Music Trade Review
Issue: 1918 Vol. 67 N. 12 - Page 47
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THE
SEPTEMBER 21, 1918
MUSIC
TRADE
47
REVIEW
beautiful. And what is more, it is more durable
and much easier to work. The more figure
Some Suggestions Along This Line Which Will we have in mahogany, the more danger there is
Appeal to Piano Manufacturers—Shortage of of it checking; but this does not apply to gum.
Mahogany Will Doubtless Create a Great De- Well-figured gum is as beautiful as crotch ma-
hogany, without the characteristics of the lat-
mand for Gum, Finished in Mahogany Color
ter, which make it check so easily.
In mahoganiziug this wood care should be
Gum, like oak, is valuable not only because of
its beautiful figure and enduring qualities, but taken to make it the correct color—that is, the
also because of the great variety of finishes color of mahogany, and not a red color. Ma-
into which it can be made. It is very seldom hogany is not red, notwithstanding the fact that
that we think of finishing oak natural, and no much of this wood is stained that color. The
matter what color we make it, it remains oak natural color of mahogany is saffron, and when
still; and we never think of giving it any other we stain it we should merely deepen and en-
name. We may call it "golden" oak, "fumed" rich that color, being careful not to get it too
oak, "Flemish" oak or "weathered" oak, but it deep and dark. It is this deep-saffron color
remains essentially oak. These different fin- that 1 have in mind when 1 speak of mahoganiz-
ishes are made to meet the requirements of va- ing gum. It is difficult to give specific direc-
rious tastes, aa some have a preference for one tions for making the color, as stain powders
differ greatly, but we might suggest a basis
and some for another. It is the adaptability of
oak to the demands which varying tastes make from which to work. Mahogany powders are
upon it that has made it the most popular cab- usually put up in two colors, i. e., red and
brown. A stain prepared with one part red
inet wood for a third of a century.
and
ten parts brown should come pretty close
I know a great deal has been said and written
about finishing gum as gum—that is, finishing to producing the desired result, after being
it natural, or leaving it as near the natural color dissolved in the required amount of water.
Gum does not require to be •tilled, but when
as possible. But it is not necessary to finish
gum natural in order for it to retain its natural it is finished in mahogany color the priming
characteristics, any more than it is necessary to coat should be shellac. We cannot advise the
finish oak natural in order to achieve the same use of a pigment surfacer for this work. It
result. Gum is capable of being finished in a will stand to be either highly polished or dull-
great many different ways, and it was this fact rubbed.
This is not the only color in which this wood
that brought it into general use as an imitator
of expensive imported woods long before its can be finished, as it looks beautiful in a nice
clear brown. This is not to imitate walnut,
real value as gum was realized.
Mahogany is a beautiful wood, but well-fig- although it can be made with a walnut-brown
ured gum, finished in mahogany color, is more powder dissolved in water, or from walnut crys-
tals prepared in the same way.
MAHOGANIZING GUM
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.
Send for sample set
and prices
American Musical Supply Go.
451 Communipaw Avenue, Jersey City, N. J.
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
C.F. G0EPEL*C0
137 E A S T I3 T ^ ST.
NE. W.YORK
the ribs and framework, and finally in the wing
parts, but built-up squares for turning and built-
up items in varying thicknesses of the units
from one-inch down to the thinnest veneer. It
is all built-up work, but now and then one
desires to distinguish between veneer work and
the other.
One time, in the question of freight classifi-
cation, something was said of one-sixteenth-inch
WHEN IS VENEER NOT VENEER?
as a sort of basing line in thickness for a classi-
fication between lumber and veneer. There is
There Is an Increasing Need for a Line of
much veneer cut thicker than one-sixteenth-
Demarcation Between Veneer and Lumber
inch, however, some of it four times as thick,
and
more. On the other hand, thin resawed
We are coming to the time in connection with
stock
is used for built-up work, so it will not
built-up work where there will be involved a
be
as
easy
as it looks to say what is veneer and
question of distinguishing between what is
what
is
lumber
in the confusion of built-up work.
termed veneer and what is termed lumber. We
have to-day a great deal of built-up work from Maybe it is not vitally important, anyway, but
one-inch lumber and other built-up work of ve- just the same, we are coming to the question
neer, on down to one-quarter-inch and finally of when built-up work is veneer, and shall
to one-tenth and to one-twentieth-inch and have to decide it some day.
thinner. Some of it is plainly built-up veneer,
Consult the universal Want Directory of
while some of it is plainly built-up lumber.
