General Publications
name: label: Names
content: Forest Products Laboratory (U.S.)
label: Names
content: Steinway & Sons
label: Collection Author
content: Falcone Custom Grand Pianos
label: Collection Donor
content: Pratt, Read and Company
label: Collection Creator
content: Sohmer & Company
place: label: Place
content: Queens (New York, N.Y.)
topic: label: Topic
content: Lumber -- Storage
label: Topic
content: Kiln Drying
setName: label: See more items in
content: Sohmer & Co. Records
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1912 -1985
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0349, Series 12
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Trade catalogs
label: Type
content: Government records
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Trade catalogs
label: Genre/Form
content: Government records
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: General Publications, dating between 1912 and 1985, include competitor publications, literature on organs, research studies and government documents related to the piano industry, and publications related to developing the area of the borough of Queens, New York, where the Sohmer factory was located.  The bulk of this series consists of competitor publications with a fairly comprehensive collection of Steinway & Sons literature.  The two Forest Products Laboratory notebooks contain technical notes, lectures and bulletins dating between 1919 and 1926.   Topics include lumber and kiln drying, comparisons of glues, and suggestions on storing timber to prevent decay.