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Schumann
PIANOS and PLAYER PIANOS
Have no superiors in appearance, tone
power or other essentials of strictly
leaders in the trade.
Warning to Infringers
TRtDB M4RK
This Trade Mark is cast
in the plate and also ap-
pears upon the fall board
of all genuine Schumann
Pianos, and all infringers
will be prosecuted. Beware
of imitations such as Schu-
mann & Company, Schu-
mann & Son, and also
Shuman,
as
all
stencil
shops, dealers and users of
pianos bearing a name in
imitation
of
the
name
Schumann with the inten-
tion of deceiving the public
will be prosecuted to the
fullest extent of the law.
Schumann Piano Co.
W. N. VAN MATRE, President
Rockford, 111.
OTTO R. TREFZ, Jr.
Manufacturer of
PIANO
BASS STRINGS
21st St. and Fairmount Ave.
PHILADELPHIA, PA.
g
on Family Pride"
Doll & Sons
Represent the Artistic
in Piano and Player Piano
Construction
JACOB DOLL & SONS
STODDART
WELLSMORE
Jacob Doll & Sons, Inc.
Starr pianos find duplication in this department of
the same great industry. The Starr cabinets are
artistic in design and they are finished in the same
beauty as the Starr pianos. The Starr phonographs
possess special features and are standard in qual-
ity. The name alone is sufficient guaranty of the
reliability and values of these instruments. The
Gennett records are also extensive factors in the
success of the Starr phonograph. Represented in
all large cities and always with the utmost suc-
cess. Manufactured by the Starr Piano Company,
Richmond, Ind.
Well-made and handsome cases, in
STAFFORD which is a good motor and other
parts designed to give satisfaction to
critical buyers. The makers of the Stafford have
been manufacturing office furniture for over thirty
years and are qualified to produce good talking ma-
chines. A feature is made of period styles of cabi-
nets. In the words of the makers, "The heart of
the sound is the Stafford Reproducer." Manufac-
tured by E. H. Stafford Mfg. Co., 218 S. Wabash
avenue, Chicago.
Original features mark this line of
well-made and handsome phono-
graphs. The new type battery motor
is an improvement, as is also the Tone Modifier de-
signed to regulate the volume of sound. The
slogan of the Tonola is, "It Talks for Itself." It is
a scientifically constructed instrument, and its de-
mand has become very large. It may also be
equipped with an electric battery type motor. Prices
are moderate. Made by the Tonola Phonograph
Co., 11 S. Seventh street, Minneapolis, Minn. See
also page 65 of this book.
Advertised as "the most talked-about
TpT -
TONF
phonograph in America." Features
"enormous output." Handsome cab-
inets and live promotion. Better grades have gold-
plated finishings and veneered cases. Prices mod-
erate and various styles bear special names, as
"Etude," "Matinee," "Encore" and "Premier." The
Western News Company, 21-29 East Austin avenue,
Chicago.
This is the name of the admirable
TONKOLA phonograph produced by one of the
foremost American piano industries.
The Tonkola is a strictly high-class instrument. It
presents special features of value and its construc-
tion is not surpassed. Tonk pianos maintain a place
of distinction in the musical world. The Tonkola
is designed to sustain the same standard in the
phonograph world. Manufactured by William Tonk
& Bro.. Inc., 456 Tenth avenue, New York.
Styled by its makers as the "Phono-
VITANOLA graph of marvelous tone," this ma-
chine has been extensively exploited
and has a large demand. It is not an expensive
machine, and it is put forth in a large variety of
styles. Vitanola Talking Machine Co., 508 West
35th street, Chicago.
A name so widely advertised as to
VICTROLA represent an asset to the dealer.
The first phonograph to be given
wide publicity, and, by reason of the trade-mark,
"His Master's Voice," familiarized the world over.
Hundreds of later phonographs now contend for
supremacy and the Victor distributors meet com-
petition by reason of the forceful publicity of the
older machine. Manufactured by the Victor Talk-
ing Machine Co., Camden, N. J.
This name has become prominent as
WIDDI-
that of a popular and very attractive
COMB
line of phonographs. The manufac-
turers are well known in the furniture industry,
which suggests skill in the production of cabinets.
The Widdicomb has a good motor and convenient
filing system. The tone produced is satisfactory
and the all-wood horn is good. Prices are from
$125 up. The Queen Anne designs are attractive.
