Music Trade Review

t\UGlST
THE
25, 1923
MUSIC
TRADE
REVIEW
43
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OPPOSING AIMS IN VENEER WORK
Quantit y Production With Artistic Finished
Produ ct S e emingly Clashing in Work
,cpa r;tl cl y , il ild i f til e dc, il'e is lor artistic eFfect
ther e II IU" t bc illdi"idll il l nlal c hing or blendin g'
0 1 th(' f:lcc \'CIll er t o ,l'l' l til l' ileaut.' ciclllcnt
in (';Icll I':lllcl or p;tllL-l' n o f filce \,('Ilecr till Cl1
~ {aJldard jzc
p;tt1 C fll :-\
(I
Il(l
d C~!-"': ll ~
ill
j- tJrlli f llr e,
p r oduct, " ,, :, i" qu a ll t iti l's, a lld at th, sa lll e liln e
,'c l t ll:d "le nl en t o f indi , idu a li t v an( l I h e arti,l i" c-ITect ill th e f;lcc' \\'oo d,
Tlli~ I"
brcau;..c \\'C' call L:."(' 1 \ (Iri;ttio ll III li :.-. : : t1rc cllld i ll
;Ini , ti c e llcc l in th e f:'ce \'C: n en, ,0 tklt c, cn
in lllaking a hundr e d pi cc(':o-; Lo tIll' :« 111(' patter1l
th e re llli,c:l,t be quit e a 11Ullli> I'I' 0 1' tlleSt piece s
which wOllld hav(' n o o lh e r s jll,sl like t1H'111,
therefore we would C'.Tt til l' ill d; , illual effect.
Til c p I ace to {i n d t h (' a I h \I' cr f() r t his is ill
th ( face- \"('11('('1' d.~."';l'l lJ b lill '.:· r uOI I!. ' I ' hj ~, 1 00, i:-.
\\' h e r c "'e h ;l 'C :0 " , ill di , idua l ,,'o rk , Ihat j "
th c ye ll(' \']' ie,-- ",,,, 1' f"CL' iL as 10 1)(' a"elll blcd
~-m
The man who uses Behlen's Varnish
Crack Eradicator can afford to figure
lower, yet makes more p.rofit on a re­
finishing job, than the man who does
not use it.
The reason-he saves the time, trouble
and expense of scraping off the old var­
nish and shellac and the finished job is
just as satisfactory to(}-if not more so.
jo b, alld it is hn e Ihilt we d e vdop ;It least th e
111;l in fcalur es of tile duced b y fig ur e and co lo r ill Ih e \\oo d it ~e Jf ,
(J u ant it \ , p ro du c t io n for Ih e " d"c o f eC onOIIl \'
ca ll s fo r th e lll ak in ~:' , let li S >a," , o f a hundr c d
o r lll o r e [li ece~ o f Ih e ~a ll lC pa l tern at Ill e ,",lI ll e
li lll C, S a y, th e n , \\'e h a\'e ;!n or d er for lO() hed­
;; t eads g oin g throu ,~h th e: pbnt of o ne ,s i!.e 'lnll
palterll,
; \11 the core s l ock , fr'l illin ;..: and di­
lllell s io n [or tllis call b e gol l c n o ul in quanlities
r e quir e d by the ] ()O-pi eL'l' o rd e r, ;I nc! mcantiJl1e
in Jilatchin ,~ up th e ycnen for Ihe fac, ' work
to f urnish the beaut \' clen lcnt the \ e ncer rOOlll
Jll:II' d c\'c lop ~s Illany indi"idu;d Illatc h e, a nd
arli:-; ti c dC' :--:. i g n s ;l ~ it lil a." b e ill c1i ll C' d o r lil a.,
11;,,'e lll a l e rial fo r, Th e ' ;l ri c l O' h e r e h as noth­
in c; to d o \y i t h or n o co nn cc t io n "i lh t h e qll lil~' p r o du c tion o f Ih c gClle r ;" P;l ttcrll wo rk oi
Ih e pi ece, Th'e point i, to c.::ct :1 sui'li cic nl nUlll­
h er of hces to ,Se l'\ T the nel'ds for the qualltit\'
production ;.: o ing' on
Til en il C; lll a ll he pul
thr o u ,~ h to g et iLer, and \\ h e ll il is I) ni s hcd there
II il l appc ar llli,n\' dilll'r ent ;Ini s li c c lrects, yet
th ey ;tre <1 11 Ill'l(ic in th e ~ I:\nd a rd pattern as
t o b ed d es ig n, and ther e h as iJC('ll q u a n til\' pro ­
ductioll to h o l(l co , t do\\n (0 a 11ii nililUnl.
