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Issue: 1929 2233

August 15, 1929
ROBERT B. OSLUND IN
CHICAGO THIS WEEK
Spokane, Wash., Piano Man and Also Enter-
prising in Radio, Gets Cordial
Receptions.
Robert B. Oslund, head of the Oslund Piano House,
or Professor Oslnnd, as he is known. Spokane, Wash.,
is a Chicago visitor this week. Mr. Oslund has a
record for great work and big business in the line
of piano selling and his abilities have of late been
admitted in radio manufacturing circles.
On his way to Chicago, Mr. Oslund made stop-
overs at his birthplace and boyhood home, Cokato,
Minn; to his alma mater, Gustavus Adolphus Col-
lege, St. Peter, Minn; and Comfrey, Minn., where
he had made his start as a music teacher. The local
papers in all three towns spoke in glowing terms of
the return of their former citizen and congratulated
him upon his successful business ventures. While in
Cokato he visited his mother and his brother, S. P.
Oslund. and also his brother, Dr. Jno. E. Oslund, of
Yasa, Minn.
Some of Mr. Oslund's record sales and shipments
of pianos away from his home town and the sending
of radios by airplanes read like fairy tales, but are,
nevertheless, all true, and go to prove the enterprise
of this active dealer.
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PRESTO-TIMES
the music of the folk who have been held in political
subjection, and that is probably why those who have
been held in social subjection find it so much to their
liking. It is natural that syncopation in an intense
form is found among all Slavic people and among
Hungarian provinces where gypsy life is an impor-
tant part of the life of the folk. It was for much
the same reason that syncopation became the natural
expression of the American Negroes and was used
bv them for their cake-walks and curious dances.
NEW BOOK SOURCE
OF INSPIRATION
Survey of the Various Industries of the Coun-
try Discloses the Position of Music Among
Workers and Prompts Progressive
Dealers to the Required Action.
The new publication of the National Bureau for
the Advancement of Music, "Music in Industry," is
the basis of comprehensive campaign to stimulate the
use of music in the various industries. The book is a
survey of the utilization of music in industrial plants
and big commercial houses and contains information
necessary to an aggressive drive for an extension of
the musical activities resulting in more musical in-
strument sales. The new book should be in the
hands of every progressive music dealer.
Fills Great Want.
Until recent years, there have been several phases
of the relation of music to human welfare in this
country concerning which there has been little
authentic data in a systematic, coordinated form.
Strangely, the Instrument Sailed Over the Well charted information on music in social service
has been, with a few exceptions, a minus quantity. It
Purchaser's Hotel 24 Hours Before
was not until 1925, for example, that there was avail-
She Bought It.
able any authoritative data as to what our city gov-
Mrs. Leila Jo Caughinan of Columbia, S. C, de- ernments were doing for music. That data was then
scribed as a "pretty music teacher," is the fortunate provided in a book on "Municipal Aid to Music in
possessor of the grand piano which was brought over America," containing the findings in a survey made
on the recent transatlantic trip of the Graf Zeppelin, by the National Bureau for the Advancement of
which landed at Lakehurst, N. J., Sunday, August 5. Music.
Only slightly less meagre had been the assembled
The story which reaches Presto-Times says of the
incident of the purchase of the piano that Mrs. Caugh- facts on music among industrial workers, until the
man, who was in New York at the time, "was appearance of "Music in Industry," a book contain-
leaning out of the window of her hotel that evening ing a compendium of the results of another survey
to determine the cause of the unsual sounds in the made by the same bureau. It remedies a deficiency
air. Mrs. Caughman saw the great ship sailing ma- that has been felt ever since the boom in employee
jestically over her hotel. Little did she realize that music-making which was one of the phenomena of
inside that splendid silvery body swung a grand piano the World War. During the intervening period, and
—the first to cross the Atlantic via the air route— following a slight slump immediately after the war,
and that within 24 hours this historic instrument there has been a less sensational but steady develop-
would be hers! Such are the strange tricks chance ment of industrial music which has now reached the
impressive proportions recorded in this book. The
plays on humanity."
author of the book is Kenneth S. Clark.
" 'The next day,' said Mrs. Caughman, in telling
Some Interesting Facts.
the story, 'I picked up a newspaper to read about
the Zeppelin, and at the same time saw the adver-
After chronicling a few of the current manifesta-
tisement of the piano which had been brought over tions of industrial music in other lands, Mr. Clark
on this ship..' "
points out some of the high spots revealed by the
Mrs. Caughman took the piano to her home in survey in this country. For instance, the railroads
Columbia, S. C , feeling very proud of being the lead the van as to the number of operations from
which musical activities are reported. Their total of
purchaser of the instrument.
115 operations is approached most closely by that of
the department stores, which is 89. This one group,
MASON SPEECH IN BOOKLET.
