Music Trade Review
Issue: 1918 Vol. 66 N. 8 - Page 4
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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
CONSERVING ENERGY
(Continued from page 3)
subject of female labor lightly. We have seen
alleged "current events" films supposed to be
illustrating war activities in which professional
models, movie people and others were most pal-
pably pretending to do work at machines of va-
rious sorts, when in fact the thing was so badly
done as to cause derision even amongst the
most careless. Indeed, a working class audi-
ence sees through fakes of this sort instantly.
This will not do. We don't want fun made of
it. In the player business we have used women
for a long time in pneumatic and valve work.
We can use them in every part of player ac-
tion making save only the heavy mill work. But
we must be reasonably serious about it.
Labor Saving
But this is not all. There is the still equally
important question of substituting machine for
hand work. To give a few examples, dipping
can be used for shellac work to a greater extent,
the gluing of pneumatics on chests can be
speeded up by the use of machinery to spread
the glue, and other detail refinements of the
kind can be studied out. The writer has seen
encouraging steps recently taken in these di-
rections.
As a matter of fact also, there is to be seen
an encouraging tendency towards less expen-
sive methods of construction which shall yet be
even more efficient than the older ones. It is
only necessary to mention the gradual progress
of the unit-valve idea to see what may be done
But still more productive of definite results
is likely to be the discovery by superintendents
of means for increasing the output of existing
machinery. In these days the study of ef-
ficiency methods is no longer, for our industry,
a mere question of increasing profits. It has
become a question of keeping the industry going.
Faced with shortage of labor on one side and
increased demand on the other, we must make
our available machinery more efficient, by in-
creasing the efficiency of the operators, and we
must do all we can to increase the use of labor
saving devices. Unless we can do this we shall
not be able to adjust our industry to the new
conditions of war.
The Player-Piano of
Ultimate Type!
The general ideas of simplicity, fool-proofness, leaklessness, easy
pumping, and so on, which have from the beginning characterized the
remarkable production known as
The M. Schulz Company
Player-Piano
have been steadfastly adhered to during seven years of unexampled
commercial and technical success. Of this player-piano it may truly
be said, whatever may be said truly of any other, that it has proved
itself to be:
The Lightest Pumper The Most Popularly Appealing
The Least Troublesome
The Best Seller
that has appeared as yet on the market; making all allowances and
balancing all probabilities on either side.
This wonderful record, which we can prove, is mainly due to the
splendid technical points of Schulz construction, and especially to the
Sure-Seat Valve (Single
System) never leaks, never
sticks, never stops working.
and to the
Wonderful Walk-Step
Pedals and Bellows-System
producing highest vacuum
with least effort.
Other constructional refinements of equal significance are set forth,
for your benefit, in the SCHULZ
PLAYER
BOOK which
we ask )) ou t° let us ^nd you. It is a pocket player encyclopedia.
We have a Real Dealer proposition that you
would like to know about. Suppose you write us.
M. SCHULZ COMPANY
Established 1869
General Offices
Schulz Building
3 Factories in
711 Milwaukee Ave.
CHICAGO
CHICAGO
Southern Wholesale Branch
1530 Candler Bldg.
ATLANTA, GA.
FEBRUARY 23, 1918
MAKING PLAYER ACTION PARTS
New Department in Strauch Factory, New York
—Many Automatic Machines Place Strauch
Bros, in Position to Turn Out These Parts
Economically for Player Action Makers
A new department has been installed in the
extensive factory of Strauch Bros., 22 Tenth
avenue, New York, in which particular atten-
tion is how being given to the manufacturing
of parts for player actions. For some time past
the executives of this concern have been making
a thorough study of the development of the
player action business, and have familiarized
themselves with the requirements of manufac-
turers who produce player actions.
Already several representative manufacturers
have placed good-sized orders with Strauch
Bros, for various parts to be used in their player
action. The Strauch factory is particularly well
equipped for this kind of work. A large num-
ber of automatic machines, some of which make
as many as nine distinct operations in the turn-
ing out and finishing of a small part, have been
perfected by the Strauch mechanical experts and
are in daily use. Besides this Strauch Bros,
have also the facilities for storing a vast quan-
tity of well seasoned lumber, and have at their
command other necessities which enter into the
construction of player action parts, so that lit-
tle delay is caused in turning out this work.
