Presto
Issue: 1923 1933 - Page 20
PRESTO
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AMERICAN
PIANO SUPPLY
COMPANY
Felts, Cloths, Hammers,Punchings,
Music Wire, Tuning Pins, Player
Parts, Hinges, Casters
A FULL LINE OF MATERIALS for PIANOS and ORGAN
JVhen in Need of
SUPPLIES
Communicate with Us
American Piano Supply Co.
110-112 E. 13th St.
New York
SCHAFF
Piano String Co,
Manufacturers of
August 11, 1923
000 acres of forest lands in the Dominion, one-half
of which may be covered with merchantable timber."
Every province of the Dominion has its commer-
Our Standard Nears the Russian Peasant's as Short- cial forests, many of them as yet untouched by com-
mercial exploitation. The forests of Quebec, Ontario
age Grows, Says College Report.
and the Maritimes, exploited by foreign capitalists,
Americans are reaching Russian standards of living are well known in the pulp and paper and lumber in-
with relation to the use of wood, says the New York dustries. British Columbia, which is developing a
State College of Foresty, Syracuse University. Since trade with the Orient and other countries as a pro-
1907, the peak of lumber production, our output has ducer of lumber and wood products, contains more
been declining 3 per cent annually. We have dropped than half the standing commercial timber in Canada.
from 500 board feet for each person in 1907 to 316 The British Columbia coast, it is stated, can produce
board feet in 1920, a decline of 37 per cent in thirteen as much timber in sixty years as can be grow,n else-
years, while the population increased about 15 per where in Canada in a century. Even the so-called
cent and consumption should have been 15 per cent prairies have their timber resources of 8,000,000 acres
greater, or 52,000,000,000 feet. We actually consumed of commercial timber lands.
33,000,000,000, which takes us back to our use of
With the recent arrival of many distinguished for-
wood in 1866.
estry experts in Montreal for the opening of the Brit-
At this rate, in 1930, we will be'on the same basis ish Empire Forestry Conference in Canada, the
as that of the Russian peasant today. His use of Dominion is thrown into the limelight as the forest
wood is meager with a per capita consumption of 200 center of the British Empire. The first Empire For-
board feet. There seems to be no prospect of pre- estry Conference was held in England in 1920, and
venting a still further reduction in wood supply for Canada, as the depot of the greatest forest resources
many years, says the College. The longer extensive of the British Empire, was chosen for the second.
reforestation is delayed in this country the longer and
the more severe will be the wood famine.
RADIO HELPS OPERA.
The high price of lumber is restricting its use.
Broadcasting of opera by wireless has stimulated
The price is being boosted principally by scarcity interest in opera at first hand, reports the Manchester,
and growing inaccessibility, both of which are avoid- England Guardian, which says: "Hearing an opera
able. As long as we cut four times as much as we alone has only made the hearers anxious to see it as
grow and are forced to go greater distances and into well, and one hears that people from distant towns
more mountainous regions each year, the price is have been going to London both to hear and see the
bound to increase. The need of home-grown timber singers whose voices entranced them on waves of
will be felt more keenly every year, according to ether."
authorities at Syracuse.
CHANGE IN KEENE, N. H.
C. E. Gober is the proprietor of Gober's Music
CANADA'S BIG LUMBER SUPPLY Shop, which was known as the Sturtevant Music Co.,
until it was recently purchased by Mr. Gober. A fine
Difficult to Determine Exact Wealth in Timber of stock of talking machines, records, sheet music and
musical merchandise is handled by Mr. Gober, who
the Dominion, Says Expert.
is widely known locally as a musician.
Canada's forests are so widespread and expansive
that it is a matter of utmost difficulty to determine
NO RADIO FOR CONDEMNED.
with any degree of exactitude their dimensions and
The Salvation Army's plan to install a radio receiv-
content. Very widely divergent estimates are made ing set in the death house of Sing Sing prison is not
by the most expert forest authorities. R. H. Camp- approved by the prison authorities. Prison attaches
bell, Dominion Director of Forestry, says that con- point out that the condemned arc to be held in soli-
servatively estimated "there are probably 500,000,- tary confinement until the fatal hour. The radio
would break this solitude.
