Music Trade Review

THE
AUGUST 11, 1923
MUSIC
TRADE
REVIEW
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HANDLING VENEERS PROPERLY
Economical Methods That Reduce Costs in This
Section of the Factor y
SO lll e va luable sugges ti ons on h an dlin g ve­
ne er s arc given by Leon Kenyon in Veneers and
hi s discuss io n in c lu des the tr ea tment of wood
froll! the fr e ig ht car to glu e room. He states
th a t the fir st ope rat ion in h an dling veneer ot
a ll kinds begin s in bulking o r s takin g away. If
the s tock is damp, especia lly walnu t h avi ng
more than 10 per cent moisture, great ca re
should be takcn in s ta c king, so as not t o ..et th e
edges c url O\'e r s id es, fo r the a ir w ill s oon dr y
o ut these edg es so t ll<,t they wil l h c practically
1Y0rt hk ss . H e ,Hites:
" if th e s to ck is r o tar y wa ln ut the top and bot­
to nl of c rate ,ho ulcl be used by kno ck ing o ff
, ide cle at:; a nd la y the h a lves o f crate s be tween
the lo gs, keep in g th e e nds perfectly eve n anc!
sp r eading o ut th e na rr o w parts of th e flitches
so th ey ;vil l be a s w id e as the wide st s he e t s in
th e l o~. H a nd led in this way the sheets wi ll
"at c up, as I ca ll it, and th e stack will keep
even in OLl i ld ill ;'; I f) rt ny h e ig h t, wh ic h I u s ually
h ave to d o. S li ced wa lnut shou ld have a pl the widt h and length of lo g between eac h two,
because it is nol :1. lways cra tcd, and t h e n the
cro ss cleats have a tendu:,'" to cause a wave
in th at pa rt of the log wh ic h comcs in contact
wi th them.
"Eve ry tim e ve ne e rs are hand led a few splint s
a r e left, so it pays to h ;)ve a com p e te nt man,
'w hose only d ut y is to m easure, grade and se lect
stock fo r th e me n wh o work it up int o len g ths
and widths.
"Ven eers o f all kinds s h o uld be kept in a cool,
dr y, we ll-v e ntilat ed roo m. I ha ve h a d walnut
ve n eer s o dry and buckled tllat I co uld not
use it, th at after laying in a pil e fo r about t wo
monl h s , in such a plac e, fl attened out an d we
worked it up in o ur re gular run of stock. O f
course th at doesn ' t apply to a ll kind s of wood;
the twi sted - grai n stock m ust undergo ~ differ­
ent pro cess befor e it is ready for u se.
"O n e of tile great est factors in th e manufac­
tpring of veneered work is fi at sto ck. E ver y
time a ca rload of ve neer, wa lnut, ma hogan y o r
oak is pur chased there is some of it to o dry
",.nd buckl e d t o u sc . M any conce rn s lay this out
and use it on reject ba cks, but thos e a r e pretty
expc:ns ive bac ks b ecause the stock was not
bou ~'ht at a reject pri ce . .'\nd then lhe wo rk ­
men d on't lik e t o c lip "that old buckled stu ff ,"
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and mo s t of it goes as waste to the boiler room .
"I h ave ne v er s een a be tter m e th od than th at
pr act ice d in th e p lant where I am work in g.
Ev e r y pa rticl e of ve n ee r th a t comes into the
plant i s press e d between hot bo a rds, and the
perfe ct condition in whi ch thi s sto ck (bu ck led,
dry and a ll ) comes out would be s ur pr is in g to
any one who had n ever see n the m et h od tried."
BIG DEMAND FOR FELTS
If Hammer Orders Are Barometer of the Trade,
the Fall Outlook Is Hopeful
Felt manufacturers a n d dealers suppl yi n g the
pianO' t rade in the New York distri ct a rc quite
amazed at the extenl of t he ir SUIllHler bus ine ss
this year, w hi ch ha s not s uffe r ed the s CO;t,ona l
let-d ow n as in former years. T. arge or ders a r e
natura lly not so 11l1l 11C rOUS as In the ear ly
Spr in g, bUl lll any o f those \vho a ttend ed the
t ,ade co n vent ion in Chica go in ~ une s ta te that
it has tak e n the lll over a month to get ca u g ht
up with the present shipm e nt s. Thi s Summe r' s
orders a r e co min g n ot on ly fr0111 the large pian o
factories, but from s 1l1all facto ries throughout
th e indu st ry wllO ,He uormally litll e h ea rd fr 01l1
durin g lhe SUJl1111Cr mo nth s. Many o f the ord e r s
now co min g in for felts ca ll for immedi ate d e ­
livery. T aking the hamm er d e llland as a barom­
ete r of tr ade, th e ou tlook f or the piano industry
is extrem e ly hop,ful.
JULY PIG IRON PRODUCTION
Pig ir on production for Jul y h as been an ­
nounced by t h e Ir on Age and cOlllparing daily
rates in Jun e and J ul y ther e was a d ecrease of
3 per cent, w hile compa ri ng the estim ated rate
Aug u st I wit h the estimated rate Ju ne I-the
highe st rate s hown on this ' mo vement an d th e
record rate in the history of th e industry-there
is a decrease of 9 per cent. Th e rate of pro­
duction August I was a bout 42,000,000 ton s per
yea r. There was a net decrease of 25 per cent
during Jul y in the number of furnac es act ive
a nd additi o nal furnaces a r e g oing' out thi s
month.
