Music Trade Review
Issue: 1915 Vol. 60 N. 8 - Page 45
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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
PIANO CASES FOR ENGLISH PLANT.
45
in all previous attempts to lift the embargo under
such provision. German buyers have been so keen
to get supplies that they have been buying wool
that is still on the sheep's back. How it will be
possible to guarantee that none of the wool which
comes from England or Australia will not be re-
sold to them, factors in the domestic market can-
not see.
slate making, engine building and the banking
business, brought with him when he took control
of the New York Co. a fresh viewpoint on bench
and stool manufacturing, and he believes that it
should be conducted as any other modern enter-
Referring to the activity of the Aeolian Co.'s
prise. "Knowing that quality is helped by produc-
case-making department in connection with ship-
tion," Mr. Booth added, "I have ibeen always cog-
ments abroad, the following article appeared Satur-
nizant that until the output is up to a big volume
day in several of the New York newspapers:
would we begin to make a rational profit, at the
"That the English people are still buying pianos
same time serve the interests of the trade to the
BUYS THE BANCROFT INTERESTS.
in spite of the war is indicated by some export The New York Stool & Bench Co., Stroudsburg, most efficient degree. So with the amalgamated
figures made public by the Aeolian Co. yesterday.
companies we have plans to create a big quality
Pa., Takes Over the Entire Business and
Since early in November this company's cabinet-
Good Will of the Melvin Bancroft Co., of output and to offer these products at reasonable
making department has been manufacturing and
prices consistent with good business policy. We
Lowell, Mass.—Arranges for Big Expansion
shipping piano cases to the company's English
have
no fear that our products will have unusually
of Its Bench Making Business.
branch at the rate of several hundred cases
wide distribution."
monthly. The woods called for are walnut, ma-
The New York Piano Stool & Bench Co.,
hogany, rosewood and ebony.
.Stroudsburg, Pa., has acquired by purchase all
"The English branch has always produced its the stock, machinery, good will, etc., of the Melvin
David A. Smith Believes the Movement to This
own cabinet work, but the war has demoralized this Bancroft Co., who for many years manufactured
End an Excellent One, as It Will Bring the
end of the industry. Many of the company's stools and benches at Lowell, Mass. The goods
Members of the Trade Closer Together.
workmen have enlisted, but the chief difficulty has will be removed to Stroudsburg, and hereafter the
"This proposed Board of Trade of the allied
been an inability to import woods in the raw company will market these products under the
members of the music industry appeals to me very
state with any degree of regularity."
Melvin Bancroft division of its business. Addi-
tional buildings are planned to be erected in order favorably," said David A. Smith, Eastern sales
to adequately care for the growing ibusiness, and manager of the Standard Felt Co., New York,
WOOL EMBARGO LIFTED.
and connected with the supply trade for many
it is the intention of Chester G. Booth, secretary
Arrangements Concluded for Imports from Eng-
and treasurer of the New York Piano Stool & years. "Although the details of this 'Chamber of
land and Australia.
Bench Co., to enlarge the capacity to about three Commerce' must necessarily be worked out
slowly and carefully, I believe that any movement
Arrangements have been made with the Textile times what it is at present.
which aims to bring the members of the various
It
will
be
interesting
to
know
that
Ludger
E.
Alliance, Inc., a committee made up of represen-
branches
of this industry closer together cannot
tatives appointed from each of the four leading Hubert, general superintendent of the Bancroft
fail to exercise a beneficial influence on the trade
Co.,
as
well
as
H.
S.
Squires,
sales
manager,
have
textile associations, by which exports of wool to
as a whole and upon the individuals."
the United States from Australia and Great become affiliated with the New York Co. and will
devote
their
energies
to
the
production
and
distri-
Britain will be licensed if consigned to the presi-
RULING ON LUMBER DUTY.
dent of the alliance. This announcement was au- bution of all the various styles of stools and
Mitsui
& Co. and other Japanese importers lost
benches that will be produced by the two divisions
thorized recently by Sir Richard F. Crawford, of
in
an
attempt
to enter Japanese white oak lumber
of
the
new
company.
the British Embassy, who is in charge of com-
It is needless to add anything concerning the as sawed lumber at the rate of $1.25 per thousand
mercial affairs. A. M. Patterson, of Patterson &
Greenough, 45 East Seventeeth street, who is pres- standing of the Melvin Bancroft Co. in the piano feet board measure under the tariff act of 1909.
ident of the alliance, could furnish no further field, for the customers with whom it was doing It was decided that the Government's assessment
details concerning this latest action of the British business considered that the service rendered by at 15 per cent, ad valorem as cabinet wood is cor-
rect and must stand.
the house was of high character.
