Music Trade Review
Issue: 1920 Vol. 70 N. 25 - Page 75
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THE MUSIC TRADE
JUNE 19, 1920
REVIEW
75
IVORY PRICES HAVE ADVANCED 400 PER CENT SINCE 1914
USING WOOD TO MAKE MUSIC
The War Not Only Stopped Importations of Ivory but Removed the Ivory Hunters From Their
Usual Work—Supply Will Be Short and Prices Will Be High All Through the Year
Important Part Played by Wood in the Manu-
facture of Musical Instruments Set Forth by
the American Forestry Magazine
The recent advance in the price of piano keys
has prompted The Review to inquire into the
conditions prevailing in the ivory market. Ac-
cording to a well-known authority on this sub-
ject, the war not only stopped the commerce
which imported ivory from Africa to Europe
and America, but it also removed the ivory
hunters from their usual haunts and occupa-
tions.
"In spite of every effort," he said this week,
"to facilitate the revival of activity by the hunt-
ers and the traders, hardly 'any ivory has yet
begun to come out from Africa. There are of-
ferings from South Africa, which prove on in-
vestigation to be only three or four little tusks
too small for our trade. Nothing is coming
from East Africa, or from the Soudan yet, and
very little from the Congo.
"Meantime the revival of the manufacturing
industry in Europe and of commerce between
the United States and Europe brought together
at Antwerp in February a swarm of ivory buy-
ers, who bid up the limited quantity available
at the quarterly auction sales to a height un-
precedented. These high prices, however, at the
quarterly sales in February, produced an in-
creased quantity at the quarterly sales in May;
but the bidders were more cautious on account
of the gloomier business outlook, and a large
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 prices
American Musical Supply Co.
451 Communipaw Avenue, Jer*ey City, N. J.
part of the ivory was withdrawn by the sellers,
so that only a limited quantity was produced,
but that was sold at prices lower than the
February sales. It is reported that this apathy
of the buyers and the lower offerings, has had a
discouraging effect on the hunters and traders
in Africa, and that no substantial quantities are
yet in sight. The supply will evidently be very
short all through the year. Present prices in
the primary market are 300 to 400 per cent
higher than in 1913 and 1914."
The next time you go to church or into a
picture show of the modern pattern and listen to
the soft tones of the organ coming from you
know not where ponder what makes these tones,
says the American Forestry Association of
Washington, for these tones in most cases come
from wood.
•
To a Philadelphian goes the credit for discov-
ering the possibilities of getting tones from
wood in this fashion. Strange as it may seem,
the discovery is due to the soft patter of rain
drops on a cedar shingle roof. When Philadel-
A. J. CRAFTS TO MAKE BENCHES
phia's roofs were mostly covered with shingles
Gottlieb Hittelberger listened to the rain fall
Richmond House Adds to Regular Line of and
noted the different sounds and from that he
Pianos and Talking Machines
worked out the pipe organ.
A tremendous industry is founded upon the
RICHMOND, VA., June 7.—The A. J. Crafts Piano
Co. has added to its line the manufacture of use of more than two hundred million feet of
player and duet benches. These two additional wood every year in the manufacture of musical
lines will be added to the regular production of instruments. On this subject the American
pianos and phonographs. The large manufactur- Forestry Magazine says:
ing facilities and fine woodworking machinery of
"Most soft woods listed in this industry do
the Crafts plant assures high quality and a not owe their place to their resonance. Such
steady production of the two new products from soft woods as hemlock, Douglas fir, yellow pine
the very start.
and cypress are demanded for the frames of
large instruments to give the necessary strength
without
too much weight or at too great a cost."
MISS EDITH L. EBBELS MARRIED
Of the hard woods, maple leads all the others,
Daughter of American Piano Supply Co. Official more than forty-five million feet a year being
used. Maple is an all-round wood—an outside
Becomes a Bride
wood for show, an inside wood for strength.
