Presto
Issue: 1924 1976 - Page 24
P R E S TC
22
WOOD'S AND MOISTURE
Experiments by Federal Laboratory Shows Coating
of Varnish Merely Retards Moisture.
UJhere Supply
always meets
Hie Demand j
Hardware, Felts, Cloths, Hammers, etc
for Pianos. Organs, Players, Talking
Machines, Special Stampings, Turn*
ings, etc., when you order from us.
The American Piano Supply Co., Inc.
No. 112 East 13th Street
NEW YORK CITY
SCHAFF
Piano String Co.
Manufacturer* of
Piano Bass Strings
2009-2021 CLYBOURN AVENUE
Cor er Lewis Street
CHICAGO
PERFECT PUNCH INQS
AT
C.F. GOEPEL&CO
137 E A S T 13™ ST.
N E.W YORK
According to experiments made by the Forest
Products Laboratory, Madison, Wis., varnishes do
not completely prevent the transmission of moisture
to wood. The covering of varnish merely retards the
absorption and one species of wood is affected like
the others.
The panels used in the experiments were of yellow
birch, basswood, red gum, African mahogany, white
ash, white pine, Sitka spruce, Southern yellow pine,
bald cypress, incense cedar, white oak, western yellow
pine, Port Oxford cedar and sugar pine.
Three coats of high-grade spar varnish were applied
to four panels of each species. Two panels of each
species were brush coated and two were dipped by a
special dipping machine designed to secure an even
coating. The panels were allowed to dry seventy-
two hours between coats and ten days after the final
coat before they were given the moisture resistance
test.
The moisture resistance test consisted in exposing
the panels for seventeen days to a humidity of 95-100
per cent, or in an atmosphere practically saturated
with moisture.
At the end of this test it was found that all the
brushed treated panels had absorbed between 5 and
6.5 grams of moisture per square foot of surface, and
the dipped panels between 4 and 5 grams.
NEW "OLD" VIOLINS.
Manufacturers of musical instruments may soon be
turning out Stradivarius violins by the dozen at no
increase in cost, according to Max Moeckel, famous
Berlin violin maker. He claims that German instru-
ment makers have discovered the secret processes
of the old Italian master, all records of which he
ordered burned at his death. Moeckel declares that
the secret of the shape of the old models has been
rediscovered. Both shape and varnish created the
superior tones of the Italian master's instruments,
he says. The secret of the varnish was discovered
twenty years ago.
RECORDS STIMULATE SALES.
The talking machine record as a medium of inter-
esting the public in its product was recently utilized
by the Packard Motor Co., of Detroit, Mich. "This
four Packard officials who design, build, distribute
and service Packard cars have made on phonograph
records an interesting series of talks which contain
valuable facts about motor car investment. These
men give the reasons why a Packard six can be
owned, operated and maintained at less cost than
ordinary or complicated cars.
CHANGE IN BENCH FIRM.
N. C. Barber has acquired the controlling interest
in Bristol & Barber, dealers in piano stools, benches,
cabinets and covers at 3 East Fourteenth street, New
York. The products of the Charles Parker Co., Men-
den, Conn., are carried. E. D. Bristol, whose interest
in Bristol & Barber is transferred to his partner, has
been representing the Charles Parker Co. on the road
for many years, and will continue to do so. Before
entering partnership with Mr. Bristol in 1912, Mr.
Barber was also associated with the Charles Parker
Company.
KNOWING THE MACHINE.
The best customer for records is the one whose
machine gives complete satisfaction. The truth of
the statement is plain to every person in the sales
department. The observant ones in the talking ma-
chine stores are familiar with the cases where the
customers iake the machines home, are well satisfied
with them, allow them to become dirty and the
motor dry for the want of oil. It is the answer to
the question why there are so many dump talking
machines.
HAMMACHER, SCHLEMMER & CO.
PIANO and PLAYER
HARDWARE, FELTS, TOOLS,
RUBBERIZED PLAYER FABRICS
New York, Since 1848
4th AVC. and 13th St.
June 7, 1924.
The Background
A BUSY ROLL
DEPARTMENT
COLUMBIA
WORD ROLLS
JUNE RELEASES.
