Presto
Issue: 1927 2127 - Page 20
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May 7, 1927.
PRESTO-TIMES
sets and one-tube-scts still predominates in that coun-
try. This is not only because of the higher cost of
the more powerful sets but also because of the fact
Facts in Various Lines of Commodities Which Enter that in Germany there is usually only one broadcast-
ing station to a city and k has not been necessary,
Into Musical Instrument Manufacture.
therefore, to concentrate to so great an extent on
Raphael. Zon, director of the Great Lakes States selectivity.
The extent of radio development in the State of
Forest Experiment Station, says that America's sup-
Bavaria, from which the consular report was sent,
ply of spruce is being rapidly depleted.
Every veneer mill in the southwest states is suf- is evidenced by statistics, which show that on January
fering from the interruption to the log supply owing 31, 1927, there were 98,353 subscribers to radio pro-
to the flooded condition of all the streams usually grams of all kinds in that state. Of this number,
98,179 were subscribers to the various entertainment
depended upon for carrying logs to the mills.
['rimavera, so-called white mahogany, used in programs, 118 to the commercial services and 516
piano manufacture, is entitled to free entry as "sawed to the press service.
The cost of a subscription to the usual entertain-
boards," according to a recent ruling of the Board
ment programs of the Bavarian broadcasting stations
of United States General Appraisers.
Tests interesting to the piano manufacturing indus- (Munich and the relay station at Nuremburg) amount
try were recently made on glue joints, using differ- to two marks ($0.47) per month, the fee being col-
ent glues, by the Forest Products Laboratory, Madi- lected by the mail carriers of the Bavarian Postal
Administration, which is in direct charge of all radio
son, Wis.
The finest spruce for making sounding boards is broadcasting stations. Each person possessing a re-
cut from where it grows among other hardwood, ac- ceiving set is required to pay the fee, the proceeds
cording to Frank J. Weiser, an expert in lumber from which are applied to meet the current expenses
of broadcasting.
suitable to the piano industry.
The basic charge for press service is 60 marks
A new plant is in course of erection by the Jasper
Veneer & Mfg. Co., Jasper, Tex. It will have a ($14.29) per month, although this service is, of course,
also used by many persons who only pay the ordinary
capacity of 20,000 feet of veneer per day.
Log prices at Evansville, Ind., are high owing to fee of two marks per month for the entertainment
the interruption in the supply caused by the Moods programs.
in the contributing sections.
COURSE IN PIANO REPAIRING.
Now is the time to plan for a course at Folk's Col-
lege of Piano Tuning, La Porte, Ind., this summer,
making -the study period coincident with vacation. In
He Subscribes Various Sums for Different Kinds of addition to tuning, the repairing and regulating of
pianos, players and reproducing pianos are subjects
Service and Postman Collects.
promising profitable returns to the graduate. Dem-
Crystal and single tube radio receiving sets pre- onstrating specimens provided in the school cover
dominate in Germany, although improvements are every phase of the work of the repairman. Catalogs
rapidly being made by domestic manufacturers, C. T. furnished on request.
Zawadski, vice consul at Munich, has reported to
PUBLIC AS RADIO CENSOR.
the Department of Commerce. His report deals
largely with radio in Bavaria, and is the basis ior the
The federal radio commission, under the present
following statement just issued by the Department law, cannot and will not interfere with any broad-
caster's right to control and censor his own pro-
of Commerce:
In spite of the progress which has been made in grams," H. A. Bellows, member of the Federal Radio
Germany in the construction of radio tube sets, espe- Commission, said r this week. "In that matter his
cially those of three and four tabes, the use of crystal relations are not w ith the government, not with the
commission, but with you. It is for the listeners, not
for us, to censure his programs."
SITUATION IN SUPPLIES
Us!
Our large stock Is very seldom depleted, and .your
order, whether large or small, will receive Imme-
diate attention.
In addition, you get the very
best of
Felts; Cloths; Hammers; Punchings;
Music Wire; Tuning Pins; Player
Parts; Hinges; Castings; etc.
We have In dtock a full line of materials for
Pianos and Organs.
AMERICAN PIANO
SUPPLY COMPANY
UO-112 EAST 13tk STREET
N E W YORK
j]
Worry Over Player Details
is avoided by the manufac-
turer who uses the
A. C. Cheney Player Action
in his products. He knows
everything is all right and
that the best musical quali-
ties of his pianos are develop-
ed by the use of this player
mechanism.
