Presto
Issue: 1924 1981 - Page 24
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PRESTO
face finished with wax or oil. A high polish is not
possible with either wax or oil.
It is erroneously supposed by many that mahogany
requires much care, that it gets murky, is hard to
clean and scratches- easily. These conditions occur,
but they have nothing to do with mahogany.. The
wood does not get murky and scratched, though the
finish may. Any given finish will get murky and
scratch easily, regardless of the wood underneath it.
To care for highly polished mahogany, secure from
any hardware man a bottle filled with three-fourths
crude oil and one-fourth benzine. Rub on sparingly
with a piece of cheesecloth and then thoroughly polish
lengthwise with the grain of the wood, with, another
piece of dry cheesecloth. The murk will disappear
and so will many little scratches. This is not hard
work, and makes the piano case look well for a long
time. Bear in mind, however, it is recommended
only for varnish, shellac, French polish and lacquer
—not for wax or boiled oil.
The Mahogany Association, Inc., ia composed of
manufacturers and handlers of mahogany logs, lum-
ber and veneers.
RADIO SHOW FOR FRISCO
Exposition Under Direction of Pacific Trade Asso-
ciation Opens August 16.
The second annual Pacific Radio Exposition will
be held in the Exposition Auditorium, San Francisco,
August 16 to 21, under the direction of the Pacific
Trade Association, of which H. E. Metcalf is presi-
dent. The show will he featured by displays of the
latest types of radio receiving sets, educational ex-
hibits and elaborate decorative effects. The main
floor will be divided into one hundred and sixty
booths, separated by miniature radio towers from
which aerials will be strung. Inverted loud speakers
will be installed on top of each tower for holding
flowers.
A. S. Lindstrom, of San Francisco, is chairman of
the executive committee, the other members of
which are P. L. Jensen, F. J. Cramm, H. W. Dickow
and C. C. Langevin.
CARE OF MAHOGANY CASES
Interesting Booklet- Issued by the Mahogany Asso-
ciation, Inc., Has Valuable Information.
The, Mahogany Association, Inc., 1133 Broadway,
New York City, has published a book called "Stately
Mahogany," which contains interesting facts for the
piano manufacturers and makers of cabinets and
benches. According to the book the natural color of
freshly manufactured unfinished mahogany is a light,
salmon pink. The color sometimes shades toward
brown. To develop its best tone, the light must reach
this wood. Hence, it is necessary to use a stain that
will permit -light to penetrate and produce the true
development of figure, tone and transparency surface.
One color or shade of mahogany finish that most
piano manufacturers favor avoiding is the flaring dark
red, which at one time was used for furniture.
Mahogany that has aged properly is not that color,
any more than it is black.
Properly treated mahogany should be a light color
when bought, so that with age it can assume a soft
mellow tone with a transparent surface splashed with
light and shade. That kind of finish the old masters
used to produce the antiques of today.
The surface coats may be varnish, shellac, French
polish, or lacquer, as preferred. All of these will
take a high polish, semi-polish, satin finish, eggshell
finish or dull finish, depending on how the final coat
has been rubbed. The less highly polished surfaces
do not so readily show the almost inevitable scratches
and blemishes of service.
Wax and boiled linseed oil also are used for top
coats. These have advantages worth noting. If the
piece gets marred, the damage may be repaired by
rubbing on, with a soft cloth, a little wax or oil, as
the case may be.
If wax had been used, it should be rubbed to a
soft lustrous surface after fifteen or twenty minutes,
with a clean, soft cloth. Boiled linseed oil, as applied
sparingly with a cloth pad, takes longer to dry—
usually three days. Hot dishes do not ring the sur-
SCORES LUMBER WASTE.
Little attention has been paid to the reduction of
lumber wastage in the past, according, to Carle M.
Bigelow, of Boston, Mass., addressing the Forest
Products Division at a meeting of the American So-
ciety of Mechanical Engineers, held in New York.
