Music Trade Review
Issue: 1921 Vol. 72 N. 7 - Page 41
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THE
FEBRUARY 12, 1921
MUSIC
TRADE
SUPPLY MEN WANT HEAVY TARIFF
MANY USES FOR SYCAMORE WOOD
Urge That Duty of 45 Per Cent Be Placed Upon
Imports of Various Piano Parts
Now Found Valuable in Many Industries Where
Stiffness in Plywood Is Required
At a meeting of the board of directors of the
Musical Supply Association of America in the
offices of the Music Industries Chamber of
Commerce in New York on February 3 it was
voted to request the Chamber to appear before
the Ways and Means Committee of the House
of Representatives to request 45 per cent duty
on parts of pianos; to advocate the elimination
of present duties on raw ivory; to add "piano-
player actions" to the list of parts as specifically
mentioned in the tariff act, and to add music
wire and recommend a rate of 35 per cent on it.
The board gave specific consideration to wire,
tuning pins, actions and felt and decided that
they were the only supplies which warrant con-
nections with the tariff. It was decided that a
tariff of 45 per cent on piano supplies would ade-
quately cover tuning pins and actions. The
question of felt was left to the wool industry.
The secretary reported that since the January
7 meeting two other concerns have agreed to the
voluntary assessment plan and paid the first two
instalments.
There is a reminder of sycamore and its pos-
sibilities in a special bulletin of the Forest
Service devoted to sycamore and its utilization.
Sycamore, which in pioneer days was not re-
garded as a wood of special value, is to-day
considered one of our important commercial
woods, of special value for some purposes,
among them the making of various musical
instruments.
The annual production of sycamore during
the past five years ranged from about 25,000,000
to 50,000,000 feet. It is pretty widely distributed
over the eastern half of the United States, from
the Great Lakes to the Gulf, and extends down
the western side of the Mississippi Valley into
Texas.
In the earlier days of its commercial uses the
main consumption was in the form of lumber
for tobacco boxes, and this is still scheduled as
a big item in its consumption. The data on
utilization, however, is probably ten years old,
and many things have happened and many shifts
have been made in the wood-working industry
during the past ten years. Sycamore is still
used for tobacco boxes, but some of it is used
for this purpose in the form of veneers, and
quite a lot of the tobacco boxes are made of
gum instead of sycamore. Sycamore enters into
slack cooperage, into furniture, into planing-
mill products, musical instruments, carpet
sweepers and a number of other wooden
products.
Sycamore and beech bear considerable re-
semblance to each other in general appearance
and in the hard, stiff nature of the wood. Or-
dinarily sycamore timber grows from two to
five feet in diameter. There are records of trees
as large as fourteen feet, which makes it the
largest hardwood in the United States. As a
rule, however, the largest trees are hollow, and
even the medium-large timber is. frequently
shaky and more or less defective in the heart.
The soundest lumber is obtained from timber
IMPROVED PACKING FOR BENCHES
BOSTON, MASS., February 5.—The Lansing Sales
Co., of this city, has inaugurated a progressive
innovation in the shipping of piano benches,
which, in the future, are to be shipped in veneer
packing cases similar to those used for Victrolas.
This will be a marked improvement over the
former crates. A. J. Cullen, president of the
company, expects to leave in the very near
future for a trip covering New York, Philadel-
phia and the Middle West.
ELGIN METAL NOVELTY CO.
Manufacturers of Highest Quality
Player-Piano Hardware
Transmissions and Gearings
and Metal Specialties
Special Built Machinery
and Tools
ELGIN
ILLINOIS
41
REVIEW
under twenty inches in diameter, and from
second-growth trees.
Jt is the shaky nature of the larger trees in
sycamore which suggests the advisability of its
wider use for veneer and for small dimension
stock in the furniture trade. Big, sound logs
of sycamore that are shaky will not yield any
great percentage of wide, high-grade lumber, and
a much better utilization of such timber can be
obtained by cutting it into veneer and using it
for the many purposes for which it is adapt-
able, including a number of things from box-
making to face work on furniture, doors and
windows.
GLIDDEN CO. NOW AN INDUSTRY
Its Finishes Now Used on Seventy-five Per
Cent of Pianos, Says Article
]n the January issue of The Sales Manager
appears an article entitled "How the Portfolio
Aids Salesmen," which features some of the sales
principles of the Glidden Co., Cleveland, O. At
the head of the article is a very interesting note
by the editor which reads:
"The history of the Glidden Co. is a story
of achievement. Three years ago Adrian D.
