Music Trade Review
Issue: 1950 Vol. 109 N. 8 - Page 23
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DIO-WONOG1WP
RECORDS-ACCESSORIES
Survey Tells of Television
Vs. Phonograph Usage
A concrete idea of what effect the pur-
chase of a television set has on a family's
use of its phonograph was revealed in
findings reported recently of a survey
conducted by an independent research
organization (Davee, Koehnlein & Keat-
ing) for John Meek Industries, tele-
vision manufacturers.
The spot survey, conducted among two
groups of families representing the high-
est and lowest income brackets in Chi-
cago showed that 64.5 per cent of the
low-income families and 37.5 per cent
of the high-income families play their
phonographs less now that they have
television sets. Another 32.3 per cent of
the low income group reported playing
their phonographs about as much now as
before they acquired their TV set. In the
high income group, 58.3 per cent of the
set owners reported playing it as much
now as before.
The survey showed that the amount
of time spent listening to the radio since
the acquisition of the TV set varied only
slightly between the two income groups.
That factor, combined with the statistics
on phonograph usage indicates that high-
income groups are more likely to con-
tinue to want music despite television.
One interesting although relatively un-
important finding of the survey was that
slightly over 4 per cent of the high in-
come groups queried reported using
their phonographs more now that they
have television.
Meek attributed this to the fact that
they now spend more time at home and
apparently turn to the phonograph when
there are no television shows that appeal
to them or after the TV stations have
left the air for the night. None of the
lower-income families reported using
their phonographs more now.
THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW, AUGUST, 1950
Webster-Chicago Portable
Wire Recorder Has 28 Features
A portable wire recorder with 28 new
features that make possible greater fidel-
ity in the recording of music has been
introduced by Webster-Chicago Corpo-
ration.
The Model 288 replaces the Model
New Webster Chicago Recorder.
180 formerly produced by Webster-
Chicago, which was the largest selling
magnetic recorder on the market. Its
newly designed sound chamber gives a
lifelike reproduction which the firm calls
the "console response" sound system. It
has an improved amplifier circuit. A
monitoring position has been added so
that one can listen to the actual record-
ing as it is being made. Three more
spool arbors have been added to the
three carried on the older design so six
spools of wire can now be carried in
place in the case.
Record - o - Magic automatic controls
and -a supersensitive microphone are
standard features of Model 288. The
carrying case is of leatherette-covered
wood.
Webster-Chicago Introduces
New 3-Speed Portable Phonograph
A three-speed portable phonograph
with a number of new features has been
introduced by Webster-Chicago Corp.
Called the Model 62, it automatically
plays all sizes of records in 33 1/3, 45
and 78 rpm speeds.
It is equipped with a 5-inch speaker
and a 3-tube amplifier. A new spindle
design carefully lowers the stack of
records after each drop, increasing rec-
ord life. A heavily flocked turntable
cushions the drop of the record and
prevents slipping.
An important new feature is a "feeler'
that regulates the swing of the tone arm
to adjust to the width of the record
when records are pyramided on the
spindle. A new "Automatic Manual"
position permits the playing of "inside-
out" records and home recordings. A
velocity trip gives a faster record change
and assures a minimum of wear on the
record. There are no lead-in springs
and no lateral needle pressure.
Three Color TV Patent
Issued to Du Mont Lab.
A patent for a three color direct view
television tube has recently been issued
to Allen B. Du Mont Laboratories, Inc.,
by Dr. Thomas T. Goldsmith, Jr., Direc-
tor of Research of the company, an-
nounces. The tube was invented by
Henry Kasperowicz of the Du Mont Lab-
oratories, and patent was applied for
October 26, 1945, almost five years ago.
In its construction, the new tube is
similar in most ways to the familiar
black-and-white picture tube except for
a new form of fluorescent screen. Instead
of having a coating of fluorescent ma-
terial which produces black and white
pictures 'when struck by an electron
beam, this new color tube has a fluores-
cent screen composed of tiny fluorescent
dots which give forth red, blue, and
green colors respectively when struck by
the electron beam. The tiny dots are ar-
ranged so that each dot of one color is
adjacent to dots of another color.
In operation, as the electron beam of
this new color television tube passes
over the tiny color spots successively, it
is turned on and off rapidly in ac-
cordance with both brightness and color
of the picture to be reproduced.
The new color television tube can be
used in any one of the three color sys-
tems now proposed before the F.C.C.