The question is, where will we strike the di- The Review. In it advertisements are inserted
viding line so as to distinguish between lumber free of charge for men who desire positions.
and veneer.
There is not only the conspicuous example of
built-up work in airplane propellers, then in
GEO. W. BRAUNSDORF, Inc.
Toners' Trade
Manufacturers ol
Solicited
PAPER, FELT AND CLOTH PUNCHINGS
BRIDLE STRAPS, FIBRE WASHERS AND BRIDGES
FOR PIANOS, ORGANS AND PLAYER ACTIONS
«rd Ie .n o d r p"?. pl H.t
Office and Factory: 428 East 53d Street, New York
WESSELL, NICKEL & GROSS
MANUFACTURERS OF
Why waste your time and go to the
expense of scraping off old varnish and
shellac?
Use Behlen's Varnish Crack Eradica-
tor instead.
Once tried it is always used, because
it always gives satisfactory results.
PIANO
ACTIONS
Send for a sample can today and try it.
HIGHEST GRADE
ONE GRADE ONLY
n Anilines
Behlen
& Bro.
^xSN^ -Stains
OFFICE
457 WEST FORTY-FIFTH ST.
FACTORIES—WEST FORTY-FIFTH ST.
Tenth Avenue and West Forty-Sixth Street
NEW YORK
Shellacs "S^^ 1 Fillers
3 7 1 PEARL ST., NEW YORK
A. C. CHENEY PIANO ACTION CO.
Mo n ..ffo A «»^^c : ^t j PNEUMATIC ACTIONS FOR PLAYER-PIANOS
Manufacturers of j HIGH-GRADF PIANOFORTF ACTIONS
f A ^ T I F T O M 1 W W VHDK
CA^lLfclUN, NkW YUKK
THE
SEPTEMBER 21, 1918
MUSIC
TRADE
47
REVIEW
beautiful. And what is more, it is more durable
and much easier to work. The more figure
Some Suggestions Along This Line Which Will we have in mahogany, the more danger there is
Appeal to Piano Manufacturers—Shortage of of it checking; but this does not apply to gum.
Mahogany Will Doubtless Create a Great De- Well-figured gum is as beautiful as crotch ma-
hogany, without the characteristics of the lat-
mand for Gum, Finished in Mahogany Color
ter, which make it check so easily.
In mahoganiziug this wood care should be
Gum, like oak, is valuable not only because of
its beautiful figure and enduring qualities, but taken to make it the correct color—that is, the
also because of the great variety of finishes color of mahogany, and not a red color. Ma-
into which it can be made. It is very seldom hogany is not red, notwithstanding the fact that
that we think of finishing oak natural, and no much of this wood is stained that color. The
matter what color we make it, it remains oak natural color of mahogany is saffron, and when
still; and we never think of giving it any other we stain it we should merely deepen and en-
name. We may call it "golden" oak, "fumed" rich that color, being careful not to get it too
oak, "Flemish" oak or "weathered" oak, but it deep and dark. It is this deep-saffron color
remains essentially oak. These different fin- that 1 have in mind when 1 speak of mahoganiz-
ishes are made to meet the requirements of va- ing gum. It is difficult to give specific direc-
rious tastes, aa some have a preference for one tions for making the color, as stain powders
differ greatly, but we might suggest a basis
and some for another. It is the adaptability of
oak to the demands which varying tastes make from which to work. Mahogany powders are
upon it that has made it the most popular cab- usually put up in two colors, i. e., red and
brown. A stain prepared with one part red
inet wood for a third of a century.
and
ten parts brown should come pretty close
I know a great deal has been said and written
about finishing gum as gum—that is, finishing to producing the desired result, after being
it natural, or leaving it as near the natural color dissolved in the required amount of water.
