Music Trade Review

Issue: 1917 Vol. 65 N. 21

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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
The Flexibility and Efficiency of the
New Higel
Unit Valve Action
Is Creating a Sensation
Among Player Manufacturers and Dealers
THE NEW HIGEL UNIT VALVE PLAYER ACTION WITH FRONT BOARD REMOVED
The new Higel Unit Valve Action has
astonished everyone by its remarkable effi-
ciency and by its equally wonderful flexibility.
It promises to revolutionize the player industry.
requiring no regulation, absolutely uniform, and
thereby interchangeable. The pneumatic channel
is connected to the bottom of the valve hole, there-
by preventing the accumulation of dust.
The Higel Unit Valve
Its Simplicity a Boon to Dealers
The simplicity, efficiency and flexibility of the
new Higel Action is based upon the superiority
and unique construction of the Higel Unit Valves.
These valves are set in pairs, held rigidly in place
by a small metal spring plate and a single screw.
These, as well as the bleeds, are located
directly in front, just behind the front board. All
that is required when necessary to clean a valve is
the loosening of the screw and removal of the
plate. The valve can then be lifted out, cleaned
and replaced.
The Higel Unit Valves are permanent valves,
The simplicity of the Higel Unit Valve Action
is such that repair troubles are reduced to a mini-
mum—thus the dealer's great problem—keeping
his players in playing condition—disappears with
the advent of the Higel Action.
The Unit Valve Player Action has come
to stay—it is the style of action that the most
wide-awake manufacturers are using today—it is
the action that all will eventually use. And
the Higel Unit Valve Player Action is the
latest and most advanced development of this
type of player.
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THE MUSIC TRADE
REVIEW
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SPOOL BOX SHOWING AUTOMATIC MECHANICAL TRACKING DEVICE EXPOSED
Automatic Mechanical Edge Control Tracking Device
The new Higel Player Action is equipped
with the very latest improved and patented auto-
matic mechanical tracking device. This device
absolutely guarantees perfect tracking under all
conditions. It centralizes the music roll so that
the paper cannot crawl sideways, nor buckle. It
adjusts itself to any width of music roll, keeping
the center opening in the paper over the center
hole in the tracker bar at all times. When reroll-
ing the flanges draw away from the edge of the
paper. This prevents the breaking or tearing of
the edge of the paper, while the centralizing of the
music roll guarantees even rerolling.
Equipment and Efficiency
The Otto Higel Co. possesses an immense
advantage in the magnificent equipment of its
large up-to-date player action plant. Here is
gathered a great organization of skilled workmen
who are provided with marvelous equipment for
producing the thousands of parts, and by standard-
ization producing the parts in great quantities,
thus cutting the cost materially, while wonderfully
improving the quality of the product.
Manufactured by
OTTO HIGEL CO., Inc
Makers of the famous Metalnola Player Action
238th Street and Bronx Boulevard
NEW YORK

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