Music Trade Review
Issue: 1918 Vol. 67 N. 23 - Page 14
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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
14
OUR TECHNICAL DEPARTMENT
(Continued from page 13)
of a wheel run in towards the hub. The hub in
this case is the highest point at the apex of
the under-felt. When I speak of pushing the
needles down to the bottom of the top felt I
mean literally what is said; namely, that the
needle strokes should penetrate the top felt, and
slop just where the latter closes over the col-
ored under felt.
The question arises, of course, concerning the
number of needle stitches to be given, and the
answer is that this depends entirely upon the
hardness of the top-felt in the first place. The
object is to make the felt cushion hard enough
outside, and soft enough inside, to produce a
clean tone without hardness or mushiness.
Skill and experience, with a good ear, are the
main requisites here, and skill principally means
ability to soften the inside felt without breaking
up the fibres. It expresses itself in a firm de-
termination never to "pick up" or dig up the felt,
but to dig into it, avoiding the crown.
Mr. Haldeman has sent me two hammers, with
a request that I needle them for him as ex-
amples. Very well, brother, it shall in due time
be did, provided you will remember that I am a
fearfully busy person.
Communications for this department should
be addressed to William Braid White, care The
Music Trade Review, 373 Fourth avenue, New
York, N. Y.
C. L. CLARK KILLED IN ACTION
TWIN CITY TRADE IMPROVING
Former Piano Man of Syracuse, N. Y., Falls
In Battle at Sedan—First of Clark Music Co.
Men to Meet Death In Battle
High-Grade Instruments Greatly in Demand—
Rush at Foster & Waldo's—Dyer & Co. Re-
port Active Business—News of the Week
SYRACUSE, N. Y., December 2.—Bugler Clarence
L. Clark, son of Mr. and Mrs. George W. Clark,
of this city, and brother of Melville A. Clark,
general manager of the Clark Music Co., was
Clarence L. Clark
killed in action in France on October 19, ac-
cording to advices just received here. Bugler
Clark was a member of the 132nd Infantry, 78th
Division, which made such a brilliant record in
the battle of Sedan. Mr. Clark was a graduate
of Somes School, Aurora, and of the Staunton
Military Academy, Staunton, Va. Before enter-
ing the military service he was a piano sales-
man with the Clark Music Co. He is survived
by his brother Melville, and two other brothers,
Ernest H. and Arthur G. Clark, as well as three
sisters.
He is the first member of the Clark Music Co.
staff to lose his life in the war, although twelve
employes of the company are in the service.
Those members of the Clark Music Co. who
have remained at home have been 100 per cent,
in all war activities, including the Liberty Loan
and Thrift Stamp drives and the War Chest
Campaign.
Melville A. Clark, general manager of the
company, is now acting as captain of the Gen-
eral Committee of the Onondaga County De-
fense League.
Miss Lucile Lewis has joined the staff of the
musical department of the Scott & Hart store,
Terre Haute, Ind.
ST.
PAUL and
MINNEAPOLIS, MINN., December
2.—Ice has formed on some of the Minnesota
lakes and some snow has fallen, but the ice is
very thin and the snow is very scant, so that the
general weather has been anything but wintry,
such as the business men have been praying for
in order to have the meteorological conditions
seasonable. But despite the failure of nature
to produce snow and ice in winter quantities,
business has greatly improved.
Houses which handle high-grade pianos and
high-class players are in clover, for they are
doing business in all directions. It is about as
easy these days to sell a $1,000 player-piano as
it was five years ago to sell a $200 upright.
Nearly every piano house in the Twin Cities
expects to establish a record in December.
Foster & Waldo, Minneapolis, were so beset
with customers last Saturday that Robert Fos-
ter contemplated shutting the doors so as to
prevent a crush inside and also to prevent pos-
sible sales from getting away. As a matter
of fact the three floors occupied by the house
very much resembled the bargain aisles of a
department store for several hours Saturday
afternoon and evening.
"We arc having excellent success from our ef-
forts," said the head of W. J. Dyer & Co. "I
don't recall the time when business was more
satisfactory. Our people are at ease now and
with all restraint lifted it is but natural to ex-
pect that retail trade will be most prosperous
for some time to come."