T o SUlll it up hri d h- , t h e \\'a\' 10 ~,:e t a (,O lll­
bina t ion of arli s ti c effcc t ;IIHI 'il ri e!\ o j' , h o\\' ­
in gs and IJlli tn l il \' produ (' ti o n is 10 rc nler lh e
; Irli ~ t ic e rfo rl o n a "(, ln l"i l' : ;llltl Inill ch inc; up
lhe face \'C I1('(' r
Th c ll pr cp;l re quall , ilie s Illadc prilctical 11\' the i'rl"l'nt trend
to , tandardi!.;]tion "nd \\l' ,';In ;,:c l ;1 helter o rder
of \'ariety a nd itrtistic hC ill th e pa s t alld ·,till 'CI'\C Ill e pr ese lll ' day dc,
111:111(1 fo r intli, idtl;lli l\" in 11I ; 111 ~ pi l'cc' o f furni ­
t ur e ;Ind for lllorc of tiLl' ;I rl :s( il' ci(' lll('nl ill a ll
till' hi g iL - ~ r ;ll k o { r(']'in~s,
Total Falling Off in Th is Cl ass of Imports
Am ounts to Approximately 17 Per Cent
\\' ," 111'1,'1'01\, ]l, C, ,\u g, 20, - -The lk lllanel fm
illlp or i e d 1',1\,' 111 ,tlcriais of all so rt :i b,' d Olll c" tic
indu , tri c, Ila .s ,I"cken('d in ]' cce nl Ill o nliLs, ac­
c o rdil l:'; t o ;1 trade iln:,h " i, lll;ld c r ece nti\' bv
liL e F ede r,,1 I~c " (']'\'( ' 1',o'lrd, " ,\11 CO llll llotl ili c,
II' Ih~ 1'; 1\' Illatni ,, " ,c:TOUP, liL, board " l ;tlc d,
"d eCJ'e",,, d III "O IUllh', w ith Ih e ex ('cp t io n o f
( In (' o f Ih" pr inci p;ti
Itlll ibn :::' (~ ;,ul p"'o(, " ,
d cc lin e's Ol'l' urr c d in woo l, w h ic iJ , \\' ilh tll (' gc n ­
c r ;d r t'd ll (' li o ll ~
;'-lIll O ll g
ol llC..~ r r ~~\\' IIlttl c ri ;"I I ", , ·\ ;h
s uf1ic icn t 10 re <1u c(' ( h e
:-: r ou p by 17 pCi' ccnl.'
f
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ij
THE
GOSHE N
t oli t!
ilil po r i s of
L a,t Si-\ turd Ill o untain r e tr ca t in th c w ild ~ of Fa lr " iew, N, J-,
" trul y "iL ig h-tilllc " was had b y tiL e Ill c lnb e r , 01
lh e Be n c\,o !cnl'-;oc iet y of th c I:: lllpl oycs of
\V c,~e ll , N ic kel & L;ros " w hi c h h e ld its S Ulll­
Iller outing' there, The a ltitud c a lone of Sa ut­
er's roadhollsc, \vhich sets on ;t 300 foot bluff
over look in g' a deep valley, a,'s ur cd th c a rf;tir of
h e in g' kcpt at a "high" pit c h of exc itcmcnt.
Th e r e were no fatalities, and about 100 p eop le,
;ttl e lldin (( the piClllC, considcred th c m se lv es
wcll e nt er t a in e d b y the occasion,
T h e ~ur r ou nclin g country b c in g hill ~' , baseb<1 11
a n t! o ut ~ id e s p o rt s w c-r c o u t o f t h e que s tio n ,
~ o t h e atte nti o n of th e ga th e rin g was ('c nl e r e d
o n th e bo\\' lin ~ CO li t es t, h c ld on t wo a ll eys in
t h e b ase lll e nt o f t h e taYCrll , Th e first prize of
$ 10 WCllt 10 .lim [<' cct!uiek; Jame s Keating' w in­
Ilin c; :1;,; , ;I IH[ i\Ir, ::-lonlnlerfell, a \'isitor fr o lll the
;\Ill c ri cil n Fc lt Co" "on :l;2, ,;(),
Th e fo urlh
pri!.e, 1I10ll of fh c p rinting dcpartm cnt.
Th c ('ro,,'d did ju s tice 10 a qllllptUOU:i c hi ckc Il
dinn er sen'eel in lruc co untr y style t o th e tun c
oi the orc h es tra,
.'\ feat ure of th e prandia l
ente rt a innl e nt w;ts it ~e rJ cs of int e rpr e ti vc
dan ces p crfo rm c d b v " 1IIike " Kno rr , w ith co n ,
':cJcra ble v irtu os it y in s pite of hi s s ixty - od d
\'ca r ~,
I\i ll ", Con kli n , one of t h e few Iri,hlllen
pr e~c nl'. bllt yct ;t , t;t unch IllcllliJ c r of the trade
'\'c ]'(' in, " rencJcrcd swc et Trish ball;,,!> Ih e wh il e
10 hi.s dinin,t; co nH ;I(ks,
'1'0
~ UJlI
up,
til e picnic
\\"(1:-- a
~ l1 CCCS~,
\\·hich
wa" all th a t h " d b er n planned, Tt was n o t Ih c
]'( "ular faelol'), o uting, hut was Ulld er the au­
.spices of t h e [knn'olent ::-lo c ie t .\', "' hi e h wa-;
f OUllllrd in 1}{91, by Ih e c lllpl o\' c,; o i 'I'\/esse lJ ,
N ic k e l &. G r oss. Ne\\ Yo rk , for th e purpo.se of
rr nv idin g a s ick b c n efi t a nd p e n s io n fllnd fo r il S
Ill e lllb e r ~,
J\ cco r d in :..: t o L ou i,
Cook, tr eas ­
u r er of l he ::-lo('i('i .', a nd also chitirillan of th e
pi c ni c COllllllitlee, th ere is a fund of $4,000 in th e
Ire :h2,SO ti c ket, were ,o ld, wcre turned ov c r t o th e
Society, and it was d e cided to hold an o th er pic ­
.r.
