Music Trade Review
Issue: 1924 Vol. 78 N. 20 - Page 43
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MAY
THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
17, 1924
43
SUPPLY BRANCHES OF THE INDUSTRY
fully gone over to make sure it is clear and any
superfluous shellac in the holes is scraped away.
"Passing along, it is drilled to receive the
screws which will eventually fasten it to the
Standard Player Monthly Published by Standard valve board.
Present Market Shows Advances Ranging as
"Next, the whole board is carefully hand-
Pneumatic Action Co. Gives the "Low Down"
High as 10 Per cent Over Those for the Last
planed and sandpapered.
Quarter
on the Process
"A coat of black varnish is now given the
The current issue of the Standard Player board, on its plain side and it is placed on a
Trade figures from London indicate that prices
Monthly carries an account of the making of a rack to dry.
on raw ivory, in the recent quarterly sale on that
"After it is dried it is taken to another depart- commodity, show a strong advance, in some
pouch board, which is humorously described in
ment where deft-fingered girls carefully spread cases 10 per cent over the figures of the last
that paper as follows:
"The Secondary Valve and the Power Pneu- glue around the pouch holes and then lay in quarter. The upward tendency is explained by
matic having made their bow to the S. P. M. place the pouch skins that are as soft and thin the re-entry of Germany and France as bidders
audience, we now introduce another member of and flexible as can be made. Then, before the on the ivory market from which they have been
the Standard Player family who is a star per-, glue has time to harden, each pouch is curved conspicuously absent since the war. Economic
former possessed of 'a skin you love to touch.' and set the correct depth, the edges pressed conditions in those countries have now become
firmly down and the board is passed along for stable enough to warrant consistent buying in
It is the Pouch Board—dance promoter.
"This important performer's chief act is to inspection—each pouch being tested for possible the future, which will mean a firmer market for
the product.
keep the valves on the jump. Ordinarily, Bobby leakage.
"The packing leather is then glued around the
Valve's wooden head rests lovingly against the
It is not likely that this sudden rise in the
aforsaid 'skin you love to touch.' But, when a edges and the Pouch Board is ready to begin price of the raw ivory will be felt here for
breeze comes in from outside, that skin is sud- its job of making the valves dance as soon as some time, in spite of the fact that prices have
shown slight variance for the past four or five
denly inflated and Bobby Valve makes a move. the entire action is assembled."
years. If the advance does continue, however,
"Like 'The Gum Tree Canoe' the Pouch Board
quotations on American-made piano keys will
is made of gum-wood—straight-grained and
eventually be affected.
thoroughly seasoned.
"Now, a Pouch Board isn't must to look it,
but there's a lot of work goes into 'the makings'
High-grade Australian Fleeces Held at Prices
that the observer does not realize.
Which Prevent Any Decrease in Finished
"Starting as part of a rough piece of board
Dun's index number of wholesale quotations
Product
it finishes as a smooth and polished member of
as of May 1 shows a decline of 1.1 per cent from
the Player Action family.
A canvass of the piano felt and hammer trade, the total for April 1. At $184,675, representing
"In the basement of the big factory the board
made
in the New York district this week by a the cost per capita of a year's supply of com-
is rough-planed and ripped to width. Then,
modities, the latest figure is at the lowest point
journeying on, it is cut to length and on a representative of The Review, develops the fact touched since November 1, 1922.
that
stocks
of
finished
goods
are
plentiful,
but
molding machine it is smoothed off—top, bot-
The general level of commodity prices sagged
no drop in prices is looked for on account of
tom and sides.
in April as it did in each of the preceding four
the
scarcity
of
high-grade
raw
wool.
It
is
gen-
"It now goes to a Boring Machine and eighty-
months, but the total reduction was smaller than
eight shallow hollows arc bored in it, twenty- erally believed that piano manufacturers will it was in any but one of these four months.
start
buying
early
in
the
Summer
to
anticipate
nine or thirty at a time. These are the hollows
a sudden spurt in business before the hot The advances collectively footed up a very small
that lie below the pouch skins.
amount, whereas the groups • declining showed
"And now channels are bored through the weather is over.
inore weight in nearly every instance. Of 106
This view is logical, as most piano retailers products recorded in the total price list, thirty-
narrow edge of the board to come out into the
will
probably
be
caught
short
after
the
Spring
hollows. These are to admit the air that flows
three declined, while thirty-three went up and
in through the primary valve on a double-valve boom, which has started this month in several fifty remained unchanged.
quarters.
