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Title: The World almanac and encyclopedia
Year: 1908 (1900s)
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Subjects: Almanacs, American Statistics
Publisher: New York : Press Pub. Co. (The New York World)
Contributing Library: Boston Public Library
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s reception is stamped upon the plank, as well as the name of thebuyer. REMAIN IN LUMBER YARDS FOR YEARS. Some of these planks remain in the yard for years before they are regarded 806 as perfect enough to start on their way through a seasoning shed, where theyremain on an average of about two years, and thence through a series of dryingkilns. After making the proper test, a test which is secret, by the way. In thedrying kilns, the lumber is ready to become a part of a Steinway piano, but it Ismany months, land sometimes years, before it is finally put out as the finishedSteinway piano. It is little w^onder, in view of the lumber preparation, that a Steinwa3 pianolasts perfectly through several generations. In fact, a very considerable part ofthe reputation of the Steinway piano is based upon the preparatory treatment oflumber, • At the cost of about $100,000 an immense lumber shed was erected at the RikerAvenue plant, the only lumber shed of its kind in the world. It has an area of
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AN ALLEY OF LUMBER AT RIKER AVENUE PLANT, WORTH HALF A MILLION DOLLARS. I 27,000 square feet, with a capacity of about five million feet of lumber. The shedis built on open pillar work, with open work under its roof, so that at all timesthere is perfect circulation of air, as well as protection from rain, etc. GLUE A VERY IMPORTANT FACTOR. Glue plays a very important part in the making of a piano. It may be sur-prising to know that, although the Steinways for fifty-four years have used onlythe Peter Cooper glue, every shipment of glue received at the factories is sub-jected to a chemical analysis, and unless it conforms perfectly to such a test itis thrown out. A .similar test is made of the mixture of iron, which, as used to-day, is iden-tically the same as that used forty years ago, and which has never been improved 807 upon. This mixture of iron is used for making the plat^, and has a transversestrength of between 42,000 and 48,000 pounds to the square inch. All the tests are made

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