Music Trade Review
Issue: 1926 Vol. 82 N. 7 - Page 44
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THE MUSIC TRADE
REVIEW
FEBRUARY 13, 1926
The Technical Department—(Continued from page 43)
New Book on Kiln
Drying Fills Need
"The Kiln Drying of Lumber" by Arthur Koeh-
ler and Rolf Thelen Exhausts This Important
Subject
A new book, entitled "The Kiln Drying of
Lumber," has just come from the press of the
McGraw-Hill Book Co., Inc., New York, the
authors being Arthur Koehler and Rolf Thelen,
eminent authorities on timber physics at the
Forest Products Laboratory, Madison, Wis. The
need for such a book is expressed by the writers
in the foreword as follows: "Although the prac-
tice of artificially seasoning lumber is an old
practice, relatively little has hitherto been pub-
lished along these lines. Nor can a student get
much accurate information from commercial
practices. There is no standard method of kiln
drying lumber such as there is for making
cheese or smelting iron. In fact, the general
commercial practice of kiln drying is far inferior
to what one would expect in industries as old
as many of those engaged in the manufacture of
wood products."
The book is written in a readable manner
throughout, stressing common sense in kiln dry-
ing procedure, the authors using their diagrams
and tables in such a way as to be intelligible to
the average wood-worker not possessed of tech-
nical training. Some idea of the scope of the
book may be gathered from the following chap-
ter-headings: "The Economic Significance of
Kiln Drying Lumber Properly"; "Effect of
Moisture and Drying on the Properties of
We Are Specialists in
High Grade White Eastern
BAR STOCK
Let us know your requirements
GEORGE LOUGKS
Dolgeville
New Yo*k
Wood"; "Veneer Driers"; "Checking"; "Case-
hardening" and many other topics of direct in-
terest to the piano builder. The book, with its
285 pages, represents a competent treatment of
the topic of kiln drying, and its reading affords
a desirable alternative for piano superintendents
and foremen unable to take the quarterly course
in this subject at the Forest Products Labora-
tory, in which the authors are lecturers.
German Advocates World
Discussion of Pitch
States Conditions Regarding This Important
Question Are Chaotic in Germany at the
Present Time.
Evidently the question of standardized pitch
is of as much importance in Europe as it is in
America. In this country, however, steps have
been taken to meet the chaotic conditions which
rose since the last conference on this important
subject, and the problem is now in an imme-
Found in Every Country in the World in 125 diate way of solution. The following state-
ment from J. N. Mollenhauer, of the firm of
Makes of Player-pianos
J. Mollenhauer & Sons, Fulda, Germany, indi-
Tuners and technicians, who are included cates conditions on the Continent:
"Some seventy years ago there met an inter-
among the readers of the Standard Player
Monthly, house publication of the Standard national commission to settle upon a uniform
Pneumatic Action Co., New York, are destined pitch for the whole world. I may assume upon
for a surprise on receiving the current issue, the part of my readers a knowledge of the
which is the first issue of the twelfth volume more than chaotic conditions which prevailed
of the periodical. The paper appears in a new at that time. The result of the conference was
dress, with a cover in three colors, orange, the fixing of our pitch at 870 vibrations. The
black and white. One of the important an- achievement of this result was felt at the time
nouncements in this issue is that more than as a boon and a blessing.
400,000 Standard player actions have been de-
"One might have supposed that all interested
livered throughout the world in 125 makes of in music, professional musicians and lovers of
player-pianos. The usual number of editorials, the art, would have done all they could to see
questions and answers, and a general supply of that this uniform pitch of 870 vibrations was
miscellaneous material about the Standard Pneu- adhered to. Such a supposition is erroneous.
matic Action Co. and its product are contained
"Anyone acquainted to any extent with mod-
also in this issue.
ern musical circles is aware that we are well on
our way to reaching once again the chaotic
state of things that prevailed one hundred years
ago. That this is so is a witness to the weak-
ness of character, pardon the expression, pre-
STRASBURG, O., February 8.—Talking machine
vailing in our present-day world of practicing
and radio business in the rural district is much musicians.
improved since the first of the year, according
"Our great orchestras of to-day are far from
to John Garver, of the Garver Bros. Co., here. complying with the beneficent normal pitch.
This company reports radio demand on the in- The standard most in use at the present time is
crease and that the average farmer is buying.
a pitch of 882 vibrations.
"The main cause of this evil condition of
DE LUXE ADJUSTABLE
things is to be sought in the general endeavor
to raise the pitch, for every instrumentalist who
UKULELE ATTACHMENT
plays on a higher pitch finds his playing easier.
