Music Trade Review
Issue: 1922 Vol. 74 N. 25 - Page 10
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THE
10
PNEUMATICS
(Continued front page 9)
another one correspondingly perforated, which
is set in the keybed. The two are joined to-
gether by packing and screws and tubes are led
from the fixed block's under surface to the stack
under the keybed. The task of detaching this
arrangement when the piano action must be with-
drawn from the piano is very distressing. Yet
the instrument we have in mind is, we think, the
best of its kind.
When the stack and the spool-box are alike
placed under the keybed the difficulties referred
to do not appear, nor have we any desire to
quarrel with the general mechanical arrangement
in this case. What we do point out, however, is
that the musical and mechanical advantages of
the super-keybed arrangements of the stack are
very great, so great that they are worth solving
at some cost of labor and ingenuity. The most
important point to be borne in mind in all dis-
cussions of this sort is that we are aiming at
getting the best musical results.
MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
If we had our way we should dissociate the
entire pneumatic mechanism from the lower sur-
face of the keybed. The bellows (in a reproduc-
ing piano) can easily be placed in a separate box,
as indeed is done in some cases alr-eady'. The
foot-player mechanism can just as easily be
mounted in the player bench. The expression
boxes and, in fact, everything which needs only
pneumatic connection may be placed in any con-
venient position. Mechanical movements oper-
ated by the hands and feet need, of course, to be
arranged with reference to the peculiar circum-
stances of those cases.
BEG YOUR PARDON
In The Review of June 3 appeared some mu-
sic roll listings which had been too late for in-
sertion in the Player Section of May 27. One
of these appeared under the heading of the G.
Edward Lind Co. We are informed by the Auto-
matic Music Roll Co. that the numbers in ques-
tion were part of its June advance bulletin. We
apologize to both parties for the mistake.
An Outstanding
Player Success
was registered by the whole SCHULZ line at the
music trade conventions, and especially by the display
of latest models of the wonderful
M. Schulz Co. Player-Piano
which remains unsurpassed in those qualities:
Ease of Playing—Responsiveness—
Simplicity—Mechanical
Perfection—Moderate Price:
which alone enable an instrument to dominate its
field.
The foot expression player is the backbone of the
player business. Among such players, the SCHULZ
player admits no superior.
JUNE 24,
1922
NEW KURTZMANN CATALOG
Handsome Production Devoted to the Kurtz-
mann Reproducing Piano Issued
A very handsome catalog lias been recently
issued by C. Kurtzmann & Co., Buffalo, which is
entitled "A Crowning Triumph," and is exclu-
sively devoted to the Kurtzmann reproducing
piano. The cover is very tasty in blue, black
and buff. Inside there follows a pertinent and
illuminating discussion about the development of
reproducing pianos in general and of the Kurtz-
mann reproducing piano in particular. This sec-
tion is illustrated with side etchings of the kind
that lend an artistic atmosphere to the volume.
Following it are beautifully set illustrations of
the different models and details about them. The
catalog closes with a few important testimonials
and with pictures of the Kurtzmann factories.
PROGRESS OFJTHE PALESTRINA
Player Action Creates Much Favorable Comment
at Convention—Plan Pacific Coast Company
CAMBRIDGE, MASS., June 19.—The J. P. Eustis
Mfg. Co., of this city, manufacturer of the Pales-
trina, reports that the exhibit of this action at
the Hotel Commodore during Convention Week
created much favorable comment. Tentative
plans arc being made for the formation of a
Pacific Coast Palestrina Co. to conduct an agency
on the Coast. The Palestrina is proving very
popular in foreign countries as well. The How-
ard-Stowers Co. has shipped a number of R. S.
Howard Palestrina pianos abroad and in return
lias received cables from Buenos Aires and also
from Spain for additional shipments.
COMPARES TRADE WITH A YEAR AGO
Dealers Are Too Busy to Think of Summer Dull-
ness, Says Dun's Review
Existing business conditions contrast sharply
with those of a year ago. Instead of the re-
pressed demands of the earlier period current buy-
ing in various lines reflects breadth and activity,
and price advances, rather than declines, now
predominate. Less is heard at present than was
the case last year of the quieting influence of the
near approach of the Summer, because there is
more work to be accomplished, and it is signifi-
cant that the question as to whether business has
improved has changed to discussion of the extent
and scope of the revival.
While the recovery has actually been in prog-
ress for many months, it had come so slowly and
irregularly in different quarters as not to bt
widely noticed, and some unsatisfactory phases
had raised doubts as to the character of the for-
ward movement. Recent statistical exhibits, how-
ever, have caused a more general recognition
of the fact that the commercial situation has
taken a decided turn in the right direction, gains
in iron and steel output, in building permits, in
railroad traffic and in bank clearings being among
the favorable indices. Supporting these and
other measures of progress is the more confi-
dent sentiment in many channels and the increas-
ing disposition to anticipate future requirements.
PATENTS PLAYER ACTION
Our new guide for tuners and service men, now
in preparation and soon to be available, will
be free for the asking to interested persons.
M. SCHULZ CO.
Established 1869
General Office
711 Milwaukee Ave.
CHICAGO
CHICAGO
Southern Wholesale Branch
1530 Candler Bldg.
ATLANTA, GA.
WASHINGTON, D. C, June 19.—George Bedford,
Toronto, Ontario, was last week granted Patent
No. 1,419,314 for a player-piano action which
relates particularly to the striking pneumatics of
a player-piano and the valve mechanism through
the medium of which the pneumatics are con-
trolled by the passage of the music roll over
the tracker bar, and the object is to devise a
construction which will enable any individual
valve mechanism to be quickly removed without
disturbing other parts, and which permits of
ready access to the under sides of the dia-
phragms of the valve mechanisms. Another ob-
ject is to make the valve action as silent as pos-
sible.
