Music Trade Review
Issue: 1926 Vol. 82 N. 6 - Page 48
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Trade Commission Rule
on Wood Names Used
Trade Practice Submitted to Eliminate Misrep-
resentation in This Practice
The Federal Trade Commission recently
handed down opinions condemning the practice
of furniture retailers in not properly describing
in their advertising matter the articles offered
for sale. Although not specified in words, the
ruling may be taken to apply to pianos, phono-
graphs and radio cabinets. The commission
rules that many statements were misleading. A
trade practice agreement, which has been signed
by the leading retailers in New York City, has
been submitted by the commission as follows:
Rules for the Designation of Furniture Woods
1. Furniture in which exposed surfaces are
of one wood shall be designated by the name
of the wood.
2. Furniture in which the exposed surfaces
are of more than one kind of wood shall be
designated by the names of the principal woods
used.
Interpretation of Rules
1. Exposed surfaces mean those parts of a
piece of furniture which are exposed to view
when the piece is placed in the generally ac-
ception position for use.
2. The exposed surfaces of all furniture or
parts thereof represented as solid shall be of
solid wood of the kind or kinds designated. If
veneered on the same wood, it may be desig-
nated as a wood of that particular kind. If
veneered on a different wood, it shall be de-
scribed as veneered.
3. Cabinet woods, used for decorative pur-
poses where the effect is solely to add to the
artistic value, shall be named as decorations
only.
4. A wood popularly regarded as of lesser
value, if its use is essential to construction, need
not be name under Rule 2, if less than a sub-
stantial amount is used on exposed surfaces.
5. A wood popularly regarded as of higher
value shall not be named under Rule 2 if an un-
substantial amount of that wood is used, ex-
cept as provided in Interpretation 3 above.
6. Designations shall be made in the caption
or body of each particular description without
qualification elsewhere.
7. The word "Finish" to designate color shall
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REVIEW
only be used as a description following the
name of the wood used.
8. Where furniture is catalogued, tagged, la-
beled, advertised or sold by retailers it shall be
in accordance with these Rules and Interpreta-
tions.
9. Where furniture is catalogued, tagged, la-
beled, advertised, invoiced or sold by manufac-
turers, manufacturers' representatives, jobbers
or wholesalers it shall be in accordance with
these Rules and Interpretations.
10. The above Rules need not apply to an-
tique furniture.
Hardware Orders Show
Good Production Ahead
William C. Hess, of American Piano Supply Co.,
States Manufacturers' Orders Are Very Satis-
factory
A promising outlook is in sight for the piano
manufacturing industry in 1926, according to
William C. Hess, vice-president and New York
manager of the American Piano Supply Co.,
Inc., Bristol, Conn., which, being prominent in
the supply field, serves as a fairly accurate
barometer of conditions. "Now that the period
of inventory taking is completed," said Mr.
Hess, "we are compiling the estimated requisi-
tions sent in by our customers and find them
very satisfactory.
"In general, stocks of piano hardware mate-
rials were exhausted during the Fall season pre-
ceding the holidays and most plants are ordering
heavy during February and March to keep on
the safe side. In my various talks with manu-
facturers and superintendents I understand that
practically each factory has one or two espe-
cially popular styles which cannot be turned out
fast enough to meet the dealers' demands, and
the demand for the standard models is more
than normal for this time of year."
Concentrating on New York
CHICAGO, I I I . , January 30.—The National-Amer-
ican Wholesale Lumber Association has de-
cided to transfer its Chicago office activities to
New York, according to announcement just
made public. The Chicago office has been de-
voted almost exclusively to the handling of arbi-
trations.
FEBRUARY 6, 1926
Standard 440 A Forks
to Be Made by Miller
Master Instruments to Be Deposited With
Associations and Certified Duplicates to Be
Available to the Industry
CHICAGO, I I I . , January 30.—Dr. Dayton Miller,
president of the American Physical Society and
member of the Standard Pitch Committee of the
Music Industries Chamber of Commerce, was
in Chicago this week conferring with William
Braid White, secretary.
The committee announces that arrangements
have been made for the manufacture of the
standard master tuning forks which are to be
deposited in the United States Bureau of Stand-
ards, the Music Industries Chamber of Com-
merce, the National Piano Manufacturers Asso-
ciation and National Association of Piano
Tuners, Inc., respectively. Practically all of the
piano and musical instrument factories have
adopted the new 440 A pitch and all duplicate
forks will be from the master tuners.
Dr. Dayton Miller is undertaking the ex-
tremely delicate task of rating the forks to one
one-hundredth* of one vibrant per second and in
his work will make use of the improved clock
fork originally invented by the famous Dr.
Koenig, of Paris, and his own Phonodeik, which
is now recognized the world over as the stand-
ard instrument for the photographing of sound
waves.
