Music Trade Review
Issue: 1924 Vol. 79 N. 22 - Page 49
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THE
NOVEMBER 29, 1924
MUSIC
TRADE
REVIEW
47
SUPPLY BRANCHES OF THE INDUSTRY
Standard Action Plant
Running at Capacity
Firm Reports Good Demand From Manufac-
turers—New Machinery Installed in the Plant
November 22.—A highly
efficient perforating machine has just been in-
stalled in the plant of the Standard Action Co.,
maker of piano actions in this city. The new
device is designed to perform six perforating
operations on one piece, without being touched
by the operator. Complicated machines of this
type necessarily have to be developed at the
factory, and executives of the Standard Action
Co. have made great progress in developing
automatic machinery which removes all risk of
human error.
Production at the Standard Action plant is
continuing at a maximum, according to com-
pany executives. Charles L. McHugh, traveling
representative of the company, has begun an-
other trip through the East and has spent the
greater part of this week in New York City
visiting piano manufacturers. In his letters to
the firm Mr. McHugh states that he is en-
countering more activity and greater optimism
among piano makers than have been apparent
for many months. He has taken some large
orders on his present trip and sees a bright
prospect for the coming season.
CAMBRIDGE,
MASS.,
for twelve years prior to entering player work
was in piano factories, and he is thoroughly
familiar with every stage of piano building. Mr.
Strub will be on the road for three or four
weeks.
Forest Conference Plans
Less Wasteful Utilization
Washington Conference Outlines Program of
Economy—Piano Industry Is Represented by
Gust. Ad. Anderson
Many recommendations to stimulate more
efficient utilization of forest products with a
view to averting a timber shortage were ap-
proved by the National Conference on Utiliza-
tion of Forest Products, held in Washington
under the auspices of the Department of Com-
merce last week. The piano industry was rep-
resented by Gust. Ad. Anderson, vice-president
of the B. K. Settergren Co., Inc., Bluffton, Ind.,
in place of Max deRochemont, of the Laffargue
Co., who was unable to attend.
As a result of the recommendations a per-
manent organization will be appointed to carry
on the plans, brought out by the conference,
which will include the following: Completion
and general adoption of application of lumber
standards; a wider use of dimension stock by
standardizing sizes to the lowest practical mini-
mum; application of scientific principles to the
piling, storing and drying of lumber, consider-
ing of scientific methods for the arrest and
prevention of decay in logs and lumbers; utili-
zation of waste products through diversified
Traveler for Standard Pneumatic Action Co. operations and development, improvement and
Visiting Indiana, Ohio and Kentucky
utilization of building codes.
"An adequate supply of timber is essential to*
Ben Strub, representative of the Standard the industrial development of the country and
Pneumatic Action Co., New York, in the Chi- to the maintenance of present standards of liv-
cago zone, has begun a trip through the three ing, as well as to the prosperity of the people
States, Indiana, Kentucky and Ohio in the in- and industries dependent upon the forests,"
terests of the company. His letters to W. A. resolutions adopted by the conference declare.
Mennie, vice-president and acting head of the
Regional timber shortage and consequent high
Standard Pneumatic plant, contain many orders costs are already making themselves felt to
and much news of activity in the manufacturing manufacturers and users alike, and will become
and retail piano field.
increasingly serious during the many years
Mr. Strub has made hosts of friends among needed to get an adequate program of timber
the manufacturers he calls on, not alone by his growing into effect.
vivid personality, but also by the constructive
"More careful utilization of forest products '
suggestions he is able to make to production offers an immediate means of prolonging our
heads and superintendents. His early training supply of timber and should be recognized in
the national program of forestry as of equal
importance with timber growing, and protec-
tion.
"Reducing needless drain will tend to lower
the cost of raw material, will create additional
sources of profit from material now wasted,
and will lengthen the life of plant investments
by prolonging the supply of raw material.
The man who uses Behlen's Varnish
"The task of reducing these losses is a joint
Crack Eradicator can afford to figure
responsibility of the industrial, commercial, ag-
lower, yet makes more profit on a re-
ricultural, governmental, educational and profes-
finishing job, than the man who does
sional interests, and the general public."
Ben Strub on Trip
in the Middle West
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.
