Presto

March 15, 1929
PRESTO-TIMES
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MERITS OF JESSE
FRENCH RADIOS
Sets from the New Castle, Ind., Industry
Interest the Trade Throughout the Coun-
try by Fulfilling All the Requirements
of Good Radio.
The entry of the Jesse French & Sons Piano Co.,
New Castle, Ind., into the radio manufacturing in-
dustry was considered a highly important one because
of the prominence and success of the company in
the piano manufacturing field. The announcement
conveyed the assurance that the radio department
would lie operated with the same thoroughness that
distinguished the production of fine pianos in the
great New Castle plant.
The technical and designing departments of Jesse
French & Sons Piano Co. have produced a radio,
with power supply ' ) m l t m - All transformers, choke
coils and the condenser block are wax sealed as a
protection against moisture.
Great Selectivity.
The single dial, which is illuminated, tunes the
radio. For the gaining of selectivity several broadly
tuned radio frequency stages rather than fewer
sharply tuned stages areu sed. The exceptionally
acute selection of the set is one of its strong features.
The location of the volume control bteween the
antennae and the grid of the first tube prevents the
overloading of any part of the circuit when it is
tuned. The cutting down of the volume of a strong
local station is by a soft and loud switch which
operates in favor of improved control. The set has
full electric operation (light socket) 60 cycle 110 volt
A. C. current.
The wiring of the set is through or in the base
and it is mounted on a heavy steel base which makes
it exceptionally sturdy. The fact that all connections
are made in the base makes an unusually compact
and easily inspected mechanism. The buyer may
have a choice of either a dynamic speaker or mag-
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after months of research, which made its official bow
to the trade and the public in November of last year.
The sets were truly a revelation because of their
mechanical excellence and beauty of design.
The Merits Desired.
To find a circuit combining selectivity, truth of
tone reproduction and volume without distortion with
sturdy construction was the object of the research.
Only after a very careful investigation of the several
in popular use was the e'reuit used selected. The
finished product certainly speaks well for the thor-
oughness with which many tests were conducted.
The Jesse French rad : o employs eight receiving
and amplifying tubes (with a rectifier tube in addi-
tion). The frequency amplifier and detector com-
prises one untuned and four tuned stages using two
171 A, one 227 and five 226 tubes. The rectifier uses
a 280 tube. Push-pull amplification and an output
transformer are features. The set is self-contained
ATWATER KENT CONTEST
Another national radio audition for young amateur
singers of both sexes will be held this year, the At-
water Kent Foundation anounced this week. The
finals will be held in New York in December when
five boys and five girls will compete for $25,000 in
cash awards and scholarships in a prominent Ameri-
can conservatory. The foundation conducted similar
contests in 1927 and 1928 in which thousands of
young singers in all parts of the country participated.
For its third National Radio Audition the Atwater
Kent Foundation announces larger awards, with cash
prizes of $25,000 in all, instead of $17,500, as in the
last two years, and more tuition. The two first
prize winners will get $5,000 each and the two years'
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net'c; the dynamic, however, is slightly higher in
price.
The same finish as is given the world famous Jesse
French & Sons pianos—hilited lacquer rubbed to a
satin finish—is given to this beautiful case which is
strongly constructed and faced with fancy walnut
veneer.
The designs of all the Spanish Consoles were
adapted from the Spanish by the case design depart-
ment of the Jesse French & Sons Piano Co. The
beautiful design and excellent workmanship of their
musical instruments have made Jesse French & Sons
pianos famous for years, and the Jesse French radio
certainly lives up to the tradition of its makers.
tuition in an American conservatory; the second prize
winners $3,000 and a year's tuition each. The
awards for each third, fourth and fifth prize winner
are a year's tuition and $2,000, $1,500 and $1,000 re-
spectively.
The Radio Corporation of America has leased the
twenty-fourth floor in the new 261 Fifth Avenue
Building for executive offices, formerly housed in the
Woolworth Building.
C. A. Woodall, Paducah, Ky., has opened a radio
store in Princeton, Ky.