Another feature is the fact that the working
force is made up of many old-time piano action
manufacturers, who are skilled in the careful
production of many intricate parts similar in con-
struction to those which are necessary in a
player action.
Albert T. Strauch stated to a representative
of The Review this week: "We have found that
we can be of service to a great many player
action manufacturers and piano manufacturers
who make their own player actions by supplying
them with certain parts for their actions more
economically than they can make them them-
selves. We are now doing this for several large
concerns, and would be very glad to hear from
others. Any manufacturer who has any player
action parts which he would care to have made
will, T am sure, find it profitable to consult us.
and we will be very glad to submit estimates,
but would like to have the manufacturer send
us a sample so that we can judge accurately
just what the cost will be."
AUTOMATIC PATENT GRANTED
Device Patented Relative to the Construction of
Automatic Players
WASHINGTON, D. C, February 18.—The Rudolph
Wurlitzer Mfg. Co., North Tonawanda, N. Y.,
are the owners through assignment by Elmer L.
Ouchie, Detroit, Mich., of Patent No. 1,252,479
for an automatic musical instrument.
This invention relates to keyed musical in-
struments, such as pianos, which are adapted to
be played either automatically or manually, and
more particularly to an instrument of this kind
in which a plurality of trackers and music sheets
are employed.
One object of the invention is the provision
of an efficient and reliable instrument of this
character which is capable of playing continu-
ously, and which permits the operator to start
or stop either of the music sheets at will.
Further objects of the invention are to pro-
vide simple and reliable means for cutting off
one tracker from the wind chest while the other
is in service, and to improve the construction of
the instrument in various other respects.
HOLD ANNUAL MEETING
GRAND RAPIDS, MICH., February 18.—The an-
nual meeting of the National Piano Manufac-
turing Co. of this city was held last week, and
an excellent report was made regarding" busi-
ness for 1917. Walter Ioor was re-elected presi-
dent, Joseph Renihan vice-president, and S. D.
Thompson secretary-treasurer.
THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
CONSERVING ENERGY
(Continued from page 3)
subject of female labor lightly. We have seen
alleged "current events" films supposed to be
illustrating war activities in which professional
models, movie people and others were most pal-
pably pretending to do work at machines of va-
rious sorts, when in fact the thing was so badly
done as to cause derision even amongst the
most careless. Indeed, a working class audi-
ence sees through fakes of this sort instantly.
This will not do. We don't want fun made of
it. In the player business we have used women
for a long time in pneumatic and valve work.
We can use them in every part of player ac-
tion making save only the heavy mill work. But
we must be reasonably serious about it.
Labor Saving
But this is not all. There is the still equally
important question of substituting machine for
hand work. To give a few examples, dipping
can be used for shellac work to a greater extent,
the gluing of pneumatics on chests can be
speeded up by the use of machinery to spread
the glue, and other detail refinements of the
kind can be studied out. The writer has seen
encouraging steps recently taken in these di-
rections.
As a matter of fact also, there is to be seen
an encouraging tendency towards less expen-
sive methods of construction which shall yet be
even more efficient than the older ones. It is
only necessary to mention the gradual progress
of the unit-valve idea to see what may be done
But still more productive of definite results
is likely to be the discovery by superintendents
of means for increasing the output of existing
machinery. In these days the study of ef-
ficiency methods is no longer, for our industry,
a mere question of increasing profits. It has
become a question of keeping the industry going.
Faced with shortage of labor on one side and
increased demand on the other, we must make
our available machinery more efficient, by in-
creasing the efficiency of the operators, and we
must do all we can to increase the use of labor
saving devices. Unless we can do this we shall
not be able to adjust our industry to the new
conditions of war.
The Player-Piano of
Ultimate Type!
The general ideas of simplicity, fool-proofness, leaklessness, easy
pumping, and so on, which have from the beginning characterized the
remarkable production known as
The M. Schulz Company
Player-Piano
have been steadfastly adhered to during seven years of unexampled
commercial and technical success. Of this player-piano it may truly
be said, whatever may be said truly of any other, that it has proved
itself to be:
The Lightest Pumper The Most Popularly Appealing
The Least Troublesome
The Best Seller
that has appeared as yet on the market; making all allowances and
balancing all probabilities on either side.