Government in regard to the wool embargo.
In the foregoing news item lies a pertinent fact—
In the market the announcement was taken to
Consult the universal Want Directory of
mean that merino wools would be released. It was a fact that shows that to-day is the age of big busi- The Review. In it advertisements are inserted
ness, particularly in the stool and bench business,
pointed out,, however, that the difficulty of giving
free of charge for men who desire positions
suitable guarantee that the wool will not be ex- where the volume of production reflects upon the of any kind.
ported from this country will prove just as trouble- quality and price. Treasurer Booth, who until a
some under this latest arrangement as it has been year ago was associated with such industries as
Aeolian Co. Make Public Some Interesting Fig-
ures Which Tell of Activity in Its London
Factory Despite the War Conditions.
THE PROPOSED BOARD OF TRADE.
American - Made
Tuning Pins
will stand the most tensile strength
MATERIALS FOR
"AMSCO"
PIANO MANUFACTURERS
BRAND
ARK MADE OF SPECIAL STEEL.
Thirty-five years of experience in mak-
ing tuning pins enables us to give you
the most reliable pins in the market.
Guaranteed to hold for a lifetime.
GENUINE FLY BRAND TUNING PINS,
GENUINE FELTEN & GUILLEAUME IM-
PORTED MUSIC WIRE, FELTS, CLOTHS
PUNCHINGS, HINGES, PEDALS AND
GENERAL PIANO HARDWARE.
Send
• •-
for sample set
and prices.
American Musical Supply Co.
451 Communlpaw Avenue, Jersey City, N. J.
CORRESPONDENCE INVITED
Richardson Piano Case Co.
Manufacturers of
HAMMACHER, SCHLEMMER & CO.
NEW YORK SINCE 1848
'
\ 4th Ave. and 13th St.
Piano Cases
J
Established 1891
LEOMINSTER
::
:: MASS.
THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
PIANO CASES FOR ENGLISH PLANT.
45
in all previous attempts to lift the embargo under
such provision. German buyers have been so keen
to get supplies that they have been buying wool
that is still on the sheep's back. How it will be
possible to guarantee that none of the wool which
comes from England or Australia will not be re-
sold to them, factors in the domestic market can-
not see.
slate making, engine building and the banking
business, brought with him when he took control
of the New York Co. a fresh viewpoint on bench
and stool manufacturing, and he believes that it
should be conducted as any other modern enter-
Referring to the activity of the Aeolian Co.'s
prise. "Knowing that quality is helped by produc-
case-making department in connection with ship-
tion," Mr. Booth added, "I have ibeen always cog-
ments abroad, the following article appeared Satur-
nizant that until the output is up to a big volume
day in several of the New York newspapers:
would we begin to make a rational profit, at the
"That the English people are still buying pianos
same time serve the interests of the trade to the
BUYS THE BANCROFT INTERESTS.
in spite of the war is indicated by some export The New York Stool & Bench Co., Stroudsburg, most efficient degree. So with the amalgamated
figures made public by the Aeolian Co. yesterday.
companies we have plans to create a big quality
Pa., Takes Over the Entire Business and
Since early in November this company's cabinet-
Good Will of the Melvin Bancroft Co., of output and to offer these products at reasonable
making department has been manufacturing and
prices consistent with good business policy. We
Lowell, Mass.—Arranges for Big Expansion
shipping piano cases to the company's English
have
no fear that our products will have unusually
of Its Bench Making Business.
branch at the rate of several hundred cases
wide distribution."
monthly. The woods called for are walnut, ma-
The New York Piano Stool & Bench Co.,
hogany, rosewood and ebony.
.Stroudsburg, Pa., has acquired by purchase all
"The English branch has always produced its the stock, machinery, good will, etc., of the Melvin
David A. Smith Believes the Movement to This
own cabinet work, but the war has demoralized this Bancroft Co., who for many years manufactured
End an Excellent One, as It Will Bring the
end of the industry. Many of the company's stools and benches at Lowell, Mass. The goods
Members of the Trade Closer Together.
workmen have enlisted, but the chief difficulty has will be removed to Stroudsburg, and hereafter the
"This proposed Board of Trade of the allied
been an inability to import woods in the raw company will market these products under the
members of the music industry appeals to me very
state with any degree of regularity."