OWl"., Aug ust 7.- Eric S hensto ne, of
Shenstone & Co., the well-known ivory man u­
TORO NTO,
fact uring firm o f L ondon, Eng., has arriv e d in
Toronto t o take charge of the bra n c h plant al­
l ead y mentioned in Th e Review, which is being
establi s h e d to handl e Cana dian bus in ess.
A
facto ry is in course of e re c tion at Mimico, a
subllr!) of Toront o, w!te re ivory wi ll b", cut into
p iano keys, b leached and matched.
Lumb er movements atlai n ed durin g t h e week ending Jul y 21, according to
the report of th e National Lum ber :Manufac­
tur ers' As soci at io n . The total c ut is estimat ed
at 273,971,556 feet and wa s about 10,000,000 ieet
mo r e t han in th e prece din g wee k.
THE
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~ C.cl=i~ ma"afac{u~s'f'
Pia1\.o Bel\.ch.es
and Musie eabinets
l1Iriteforccdalo!J curd detaila
Write to-day.
Heavy Drought Likely to Result in Shortage of
More Than 300,000 Bales in Clip
\ fador w hich Jlla y ha v e a distin c t b earing
o n the price of p iano fe lls dut' in g the co min g
seaso n i, ll,c pro lo n ge d dr o u g ht s uffered b y A u s ­
tra li a n woo l g r owe rs fro m J a nuary until Jun e S
of this year, r es ul t in r- in a s hortage of 300,000
bales in th e an nual production. Thi s figu re is
the estim a te of Alfr ed H. Be njamin, a n .Am eri­
ca n importer of fine woo ls, \\Til; ng a s pecial
arti c le ill a re ce nt issue o f th e New York J ou r­
nal of CO llllller ce. Acco rd ing to this auth ority
lh e ,illor ta ge in the Aust ra li a n clip for the
C0 1 ~1 illf' :-'Cd-"Oll w ill b( ' c hi efly ill Ill c rin os , a il e
of the Ill ost desire d wools for feltin g s tocks.
Mer ino s h eep arC' g razed on the low lancls of
!\ us tralia a nd they hav e h a d 11Iuci1 less wa t e r
than n Ori l\a l times p l" ovide d fo r , whereas the
cr ossb re d s th at are g ra%cd in Nell' Zea land and
ill the coas t a l distri c ts of Austr a li a h ave su ffer ed
ve ry little.
'Unt il the oh eep arc s h ea r e d, it is illl[lo s:; ibic
to es lilllal' c ti lC mortalit y, but it is I' ca so nabk
to aS Sl1l11 e front [las t exp erie nces 11) drou g ht s that
it will run into sOllle m illi ons. Much of th e
merino woo l that is prod uced in Au s tralia thi s
season will be oi a s tarved finen ess, w hich m "ly
not be a cceptabl e to the United States in par ·
ti c ul ar.
Fo r thi s rea so n, 111,UlY be li eve that the choic es t
woo ls will command the same figures, probably,
that the y did las t year, due to th e fact that
J ap an is a very lar ge fa c tor to-day in the fine
woo ls. This nation did not buy its r eq uir e­
m e nt s in _\ustralia this yea r and was ob li ge d to
go to Bradford to buy the top s to make u p for
th e shor ta ge. )Jext year w it h t h e scarcit,.· n f
fine wool s in th e market th ey arc bound to be
a ver y deci ding factor in the matter oi price ,
which, of co ur se , w ill be reflected in the fin ­
ished felts and hamm ers.
THE WOOL CUP FOR 1923
Department of Agriculture Forecasts a Total
Clip of 228,031 ,000 Pounds
NEW CANADIAN KEY PLANT
LUMBER MOVEMENTS REACH PEAK
Write for a sample can of Behlen's
Varnish Crack Eradicator and try it.
Once you learn how much it means to
you in the saving of time on your refin­
ishing jobs by eliminating the necessity
of scraping off old varnish and shellac,
and how much more satisfactory are
the results, because of the better sur­
face it gives to work on, you, like others
will continue to use it.,
SCARCITY IN AUSTRALIAN WOOLS
GOSHEN
INDIANA
\tV .~SH J NG"ION, D. C, Aug u st 6.-.'1. wool clip of
228,031 ,000 pounds for 1923 was pr ed icted t o ­
day in the prelimin ary est imat e iss u ed by th e
Department of .\g r icultu re. This exceeds th e
220,1 55,000 pound clip of 1922 and the 223,062,­
000 pound clip of 1921, bu t is belo w the c lip of
1920, w hi c h was 235,005,000 poun ds, and s till
further be l ow th at of 1919, w ith 249,9.~fl,OOO
pou nds.
T exas, wit h 19,700,000 po unds , lea d s i n the
est im ate o f the '',1'00 1 cl ip f or 1923. Wyol llin .Q·
is n ext wit h 18,800,000, fo ll owed by ili!onta na,
with 18,295,000; { : tah , 17,2 10,000; Idaho, 16,500,­
000; Ohio, 14,313,000; Calif orn ia, 14,181,000, and
O regoll, 13,200,000. No other Sta t" ha s as Illuch
as 10,000,000 pou nd s.
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Also Chamoi s
Sheepskins, Indias
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