Classic Mode

Presto

Issue: 1928 2205

November 3, 1928
P R E S T O-T I M E S
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ruption. Thus the cueing of the picture may be done
to minute degree of perfection. Jack is provided for
.nserting microphone plug with separate contro:
Western Electric Piano Company Has Com- switch.
Two reproducers or "horns" are provided as regular
plete Unit for Which Demand
equipment and can be quickly attached to the wall
at the proper place within the theater. "Behind-the-
Proves Excellent.
screen" and concealed installations of other kinds are
The dealers who have already allied themselves frequently found desirable. A hammer and screw
with the Western Electric Piano Company, Chicago, driver are the only necessary tools for making a full
for the distribution of the new Duotone Sound Mirror
and complete installation of the Duotone.
for movie theaters, find it an excellent means of
Although widely known in the telephone industry
' cashing in" on the clsmor of the present-day rnovi*
through
his early association with the Western Elec-
goer for more perfect cueing of film presentations.
There is the big demand existing for devices of this tric Company and later for seven years with Strom-
kind, both synchronous and non-synchronous, in order berg-Carlson, Mr. Pierson is best known in the radio
to more vividly interpret the mood of the animated field as president and treasurer of the Hazeltine Cor-
screen. The furor followed the introduction of the poration, which positions he held for upwards of
three years; and as chairman of the board of Inde-
practical "talkie."
pendent Radio Manufacturers, Inc., which will be
There is a definite reason for the large demand remembered as a group of fourteen manufacturers
existing for an inexpensive cueing device of this kind. operating under the "Neutrodyne" patents. He was
The cost of installation plus leasing fee of "talking" also president of the Latour Corporation, and conse-
motion pictures make's it prohibitive for the theater of
quently brings to the Bremer-Tully Company an
small seating capacity to profitably install this most intensive experience in the field of radio patents. The
highly developed equipment. The Duotone sells for Bremer-Tully Company have recently announced the
less than $600 f. o. b. Chicago, and yet provides repro- addition of several new distributors.
duction of pipe organ, orchestra in symphony or jazz;
Bremer-Tully have also announced the addition to
vocal selections; vaudeville dialogues, e t c Besides,
it is possible, by use of the phone equipment to make their line of an electric radio-phonograph combina-
announcements to the audience. The inexhaustible tion, manufactured under the recently acquired elec-
libraries of all leading phonograph record producers tric phonograph patents licenses from General Elec-
is available in addition to an especially prepared se- tric and Westinghouse. An eight-tube receiver is
lection of records which is followed on a cue sheet employed, together with a dynamic speaker, and an
electrically driven phonograph motor.
supplied for every motion picture released.
To relieve the exhibitor of the inconvenience of pre-
ADVERTISING MANAGER O F ZENITH.
viewing the picture in order to arrange his required
E. A. Petrtyl is the new advertising manager of the
phonograph records, a cueing service has been estab-
Zenith Radio Corporation, 3620 Iron street, Chicago,
lished.
The Duotone Sound Mirror is described as con- and in that capacity is a busy man indeed. Mr. Petr-
sisting of two independently motored phonograph tyl has had varied experience both in Chicago and
discs with two tonearms fitted with an all-electric New York, and he is a man of genial personality.
pick-up and amplification. The case is of hand-rubbed His office in New York for some time was at 45 West
satin finish mahogany, ornated with designs of Adam 45th street in the building that houses the Music In-
motif. Complete control of sound volume is pro- dustries Chamber of Commerce and the offices of
vided as well as an arrangement for immediately Delbert L. Loomis and C. M. Tremaine, but on a
switching from one record to the other without inter- different floor.
NEW DEVICE FOR MOVIES
WESSELL, NICKEL & GROSS
NEW MAJESTIC MANAGER
The Grigsby-Grunow Company of Chicago, makers
of Majestic all-electric radio receivers, announces the
appointment of Jack Mueller as manager of the fran-
chise department of the company. This is a new
department created to build up a closer contact with
Majestic dealers and distributors. Mr. Mueller has
JACK MUELLER.
had twenty-three years' sales experience, calling on
dealers direct, and has had fifteen years' experience
as a sales manager and general manager for two dis-
tributors electrical and automatic equipment.
MOVING TRUCKS
Manufacturers of
for
PIANO ACTIONS