Easy to install in any player-piano
The peculiarities and the difficulty associated
ALBERT L. WASEMANN CO.
with this fact are known only to those who
160 So. Park St.
Wheeling, W. Va. have had to work with orchestras and choirs.
400,000 Standard Player
Actions Are Now in Use
Farmers Inclined to Buy
ISAAC LCOLE&SON JULIUS BRECKWOLDT & SON, Inc.
Manufacturers of Sounding Boards, Bars, Backs, Bridges, Mandolin and Guitar Tops, Etc.
Manaiactimt
WAD Kind, of
Monarch Tool &Mfg.Co.
MAKE A SPECIALTY OF
PIANO CASE VENEERS
FACTORY AND WAREROOMS
Foot 8th St., E. R.
New York
Wall Box**, M*r»iln« Blot Box**,
Coin Slid**, Beroll Machines, Money
Box**, Pomp*, Pump Hardware. 8p«-
Mad to Ordor.
•lal parts Mad*
ISf O»*ra Plaoo
CINCINNATI, O.
F. RAMACCIOTTI, Inc. PIANO ACTION MACHINERY
Designer! and Builders of
PIANO BASS STRINGS
421-423 W. 28th St.^near Ninth Avc.
NEW YORK
Special Machines for Special Purposes
THE A. H. NILSON MACHINE CO
BRIDGEPORT
CONN.
0. S. KELLY CO.
PIANO PLATES
The Highest Grade of Workmanship
For
Mills Office
Service
Price
Quality
Reliability
Foundries: SPRINGFIELD, OHIO
Continuous Hinges
Grand Hinges
Pedals and Rods
Bearing Bars
Casters, etc., etc.
CHAS RAMSEY
CORP.
KINGSTON, N. Y.
THE OHIO VENEER
COMPANY
Quality Selectirms in
Foreign and Domestic Veneers
and
Hardwood L~»mb«
Importen and Manufactmeri
Mill* and Main Office:
Eartem Office: 405 Lexlnaton AT*
Cincinnati. Ohio
al 42nd Street. New York
FAIRBANKS
PIANO
PLATES
A QUALITY PRODUCT
THE F A I R B A N K S CO
SPRINGFIELD, O.
44
THE MUSIC TRADE
REVIEW
FEBRUARY 13, 1926
The Technical Department—(Continued from page 43)
New Book on Kiln
Drying Fills Need
"The Kiln Drying of Lumber" by Arthur Koeh-
ler and Rolf Thelen Exhausts This Important
Subject
A new book, entitled "The Kiln Drying of
Lumber," has just come from the press of the
McGraw-Hill Book Co., Inc., New York, the
authors being Arthur Koehler and Rolf Thelen,
eminent authorities on timber physics at the
Forest Products Laboratory, Madison, Wis. The
need for such a book is expressed by the writers
in the foreword as follows: "Although the prac-
tice of artificially seasoning lumber is an old
practice, relatively little has hitherto been pub-
lished along these lines. Nor can a student get
much accurate information from commercial
practices. There is no standard method of kiln
drying lumber such as there is for making
cheese or smelting iron. In fact, the general
commercial practice of kiln drying is far inferior
to what one would expect in industries as old
as many of those engaged in the manufacture of
wood products."
The book is written in a readable manner
throughout, stressing common sense in kiln dry-
ing procedure, the authors using their diagrams
and tables in such a way as to be intelligible to
the average wood-worker not possessed of tech-
nical training. Some idea of the scope of the
book may be gathered from the following chap-
ter-headings: "The Economic Significance of
Kiln Drying Lumber Properly"; "Effect of
Moisture and Drying on the Properties of
We Are Specialists in
High Grade White Eastern
BAR STOCK
Let us know your requirements
GEORGE LOUGKS
Dolgeville
New Yo*k
Wood"; "Veneer Driers"; "Checking"; "Case-
hardening" and many other topics of direct in-
terest to the piano builder. The book, with its
285 pages, represents a competent treatment of
the topic of kiln drying, and its reading affords
a desirable alternative for piano superintendents
and foremen unable to take the quarterly course
in this subject at the Forest Products Labora-
tory, in which the authors are lecturers.
German Advocates World
Discussion of Pitch
States Conditions Regarding This Important
Question Are Chaotic in Germany at the
Present Time.
