Music Trade Review
Issue: 1923 Vol. 76 N. 2 - Page 33
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THE
JANUARY 13, 1923
MUSIC
TRADE
33
REVIEW
THE SOUTHERN FORESTRY CONGRESS
DEMAND FOR HAMMERS INCREASING
PLAN EQUALIZED RATES ON LUMBER
Fifth Annual Meeting to Be Held at Mont-
gomery, Ala., Late This Month—Prominent
Speakers Scheduled for Addresses
Philip Oetting Co., Piano Hammer Manufac-
turer, Experiencing Increase in Demand
United States Opens Negotiations With Canada
to Equalize Lumber Rates
January 8.—Among the
speakers who have already accepted invitations
to appear before the Fifth Southern Forestry
Congress at Montgomery, Ala., on January 29,
30 and 31 are Colonel H. S. Graves, former
Chief Forester of the United States Forest
Service, and C. H. Sherrill, president of the
Hardwood Manufacturers' Institute. The sub-
ject of Col. Graves' address has not as yet been
decided upon, but it is known that Sherrill will
discuss the standardization program as a phase
of forest conservation.
According to the announcement of Secretary
R. D. Forbes made here to-day, an entire day
will be devoted to a discussion of forestry from
the point of view of the Southern lumberman
and the Southern forest industries in general.
The day set aside for the lumberman will be
Tuesday, January 30, and the officials of the
congress are out to beat the record established
last year at Jackson, Miss., when more than
40 per cent of the registered attendance at the
congress was made up of lumbermen. Some
of the most prominent exponents of forestry
among the lumber manufacturers of the South
have been asked to present their ideas before
their fellow-lumbermen, but announcement of
the speakers is being held up until the list is
complete.
NEW
ORLEANS, LA.,
Apparently piano manufacturers are as op-
timistic in fact, with regard to the piano busi-
ness during the coming year, as they are in
speech, if the demand they are making for parts
at the present time means anything. Philip
Oetting, Jr., vice-president of the Philip Oetting
Co., hammer manufacturer, of 213 East Nine-
teenth street, is authority for the statement that
the good business which usually sets in in the
Fall and slows up toward the end of December
does not apply this year. Now, when things
should be rather slow, the call for hammers is
increasing rather than decreasing; in fact, he
finds that his capacity for producing hammers is
being strained to keep up with the demand that
is being made on it. The tendency of the prices
of his various raw materials indicates to him
that a scaling upward in price in the near future
would not appear improbable. Wool, especially,
is becoming more costly every day and there is
little or nothing to make one believe that this
condition will be reversed, for the present tariff
rate on this commodity does not promise other-
wise.
WASHINGTON, D. C, January 2.—Negotiations
have been opened through piopcr channels be-
tween the United States and Canada to consider
whether any countervailing tariff duties may
be placed in this country on imports of Canadian
lumber. It is stated that President Harding
has no proposition before him involving im-
mediate alterations of present tariffs.
Provisions of the Fordney Tariff bill now in
effect, it was said at the Tariff Commission,
provide that the LTnited States may place a
tariff on certain types of lumber, which now
come in free, when produced in a country which
puts a duty on similar products exported to it
from the United States. Canada was said to
have a 25 per cent duty in effect on imports
of the American types of lumber in question
and thus to have raised the question as to
whether American schedules should be raised.
CONSERVATION^ VARNISH
Conservation of varnish may be effected by
the exercise of care in cleaning up the wood
in the cabinet room and proper filling in the
finishing room. Too many shops depend on the
COPPER PRODUCERS MARKING TIME varnish
to fill up after a light coat of filler has
Holding Back for Expected Increase in Prices been put on to seal up the bottoms of the
pores. Others think it a waste of filler to put
to Materialize
it on heavy. Filler, at any time, is cheaper than
The copper market has definitely become the varnish, and only on wood that is properly filled
property of the sellers and some producers re- can one make a durable finish. A good filler
BRAUNSDORFJS^ OPTIMISTIC
port that they actually do not care to sell at will not shrink after forty-eight hours, but if the
to-day's quotations, evidently expecting higher pores are only half full of filler and the other
Head of Geo. W. Braunsdorf, Inc., Expects Big prices in the future. The heavy demand from half filled with varnish, the shrinking of the
Demand for Punchings During Year
abroad was emphasized this week, there being varnish in the pores will continue for weeks
a tremendous number of cables asking for the after it has been applied, and sometimes long
George W. Braunsdorf, president of George metal. Some of the independent copper pro-
after it has been rubbed, leaving a very uneven
W. Braunsdorf, Inc., manufacturer of cloth, felt ducers were getting 14^ cents c. i. f. European
surface. Filler for oak and other porous woods
and paper punchings for players and pianos, ports, and it is said that the Copper Export As-
should be as heavy as can be worked freely
reports that the outlook for the new year is sociation is asking 15 cents c. i. f. and the trade
under the brush, and should be well brushed to
bright and expects that the plant will be in wonders whether this high price means that this
thoroughly work it into the pores while it is
quantity production before the end of the year. Association does not wish to sell at the mo-
yet in the liquid state.