Even now few concerns to which lumber wastage is
vital, including manufacturers of musical instruments,
give the subject the consideration it merits, the
speaker maintained. Mr. Bigelow, who is chief engi-
neer with Cooley & Marvin Co., Boston, pointed out
in ''Mechanical Engineering," that probably not over
35 per cent of the average tree is actually developed
into lumber. And the wastage of this amount is esti-
mated to run from 11 to as high as 60 per cent in the
course of manufacturing processes. For these rea-
sons, Mr. Bigelow concludes that "the necessity for
conservation is evident."
July 12, 1924.
COINOLAS
FOR
RESTAURANTS, CAFES and
AMUSEMENT CENTERS
Style C-2
FROM THE BIGGEST
ORCHESTRION
INCREASED RADIO BUSINESS.
The country wide interest in the deadlock in the
Democratic Convention in Madison Square Gardens,
Xew York, and curiosity as to the outcome resulted
in vastly increased sales of radio sets everywhere.
The June business is expected to figure up consid-
erably greater than that of May. According to
Ralph Sterling, radio manager for M. Stewart &
Sons, Boston, radio business for the month of May
showed an increase of 600 per cent over that of last
year, showing the phenomenal growth of the radio in
this section. Mr. Sterling said that with the De
Forest it was impossible to keep enough sets in stock,
and when interviewed confessed that the only set
available was a mongrel type. On the second day
of the Democratic convention Mr. Sterling reported
the sale of over a half-dozen sets, all D-10's.
The Minnesota Music Teachers' Association held
its annual convention in St. Paul last week, and the
following officers were elected: President, Donald N.
Ferguson, president of the University of Minnesota
Music Department; first vice-president, John A.
Jaeger; second vice-president, Mrs. E. E. Holt; sec-
retary-treasurer, Esther Jones Guyer.
SLINGERLAND
May Bell
Slingerland Banjos
Tiny Coinola
are sold the country over because
they are Highest quality and sold
at a reasonable price.
Over 40 Styles of Banjos, Banjo Mandolins, Tenor Banjos
and Banjo Ukuleles, to select from.
THE SMALLEST
KEYLESS
Write for Catalogue
The Operators Piano Co.
SLINGERLAND BANJO CO.
1815 Orchard Street
CHICAGO
Manufactured by
715-721 N. Kedzie Ave. _
CHICAGO
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PRESTO
face finished with wax or oil. A high polish is not
possible with either wax or oil.
It is erroneously supposed by many that mahogany
requires much care, that it gets murky, is hard to
clean and scratches- easily. These conditions occur,
but they have nothing to do with mahogany.. The
wood does not get murky and scratched, though the
finish may. Any given finish will get murky and
scratch easily, regardless of the wood underneath it.
To care for highly polished mahogany, secure from
any hardware man a bottle filled with three-fourths
crude oil and one-fourth benzine. Rub on sparingly
with a piece of cheesecloth and then thoroughly polish
lengthwise with the grain of the wood, with, another
piece of dry cheesecloth. The murk will disappear
and so will many little scratches. This is not hard
work, and makes the piano case look well for a long
time. Bear in mind, however, it is recommended
only for varnish, shellac, French polish and lacquer
—not for wax or boiled oil.
The Mahogany Association, Inc., ia composed of
manufacturers and handlers of mahogany logs, lum-
ber and veneers.
RADIO SHOW FOR FRISCO
Exposition Under Direction of Pacific Trade Asso-
ciation Opens August 16.
The second annual Pacific Radio Exposition will
be held in the Exposition Auditorium, San Francisco,
August 16 to 21, under the direction of the Pacific
Trade Association, of which H. E. Metcalf is presi-
dent. The show will he featured by displays of the
latest types of radio receiving sets, educational ex-
hibits and elaborate decorative effects. The main
floor will be divided into one hundred and sixty
booths, separated by miniature radio towers from
which aerials will be strung. Inverted loud speakers
will be installed on top of each tower for holding
flowers.
A. S. Lindstrom, of San Francisco, is chairman of
the executive committee, the other members of
which are P. L. Jensen, F. J. Cramm, H. W. Dickow
and C. C. Langevin.
CARE OF MAHOGANY CASES
Interesting Booklet- Issued by the Mahogany Asso-
ciation, Inc., Has Valuable Information.