Bureau of Standards
Makes Annual Report
Government Testing Laboratories Report In-
crease of 125 Times in Work Done Since Its
Foundation
WASHINGTON, D. C, November 21.—Large sav-
ings to the government and to American indus-
try are reported by the United States Bureau
of Standards, according to the annual report of
Dr. George K. Burgess, director of the bureau.
The report was released to-day and submitted
to Secretary of Commerce Hoover.
An increase of more than 125 times its initial
volume has taken place in the testing work of
the Bureau of Standards during the twenty-
three years of its existence, the report states.
During the year just closed 135,852 tests were
conducted by all divisions of the bureau, as
compared with 115,729 in 1923.
"Most of the tests of the past year were
executed for other branches of the govern-
ment, practically every branch making use of
the facilities provided. A great deal of test-
ing, however, is done for commercial firms and
for individuals, over 40,000 test folders, covering
over 600,000 such tests, for which a charge is
made, having been issued since the founding
of the bureau. The government work is given
precedence, however, and in some cases all test-
ing except that for the government has had to
be refused because the demand exceeds the
facilities for doing this work."
The inability to meet this demand is unfortu-
nate, Mr. Burgess points out. It is very desir-
able for the bureau to carry out certain tests
for outside parties, he claims, not only as a
means of assisting American industries and citi-
zens, but because the information so gained is
of value to the bureau. "The bureau has no
intention of entering into competition with
commercial testing laboratories, but there are
certain classes of work which it is considered
desirable for it to undertake because the results
would be of public benefit."
STANDARD
(CAMBRIDGE)
Piano Actions
Standard Action Company
Cambridge, ^Massachusetts
Pig Iron Market
The heavy buying movement in pig iron con-
tinued last week as the feature in the iron and
steel markets, although attention was also cen-
tered on a quite general increase in demand
for steel.
WHITE, SON CO.
Manufacturers of
ORGAN AND PLAYER-PIANO
H. BEHLEN & BRO.
Aniline*
Shellac*
THE
LEATHERS
Writ* for*catalog and details
530-540 Atlantic Ave., BOSTON, MASS.
Cxclusive manufacturers cf
Stains
Fillers
10-12 Christopher St., New York
Near 6th AT«., and 8th St.
Piano BeiveKes
and Musie Cabinets
ARTNOVELTYCO.
GOSHEN
INDIANA
THE
NOVEMBER 29, 1924
MUSIC
TRADE
REVIEW
47
SUPPLY BRANCHES OF THE INDUSTRY
Standard Action Plant
Running at Capacity
Firm Reports Good Demand From Manufac-
turers—New Machinery Installed in the Plant
November 22.—A highly
efficient perforating machine has just been in-
stalled in the plant of the Standard Action Co.,
maker of piano actions in this city. The new
device is designed to perform six perforating
operations on one piece, without being touched
by the operator. Complicated machines of this
type necessarily have to be developed at the
factory, and executives of the Standard Action
Co. have made great progress in developing
automatic machinery which removes all risk of
human error.
Production at the Standard Action plant is
continuing at a maximum, according to com-
pany executives. Charles L. McHugh, traveling
representative of the company, has begun an-
other trip through the East and has spent the
greater part of this week in New York City
visiting piano manufacturers. In his letters to
the firm Mr. McHugh states that he is en-
countering more activity and greater optimism
among piano makers than have been apparent
for many months. He has taken some large
orders on his present trip and sees a bright
prospect for the coming season.
CAMBRIDGE,
MASS.,
for twelve years prior to entering player work
was in piano factories, and he is thoroughly
familiar with every stage of piano building. Mr.
Strub will be on the road for three or four
weeks.
Forest Conference Plans
Less Wasteful Utilization
Washington Conference Outlines Program of
Economy—Piano Industry Is Represented by
Gust. Ad. Anderson
Many recommendations to stimulate more
efficient utilization of forest products with a
view to averting a timber shortage were ap-
proved by the National Conference on Utiliza-
tion of Forest Products, held in Washington
under the auspices of the Department of Com-
merce last week. The piano industry was rep-
resented by Gust. Ad. Anderson, vice-president
of the B. K. Settergren Co., Inc., Bluffton, Ind.,
in place of Max deRochemont, of the Laffargue
Co., who was unable to attend.
