Music Trade Review
Issue: 1921 Vol. 73 N. 15 - Page 55
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THE
OCTOBER 8, 1921
MUSIC
TRADE
47
REVIEW
SUPPLY ASS'NDIRECTORS MEET
LUMBER PRICES_FULLY DEFLATED
AIR SEASONING OF WOOD
New Concerns Added to Membership—Publicity
Committee Appointed — Standardization and
Contracts Committees Render Their Reports
Some Interesting Facts on General Conditions
Set Forth by the National Lumber Dealers'
Association of the United States
Extensive Field Study on Air Seasoning of
Wood Organized by Forest Products Labora-
tory—Some Valuable Facts to Be Established
At a well-attended 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 Sep-
tember 29 two new firms were admitted to mem-
bership, the chairman of a publicity committee
was appointed and committee reports were read.
The latest accessions to membership in the
Association are the Wickwire Spencer Steel
Corp,, of Worcester, Mass., and the Tuners'
Supply Co., of Boston.
Charles L. McHugh, of the Standard Action
Co., of Cambridge, Mass., was made chairman
of the new publicity committee. He will select
the other members. The committee will go
into the matter of publicity for the trade papers
and general publicity concerning interesting
facts in regard to the supply trade. It will work
with the membership committee in the prepara-
tion of a concise statement of the benefits of the
Association and of the Chamber. This will be
sent to all members of important supply firms.
The committee on standardization reported
definite progress, particularly in the standardi-
zation of plates. The recommendations of the
board will be given out as soon as certain other
standardizations which should be coupled up
with plates are completed.
Rules to cover relations between buyer and
seller were outlined by the committee on con-
tracts. A suggested form of contract will be
ready to submit to the board for its approval at
the next meeting.
The credit committee reported improvement
in the credit service, which now makes reports
six days after the receipt of a request instead
of ten days, as formerly. Only twelve members
of the Association are not active in the trade
service.
Wholesale lumber prices have been fully de-
flated, according to a recent statement of the
National Lumber Dealers' Association of the
United States. The association points out that
in the lumber industry it has been possible to
reduce labor costs rapidly. Existing high freight
rates are blamed for increases in prices at con-
suming centers.
With a decrease of 9 mills to a total of 371 in
the week ended August 20, the trade barometer
of the National Lumber Manufacturers' Associa-
tion of the United States records an increase of
2,000,000 feet in the lumber production through-
out the country as compared with the week pre-
ceding, but shipments gained close to 5,000,000
feet and new orders 9,500,000 feet, indicating dis-
tinct improvement in the statistical position of
the market. For the first thirty-three weeks of
the year shipments were 9,715,354 feet, or 0.2
per cent below production, and 71,148,000, or 1.4
per cent below orders.
Axel H. Oxholm, chief of the new lumber
division of the Department of Commerce of the
U. S., in his first report on present lumber con-
ditions and the future outlook of the American
lumber industry, soon to be published, declares
that the high grade of American lumber and the
reputation it has established abroad assure its
continued popularity in the world's markets.
The report says that the lumber export trade
of the United States during the past fiscal year
shows a much smaller decrease than that of
any other country and that the stocks of high-
grade American lumber abroad are not unusually
heavy.
In co-operation with the sawmills and wood
utilization plants throughout the United States,
the Forest Products Laboratory, Madison, Wis.,
is organizing an extensive field study on the air
seasoning of wood. This study, it is believed,
will be of much interest to the lumber manu-
facturer and to the wood-using industries. The
purpose is to determine the piling practice which
will result in the fastest drying rates consistent
with the least depreciation of stock, the least
amount of required yard space, and the least
handling costs. The study will be carried on
concurrently on both hard woods and soft woods.
All the important commercial woods of the
United States will eventually receive considera-
tion.
The air seasoning of wood is an old practice.
No systematic attempt has ever been made, how-
ever, to work out the exact conditions under
which drying time and drying costs can be re-
duced to a minimum.
