Music Trade Review
Issue: 1922 Vol. 74 N. 22 - Page 12
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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
OUR TECHNICAL DEPARTMENT
(Continued from page 11)
their original shape and thus strike only a glanc-
ing blow at the strings. The remedy is to beat
them and bend them back to the proper position.
Either an alcohol lamp with a pair of hammer-
shank tongs or the tongs heated in a gas flame
will do this nicely.
WREST PLANK TROUBLES AGAIN
"Dear Mr. White: I find a goodly number of
cheap pianos, in age from fifteen to seven years,
which are very poorly made. Often they have no
more than four three-inch lag screws to reinforce
the glue which fastens the wrest-plank to the
back. In this climate that kind of work will not
hold. The glue gives way and the wrest-plauk
tips forward.
"But why send them in to the factory? The
factory people would probably put in a new plank
and glue it just as it was before, leaving a chance
for another like case.
"I possess four very heavy and strong clamps.
I draw up the plank, glue it and bolt it through
with one-half-inch bolts. If it has given way
too much it is necessary to let down the tension
of the strings before using the clamps. Then I
remove the lag screws, drill out holes to the
proper size, bore them on through the back, run
in glue and bolt them tight.
"I have done many jobs of this sort in my ter-
ritory during the fourteen years I have lived here
and have never had the least trouble with any of
them afterwards.
"I always get twenty-five dollars for work of
this sort and at that there is quite a saving to the
customer, especially when you consider the
freightage, boxing, etc., as well as the price that
would be charged at a factory. And I defy a fac-
tory to do a more durable job. Earl H. Webb,
Mt. Carmel, 111."
Brother Webb is quite right in what he says
about repairing wrest-planks and also about how
badly some pianos have been made in this respect,
but, in truth, I have seen pianos of really fine
makes, pianos which were works of art in tone
and touch, badly constructed in respect of their
wrest-plank fastenings. The remedy is, of
course, just as Brother Webb describes it, simple
enough. The plank is likely to be in good shape
and the question is merely one of fastening it.
The bolt driven through provides a splendid
fastening, which, indeed, cannot be surpassed by
anything else.
NORMAL TRADEJN ST. LOUIS
Price, of Belleville, 111. It is expected that the
number will be increased.
Piano Dealers Report Satisfactory Business for
J. F. Ditzell, manager of the Famous & Barr
Month of May—Lehman Co. Secures Foto- Co. piano department, will leave Friday for
player Agency—News of the Week
Chicago, where he will transact business before
going on to the New York convention.
ST. LOLIS, Mo., May 29.—Business for May ap-
J. E. Reger, manager of the St. Louis branch
parently has been what it should be for May. of the Starck Piano Co., has returned from Chi-
There are some piano men who say it has and cago, where he spent a week at the home offices
some who say it hasn't. This, after making due of the company.
allowance for the disposition of some piano men
F. R. Schulze, a piano dealer of Shreveport,
to look on the bright side of things and of some La., passed through St. Louis last week on an
others to look on the dark side of things, simply extended automobile tour from Cincinnati to
shows that for some it has been normal, season Shreveport.
considered, and for others it has not been. At
L. R. Tippin and wife, of the Scruggs, Vander-
best, though, it doesn't mean that business was voort & Barney music department, motored last
very brisk, because May is not a brisk month.
week to Kahoka, Mo., for a short visit with rel-
The Fotoplayer and the Robert-Morton or- atives.
gau are to have a home in St. Louis. P. A. Leh-
William Carlstrom, of the Cable-Nelson Piano
man, head of the Lehman Piano Co., has taken Co., Chicago, was here last week and left for
the agency for the two instruments from the Pcoria on his way back to Chicago.
American Photo Player Co., of California. An
Charles Houston, of the United Piano Corp.,
assortment of instruments will be carried in New York, was in St. Louis Saturday and de-
stock and the firm's territory will include eastern parted for Omaha, Neb.
Missouri and southern Illinois. The outside ter-
Maurice Walsh, of Steger & Sons, Chicago,
ritory will be covered by Mr. Munger, of the after visiting St. Louis, left for southern
American Photo Player Co. The stock is ex- Missouri.
pected to arrive in about two weeks. The Foto-
players will range in price up to $9,000 and are
WESER BROS. TO EXHIBIT
for use in motion picture theatres, while the or-
gans are for both churches and motion picture Will Show Instruments at Commodore and Fac-
theatres. It is expected that the strike of motion
tory During Convention Week
picture theatre musicians will be a favorable fac-
tor in the placing of the Fotoplayers. Vice-presi-
Weser Bros., Inc., 524 West Forty-third street,
dent Abrams, of the company, was here last New York, will have an exhibit at the Commo-
week.
dore Hotel during Convention Week in Rooms
St. Louis will have a creditable representation 1204-1206, where several models of the Weser
at the New York convention. Those who have pianos and player-pianos will be displayed. They
announced that they will go include P. A. Leh- will also show the complete line at the factory,
man, president of the Music Merchants' Asso- which is but a short distance from the convention
headquarters. The exhibit will be in charge of
ciation of St. Louis; P. E. Conroy, president of
the Conroy Piano Co.; J. F. Ditzell, manager W. S. Weser, J. Rossner, W. II. Keating and
of the Famous & Barr Co. piano department; O. Max Levian.
