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Music Trade Review

Issue: 1940 Vol. 99 N. 7 - Page 39

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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW, JULY, 191*0
The Combination Business
PHONOGRAPHS
RECORDS
RADIO-PHONOGRAPHS
system, six station electric tuning, air
trimmer condensers, four point tone con-
trol, stage of radio frequency amplifica-
tion, Victrola and television plug-in con-
nections,
built-in loop antenna for domes-
Price Range from $9.95 to $115
tic broadcast reception and special built-
Promotion to Reach 90
in short wave antenna.
Million People
Slightly lower in price is Model 19K
with
nine tubes in a graceful cabinet of
Led by a luxurious "Presidential" model
and flanked by 27 new instruments, the hand rubbed walnut veneers. At the top
RCA Victor platform for 1940 was pre- of the console group is Model 11 IK with
28 Models in
New RCA Line
The Presidential Model and Another Console in the RCA Victor Spring Line
sented to dealers and distributors recently the four band Over-Seas dial and eleven
to the fanfare of one of the largest pro- tubes. Models 16K, a six tube, two band
motion and advertising campaigns in receiver, and 17K, a seven tube, three
radio history. These new models will be band receiver, complete the console line.
The RCA Victor table model parade
featured at the RCA Victor Exhibit at the
Hotel Stevens, Chicago, July 30 to Aug. 1. offers such exclusive features as the magic
Ranging roughly in price from $9.95 to loop antenna, RCA Victor preferred type
$115, the new RCA Victor line is distin- tubes, the Roto-Base, and plug-in attach-
guished chiefly for its refreshingly new ments for Victrola and television. Lead-
styling and increase in "hidden quality"
features. Two consoles, including the
Presidential model, introduce the "Over-
Seas" dial, designed to bring in foreign
Two new Ansley Dynaphones have just
stations as easily as domestic. The im- been announced by the Ansley Radio
portant 31-meter band has been spread Corp., 4377 Bronx Boulevard, New York,
to about 20 times its normal size per- N. Y.; The Essex, a beautiful 18th Century
mitting easy and accurate tuning and
allowing the owner to "log" his own sta-
tions. Many foreign stations are identi-
fied by name.
The
The new line is being presented to the
New
public through radio, newspapers and
magazine advertising as well as a host
Ansley
of promotional innovations. It is estimated
Chelsea
that the story will reach more than 90.000-
and
000 people by means of 15,000 hours of
Essex
radio broadcasting over 53 stations. This
Models
is being backed by powerful national
magazine and newspaper campaigns.
The new series is made up of five con
soles and ten table models including four
instruments in the Nipper series and two
short-wave specials. In addition there garnet mahogany console and The Chel-
are four battery models for the farmer, sea, also 18th Century, an automatic arm-
six "Pick-Me-Up" portable radios, two chair combination. This latter features
spring wound portable Victrolas and a a gliding top, available in wood, leather
spring wound record player.
or silver mirror, which makes this Dyna-
The ten-tube Presidential, Model 11 OK, phone a stunning piece of furniture in
embodies full 12-inch, high efficiency, addition to its being a fine radio and
dynamic loudspeaker, magnetic core I-F phonograph.
An eight-tube radio is used in both
transformers, shielded power transformer,
rubber mounted chassis, push-pull audio models covering the broadcast and for-
ing the list is Model 18-T, an eight tube
instrument with continental type styling
and big slanted dial. Models Q-20 and
Q-21 are aimed primarily at the short
wave listeners and feature brilliant for-
eign coverage. In the Nipper series.
Models 45X-17 and 45X-16 are equipped
with the new Roto-Base which provides
greater ease of tuning.
Six Pick-Me-Up models are offered,
ranging from No. 15BP-6. a handsome
mahogany set with disguised handle, and
No. 15BP-1, a plastic table model carried
in a zipper type case, to 15BP-2, an ex-
tremely light weight model of durable
luggage type construction. All are capa-
ble of operating on either battery or AC-
DC house current and include permanent
magnet dynamic loudspeaker.
For the farmer, a powerful consols
(14BK) and three table radios offer the
RCA Victor economy blinker, music-
speech tone controls and plug-in connec-
tions for the RCA Victor record player,
model R103-S. The player itself employs
a spring wound motor for battery econo-
my and utilizes the audio amplification ol
the receiver for record reproduction.
The two new spring wound RCA Vic-
tor portable Victrolas, Models O-2 and
O-G, feature improved styling and a new
angle wind crank making it possible to
wind the motor without moving or picking
up the instrument.
Ansley Announces two new Show Models
eign short -wave bands and using a 12-
inch speaker. Both are available with
single record mechanism, using the Ans-
ley crystal pickup or automatic record
changer. The garnet mahonany finish,
hand-rubbed to a soft dull lustre, which
has proved so popular on the other Ansley
Period Dynaphones is used on the new-
ones also.
These models as well as The Dynatone
will be shown at the Convention at the
Hotel Stevens in Chicago July 30th-Aug.
1st.

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