When these forks are completed the music
industries of the United States will be in pos-
session of the most accurate set of standards
for pitch which has ever been produced. It
will be possible to attain certified duplicates of
these forks, it is announced by the committee,
for all purposes of musical instrument manufac-
turing without the slightest difficulty and at very
small expense.
Chevalier With Wickham Co.
The Wickham Piano Plate Co., Springfield,
O., has announced the appointment of George
Chevalier as Eastern representative for that
company. Mr. Chevalier has had long success-
ful experience in the supply trade, and was most
recently connected with the Superior Foundry
Co. looking after the interests of that concern
in the East.
ISAAC LCOLE&SON JULIUS BRECKWOLDT & SON, Inc., w+SEn.Y
Manafactonr*
•fADKkdsof
Manufacturers of Sounding Boards, Bars, Backs, Bridges, Mandolin and Guitar Tops, Etc.
Monarch Tool &Mfg.Co.
MAKE A SPECIALTY OF
PIANO CASE VENEERS
FACTORY AND WAREROOMS
Foot 8th St., E. R.
New York
Wall ltexM, Manila* SUt B M H ,
O*la Slides, B«r«U Maealnai, Monay
B « H , P u n t . Tmmm Hardware. Sa«-
•lal aartt Mad* U Ord«r.
Ul
CINCINNATI, O.
F. RAMACCI0TT1, Inc. PIANO ACTION MACHINERY
Designer! and Buildcn of
PIANO BASS STRINGS
421-423 W. 2Sth S t . > e a r Ninth Ave.
NEW YORK
Special Machines for Special Purposes
THE A. H. NILSON MACHINE CO.
BRIDGEPORT
CONN.
O. S. KELLY CO.
PIANO PLATES
The Highest Grade of Workmanship
For
Service
Price
Quality
Reliability
Foundries: SPRINGFIELD, OHIO
Continuous Hinges
Grand Hinges
Pedals and Rods
Bearing Bars
Casters, etc., etc.
THE OHIO VENEER
COMPANY
Quality Selections in
Foreign and Domestic Veneers
and
Hardwood Lumber
Importer! sad Muafaetnren
Mtlli u d Mkln Oficw;
Extern Office: 405 LazlnatsB A M
Cindn»«rJ. Ohio
ml 42nd Street. New York
FAIRBANKS
PIANO
PLATES
A QUALITY PRODUCT
CHAS. RAMSEY
CORP.
THE FAIRBANKS CO
KINGSTON, N. Y.
SPRINGFIELD, O.
48
THK
Trade Commission Rule
on Wood Names Used
Trade Practice Submitted to Eliminate Misrep-
resentation in This Practice
The Federal Trade Commission recently
handed down opinions condemning the practice
of furniture retailers in not properly describing
in their advertising matter the articles offered
for sale. Although not specified in words, the
ruling may be taken to apply to pianos, phono-
graphs and radio cabinets. The commission
rules that many statements were misleading. A
trade practice agreement, which has been signed
by the leading retailers in New York City, has
been submitted by the commission as follows:
Rules for the Designation of Furniture Woods
1. Furniture in which exposed surfaces are
of one wood shall be designated by the name
of the wood.
2. Furniture in which the exposed surfaces
are of more than one kind of wood shall be
designated by the names of the principal woods
used.
Interpretation of Rules
1. Exposed surfaces mean those parts of a
piece of furniture which are exposed to view
when the piece is placed in the generally ac-
ception position for use.
2. The exposed surfaces of all furniture or
parts thereof represented as solid shall be of
solid wood of the kind or kinds designated. If
veneered on the same wood, it may be desig-
nated as a wood of that particular kind. If
veneered on a different wood, it shall be de-
scribed as veneered.
3. Cabinet woods, used for decorative pur-
poses where the effect is solely to add to the
artistic value, shall be named as decorations
only.
4. A wood popularly regarded as of lesser
value, if its use is essential to construction, need
not be name under Rule 2, if less than a sub-
stantial amount is used on exposed surfaces.
5. A wood popularly regarded as of higher
value shall not be named under Rule 2 if an un-
substantial amount of that wood is used, ex-
cept as provided in Interpretation 3 above.
6. Designations shall be made in the caption
or body of each particular description without
qualification elsewhere.
7. The word "Finish" to designate color shall
MUSIC TRADE
REVIEW
only be used as a description following the
name of the wood used.
8. Where furniture is catalogued, tagged, la-
beled, advertised or sold by retailers it shall be
in accordance with these Rules and Interpreta-
tions.
9. Where furniture is catalogued, tagged, la-
beled, advertised, invoiced or sold by manufac-
turers, manufacturers' representatives, jobbers
or wholesalers it shall be in accordance with
these Rules and Interpretations.
10. The above Rules need not apply to an-
tique furniture.