USE OF WOOD DWINDLES
Piano Bass Strings
A QUARTER CENTURY OF
2009-2021 CLYBOURN AVENUE
Quality, Service and Value
Corr er Lewis Street
TUNING PIN MANUFACTURING MEANS
CHICAGO
Used in the World's Finest Pianos
AMERICAN MUSICAL SUPPLY CO.
451 Communipaw Ave.
PERFECT PUNCHINGS
AT
CF. GOEPEUCo
T
137 E A S T I3 -* ST.
JERSEY CITY, N. J.
Established 1867
Strauch Bros.
All Well-posted Piano Dealers, Sales-
men, and the Piano Buying Public
recognize the value of this name on a
Piano Action,
For more than 55 years it has been associ-
ated with the best products of the Piano
industry. It ha s always represented
Quality and Merit
Paragon Foundries
Company
When a Piano Action bears the name of
Strauch Bros, it is an additional guarantee
of the quality of the instrument containing it.
Manufacturers of
STRAUCH BROS.,Inc.
Paragon Piano Plates
Oregon, Illinois
NEWYORK
Comstock, Cheney & Co.
Ivory Cutters and Manufacturers
Piano Keys, Actions and Hammers
IVORY AND COMPOSITION-COVERED ORGAN KEYS
The only Company Furnishing the Keys, Actions, Hammers and Brackets Complete
Telegraph and R. R. Station: Essex, Conn.
Office and Factories: Ivoryton, Conn.
Piano Actions, Hammers and Repairs
327 to 347 Walnut Ave., at 141*t Street
NEW YORK
WESSELL, NICKEL & GROSS
Manufacturers of
PIANO ACTIONS
HIGHEST GRADE
ONE GRADE ONLY
The Wessell, Nickel & Gross action is a
guarantee of the grade of the instrument
in which it is found.
FACTORIES:
l\TE i \X/ V H P V
45th St., 10th Ave. & W 46th. * 1 Hi VV
1 \JM\ IV.
OFFICE:
457 W . 45th
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20
AMERICAN
PIANO SUPPLY
COMPANY
Felts, Cloths, Hammers,Punchings,
Music Wire, Tuning Pins, Player
Parts, Hinges, Casters
A FULL LINE OF MATERIALS for PIANOS and ORGAN
JVhen in Need of
SUPPLIES
Communicate with Us
American Piano Supply Co.
110-112 E. 13th St.
New York
SCHAFF
Piano String Co,
Manufacturers of
August 11, 1923
000 acres of forest lands in the Dominion, one-half
of which may be covered with merchantable timber."
Every province of the Dominion has its commer-
Our Standard Nears the Russian Peasant's as Short- cial forests, many of them as yet untouched by com-
mercial exploitation. The forests of Quebec, Ontario
age Grows, Says College Report.
and the Maritimes, exploited by foreign capitalists,
Americans are reaching Russian standards of living are well known in the pulp and paper and lumber in-
with relation to the use of wood, says the New York dustries. British Columbia, which is developing a
State College of Foresty, Syracuse University. Since trade with the Orient and other countries as a pro-
1907, the peak of lumber production, our output has ducer of lumber and wood products, contains more
been declining 3 per cent annually. We have dropped than half the standing commercial timber in Canada.
from 500 board feet for each person in 1907 to 316 The British Columbia coast, it is stated, can produce
board feet in 1920, a decline of 37 per cent in thirteen as much timber in sixty years as can be grow,n else-
years, while the population increased about 15 per where in Canada in a century. Even the so-called
cent and consumption should have been 15 per cent prairies have their timber resources of 8,000,000 acres
greater, or 52,000,000,000 feet. We actually consumed of commercial timber lands.
33,000,000,000, which takes us back to our use of
With the recent arrival of many distinguished for-
wood in 1866.
estry experts in Montreal for the opening of the Brit-
At this rate, in 1930, we will be'on the same basis ish Empire Forestry Conference in Canada, the
as that of the Russian peasant today. His use of Dominion is thrown into the limelight as the forest
wood is meager with a per capita consumption of 200 center of the British Empire. The first Empire For-
board feet. There seems to be no prospect of pre- estry Conference was held in England in 1920, and
venting a still further reduction in wood supply for Canada, as the depot of the greatest forest resources
many years, says the College. The longer extensive of the British Empire, was chosen for the second.
reforestation is delayed in this country the longer and
the more severe will be the wood famine.