As a result of the recommendations a per-
manent organization will be appointed to carry
on the plans, brought out by the conference,
which will include the following: Completion
and general adoption of application of lumber
standards; a wider use of dimension stock by
standardizing sizes to the lowest practical mini-
mum; application of scientific principles to the
piling, storing and drying of lumber, consider-
ing of scientific methods for the arrest and
prevention of decay in logs and lumbers; utili-
zation of waste products through diversified
Traveler for Standard Pneumatic Action Co. operations and development, improvement and
Visiting Indiana, Ohio and Kentucky
utilization of building codes.
"An adequate supply of timber is essential to*
Ben Strub, representative of the Standard the industrial development of the country and
Pneumatic Action Co., New York, in the Chi- to the maintenance of present standards of liv-
cago zone, has begun a trip through the three ing, as well as to the prosperity of the people
States, Indiana, Kentucky and Ohio in the in- and industries dependent upon the forests,"
terests of the company. His letters to W. A. resolutions adopted by the conference declare.
Mennie, vice-president and acting head of the
Regional timber shortage and consequent high
Standard Pneumatic plant, contain many orders costs are already making themselves felt to
and much news of activity in the manufacturing manufacturers and users alike, and will become
and retail piano field.
increasingly serious during the many years
Mr. Strub has made hosts of friends among needed to get an adequate program of timber
the manufacturers he calls on, not alone by his growing into effect.
vivid personality, but also by the constructive
"More careful utilization of forest products '
suggestions he is able to make to production offers an immediate means of prolonging our
heads and superintendents. His early training supply of timber and should be recognized in
the national program of forestry as of equal
importance with timber growing, and protec-
tion.
"Reducing needless drain will tend to lower
the cost of raw material, will create additional
sources of profit from material now wasted,
and will lengthen the life of plant investments
by prolonging the supply of raw material.
The man who uses Behlen's Varnish
"The task of reducing these losses is a joint
Crack Eradicator can afford to figure
responsibility of the industrial, commercial, ag-
lower, yet makes more profit on a re-
ricultural, governmental, educational and profes-
finishing job, than the man who does
sional interests, and the general public."
Ben Strub on Trip
in the Middle West
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.
Bureau of Standards
Makes Annual Report
Government Testing Laboratories Report In-
crease of 125 Times in Work Done Since Its
Foundation
WASHINGTON, D. C, November 21.—Large sav-
ings to the government and to American indus-
try are reported by the United States Bureau
of Standards, according to the annual report of
Dr. George K. Burgess, director of the bureau.
The report was released to-day and submitted
to Secretary of Commerce Hoover.
An increase of more than 125 times its initial
volume has taken place in the testing work of
the Bureau of Standards during the twenty-
three years of its existence, the report states.
During the year just closed 135,852 tests were
conducted by all divisions of the bureau, as
compared with 115,729 in 1923.
"Most of the tests of the past year were
executed for other branches of the govern-
ment, practically every branch making use of
the facilities provided. A great deal of test-
ing, however, is done for commercial firms and
for individuals, over 40,000 test folders, covering
over 600,000 such tests, for which a charge is
made, having been issued since the founding
of the bureau. The government work is given
precedence, however, and in some cases all test-
ing except that for the government has had to
be refused because the demand exceeds the
facilities for doing this work."
The inability to meet this demand is unfortu-
nate, Mr. Burgess points out. It is very desir-
able for the bureau to carry out certain tests
for outside parties, he claims, not only as a
means of assisting American industries and citi-
zens, but because the information so gained is
of value to the bureau. "The bureau has no
intention of entering into competition with
commercial testing laboratories, but there are
certain classes of work which it is considered
desirable for it to undertake because the results
would be of public benefit."
STANDARD
(CAMBRIDGE)
Piano Actions
Standard Action Company
Cambridge, ^Massachusetts
Pig Iron Market
The heavy buying movement in pig iron con-
tinued last week as the feature in the iron and
steel markets, although attention was also cen-
tered on a quite general increase in demand
for steel.
WHITE, SON CO.
Manufacturers of
ORGAN AND PLAYER-PIANO
H. BEHLEN & BRO.
Aniline*
Shellac*
THE
LEATHERS
Writ* for*catalog and details
530-540 Atlantic Ave., BOSTON, MASS.
Cxclusive manufacturers cf
Stains
Fillers
10-12 Christopher St., New York
Near 6th AT«., and 8th St.
Piano BeiveKes
and Musie Cabinets
ARTNOVELTYCO.
GOSHEN
INDIANA
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