Melvin Bancroft division of its business. Addi-
tional buildings are planned to be erected in order favorably," said David A. Smith, Eastern sales
to adequately care for the growing ibusiness, and manager of the Standard Felt Co., New York,
WOOL EMBARGO LIFTED.
and connected with the supply trade for many
it is the intention of Chester G. Booth, secretary
Arrangements Concluded for Imports from Eng-
and treasurer of the New York Piano Stool & years. "Although the details of this 'Chamber of
land and Australia.
Bench Co., to enlarge the capacity to about three Commerce' must necessarily be worked out
slowly and carefully, I believe that any movement
Arrangements have been made with the Textile times what it is at present.
which aims to bring the members of the various
It
will
be
interesting
to
know
that
Ludger
E.
Alliance, Inc., a committee made up of represen-
branches
of this industry closer together cannot
tatives appointed from each of the four leading Hubert, general superintendent of the Bancroft
fail to exercise a beneficial influence on the trade
Co.,
as
well
as
H.
S.
Squires,
sales
manager,
have
textile associations, by which exports of wool to
as a whole and upon the individuals."
the United States from Australia and Great become affiliated with the New York Co. and will
devote
their
energies
to
the
production
and
distri-
Britain will be licensed if consigned to the presi-
RULING ON LUMBER DUTY.
dent of the alliance. This announcement was au- bution of all the various styles of stools and
Mitsui
& Co. and other Japanese importers lost
benches that will be produced by the two divisions
thorized recently by Sir Richard F. Crawford, of
in
an
attempt
to enter Japanese white oak lumber
of
the
new
company.
the British Embassy, who is in charge of com-
It is needless to add anything concerning the as sawed lumber at the rate of $1.25 per thousand
mercial affairs. A. M. Patterson, of Patterson &
Greenough, 45 East Seventeeth street, who is pres- standing of the Melvin Bancroft Co. in the piano feet board measure under the tariff act of 1909.
ident of the alliance, could furnish no further field, for the customers with whom it was doing It was decided that the Government's assessment
details concerning this latest action of the British business considered that the service rendered by at 15 per cent, ad valorem as cabinet wood is cor-
rect and must stand.
the house was of high character.
Government in regard to the wool embargo.
In the foregoing news item lies a pertinent fact—
In the market the announcement was taken to
Consult the universal Want Directory of
mean that merino wools would be released. It was a fact that shows that to-day is the age of big busi- The Review. In it advertisements are inserted
ness, particularly in the stool and bench business,
pointed out,, however, that the difficulty of giving
free of charge for men who desire positions
suitable guarantee that the wool will not be ex- where the volume of production reflects upon the of any kind.
ported from this country will prove just as trouble- quality and price. Treasurer Booth, who until a
some under this latest arrangement as it has been year ago was associated with such industries as
Aeolian Co. Make Public Some Interesting Fig-
ures Which Tell of Activity in Its London
Factory Despite the War Conditions.
THE PROPOSED BOARD OF TRADE.
American - Made
Tuning Pins
will stand the most tensile strength
MATERIALS FOR
"AMSCO"
PIANO MANUFACTURERS
BRAND
ARK MADE OF SPECIAL STEEL.
Thirty-five years of experience in mak-
ing tuning pins enables us to give you
the most reliable pins in the market.
Guaranteed to hold for a lifetime.
GENUINE FLY BRAND TUNING PINS,
GENUINE FELTEN & GUILLEAUME IM-
PORTED MUSIC WIRE, FELTS, CLOTHS
PUNCHINGS, HINGES, PEDALS AND
GENERAL PIANO HARDWARE.
Send
• •-
for sample set
and prices.
American Musical Supply Co.
451 Communlpaw Avenue, Jersey City, N. J.
CORRESPONDENCE INVITED
Richardson Piano Case Co.
Manufacturers of
HAMMACHER, SCHLEMMER & CO.
NEW YORK SINCE 1848
'
\ 4th Ave. and 13th St.
Piano Cases
J
Established 1891
LEOMINSTER
::
:: MASS.
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