No.
Title.
Played by.
887 Mobile Blues
Clarence Johnson A Melody Blue
886 Deep in My Heart
James Blythe Fox-trot
885 Paradise Alley
Billy Fitch Fox-trot
884 Don't Blame It All On Me
Clarence Johnson Fox-trot
883 Adoration Waltz Wayne Love
Waltz
882 Hula Hula Dream Girl
Nell Morrison
Hawaiian Waltz
881 I Must Have Company
Clarence Johnson Fox-trot
880 Me No Speak-A-Good English
Billy Fitch Fox-trot
879 Why Did I Kiss That Girl
Harry Geise Fox-trot
878 Jealous
Billy Fitch Fox-trot
877 Blue Evening Blues
Clarence Johnson
Blue
876 Not Yet, Suzette
Everett Robbins One-step
875 From One 'Til Two
Gus Drobegg
Ballad
874 From One 'Til Two
Gus Drobegg Fox-trot
873 Whose Izzy Is He (Is He
Yours or Is He Mine)
Harry Geise Fox-trot
872 Lovey Came Back
Harry Geise Fox-trot
871 What'll I Do
Billy Fitch Fox-trot
870 Worried
Harry Earl Fox-trot
869 She Wouldn't Do What I
Asked Her To Wayne Love Fox-trot
868 Wait'U You See My Gal
Harry Geise Fox-trot
867 "Unfortunate Blues Billy Fitch
Blue
866 Never Again
Gus Drobegg Fox-trot
865 "No" Means "Yes"
Clarence Johnson Fox-trot
864 If the Rest of the World Don't
Want You Clarence Johnson
Waltz
To Retail at
Why Pay More?
75
None Better.
Made of the best materials
obtainable.
Will please your trade and
double your sales.
Quality and price make
Columbia rolls the deal-
er's best proEt producer
in a roll department.
Columbia Music Roll Co.
721 N. Kedzie Ave.
CHICAGO
ILL.
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22
WOOD'S AND MOISTURE
Experiments by Federal Laboratory Shows Coating
of Varnish Merely Retards Moisture.
UJhere Supply
always meets
Hie Demand j
Hardware, Felts, Cloths, Hammers, etc
for Pianos. Organs, Players, Talking
Machines, Special Stampings, Turn*
ings, etc., when you order from us.
The American Piano Supply Co., Inc.
No. 112 East 13th Street
NEW YORK CITY
SCHAFF
Piano String Co.
Manufacturer* of
Piano Bass Strings
2009-2021 CLYBOURN AVENUE
Cor er Lewis Street
CHICAGO
PERFECT PUNCH INQS
AT
C.F. GOEPEL&CO
137 E A S T 13™ ST.
N E.W YORK
According to experiments made by the Forest
Products Laboratory, Madison, Wis., varnishes do
not completely prevent the transmission of moisture
to wood. The covering of varnish merely retards the
absorption and one species of wood is affected like
the others.
The panels used in the experiments were of yellow
birch, basswood, red gum, African mahogany, white
ash, white pine, Sitka spruce, Southern yellow pine,
bald cypress, incense cedar, white oak, western yellow
pine, Port Oxford cedar and sugar pine.
Three coats of high-grade spar varnish were applied
to four panels of each species. Two panels of each
species were brush coated and two were dipped by a
special dipping machine designed to secure an even
coating. The panels were allowed to dry seventy-
two hours between coats and ten days after the final
coat before they were given the moisture resistance
test.
The moisture resistance test consisted in exposing
the panels for seventeen days to a humidity of 95-100
per cent, or in an atmosphere practically saturated
with moisture.
At the end of this test it was found that all the
brushed treated panels had absorbed between 5 and
6.5 grams of moisture per square foot of surface, and
the dipped panels between 4 and 5 grams.
NEW "OLD" VIOLINS.
Manufacturers of musical instruments may soon be
turning out Stradivarius violins by the dozen at no
increase in cost, according to Max Moeckel, famous
Berlin violin maker. He claims that German instru-
ment makers have discovered the secret processes
of the old Italian master, all records of which he
ordered burned at his death. Moeckel declares that
the secret of the shape of the old models has been
rediscovered. Both shape and varnish created the
superior tones of the Italian master's instruments,
he says. The secret of the varnish was discovered
twenty years ago.