THE
10
PNEUMATICS
(Continued front page 9)
another one correspondingly perforated, which
is set in the keybed. The two are joined to-
gether by packing and screws and tubes are led
from the fixed block's under surface to the stack
under the keybed. The task of detaching this
arrangement when the piano action must be with-
drawn from the piano is very distressing. Yet
the instrument we have in mind is, we think, the
best of its kind.
When the stack and the spool-box are alike
placed under the keybed the difficulties referred
to do not appear, nor have we any desire to
quarrel with the general mechanical arrangement
in this case. What we do point out, however, is
that the musical and mechanical advantages of
the super-keybed arrangements of the stack are
very great, so great that they are worth solving
at some cost of labor and ingenuity. The most
important point to be borne in mind in all dis-
cussions of this sort is that we are aiming at
getting the best musical results.
MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
If we had our way we should dissociate the
entire pneumatic mechanism from the lower sur-
face of the keybed. The bellows (in a reproduc-
ing piano) can easily be placed in a separate box,
as indeed is done in some cases alr-eady'. The
foot-player mechanism can just as easily be
mounted in the player bench. The expression
boxes and, in fact, everything which needs only
pneumatic connection may be placed in any con-
venient position. Mechanical movements oper-
ated by the hands and feet need, of course, to be
arranged with reference to the peculiar circum-
stances of those cases.
BEG YOUR PARDON
In The Review of June 3 appeared some mu-
sic roll listings which had been too late for in-
sertion in the Player Section of May 27. One
of these appeared under the heading of the G.
Edward Lind Co. We are informed by the Auto-
matic Music Roll Co. that the numbers in ques-
tion were part of its June advance bulletin. We
apologize to both parties for the mistake.
An Outstanding
Player Success
was registered by the whole SCHULZ line at the
music trade conventions, and especially by the display
of latest models of the wonderful
M. Schulz Co. Player-Piano
which remains unsurpassed in those qualities:
Ease of Playing—Responsiveness—
Simplicity—Mechanical
Perfection—Moderate Price:
which alone enable an instrument to dominate its
field.
The foot expression player is the backbone of the
player business. Among such players, the SCHULZ
player admits no superior.
JUNE 24,
1922
NEW KURTZMANN CATALOG
Handsome Production Devoted to the Kurtz-
mann Reproducing Piano Issued
A very handsome catalog lias been recently
issued by C. Kurtzmann & Co., Buffalo, which is
entitled "A Crowning Triumph," and is exclu-
sively devoted to the Kurtzmann reproducing
piano. The cover is very tasty in blue, black
and buff. Inside there follows a pertinent and
illuminating discussion about the development of
reproducing pianos in general and of the Kurtz-
mann reproducing piano in particular. This sec-
tion is illustrated with side etchings of the kind
that lend an artistic atmosphere to the volume.
Following it are beautifully set illustrations of
the different models and details about them. The
catalog closes with a few important testimonials
and with pictures of the Kurtzmann factories.
PROGRESS OFJTHE PALESTRINA
Player Action Creates Much Favorable Comment
at Convention—Plan Pacific Coast Company
CAMBRIDGE, MASS., June 19.—The J. P. Eustis
Mfg. Co., of this city, manufacturer of the Pales-
trina, reports that the exhibit of this action at
the Hotel Commodore during Convention Week
created much favorable comment. Tentative
plans arc being made for the formation of a
Pacific Coast Palestrina Co. to conduct an agency
on the Coast. The Palestrina is proving very
popular in foreign countries as well. The How-
ard-Stowers Co. has shipped a number of R. S.
Howard Palestrina pianos abroad and in return
lias received cables from Buenos Aires and also
from Spain for additional shipments.
COMPARES TRADE WITH A YEAR AGO
Dealers Are Too Busy to Think of Summer Dull-
ness, Says Dun's Review
Existing business conditions contrast sharply
with those of a year ago. Instead of the re-
pressed demands of the earlier period current buy-
ing in various lines reflects breadth and activity,
and price advances, rather than declines, now
predominate. Less is heard at present than was
the case last year of the quieting influence of the
near approach of the Summer, because there is
more work to be accomplished, and it is signifi-
cant that the question as to whether business has
improved has changed to discussion of the extent
and scope of the revival.
While the recovery has actually been in prog-
ress for many months, it had come so slowly and
irregularly in different quarters as not to bt
widely noticed, and some unsatisfactory phases
had raised doubts as to the character of the for-
ward movement. Recent statistical exhibits, how-
ever, have caused a more general recognition
of the fact that the commercial situation has
taken a decided turn in the right direction, gains
in iron and steel output, in building permits, in
railroad traffic and in bank clearings being among
the favorable indices. Supporting these and
other measures of progress is the more confi-
dent sentiment in many channels and the increas-
ing disposition to anticipate future requirements.
PATENTS PLAYER ACTION
Our new guide for tuners and service men, now
in preparation and soon to be available, will
be free for the asking to interested persons.
M. SCHULZ CO.
Established 1869
General Office
711 Milwaukee Ave.
CHICAGO
CHICAGO
Southern Wholesale Branch
1530 Candler Bldg.
ATLANTA, GA.
WASHINGTON, D. C, June 19.—George Bedford,
Toronto, Ontario, was last week granted Patent
No. 1,419,314 for a player-piano action which
relates particularly to the striking pneumatics of
a player-piano and the valve mechanism through
the medium of which the pneumatics are con-
trolled by the passage of the music roll over
the tracker bar, and the object is to devise a
construction which will enable any individual
valve mechanism to be quickly removed without
disturbing other parts, and which permits of
ready access to the under sides of the dia-
phragms of the valve mechanisms. Another ob-
ject is to make the valve action as silent as pos-
sible.
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