Last December in Cleveland, Ohio, Henry L. Ma- however, would be outdistanced by the manufacturers
of various kinds, if their joint total of 107 plants
son, president of Mason & Hamlin Company of
Boston, delivered an address before the Music were to be admitted as qualifying. As to the favorite
Teachers National Association, entitled "How Has activities among these and other classes of industry,
the Pianoforte as an Instrument Developed Since the author shows bands to be in the majority among
1876?" The address was of such great interest and the railroads, and choral work with the department
is so instructive that it has been reprinted in booklet stores.
form. Mr. Mason states that he will be glad to send
a copy to any music merchant in Ohio who may
request it. His address is 18 Station Street, Boston,
Mass.
Attention is called to the Schumann Piano Com-
pany's advertisement covering the back page of this
LUDWIG SUPER-SENSITIVE DRUM.
issue of Presto-Times. It is more than an ad.; it
Ludwig & Ludwig. drum manufacturers, 1611 North calls attention to what has been done through the
Lincoln street, Chicago, have this to say about their years by building one excellent product, with one
new drum, called the Super-Sensitive: "This new splendid name and persistent striving to improve its
drum responds to the lightest tap of your stick or to handiwork so as to make it more and more worthy
the heaviest fortissimo roll with the same tone qual- of that name.
ity throughout. The Super-Sensitive is proving our
claims in the hands of drummers everywhere. The
variety of effects it makes possible; its tone control—
Presto-Times acknowledges the receipt of a 64-
no ring whatever; its easy speaking snares; and its page issue of the Paris Morning News, Paris, Tex., of
snappy tone are winning scores of friends daily."
the date of Sunday, July 28. It is the sixtieth anniver-
sary number of the paper and is a convincing proof
of the adage, "Westward the star of empire takes
GYPSY LIFE AND SYNCOPATION.
Travel by automobile and summer camping parties its wav."
has brought the people nearer to nature and to that
gypsy life for which so many persons long when
TOO LATE TO BE CLASSIFIED.
nature is at its balmiest. Northerners who are housed
WANTS CARLOADS OF PIANOS.
to death for so many cold months take to the road
established piano company in the middle west is
and gladly exchange their formal modes of living for An old
in the market for a few carloads of attractive, used
hot-dog-stand methods of eating and listen to jazz
straight and player pianos. We might also consider
a quantity of new instruments at clean-up prices.
for a change. The fascinating accent of the short
Address J. K. L., care Presto-Times, giving descrip-
beat is found in its most highly developed state in
tion and prices of what you have to offer.
A New
UPHOLSTERED
BENCH
for
Radios
Midget Uprights
and
Small Grands
BOUGHT PIANO THAT
CAME OVER IN ZEPPIUN
SCHUMANN, A GREAT PIANO
Without Music Compartment
is The Tonkbench Shop's
answer to the demand for a correctly
proportioned bench, for small, low*
keyboard pianos.
It is 18 inches high.
The top size is 12 inches by 23 inches.
The standard finishes for the base are
Mahogany and Walnut but these benches
may be ordered unfinished, for painting
or lacquering in colors.
The upholstered tops are offered in Red,
Green, Blue, Brown or Taupe—Figured
Velours.
Originally designed as a Radio Bench,
this model has attained unusual popu-
larity; not only in the Radio Field but
in its new role as a bench, which in style,
proportion, comfort and color-harmony,
matches perfectly the new ideas in small
piano construction and decoration.
In ordering specify
No. 42'/ 2
Mahogany, Walnut or Unfinished
Red, Blue, Brown or Taupe Tops.
As the shipping weight of this bench is
only 12 pounds, we suggest ordering in
lots of 12 or including other benches in
order to take full advantage of the 100-
pound minimum freight rate.
ring
my
1912 Lewis St.
CHICAGO
LOS ANGELES BRANCH
4627 East 50th St.,
Los Angeles, Calif.
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August 15, 1929
PRESTO-TIMES
R A D I O
FOUR DISTRIBUTORS CONGRATULATE ZENITH
"We congratulate you, and so will
the entire radio world," declared four
of Zenith's leading d i s t r i b u t o r s ,
shown in the above photo, to Zenith's
four engineers whose achievements
made possible the new Zenith "50
J line" chassis which is said to embody
; features revolutionary in screen grid
design and performance. Zenith dis-
tributors who have enjoyed a pre-
liminary demonstration of the new
chassis declare it will mark an en-
tirely new epoch in radio reception
when it is introduced in the new
Zenith "50 line" models which vvil!
make their appearance to the radio
public this month.