A. C. CHENEY
PIANO ACTION COMPANY
CASTLETON, N. Y.
WHAT GERMAN RADIO FAN PAYS
GENERAL PIANO KEY
REPAIRING
24-HOUR
SCHAFF
Piano String Co.
Manufacturers of
and Greater
BUSHING
SHARPS
E. A. BOUSLOG, Inc.
2106 Boulevard Place
INDIANAPOLIS, IND.
Piano Bass Strings
2009-2021 CLYBOURN AVENUE
Cor er Lewis Street
McMACKIN PIANO SERVICE
Factory: 1721-3 Mondamin Avenue
DES MOINES, IA.
HAMMACHER, SCHLEMMER & CO.
PIANO and PLAYER
HARDWARE, FELTS, TOOLS,
RUBBERIZED PLAYER FABRICS
4tH
13th St.
Comfort
SCARFS,
GUSH-
IONS,
COVERS
RECOVERING
Heaviest grade Pyralin Ivory, beveled
and polished to look like the finest ivory
keyboards built. Beautiful work, guaran-
teed. Sharps ebonized, bushings, etc.
We begin work on your keys the minute they
arrive. Write for New Price List.
Now York, Since 1848
Beauty
SERVICE
PIANO KEYS RECOVERED
CHICAGO
Greater
Bench Cushions, Piano Throws, Bags
for Small Instruments, Upholstered
Bench Tops.
Illustrated Folder* On Request
Period Drapery and Mfg. Co.
NEW ALBANY, IND.
OTTO R. TREFZ, Jr.
PIANO BASS STRINGS —PIANO REPAIR SUPPLIES
TUNERS AND REPAIRERS
Our new Illustrated Catalogue of Piano
and Player Hardware, Felts and Tools
is now ready. If you haven't received
your copy let us know.
2110 Fairmount Ave.
PHILADELPHIA, PA.
The Piano Repair Shop
Pianos and Phonographs Rebuilt by
Expert Workmen
Player-actions installed. Instruments
refinished or remodeled and actions and
keys repaired. Work guaranteed. Prices
reasonable.
Our-of-town dealers' repair work solic-
ited. Write for details and terms.
THE PIANO REPAIR SHOP
339 South Wabath Ave.
Chicago
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May 7, 1927.
PRESTO-TIMES
sets and one-tube-scts still predominates in that coun-
try. This is not only because of the higher cost of
the more powerful sets but also because of the fact
Facts in Various Lines of Commodities Which Enter that in Germany there is usually only one broadcast-
ing station to a city and k has not been necessary,
Into Musical Instrument Manufacture.
therefore, to concentrate to so great an extent on
Raphael. Zon, director of the Great Lakes States selectivity.
The extent of radio development in the State of
Forest Experiment Station, says that America's sup-
Bavaria, from which the consular report was sent,
ply of spruce is being rapidly depleted.
Every veneer mill in the southwest states is suf- is evidenced by statistics, which show that on January
fering from the interruption to the log supply owing 31, 1927, there were 98,353 subscribers to radio pro-
to the flooded condition of all the streams usually grams of all kinds in that state. Of this number,
98,179 were subscribers to the various entertainment
depended upon for carrying logs to the mills.
['rimavera, so-called white mahogany, used in programs, 118 to the commercial services and 516
piano manufacture, is entitled to free entry as "sawed to the press service.
The cost of a subscription to the usual entertain-
boards," according to a recent ruling of the Board
ment programs of the Bavarian broadcasting stations
of United States General Appraisers.
Tests interesting to the piano manufacturing indus- (Munich and the relay station at Nuremburg) amount
try were recently made on glue joints, using differ- to two marks ($0.47) per month, the fee being col-
ent glues, by the Forest Products Laboratory, Madi- lected by the mail carriers of the Bavarian Postal
Administration, which is in direct charge of all radio
son, Wis.
The finest spruce for making sounding boards is broadcasting stations. Each person possessing a re-
cut from where it grows among other hardwood, ac- ceiving set is required to pay the fee, the proceeds
cording to Frank J. Weiser, an expert in lumber from which are applied to meet the current expenses
of broadcasting.
suitable to the piano industry.
The basic charge for press service is 60 marks
A new plant is in course of erection by the Jasper
Veneer & Mfg. Co., Jasper, Tex. It will have a ($14.29) per month, although this service is, of course,
also used by many persons who only pay the ordinary
capacity of 20,000 feet of veneer per day.
