Music Trade Review
Issue: 1915 Vol. 60 N. 16 - Page 51
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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
STAIB-ABENDSCHEIN SYSTEM INSURES ACCURACY.
Each Manuafcturer for Whom Actions Are Made Is Known by Number and Foreman Keeps
Loose Leaf
Record of Customer's
Requirements—Record of Each Action Part on Card File.
The systematic manner in wiiio'.i piano actions record which is entered on these cards is referred
are now manufactured is well illustrated in to, thereby eliminating the chance for mistakes.
the factory of the Staib-Abendschein Co.,
In connection with this the foreman or head of
134th street and Brook avenue, New York. Re- each department has been provided with a loose-
cently a new scheme has been put in force which leaf book in which he devotes a page, or more if
is being found most ?atisfactory to the com- necessary, to each individual manufacturer for
pany and of great benefit to those manufacturers whom the company makes actions. No orders are
for whom they make actions.
given by word of mouth, but are written on order
It is probably not generally understood that to blanks or alteration blanks, as the case may be,
make a piano action in these days requires much
mid as soon as the foreman receives this order one
more study and thought than it used to in years of the executives signs the slip and enters the
gone by. There cannot be one standard action, or alteration or order in his book under the number
two or three, because piano manufacturers require given in the order, and files this slip for future
different forms with different parts of the action. reference. Should the slip contain something of
This means that the history of each action which importance which should be known by each mem-
is made by the Staib-Abendschein Co. must be
ber of a special department, it is passed
at all times at the disposal of the executives
from the foreman to the last man in the
and heads of each department.
department, each signing it and returning it
to the foreman,
w h o eventually
returns it to the
offices. In t h i s
way there is a
double check on
everything, a n d
it cannot be said
that such an or-
der was never
given.
Geo. F. Abend-
schein, treasurer
of the concern,
stated this week
that even repri-
mands are writ-
ten so that there
will be a record
as to just what
to-o.k place and
was said. "Out in
the factory," he
said, "the fore-
men have a com-
plete history of
each action which
The Staib-Abendschein Factory, 134th Street and Brook Avenue, New York, we are manufac-
The method pursued by the Staib-Abendschein turing, from the first time we received the order.
Co. provides a system which eliminates the danger When alterations are to be made they are entered
of serious mistakes and works not only to the ad- in the bo.ok under the date that the order was given
vantage of the action manufacturer, but also to so that there may be no question as to why certain
the benefit of the factory for which the company things are done. Of course once in a while a
mistake may be made, but with this system it is
makes actions.
In the offices of the factory a card index is always easy to trace the reason for it, which is a
strictly maintained up to date, and a complete his- great satisfaction."
An idea of how accurate a thing of this kind
tory as to how eaoh part should be made is en-
tered on the card. Each factory for whom actions must be may be gleaned from the fact that the
Staib-Abendschein Co. is making 149 different
are made has a number therefor, and each part
of the action made for this particular manufac- wippens and about 150 different styles of stick-
turer bears his number. When an action is or- ers. Where they once had but two styles of ac-
dered it is ordered by number and the complete tion rails at present they are compelled to manu-
facture ten different kinds. There are also eight
different bottom rails and eleven different kinds
of hammer rails. In years gone by there used to
be but three types of flanges, while at the present
time there are seventeen, and over fifty whip
CINCINNATI, O.
mouldings are now manufactured.
The Ohio Veneer Co.
Importers a n d Manufacturers of
Figured Mahogany, Circassian Wal-
nut and Foreign Woods for high-
grade piano cases and cabinets.
New York Office and Sample Room
Grand Central Palace Building
Frank S. Bronson, recently with the George J.
I'iikel Piano Co., of Los Angeles, Cal., has joined
the sales staff of the Kieselhorst Piano Co.
Piano Manufacturers
^
soft yellow poplar for cross band*
ing is unapproached in this country.
A large supply always on hand.
GRUBB &. KOSEGARTEN BROS.
Manufacturers of HIGH GRADE
The Central Veneer Co., Huntington, W. Va.
NEW YORK
PIANO TRADE USES FINEST VENEERS.