Consult the universal Want Directory of
The Review. In it advertisements are inserted
free of charge for men who desire positions
of any kind.
Established 1853
«.
Charles E. Platte, manager of the Standard
Felt Co.'s hammer factory in Chicago, was a
visitor to the New York headquarters of the
company last week.
PLAYER MANUFACTURERS
ATTENTION!
We make a specialty of Piano and Player-
Piano Hardware, Transmissions and Gears,
Metal Spool Ends, and so forth. We make
only on special order after designs furnished
us or will furnish designs on request.
IVORY SALE AT ANTWERP
Write us your needs.
The third quarterly sale of ivory was held at
Antwerp recently. The quantity offered for
sale amounted to 84,607^ kilos, 76,495 kilos of
which were sold. Good tusks fetched very firm
prices. Soft ivory has fallen 3 to 5 francs for
large tusks. The others held firm.
SYLVESTER TOWER CO.
Grand
CHARLES E. PLATTE A VISITOR
Elgin Metal Novelty Co.
ELGIN
ILLINOIS
and Upright Piano-forte Actions 211" SKSVSKf
.
.
.
.
INVISIBLE HINGES
CAMBRIDGEPORT, MASS
"OUT OF 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
H. BEHLEN & BRO.
Anilines
Shellacs
-
Towers ADov*
All Others
Keys, Actions. Hammers, Brackets and Nickel Rail Famished Complete
1S1 to 147 Broadway
-
Stains
Fillers
EVER IN MIND" 1
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
When you fail to
see an unsightly
Hinge protruding
you know "SOSS"
is the answer.
C. F. GOEPEL & CO.
10-12 Christopher St., New York
137 E. 13th STREET
Near 6th Ave., and 6th St.
NEW YORK
j
Soss Hinges
emphasize beautiful
wood finishes as
there is no project-
ing metal on either
side of door.
=
g
|
m
||
|§
Made in
numerous sizes.
§|
jj
Send for Catalog "S" I
SOSS MANUFACTURING CO.
M Grand Are. and Bergen St.,
lll
BROOKLYN, N. Y.
1
THE
OCTOBER 8, 1921
MUSIC
TRADE
47
REVIEW
SUPPLY ASS'NDIRECTORS MEET
LUMBER PRICES_FULLY DEFLATED
AIR SEASONING OF WOOD
New Concerns Added to Membership—Publicity
Committee Appointed — Standardization and
Contracts Committees Render Their Reports
Some Interesting Facts on General Conditions
Set Forth by the National Lumber Dealers'
Association of the United States
Extensive Field Study on Air Seasoning of
Wood Organized by Forest Products Labora-
tory—Some Valuable Facts to Be Established
At a well-attended 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 Sep-
tember 29 two new firms were admitted to mem-
bership, the chairman of a publicity committee
was appointed and committee reports were read.
The latest accessions to membership in the
Association are the Wickwire Spencer Steel
Corp,, of Worcester, Mass., and the Tuners'
Supply Co., of Boston.
Charles L. McHugh, of the Standard Action
Co., of Cambridge, Mass., was made chairman
of the new publicity committee. He will select
the other members. The committee will go
into the matter of publicity for the trade papers
and general publicity concerning interesting
facts in regard to the supply trade. It will work
with the membership committee in the prepara-
tion of a concise statement of the benefits of the
Association and of the Chamber. This will be
sent to all members of important supply firms.
The committee on standardization reported
definite progress, particularly in the standardi-
zation of plates. The recommendations of the
board will be given out as soon as certain other
standardizations which should be coupled up
with plates are completed.
Rules to cover relations between buyer and
seller were outlined by the committee on con-
tracts. A suggested form of contract will be
ready to submit to the board for its approval at
the next meeting.
The credit committee reported improvement
in the credit service, which now makes reports
six days after the receipt of a request instead
of ten days, as formerly. Only twelve members
of the Association are not active in the trade
service.