Albert L. Ebbels, of the American Piano Sup- Its chief place is for frames and braces, and its
ply Co., and 'Mrs. Ebbels announce the mar- hardness gives it a special place in piano actions
riage of their daughter, Edith Louise, to Rafael and for the bodies of fine violins.
"In quantity spruce exceeds the other soft
Alfau, on June 12, at the Chapel of the Inter-
woods. Wood consists of fibres which may be
cession, New York.
compared to strings either parallel or interlaced.
Most of those of spruce are parallel, hence their
NEW YORK
fine musical qualities. Most other woods have
WOOD FINISHERS' SUPPLY CO. shorter fibres and they may not be arranged so
that they can vibrate freely, one interfering with
INCORPORATED
another. Oak is a wood of that kind, and it is
B. MEIER, President
poor material for sounding boards for pianos."
Manufacturer*
Powder and Liquid Wood Stains
Wood Fillers, Shellacs, Varnishes
Shellac Substitutes, Paint Specialties
Factory
17-19 Ninth Street
BROOKLYN
Office*
304 Eifhth Avenue
NEW YORK
INVISIBLE HINGES
"OUT OP SIGHT
HEED OUR ADVICE
The man who uses Behlen's Varnish
Crack Eradicator can afford to figure
lower, yet makes more profit on a re-
finishing job, than the man who does
not use it.
The reason—he saves the time, trouble
and expense of scraping off the old var-
nish and shellac and the finished job is
just as satisfactory too—if not more so.
Send for a sample can to-day and try
it.
If. Behlen & BPO.
Shellacs <'•$$?' Fillers
3 7 1 PEARL ST., HtwYORK
EVER IS MIND"
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
celluloid, cloth, felt, fibre,
leather, paper, rubber or
whatever you want, give
us credit and send your
orders to
100
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.
C. F. GOEPEL & CO.
Send for Catalog "S*
137 E. 13th STREET
NEW YORK
SOSS MANUFACTURING CO.
|i
Grand A v e . and Bergen S t . ,
iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiJHiniuuiuiiiiuii
BROOKLYN, N. Y.
THE MUSIC TRADE
JUNE 19, 1920
REVIEW
75
IVORY PRICES HAVE ADVANCED 400 PER CENT SINCE 1914
USING WOOD TO MAKE MUSIC
The War Not Only Stopped Importations of Ivory but Removed the Ivory Hunters From Their
Usual Work—Supply Will Be Short and Prices Will Be High All Through the Year
Important Part Played by Wood in the Manu-
facture of Musical Instruments Set Forth by
the American Forestry Magazine
The recent advance in the price of piano keys
has prompted The Review to inquire into the
conditions prevailing in the ivory market. Ac-
cording to a well-known authority on this sub-
ject, the war not only stopped the commerce
which imported ivory from Africa to Europe
and America, but it also removed the ivory
hunters from their usual haunts and occupa-
tions.
"In spite of every effort," he said this week,
"to facilitate the revival of activity by the hunt-
ers and the traders, hardly 'any ivory has yet
begun to come out from Africa. There are of-
ferings from South Africa, which prove on in-
vestigation to be only three or four little tusks
too small for our trade. Nothing is coming
from East Africa, or from the Soudan yet, and
very little from the Congo.
"Meantime the revival of the manufacturing
industry in Europe and of commerce between
the United States and Europe brought together
at Antwerp in February a swarm of ivory buy-
ers, who bid up the limited quantity available
at the quarterly auction sales to a height un-
precedented. These high prices, however, at the
quarterly sales in February, produced an in-
creased quantity at the quarterly sales in May;
but the bidders were more cautious on account
of the gloomier business outlook, and a large
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 prices
American Musical Supply Co.
451 Communipaw Avenue, Jer*ey City, N. J.
part of the ivory was withdrawn by the sellers,
so that only a limited quantity was produced,
but that was sold at prices lower than the
February sales. It is reported that this apathy
of the buyers and the lower offerings, has had a
discouraging effect on the hunters and traders
in Africa, and that no substantial quantities are
yet in sight. The supply will evidently be very
short all through the year. Present prices in
the primary market are 300 to 400 per cent
higher than in 1913 and 1914."