The Dyer's sales last week included a Foto-
player to a motion picture house in Eveleth,
price, $4,250; a Fotoplayer to a motion picture
theatre in Bismarck, N. D., price, $3,000; a Duo-
Art at $2,800, and five Steinway grand pianos.
Word has been received from the army train-
ing camps that two Dyer employes will rejoin
the sales staff within a week, and that the return
of a third is more than probable. This in-
formation is highly encouraging as all the young
men are well trained in Dyer traditions and
hardly could be replaced in time to give much
real help during the holiday bustle.
Elmer A. Brooks, after a quick scout around
among the Middle West piano factories, is back
with the promise of some pianos for immediate
shipment. The last Ampico in stock was sold
last week, and there are patrons anxiously await-
ing the arrival of another lot. It is a pleasure
to note that a shipment is on the way.
DECEMBER 7, 1918
SHORTENING CONSERVATION LISTS
War Trade Board Announces the Continuance
of Certain Restrictions on Exports Made Nec-
essary Through Shortage of Shipping Space
and Other Conditions—Trading With the
Enemy Act Still in Full Force and Effect
WASHINGTON, D. C, December 2.—The changed
situation arising out of the signing of the armis-
tice makes it possible for the War Trade Board
to alter many of their regulations governing the
exportation of certain commodities which the
continuance of the war has heretofore made it
necessary to conserve much more strictly than
present circumstances require.
For the war
needs of the United States and the Allies, the War
Trade Board have limited the exportation of
many commodities which may now be spared
for general export trade, as they are no longer
needed for war purposes. In pursuance of this
policy the War Trade Board are now revising
as rapidly as possible their rules of conserva-
tion, and in conformity with such revision the
Conservation List will be materially abbreviated.
The War Trade Board are now in a position to
grant many export licenses which heretofore
have been refused for reasons of conservation.
There are now, and for some time to come
there will be, certain commodities the exporta-
tion of which must be carefully controlled be-
cause of the general world shortage, but even
for the exportation of these commodities li-
censes will be granted as freely as possible. The
issuance of licenses will be greatly facilitated if
exporters will state on their applications
whether the licenses are required for business
which is actually in hand, subject to export li-
cense, together with the dates of their orders.
In connection with the foregoing, exporters
should be advised that, while it is no longer nec-
essary to conserve commodities for war pur-
poses, it may become necessary to regulate the
exportation of certain commodities essential to
the rehabilitation of Europe and Siberia; and ex-
porters should be further advised that it may
become necessary to place restrictions upon the
exportation of bulky commodities by reason of
the scarcity of tonnage available. The return
of troops, the carriage of supplies for troops
not yet returned, and the carriage of commod-
ities required for the relief and reconstruction
abroad make demands upon the world's tonnage
of such magnitude that it is impossible as yet
to determine when there will be an increase in
the tonnage engaged in unregulated trade. Ton-
nage continues to be the controlling factor, and
when reconstruction is well under way it may
become necessary to subject certain raw mate-
rials to rationing.
The War Trade Board also call the attention
of exporters to the fact that the Trading with
the Enemy Act still remains in full force.
OPENS NEW MUSIC STORE
The Oregon Music Co., of Astoria, Ore., has
opened a music store in the Zapi Building, un-
der the management of E. E. Lacy, where a
complete line of musical instruments will be
carried. The firm has a number of stores in
Oregon and Washington.
Miss Gladys Lawton has been appointed
cashier with the M. Steinert & Sons Piano Co.,
Main street, Athol, Mass.
C. D. ADAMSJN FRANCE
Pianos and Player-Pianos
of Superior Quality
Moderately Priced and Easy to Sell
Don't fail to invtigat*
444-448 Weit 13th St.
N*w York
C. D. Adams, son of W. H. Adams, connected
with the J. W. Jenkins' Sons Music Co., has
been in France for some time as a member of
the hospital corps.
Young Mr. Adams was
also in the employ of the Jenkins firm before
he enlisted.
Consult the universal Want Directory of
The Review. In it advertisements are inserted
free of charge for men who desire positions
of any kind.
A Leader tvith Talking Points that
Convince
OTTO WISSNER, Inc.