S. Boyd, general manager of the Baldwin Piano
Co.; L. R. Tippin, assistant manager of the
The S. M. Henley Music Co., of Kansas City,
Scruggs, Vandervoort & Barney piano depart- Mo,, is selling out its stock of musical instru-
ment; Fred Lehman, of East St. Louis, and T. J. ments preparatory to a change in business.
THE
CELEBRATED
F&C
STEP FORWARD, PLEASE
(FELTEN & GUILLEAUME)
Gentlemen, and send in your thoughts, ideas and
notions to the editor of the Technical Department,
William Braid White, care The Music Trade Re-
view. 373 Fourth avenue, New York, N. Y.
IMPORTED
ANNUAL BALL GAME^OF AEOLIANITES
^"/'
CARLSWERK
W
Members of Wholesale Piano and Vocalion
Staffs to Cross Bats on June 24
HAMMACHER.SCHIEMMER &c
The annual baseball game between the whole-
sale piano and Vocalion departments of the
Aeolian Co. will* fake place on the grounds of
the Hackley School, Tarrytown, on Saturday,
June 24, and it is rumored that the contest this
year will be an exciting one. After the game trie
players and guests will adjourn to the Phillipse
Manor Yacht Club, where the annual dinner will
be served. Charles A. Laurino, assistant retail
manager, is, as usual, in charge of the details of
the outing.
JUNE 3, \ K )li
MUSIC WIRE
IN BLACK, RED and GREEN
LABEL BRANDS
IS UNEXCELLED
The " F & G " Blue Label Brand is again being
used by Rudolph C. Koch in the manufacture
of the Reinwarth Covered Bass Strings
ForTUNERSand REPAIRERS we have the
convenient one quarter pound clamps
HAMMACHER, SCHLEMMER& CO.
PIANO AND PLAYER HARDWARE, FELTS AND TOOLS
NEW YORK SINCE 1848
4th Ave. and 13th St.
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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
OUR TECHNICAL DEPARTMENT
(Continued from page 11)
their original shape and thus strike only a glanc-
ing blow at the strings. The remedy is to beat
them and bend them back to the proper position.
Either an alcohol lamp with a pair of hammer-
shank tongs or the tongs heated in a gas flame
will do this nicely.
WREST PLANK TROUBLES AGAIN
"Dear Mr. White: I find a goodly number of
cheap pianos, in age from fifteen to seven years,
which are very poorly made. Often they have no
more than four three-inch lag screws to reinforce
the glue which fastens the wrest-plank to the
back. In this climate that kind of work will not
hold. The glue gives way and the wrest-plauk
tips forward.
"But why send them in to the factory? The
factory people would probably put in a new plank
and glue it just as it was before, leaving a chance
for another like case.
"I possess four very heavy and strong clamps.
I draw up the plank, glue it and bolt it through
with one-half-inch bolts. If it has given way
too much it is necessary to let down the tension
of the strings before using the clamps. Then I
remove the lag screws, drill out holes to the
proper size, bore them on through the back, run
in glue and bolt them tight.
"I have done many jobs of this sort in my ter-
ritory during the fourteen years I have lived here
and have never had the least trouble with any of
them afterwards.
"I always get twenty-five dollars for work of
this sort and at that there is quite a saving to the
customer, especially when you consider the
freightage, boxing, etc., as well as the price that
would be charged at a factory. And I defy a fac-
tory to do a more durable job. Earl H. Webb,
Mt. Carmel, 111."
Brother Webb is quite right in what he says
about repairing wrest-planks and also about how
badly some pianos have been made in this respect,
but, in truth, I have seen pianos of really fine
makes, pianos which were works of art in tone
and touch, badly constructed in respect of their
wrest-plank fastenings. The remedy is, of
course, just as Brother Webb describes it, simple
enough. The plank is likely to be in good shape
and the question is merely one of fastening it.
The bolt driven through provides a splendid
fastening, which, indeed, cannot be surpassed by
anything else.
NORMAL TRADEJN ST. LOUIS
Price, of Belleville, 111. It is expected that the
number will be increased.
Piano Dealers Report Satisfactory Business for
J. F. Ditzell, manager of the Famous & Barr
Month of May—Lehman Co. Secures Foto- Co. piano department, will leave Friday for
player Agency—News of the Week
Chicago, where he will transact business before
going on to the New York convention.
