Music Trade Review
Issue: 1925 Vol. 80 N. 13 - Page 53
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M A R C H 28,
THE
1925
MUSIC
TRADE
REVIEW
53
SUPPLY BRANCHES OF THE INDUSTRY
E. U. Kettle New Grand
Rapids General Manager
L. G. Sidles Appointed Production Manager
and Head of Office—Company Receiving
Many Repeat Orders
GRAND RAPIDS, MICH., March 21.—Business is
showing a decided improvement in this city,
which all the hotels proclaim the "Furniture
Capital of America." Trade is quite satisfac-
tory with the Grand Rapids Vapor Kiln Co.,
whose officials are pleased with the number of
repeat orders they have recently received for
dry kiln equipment from piano plants. These
include the Votey Organ Co., of Garwood, N.
J., one of the manufacturing units of the Aeolian
Co. and the H. C. Bay Piano Co., Rluffton, Ind.
Other orders received are from three plants in
Chicago, as well as from Ft. Worth, Texas,
Knoxville, Term., Rockford, 111., and High Wy-
combe, England. The management of the Grand
Rapids Vapor Kiln Co. has recently changed. E.
U. Kettle, a widely known and thoroughly expe-
rienced specialist, has become vice-president
and general manager and L. G. Sidles is pro-
duction manager and head of the office.
Grand Rapids vapor kilns arc well known
throughout the entire woodworking industry
and particularly in the piano industry. These
kilns are to be found in the manufacturing
plants of many of the leading piano manufac-
turers throughout the country. A manifestation
of the satisfaction given by Grand Rapids vapor
kilns is particularly noticeable in that users of
these kilns, when expansion has become neces-
sary, invariably reorder more Grand Rapids
kilns.
John Lindhammer Dies
CHICAGO, III., March 21.—John Liudhammer,
superintendent of the Williams. Piano & Organ
Co. plant of this city, and one of the best known
MESSAGE
FOR YOU
Are you still wasting your time and
going to the expense of scraping off old
varnish and shellac to eliminate the
checks and cracks in order to secure a
smooth surface for refinishing?
Use Behlen's Varnish Crack Eradi-
cator.
It saves time, trouble and, incidentally,
expense, at the same time giving you as
fine a body surface for the new finish
as you could possibly wish for.
A sample can for trial awaits your
request.
piano makers in the Middle West, died recent-
ly at his home at the age of fifty-four. He came
to America from Germany at the age of eigh-
teen and found employment with the Bush
& Gerts Piano Co., Chicago. Later he was
with, the Conover Co., and in 1903 joined the
Williams Piano & Organ Co. as superintend-
ent. His death came as the result of pneu-
monia. The funeral services were held at the
Second German Baptist Church, of which Mr.
Lindhammer was a deacon, and were attended
by many of his friends of the piano industry.
W. A. Mennie Back
From the Middle West
Finds Conditions With Distinct Trend for
Betterment — An Opinion Confirmed by
Orders at the Factory
William A. Mennie, vice-president of the
Standard Pneumatic Action Co., New York,
who returned recently from an extended trip
through the trade in the Middle West, brought
back a spirit of optimism with respect to con-
ditions of general business in that territory.
Mr. Mennie visited piano manufacturers in
Chicago, Milwaukee and other large cities and
gained the impression that a lively industrial
period was about to begin.
"Since my return," said Mr. Mennie this week
to a representative of The Review, "my opinion
has been confirmed in a number of ways, but
principally by a series of rush orders for actions
received from manufacturers who had already
been shipped their quota for the month. In the
course of my trip I also visited a number of
prominent retailers and found them confident
of a better player business this year than last.
In view of what I have found we expect to
keep the wheels in the Standard Pneumatic
factory turning in a lively fashion all during
the coming season."
To Open Uptown Store
Announcement was made this week by Hain-
macher, Schlcmmer & Co., New York, dealers
in piano supplies and general hardware, of the
purchase of a new piece of property at 145-47
Last Fifty-seventh street, on which they will
erect a modern, fireproof building. The first
three floors of the new building will be used
for the retail trade and executive offices of
the company. The piano supply department
will be retained on the second floor of the
concern's headquarters at 133 Fourth avenue
as formerly, according to John Schadler.
PHILIP W. OETTING & SON, Inc.
213 East 19th Street, New York
Sole Agents for
WEICKERT HAMMER AND DAMPER FELTS
GRAND AND UPRIGHT HAMMERS
Made of Weickert Felt
THE
H. BEHLEN & BRO.
Aniline*
Shellac*
Cxclusive manufacturers of
Stain*
Fillers
10-12 Christopher St., New York
Ntir 0th Aft., and 8th St.
