Music Trade Review
Issue: 1919 Vol. 68 N. 6 - Page 41
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THE
I'EKKUAKY 8, 1919
MEETING OF SUPPLY ASSOCIATION
Strong Campaign to Increase Membership of
Organization to Be Started at Once
A meeting of the Musical Supply Association
of America was held on Tuesday afternoon of
this week in the offices of the Music Industries
Chamher of Commerce, for the purpose of dis-
cussing general conditions and ways and means
for increasing the memhership of the associa-
tion. Prior to the meeting the president, E. B.
Richardson, with members of the Board of Di-
rectors, had a meeting and luncheon at the Ho-
tel Manhattan.
It appeared to be the desire of the various
members that the association, made up of sup-
ply men, should plan to accomplish definite bene-
fits for that section of the trade which it repre-
sented as well as support the work of the Music
Industries Chamber of Commerce, of which the
supply association is a division member.
George W. Pound, general counsel of the
Chamber of Commerce, thereupon explained at
some length the aims and objects of the central
organization, how the various division members
enjoyed equal representation and equal rights in
that organization and how they were afforded
ar. opportunity, through representation in the
Robert L Kapp Co., Inc.
Makers of
HIGH GRADE
GRAND
UPRIGHT
PLAYER
HAMMERS
Ask for oxir " Super Strong " Hammer, the
sides of which are made double strength
by a special process
767 East 133d Street
NEW YORK
MUSIC
TRADE
REVIEW
Chamber of Commerce, of taking up with repre-
sentatives of other branches of the industry
questions of mutual interest and importance as
they came up.
A direct effort will lie made at once for the
purpose of increasing the membership of the
association to a point where it is representa-
tive of the entire trade, the goal being to have
hity members at the general convention in Chi-
cago in June. With this end in view, the fol-
lowing temporary membership committee was
made permanent; A. L. VVessell, \Y. C. Hess,
J. C. Wickham, V. E. Morton, Win. G. Schaff,
H. C. House and C. G. Cheney.
After the consideration of a number of other
matters the meeting adjourned, with the next
session scheduled for some time in May, the
date to be announced later.
IRON AND STEEL MARKET QUIET
Slight Increase in Buying Reported, With
Prices Holding Firm—Pig Iron and Unfin-
ished Steel Prices Show no Reductions
PITTSRURGH, 1\\., February
1.—Developments
ip the iron and steel market during the last
week have not been very important.
On the
whole there has been slightly more buying dur-
ing the second half of January than during the
lust half, but it has been made clear that the
turn of the year was not to -bring a general re-
vival in buying.
In December there had been
predictions that business would materially im-
prove shortly after the beginning of the year,
but there has never been any basis for expect-
PIANO ACTION MACHINERY
ing a radical change in the iron and steel mar-
ket at this time of the year. Almost invariably
improvement conies in the spring, when there
is opportunity for resumption of outdoor work
ov a large scal'e, and the expectation in the
steel trade now is thftt there will be a mate-
rial improvement in demand in the early spring.
Operating rates vary freely at different mills,
but the generaJ average as a whole appears
to be between (A) and dS per cent. While this
appears to be a low rate, it would really repre-
sent as heavy a rate of production, in actual ton-
lictge, as the average in 1912 and 1913, the two
best tonnage years before the war.
Capacity
increased greatly during the war, but it is prob-
able that when a really well-distributed demand
for steel conies it will engage all the produc-
tive capacity available.
Trices of pig iron, unfinished steel and fin-
ished steel products are holding very firmly,
there being no signs of price cutting by any
producers.
There is no expectation that there
will be any departures from recognized market
prices for some time to come, as there is no
incentive to cut prices, present buyers being
willing to pay prices asked.
The opinion is
growing that eventually there will be material
declines, but only as commodity prices general-
ly recede, and as the cost of living is reduced.
There will hardly be wage declines of conse-
quence until the cost of living is reduced, and it
is far from probable that wage reductions will
be more conspicuous outside the iron and steel
industry proper than within it.
RUBBER BELLOWS CLOTH OF EVERY DESCRIPTION
O i l It S 1 > I X I A 1 , 1 1 1 S
Rubber Cloths and Tubing
Designers and Builders of
For Automatic Pianos and Piano-Players
Special Machines for Special Purposes
L. J. MUTTY
CO.
BOSTON, MASS.
Refer all lu
BRIDGEPORT
CONN.
PIANO & PLAYER
HARDWARE, FELTS & TOOLS
ASK FOR CATALOGUE NO. 178
PHONOGRAPH :: CABINET :: HARDWARE
ASK FOR CATALOGUE NO. 179
Let us quote on your "Special' Parts—we have
excellent facilities for making all manner of
Ironings, Stampings, Small Castings, Wire
Goods, Etc.
HAMMACHER, SCHLEMMER & CO.
NEW YORK SINCE 1848
41
INVISIBLE HINGES
"OUT OF SIGHT
EVER IN MIND"
When you fail to
see an unsightly
Hinge protruding
you know "SOSS"
is the answer.
Soss Hinges
emphasize beautiful
wood finishes as
there is no project-
ing metal on either
side of door.
Made in
numerous sizes.
Send for Catalog "S"
4th AVE. and 13th ST.
SOSS MANUFACTURING CO.