Quotations
on
raw
domestic
wools,
action. Then a strong force of air blows all
dust out of the channels. The next operation is which show a lessening tendency in price, have
the shellacing, which is performed in a large little effect on the piano felt market, which gets
tank. Then the board is placed on a rack to its wool from Argentina and Australia, where
a scarcity prevails.
dry.
(CAMBRIDGE.)
"After it is dried it goes through a scraper
which removes all shellac from the board except
in the pouch holes. Then each channel is care-
London Ivory Market Shows
Strong Price Advances
The Method of Making
a Player Pouch Board
Felt Prices Steady
Due to Wool Scarcity
Wholesale Quotations Drop
STANDARD
Walnut Mills Report
Heavy Demand for Wood
Piano Actions
Maximum Production Holds Prices in Line in
Face of Heavy Demand for This Cabinet
Wood
The man who uses Behlen's Varnish
Crack Eradicator can afford to figure
lower, yet makes more profit 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, too—if not more so.
Send for a sample can today and
try it.
H. BEHLEN & BRO.
Anilines
Shellacs
Recent trade advices from producers in the
wainut industry indicate a satisfactory condi-
tion for that wood. During the first four months
of this year every walnut mill throughout the
country operated to full capacity on account
of the very large amount of orders received.
Maximum production during these months
held the cost price somewhat in line, and is
probably the only reason that selling prices
did not advance more seriously. The much
higher cost of logs and the heavy demand cer-
tainly justified higher prices than are now pre-
vailing. Many buyers have expressed their sat-
isfaction as to the stability of prices, and with
but few exceptions, all were served promptly.
THE
exclusive manu/actucars cf
Stains
Fillers
Piaivo Beivekes
and Musie Cabinets
10-12 Christopher St., New York
Near 6th Ave., and 8th St.
ART NOVELTY CO.
GOSHEN
Writ* for catalog fund, details
INDIANA
Shi Standard Action Company
Cambridge, ^Massachusetts
WHITE, SON CO.
Manufacturers of
ORGAN AND PLAYER-PIANO
LEATHERS
530-540 Atlantic Ave., BOSTON, MASS.
MAY
THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
17, 1924
43
SUPPLY BRANCHES OF THE INDUSTRY
fully gone over to make sure it is clear and any
superfluous shellac in the holes is scraped away.
"Passing along, it is drilled to receive the
screws which will eventually fasten it to the
Standard Player Monthly Published by Standard valve board.
Present Market Shows Advances Ranging as
"Next, the whole board is carefully hand-
Pneumatic Action Co. Gives the "Low Down"
High as 10 Per cent Over Those for the Last
planed and sandpapered.
Quarter
on the Process
"A coat of black varnish is now given the
The current issue of the Standard Player board, on its plain side and it is placed on a
Trade figures from London indicate that prices
Monthly carries an account of the making of a rack to dry.
on raw ivory, in the recent quarterly sale on that
"After it is dried it is taken to another depart- commodity, show a strong advance, in some
pouch board, which is humorously described in
ment where deft-fingered girls carefully spread cases 10 per cent over the figures of the last
that paper as follows:
"The Secondary Valve and the Power Pneu- glue around the pouch holes and then lay in quarter. The upward tendency is explained by
matic having made their bow to the S. P. M. place the pouch skins that are as soft and thin the re-entry of Germany and France as bidders
audience, we now introduce another member of and flexible as can be made. Then, before the on the ivory market from which they have been
the Standard Player family who is a star per-, glue has time to harden, each pouch is curved conspicuously absent since the war. Economic
former possessed of 'a skin you love to touch.' and set the correct depth, the edges pressed conditions in those countries have now become
firmly down and the board is passed along for stable enough to warrant consistent buying in
It is the Pouch Board—dance promoter.
"This important performer's chief act is to inspection—each pouch being tested for possible the future, which will mean a firmer market for
the product.
keep the valves on the jump. Ordinarily, Bobby leakage.