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DIO-WONOG1WP
RECORDS-ACCESSORIES
Survey Tells of Television
Vs. Phonograph Usage
A concrete idea of what effect the pur-
chase of a television set has on a family's
use of its phonograph was revealed in
findings reported recently of a survey
conducted by an independent research
organization (Davee, Koehnlein & Keat-
ing) for John Meek Industries, tele-
vision manufacturers.
The spot survey, conducted among two
groups of families representing the high-
est and lowest income brackets in Chi-
cago showed that 64.5 per cent of the
low-income families and 37.5 per cent
of the high-income families play their
phonographs less now that they have
television sets. Another 32.3 per cent of
the low income group reported playing
their phonographs about as much now as
before they acquired their TV set. In the
high income group, 58.3 per cent of the
set owners reported playing it as much
now as before.
The survey showed that the amount
of time spent listening to the radio since
the acquisition of the TV set varied only
slightly between the two income groups.
That factor, combined with the statistics
on phonograph usage indicates that high-
income groups are more likely to con-
tinue to want music despite television.
One interesting although relatively un-
important finding of the survey was that
slightly over 4 per cent of the high in-
come groups queried reported using
their phonographs more now that they
have television.
Meek attributed this to the fact that
they now spend more time at home and
apparently turn to the phonograph when
there are no television shows that appeal
to them or after the TV stations have
left the air for the night. None of the
lower-income families reported using
their phonographs more now.
THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW, AUGUST, 1950
Webster-Chicago Portable
Wire Recorder Has 28 Features
A portable wire recorder with 28 new
features that make possible greater fidel-
ity in the recording of music has been
introduced by Webster-Chicago Corpo-
ration.
The Model 288 replaces the Model
New Webster Chicago Recorder.
180 formerly produced by Webster-
Chicago, which was the largest selling
magnetic recorder on the market. Its
newly designed sound chamber gives a
lifelike reproduction which the firm calls
the "console response" sound system. It
has an improved amplifier circuit. A
monitoring position has been added so
that one can listen to the actual record-
ing as it is being made. Three more
spool arbors have been added to the
three carried on the older design so six
spools of wire can now be carried in
place in the case.
Record - o - Magic automatic controls
and -a supersensitive microphone are
standard features of Model 288. The
carrying case is of leatherette-covered
wood.
Webster-Chicago Introduces
New 3-Speed Portable Phonograph
A three-speed portable phonograph
with a number of new features has been
introduced by Webster-Chicago Corp.
Called the Model 62, it automatically
plays all sizes of records in 33 1/3, 45
and 78 rpm speeds.
It is equipped with a 5-inch speaker
and a 3-tube amplifier. A new spindle
design carefully lowers the stack of
records after each drop, increasing rec-
ord life. A heavily flocked turntable
cushions the drop of the record and
prevents slipping.
An important new feature is a "feeler'
that regulates the swing of the tone arm
to adjust to the width of the record
when records are pyramided on the
spindle. A new "Automatic Manual"
position permits the playing of "inside-
out" records and home recordings. A
velocity trip gives a faster record change
and assures a minimum of wear on the
record. There are no lead-in springs
and no lateral needle pressure.
Three Color TV Patent
Issued to Du Mont Lab.
A patent for a three color direct view
television tube has recently been issued
to Allen B. Du Mont Laboratories, Inc.,
by Dr. Thomas T. Goldsmith, Jr., Direc-
tor of Research of the company, an-
nounces. The tube was invented by
Henry Kasperowicz of the Du Mont Lab-
oratories, and patent was applied for
October 26, 1945, almost five years ago.
In its construction, the new tube is
similar in most ways to the familiar
black-and-white picture tube except for
a new form of fluorescent screen. Instead
of having a coating of fluorescent ma-
terial which produces black and white
pictures 'when struck by an electron
beam, this new color tube has a fluores-
cent screen composed of tiny fluorescent
dots which give forth red, blue, and
green colors respectively when struck by
the electron beam. The tiny dots are ar-
ranged so that each dot of one color is
adjacent to dots of another color.
In operation, as the electron beam of
this new color television tube passes
over the tiny color spots successively, it
is turned on and off rapidly in ac-
cordance with both brightness and color
of the picture to be reproduced.
The new color television tube can be
used in any one of the three color sys-
tems now proposed before the F.C.C.
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