Log prices at Evansville, Ind., are high owing to fee of two marks per month for the entertainment
the interruption in the supply caused by the Moods programs.
in the contributing sections.
COURSE IN PIANO REPAIRING.
Now is the time to plan for a course at Folk's Col-
lege of Piano Tuning, La Porte, Ind., this summer,
making -the study period coincident with vacation. In
He Subscribes Various Sums for Different Kinds of addition to tuning, the repairing and regulating of
pianos, players and reproducing pianos are subjects
Service and Postman Collects.
promising profitable returns to the graduate. Dem-
Crystal and single tube radio receiving sets pre- onstrating specimens provided in the school cover
dominate in Germany, although improvements are every phase of the work of the repairman. Catalogs
rapidly being made by domestic manufacturers, C. T. furnished on request.
Zawadski, vice consul at Munich, has reported to
PUBLIC AS RADIO CENSOR.
the Department of Commerce. His report deals
largely with radio in Bavaria, and is the basis ior the
The federal radio commission, under the present
following statement just issued by the Department law, cannot and will not interfere with any broad-
caster's right to control and censor his own pro-
of Commerce:
In spite of the progress which has been made in grams," H. A. Bellows, member of the Federal Radio
Germany in the construction of radio tube sets, espe- Commission, said r this week. "In that matter his
cially those of three and four tabes, the use of crystal relations are not w ith the government, not with the
commission, but with you. It is for the listeners, not
for us, to censure his programs."
SITUATION IN SUPPLIES
Us!
Our large stock Is very seldom depleted, and .your
order, whether large or small, will receive Imme-
diate attention.
In addition, you get the very
best of
Felts; Cloths; Hammers; Punchings;
Music Wire; Tuning Pins; Player
Parts; Hinges; Castings; etc.
We have In dtock a full line of materials for
Pianos and Organs.
AMERICAN PIANO
SUPPLY COMPANY
UO-112 EAST 13tk STREET
N E W YORK
j]
Worry Over Player Details
is avoided by the manufac-
turer who uses the
A. C. Cheney Player Action
in his products. He knows
everything is all right and
that the best musical quali-
ties of his pianos are develop-
ed by the use of this player
mechanism.
A. C. CHENEY
PIANO ACTION COMPANY
CASTLETON, N. Y.
WHAT GERMAN RADIO FAN PAYS
GENERAL PIANO KEY
REPAIRING
24-HOUR
SCHAFF
Piano String Co.
Manufacturers of
and Greater
BUSHING
SHARPS
E. A. BOUSLOG, Inc.
2106 Boulevard Place
INDIANAPOLIS, IND.
Piano Bass Strings
2009-2021 CLYBOURN AVENUE
Cor er Lewis Street
McMACKIN PIANO SERVICE
Factory: 1721-3 Mondamin Avenue
DES MOINES, IA.
HAMMACHER, SCHLEMMER & CO.
PIANO and PLAYER
HARDWARE, FELTS, TOOLS,
RUBBERIZED PLAYER FABRICS
4tH
13th St.
Comfort
SCARFS,
GUSH-
IONS,
COVERS
RECOVERING
Heaviest grade Pyralin Ivory, beveled
and polished to look like the finest ivory
keyboards built. Beautiful work, guaran-
teed. Sharps ebonized, bushings, etc.
We begin work on your keys the minute they
arrive. Write for New Price List.
Now York, Since 1848
Beauty
SERVICE
PIANO KEYS RECOVERED
CHICAGO
Greater
Bench Cushions, Piano Throws, Bags
for Small Instruments, Upholstered
Bench Tops.
Illustrated Folder* On Request
Period Drapery and Mfg. Co.
NEW ALBANY, IND.
OTTO R. TREFZ, Jr.
PIANO BASS STRINGS —PIANO REPAIR SUPPLIES
TUNERS AND REPAIRERS
Our new Illustrated Catalogue of Piano
and Player Hardware, Felts and Tools
is now ready. If you haven't received
your copy let us know.
2110 Fairmount Ave.
PHILADELPHIA, PA.
The Piano Repair Shop
Pianos and Phonographs Rebuilt by
Expert Workmen
Player-actions installed. Instruments
refinished or remodeled and actions and
keys repaired. Work guaranteed. Prices
reasonable.
Our-of-town dealers' repair work solic-
ited. Write for details and terms.
THE PIANO REPAIR SHOP
339 South Wabath 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).