Music Trade Review

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THE
MUSIC
TRADE
REVIEW
DECE MBER
15, 1923
The Baldwin Company
Operates Eight
Grand Rapids Vapor Kilns
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Because Baldwrin Pianos Must Be
Made of Properly Dried Woods
:\s piano manu fac turers The Baldw in Company is . recogni zed among
the leaders in th e field. Baldwin pianos are good pianos-produ cts of
meri t-wo r:h wh il e. Any merchandise th at is good merchandi se must
be well made- clea r through- -must be basically sound .
Grand R api ds Vapor K ilns cont ri bu te to th e worthin ess of Baldwin
pi anos by provid ing woods from which the ex act amoun t of m o i s tu r ~
is extr.acted in a precise, sci entific manner.
And Baldwin pianos are better pianos because of thi s modern process.
If you have a wood-cu ring problem let us diagnose your trouble. U ur
engineering co rps is at your command. If you have not seen our tech­
nical booklets, send for them. They are free to you. They will in terest
you because they cove r practi ca lly every phase of wood-drying problems.
GRAND RAPIDS VAPOR KILN
Main Office and Factory
In 1915 the first installation of
Grand Rapids Vapor Kilns was
made at the Baldwin Company
in Cincinnati. Five kilns were
built. Three of these kilns are
13 ft. x 68 ft. and two are 7 ft. x
68 ft. In 1919 another was in­
stalled, 13 ft . x 68 ft. In 1920
still another of the same size
was built.
G RAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN
Eng;neers- M anufacturers- Contractors
Represented on the Pacific Coast by
E. F. TINDOLPH, 5539 White Henry-Stuart Building, Seattle, Wash.
Boorman & Boorman
Sydney, Australia
Installations of
the Baldwin Plants
FOREIGN OFFICES:
The Oliver Machinery Co.
A. R. Williams Machinery Co.
Manchester, England
St. Johns, N. B.
Hampe & Hartwig
Hamhurg, Germany
In the Ch icago Heights plant
there is one Grand Rapids
Vapor Kiln 18 ft. x 53 ft.