55 and 57 Flatbuah AT*.
BROOKLYN
THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
14
OUR TECHNICAL DEPARTMENT
(Continued from page 13)
of a wheel run in towards the hub. The hub in
this case is the highest point at the apex of
the under-felt. When I speak of pushing the
needles down to the bottom of the top felt I
mean literally what is said; namely, that the
needle strokes should penetrate the top felt, and
slop just where the latter closes over the col-
ored under felt.
The question arises, of course, concerning the
number of needle stitches to be given, and the
answer is that this depends entirely upon the
hardness of the top-felt in the first place. The
object is to make the felt cushion hard enough
outside, and soft enough inside, to produce a
clean tone without hardness or mushiness.
Skill and experience, with a good ear, are the
main requisites here, and skill principally means
ability to soften the inside felt without breaking
up the fibres. It expresses itself in a firm de-
termination never to "pick up" or dig up the felt,
but to dig into it, avoiding the crown.
Mr. Haldeman has sent me two hammers, with
a request that I needle them for him as ex-
amples. Very well, brother, it shall in due time
be did, provided you will remember that I am a
fearfully busy person.
Communications for this department should
be addressed to William Braid White, care The
Music Trade Review, 373 Fourth avenue, New
York, N. Y.
C. L. CLARK KILLED IN ACTION
TWIN CITY TRADE IMPROVING
Former Piano Man of Syracuse, N. Y., Falls
In Battle at Sedan—First of Clark Music Co.
Men to Meet Death In Battle
High-Grade Instruments Greatly in Demand—
Rush at Foster & Waldo's—Dyer & Co. Re-
port Active Business—News of the Week
SYRACUSE, N. Y., December 2.—Bugler Clarence
L. Clark, son of Mr. and Mrs. George W. Clark,
of this city, and brother of Melville A. Clark,
general manager of the Clark Music Co., was
Clarence L. Clark
killed in action in France on October 19, ac-
cording to advices just received here. Bugler
Clark was a member of the 132nd Infantry, 78th
Division, which made such a brilliant record in
the battle of Sedan. Mr. Clark was a graduate
of Somes School, Aurora, and of the Staunton
Military Academy, Staunton, Va. Before enter-
ing the military service he was a piano sales-
man with the Clark Music Co. He is survived
by his brother Melville, and two other brothers,
Ernest H. and Arthur G. Clark, as well as three
sisters.
He is the first member of the Clark Music Co.
staff to lose his life in the war, although twelve
employes of the company are in the service.
Those members of the Clark Music Co. who
have remained at home have been 100 per cent,
in all war activities, including the Liberty Loan
and Thrift Stamp drives and the War Chest
Campaign.
Melville A. Clark, general manager of the
company, is now acting as captain of the Gen-
eral Committee of the Onondaga County De-
fense League.
Miss Lucile Lewis has joined the staff of the
musical department of the Scott & Hart store,
Terre Haute, Ind.
ST.
PAUL and
MINNEAPOLIS, MINN., December
2.—Ice has formed on some of the Minnesota
lakes and some snow has fallen, but the ice is
very thin and the snow is very scant, so that the
general weather has been anything but wintry,
such as the business men have been praying for
in order to have the meteorological conditions
seasonable. But despite the failure of nature
to produce snow and ice in winter quantities,
business has greatly improved.
Houses which handle high-grade pianos and
high-class players are in clover, for they are
doing business in all directions. It is about as
easy these days to sell a $1,000 player-piano as
it was five years ago to sell a $200 upright.
Nearly every piano house in the Twin Cities
expects to establish a record in December.
Foster & Waldo, Minneapolis, were so beset
with customers last Saturday that Robert Fos-
ter contemplated shutting the doors so as to
prevent a crush inside and also to prevent pos-
sible sales from getting away. As a matter
of fact the three floors occupied by the house
very much resembled the bargain aisles of a
department store for several hours Saturday
afternoon and evening.
"We arc having excellent success from our ef-
forts," said the head of W. J. Dyer & Co. "I
don't recall the time when business was more
satisfactory. Our people are at ease now and
with all restraint lifted it is but natural to ex-
pect that retail trade will be most prosperous
for some time to come."