The Wessell, Nickel & Gross action is a
guarantee of the grade of the instrument
in which it is found.
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Write for catalog and prices for End Trucks, Sill
Trucks, Hoists, Covers and Special Straps.
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DOLGEVILLE. N. Y.
Manufactured of
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Self-Lifting PianoTruck Co.
FINDLAY, OHIO
Piano Backs, Boards, Bridges, Bars,
Traplevers and Mouldings
J, BRECKWOLDT. Prea.
W. A. BRBGKWOLDT. See. ft Treat.
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Manufacturers of
PRESTO BUYERS' GUIDE
TELLS ALL ABOUT ALL PIANOS
PIANO 1 ^LATE :s
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SPRINGFIELD
OHIO
TH E CO MSTOCK, C H E ME" Y
IVORYTON, CONN •
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SINCE 1834
MANUFACTURERS OF
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Actions and Hammer , Pipe Organ Keys
Piano Forte Ivory for Jhe Trade
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P R E S T 0-T I M E S
A VISIT TO THE
MILLER SHOPS
Many Interesting Things and Processes to Be
Seen at the Laboratory of This Indian-
apolis Establishment for Key Re-
adjusting, Rebushing, Etc.
In the highly specialized forms of skillful work-
manship which industrial science has found necessary
to cajl into existence for the performance of its func-
tions, none are more interesting than the things that
are done and to be witnessed in the laboratory of
dealers from all over the country with their requests,
much work comes to Mr. Frield Miller personally as
to the man with the reputation for special knowledge.
A Construction Expert.
Anyway, he is an expert on key-bed construction
and key assembling. Oftentimes when the whole key-
bed is sent to him in order to meet the requirements
of the dealer he must practically reconstruct the whole
outfit, cutting away parts, readjusting, fitting and
shaping much as a tailor fits a suit of clothes to
an individual. But when it is done the part goes
back as good as new.
Doctor of the Keys.
If a degree in recognition of his attainments were
grantable, we would suggest conferring upon Mr.
Miller the title of Doctor of Key Readjustment and
Alignment.
Yes, it was a very interesting place to visit—to see
how the old could be made new, and that done with-
out the ingrafting of goat glands, without sewing on
patches, but by simple wood and metal surgery,
directed by the art gained in the school of experience
and by digits trained to deft movements.
And this business of Frield Miller & Company has
been built up year by year until its founder and sus-
tainer finds his trade growing beyond his dreams and
his recompense in continuous friendships and plenty
to do.
Special Tools and Machinery.
The shops are very interesting. Its tools and
machinery are mostly individual—unique appliances
used for readjustment, mostly of Mr. Miller's own
invention, some patented, others not. But not an
unnecessary device in this establishment where every-
thing is co-ordinated to the studied needs of the re-
pairs or adjustments to be made.
Grew Out of a Need.
It is these needs of the customers that have built
business for Mr. Miller, just as the demand for some-
thing by a number of people always brings that some-
thing into existence. Backward communities don't
demand good roads; they don't get them. Backward
peoples don't demand good government; they don't
get it. The people of the United States demanded
higher standards cf living than those of Europe;
they have it, p!us.
Mr. Miller took advantage of the demand for his
line of work. He gets plenty of work.
FRIELD MILLER.
FRANK HOOD'S SHORT TRIP.
Frield Miller & Co., 3335 North Illinois street, In-
dianapolis, Ind.
A late visit to this laboratory by a Presto-Times
man proved to be an enlightenment and a treat. He
met here Mr. Miller, Sr., who is known far and wide
in the trade as an expert in piano key making and
renewing. Aside from the routine of ordinary cus-
tom work, coming in and shipping out of work for
Frank M. Hood, of the Schiller Piano Company,
was in Indianapolis, Ind., on Wednesday of this week
and went from the Hoosier metropolis to Mount
Carmel, 111. He is expected back in the Chicago
offices of the company on Tuesday of next week.
President Edgar B. Jones of the Schiller Piano Com-
pany, was at the Chicago office on Wednesday of
this week.
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November 3, 1928
ENDURANCE PIANO PLAYER.
Samuel F. Crowther, a Tampa, Fla., musician, laid
claim to the world's piano marathon championship
this week, following completion of 100 hours at a
piano. Crowther began the endurance test Friday,
and with the exception of fifteen-minute rest periods
every six hours, played continuously.
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