Gum does not require to be •tilled, but when
as possible. But it is not necessary to finish
gum natural in order for it to retain its natural it is finished in mahogany color the priming
characteristics, any more than it is necessary to coat should be shellac. We cannot advise the
finish oak natural in order to achieve the same use of a pigment surfacer for this work. It
result. Gum is capable of being finished in a will stand to be either highly polished or dull-
great many different ways, and it was this fact rubbed.
This is not the only color in which this wood
that brought it into general use as an imitator
of expensive imported woods long before its can be finished, as it looks beautiful in a nice
clear brown. This is not to imitate walnut,
real value as gum was realized.
Mahogany is a beautiful wood, but well-fig- although it can be made with a walnut-brown
ured gum, finished in mahogany color, is more powder dissolved in water, or from walnut crys-
tals prepared in the same way.
MAHOGANIZING GUM
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.
Send for sample set
and prices
American Musical Supply Go.
451 Communipaw Avenue, Jersey City, N. J.
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
C.F. G0EPEL*C0
137 E A S T I3 T ^ ST.
NE. W.YORK
the ribs and framework, and finally in the wing
parts, but built-up squares for turning and built-
up items in varying thicknesses of the units
from one-inch down to the thinnest veneer. It
is all built-up work, but now and then one
desires to distinguish between veneer work and
the other.
One time, in the question of freight classifi-
cation, something was said of one-sixteenth-inch
WHEN IS VENEER NOT VENEER?
as a sort of basing line in thickness for a classi-
fication between lumber and veneer. There is
There Is an Increasing Need for a Line of
much veneer cut thicker than one-sixteenth-
Demarcation Between Veneer and Lumber
inch, however, some of it four times as thick,
and
more. On the other hand, thin resawed
We are coming to the time in connection with
stock
is used for built-up work, so it will not
built-up work where there will be involved a
be
as
easy
as it looks to say what is veneer and
question of distinguishing between what is
what
is
lumber
in the confusion of built-up work.
termed veneer and what is termed lumber. We
have to-day a great deal of built-up work from Maybe it is not vitally important, anyway, but
one-inch lumber and other built-up work of ve- just the same, we are coming to the question
neer, on down to one-quarter-inch and finally of when built-up work is veneer, and shall
to one-tenth and to one-twentieth-inch and have to decide it some day.
thinner. Some of it is plainly built-up veneer,
Consult the universal Want Directory of
while some of it is plainly built-up lumber.
The question is, where will we strike the di- The Review. In it advertisements are inserted
viding line so as to distinguish between lumber free of charge for men who desire positions.
and veneer.
There is not only the conspicuous example of
built-up work in airplane propellers, then in
GEO. W. BRAUNSDORF, Inc.
Toners' Trade
Manufacturers ol
Solicited
PAPER, FELT AND CLOTH PUNCHINGS
BRIDLE STRAPS, FIBRE WASHERS AND BRIDGES
FOR PIANOS, ORGANS AND PLAYER ACTIONS
«rd Ie .n o d r p"?. pl H.t
Office and Factory: 428 East 53d Street, New York
WESSELL, NICKEL & GROSS
MANUFACTURERS OF
Why waste your time and go to the
expense of scraping off old varnish and
shellac?
Use Behlen's Varnish Crack Eradica-
tor instead.
Once tried it is always used, because
it always gives satisfactory results.
PIANO
ACTIONS
Send for a sample can today and try it.
HIGHEST GRADE
ONE GRADE ONLY
n Anilines
Behlen
& Bro.
^xSN^ -Stains
OFFICE
457 WEST FORTY-FIFTH ST.
FACTORIES—WEST FORTY-FIFTH ST.
Tenth Avenue and West Forty-Sixth Street
NEW YORK
Shellacs "S^^ 1 Fillers
3 7 1 PEARL ST., NEW YORK
A. C. CHENEY PIANO ACTION CO.
Mo n ..ffo A «»^^c : ^t j PNEUMATIC ACTIONS FOR PLAYER-PIANOS
Manufacturers of j HIGH-GRADF PIANOFORTF ACTIONS
f A ^ T I F T O M 1 W W VHDK
CA^lLfclUN, NkW YUKK
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