Piano manufacturers have long been known as
among the most particular purchasers of high class
veneers, particularly those of unusual ligurings,
and the following remarks from Veneers bear out
this tendency very pleasingly: "While furniture
manufacturers and door and mill work people now
use much more of the figured and the finer quali-
ties of veneer than formerly, the piano trade still
ranks conspicuously in the first place as a con-
sumer of the very finest veneer, especially in
mahogany, rosewood and other of the conspicuously
figured veneer products. At least this is the opinion
expressed by a prominent mahogany manufac-
turer who was asked recently if the furniture
trade had attained to equal prominence with the
piano trade in the demand for the finest figured
wood. He said that while the furniture trade uses
much more highly figured wood than formerly in
veneer, it is the piano trade that is looked to to-
day as the principal market for the extremely
valuable and highly figured veneer in mahogany,
rosewood, burls and other veneer products of con-
spicuous beauty and high value. In fact, the piano
and piano player trade of to-day is a much larger
consumer of finely figured wood than ever before,
because there is a larger quantity of instruments
produced."
ISSUE CLEVER MAILING CARD.
Henry Haas & Son, the manufacturers of piano
and player hardware at 1909 Park avenue, New
York, have just issued a clever "tickler" in folder
form for mailing, and which bears, as its caption,
"Let Nothing Stop You from Using the Haas
Combination Pedal." The argument is illustrated
by a picture of a man advancing in the face of a
threatening array of swordis, pistols and cannon.
The Haas combination pedal is illustrated in the
folder and its strong points emphasized in the text.
SOSS INVISIBLE HINGES
"OUT OF SIGHT
EVER IN MIND"
When you fail
to see an un-
sightly hinge
protruding you
know SOSS is
the answer.
OFFMAN BROS. CO.
FORT WAYNE, IND.
(Est. 1867)
(Inc. 19q4)
Specialties, Hardwood, Veneers, aad
Lumber for Musical Instruments,
WHITE, SON COMPANY
B anuf aotur *r •
990-540 AtUntlo Avraut, Boston. M m ,
137 E A S T I3 T -* ST.
H
N A S S A U , Rensselaer County. N. Y.
ORGAN AND PLAYER-PIANO LEATHERS
CFGQEPELACO
^
Lexington Ave. and 46th St.
G. H. VAUGHAN, Eastern Representative
PIANO-FORTE ACTIONS
Some were skeptical, some
were wise. It took twenty-
six rounds for the white man
to convince them that he had
the PUNCH. We've had the
PUNCH and all the little
PUNCHings for a long time.
Get out of the "hope" class,
join the "arrived."
REG U S PAT OFF
V..
VENEERS
No. 10*
SOSS MFG. CO
Write to-day,
435 ATLANTIC AVE.
BROOKLYN, N. Y.
THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
STAIB-ABENDSCHEIN SYSTEM INSURES ACCURACY.
Each Manuafcturer for Whom Actions Are Made Is Known by Number and Foreman Keeps
Loose Leaf
Record of Customer's
Requirements—Record of Each Action Part on Card File.
The systematic manner in wiiio'.i piano actions record which is entered on these cards is referred
are now manufactured is well illustrated in to, thereby eliminating the chance for mistakes.
the factory of the Staib-Abendschein Co.,
In connection with this the foreman or head of
134th street and Brook avenue, New York. Re- each department has been provided with a loose-
cently a new scheme has been put in force which leaf book in which he devotes a page, or more if
is being found most ?atisfactory to the com- necessary, to each individual manufacturer for
pany and of great benefit to those manufacturers whom the company makes actions. No orders are
for whom they make actions.
given by word of mouth, but are written on order
It is probably not generally understood that to blanks or alteration blanks, as the case may be,
make a piano action in these days requires much
mid as soon as the foreman receives this order one
more study and thought than it used to in years of the executives signs the slip and enters the
gone by. There cannot be one standard action, or alteration or order in his book under the number
two or three, because piano manufacturers require given in the order, and files this slip for future
different forms with different parts of the action. reference. Should the slip contain something of
This means that the history of each action which importance which should be known by each mem-
is made by the Staib-Abendschein Co. must be
ber of a special department, it is passed
at all times at the disposal of the executives
from the foreman to the last man in the
and heads of each department.
department, each signing it and returning it
to the foreman,
w h o eventually
returns it to the
offices. In t h i s
way there is a
double check on
everything, a n d
it cannot be said
that such an or-
der was never
given.
Geo. F. Abend-
schein, treasurer
of the concern,
stated this week
that even repri-
mands are writ-
ten so that there
will be a record
as to just what
to-o.k place and
was said. "Out in
the factory," he
said, "the fore-
men have a com-
plete history of
each action which
The Staib-Abendschein Factory, 134th Street and Brook Avenue, New York, we are manufac-
The method pursued by the Staib-Abendschein turing, from the first time we received the order.
