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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
THE SWEATING OFTOLISHED WOODS.
A Number of Formulas for Overcoming the
Trouble Resulting from Too Much Oil in
Finishing Material and Which Will Be Ab-
sorbed by the Process—By Dr. Leonard
Keene Hirsberg, A.B., M.A., M.D., in The
Furniture Manufacturer and Artisan.
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.
Mfrs. of Bird'«-eye Maple and plain
wood for Piano Lining!.
Established 1807.
Incorporated 1004.
FORT WAYNE. INDIANA.
Specialties, Hardwood, Veneers, and
Lumber for Musical Instruments.
It is necessary that the polisher should examine
the job before he takes it in hand for spiriting or
HENRY S. HOLDEN,
J. J. NARTZIK
THE E. L. CHANDLER CO.,
glazing off to ascertain whether too much oil has
Plai lin Sawed and Rotary Cut Veneers
GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.
ORLEANS,
VT,
1066 Maud Ave.,
been used in the bodying-up; the surface of the
Black Walnut Veneers.
CHICAGO, ILL.
Figures Long and Butt Poplar Soft Poplar and Gum Cross-band-
wood will be characterized by a clammy feeling
Rotary-cut Rock Maple, for Piano
Cross-banding. Rock Maple. Bird's- ing. Hard Maple Pin Block Stock.
Pin
Blocks.
We
also
manufacture
if an excess of oil has been used with the rubber
Eye Linings.
Birch and Maple Panels.
Bird's-eye or Plain Linings.
polishing. If, on examination, it be found that
there is some superflous oil, it must be removed •whereas sulphuric acid contains neither of these Whether used for prevention or cure, it costs lit-
before putting the finishing touch to the work.
tle, and polishers should follow for themselves the
substances.
Mix in a clean bottle half a pint of malt vinegar
explicit instructions given here.
When the acid has been mixed with the water it
and a quarter of a pint of methylated spirit. Then should be remembered to put the water in first and
take a clean, soft rag, moisten it with some of this the acid afterward. The bottle should at once be
DEATH OF WASLEjfc CO. FOUNDER.
mixture, and go over the polished surface in the marked "poison." A clean, soft rag is next moist- Passing of Anthony Doll, Who Had Been Con-
same way as when using a spirit swab. Then take ened with some of the diluted sulphurc acid, and
nected with the Piano Action Industry for
a piece of clean, dry rag and rub the surface dry. sprinkled with Vienne powder or French chalk.
Thirty-four Years—Retired in 1910.
This is also an effective mixture for use on The polished woodwork should be gently rubbed
polished pianos or furni'.ure that starts sweating with this in a straight direction. The rag need not
The recent passing of Anthony Doll, who founded
after it has been completed.
the business of Wasle & Co. in 187G, marks the
be used like a spirit rubber, which is first used
In many large shipbuilding yards, where a lot of with a circular motion and then employed in
disappearance of an old-time figure in the supply
polishing has to be done in a specified time, plenty straight strokes. If the surface of the rag is ex- trade—one of those earnest, practical men who
of linseed oil is used in the bodying-up process, amined as it becomes dry, the superfluous oil that have enriched the industry by their labors.
and to prevent the work from sweating subse- was in the polish can be distinctly seen adhering to
Mr. Doll died at the residence of his son Adolph,
quently it is subjected to the following treatment: the French chalk. As long as this oil is noticeable 711 Beck street, the Bronx, after a long illness,
Three-quarters of a pint of clean, cold water is on the chalk, it may be taken for granted that and his death was not entirely unexpected, owing
placed in an empty bottle. To this sulphuric acid there is more oil left in the polished woodwork to an operation which he underwent last August,
is added until the bottle becomes warm, which
than is good for it. In some polishing shops and as well as his age, being in his seventy-third year.