ST. LOLIS, Mo., May 29.—Business for May ap-
J. E. Reger, manager of the St. Louis branch
parently has been what it should be for May. of the Starck Piano Co., has returned from Chi-
There are some piano men who say it has and cago, where he spent a week at the home offices
some who say it hasn't. This, after making due of the company.
allowance for the disposition of some piano men
F. R. Schulze, a piano dealer of Shreveport,
to look on the bright side of things and of some La., passed through St. Louis last week on an
others to look on the dark side of things, simply extended automobile tour from Cincinnati to
shows that for some it has been normal, season Shreveport.
considered, and for others it has not been. At
L. R. Tippin and wife, of the Scruggs, Vander-
best, though, it doesn't mean that business was voort & Barney music department, motored last
very brisk, because May is not a brisk month.
week to Kahoka, Mo., for a short visit with rel-
The Fotoplayer and the Robert-Morton or- atives.
gau are to have a home in St. Louis. P. A. Leh-
William Carlstrom, of the Cable-Nelson Piano
man, head of the Lehman Piano Co., has taken Co., Chicago, was here last week and left for
the agency for the two instruments from the Pcoria on his way back to Chicago.
American Photo Player Co., of California. An
Charles Houston, of the United Piano Corp.,
assortment of instruments will be carried in New York, was in St. Louis Saturday and de-
stock and the firm's territory will include eastern parted for Omaha, Neb.
Missouri and southern Illinois. The outside ter-
Maurice Walsh, of Steger & Sons, Chicago,
ritory will be covered by Mr. Munger, of the after visiting St. Louis, left for southern
American Photo Player Co. The stock is ex- Missouri.
pected to arrive in about two weeks. The Foto-
players will range in price up to $9,000 and are
WESER BROS. TO EXHIBIT
for use in motion picture theatres, while the or-
gans are for both churches and motion picture Will Show Instruments at Commodore and Fac-
theatres. It is expected that the strike of motion
tory During Convention Week
picture theatre musicians will be a favorable fac-
tor in the placing of the Fotoplayers. Vice-presi-
Weser Bros., Inc., 524 West Forty-third street,
dent Abrams, of the company, was here last New York, will have an exhibit at the Commo-
week.
dore Hotel during Convention Week in Rooms
St. Louis will have a creditable representation 1204-1206, where several models of the Weser
at the New York convention. Those who have pianos and player-pianos will be displayed. They
announced that they will go include P. A. Leh- will also show the complete line at the factory,
man, president of the Music Merchants' Asso- which is but a short distance from the convention
headquarters. The exhibit will be in charge of
ciation of St. Louis; P. E. Conroy, president of
the Conroy Piano Co.; J. F. Ditzell, manager W. S. Weser, J. Rossner, W. II. Keating and
of the Famous & Barr Co. piano department; O. Max Levian.
S. Boyd, general manager of the Baldwin Piano
Co.; L. R. Tippin, assistant manager of the
The S. M. Henley Music Co., of Kansas City,
Scruggs, Vandervoort & Barney piano depart- Mo,, is selling out its stock of musical instru-
ment; Fred Lehman, of East St. Louis, and T. J. ments preparatory to a change in business.
THE
CELEBRATED
F&C
STEP FORWARD, PLEASE
(FELTEN & GUILLEAUME)
Gentlemen, and send in your thoughts, ideas and
notions to the editor of the Technical Department,
William Braid White, care The Music Trade Re-
view. 373 Fourth avenue, New York, N. Y.
IMPORTED
ANNUAL BALL GAME^OF AEOLIANITES
^"/'
CARLSWERK
W
Members of Wholesale Piano and Vocalion
Staffs to Cross Bats on June 24
HAMMACHER.SCHIEMMER &c
The annual baseball game between the whole-
sale piano and Vocalion departments of the
Aeolian Co. will* fake place on the grounds of
the Hackley School, Tarrytown, on Saturday,
June 24, and it is rumored that the contest this
year will be an exciting one. After the game trie
players and guests will adjourn to the Phillipse
Manor Yacht Club, where the annual dinner will
be served. Charles A. Laurino, assistant retail
manager, is, as usual, in charge of the details of
the outing.
JUNE 3, \ K )li
MUSIC WIRE
IN BLACK, RED and GREEN
LABEL BRANDS
IS UNEXCELLED
The " F & G " Blue Label Brand is again being
used by Rudolph C. Koch in the manufacture
of the Reinwarth Covered Bass Strings
ForTUNERSand REPAIRERS we have the
convenient one quarter pound clamps
HAMMACHER, SCHLEMMER& CO.
PIANO AND PLAYER HARDWARE, FELTS AND TOOLS
NEW YORK SINCE 1848
4th Ave. and 13th St.
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