Hardware Orders Show
Good Production Ahead
William C. Hess, of American Piano Supply Co.,
States Manufacturers' Orders Are Very Satis-
factory
A promising outlook is in sight for the piano
manufacturing industry in 1926, according to
William C. Hess, vice-president and New York
manager of the American Piano Supply Co.,
Inc., Bristol, Conn., which, being prominent in
the supply field, serves as a fairly accurate
barometer of conditions. "Now that the period
of inventory taking is completed," said Mr.
Hess, "we are compiling the estimated requisi-
tions sent in by our customers and find them
very satisfactory.
"In general, stocks of piano hardware mate-
rials were exhausted during the Fall season pre-
ceding the holidays and most plants are ordering
heavy during February and March to keep on
the safe side. In my various talks with manu-
facturers and superintendents I understand that
practically each factory has one or two espe-
cially popular styles which cannot be turned out
fast enough to meet the dealers' demands, and
the demand for the standard models is more
than normal for this time of year."
Concentrating on New York
CHICAGO, I I I . , January 30.—The National-Amer-
ican Wholesale Lumber Association has de-
cided to transfer its Chicago office activities to
New York, according to announcement just
made public. The Chicago office has been de-
voted almost exclusively to the handling of arbi-
trations.
FEBRUARY 6, 1926
Standard 440 A Forks
to Be Made by Miller
Master Instruments to Be Deposited With
Associations and Certified Duplicates to Be
Available to the Industry
CHICAGO, I I I . , January 30.—Dr. Dayton Miller,
president of the American Physical Society and
member of the Standard Pitch Committee of the
Music Industries Chamber of Commerce, was
in Chicago this week conferring with William
Braid White, secretary.
The committee announces that arrangements
have been made for the manufacture of the
standard master tuning forks which are to be
deposited in the United States Bureau of Stand-
ards, the Music Industries Chamber of Com-
merce, the National Piano Manufacturers Asso-
ciation and National Association of Piano
Tuners, Inc., respectively. Practically all of the
piano and musical instrument factories have
adopted the new 440 A pitch and all duplicate
forks will be from the master tuners.
Dr. Dayton Miller is undertaking the ex-
tremely delicate task of rating the forks to one
one-hundredth* of one vibrant per second and in
his work will make use of the improved clock
fork originally invented by the famous Dr.
Koenig, of Paris, and his own Phonodeik, which
is now recognized the world over as the stand-
ard instrument for the photographing of sound
waves.
When these forks are completed the music
industries of the United States will be in pos-
session of the most accurate set of standards
for pitch which has ever been produced. It
will be possible to attain certified duplicates of
these forks, it is announced by the committee,
for all purposes of musical instrument manufac-
turing without the slightest difficulty and at very
small expense.
Chevalier With Wickham Co.
The Wickham Piano Plate Co., Springfield,
O., has announced the appointment of George
Chevalier as Eastern representative for that
company. Mr. Chevalier has had long success-
ful experience in the supply trade, and was most
recently connected with the Superior Foundry
Co. looking after the interests of that concern
in the East.
ISAAC LCOLE&SON JULIUS BRECKWOLDT & SON, Inc., w+SEn.Y
Manafactonr*
•fADKkdsof
Manufacturers of Sounding Boards, Bars, Backs, Bridges, Mandolin and Guitar Tops, Etc.
Monarch Tool &Mfg.Co.
MAKE A SPECIALTY OF
PIANO CASE VENEERS
FACTORY AND WAREROOMS
Foot 8th St., E. R.
New York
Wall ltexM, Manila* SUt B M H ,
O*la Slides, B«r«U Maealnai, Monay
B « H , P u n t . Tmmm Hardware. Sa«-
•lal aartt Mad* U Ord«r.
Ul
CINCINNATI, O.
F. RAMACCI0TT1, Inc. PIANO ACTION MACHINERY
Designer! and Buildcn of
PIANO BASS STRINGS
421-423 W. 2Sth S t . > e a r Ninth Ave.
NEW YORK
Special Machines for Special Purposes
THE A. H. NILSON MACHINE CO.
BRIDGEPORT
CONN.
O. S. KELLY CO.
PIANO PLATES
The Highest Grade of Workmanship
For
Service
Price
Quality
Reliability
Foundries: SPRINGFIELD, OHIO
Continuous Hinges
Grand Hinges
Pedals and Rods
Bearing Bars
Casters, etc., etc.
THE OHIO VENEER
COMPANY
Quality Selections in
Foreign and Domestic Veneers
and
Hardwood Lumber
Importer! sad Muafaetnren
Mtlli u d Mkln Oficw;
Extern Office: 405 LazlnatsB A M
Cindn»«rJ. Ohio
ml 42nd Street. New York
FAIRBANKS
PIANO
PLATES
A QUALITY PRODUCT
CHAS. RAMSEY
CORP.
THE FAIRBANKS CO
KINGSTON, N. Y.
SPRINGFIELD, O.
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