The Polymet Manufacturing Corporation makes its
entrance into the coil field with the acquisition of the
Coilton Electric Manufacturing Company of Easton,
Pa. The Coilton Electric Manufacturing Company's
windings have been established for over eleven years.
Under Polymet direction, it is planned to increase
the size of the plant by 25,000 to 30,000 square feet
of floor space.
The Jenkins Television Corporation has acquired
a factory at 346-370 Claremont avenue, Jersey City,
N. J., for general offices and factory, as well as engi-
neering laboratories. The experimental and research
laboratories remain in Washington, D. C., in charge of
C. Francis Jenkins, vice-president in charge of research.
The lirst major hotel installation of its new cen-
tralized radio system was announced today by the
Rad"o Corporation of America. To the Allerton
House of Chicago, largest hotel of the Allerton chain,
goes the distinction of providing individual radio
reception, through a wall-type loudspeaker, to guests
in 887 of its 990 rooms, and pioneering in a new field
of hotel service.
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The "Jewelbox," a new eight-tube A. C. operated
neutrodyne receiver which makes use of the 227 type
of heater tube with the exception of two 171-A type
tubes in the push-pull output stage, has been an-
nounced by the Crosley Radio Corporation. The re-
ceiver has three stages of tuned radio-frequency am-
plification actuated by a single tuning control device.
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The Kramer Radio Stores, Inc., recently opened its
third store in Milwaukee, which will serve as head-
quarters for the company. The concern has been in
business for three years and handles the Atwater
Kent, Radiola, Lyric, Majestic, Crosley. Kolster and
Philco sets. The company conducts another store in
the downtown district and one on the city's south
side. S. Stern is president of the company; Charles
Kramer, vice-president, and B. W. Forman, secre-
tary.
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A total gross income of $101,851,603 and net income
of $23,661,990, for the Radio Corporation of America
during the year ended December 31, 1928, was re-
ported to the stockholders last week by Owen D.
Young, chairman of the board, and General James
G. Harbord, president of the corporation. After re-
serves for amortization of patents. Federal income
tax. foreign investments and the Employees' Pension
Fund, the net sum of $19,834,799, remains to be trans-
ferred to surplus.
FAVORS GREENBRIAR HOTEL
According to a recent ballot taken by the members
of the National Association of Musical Instrument
and Accessories Manufacturers, sentiment has again
favored the Greenhriar Hotel at White Sulphur
Springs for the meeting to lie held on March 22 and
23. An official notice has just been sent out advising
the members to make their reservations direct with
the hotel.
OPTIMISTIC ZENITH DEALER
Harry Ropke, president of Harry A. Ropke, Inc., of
Louisville, Ky , recently appointed distributors of
Zenith Radio in Kentucky, was a visitor to the Zenith
plant in Chicago last week. Mr. Ropke spent h : s
two-day visit going through the entire factory and
laying plans for an extensive advertising campaign
on Zenith automatic tuning. He predicts a banner
market for Zenith radio in Kentucky during 1929
with automatic tuning creating the interest and de-
mand it has shown in the past month.
ELECT COMMANDER McDONALD
PAUL B. KLUGH RETURNS.
Paul B. Klugh, vice-president and general manager
of the Zenith Radio Corporation, has returned to his
Chicago offices, having made a complete survey of
the foreign markets during a six weeks' tour of Eu-
rope with Mrs. Klugh. Mr. Klugh investigated a
patent held by a young Englishman on an invention
which is said to embody features which will revolu-
tionize the radio industry and he was able to inter-
view many of the leading figures in European radio
circles as well.
At a director's meeting yesterday of the Seneca
Securities Corporation, a ten million dollar company,
Commander E. F. McDonald, Jr., was elected pres-
ident and U. J. Herrmann first vice-president. The
Seneca Securities Corporation is an investment com-
pany dealing in securities of various industries and
the introduction of these two men so closely iden-
tified with radio will probably mean that a goodly
share of the capital of this company will be invested
in the radio industry.
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