FALLlNG OFF IN RAW IMPORTS
Send for a sample can to-day and try
it
Benevolent Society of Employe s H o lds Annual
Outing at Fairview, N, J
~o face \"(11('(' ]" rt.... ;;:,C I1 1b !ill ~~ i " up.
'fiIcrc a r (' (\\ '0 ;\ i1l 1:--> , o r L:, oah, i ll ti l l' \l'lh'('r
uSln" indu s tl'," t o -d a v ,,'Ilic h sceillin g ly ;I r e Op ­
posee! to (' ;Ich ot h er, ;lcco rdin \.; to ;Lll il rt ick by
H (', Ilcnder in the ,\u ~ us t Ve n eers,
() n l:
is to put Ill orc of th e indi y idu a l o r a r tistic (' Ie ,
m Cllt int o ca binet "or k, h cc d \\ ith Yc n ce r ,
w hil e th e o th (']' is t o r e du ce cos t to a Ill iniinuill
throu g h (juantit y prod u ct ion,
Ther efo r e, we
h a\' e bdorc u s ;1 q u (",t ioll 0 1 h ow it Ili aV he
pra ctical t o ~ct :l dc;; i rahk c OllJh ill;lti oll o f ill,ti s ­
t ic de s i',: 1l for beau t ," a lld to :-:'~\\T i ll (..'0:--:1.
(Jill' tl' ouhlc with u s III the past ha s b eln
that \I'e h artistic effect. An d in Cjllantit\, produ " ti o n ,ye
ha ve not ;;ou~ht as dili g en t ly a s we Illi g ht for
gcttin" artistic cfi'ec t s,
\Vhe ll a llIa ll \ya nts
~o lll (' thill g o ri g ill a l a lld uniqu (' it ha s b c(' n th e
pract ice to llIak e t Iii, a s pecia l o r ill"i , idu a l
j o h , ;\11(1 l!l ak e ;-1 :-: i'l ~ l e pi ('ct' of fu rn i lllr e , :-:; 1)"
in s l ea d of Jl la lluia l'l urin \.; a hUJldr e d piece;; to
th e p a tt ern,
In tl1(' old <1 .1 ,'" of u sillg' solid
,,'ood thne \ya;; ~ oo d exc u se ior th is hec;; '",'
th e chance, fo r variation a nd indi\ 'idu;tlity ,\'(' IT
tllr o ll!,h ,'aryin , , t h e d es i,c;n o r Ihe deLlil s Ol
s l"lpinc' 'Illd fabric a lin g' Ih e wood,,'ork,
T o
SO IIlC extent this h o lds trlle to-da\', but not li ke
it did b:tck in th e Ili a illly of solid woo d , l( i ~ praclic a l n o\\' 10
WESSELL, NICKEL & GROSS PICNIC
llic next year.
LUMBER ACTIVITV DECLINES
?da r k ed d e( lin e:' in IUlllb e r act iv it y a r c , h owil
in til(; rl'p o rt o f th e ~a li o n a l T.llntiwr Manllfac­
IIlr e r s' !\ "oe iation fo r th e weck end in g i\ u­
~ U 'l 4, Th e c ui i, est inlatccl at 266,3S 1,129 fe e l,
'I ' ;Ig ai n s[ 2:-Hl,~52,2(J,; for the prec cd in g ",'cek,
Ihi.s
AR.,TNO\9ELTVCO.
"'ol='"' mamifaoiuN"'!
Piano Benehes
and Musie eabinets
llfrite/or-catalog (Uld detail"
INDIANA
Leather Specially,
Tanned for Player­
Pianos and Organs.
A lso Chamois
Sheepskins, Indias
and Skivers
A Specialty of
H. BEHLEN & BRO.
Anilines
Shellacs
t
Stains
Fillers
10-12 Christopher St., New York
Near 6th Ave" and 8th SI.
George H. Harper Co.
Orange, N. J.
Monarch Tool & Mlg.Co.
Pneumatic alld
Pouch Skill Le.athers
\Vall )loxes, l'tlngazine Slot Boxes,
C oin SlideR, Rero)) lUachlnes, Mon ey
Box e s, Pumps, Pump Hardware. Sp e ~
dOli Parts Made to Order.
ltO Opera Place
CINCINNATI, O.
VENEERS
Circassian Walnut, Oak, Walnut
and Specializing on Mahogany.
Capacity-S Million Feet