Widdicomb Mfg. Co. branch of Grand Rapids Fur-
niture Co., Grand Rapids, Mich.
TONOLA
Quality—Supt»ma Southern Boulevard, E. 133rd St.
E. 134th St. and Cypress Ave.
NEW YORK
WILLIAMS
W. P. HAINES & CO.
(INCORPORATED)
PLAYERS and PIANOS
138th Street and Walton Avenue
NEW YORK CITY
PIANOS
The policy of the Williams House is and always
has been to depend upon excellence of product
instead of alluring price. Such a policy does not
attract bargain hunters. It does, however, win the
hearty approval and support of a very desirable
and substantial patronage.
W 1 H I A M 3 Maker, of Williams Pianos,
WILLIAMS E p w o r t h P l a a o . a n d Organ.
July 10, 1920.
ELIMINATING THE
FACTORY NOISES
Now the Experts Are Directing Attention to
These as Very Grievous and Common
Causes of Energy Wasted
in Plants.
Noise in the factory is now considered a profit
eater, according to the efficiency experts. Few em-
ployers of labor appear to realize that there is no
greater enemy of efficiency in industry than mere
noise. The noise of machinery is accepted Iks
being almost commonplace. The din and bustle of
a warehouse is regarded as part of the daily routine.
That this clatter, this din, are eating away profits
is not recognized, for the reason that the effect of
noise upon the human machine has not been taken
into consideration.
Welfare departments in many of the industrial
plants are in agreement with the experts and the
belief is spreading that further research work is
urgently required, for at the present moment waste,
and especially waste of human material, is not only
an extravagance, it is indefensible.
Piano Factory Noise.
In many departments of a piano factory noise is
not a noticeable accompaniment to production. A
great number of piano factories too are pointed out
as "model" and are really such when good lighting,
good ventilation, minimized danger from accidents,
medical surveillance and pleasant working conditions
generally are considered. But noise has not been
eliminated entirely. Concerning noise in the factory
a writer in the New York Times Supplement says:
"It represents one of the thousands of problems
which every enlightened employer will soon be con-
sidering, and upon which he will demand positive
information in the name of business efficiency."
Suggests a Test.
The writer suggests a test: "Two shops or rooms
engaged in producing the same article or "part' might
be set aside as the basis of experiment. The output
of each of these should be carefully recorded during
a certain period, allowances being made, so far as
possible, for inequalities, skill of workers, lighting,
ventilation and so on. One of the rooms should be
'silenced,' so far as possible, the noise of machinery
or of working processes eliminated by every possible
means.
"The other shop would be left in the former state
of noisiness. It would be a simple matter to esti-
mate whether or not increased output in the silenced
room paid for the cost of transformation. In addi-
tion, the views of the workers would prove of great
value, for it is abundantly true that every step which
makes life more tolerable and more comfortable
for the employe redounds to the ultimate advantage
of the employer.
"The present state of industry with regard to noise
is undoubtedly very bad. Most factories and very
many workrooms are excessively noisy and induce
headaches and great weariness in those who visit
them at intervals. It is perhaps largely the fault of
the machines, which were evidently designed in most
instances without the smallest regard to the noise
they were likely to make in working. In every di-
rection, however, improvements are now being made,
and it is a fact, gleaned from personal inquiry and
observation, that those who operate a quieter type
of machine would never willingly consent to return
to a more noisy type.
Common Agreement.
"This, therefore, is one of the grounds on which
the medical man and the scientific engineer meet for
the mutual benefit of capital and labor. If the doctor
formulates a demand for a silenced industry and
supports it by facts and figures—and this we do not
doubt he can easily do—the engineer will have a
clear mandate.
The view that the worker becomes unconscious of
the noise, learns "not to hear" is seen in an unfavor-
able light by the writer, who says: "The energy
which might have been given to positive output has
been expended in a negative manner. In the last
issue the employer himself must pay the cost of this
dissipation. He is in exactly the same position as
the employer who allows his workroom to remain
unventilatcd and in consequence obtains less for his
expenditure than he would obtain were a proper
system installed."
ADDS THE PACKARD.
The Angeles Pioneer Music <- o., Port Angeles and
Seattle, Wash., has added the Packard pianos and
players to its line. The arrangement about placing
the line was made by W. F. Dunteman of the Port
Angeles firm during a recent visit to the Chicago,
offices of the Packard Piano Co,
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