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Scrap Metal Drive Progresses;
Winter Urges Cooperation
Reproduced herewith is a certificate
which has been mailed to every dealer
who is a member of the National Asso-
The success of this movement through-
out the industry has been manifested in
a report which was sent to the National
Production Authority on June 21st by
L. P. Bull, Chairman of the Iron and
Steel Salvage Committee, in which Mr.
NATIONAL PIANO MANUFACTURERS
ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA. INC
ISOO A R C H STREET
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ZJhte is to certify that within a period of thirty dayi prior to
. , in cooperation with the conservation program
of the / fationat [-Production *S*ttinorittf, we have ialvayed and
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•4., of ft'/ iteel and J iron
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CERTIFICATE TO UK ISSUED TO DEALERS WHO PARTICIPATE IN SCRAP METAL DRIVE.
ciation of Music Merchants, and also
to the dealers who are not. This cer-
tificate is issued to dealers for the sal-
vage they have shown in steel and iron
scrap over a period of thirty days.
Bull stated:
"We have been gratified with the
quick response from our membership in
cooperation with the scrap drive. Our
first letter to the membership went for-
ward on May 31st.
"We have already received reports on
factory sales of scrap totalling 163,160
pounds. Redesign of plates with new
patterns to the foundries has so far re-
sulted in conservation of 205,000
pounds of cast iron, figured on 1950
rates of production.
"As additional members report and
our dealers are able to add their coopera-
tion, we shall advise you further. We
realize that as a very small industry
primarily engaged in woodworking, our
contribution cannot reach important
proportions."
In connection with the scrap drive,
Winter & Co. recently sent a letter to
all their dealers, in which they told them
how they might profit by salvaging the
metal in old pianos, by advising the
public that they were going to burn up
these old pianos in a big bonfire and
invite them to be present. Naturally,
the dealer would tell the public that he
was doing this to salvage the metal for
defense purposes, and he would receive
a certain amount of publicity through
the local papers, with pictures, etc.
In closing his letter, John H. Gettell,
vice-president of the company, stated:
"Last of all. let's look ahead to the fall
when dealer demand for pianos will far
exceed the supply, despite the condition
of business at the moment. Get a re-
ceipt from the junk man when you sell
the scrap metal and send it to us. Every
150 pounds of recovered metal is good
for an extra piano on your reduced fall
quota at the time and for the style you
want. After all. let's face the fact that
the cause behind it all is a very real need
for metal to increase our country's
safety."
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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW, JULY, 1951