Shown grouped around the chassis
I^AUD ZENITH ENGINEERS ON NEW "50 LINE' CHASSIS.
above is, left to right, Zenith engi-
ing & Montague, Philadelphia, and Dave Goldman, of
neers: Carl Hassell, who designed and built the first
Zenith receiver in Zenith's early history; C. E. Mar- the North American Radio Corp., New York city.
shall; Dr. F. A. Rafferty and H. A. Gates. Zenith
Zenith distributor-dealer shows, introducing the
distributors: L. T. Johnson of the Kimberly Radio new Zenith "50 line" and Zenith's sales and adver-
Corp, Chicago; Myron Craddick of the MacKenzie
tising plans for the coming season, are being held
Radio Corp., New York City; Dave Trilling of Trill- throughout the country, starting Aug. 12.
CROSSLEY JOINS HOWARD RADIO CO.
Alfred Crossley, one of the leading radio engineers
of the country, is now chief engineer of the Howard
Radio Company of Chicago. Mr. Crossley has been
continuously identified with radio for the past twenty
years. In the early days he was with the United
States Navy, operating both ship and shore stations.
Later he became research assistant at the University
of North Dakota under Dr. A. Hoyt Taylor. At
the outbreak of the war, he became a commissioned
officer in the navy, and later he was placed in charge
of the installation and development of all submarine
radio equipment, and finally had charge of all naval
radio research activities. To him goes the credit for
the development of the present standard of frequency
now used in this country.
RADIO-FREQUENCY AMPLIFICATION.
Allen B. DuMont, chief engineer for the DeForest
Radio Co., Jersey City, N. J., writes of a change that
has been made by the DeForest engineering staff in
the rating of the screen-grid audition. He says the
effects of this change will be enjoyed in the radio sets
of the very near future. Manufacturers can build
sets that will operate each stage of radio-frequency
amplifications at maximum efficiency, resulting in
greater sensitivity with greatly increased selectivity,
as no modulation of neighboring signals will take
place.
ZENITH CONNECTICUT DISTRIBUTOR.
The MacGregor Radio Corp., a newly appointed
distributor of Zenith radio for the State of Connecti-
cut, has opened up its headquarters in New Haven
at 120 Meadow street, under the vice-presidency and
general management of Charles Gomprecht, for the
past five years general manager of the well-known
radio wholesale firm of Trilling & Montague, dis-
tributors of Zenith radio in Philadelphia.
THE EYE OF RADIO.
So little is understood and so much is misunder-
stood regarding television that a booklet entitled
"Television—The Eye of Radio," is most welcome.
Under this title, the Jenkins Television Corporation
of Jersey City, N. J., has published a booklet of 32
SUMMER RADIO SALES "EXCELLENT."
pages and cover, which contains a conservative, in-
A
mid-summer survey of the radio industry, accord-
teresting, readily understood discussion of just what
television is, what has been done so far, what is being ing to President H. B. Richmond of the Radio Man-
done for the future, and why the television experi- ufacturers' Association, indicates another "excellent
ment is about to develop into the television industry. radio year. Summer sales, President Richmond
states, are in unusual volume, although the present
season lacks the stimulus of the presidential election
RADIO-VICTOR'S NEW RECEIVER.
campaign enjoyed last year.
A new receiver, employing an improved A.C. super-
heterodyne circuit, and enclosed in a console cabinet
KOLSTER IN GERMAN DEAL.
with an electro-dynamic loudspeaker, has been an-
Ellery W. Stone, president of the Kolster Radio
nounced by E. A. Nicholas, vice-president of the
Radio-Victor Corporation of America. The cabinet Corporation, has announced that an agreement has
is of attractive two-tone walnut veneer, with burled been signed in Berlin between Kolster-Brandes, Ltd.,
maple overlays. The loudspeaker opening and control and Telephonfabrik Berliner Aktiengesellschaft for
the manufacture and sale of Kolster and Brandes
panel are covered with cut velours. The pattern of
the material has been skillfully worked out so that models in Germany.
the controls appear to form a part of the design.
ZENITH PLANTS IN FULL SWING.
MAJESTIC'S HUGE PICNIC.
More than 30,000 persons on Saturday, August 3,
attended the annual employes' picnic of the Grigsby-
Grunow Co., radio manufacturers, which was held at
Fox River Grove, 111. Thirty special trains carried
part of the employes, with their families and friends,
while a convoy of 900 automobiles operated between
the company's plants in Chicago and the picnic
grounds. Prizes totalling $10,000 were awarded the
winners in the events.
UNION CARBIDE EARNINGS.
The Union Carbide and Carbon Company reported
net profits of $7,324,297 for the second quarter of
this year, which was equivalent to 88 cents a share
on 8,306,108 shares of stock. Net profits for the sec-
ond quarter of 1928 were $5,868,610, or 70 cents a
share on the present stock. Net profits for the first
half of this year were $14,528,243, or $1.74 a share,
compared with $11,872,742, or $1.42 a share, for the
first half of 1928.
