Music Trade Review
Issue: 1924 Vol. 79 N. 6 - Page 37
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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
AUGUST 9, 1924
37
SUPPLY BRANCHES OF THE INDUSTRY
Art Case Fashion
Makes Veneer Demand
Satinwood, Circassian Walnut and Rosewood
in Demand for Period Two-tone Models
With the entering of twenty or thirty large
piano manufacturers into the field of period
model construction during the past season,
veneer dealers and manufacturers in the New
York district have felt a demand for some of
the rare types of wood and have governed their
supplies accordingly. The call for a variety of
veneers is brought about by the mode for art
cases with a two-tone finish.
Such concerns as Isaac I. Cole & Son, at the
foot of Eighth street and the East River, are
doing a consistent business in satinwood, rose-
wood, Circassian walnut, etc. The firm of Louis
G. Jones, at Tenth street and the East River,
has had a similar experience, as well as numer-
ous calls for tulip wood, which comes from
South America. These rarer woods are avail-
able in prices similar to those of mahogany and
walnut, and most of the New York veneer firms
have t|ken in sufficient stocks of logs in advance
to take care of the early Fall business.
Demand for these other woods has compelled
many of the veneer dealers, who have been sell-
ing mahogany and walnut exclusively in the
past, to buy at different markets. These veneers
offer no.problem to the woodworking foremen
in the piano factories, and can be worked in
much the same manner as mahogany as far as
drying, gluing and pressing is concerned, accord-
ing to authorities on the subject.
Son for M. G. Lorini
M. Campbell Lorini, secretary of the Peerless
Pneumatic Action Co., Inc., New York, has been
receiving the congratulations of his friends dur-
ing the past week over the birth of a son. His
name will be John Campbell Lorini, and in
the course of time he will be an action man-
ufacturer like his father.
Study Resin Production
For the purpose of making a thorough study
of turpentine-resin production, a delegation of
American turpentine producers and merchants
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
from the Savannah district has just sailed for
France. Production of this product in France
is confined to the Departments of Landes and
Gironde and has recently reached proportions
about one-third as large as the annual American
crop. The American visitors are said to be in-
terested chiefly in the methods whereby a yearly
crop is taken from the same forest generation
after generation. Another object of study will
be the processes of distillation of turpentine by
the steam bleaching of resin, said not to be
practiced in the United States.
Peerless Expression Grand
Action in Good Demand
Action First Exhibited at Convention Brings
Very Favorable Reaction From the Piano
Industry
Expectations of a consistent business this
Fall in the grand type of electric expression
actions were expressed this week by M. Camp-
bell Lorini, secretary of the Peerless Pneumatic
Action Co., Inc., New York, who states that
inquiries have been received from numerous
sources for this type of action during July. The
Peerless concern has been more than pleased
with the response that has greeted the new Peer-
less expression grand action, which was officially
exhibited for the first time during the Conven-
tion in June, installed in an Estey grand.
"The demand for the small grand is here to
slay," said Mr. Lorini, "and the more the pub-
lic sees expression players the more it seems to
like them. Whereas we are doing a consistent
business in our Styles 1 and 2 for upright player-
actions, we intend to hitch up firmly with the
mode for small grands this Fall more than ever
before. Our rush may be considered to have
started August 1, and we have increased our
production force in proportion."
Recovery in Wool Market
A decided recovery of the raw wool market
has been observed with a great deal of enthu-
siasm in the Boston wool market, and has broad-
ened into an active search for all desirable lots.
It is roughly estimated that at least 25,000,000
pounds of wool have been transferred in the last
ten days.
No immediate rise in the price of piano and
hammer felts is expected by dealers in these
materials in the New York section in view of
the fact that the best grades of wool, always re-
quired for making this kind of felt, have been
rare and hard to obtain all season. Such a
tightening of the price of raw wool in the pri-
mary markets, however, if it happens to be a pre-
cursor to a more stable period of buying, is
generally felt first by the buyers of high-grade
wools and passes quickly all down the line.
Court Names Receiver
COLUMBUS, O., August 2.—Guy V. Fridley has
been named receiver for the Expression Piano-
Player Co., 1278 West Broad street, by the local
court. Charles E. Bard, president and general
manager of the concern, states that the firm has
been operating at a loss and that the secretary
of the company has refused an accounting.