ARTNOVELTYCO.
Piaivo Bervckes
and Musie Cabinets
GOSHEN
Writ*/orcatalog and. details
Lumber Standardization
Conference on May 1
General Meeting of Interests Involved in Wash-
ington on That Date With Secretary Hoover
of Commerce Department
WASHINGTON, I). C, March 21.—May 1 has been
set as the opening date of the general lumber
standardization conference with Secretary
Hoover in Washington, John W. Blodgett,
chairman of the central committee on lumber
standards, announced at the close of a two-day
meeting of the central committee. It is be-
lieved that this meeting, which will be the
third general conference held during the past
three years, will see the program of standard-
ization of the softwood lumber industry
brought to a successful conclusion, the result
of which will be an estimated saving to the
American people of many millions annually.
Secretary Hoover's initial move to bring
about standardization in the lumber industry
was made in May, 1922. Under the auspices
of the National Lumber Manufacturers' Asso-
ciation and at its invitation the Secretary called
the first meeting of representatives of the in-
dustry together to explain his plan.
Mr. Hoover believed that if the lumber in-
dustry, the largest single manufacturing indus-
try in tin- United States, with $12,000,000,000
capital, employing 800,000 persons and indirect-
ly about 1,000,000, and with an annual product
of more than $3,000,000,000, could adopt nation-
il standards, other industries would follow lum-
ber's example.
Superintendents' Annual
I he annual dinner and meeting of the Super-
intendents' Club of the New York Piano Manu-
facturers' Association will be held Wednesday
evening, April 8 at 6:30, in the banquet rooms
al 34 West Thirty-third street. The feature of
the meeting will be the election of officers for
the coining year, and President W. Hausler is
anxious that all active members attend.
Varnish Industry Meets
The problems of the paint and varnish indus-
try in the New York zone were discussed at
a recent meeting of the Paint, Oil and Varnish
Club of New York, held in the Hotel Biltmore
and attended by most of the prominent local
manufacturers and salesmen of this industry.
President Charles J. Roh, of the Murphy Var-
nish Co., Newark, N. J., presided. The speeches
WHITE, SON CO.
Manufacturers of
ORGAN AND PLAYER-PIANO
LEATHERS
530-540 Atlantic Are., BOSTON, MASS.
INDIANA
For over 25 years Specialists
in high grade Piano Cases
Paterson Piano
Case Co.
PATERSON, N. J.
M A R C H 28,
THE
1925
MUSIC
TRADE
REVIEW
53
SUPPLY BRANCHES OF THE INDUSTRY
E. U. Kettle New Grand
Rapids General Manager
L. G. Sidles Appointed Production Manager
and Head of Office—Company Receiving
Many Repeat Orders
GRAND RAPIDS, MICH., March 21.—Business is
showing a decided improvement in this city,
which all the hotels proclaim the "Furniture
Capital of America." Trade is quite satisfac-
tory with the Grand Rapids Vapor Kiln Co.,
whose officials are pleased with the number of
repeat orders they have recently received for
dry kiln equipment from piano plants. These
include the Votey Organ Co., of Garwood, N.
J., one of the manufacturing units of the Aeolian
Co. and the H. C. Bay Piano Co., Rluffton, Ind.
Other orders received are from three plants in
Chicago, as well as from Ft. Worth, Texas,
Knoxville, Term., Rockford, 111., and High Wy-
combe, England. The management of the Grand
Rapids Vapor Kiln Co. has recently changed. E.
U. Kettle, a widely known and thoroughly expe-
rienced specialist, has become vice-president
and general manager and L. G. Sidles is pro-
duction manager and head of the office.
Grand Rapids vapor kilns arc well known
throughout the entire woodworking industry
and particularly in the piano industry. These
kilns are to be found in the manufacturing
plants of many of the leading piano manufac-
turers throughout the country. A manifestation
of the satisfaction given by Grand Rapids vapor
kilns is particularly noticeable in that users of
these kilns, when expansion has become neces-
sary, invariably reorder more Grand Rapids
kilns.
John Lindhammer Dies
CHICAGO, III., March 21.—John Liudhammer,
superintendent of the Williams. Piano & Organ
Co. plant of this city, and one of the best known
MESSAGE
FOR YOU
Are you still wasting your time and
going to the expense of scraping off old
varnish and shellac to eliminate the
checks and cracks in order to secure a
smooth surface for refinishing?
Use Behlen's Varnish Crack Eradi-
cator.
It saves time, trouble and, incidentally,
expense, at the same time giving you as
fine a body surface for the new finish
as you could possibly wish for.