Joyce accepted the presidency of the company,
whose holdings at that time consisted of one
factory. To-day the greater Glidden Co. owns
and controls seventeen. This remarkable achieve-
ment in three years is due to the executive abil-
ity and vision of Mr. Joyce. Although a com-
paratively young man he visualized an institu-
tion that could live up to the slogan, 'Every-
where on everything.' This slogan stands for
truth, inasmuch as the Glidden Co., through
its seventeen factories, twenty-six branches,
four hundred salesmen and several thousand
dealers, now distributes paint and varnish prod-
ucts for everything from a hairpin to an aero-
plane. One of its products, Japalac, is known
the world over, and it is interesting to note that
the company paints sixty-five per cent of all
the automobiles manufactured and seventy-five
per cent of the pianos."
RUBBER BELLOWS CLOTH OF EVERY DESCRIPTION
OUn SPECIALTIES
Rubber Cloths and Tubing
For Automatic Piano* and Plano-Players
L. J . MUTTY CO.
BOSTON, MASS.
Refer all Inquiries |<> I)<-pt. X
INVISIBLE HINGES
"OUT OF SIGHT
HEED OUR ADVICE
Write for a sample can of Behlen's
Varnish Crack Eradicator and try it.
Once you learn how much it means to
you in the saving of time on your refin-
ishing jobs by eliminating the necessity
of scraping off old varnish and shellac,
and how much more satisfactory are
the results, because of the better sur-
face it gives to work on, you, like others
will continue to use it.
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
EVER IN MIND" I
When you fail to
see an unsightly
Hinge protruding
you know "SOSS"
is the answer.
Write to-day.
H. BEHLEN & BRO.
Anilines
Shellacs
Stains
Fillers
10-12 Christopher St., New York
Near 6th Ave., and 8th St.
C. F. GOEPEL & CO.
137 E. 13th STREET
NEW YORK
§
Soss Hinges
emphasize beautiful
wood finishes as
there is no project-
ing metal on either
side of door.
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]
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jj
M
Made in
numerous sizes.
W
jg
Send for Catalog "S" 1
SOSS MANUFACTURING CO.
jH Grand Ave. and Bergen St.,
BROOKLYN, N. Y.
1
THE
FEBRUARY 12, 1921
MUSIC
TRADE
SUPPLY MEN WANT HEAVY TARIFF
MANY USES FOR SYCAMORE WOOD
Urge That Duty of 45 Per Cent Be Placed Upon
Imports of Various Piano Parts
Now Found Valuable in Many Industries Where
Stiffness in Plywood Is Required
At a meeting of the board of directors of the
Musical Supply Association of America in the
offices of the Music Industries Chamber of
Commerce in New York on February 3 it was
voted to request the Chamber to appear before
the Ways and Means Committee of the House
of Representatives to request 45 per cent duty
on parts of pianos; to advocate the elimination
of present duties on raw ivory; to add "piano-
player actions" to the list of parts as specifically
mentioned in the tariff act, and to add music
wire and recommend a rate of 35 per cent on it.
The board gave specific consideration to wire,
tuning pins, actions and felt and decided that
they were the only supplies which warrant con-
nections with the tariff. It was decided that a
tariff of 45 per cent on piano supplies would ade-
quately cover tuning pins and actions. The
question of felt was left to the wool industry.
The secretary reported that since the January
7 meeting two other concerns have agreed to the
voluntary assessment plan and paid the first two
instalments.
There is a reminder of sycamore and its pos-
sibilities in a special bulletin of the Forest
Service devoted to sycamore and its utilization.
Sycamore, which in pioneer days was not re-
garded as a wood of special value, is to-day
considered one of our important commercial
woods, of special value for some purposes,
among them the making of various musical
instruments.
The annual production of sycamore during
the past five years ranged from about 25,000,000
to 50,000,000 feet. It is pretty widely distributed
over the eastern half of the United States, from
the Great Lakes to the Gulf, and extends down
the western side of the Mississippi Valley into
Texas.
In the earlier days of its commercial uses the
main consumption was in the form of lumber
for tobacco boxes, and this is still scheduled as
a big item in its consumption. The data on
utilization, however, is probably ten years old,
and many things have happened and many shifts
have been made in the wood-working industry
during the past ten years. Sycamore is still
used for tobacco boxes, but some of it is used
for this purpose in the form of veneers, and
quite a lot of the tobacco boxes are made of
gum instead of sycamore. Sycamore enters into
slack cooperage, into furniture, into planing-
mill products, musical instruments, carpet
sweepers and a number of other wooden
products.
