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THE MUSIC TRADE
THE FUTURE OF THE WALNUT SUPPLY
REVIEW
47
PATENTS UPRIGHT PIANO ACTION
New Action Is Claimed to Be as Flexible as
Actions Used in, Grand Pianos
Demands for Gun Stock Material Has Depleted
the Supply of Walnut in This Country
WASHINGTON, D. C, December 10.—Lewis Nel-
son Soper, Guelph, Ont., was last week granted
Patent No. 1,248,192 for an upright piano action.
This invention relates to upright piano ac-
tions, the broad object in view being to render
an upright piano action as flexible and rapid
in operation as the grand piano action.*
A further object of the invention is to pro-
vide means capable of being applied to upright
piano actions already manufactured so that they
may be rendered as rapid in operation as a
grand piano, insuring the light touch of the
standard model action and obtaining the rapid
and positive repeating capability required.
There is in the existing conditions room for
some apprehension about the future of the wal-
nut supply in this country, for conditions have
changed materially since the first scramble for
gun stocks, which brought out more walnut
timber than anybody thought existed. That big
stock of accumulated walnut has been cleaned
down, and now our demands for gun stock ma-
terial are such that mills with orders of this
kind are scouring the country for walnut.
This and the continuing of the popularity of
walnut for furniture makes a demand easily in
excess of the present supply. It is possible that
the present available supply is limited materially
by the shortage of help with which to get out
and market walnut timber.
However, even
back of this there is a feeling of apprehension
of scarcity of timber which makes good walnut
stock take on added value, and raises some ques-
tion about where the furniture trade is going
to obtain its future supply.
And when you're satisfied
that we've the best punch-
ings on the market, cut
clean and accurately from
the best of material in cellu-
loid, cloth, felt, fibre,
leather, paper, rubber or
whatever you want, give
us credit and send your
orders to
WATCHING THE VAT COVERINGS
Piano Manufacturers Should Guard Against Un-
due Steam Leakage in Vat Coverings
"C.F. G0EPEL*C0
T h e r e should be a natural tendency t o econo-
mize in steam this winter, as well*as in other
things, and one place where some economy in
steam can be effected, a n d at t h e same time
more efficient w o r k accomplished, is in con-
nection with vat coverings. T h e r e is always
some leakage around coverings of vats a n d
doors of steam boxes, a n d p e r h a p s always will
be, unless we reorganize the system a n d do the
p r e p a r i n g of blocks in tight r e s o r t s made to
stand steam pressure. T h e r e is a difference,
however, between some leakage a n d wasteful
leakage, a n d this difference m a k e s r o o m for
some attention t o i m p r o v e m e n t of v a t covers,
to the end that the institution m a y secure
g r e a t e r economy in steam.
American - Made
Tuning Pins
will stand the most tensile strength
"AMSCO"
BRAND
ARE 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.
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137 E A S T I3 T -U ST.
NEW
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PIANO PLATES
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Matawan Steel and Iron Co.
Matawan
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Rubber Cloths and Tubing I The Ohio Veneer Co.
American Musical Supply Co.
451 Communipaw Avenue, Jersey City, N. J.
For Automatic Pianos and Plano-Players
L. J. MUTTY CO.
BOSTON, MASS.
GEO. W. BRAUNSDORF, Inc.
Tuners' Trade
Manufacturers ol
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PAPER, FELT AND CLOTH PUNCHINGS
BRIDLE STRAPS, FIBRE WASHERS AND BRIDGES
FOR PIANOS, ORGANS AND PLAYER ACTIONS
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Office and Factory: 428 East 53d Street, New York
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CINCINNATI, O.
gl Importers and Manufacturers of Figured
3! Mahogany and Foreign Woods for high-
Ijl grade piano cases and cabinets.
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Grand Central Palace Bldg
Lexington Ave. and 46th St.
G. H. VAUGHAN, Eastern Representative
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THE CELEBRATED WICKHAM
QUALITY FIRST
PIANO PLATES
THE WICKHAM PIANO PLATE COMPANY, SPRINGFIELD, OHIO
Established 1853
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Keys, Actions, Hammers, Bracket* and Nickel Rail Furnished Complete
Actions £
131 to 147 Broadway
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CAMBRIDGEPORT, MASS.
WESSELL, NICKEL & GROSS
MANUFACTURERS OF
Use Behlen's Varnish Crack Erad-
Jcator on those hurry-up refinishing
jobs and eliminate the necessity of
scraping off the old varnish and
shellac.
It eliminates cracks and checks and
gives you as fine a surface for the
new finish as any man could wish
for, besides saving much time,
trouble and expense.
PIANO
ACTIONS
A free sample can for trial awaits
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NEW YORK
Shellacs
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P E A R L ST., NEW YORK
A. C. CHENEY PIANO ACTION CO.
Manufacturers
(PNEUMATIC ACTIONS FOR PLAYER-PIANOS
1 H I G H - G R A D E PIANOFORTE ACTIONS
CASTLETON, NEW YORK