"The packing leather is then glued around the
Valve's wooden head rests lovingly against the
It is not likely that this sudden rise in the
aforsaid 'skin you love to touch.' But, when a edges and the Pouch Board is ready to begin price of the raw ivory will be felt here for
breeze comes in from outside, that skin is sud- its job of making the valves dance as soon as some time, in spite of the fact that prices have
shown slight variance for the past four or five
denly inflated and Bobby Valve makes a move. the entire action is assembled."
years. If the advance does continue, however,
"Like 'The Gum Tree Canoe' the Pouch Board
quotations on American-made piano keys will
is made of gum-wood—straight-grained and
eventually be affected.
thoroughly seasoned.
"Now, a Pouch Board isn't must to look it,
but there's a lot of work goes into 'the makings'
High-grade Australian Fleeces Held at Prices
that the observer does not realize.
Which Prevent Any Decrease in Finished
"Starting as part of a rough piece of board
Dun's index number of wholesale quotations
Product
it finishes as a smooth and polished member of
as of May 1 shows a decline of 1.1 per cent from
the Player Action family.
A canvass of the piano felt and hammer trade, the total for April 1. At $184,675, representing
"In the basement of the big factory the board
made
in the New York district this week by a the cost per capita of a year's supply of com-
is rough-planed and ripped to width. Then,
modities, the latest figure is at the lowest point
journeying on, it is cut to length and on a representative of The Review, develops the fact touched since November 1, 1922.
that
stocks
of
finished
goods
are
plentiful,
but
molding machine it is smoothed off—top, bot-
The general level of commodity prices sagged
no drop in prices is looked for on account of
tom and sides.
in April as it did in each of the preceding four
the
scarcity
of
high-grade
raw
wool.
It
is
gen-
"It now goes to a Boring Machine and eighty-
months, but the total reduction was smaller than
eight shallow hollows arc bored in it, twenty- erally believed that piano manufacturers will it was in any but one of these four months.
start
buying
early
in
the
Summer
to
anticipate
nine or thirty at a time. These are the hollows
a sudden spurt in business before the hot The advances collectively footed up a very small
that lie below the pouch skins.
amount, whereas the groups • declining showed
"And now channels are bored through the weather is over.
inore weight in nearly every instance. Of 106
This view is logical, as most piano retailers products recorded in the total price list, thirty-
narrow edge of the board to come out into the
will
probably
be
caught
short
after
the
Spring
hollows. These are to admit the air that flows
three declined, while thirty-three went up and
in through the primary valve on a double-valve boom, which has started this month in several fifty remained unchanged.
quarters.
Quotations
on
raw
domestic
wools,
action. Then a strong force of air blows all
dust out of the channels. The next operation is which show a lessening tendency in price, have
the shellacing, which is performed in a large little effect on the piano felt market, which gets
tank. Then the board is placed on a rack to its wool from Argentina and Australia, where
a scarcity prevails.
dry.
(CAMBRIDGE.)
"After it is dried it goes through a scraper
which removes all shellac from the board except
in the pouch holes. Then each channel is care-
London Ivory Market Shows
Strong Price Advances
The Method of Making
a Player Pouch Board
Felt Prices Steady
Due to Wool Scarcity
Wholesale Quotations Drop
STANDARD
Walnut Mills Report
Heavy Demand for Wood
Piano Actions
Maximum Production Holds Prices in Line in
Face of Heavy Demand for This Cabinet
Wood
The man who uses Behlen's Varnish
Crack Eradicator can afford to figure
lower, yet makes more profit 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, too—if not more so.
Send for a sample can today and
try it.
H. BEHLEN & BRO.
Anilines
Shellacs
Recent trade advices from producers in the
wainut industry indicate a satisfactory condi-
tion for that wood. During the first four months
of this year every walnut mill throughout the
country operated to full capacity on account
of the very large amount of orders received.
Maximum production during these months
held the cost price somewhat in line, and is
probably the only reason that selling prices
did not advance more seriously. The much
higher cost of logs and the heavy demand cer-
tainly justified higher prices than are now pre-
vailing. Many buyers have expressed their sat-
isfaction as to the stability of prices, and with
but few exceptions, all were served promptly.
THE
exclusive manu/actucars cf
Stains
Fillers
Piaivo Beivekes
and Musie Cabinets
10-12 Christopher St., New York
Near 6th Ave., and 8th St.
ART NOVELTY CO.
GOSHEN
Writ* for catalog fund, details
INDIANA
Shi Standard Action Company
Cambridge, ^Massachusetts
WHITE, SON CO.
Manufacturers of
ORGAN AND PLAYER-PIANO
LEATHERS
530-540 Atlantic Ave., BOSTON, MASS.
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