Presto

November 15, 1929
MANUFACTURERS WITHIN
RANKS OF THE RMA
PRESTO-TIMES
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colored price cards to be hung inside the window, and
four price cards with easel backs for use on top of
the sets.
ATWATER KENT AT OSWEGO.
PRESS FINGER ON EAR
TO SEND SONG IN
The Burr True Corporation of Syracuse, N. Y.,
distributors of the Atwater Kent radios, recently en- New 'Phone Speaks Numbers That Are Dialed
tertained at the Hotel Pontiac in Oswego, N. Y., for
—It's the Reverse of Radio
Every prominent and large manufacturer of every all of the Atwater Kent dealers in that district com-
Broadcasting.
radio product is included within the ranks of the prising eleven counties. Floyd Wilkinson and Fred
RMA. The manufacturers' organization also is affili- Smith of the Hall of Music of Fulton, N. Y., were
The New York Times of November 8 tells of a
ated with and works closely with the National Asso- present to receive the silver loving cup won by the new automatic telephone which speaks its call num-
Fulton
store
for
having
the
best
sales
record
and
the
ciation of Broadcasters and the Federated Radio Asso-
bers to central while the subscriber maintains silence,
sociation and Radio Wholesalesrs Association, the best dressed show windows.
and a new apparatus whereby speech and musical
national organizations of radio jobbers and dealers.
sounds are projected directly into the human brain
RADIO HELPS CATCH CRIMINALS.
electrically. The demonstration was conducted by
A wide variety of service is given continually by
Radio is helping the police of the cities to catch
Sergius P. Grace, assistant vice-president of the Bell
the RMA to the radio public and also to all branches
of the industry, as well as to its many members. The criminals red-handed and before they can make their Telephone Laboratories.
RMA has been accorded recognition and co-operation escape from the vicinity in which crimes are com-
With the new automatic telephone no one is re-
by Congress and its branches, the Federal Radio Com- mitted. This has been brought about by the adop- quired to utter a sound. The subscriber merely dials
mission, the United States Chamber of Commerce, tion of a plan of equipping cruising police cars with
the desired number and the new device carries the
the Federal War, Navy and Commerce Departments, receiving sets, through which they get alarms sent
number to central, to whom alone it is audible.
the Institute of Radio Engineers, the National Under- out from a transmitter in police headquarters. Sev-
The apparatus whereby Mr. Grace projected speech
writers Laboratories, and similar national organiza- eral large cities have adopted the plan, all with sig- electrically directly in to the brain works on the
tions with whom many enterprises of national scope nificant results.
principle of reversed radio broadcasting and in its
are undertaken. With the RMA of Great Britain,
operation a part of the human ear takes the part of
the RMA of Canada, and also other foreign radio in-
GOOD RECEPTION IN SALT MINE.
a condenser-receiver. This is the opposite of the
terests, the RMA works in close co-operation.
Radio reception has been accomplished at the bot- wireless condenser-transmitter, w h i c h
transmits
sounds under the impulse of a very high voltage and
Headquarters are maintained by theRMA both in tom of a salt mine 645 feet below the surface near
Chicago and New York for trade promotion, merchan- Hutchinson, Kan. An ordinary set was used, with a with enormous amplification. Similar voltage and
dising, publicity, traffic, credit exchange, exchange of wire srtetched to adjacent timbers as an antenna. amplification are used in the device demonstrated by
Mr. Grace.
patent information, and many other services through Resting on a crystal salt floor, the set picked up seven
stations within half an hour, including broadcasts
active committees.
Mr. Grace spoke a sentence into a telephone trans-
from Chicago, Kansas City, Cincinnati, Louisville and
mitter and by means of amplifiers this sentence was
Des Moines. No special attachments were used.
distinctly heard by all in the audience. At the same
time a part of the electrical current was stored in a
GENERAL RADIO NOTES
"delay" circuit, another recent invention of the Bell
ESTIMATES ON RADIO MANUFACTURE.
Telephone laboratories.
Estimates as to the number of receiving sets that
Amrad.
After it had been stored four and a half seconds
will be manufactured in 1929 show a wide fluctuation.
this electrical current was transformed to the high
The new Amrad models, acclaimed by radio experts They range from a low of 4,500,000 to a maximum of
voltage and passed into Mr. Grace's body. He then
and engineers for their technical and electrical per- 8,000 000. Actual sales, however, are estimated at
fection, amazed Chicago radio show visitors by the 2,500,000 to 4,000.000. Accurate figures, so far, have placed his finger against the ear of a member of the
aud'.ence, who heard directly within his brain the
genuinely fine design and craftsmanship of their con- not been obtainable in either case.
same sentence that had issued from the loud-speaker
soles. The Amrad chassis is a genuine shield-grid,
four and a half seconds earlier.
matched unit radio, designed for utmost power and
A FORT WAYNE COMPANY.