This wonderful record, which we can prove, is mainly due to the
splendid technical points of Schulz construction, and especially to the
Sure-Seat Valve (Single
System) never leaks, never
sticks, never stops working.
and to the
Wonderful Walk-Step
Pedals and Bellows-System
producing highest vacuum
with least effort.
Other constructional refinements of equal significance are set forth,
for your benefit, in the SCHULZ
PLAYER
BOOK which
we ask )) ou t° let us ^nd you. It is a pocket player encyclopedia.
We have a Real Dealer proposition that you
would like to know about. Suppose you write us.
M. SCHULZ COMPANY
Established 1869
General Offices
Schulz Building
3 Factories in
711 Milwaukee Ave.
CHICAGO
CHICAGO
Southern Wholesale Branch
1530 Candler Bldg.
ATLANTA, GA.
FEBRUARY 23, 1918
MAKING PLAYER ACTION PARTS
New Department in Strauch Factory, New York
—Many Automatic Machines Place Strauch
Bros, in Position to Turn Out These Parts
Economically for Player Action Makers
A new department has been installed in the
extensive factory of Strauch Bros., 22 Tenth
avenue, New York, in which particular atten-
tion is how being given to the manufacturing
of parts for player actions. For some time past
the executives of this concern have been making
a thorough study of the development of the
player action business, and have familiarized
themselves with the requirements of manufac-
turers who produce player actions.
Already several representative manufacturers
have placed good-sized orders with Strauch
Bros, for various parts to be used in their player
action. The Strauch factory is particularly well
equipped for this kind of work. A large num-
ber of automatic machines, some of which make
as many as nine distinct operations in the turn-
ing out and finishing of a small part, have been
perfected by the Strauch mechanical experts and
are in daily use. Besides this Strauch Bros,
have also the facilities for storing a vast quan-
tity of well seasoned lumber, and have at their
command other necessities which enter into the
construction of player action parts, so that lit-
tle delay is caused in turning out this work.
Another feature is the fact that the working
force is made up of many old-time piano action
manufacturers, who are skilled in the careful
production of many intricate parts similar in con-
struction to those which are necessary in a
player action.
Albert T. Strauch stated to a representative
of The Review this week: "We have found that
we can be of service to a great many player
action manufacturers and piano manufacturers
who make their own player actions by supplying
them with certain parts for their actions more
economically than they can make them them-
selves. We are now doing this for several large
concerns, and would be very glad to hear from
others. Any manufacturer who has any player
action parts which he would care to have made
will, T am sure, find it profitable to consult us.
and we will be very glad to submit estimates,
but would like to have the manufacturer send
us a sample so that we can judge accurately
just what the cost will be."
AUTOMATIC PATENT GRANTED
Device Patented Relative to the Construction of
Automatic Players
WASHINGTON, D. C, February 18.—The Rudolph
Wurlitzer Mfg. Co., North Tonawanda, N. Y.,
are the owners through assignment by Elmer L.
Ouchie, Detroit, Mich., of Patent No. 1,252,479
for an automatic musical instrument.
This invention relates to keyed musical in-
struments, such as pianos, which are adapted to
be played either automatically or manually, and
more particularly to an instrument of this kind
in which a plurality of trackers and music sheets
are employed.
One object of the invention is the provision
of an efficient and reliable instrument of this
character which is capable of playing continu-
ously, and which permits the operator to start
or stop either of the music sheets at will.
Further objects of the invention are to pro-
vide simple and reliable means for cutting off
one tracker from the wind chest while the other
is in service, and to improve the construction of
the instrument in various other respects.
HOLD ANNUAL MEETING
GRAND RAPIDS, MICH., February 18.—The an-
nual meeting of the National Piano Manufac-
turing Co. of this city was held last week, and
an excellent report was made regarding" busi-
ness for 1917. Walter Ioor was re-elected presi-
dent, Joseph Renihan vice-president, and S. D.
Thompson secretary-treasurer.
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