The, Mahogany Association, Inc., 1133 Broadway,
New York City, has published a book called "Stately
Mahogany," which contains interesting facts for the
piano manufacturers and makers of cabinets and
benches. According to the book the natural color of
freshly manufactured unfinished mahogany is a light,
salmon pink. The color sometimes shades toward
brown. To develop its best tone, the light must reach
this wood. Hence, it is necessary to use a stain that
will permit -light to penetrate and produce the true
development of figure, tone and transparency surface.
One color or shade of mahogany finish that most
piano manufacturers favor avoiding is the flaring dark
red, which at one time was used for furniture.
Mahogany that has aged properly is not that color,
any more than it is black.
Properly treated mahogany should be a light color
when bought, so that with age it can assume a soft
mellow tone with a transparent surface splashed with
light and shade. That kind of finish the old masters
used to produce the antiques of today.
The surface coats may be varnish, shellac, French
polish, or lacquer, as preferred. All of these will
take a high polish, semi-polish, satin finish, eggshell
finish or dull finish, depending on how the final coat
has been rubbed. The less highly polished surfaces
do not so readily show the almost inevitable scratches
and blemishes of service.
Wax and boiled linseed oil also are used for top
coats. These have advantages worth noting. If the
piece gets marred, the damage may be repaired by
rubbing on, with a soft cloth, a little wax or oil, as
the case may be.
If wax had been used, it should be rubbed to a
soft lustrous surface after fifteen or twenty minutes,
with a clean, soft cloth. Boiled linseed oil, as applied
sparingly with a cloth pad, takes longer to dry—
usually three days. Hot dishes do not ring the sur-
SCORES LUMBER WASTE.
Little attention has been paid to the reduction of
lumber wastage in the past, according, to Carle M.
Bigelow, of Boston, Mass., addressing the Forest
Products Division at a meeting of the American So-
ciety of Mechanical Engineers, held in New York.
Even now few concerns to which lumber wastage is
vital, including manufacturers of musical instruments,
give the subject the consideration it merits, the
speaker maintained. Mr. Bigelow, who is chief engi-
neer with Cooley & Marvin Co., Boston, pointed out
in ''Mechanical Engineering," that probably not over
35 per cent of the average tree is actually developed
into lumber. And the wastage of this amount is esti-
mated to run from 11 to as high as 60 per cent in the
course of manufacturing processes. For these rea-
sons, Mr. Bigelow concludes that "the necessity for
conservation is evident."
July 12, 1924.
COINOLAS
FOR
RESTAURANTS, CAFES and
AMUSEMENT CENTERS
Style C-2
FROM THE BIGGEST
ORCHESTRION
INCREASED RADIO BUSINESS.
The country wide interest in the deadlock in the
Democratic Convention in Madison Square Gardens,
Xew York, and curiosity as to the outcome resulted
in vastly increased sales of radio sets everywhere.
The June business is expected to figure up consid-
erably greater than that of May. According to
Ralph Sterling, radio manager for M. Stewart &
Sons, Boston, radio business for the month of May
showed an increase of 600 per cent over that of last
year, showing the phenomenal growth of the radio in
this section. Mr. Sterling said that with the De
Forest it was impossible to keep enough sets in stock,
and when interviewed confessed that the only set
available was a mongrel type. On the second day
of the Democratic convention Mr. Sterling reported
the sale of over a half-dozen sets, all D-10's.
The Minnesota Music Teachers' Association held
its annual convention in St. Paul last week, and the
following officers were elected: President, Donald N.
Ferguson, president of the University of Minnesota
Music Department; first vice-president, John A.
Jaeger; second vice-president, Mrs. E. E. Holt; sec-
retary-treasurer, Esther Jones Guyer.
SLINGERLAND
May Bell
Slingerland Banjos
Tiny Coinola
are sold the country over because
they are Highest quality and sold
at a reasonable price.
Over 40 Styles of Banjos, Banjo Mandolins, Tenor Banjos
and Banjo Ukuleles, to select from.
THE SMALLEST
KEYLESS
Write for Catalogue
The Operators Piano Co.
SLINGERLAND BANJO CO.
1815 Orchard Street
CHICAGO
Manufactured by
715-721 N. Kedzie Ave. _
CHICAGO
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).