THE
Cxclusive manufacturers cf
Stains
Fillers
PiaTvo Bervekes
and Musie Cabinets
10-12 Christopher St., New York
Near 6th Arc, and 8th St.
ARTNOVELTYCO.
GOSHEN
Writ* for catalog and details
INDIANA
Pfriemer Plant Holds
Production During Summer
William Pfriemer Declares Plant Ready to Give
Prompt Service—Sees Stability in Present
Wool Market
The strengthening of the raw wool market
in the recent London wool auctions can be taken
as a sign of renewed prosperity for trade in
general, according to William Pfriemer, of
Charles Pfriemer, Inc., manufacturer of piano
hammers and importer of high-grade felts. The
direct effect this new condition will have on
the price of piano felts is more or less negligible,
in Mr. Pfriemer's opinion, but the elimination
of price-sliding of the raw wools will be bene-
ficial in keeping felts on a stable basis. Con-
sidering that supplies are plentiful in the pri-
mary markets, a healthy condition for wool buy-
ing is anticipated.
Mr. Pfriemer stated that Charles Pfriemer,
Inc., is importing felt on the basis of a schedule
prepared last January and that there is every-
thing to indicate that the earlier estimate of
expected business will continue to be followed
out during the balance of the season. This
schedule allowed for an annual increase of busi-
ness. During the Summer season, production
of hammers in the Pfriemer plant has been ac-
tively maintained in order to insure prompt
shipments to the larger customers of this con-
cern, when their first rush of orders is received.
Roy P. Cheek in South
Roy P. Cheek, vice-president of the Peerless
Pneumatic Action Co., Inc., New York, is com-
bining business with pleasure on a trip to Ala-
bama this week. He will be away from New
York about two weeks.
Consult the Universal Want Directory of
The Review. In it advertisements are inserted
free of charge for men who desire positions.
"STANDARD
<•
(CAMBRIDGE)
Piano Actions
She Standard Action Company
Qambridif, ^Massackusttti
WHITE, SON CO.
Manufacturers of
ORGAN AND PLAYER-PIANO
LEATHERS
530-540 Atlantic Ave., BOSTON, MASS.
THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
AUGUST 9, 1924
37
SUPPLY BRANCHES OF THE INDUSTRY
Art Case Fashion
Makes Veneer Demand
Satinwood, Circassian Walnut and Rosewood
in Demand for Period Two-tone Models
With the entering of twenty or thirty large
piano manufacturers into the field of period
model construction during the past season,
veneer dealers and manufacturers in the New
York district have felt a demand for some of
the rare types of wood and have governed their
supplies accordingly. The call for a variety of
veneers is brought about by the mode for art
cases with a two-tone finish.
Such concerns as Isaac I. Cole & Son, at the
foot of Eighth street and the East River, are
doing a consistent business in satinwood, rose-
wood, Circassian walnut, etc. The firm of Louis
G. Jones, at Tenth street and the East River,
has had a similar experience, as well as numer-
ous calls for tulip wood, which comes from
South America. These rarer woods are avail-
able in prices similar to those of mahogany and
walnut, and most of the New York veneer firms
have t|ken in sufficient stocks of logs in advance
to take care of the early Fall business.
Demand for these other woods has compelled
many of the veneer dealers, who have been sell-
ing mahogany and walnut exclusively in the
past, to buy at different markets. These veneers
offer no.problem to the woodworking foremen
in the piano factories, and can be worked in
much the same manner as mahogany as far as
drying, gluing and pressing is concerned, accord-
ing to authorities on the subject.
Son for M. G. Lorini
M. Campbell Lorini, secretary of the Peerless
Pneumatic Action Co., Inc., New York, has been
receiving the congratulations of his friends dur-
ing the past week over the birth of a son. His
name will be John Campbell Lorini, and in
the course of time he will be an action man-
ufacturer like his father.
Study Resin Production
For the purpose of making a thorough study
of turpentine-resin production, a delegation of
American turpentine producers and merchants
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
from the Savannah district has just sailed for
France. Production of this product in France
is confined to the Departments of Landes and
Gironde and has recently reached proportions
about one-third as large as the annual American
crop. The American visitors are said to be in-
terested chiefly in the methods whereby a yearly
crop is taken from the same forest generation
after generation. Another object of study will
be the processes of distillation of turpentine by
the steam bleaching of resin, said not to be
practiced in the United States.