The Dyer's sales last week included a Foto-
player to a motion picture house in Eveleth,
price, $4,250; a Fotoplayer to a motion picture
theatre in Bismarck, N. D., price, $3,000; a Duo-
Art at $2,800, and five Steinway grand pianos.
Word has been received from the army train-
ing camps that two Dyer employes will rejoin
the sales staff within a week, and that the return
of a third is more than probable. This in-
formation is highly encouraging as all the young
men are well trained in Dyer traditions and
hardly could be replaced in time to give much
real help during the holiday bustle.
Elmer A. Brooks, after a quick scout around
among the Middle West piano factories, is back
with the promise of some pianos for immediate
shipment. The last Ampico in stock was sold
last week, and there are patrons anxiously await-
ing the arrival of another lot. It is a pleasure
to note that a shipment is on the way.
DECEMBER 7, 1918
SHORTENING CONSERVATION LISTS
War Trade Board Announces the Continuance
of Certain Restrictions on Exports Made Nec-
essary Through Shortage of Shipping Space
and Other Conditions—Trading With the
Enemy Act Still in Full Force and Effect
WASHINGTON, D. C, December 2.—The changed
situation arising out of the signing of the armis-
tice makes it possible for the War Trade Board
to alter many of their regulations governing the
exportation of certain commodities which the
continuance of the war has heretofore made it
necessary to conserve much more strictly than
present circumstances require.
For the war
needs of the United States and the Allies, the War
Trade Board have limited the exportation of
many commodities which may now be spared
for general export trade, as they are no longer
needed for war purposes. In pursuance of this
policy the War Trade Board are now revising
as rapidly as possible their rules of conserva-
tion, and in conformity with such revision the
Conservation List will be materially abbreviated.
The War Trade Board are now in a position to
grant many export licenses which heretofore
have been refused for reasons of conservation.
There are now, and for some time to come
there will be, certain commodities the exporta-
tion of which must be carefully controlled be-
cause of the general world shortage, but even
for the exportation of these commodities li-
censes will be granted as freely as possible. The
issuance of licenses will be greatly facilitated if
exporters will state on their applications
whether the licenses are required for business
which is actually in hand, subject to export li-
cense, together with the dates of their orders.
In connection with the foregoing, exporters
should be advised that, while it is no longer nec-
essary to conserve commodities for war pur-
poses, it may become necessary to regulate the
exportation of certain commodities essential to
the rehabilitation of Europe and Siberia; and ex-
porters should be further advised that it may
become necessary to place restrictions upon the
exportation of bulky commodities by reason of
the scarcity of tonnage available. The return
of troops, the carriage of supplies for troops
not yet returned, and the carriage of commod-
ities required for the relief and reconstruction
abroad make demands upon the world's tonnage
of such magnitude that it is impossible as yet
to determine when there will be an increase in
the tonnage engaged in unregulated trade. Ton-
nage continues to be the controlling factor, and
when reconstruction is well under way it may
become necessary to subject certain raw mate-
rials to rationing.
The War Trade Board also call the attention
of exporters to the fact that the Trading with
the Enemy Act still remains in full force.
OPENS NEW MUSIC STORE
The Oregon Music Co., of Astoria, Ore., has
opened a music store in the Zapi Building, un-
der the management of E. E. Lacy, where a
complete line of musical instruments will be
carried. The firm has a number of stores in
Oregon and Washington.
Miss Gladys Lawton has been appointed
cashier with the M. Steinert & Sons Piano Co.,
Main street, Athol, Mass.
C. D. ADAMSJN FRANCE
Pianos and Player-Pianos
of Superior Quality
Moderately Priced and Easy to Sell
Don't fail to invtigat*
444-448 Weit 13th St.
N*w York
C. D. Adams, son of W. H. Adams, connected
with the J. W. Jenkins' Sons Music Co., has
been in France for some time as a member of
the hospital corps.
Young Mr. Adams was
also in the employ of the Jenkins firm before
he enlisted.
Consult the universal Want Directory of
The Review. In it advertisements are inserted
free of charge for men who desire positions
of any kind.
A Leader tvith Talking Points that
Convince
OTTO WISSNER, Inc.
55 and 57 Flatbuah AT*.
BROOKLYN
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