A sample can for trial awaits your
request.
piano makers in the Middle West, died recent-
ly at his home at the age of fifty-four. He came
to America from Germany at the age of eigh-
teen and found employment with the Bush
& Gerts Piano Co., Chicago. Later he was
with, the Conover Co., and in 1903 joined the
Williams Piano & Organ Co. as superintend-
ent. His death came as the result of pneu-
monia. The funeral services were held at the
Second German Baptist Church, of which Mr.
Lindhammer was a deacon, and were attended
by many of his friends of the piano industry.
W. A. Mennie Back
From the Middle West
Finds Conditions With Distinct Trend for
Betterment — An Opinion Confirmed by
Orders at the Factory
William A. Mennie, vice-president of the
Standard Pneumatic Action Co., New York,
who returned recently from an extended trip
through the trade in the Middle West, brought
back a spirit of optimism with respect to con-
ditions of general business in that territory.
Mr. Mennie visited piano manufacturers in
Chicago, Milwaukee and other large cities and
gained the impression that a lively industrial
period was about to begin.
"Since my return," said Mr. Mennie this week
to a representative of The Review, "my opinion
has been confirmed in a number of ways, but
principally by a series of rush orders for actions
received from manufacturers who had already
been shipped their quota for the month. In the
course of my trip I also visited a number of
prominent retailers and found them confident
of a better player business this year than last.
In view of what I have found we expect to
keep the wheels in the Standard Pneumatic
factory turning in a lively fashion all during
the coming season."
To Open Uptown Store
Announcement was made this week by Hain-
macher, Schlcmmer & Co., New York, dealers
in piano supplies and general hardware, of the
purchase of a new piece of property at 145-47
Last Fifty-seventh street, on which they will
erect a modern, fireproof building. The first
three floors of the new building will be used
for the retail trade and executive offices of
the company. The piano supply department
will be retained on the second floor of the
concern's headquarters at 133 Fourth avenue
as formerly, according to John Schadler.
PHILIP W. OETTING & SON, Inc.
213 East 19th Street, New York
Sole Agents for
WEICKERT HAMMER AND DAMPER FELTS
GRAND AND UPRIGHT HAMMERS
Made of Weickert Felt
THE
H. BEHLEN & BRO.
Aniline*
Shellac*
Cxclusive manufacturers of
Stain*
Fillers
10-12 Christopher St., New York
Ntir 0th Aft., and 8th St.
ARTNOVELTYCO.
Piaivo Bervckes
and Musie Cabinets
GOSHEN
Writ*/orcatalog and. details
Lumber Standardization
Conference on May 1
General Meeting of Interests Involved in Wash-
ington on That Date With Secretary Hoover
of Commerce Department
WASHINGTON, I). C, March 21.—May 1 has been
set as the opening date of the general lumber
standardization conference with Secretary
Hoover in Washington, John W. Blodgett,
chairman of the central committee on lumber
standards, announced at the close of a two-day
meeting of the central committee. It is be-
lieved that this meeting, which will be the
third general conference held during the past
three years, will see the program of standard-
ization of the softwood lumber industry
brought to a successful conclusion, the result
of which will be an estimated saving to the
American people of many millions annually.
Secretary Hoover's initial move to bring
about standardization in the lumber industry
was made in May, 1922. Under the auspices
of the National Lumber Manufacturers' Asso-
ciation and at its invitation the Secretary called
the first meeting of representatives of the in-
dustry together to explain his plan.
Mr. Hoover believed that if the lumber in-
dustry, the largest single manufacturing indus-
try in tin- United States, with $12,000,000,000
capital, employing 800,000 persons and indirect-
ly about 1,000,000, and with an annual product
of more than $3,000,000,000, could adopt nation-
il standards, other industries would follow lum-
ber's example.
Superintendents' Annual
I he annual dinner and meeting of the Super-
intendents' Club of the New York Piano Manu-
facturers' Association will be held Wednesday
evening, April 8 at 6:30, in the banquet rooms
al 34 West Thirty-third street. The feature of
the meeting will be the election of officers for
the coining year, and President W. Hausler is
anxious that all active members attend.
Varnish Industry Meets
The problems of the paint and varnish indus-
try in the New York zone were discussed at
a recent meeting of the Paint, Oil and Varnish
Club of New York, held in the Hotel Biltmore
and attended by most of the prominent local
manufacturers and salesmen of this industry.
President Charles J. Roh, of the Murphy Var-
nish Co., Newark, N. J., presided. The speeches
WHITE, SON CO.
Manufacturers of
ORGAN AND PLAYER-PIANO
LEATHERS
530-540 Atlantic Are., BOSTON, MASS.
INDIANA
For over 25 years Specialists
in high grade Piano Cases
Paterson Piano
Case Co.
PATERSON, N. J.
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