Peerless Expression Grand
Action in Good Demand
Action First Exhibited at Convention Brings
Very Favorable Reaction From the Piano
Industry
Expectations of a consistent business this
Fall in the grand type of electric expression
actions were expressed this week by M. Camp-
bell Lorini, secretary of the Peerless Pneumatic
Action Co., Inc., New York, who states that
inquiries have been received from numerous
sources for this type of action during July. The
Peerless concern has been more than pleased
with the response that has greeted the new Peer-
less expression grand action, which was officially
exhibited for the first time during the Conven-
tion in June, installed in an Estey grand.
"The demand for the small grand is here to
slay," said Mr. Lorini, "and the more the pub-
lic sees expression players the more it seems to
like them. Whereas we are doing a consistent
business in our Styles 1 and 2 for upright player-
actions, we intend to hitch up firmly with the
mode for small grands this Fall more than ever
before. Our rush may be considered to have
started August 1, and we have increased our
production force in proportion."
Recovery in Wool Market
A decided recovery of the raw wool market
has been observed with a great deal of enthu-
siasm in the Boston wool market, and has broad-
ened into an active search for all desirable lots.
It is roughly estimated that at least 25,000,000
pounds of wool have been transferred in the last
ten days.
No immediate rise in the price of piano and
hammer felts is expected by dealers in these
materials in the New York section in view of
the fact that the best grades of wool, always re-
quired for making this kind of felt, have been
rare and hard to obtain all season. Such a
tightening of the price of raw wool in the pri-
mary markets, however, if it happens to be a pre-
cursor to a more stable period of buying, is
generally felt first by the buyers of high-grade
wools and passes quickly all down the line.
Court Names Receiver
COLUMBUS, O., August 2.—Guy V. Fridley has
been named receiver for the Expression Piano-
Player Co., 1278 West Broad street, by the local
court. Charles E. Bard, president and general
manager of the concern, states that the firm has
been operating at a loss and that the secretary
of the company has refused an accounting.
THE
Cxclusive manufacturers cf
Stains
Fillers
PiaTvo Bervekes
and Musie Cabinets
10-12 Christopher St., New York
Near 6th Arc, and 8th St.
ARTNOVELTYCO.
GOSHEN
Writ* for catalog and details
INDIANA
Pfriemer Plant Holds
Production During Summer
William Pfriemer Declares Plant Ready to Give
Prompt Service—Sees Stability in Present
Wool Market
The strengthening of the raw wool market
in the recent London wool auctions can be taken
as a sign of renewed prosperity for trade in
general, according to William Pfriemer, of
Charles Pfriemer, Inc., manufacturer of piano
hammers and importer of high-grade felts. The
direct effect this new condition will have on
the price of piano felts is more or less negligible,
in Mr. Pfriemer's opinion, but the elimination
of price-sliding of the raw wools will be bene-
ficial in keeping felts on a stable basis. Con-
sidering that supplies are plentiful in the pri-
mary markets, a healthy condition for wool buy-
ing is anticipated.
Mr. Pfriemer stated that Charles Pfriemer,
Inc., is importing felt on the basis of a schedule
prepared last January and that there is every-
thing to indicate that the earlier estimate of
expected business will continue to be followed
out during the balance of the season. This
schedule allowed for an annual increase of busi-
ness. During the Summer season, production
of hammers in the Pfriemer plant has been ac-
tively maintained in order to insure prompt
shipments to the larger customers of this con-
cern, when their first rush of orders is received.
Roy P. Cheek in South
Roy P. Cheek, vice-president of the Peerless
Pneumatic Action Co., Inc., New York, is com-
bining business with pleasure on a trip to Ala-
bama this week. He will be away from New
York about two weeks.
Consult the Universal Want Directory of
The Review. In it advertisements are inserted
free of charge for men who desire positions.
"STANDARD
<•
(CAMBRIDGE)
Piano Actions
She Standard Action Company
Qambridif, ^Massackusttti
WHITE, SON CO.
Manufacturers of
ORGAN AND PLAYER-PIANO
LEATHERS
530-540 Atlantic Ave., BOSTON, MASS.
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