Music Trade Review
Issue: 1918 Vol. 66 N. 7 - Page 45
Music Trade Review -- © mbsi.org, arcade-museum.com -- digitized with support from namm.org
FEBRUARY 16.
THE MUSIC TRADE
1918
REVIEW
VALUABLE BOOK FOR TUNERS
KNOWS WHAT MANUFACTURERS NEED
Hammacher, Schlemmer & Co. Issue Pamphlet
Supplementing Large Catalog in Which
Tuners' Tools Are Displayed and Described
David H. Schmidt Was Expert Piano Maker Be-
fore Entering the Hammer Field
Hammacher, Schlemmer & Co., Fourth avenue
and Thirteenth street. New York, have issued a
supplemental booklet to their large catalog for
the special use of tuners, regulators and re-
pairers. This catalog is known as Xo. 539, and
is in handy pocket form. It contains a com-
plete list of everything the tuner or repairman
needs, each tool being illustrated and carefully
described. There is also an alphabetical index,
so that anything that' is desired may be easily
found.
On the Hy-leat, under the caption of "Im-
portant notice," the company states: "This cat-
alog is being issued at a time when all material
is excessively high, and for this reason we have
omitted prices in the book, but have issued a
separate price list which we expect to revise
from time to time when sufficient changes have
taken place. Special prices will be quoted upon
application."
Among the articles shown in the booklet are
the Mueller patented improved extension tun-
ing hammers, tuning hammer heads, piano drill
stocks, drill bows, pads, rose countersinks, bits,
drills and punches of all kinds, hammers for
tuning pins,, tuning pin extractors, regulators,
regulating screw extractors, key spacers, back
check and hammer spacers, key reamers, rasps,
tweezers, scissors, felt knives, string lifters, tun-
ing forks in sets, tuning wedges, felt pickers,
capstan screwdrivers, wrenches of all descrip-
tions, awls, burning lamps, tongs, hammer-shank
extractors and rollers, regulating pliers, ivory
clamps, glue pots, both with alcohol lamp and
electric equipment, pocket oilers, wire carriers,
bridle tape inserters, wire gauges, micrometer*,
tuners' satchels and kits, hand drills, bits, braces,
planes, pipe makers' cones, violin planes and
many other valuable tools which are useful to
the piano tuner.
Consult the universal Want Directory of
The Review. In it advertisements are inserted
free of charge for men who desire positions.
One of the secrets of the success that has at-
tended the David H. Schmidt Co., of F'oughkeep-
sie, X. Y., in the manufacture of piano ham-
mers for many years has been the accurate
David H. Schmidt
knowledge of the trade requirements possessed
by David H. Schmidt, the head of the house.
Though he has long specialized as a manufac-
turer of piano hammers of quality, Mr. Schmidt
in his earlier days had a thorough training in
the piano factory and became expert in that
line. The result is that as a hammer maker he
knows from actual experience just what best
suits the requirements of the piano manufactur-
er and is, therefore, able to meet those require-
ments.
The business of the David H. Schmidt Co.
keeps up in excellent shape despite the numer-
ous handicaps that are now faced by business
men in every line. Of course, there are ship-
ping troubles, but ways have been found to get
the hammers to customers with a minimum of
delay; likewise the matter of supplies presents
some problems, but these problems have been
solved in a large measure without in any manner
45
whatever detracting from the quality of the ma-
terial entering into the Schmidt hammers, or
the quality of the finished product.
KAPP HAMMERS IN DEMAND
Robert L. Kapp Co. Has Best January and Feb-
ruary in Many Years—"Super Strong" Ham-
mers Growing in Popularity All the Time
If the demand for piano hammer* may be
taken as any criterion the piano business is now
in a prosperous condition and piano manufac-
turers must be busy.
During the last few weeks the Robert L. Kapp
Co., 767 East 133d street, New York, has had
one of its busiest seasons. Robert L. Kapp,
head of the company, stated to a representative
of The Review this week: "We had a better
January and February than we have had for a
number of years, and have kept busy, inasmuch
as we have had plenty of supplies so that we
have been able to fill our orders with regularity.
The "Super Strong"' hammers, the sides of which
we have strengthened by a special process, have
made a distinctive hit, and we are furnishing
several representative manufacturers with them
at the present time. We are in a position to
handle a good volume of business, owing to our
supply of material, and we have been able to
help out manufacturers who have found it nec-
essary to have an immediate supply of hammers."
INVISIBLE HINGES
"OUT OF SIGHT
EVER IN MIND "
100
When you fail to
see an unsightly
Hinge protruding
you know "SOSS"
is the answer.
PIANO and PLAYER
HARDWARE
FELTS and TOOLS
Is the Title of
Our New 275 Page Catalogue
Soss Hinges
=
emphasize beautiful |§
wood finishes as
j§
there is no project-
S
ing metal on either
g
side of door.
gj
Made in
numerous sizes.
fj
§§
S e n d for Catalog " S " 1
101
SOSS MANUFACTURING CO
Complete In detail and full of in-
teresting and important matter.
Every manufacturer, dealer, tuner
and repairer should have a copy.
Please mention Catalog No. 115.
435 Richardson Piano Case Co.
Manufacturers of
Upright— | V
HAMMACHER, SCHLEMMER & CO.
NEW YORK SINCE 1848
4th AVE. & 13th STREET
Z 1
?i: r \tznsaio Cases
E.tabli,hmd 1891
LEOMINSTER
MASS.