Co. provides a system which eliminates the danger When alterations are to be made they are entered
of serious mistakes and works not only to the ad- in the bo.ok under the date that the order was given
vantage of the action manufacturer, but also to so that there may be no question as to why certain
the benefit of the factory for which the company things are done. Of course once in a while a
mistake may be made, but with this system it is
makes actions.
In the offices of the factory a card index is always easy to trace the reason for it, which is a
strictly maintained up to date, and a complete his- great satisfaction."
An idea of how accurate a thing of this kind
tory as to how eaoh part should be made is en-
tered on the card. Each factory for whom actions must be may be gleaned from the fact that the
Staib-Abendschein Co. is making 149 different
are made has a number therefor, and each part
of the action made for this particular manufac- wippens and about 150 different styles of stick-
turer bears his number. When an action is or- ers. Where they once had but two styles of ac-
dered it is ordered by number and the complete tion rails at present they are compelled to manu-
facture ten different kinds. There are also eight
different bottom rails and eleven different kinds
of hammer rails. In years gone by there used to
be but three types of flanges, while at the present
time there are seventeen, and over fifty whip
CINCINNATI, O.
mouldings are now manufactured.
The Ohio Veneer Co.
Importers a n d Manufacturers of
Figured Mahogany, Circassian Wal-
nut and Foreign Woods for high-
grade piano cases and cabinets.
New York Office and Sample Room
Grand Central Palace Building
Frank S. Bronson, recently with the George J.
I'iikel Piano Co., of Los Angeles, Cal., has joined
the sales staff of the Kieselhorst Piano Co.
Piano Manufacturers
^
soft yellow poplar for cross band*
ing is unapproached in this country.
A large supply always on hand.
GRUBB &. KOSEGARTEN BROS.
Manufacturers of HIGH GRADE
The Central Veneer Co., Huntington, W. Va.
NEW YORK
PIANO TRADE USES FINEST VENEERS.
Piano manufacturers have long been known as
among the most particular purchasers of high class
veneers, particularly those of unusual ligurings,
and the following remarks from Veneers bear out
this tendency very pleasingly: "While furniture
manufacturers and door and mill work people now
use much more of the figured and the finer quali-
ties of veneer than formerly, the piano trade still
ranks conspicuously in the first place as a con-
sumer of the very finest veneer, especially in
mahogany, rosewood and other of the conspicuously
figured veneer products. At least this is the opinion
expressed by a prominent mahogany manufac-
turer who was asked recently if the furniture
trade had attained to equal prominence with the
piano trade in the demand for the finest figured
wood. He said that while the furniture trade uses
much more highly figured wood than formerly in
veneer, it is the piano trade that is looked to to-
day as the principal market for the extremely
valuable and highly figured veneer in mahogany,
rosewood, burls and other veneer products of con-
spicuous beauty and high value. In fact, the piano
and piano player trade of to-day is a much larger
consumer of finely figured wood than ever before,
because there is a larger quantity of instruments
produced."
ISSUE CLEVER MAILING CARD.
Henry Haas & Son, the manufacturers of piano
and player hardware at 1909 Park avenue, New
York, have just issued a clever "tickler" in folder
form for mailing, and which bears, as its caption,
"Let Nothing Stop You from Using the Haas
Combination Pedal." The argument is illustrated
by a picture of a man advancing in the face of a
threatening array of swordis, pistols and cannon.
The Haas combination pedal is illustrated in the
folder and its strong points emphasized in the text.
SOSS INVISIBLE HINGES
"OUT OF SIGHT
EVER IN MIND"
When you fail
to see an un-
sightly hinge
protruding you
know SOSS is
the answer.
OFFMAN BROS. CO.
FORT WAYNE, IND.
(Est. 1867)
(Inc. 19q4)
Specialties, Hardwood, Veneers, aad
Lumber for Musical Instruments,
WHITE, SON COMPANY
B anuf aotur *r •
990-540 AtUntlo Avraut, Boston. M m ,
137 E A S T I3 T -* ST.
H
N A S S A U , Rensselaer County. N. Y.
ORGAN AND PLAYER-PIANO LEATHERS
CFGQEPELACO
^
Lexington Ave. and 46th St.
G. H. VAUGHAN, Eastern Representative
PIANO-FORTE ACTIONS
Some were skeptical, some
were wise. It took twenty-
six rounds for the white man
to convince them that he had
the PUNCH. We've had the
PUNCH and all the little
PUNCHings for a long time.
Get out of the "hope" class,
join the "arrived."
REG U S PAT OFF
V..
VENEERS
No. 10*
SOSS MFG. CO
Write to-day,
435 ATLANTIC AVE.
BROOKLYN, N. Y.
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