Evidently the question of standardized pitch
is of as much importance in Europe as it is in
America. In this country, however, steps have
been taken to meet the chaotic conditions which
rose since the last conference on this important
subject, and the problem is now in an imme-
Found in Every Country in the World in 125 diate way of solution. The following state-
ment from J. N. Mollenhauer, of the firm of
Makes of Player-pianos
J. Mollenhauer & Sons, Fulda, Germany, indi-
Tuners and technicians, who are included cates conditions on the Continent:
"Some seventy years ago there met an inter-
among the readers of the Standard Player
Monthly, house publication of the Standard national commission to settle upon a uniform
Pneumatic Action Co., New York, are destined pitch for the whole world. I may assume upon
for a surprise on receiving the current issue, the part of my readers a knowledge of the
which is the first issue of the twelfth volume more than chaotic conditions which prevailed
of the periodical. The paper appears in a new at that time. The result of the conference was
dress, with a cover in three colors, orange, the fixing of our pitch at 870 vibrations. The
black and white. One of the important an- achievement of this result was felt at the time
nouncements in this issue is that more than as a boon and a blessing.
400,000 Standard player actions have been de-
"One might have supposed that all interested
livered throughout the world in 125 makes of in music, professional musicians and lovers of
player-pianos. The usual number of editorials, the art, would have done all they could to see
questions and answers, and a general supply of that this uniform pitch of 870 vibrations was
miscellaneous material about the Standard Pneu- adhered to. Such a supposition is erroneous.
matic Action Co. and its product are contained
"Anyone acquainted to any extent with mod-
also in this issue.
ern musical circles is aware that we are well on
our way to reaching once again the chaotic
state of things that prevailed one hundred years
ago. That this is so is a witness to the weak-
ness of character, pardon the expression, pre-
STRASBURG, O., February 8.—Talking machine
vailing in our present-day world of practicing
and radio business in the rural district is much musicians.
improved since the first of the year, according
"Our great orchestras of to-day are far from
to John Garver, of the Garver Bros. Co., here. complying with the beneficent normal pitch.
This company reports radio demand on the in- The standard most in use at the present time is
crease and that the average farmer is buying.
a pitch of 882 vibrations.
"The main cause of this evil condition of
DE LUXE ADJUSTABLE
things is to be sought in the general endeavor
to raise the pitch, for every instrumentalist who
UKULELE ATTACHMENT
plays on a higher pitch finds his playing easier.
Easy to install in any player-piano
The peculiarities and the difficulty associated
ALBERT L. WASEMANN CO.
with this fact are known only to those who
160 So. Park St.
Wheeling, W. Va. have had to work with orchestras and choirs.
400,000 Standard Player
Actions Are Now in Use
Farmers Inclined to Buy
ISAAC LCOLE&SON JULIUS BRECKWOLDT & SON, Inc.
Manufacturers of Sounding Boards, Bars, Backs, Bridges, Mandolin and Guitar Tops, Etc.
Manaiactimt
WAD Kind, of
Monarch Tool &Mfg.Co.
MAKE A SPECIALTY OF
PIANO CASE VENEERS
FACTORY AND WAREROOMS
Foot 8th St., E. R.
New York
Wall Box**, M*r»iln« Blot Box**,
Coin Slid**, Beroll Machines, Money
Box**, Pomp*, Pump Hardware. 8p«-
Mad to Ordor.
•lal parts Mad*
ISf O»*ra Plaoo
CINCINNATI, O.
F. RAMACCIOTTI, Inc. PIANO ACTION MACHINERY
Designer! and Builders of
PIANO BASS STRINGS
421-423 W. 28th St.^near Ninth Avc.
NEW YORK
Special Machines for Special Purposes
THE A. H. NILSON MACHINE CO
BRIDGEPORT
CONN.
0. S. KELLY CO.
PIANO PLATES
The Highest Grade of Workmanship
For
Mills Office
Service
Price
Quality
Reliability
Foundries: SPRINGFIELD, OHIO
Continuous Hinges
Grand Hinges
Pedals and Rods
Bearing Bars
Casters, etc., etc.
CHAS RAMSEY
CORP.
KINGSTON, N. Y.
THE OHIO VENEER
COMPANY
Quality Selectirms in
Foreign and Domestic Veneers
and
Hardwood L~»mb«
Importen and Manufactmeri
Mill* and Main Office:
Eartem Office: 405 Lexlnaton AT*
Cincinnati. Ohio
al 42nd Street. New York
FAIRBANKS
PIANO
PLATES
A QUALITY PRODUCT
THE F A I R B A N K S CO
SPRINGFIELD, O.
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