435-443 ATLANTIC AVE. BROOKLYN.N.Y
A. C. CHENEY PIANO ACTION CO.
Manufacturers of
PNEUMATIC ACTIONS FOR PLAYER-PIANOS
HIGH-GRADE PIANOFORTE ACTIONS
CASTLETON, NEW YORK
THE
I'EKKUAKY 8, 1919
MEETING OF SUPPLY ASSOCIATION
Strong Campaign to Increase Membership of
Organization to Be Started at Once
A meeting of the Musical Supply Association
of America was held on Tuesday afternoon of
this week in the offices of the Music Industries
Chamher of Commerce, for the purpose of dis-
cussing general conditions and ways and means
for increasing the memhership of the associa-
tion. Prior to the meeting the president, E. B.
Richardson, with members of the Board of Di-
rectors, had a meeting and luncheon at the Ho-
tel Manhattan.
It appeared to be the desire of the various
members that the association, made up of sup-
ply men, should plan to accomplish definite bene-
fits for that section of the trade which it repre-
sented as well as support the work of the Music
Industries Chamber of Commerce, of which the
supply association is a division member.
George W. Pound, general counsel of the
Chamber of Commerce, thereupon explained at
some length the aims and objects of the central
organization, how the various division members
enjoyed equal representation and equal rights in
that organization and how they were afforded
ar. opportunity, through representation in the
Robert L Kapp Co., Inc.
Makers of
HIGH GRADE
GRAND
UPRIGHT
PLAYER
HAMMERS
Ask for oxir " Super Strong " Hammer, the
sides of which are made double strength
by a special process
767 East 133d Street
NEW YORK
MUSIC
TRADE
REVIEW
Chamber of Commerce, of taking up with repre-
sentatives of other branches of the industry
questions of mutual interest and importance as
they came up.
A direct effort will lie made at once for the
purpose of increasing the membership of the
association to a point where it is representa-
tive of the entire trade, the goal being to have
hity members at the general convention in Chi-
cago in June. With this end in view, the fol-
lowing temporary membership committee was
made permanent; A. L. VVessell, \Y. C. Hess,
J. C. Wickham, V. E. Morton, Win. G. Schaff,
H. C. House and C. G. Cheney.
After the consideration of a number of other
matters the meeting adjourned, with the next
session scheduled for some time in May, the
date to be announced later.
IRON AND STEEL MARKET QUIET
Slight Increase in Buying Reported, With
Prices Holding Firm—Pig Iron and Unfin-
ished Steel Prices Show no Reductions
PITTSRURGH, 1\\., February
1.—Developments
ip the iron and steel market during the last
week have not been very important.
On the
whole there has been slightly more buying dur-
ing the second half of January than during the
lust half, but it has been made clear that the
turn of the year was not to -bring a general re-
vival in buying.
In December there had been
predictions that business would materially im-
prove shortly after the beginning of the year,
but there has never been any basis for expect-
PIANO ACTION MACHINERY
ing a radical change in the iron and steel mar-
ket at this time of the year. Almost invariably
improvement conies in the spring, when there
is opportunity for resumption of outdoor work
ov a large scal'e, and the expectation in the
steel trade now is thftt there will be a mate-
rial improvement in demand in the early spring.
Operating rates vary freely at different mills,
but the generaJ average as a whole appears
to be between (A) and dS per cent. While this
appears to be a low rate, it would really repre-
sent as heavy a rate of production, in actual ton-
lictge, as the average in 1912 and 1913, the two
best tonnage years before the war.
Capacity
increased greatly during the war, but it is prob-
able that when a really well-distributed demand
for steel conies it will engage all the produc-
tive capacity available.
Trices of pig iron, unfinished steel and fin-
ished steel products are holding very firmly,
there being no signs of price cutting by any
producers.
There is no expectation that there
will be any departures from recognized market
prices for some time to come, as there is no
incentive to cut prices, present buyers being
willing to pay prices asked.
The opinion is
growing that eventually there will be material
declines, but only as commodity prices general-
ly recede, and as the cost of living is reduced.
There will hardly be wage declines of conse-
quence until the cost of living is reduced, and it
is far from probable that wage reductions will
be more conspicuous outside the iron and steel
industry proper than within it.
RUBBER BELLOWS CLOTH OF EVERY DESCRIPTION
O i l It S 1 > I X I A 1 , 1 1 1 S
Rubber Cloths and Tubing
Designers and Builders of
For Automatic Pianos and Piano-Players
Special Machines for Special Purposes
L. J. MUTTY
CO.
BOSTON, MASS.
Refer all lu
BRIDGEPORT
CONN.
PIANO & PLAYER
HARDWARE, FELTS & TOOLS
ASK FOR CATALOGUE NO. 178
PHONOGRAPH :: CABINET :: HARDWARE
ASK FOR CATALOGUE NO. 179
Let us quote on your "Special' Parts—we have
excellent facilities for making all manner of
Ironings, Stampings, Small Castings, Wire
Goods, Etc.
HAMMACHER, SCHLEMMER & CO.
NEW YORK SINCE 1848
41
INVISIBLE HINGES
"OUT OF SIGHT
EVER IN MIND"
When you fail to
see an unsightly
Hinge protruding
you know "SOSS"
is the answer.
Soss Hinges
emphasize beautiful
wood finishes as
there is no project-
ing metal on either
side of door.
Made in
numerous sizes.
Send for Catalog "S"
4th AVE. and 13th ST.
SOSS MANUFACTURING CO.
435-443 ATLANTIC AVE. BROOKLYN.N.Y
A. C. CHENEY PIANO ACTION CO.
Manufacturers of
PNEUMATIC ACTIONS FOR PLAYER-PIANOS
HIGH-GRADE PIANOFORTE ACTIONS
CASTLETON, NEW YORK
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