The Braunsdorf patented all-leather bridle strap ment or whether it is confident of being able to
continues in high favor throughout the tuner's make sales at that level. For domestic sales
tiade.
there is but one universal price,
IRON MARKET SLOWS DOWN
WANT EXPORT TAX ON HIDES
BIRMINGHAM, ALA., January 6.—The Birming-
ham iron market is almost listless, following
the recent buying wave. Experts now figure
that total sales of Alabama merchant foundry
iron since Thanksgiving have been a half mil-
lion tons on a monthly production of 150,000
tons. The total has cared for December pro-
duction and will care for two and a half months
of next year's production. Total Alabama pro-
duction is at the rate of 225,000 tons, but 70,000
tons are basic iron used in home steel mills.
A review of the buyers' end shows that as a
rule they are well cared for through January
and February the visible supply being able to
take care of the demand in sight.
French Manufacturers Worried Over Quantities
of Hides Sent to the United States
THE
ARTNOVELTYCO.
Cxclusive manufacturers of
Piaivo Beivekes
and Musie Cabinets
GOSHEN
Write, for catalog and details
INDIANA
WASHINGTON, D. C, January 8.—French tanners
for some time past have been disturbed because
of the quantity of hides exported from France,
particularly to the United States and England,
according to Wilbur J. Page, chief of the Hide
and Leather Division, Department of Com-
merce.
He states that numerous requests for an ex-
port duty on raw stock have been made to the
Minister of Commerce of France, and the ques-
tion of an export tax on raw hides will be
studied by a French commission.
NOW THE BRECKWOLDT CORP.
N. Y., January 8.—Julius Breckwoldt
& Co., well-known manufacturers of piano
sounding boards, backs, bridges, etc., with mills
in this city, have incorporated the business under
the title of the Breckwoldt Corp.
DOLGICVILLE,
VENEERS
MESSAGE
FOR YOU
Are you still wasting your time and go-
ing to the expense of scraping off old
varnish and shellac to eliminate the
checks and cracks in order to secure a
smooth surface for refinishing?
Use Behlen's Varnish Crack Eradica-
tor.
It saves time, trouble and incidentally
expense, at the same time giving you as
fine a body surface for the new finish
as you could possibly wish for.
A sample can for trial awaits your
request.
H. BEHLEN & BRO.
Anilines
Shellacs
Stains
Fillers
10-12 Christopher St., New York
Near 6th Are., and 8th St.
Circassian Walnut, Oak, Walnut
and Specializing on Mahogany.
Capacity—5 Million Feet
THE
JANUARY 13, 1923
MUSIC
TRADE
33
REVIEW
THE SOUTHERN FORESTRY CONGRESS
DEMAND FOR HAMMERS INCREASING
PLAN EQUALIZED RATES ON LUMBER
Fifth Annual Meeting to Be Held at Mont-
gomery, Ala., Late This Month—Prominent
Speakers Scheduled for Addresses
Philip Oetting Co., Piano Hammer Manufac-
turer, Experiencing Increase in Demand
United States Opens Negotiations With Canada
to Equalize Lumber Rates
January 8.—Among the
speakers who have already accepted invitations
to appear before the Fifth Southern Forestry
Congress at Montgomery, Ala., on January 29,
30 and 31 are Colonel H. S. Graves, former
Chief Forester of the United States Forest
Service, and C. H. Sherrill, president of the
Hardwood Manufacturers' Institute. The sub-
ject of Col. Graves' address has not as yet been
decided upon, but it is known that Sherrill will
discuss the standardization program as a phase
of forest conservation.
According to the announcement of Secretary
R. D. Forbes made here to-day, an entire day
will be devoted to a discussion of forestry from
the point of view of the Southern lumberman
and the Southern forest industries in general.
The day set aside for the lumberman will be
Tuesday, January 30, and the officials of the
congress are out to beat the record established
last year at Jackson, Miss., when more than
40 per cent of the registered attendance at the
congress was made up of lumbermen. Some
of the most prominent exponents of forestry
among the lumber manufacturers of the South
have been asked to present their ideas before
their fellow-lumbermen, but announcement of
the speakers is being held up until the list is
complete.
NEW
ORLEANS, LA.,
Apparently piano manufacturers are as op-
timistic in fact, with regard to the piano busi-
ness during the coming year, as they are in
speech, if the demand they are making for parts
at the present time means anything. Philip
Oetting, Jr., vice-president of the Philip Oetting
Co., hammer manufacturer, of 213 East Nine-
teenth street, is authority for the statement that
the good business which usually sets in in the
Fall and slows up toward the end of December
does not apply this year. Now, when things
should be rather slow, the call for hammers is
increasing rather than decreasing; in fact, he
finds that his capacity for producing hammers is
being strained to keep up with the demand that
is being made on it. The tendency of the prices
of his various raw materials indicates to him
that a scaling upward in price in the near future
would not appear improbable. Wool, especially,
is becoming more costly every day and there is
little or nothing to make one believe that this
condition will be reversed, for the present tariff
rate on this commodity does not promise other-
wise.