The next time you go to church or into a
picture show of the modern pattern and listen to
the soft tones of the organ coming from you
know not where ponder what makes these tones,
says the American Forestry Association of
Washington, for these tones in most cases come
from wood.
•
To a Philadelphian goes the credit for discov-
ering the possibilities of getting tones from
wood in this fashion. Strange as it may seem,
the discovery is due to the soft patter of rain
drops on a cedar shingle roof. When Philadel-
A. J. CRAFTS TO MAKE BENCHES
phia's roofs were mostly covered with shingles
Gottlieb Hittelberger listened to the rain fall
Richmond House Adds to Regular Line of and
noted the different sounds and from that he
Pianos and Talking Machines
worked out the pipe organ.
A tremendous industry is founded upon the
RICHMOND, VA., June 7.—The A. J. Crafts Piano
Co. has added to its line the manufacture of use of more than two hundred million feet of
player and duet benches. These two additional wood every year in the manufacture of musical
lines will be added to the regular production of instruments. On this subject the American
pianos and phonographs. The large manufactur- Forestry Magazine says:
ing facilities and fine woodworking machinery of
"Most soft woods listed in this industry do
the Crafts plant assures high quality and a not owe their place to their resonance. Such
steady production of the two new products from soft woods as hemlock, Douglas fir, yellow pine
the very start.
and cypress are demanded for the frames of
large instruments to give the necessary strength
without
too much weight or at too great a cost."
MISS EDITH L. EBBELS MARRIED
Of the hard woods, maple leads all the others,
Daughter of American Piano Supply Co. Official more than forty-five million feet a year being
used. Maple is an all-round wood—an outside
Becomes a Bride
wood for show, an inside wood for strength.
Albert L. Ebbels, of the American Piano Sup- Its chief place is for frames and braces, and its
ply Co., and 'Mrs. Ebbels announce the mar- hardness gives it a special place in piano actions
riage of their daughter, Edith Louise, to Rafael and for the bodies of fine violins.
"In quantity spruce exceeds the other soft
Alfau, on June 12, at the Chapel of the Inter-
woods. Wood consists of fibres which may be
cession, New York.
compared to strings either parallel or interlaced.
Most of those of spruce are parallel, hence their
NEW YORK
fine musical qualities. Most other woods have
WOOD FINISHERS' SUPPLY CO. shorter fibres and they may not be arranged so
that they can vibrate freely, one interfering with
INCORPORATED
another. Oak is a wood of that kind, and it is
B. MEIER, President
poor material for sounding boards for pianos."
Manufacturer*
Powder and Liquid Wood Stains
Wood Fillers, Shellacs, Varnishes
Shellac Substitutes, Paint Specialties
Factory
17-19 Ninth Street
BROOKLYN
Office*
304 Eifhth Avenue
NEW YORK
INVISIBLE HINGES
"OUT OP SIGHT
HEED OUR ADVICE
The man who uses Behlen's Varnish
Crack Eradicator can afford to figure
lower, yet makes more profit on a re-
finishing job, than the man who does
not use it.
The reason—he saves the time, trouble
and expense of scraping off the old var-
nish and shellac and the finished job is
just as satisfactory too—if not more so.
Send for a sample can to-day and try
it.
If. Behlen & BPO.
Shellacs <'•$$?' Fillers
3 7 1 PEARL ST., HtwYORK
EVER IS MIND"
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
celluloid, cloth, felt, fibre,
leather, paper, rubber or
whatever you want, give
us credit and send your
orders to
100
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.
C. F. GOEPEL & CO.
Send for Catalog "S*
137 E. 13th STREET
NEW YORK
SOSS MANUFACTURING CO.
|i
Grand A v e . and Bergen S t . ,
iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiJHiniuuiuiiiiuii
BROOKLYN, N. Y.
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