takes place on the addition of from one to one and shipyards the treatment described, which is known
The deceased was a resident of New York for
a half ounces of sulphuric acid to the amount of
in this country as the "German finish," is applied over fifty years, having been born in Germany in
water named. The actual heat evolved when com- after the bodying-up process has been done and 1841. He was actively engaged in the trade from
bining one molecular weight of sulphuric acid with
left to harden for at least twelve hours, while the establishment of his action making plant up to
one of water is 69.7 Centigrade. It should be re- sometimes pianos and organs are submitted to this 1910, when he retired, leaving the management of
membered that sulphuric acid is often called oil of treatment after the spiriting-off process. The the business in the hands of his sons, Anthony
vitriol. The word "oil" conveys an erroneous idea,
polisher who has never use 4 sulphuric acid and Doll, Jr., and Adolph Doll, the former being the
oil being a compound of carbon and hydrogen, Vienne powder before will be on the safe side treasurer of Wasle & Co. Besides these two sons,
to employ it previous to the spiriting-up or glazing Mr. Doll is survived by a widow and one daughter,
process, and then any little defect which may be- Mrs. Elizabeth Muller, of Richmond, Va. The
come noticeable in the work can be put right with interment was in Lutheran Cemetery, Brooklyn,
a few drops of polish used on a spirit rubber pre- N. Y.
CINCINNATI, O.
vious to the final spiriting-off process.
ISSUE ATTRACTIVE CALENDAR.
The finishing touch put by most foreign makers
Importers a n d Manufacturers of
of
pianos
on
their
polished
woodwork
is
effected
One
of the genuinely attractive reminders of
Figured Mahogany, Circassian Wal-
nut and Foreign Woods for high- by means of a few drops of clarified oxgall used the season comes from the Central Veneer Co.,
grade piano cases and cabinets. on a piece of soft rag after the spiriting-off or Huntington, W. Va., in the shape of an elaborate
sulphuric acid has been employed. Most butchers Osborne art calendar bearing a faithful reproduc-
New York Office and Sample Room
will supply for a few coppers a bladder contain- tion in colors of Edwin Lamasure's painting, "The
ing the gall. It should be clarified as follows:
Trout Stream." The calendar is mounted on a
Grand Central Palace Building
Take a clean bottle and place a funnel in it. handsome brown and cream mat and bears the
Lexington Ave. and 46th St.
Now cut a piece of white blotting paper to fit the name of the company in very small type.
G. H. V AUG HAN, Eastern Representative funnel and sprinkle over it one penny's worth of
GRUBB & KOSEG4RTEN BROS. brushed bone charcoal—obtainable from a chemist.
Manufacturers of HIGH GRADE
This acts as a filter through which the oxgall
soft yellow poplar for cross band-
should be run. After being clarified, it is applied
Ing is unapproached in this country.
with a soft piece of rag directly after the spiriting-
N A S S A U , Rensselaer County. IM. Y .
A large supply always on hand.
off has been done.
The Central Veneer Co., Huntington, W. Va.
WHITE, SON COMPANY
The particulars given above for the absorption
1*1 anuf «otur*rs
of the superfluous oil used in the ordinary way of
ORGAN AND PLAYER-PIANO LEATHERS polishing will also prove effective on polished fur-
niture that begins to sweat after it is finished.
Av»nus. Baaton. M a s s .
93O-S4O
The Ohio Veneer Co.
Piano Manufacturers
£ £
PIANO-FORTE ACTIONS
SOSS INVISIBLE HINGES
''OUT OF SIGHT
EVER IN MIND"
NY 1 1 When you fail
; to see an un-
sightly hinge
protruding you
know SOSS is
the answer.
No. 101
SOSS MFG. GO
George H. Harper Co.
Orange, N. J .
VENEERS
Write to-day.
435 ATLANTIC AVE
M BROOKLYN, Y. N.
Circassian Walnut, Oak, Walnut
and Specializing; on Mahogany.
Capacity—5 Million Feet