WASHINGTON, D. C, January 2.—Negotiations
have been opened through piopcr channels be-
tween the United States and Canada to consider
whether any countervailing tariff duties may
be placed in this country on imports of Canadian
lumber. It is stated that President Harding
has no proposition before him involving im-
mediate alterations of present tariffs.
Provisions of the Fordney Tariff bill now in
effect, it was said at the Tariff Commission,
provide that the LTnited States may place a
tariff on certain types of lumber, which now
come in free, when produced in a country which
puts a duty on similar products exported to it
from the United States. Canada was said to
have a 25 per cent duty in effect on imports
of the American types of lumber in question
and thus to have raised the question as to
whether American schedules should be raised.
CONSERVATION^ VARNISH
Conservation of varnish may be effected by
the exercise of care in cleaning up the wood
in the cabinet room and proper filling in the
finishing room. Too many shops depend on the
COPPER PRODUCERS MARKING TIME varnish
to fill up after a light coat of filler has
Holding Back for Expected Increase in Prices been put on to seal up the bottoms of the
pores. Others think it a waste of filler to put
to Materialize
it on heavy. Filler, at any time, is cheaper than
The copper market has definitely become the varnish, and only on wood that is properly filled
property of the sellers and some producers re- can one make a durable finish. A good filler
BRAUNSDORFJS^ OPTIMISTIC
port that they actually do not care to sell at will not shrink after forty-eight hours, but if the
to-day's quotations, evidently expecting higher pores are only half full of filler and the other
Head of Geo. W. Braunsdorf, Inc., Expects Big prices in the future. The heavy demand from half filled with varnish, the shrinking of the
Demand for Punchings During Year
abroad was emphasized this week, there being varnish in the pores will continue for weeks
a tremendous number of cables asking for the after it has been applied, and sometimes long
George W. Braunsdorf, president of George metal. Some of the independent copper pro-
after it has been rubbed, leaving a very uneven
W. Braunsdorf, Inc., manufacturer of cloth, felt ducers were getting 14^ cents c. i. f. European
surface. Filler for oak and other porous woods
and paper punchings for players and pianos, ports, and it is said that the Copper Export As-
should be as heavy as can be worked freely
reports that the outlook for the new year is sociation is asking 15 cents c. i. f. and the trade
under the brush, and should be well brushed to
bright and expects that the plant will be in wonders whether this high price means that this
thoroughly work it into the pores while it is
quantity production before the end of the year. Association does not wish to sell at the mo-
yet in the liquid state.
The Braunsdorf patented all-leather bridle strap ment or whether it is confident of being able to
continues in high favor throughout the tuner's make sales at that level. For domestic sales
tiade.
there is but one universal price,
IRON MARKET SLOWS DOWN
WANT EXPORT TAX ON HIDES
BIRMINGHAM, ALA., January 6.—The Birming-
ham iron market is almost listless, following
the recent buying wave. Experts now figure
that total sales of Alabama merchant foundry
iron since Thanksgiving have been a half mil-
lion tons on a monthly production of 150,000
tons. The total has cared for December pro-
duction and will care for two and a half months
of next year's production. Total Alabama pro-
duction is at the rate of 225,000 tons, but 70,000
tons are basic iron used in home steel mills.
A review of the buyers' end shows that as a
rule they are well cared for through January
and February the visible supply being able to
take care of the demand in sight.
French Manufacturers Worried Over Quantities
of Hides Sent to the United States
THE
ARTNOVELTYCO.
Cxclusive manufacturers of
Piaivo Beivekes
and Musie Cabinets
GOSHEN
Write, for catalog and details
INDIANA
WASHINGTON, D. C, January 8.—French tanners
for some time past have been disturbed because
of the quantity of hides exported from France,
particularly to the United States and England,
according to Wilbur J. Page, chief of the Hide
and Leather Division, Department of Com-
merce.
He states that numerous requests for an ex-
port duty on raw stock have been made to the
Minister of Commerce of France, and the ques-
tion of an export tax on raw hides will be
studied by a French commission.
NOW THE BRECKWOLDT CORP.
N. Y., January 8.—Julius Breckwoldt
& Co., well-known manufacturers of piano
sounding boards, backs, bridges, etc., with mills
in this city, have incorporated the business under
the title of the Breckwoldt Corp.
DOLGICVILLE,
VENEERS
MESSAGE
FOR YOU
Are you still wasting your time and go-
ing to the expense of scraping off old
varnish and shellac to eliminate the
checks and cracks in order to secure a
smooth surface for refinishing?
Use Behlen's Varnish Crack Eradica-
tor.
It saves time, trouble and incidentally
expense, at the same time giving you as
fine a body surface for the new finish
as you could possibly wish for.
A sample can for trial awaits your
request.
H. BEHLEN & BRO.
Anilines
Shellacs
Stains
Fillers
10-12 Christopher St., New York
Near 6th Are., and 8th St.
Circassian Walnut, Oak, Walnut
and Specializing on Mahogany.
Capacity—5 Million Feet
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