Sycamore and beech bear considerable re-
semblance to each other in general appearance
and in the hard, stiff nature of the wood. Or-
dinarily sycamore timber grows from two to
five feet in diameter. There are records of trees
as large as fourteen feet, which makes it the
largest hardwood in the United States. As a
rule, however, the largest trees are hollow, and
even the medium-large timber is. frequently
shaky and more or less defective in the heart.
The soundest lumber is obtained from timber
IMPROVED PACKING FOR BENCHES
BOSTON, MASS., February 5.—The Lansing Sales
Co., of this city, has inaugurated a progressive
innovation in the shipping of piano benches,
which, in the future, are to be shipped in veneer
packing cases similar to those used for Victrolas.
This will be a marked improvement over the
former crates. A. J. Cullen, president of the
company, expects to leave in the very near
future for a trip covering New York, Philadel-
phia and the Middle West.
ELGIN METAL NOVELTY CO.
Manufacturers of Highest Quality
Player-Piano Hardware
Transmissions and Gearings
and Metal Specialties
Special Built Machinery
and Tools
ELGIN
ILLINOIS
41
REVIEW
under twenty inches in diameter, and from
second-growth trees.
Jt is the shaky nature of the larger trees in
sycamore which suggests the advisability of its
wider use for veneer and for small dimension
stock in the furniture trade. Big, sound logs
of sycamore that are shaky will not yield any
great percentage of wide, high-grade lumber, and
a much better utilization of such timber can be
obtained by cutting it into veneer and using it
for the many purposes for which it is adapt-
able, including a number of things from box-
making to face work on furniture, doors and
windows.
GLIDDEN CO. NOW AN INDUSTRY
Its Finishes Now Used on Seventy-five Per
Cent of Pianos, Says Article
]n the January issue of The Sales Manager
appears an article entitled "How the Portfolio
Aids Salesmen," which features some of the sales
principles of the Glidden Co., Cleveland, O. At
the head of the article is a very interesting note
by the editor which reads:
"The history of the Glidden Co. is a story
of achievement. Three years ago Adrian D.
Joyce accepted the presidency of the company,
whose holdings at that time consisted of one
factory. To-day the greater Glidden Co. owns
and controls seventeen. This remarkable achieve-
ment in three years is due to the executive abil-
ity and vision of Mr. Joyce. Although a com-
paratively young man he visualized an institu-
tion that could live up to the slogan, 'Every-
where on everything.' This slogan stands for
truth, inasmuch as the Glidden Co., through
its seventeen factories, twenty-six branches,
four hundred salesmen and several thousand
dealers, now distributes paint and varnish prod-
ucts for everything from a hairpin to an aero-
plane. One of its products, Japalac, is known
the world over, and it is interesting to note that
the company paints sixty-five per cent of all
the automobiles manufactured and seventy-five
per cent of the pianos."
RUBBER BELLOWS CLOTH OF EVERY DESCRIPTION
OUn SPECIALTIES
Rubber Cloths and Tubing
For Automatic Piano* and Plano-Players
L. J . MUTTY CO.
BOSTON, MASS.
Refer all Inquiries |<> I)<-pt. X
INVISIBLE HINGES
"OUT OF SIGHT
HEED OUR ADVICE
Write for a sample can of Behlen's
Varnish Crack Eradicator and try it.
Once you learn how much it means to
you in the saving of time on your refin-
ishing jobs by eliminating the necessity
of scraping off old varnish and shellac,
and how much more satisfactory are
the results, because of the better sur-
face it gives to work on, you, like others
will continue to use it.
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
EVER IN MIND" I
When you fail to
see an unsightly
Hinge protruding
you know "SOSS"
is the answer.
Write to-day.
H. BEHLEN & BRO.
Anilines
Shellacs
Stains
Fillers
10-12 Christopher St., New York
Near 6th Ave., and 8th St.
C. F. GOEPEL & CO.
137 E. 13th STREET
NEW YORK
§
Soss Hinges
emphasize beautiful
wood finishes as
there is no project-
ing metal on either
side of door.
m
jj
]
g
jj
M
Made in
numerous sizes.
W
jg
Send for Catalog "S" 1
SOSS MANUFACTURING CO.
jH Grand Ave. and Bergen St.,
BROOKLYN, N. Y.
1
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