RECORDS STIMULATE SALES.
The talking machine record as a medium of inter-
esting the public in its product was recently utilized
by the Packard Motor Co., of Detroit, Mich. "This
four Packard officials who design, build, distribute
and service Packard cars have made on phonograph
records an interesting series of talks which contain
valuable facts about motor car investment. These
men give the reasons why a Packard six can be
owned, operated and maintained at less cost than
ordinary or complicated cars.
CHANGE IN BENCH FIRM.
N. C. Barber has acquired the controlling interest
in Bristol & Barber, dealers in piano stools, benches,
cabinets and covers at 3 East Fourteenth street, New
York. The products of the Charles Parker Co., Men-
den, Conn., are carried. E. D. Bristol, whose interest
in Bristol & Barber is transferred to his partner, has
been representing the Charles Parker Co. on the road
for many years, and will continue to do so. Before
entering partnership with Mr. Bristol in 1912, Mr.
Barber was also associated with the Charles Parker
Company.
KNOWING THE MACHINE.
The best customer for records is the one whose
machine gives complete satisfaction. The truth of
the statement is plain to every person in the sales
department. The observant ones in the talking ma-
chine stores are familiar with the cases where the
customers iake the machines home, are well satisfied
with them, allow them to become dirty and the
motor dry for the want of oil. It is the answer to
the question why there are so many dump talking
machines.
HAMMACHER, SCHLEMMER & CO.
PIANO and PLAYER
HARDWARE, FELTS, TOOLS,
RUBBERIZED PLAYER FABRICS
New York, Since 1848
4th AVC. and 13th St.
June 7, 1924.
The Background
A BUSY ROLL
DEPARTMENT
COLUMBIA
WORD ROLLS
JUNE RELEASES.
No.
Title.
Played by.
887 Mobile Blues
Clarence Johnson A Melody Blue
886 Deep in My Heart
James Blythe Fox-trot
885 Paradise Alley
Billy Fitch Fox-trot
884 Don't Blame It All On Me
Clarence Johnson Fox-trot
883 Adoration Waltz Wayne Love
Waltz
882 Hula Hula Dream Girl
Nell Morrison
Hawaiian Waltz
881 I Must Have Company
Clarence Johnson Fox-trot
880 Me No Speak-A-Good English
Billy Fitch Fox-trot
879 Why Did I Kiss That Girl
Harry Geise Fox-trot
878 Jealous
Billy Fitch Fox-trot
877 Blue Evening Blues
Clarence Johnson
Blue
876 Not Yet, Suzette
Everett Robbins One-step
875 From One 'Til Two
Gus Drobegg
Ballad
874 From One 'Til Two
Gus Drobegg Fox-trot
873 Whose Izzy Is He (Is He
Yours or Is He Mine)
Harry Geise Fox-trot
872 Lovey Came Back
Harry Geise Fox-trot
871 What'll I Do
Billy Fitch Fox-trot
870 Worried
Harry Earl Fox-trot
869 She Wouldn't Do What I
Asked Her To Wayne Love Fox-trot
868 Wait'U You See My Gal
Harry Geise Fox-trot
867 "Unfortunate Blues Billy Fitch
Blue
866 Never Again
Gus Drobegg Fox-trot
865 "No" Means "Yes"
Clarence Johnson Fox-trot
864 If the Rest of the World Don't
Want You Clarence Johnson
Waltz
To Retail at
Why Pay More?
75
None Better.
Made of the best materials
obtainable.
Will please your trade and
double your sales.
Quality and price make
Columbia rolls the deal-
er's best proEt producer
in a roll department.
Columbia Music Roll Co.
721 N. Kedzie Ave.
CHICAGO
ILL.
Enhanced content © 2008-2009 and presented by MBSI - The Musical Box Society International (www.mbsi.org) and the International Arcade Museum (www.arcade-museum.com).
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/
Future scanning projects are planned by the International Arcade Museum Library (IAML).