FEBRUARY 16.
THE MUSIC TRADE
1918
REVIEW
VALUABLE BOOK FOR TUNERS
KNOWS WHAT MANUFACTURERS NEED
Hammacher, Schlemmer & Co. Issue Pamphlet
Supplementing Large Catalog in Which
Tuners' Tools Are Displayed and Described
David H. Schmidt Was Expert Piano Maker Be-
fore Entering the Hammer Field
Hammacher, Schlemmer & Co., Fourth avenue
and Thirteenth street. New York, have issued a
supplemental booklet to their large catalog for
the special use of tuners, regulators and re-
pairers. This catalog is known as Xo. 539, and
is in handy pocket form. It contains a com-
plete list of everything the tuner or repairman
needs, each tool being illustrated and carefully
described. There is also an alphabetical index,
so that anything that' is desired may be easily
found.
On the Hy-leat, under the caption of "Im-
portant notice," the company states: "This cat-
alog is being issued at a time when all material
is excessively high, and for this reason we have
omitted prices in the book, but have issued a
separate price list which we expect to revise
from time to time when sufficient changes have
taken place. Special prices will be quoted upon
application."
Among the articles shown in the booklet are
the Mueller patented improved extension tun-
ing hammers, tuning hammer heads, piano drill
stocks, drill bows, pads, rose countersinks, bits,
drills and punches of all kinds, hammers for
tuning pins,, tuning pin extractors, regulators,
regulating screw extractors, key spacers, back
check and hammer spacers, key reamers, rasps,
tweezers, scissors, felt knives, string lifters, tun-
ing forks in sets, tuning wedges, felt pickers,
capstan screwdrivers, wrenches of all descrip-
tions, awls, burning lamps, tongs, hammer-shank
extractors and rollers, regulating pliers, ivory
clamps, glue pots, both with alcohol lamp and
electric equipment, pocket oilers, wire carriers,
bridle tape inserters, wire gauges, micrometer*,
tuners' satchels and kits, hand drills, bits, braces,
planes, pipe makers' cones, violin planes and
many other valuable tools which are useful to
the piano tuner.
Consult the universal Want Directory of
The Review. In it advertisements are inserted
free of charge for men who desire positions.
One of the secrets of the success that has at-
tended the David H. Schmidt Co., of F'oughkeep-
sie, X. Y., in the manufacture of piano ham-
mers for many years has been the accurate
David H. Schmidt
knowledge of the trade requirements possessed
by David H. Schmidt, the head of the house.
Though he has long specialized as a manufac-
turer of piano hammers of quality, Mr. Schmidt
in his earlier days had a thorough training in
the piano factory and became expert in that
line. The result is that as a hammer maker he
knows from actual experience just what best
suits the requirements of the piano manufactur-
er and is, therefore, able to meet those require-
ments.
The business of the David H. Schmidt Co.
keeps up in excellent shape despite the numer-
ous handicaps that are now faced by business
men in every line. Of course, there are ship-
ping troubles, but ways have been found to get
the hammers to customers with a minimum of
delay; likewise the matter of supplies presents
some problems, but these problems have been
solved in a large measure without in any manner
45
whatever detracting from the quality of the ma-
terial entering into the Schmidt hammers, or
the quality of the finished product.
KAPP HAMMERS IN DEMAND
Robert L. Kapp Co. Has Best January and Feb-
ruary in Many Years—"Super Strong" Ham-
mers Growing in Popularity All the Time
If the demand for piano hammer* may be
taken as any criterion the piano business is now
in a prosperous condition and piano manufac-
turers must be busy.
During the last few weeks the Robert L. Kapp
Co., 767 East 133d street, New York, has had
one of its busiest seasons. Robert L. Kapp,
head of the company, stated to a representative
of The Review this week: "We had a better
January and February than we have had for a
number of years, and have kept busy, inasmuch
as we have had plenty of supplies so that we
have been able to fill our orders with regularity.
The "Super Strong"' hammers, the sides of which
we have strengthened by a special process, have
made a distinctive hit, and we are furnishing
several representative manufacturers with them
at the present time. We are in a position to
handle a good volume of business, owing to our
supply of material, and we have been able to
help out manufacturers who have found it nec-
essary to have an immediate supply of hammers."
INVISIBLE HINGES
"OUT OF SIGHT
EVER IN MIND "
100
When you fail to
see an unsightly
Hinge protruding
you know "SOSS"
is the answer.
PIANO and PLAYER
HARDWARE
FELTS and TOOLS
Is the Title of
Our New 275 Page Catalogue
Soss Hinges
=
emphasize beautiful |§
wood finishes as
j§
there is no project-
S
ing metal on either
g
side of door.
gj
Made in
numerous sizes.
fj
§§
S e n d for Catalog " S " 1
101
SOSS MANUFACTURING CO
Complete In detail and full of in-
teresting and important matter.
Every manufacturer, dealer, tuner
and repairer should have a copy.
Please mention Catalog No. 115.
435 Richardson Piano Case Co.
Manufacturers of
Upright— | V
HAMMACHER, SCHLEMMER & CO.
NEW YORK SINCE 1848
4th AVE. & 13th STREET
Z 1
?i: r \tznsaio Cases
E.tabli,hmd 1891
LEOMINSTER
MASS.
Future scanning projects are planned by the International Arcade Museum Library (IAML).