The three mammoth Zenith plants in Chicago are
in full swing with a production program of 2,500 sets
daily. All Zenith cabinets are now manufactured in
Zenith's new cabinet plant, installed at a cost of more
than a quarter of a million dollars and equipped with
the most modern of woodworking machinery in exist-
RADIO IN THE SCHOOLS.
In the public schools of Oakland, Cal., experi-
ments have shown that it is possible to teach almost
"any subject by radio. With classes in various schools
listening in on the same lessons, good results have
been obtained in such diverse subjects as literature,
geography, arithmetic, penmanship, science, singing
and physical training. The classes experimented upon
ranged from the fifth to the tenth grades.
HUGE ORGAN FOR GERMAN BROADCASTS.
What is believed to be the biggest organ possessed
by a broadcasting station is located in Munich, Ger-
many. It has fifty stops and 3,183 pipes.
RADIO RECEIVING SETS
RADIO PARTS
RADIO—PHONOGRAPHS
RADIO AS EDUCATIONAL AID.
A committee has been appointed by Secretary Wil-
bur of the Department of the Interior to study edu-
cational broadcasting, both for adults and schools.
The radio men and the trade press have been asked
to cooperate. The committee consists of United
States Commissioner of Education, Wm. John Cooper,
chairman; Judge Ira E. Robinson, chairman of the
Federal Radio Commission; Dr. John L. Clifton,
Director of Education, Ohio Department of Educa-
tion; Dr. W. W. Charters, Bureau of Educational
Research, Ohio State University; Dr. H. Robinson
Shipherd, Business Training Corporation; Dr. Frank
Cody, superintendent of schools, Detroit; Merlin H.
Aylesworth, National Broadcasting Company; Dr.
John H. Finley, New York Times; Dr. Will G. Cham-
bers, School of Education, Pennsylvania State Col-
lege; William S. Paley, Columbia Broadcasting
System; Dr. Harold J. Stonier, American Institute
of Banking; James A. Moyer, division of University
Extension, Massachusetts Department of Education;
Dr. George B. Zehmer, University of Virginia; Mrs.
Howell Moorhead, Foreign Policy Association; Miss
Alice Keith, Radio Corporation of America.
EDISON INVENTIONS IN FORD MUSEUM.
Since Henry Ford proposed the establishment of
the Edison Institute of Technology at Dearborn,
Mich., in which will be a complete museum of Edi-
soniana, many workers have been busily engaged in
collecting the immense amount of original models,
machinery and apparatus, invented, devised and con-
structed by Thomas Alva Edison during his prolific
career. All of this material, so closely tied up with
the industrial development, the comfort and the hap-
piness of the world, will eventually be fittingly in-
stalled in the Ford Museum, where they will be on
display for all time.
GRIGSBY-GRUNOW IN CANADA.
Majestic radio distribution in Canada has enjoyed
tremendous expansion in the short period of one
year. Back of the Majestic radio is the Grigsby-
Grunow Company, of Chicago, which has grown to
be one of the largest institutions on the entire con-
tinent. Nine huge plants in Chicago are occupied and
the daily capacity has been brought up to the tremen-
dous figure of 4,500 complete radio receiving sets.
The Grigsby-Grunow Company will cooperate with
the enlarged organization in the manufacture and
marketing of the Majestic electric radios in Canada.
WILLIAM H. DEUTSCH JOINS EDISON.
Announcement has just been made from the office
of P. J. Burns, manager of the Orange Branch of
the Edison Distributing Corporation, that William
H. Deutsch has become associated with that com-
pany to handle the sales activities of Edison radios,
phonographs and records throughout the northeast-
ern section of Pennsylvania.
FINANCE PLAN FOR ZENITH DEALERS.
Hugh Robertson, treasurer and general sales man-
ager of the Zenith Radio Corporation of Chicago,
manufacturers of high grade radio, reports that an
exclusive contract has been executed for the financing
of Zenith dealer retail installment sales, between the
Zenith Corporation and the Commercial Investment
Trust Corporation of New York.
WOMEN'S INFLUENCE AS BUYERS.
Women have become vital influences in the selling
of radio receivers today in the opinion of R. W.
Jackson, general sales manager of the Brunswick-
Balke-Collender Company. In 95 per cent of all radio
sales women are the major influence, Mr. Jackson
states.
NEW YORK LEADS IN STATIONS.
With twenty-three radio stations, New York city
has more than ten states combined. The ten states
are Maine, Kentucky, Utah. New Mexico, Vermont,
New Hampshire, Delaware, South Carolina, Nevada
and Wyoming. Chicago is the closest rival of New
York city, with twenty-one stations.
SIAM RATIFIES AGREEMENT.
Siam has ratified the international radiotelegraphic
convention, according to announcement by the United
States Department of State.
The Great Lakes will have 43 per cent of the radio
beacons guarding the entire coast line of the country
when eight stations now being put up are com-
pleted.
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