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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW, AUGUST, 19hO
1941 Panamuse and De Luxe
Lines Displayed by Capehart
Showing in Hotels Stevens and Blackstone Simultaneously
and at Waldorf Astoria Aug. 7th
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nets are available only with a 15-tube
chassis, which includes two 12-inch
speakers, 20 watts ouput, visual tone con-
trol, permeability tuning for six stations,
automatic volume control and cathode ray
tuning.
An option in regard to the type of re-
producing equipment is provided in the
early Georgian model. The same equip-
ment used in the Chippendale and George
II models may be obtained in this cabinet.
The Capehart Division of Farnsworth chassis of triple unit design, two ampli-
Television & Radio Corp., Fort Wayne, fiers, two large speakers and 40 watts of
Ind., introduced its 1941 line of deluxe output.
radio phonographs at the convention of
the National Association of Music Mer-
chants, at the Stevens Hotel, Chicago. It
contains three series and a total of nine
models.
Also presented at the same time were
the 1941 Capehart Panamuse combina-
tions, including 12 models.
Following the introduction at Chicago,
Capehart held a special show in the Jan-
son suite of the Waldorf Astoria, New York
City, on August 7, 8 and 9. I. C. Hunter,
Capehart sales manager, also has sched-
uled showings at Los Angeles and San
Francisco before the end of August.
As in former years, the deluxe Capehart
automatic record changer of the turnover
type is again the heart of the line.
Among the new Capehart features this
year are frequency modulation reception
and operation by remote control. Equip-
ment for the reception of frequency modu-
Famsworth and Capehart Executives at Exhibit in Chicago.—In the group are George Cross-
land, assist, sales manager, H. D. Rundell and Ben W. Bayer of the service dept., E. H. Vogel,
lated broadcasting is standard on all
vice president and general manager, E. A. Nicholas, president. I. C. Hunter, salesmanager,
models in the 500 and 400 series, in addi-
Richard Vaughan and C. W. Emley.
tion to regular broadcast and foreign
Deluxe Capeharts of the 100 series offer or an 11-tube chassis with an output of 12
bands. Although reception of frequency
modulation is not standard in the models three cabinet styles and four models. The watts is available. All models in this series
of the 100 series, it is available, at slightly period cabinets are Early Georgian, Chip- •will receive over the broadcast, police and
pendale, and George II. These models foreign bands, but models in which fre-
increased prices.
quency modulation replaces the police
band are available at slightly higher
prices.
The ninth and final model in the Cape-
hart line is No. 500, admittedly the finest
and most costly phonograph-radio in the
world. Its retail price is $2,500.
In addition to the Stevens Exhibit, a
Capehart exhibit for mid-western dealers
was held in the Hubbard and Observa-
tion rooms of the Blackstone hotel. These
exhibits were under the direction of I. C.
Hunter, who was assisted by C. H. Davies
and George Crossland, Capehart assist-
ant sales managers; P. W. Palmgren.
Howard Cushing, F. K. Gigax, C. W.
Emley, R. C. Vaughan, lack Yeager, and
C. R. Ward, district sales managers.
Farnsworth executives who also at-
tended the Chicago show included E. A.
Nicholas, president; Ernest H. Vogel. vice
president; J. H. Pressley. chief engineer,
and lohn S. Garceau, manager of adver-
tising and sales promotion.
Some oi Capehart 1941 Line—Top: De Luxe Chippendale 113K2, Modem 4K12, Adam 406K; Bottom:
Panamuse—Adam 18K2, Modern 17K3, Chippendale 12K2.
Capehart's new 400 series contains four
cabinet styles—Chippendale, Adam, Re-
gency and Modern. Among the important
feaures of the reproducing equipment
used in these cabinets are a 30-tube
use the deluxe Capehart record changer
of the turnover type, but otherwise the
reproducing equipment differs from that
of the 400 series.
The Chippendale and George II cabi-
Terry Buys
Galloway Company
lames A. Terry, has purchased the
Calloway Music Co. in La Crosse, Wis.
This store, now known as Terry's Music
Store, is located on the main street of La
Crosse, at one of the busiest intersec-
tions.