RADIO HELPS OPERA.
The high price of lumber is restricting its use.
Broadcasting of opera by wireless has stimulated
The price is being boosted principally by scarcity interest in opera at first hand, reports the Manchester,
and growing inaccessibility, both of which are avoid- England Guardian, which says: "Hearing an opera
able. As long as we cut four times as much as we alone has only made the hearers anxious to see it as
grow and are forced to go greater distances and into well, and one hears that people from distant towns
more mountainous regions each year, the price is have been going to London both to hear and see the
bound to increase. The need of home-grown timber singers whose voices entranced them on waves of
will be felt more keenly every year, according to ether."
authorities at Syracuse.
CHANGE IN KEENE, N. H.
C. E. Gober is the proprietor of Gober's Music
CANADA'S BIG LUMBER SUPPLY Shop, which was known as the Sturtevant Music Co.,
until it was recently purchased by Mr. Gober. A fine
Difficult to Determine Exact Wealth in Timber of stock of talking machines, records, sheet music and
musical merchandise is handled by Mr. Gober, who
the Dominion, Says Expert.
is widely known locally as a musician.
Canada's forests are so widespread and expansive
that it is a matter of utmost difficulty to determine
NO RADIO FOR CONDEMNED.
with any degree of exactitude their dimensions and
The Salvation Army's plan to install a radio receiv-
content. Very widely divergent estimates are made ing set in the death house of Sing Sing prison is not
by the most expert forest authorities. R. H. Camp- approved by the prison authorities. Prison attaches
bell, Dominion Director of Forestry, says that con- point out that the condemned arc to be held in soli-
servatively estimated "there are probably 500,000,- tary confinement until the fatal hour. The radio
would break this solitude.
USE OF WOOD DWINDLES
Piano Bass Strings
A QUARTER CENTURY OF
2009-2021 CLYBOURN AVENUE
Quality, Service and Value
Corr er Lewis Street
TUNING PIN MANUFACTURING MEANS
CHICAGO
Used in the World's Finest Pianos
AMERICAN MUSICAL SUPPLY CO.
451 Communipaw Ave.
PERFECT PUNCHINGS
AT
CF. GOEPEUCo
T
137 E A S T I3 -* ST.
JERSEY CITY, N. J.
Established 1867
Strauch Bros.
All Well-posted Piano Dealers, Sales-
men, and the Piano Buying Public
recognize the value of this name on a
Piano Action,
For more than 55 years it has been associ-
ated with the best products of the Piano
industry. It ha s always represented
Quality and Merit
Paragon Foundries
Company
When a Piano Action bears the name of
Strauch Bros, it is an additional guarantee
of the quality of the instrument containing it.
Manufacturers of
STRAUCH BROS.,Inc.
Paragon Piano Plates
Oregon, Illinois
NEWYORK
Comstock, Cheney & Co.
Ivory Cutters and Manufacturers
Piano Keys, Actions and Hammers
IVORY AND COMPOSITION-COVERED ORGAN KEYS
The only Company Furnishing the Keys, Actions, Hammers and Brackets Complete
Telegraph and R. R. Station: Essex, Conn.
Office and Factories: Ivoryton, Conn.
Piano Actions, Hammers and Repairs
327 to 347 Walnut Ave., at 141*t Street
NEW YORK
WESSELL, NICKEL & GROSS
Manufacturers of
PIANO ACTIONS
HIGHEST GRADE
ONE GRADE ONLY
The Wessell, Nickel & Gross action is a
guarantee of the grade of the instrument
in which it is found.
FACTORIES:
l\TE i \X/ V H P V
45th St., 10th Ave. & W 46th. * 1 Hi VV
1 \JM\ IV.
OFFICE:
457 W . 45th
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All Rights Reserved. Digitized from the archives of the MBSI with support from NAMM - The International Music Products Association (www.namm.org).
Additional enhancement, optimization, and distribution by the International Arcade Museum. An extensive collection of Presto can be found online at http://www.arcade-museum.com/library/
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