Mr. Grace said that this phenomena had recently
selectivity.
C. H. Lines Company, Inc., Fort Wayne, has been
incorporated with capital stock of 800 shares having been discovered in the laboratories and explained it
Majestic.
was attributable to the fact that ear drum and sur-
Recent economies in manufacture enabled Majestic no par value; objects, manufacture, buy, sell and
rounding tissues are made to act as one plate of the
otherwise
dispose
of
radios,
radio
parts
and
other
to offer its combination to Chicago phono-radio show-
condenser-receiver, the resulting vibrations of the ear
goers at the lowest price ever asked for an instru- electrical devices. Incorporators: Clifton H. Lines, drum being interpreted by the brain as speech, music
Clara
A.
Hartman,
Chester
L.
Teeter.
ment of its type. An automatic stop for records is
or whatever sounds were impressed upon the original
now regular equipment, yet the combination is now
transmitter. Mr. Grace said that the sounds could
LE DOMINO GUITARS SELLING WELL.
priced complete with tubes, not less tubes as for-
be transmitted simultaneously to at least three per-
J.
R.
Stewart
Company,
makers
of
stringed
musi-
merly, at a figure $20 lower.
sons holding hands.
cal instruments, J. R. Stewart president, 2541 West
Theremin.
22d street, Chicago, are keeping busy this fall. The
M. Goldberg, assistant to Prof. Theremin, inventor call is particularly active for the Le Domino line of
FINE LINE AT SALEM, OHIO.
of the Theremin, was in charge of the demonstration guitars, Mr. Stewart says.
C. M. Wilson of the C. M. Wilson Music Store,
of that unique musical instrument which anyone can
Salem, Ohio, is quite enthusiastic over the phono-
play, at the recent Chicago radio show. According
Most enthusiastic reports regarding the new line graph-radio lr'ne of instruments handled by his house.
to Mr. Goldberg, the initial sale of the Theremin will of Edison Light-O-Matic radios were recently re- Such instruments as the Victor-Radio, J. P. Seeburg,
be conducted, only through music stores, in order ceived at the offices of Thomas A Edison, Inc., from the Selectra manufactured by the Western Electric
to convince the public that the device is not merely a their western sales manager, Roy S. Dunn, and from Piano Company, are in the estimation of Mr. Wilson
by-product of radio, but an absolutely new medium H. J. Zeusler, manager of the San Francisco branch good sellers and great aids to profit making in the
for musical expression.
of the Edison Distributing Corporation.
music business.
Mills.
The beginning of direct radio service recently
The Mills radio produced by The Mills Novelty between New York and Costa Rica was an-
A sale of Atwater Kent radios is being conducted
Company, Chicago, made its debut at the Chicago nounced by W. A. Winterbottom, vice-president of
by the Davis Company, State and Van Buren streets,
Radio Show. The line was introduced to the public R. C. A. Communications, Inc.
Chicago.
by G. F. Brown. This house, long noted for its
skill in fabricating intricate mechanical contrivances,
and in achieving cabinet work of unusual design and
skillful workmanship, has turned its attention to a
field where that skill should win for itself a place
among the leaders.
Five models, with eight-tube, high gain, triple
screen grid circuits are offered.
Operadio.
In the Jack Horner and Little Jack Horner models
which hang in the corner of a room, Operadio pre-
sents an absolutely new conception. The baffle in
this speaker seals itself with the walls of the room
With this truck one man can deliver
and uses the w T alls as reflecting surfaces to focus the
sound to the center of the room where it is needed.
Many Enterprises of National Scope Are Aided by
This Radio Organization.
ONE MAN
RADIO TRUCK
Kiel Golden Voiced Table.
W. C. Rogers, general sales manager for The Kiel
Furniture Co., Milwaukee, represented his firm at the
recent Chicago radio show. A model of the Kiel
Golden Voiced Table, officially recommended and
approved by Atwater Kent, was shown. The Samson
Electric Co. are the Chicago distributors.
STEINITE DEALER'S AID PACKET.
As a selling aid to their thousands of dealers
throughout the country, Steinite Radio Company has
prepared a new Dealer Profit Packet which contains
a quantity of diversified display material for creating
effective window displays. The packet contains a
•3x8 foot muslin banner for the dealer to hang out-
side his store; a three-piece painted display, and six
6-inch x 24-inch streamers for window use; four large
the popular makes and sizes of Radios
from the show room, on and off the
delivery truck, up the steps or stairs
and into the house or apartment.
$15.00. This same truck not adjust-
able but made for the Victor R-32 and
R-E 45. $12.50. F. O. B. Findlay,
Ohio.
SELF-LIFTING PIANOTRUCKCO.
Findlay, Ohio
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