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P O I N T THE W H
Instead of aluminum die castings and chrome molybdenum forg-
ings formerly required in making this aviation equipment, Crosley
research engineers have shown it to be possible to substitute steel
drawings and steel punchings, processed by hydrogen brazing,
resulting in even a slight saving in weight as compared with the
material formerly used, according to Lewis M. Clement, director
of engineering of The Crosley Corporation.
PIANO SALES ARE '•BOOMIN' "
Piano shipments for July. 1941, were 11,542. which is a gain
of 4,276 or 58.85% over July, 1940.
On this basis, total shipments for the month of July. 1941. as
compared with the same month for the past two years read as
follows ;
GRANDS
UPRIGHTS
Tor AT,
1,361 (11.79%)
1941
10,181 (88.2170
11,542
1,008 (13.78%)
1940
6,258 (86.13%)
7.266
751 (16.26%)
4,619
1939
3,868 (83.74%)
Shipments in [uly, 1941 were:
4.276 or 58.85% more than July, 1940
6.923 or 149.88% more than July, 1939
Monthly shipments for June and July of 1941 and 1940 were
1941
GRANDS
UPRIGHTS
T H E XEW ORGAN MODEL SOLOVOX was designed by
I .aurens Haniniond in response to hundreds of requests from organ-
ists all over the country. Although originally intended as a musical
accessory to the piano, the Solovox has now been adapted slightly
so that it can he attached to and used with the Hammond Organ.
The three-octave Solovox keyboard, which through its tilting tablet
controls embodies a six-octave range, may be seen at the low r er
right hand, forming a third manual. A box containing the Solovox
mechanism—fourteen radio vacuum tubes—is slung under the
Organ, out ot sight. The Solovox speaker and volume-control
lever, however, have been eliminated and instead the Solovox uses
the Organ speaker and expression is controlled through the Organ
expression-pedal. The Solovox adds many new solo voices to the
( )rgan and the combination of instruments is capable of producing
remarkable tonal effects never heard before.
While in New York City to attend the N. A. M. M. Convention
and show C. E. fenny, sales manager of the Hammond Instru-
ment Company, revealed that 1941 sales on all Hammond instru-
ments are far ahead of last year's figures. No new instruments
are being introduced this year, he announced, because of the Com-
pany's desire to concentrate production facilities on turning out a
great enough quantity of the regular line to defer any possible
price increases and to enable dealers to anticipate Eall demands.
CROSLEY MAKES REAL CONTRIBUTION
TO AVIATION
Simultaneously, with a recent announcement, August 11th, of
the award by the I'. S. Air Corps of two additional contracts for
certain aviation equipment to The Crosley Corporation, it was
revealed that manufacturing processes developed in the Crosley
Research Laboratories will make it possible to substitute ordinary
steel, in making this equipment, for aluminum and special alloy
steel, at no sacrifice in weight, and will result in saving many tons
of aluminum.
These two additional contracts, totalling about $1,200,000 will
bring to five the jobs that have been recently awarded to Crosley
by the Air Corps, according to R. C. Cosgrove, vice-president and
general manager of The Crosley Corporation.
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Tune
July
10.290
10.181
1,497
1,361
(87.30%)
(88.21%)
(12.70%)
(11.79%)
TOTAL
11.787
11.542
1940
UPRIGHTS
GRANDS
TOTAL
7,498
1,064 (14.19%)
Tune
6.434 (85.81%)
7,266
1,008 (13.87%)
July
6,258 (86.13%)
Shipments for the first seven (7) months of 1941 were:
54,813 or 192.42% n-.ore than for the same period in 1931.
This shows the remarkable progress over ten years ago.
Unfilled Orders
At the end of July, 1941, unfilled orders on hand as compared
with the same time in 1940 and 1939 were:
UPRIGHTS
GRANDS
TOTAL
11,271
1941
9,793
1,478
3,689
1940
3,157
532
2,301
1939
1,822
479
This shows an increase in unfilled orders of 205.53%' over one
year ago and 13.08% over one month ago.
FARNY R. WURLITVJiR GIVES INTERESTING DATA
The July issue of Wurlitzer Bulletin carried an interesting
article about a meeting held by the Executives and key employees
at Buffalo, N. Y., recently. Mr. Earny R. Wurlitzer, who was
President and who had served the Company in executive positions
for thirty-seven years, requested the Board of Directors to accept
his resignation as President and appoint Mr. R. C. Rolling as his
successor.
During his interesting speech, much of which was in the manner
of a review. Mr. Wurlitzer referred to the stability of the music
industry. Contrary to the common opinion that the music industry
is an unstable one. Mr. Wurlitzer pointed out, from a careful
review over a long period of years, that it is a verv stable one.
This was interesting because there is an erroneous opinion, held
by many persons, that music is a luxury. But music is not a luxury,
it is a necessity ; a necessity of religion for what would it be with-
out music?; a necessity of education, for what would our schools do
without it?; a necessity of the family, for what would our homes
be without music? Mr. Wurlitzer has done us a good service in
emphasizing the permanence of music.
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