as Burgundy pitch.
"What's the matter?" a colleague asked of the
advertising manager.
"Matter enough! The fools have placed Madame
Soprano's testimonial for a cold cure on the same
page with the announcement that she had a sore
throat and couldn't sing."
Piano Manufacturers
£J£3
•oft yellow poplar for cross band-
Ing is unapproached in this country.
A large supply always on hand.
The Central Veneer Co., Huntington, W. Va.
A NEW SOSS INVISIBLE HINGE
A s m a l l , neat
but strong in-
visible h i n g e ,
having a wide
clearance be-
tween the plates
when open.
xos
SEND FOR CATALOG NO. 103
C I 1 C C M C P O i l 435 ATLANTIC AVE.
O U O O m r h . b U . , BROOKLYN, N. Y.
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