Wholesale lumber prices have been fully de-
flated, according to a recent statement of the
National Lumber Dealers' Association of the
United States. The association points out that
in the lumber industry it has been possible to
reduce labor costs rapidly. Existing high freight
rates are blamed for increases in prices at con-
suming centers.
With a decrease of 9 mills to a total of 371 in
the week ended August 20, the trade barometer
of the National Lumber Manufacturers' Associa-
tion of the United States records an increase of
2,000,000 feet in the lumber production through-
out the country as compared with the week pre-
ceding, but shipments gained close to 5,000,000
feet and new orders 9,500,000 feet, indicating dis-
tinct improvement in the statistical position of
the market. For the first thirty-three weeks of
the year shipments were 9,715,354 feet, or 0.2
per cent below production, and 71,148,000, or 1.4
per cent below orders.
Axel H. Oxholm, chief of the new lumber
division of the Department of Commerce of the
U. S., in his first report on present lumber con-
ditions and the future outlook of the American
lumber industry, soon to be published, declares
that the high grade of American lumber and the
reputation it has established abroad assure its
continued popularity in the world's markets.
The report says that the lumber export trade
of the United States during the past fiscal year
shows a much smaller decrease than that of
any other country and that the stocks of high-
grade American lumber abroad are not unusually
heavy.
In co-operation with the sawmills and wood
utilization plants throughout the United States,
the Forest Products Laboratory, Madison, Wis.,
is organizing an extensive field study on the air
seasoning of wood. This study, it is believed,
will be of much interest to the lumber manu-
facturer and to the wood-using industries. The
purpose is to determine the piling practice which
will result in the fastest drying rates consistent
with the least depreciation of stock, the least
amount of required yard space, and the least
handling costs. The study will be carried on
concurrently on both hard woods and soft woods.
All the important commercial woods of the
United States will eventually receive considera-
tion.
The air seasoning of wood is an old practice.
No systematic attempt has ever been made, how-
ever, to work out the exact conditions under
which drying time and drying costs can be re-
duced to a minimum.
Consult the universal Want Directory of
The Review. In it advertisements are inserted
free of charge for men who desire positions
of any kind.
Established 1853
«.
Charles E. Platte, manager of the Standard
Felt Co.'s hammer factory in Chicago, was a
visitor to the New York headquarters of the
company last week.
PLAYER MANUFACTURERS
ATTENTION!
We make a specialty of Piano and Player-
Piano Hardware, Transmissions and Gears,
Metal Spool Ends, and so forth. We make
only on special order after designs furnished
us or will furnish designs on request.
IVORY SALE AT ANTWERP
Write us your needs.
The third quarterly sale of ivory was held at
Antwerp recently. The quantity offered for
sale amounted to 84,607^ kilos, 76,495 kilos of
which were sold. Good tusks fetched very firm
prices. Soft ivory has fallen 3 to 5 francs for
large tusks. The others held firm.
SYLVESTER TOWER CO.
Grand
CHARLES E. PLATTE A VISITOR
Elgin Metal Novelty Co.
ELGIN
ILLINOIS
and Upright Piano-forte Actions 211" SKSVSKf
.
.
.
.
INVISIBLE HINGES
CAMBRIDGEPORT, MASS
"OUT OF 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
H. BEHLEN & BRO.
Anilines
Shellacs
-
Towers ADov*
All Others
Keys, Actions. Hammers, Brackets and Nickel Rail Famished Complete
1S1 to 147 Broadway
-
Stains
Fillers
EVER IN MIND" 1
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
When you fail to
see an unsightly
Hinge protruding
you know "SOSS"
is the answer.
C. F. GOEPEL & CO.
10-12 Christopher St., New York
137 E. 13th STREET
Near 6th Ave., and 6th St.
NEW YORK
j
Soss Hinges
emphasize beautiful
wood finishes as
there is no project-
ing metal on either
side of door.
=
g
|
m
||
|§
Made in
numerous sizes.
§|
jj
Send for Catalog "S" I
SOSS MANUFACTURING CO.
M Grand Are. and Bergen St.,
lll
BROOKLYN, N. Y.
1
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