Presto
Issue: 1929 2230 - Page 13
July 1, 1929
PRESTO-TIMES
PROFESSOR FESSENDEN
JOINS GRIGSBY-GRUNOW
Noted Radio Pioneer Has Been Engaged to
Do Research in Television
Field for Majestic.
Professor R. A. Fesscnden, internationally noted
engineer and inventor, has joined the special research
department organized by Grigsby-Grunow Company,
manufacturers of Majestic electric radio.
Professor Fessenden's prominence in the radio
field began in the late 90's with the discoveries that
led to the introduction and practical application of
wireless telegraphy and telephony. His early en-
deavors in developing a method of transmitting
speech without wires were attended with consider-
able success in" the years 1898 to 1903, by which time
he had increased the range of the wireless telephone
to 25 miles and carried out a public demonstration at
Washington, D. C. From this time on Professor
Fessenden's accomplishments were recognized as
eminent and outstanding in the radio field. It is
interesting to note that Professor Fessenden is
credited with being the first to transmit speech across
the Atlantic.
Television, combined with radio, offers Professor
Fessenden a broader field in which his recent accom-
plishments are attracting universal attention. In
securing his services, the Grigsby-Grunow Company
is building on a sound basis for rapid expansion into
the field of marvelous possibilities that radio holds
for the future.
Exhibited in Chicago During Convention
Design No. 791, Grand Pianc
ENGLISH HARPSICHORD by STEIN WAY AND SONS
Simplicity and modesty with a suggestion of the sturdy and enduring qualities of the British themselves are suggested by this old
English design. Built as closely to the form of an old Harpsichord as the works of a modern piano will permit, with figured
.walnut veneers, panel borders mitred at corners and broad line* of marquetry, this instrument evidences much of the charm of
old-world tradition
A GREAT PICTURE AND
GREAT CONVENTION
fr
GET MASON & HAMLIN FRANCHISE
P r e s t o - T i m e s , in i t s issue of J u n e 15, o n p a g e 4,
A. P. Willis, president of Willis & Co., Ltd., ex-
pects 1929 to be a great year for the piano business
throughout the Dominion of Canada, and predicts
record business with the American Piano Company's
line. The Willis Company now carries the complete
American Piano line, having recently acquired the
franchise of the Mason & Hamlin, "The World's
Most Costly Piano." in addition to the Knabe and
the Chickering, which they have successfully han-
dled in Canada for some time.
gave a two-column story of the Conn banquet and
three-days' convention at Elkhart, Ind., on May 30,
31 and June 1, but the picture of the great dinner was
not ready at that time, so it is presented on page 2
of' this issue.
C. G. Conn, Ltd., Elkhart, never do anything by
halves, and this convention and the accompanying en-
tertainments were conducted on a scale never before
attempted.
RADIO EXPORT FAIR EXPLAINED.
A large increase in the export of transmitting sets
and parts is attributed to a great extent to broad-
casting activities in the Philippine Islands, Brazil
and Russia, the department of commerce says. Next
to Canada, Argentina was the largest importer of
receivers, taking $90,943 worth, while Italy, w r ith
$73,889, was next.
Conn Dealers and Salesmen Now Back Home
and on the Road Still Talking
About It.
••'•*•'"
POOR RADIO GETS NO AUDIENCE.
John W. Van Allen, legal counsel for the Radio
Manufacturers' Association, says: "Radio sponsors
need listeners to be successful. When programs fall
below the standards set by those whom you wish to
reach, a simple turn of the dial deprives you of an
audience. The public has accepted sponsors of pro-
grams, but it has not accepted sales talks as suffi-
ciently entertaining to sustain interest. The com-
panies which sponsor outstanding programs of merit
will hold the public only by simple statement of
products sold. We cannot conceive of the listening
public tolerating programs made up of a miscel-
laneous mass of material produced by the forced
acceptance of any program offered for which the
prescribed rate has been paid, regardless of quality,
human interest or entertainment."
VICTOR STOCK REDEMPTION CALL
The Victor Talking Machine Company has called
for redemption on Aug. 1 its $6 cumulative converti-
ble preferred stock, of which only a small amount is
outstanding, at $110 a share and accrued dividends,
and all the 193.067 shares of 7 per cent cumulative
prior preference stock outstanding at $115 a share
and accrued dividends. The right to convert the $6
cumulative convertible preferred on a basis of one
share for two shares of common will expire on
Aug. 1.
PLANE HELPS INTRODUCE CROSLEYS.
Aviation as a practical help to radio business
was demonstrated in New York City on June 10 and
11 by the Twentieth Century Radio Corporation.
The concern, as representatives of the Crosley Radio
Corporation, sent an airplane to Cincinnati for its
first samples of the new Crosley line. Upon arrival
of the planes at Holmes airport, Jackson Heights,
N. Y., the models were rushed to Brooklyn display
rooms.
99%
4
interested prospects become customers
T\ F* C A 17 ^ V^
PERFECTION BENCHES
are used by people who have good taste, appreciate fine fh : igs and know sound value*.
De Luxe
Louis XV
Send for Catalogue
2267-2269 Clyboume Ave.
Chicago
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PRESTO-TIMES
PROFESSOR FESSENDEN
JOINS GRIGSBY-GRUNOW
Noted Radio Pioneer Has Been Engaged to
Do Research in Television
Field for Majestic.
Professor R. A. Fesscnden, internationally noted
engineer and inventor, has joined the special research
department organized by Grigsby-Grunow Company,
manufacturers of Majestic electric radio.
Professor Fessenden's prominence in the radio
field began in the late 90's with the discoveries that
led to the introduction and practical application of
wireless telegraphy and telephony. His early en-
deavors in developing a method of transmitting
speech without wires were attended with consider-
able success in" the years 1898 to 1903, by which time
he had increased the range of the wireless telephone
to 25 miles and carried out a public demonstration at
Washington, D. C. From this time on Professor
Fessenden's accomplishments were recognized as
eminent and outstanding in the radio field. It is
interesting to note that Professor Fessenden is
credited with being the first to transmit speech across
the Atlantic.
Television, combined with radio, offers Professor
Fessenden a broader field in which his recent accom-
plishments are attracting universal attention. In
securing his services, the Grigsby-Grunow Company
is building on a sound basis for rapid expansion into
the field of marvelous possibilities that radio holds
for the future.
Exhibited in Chicago During Convention
Design No. 791, Grand Pianc
ENGLISH HARPSICHORD by STEIN WAY AND SONS
Simplicity and modesty with a suggestion of the sturdy and enduring qualities of the British themselves are suggested by this old
English design. Built as closely to the form of an old Harpsichord as the works of a modern piano will permit, with figured
.walnut veneers, panel borders mitred at corners and broad line* of marquetry, this instrument evidences much of the charm of
old-world tradition
A GREAT PICTURE AND
GREAT CONVENTION
fr
GET MASON & HAMLIN FRANCHISE
P r e s t o - T i m e s , in i t s issue of J u n e 15, o n p a g e 4,
A. P. Willis, president of Willis & Co., Ltd., ex-
pects 1929 to be a great year for the piano business
throughout the Dominion of Canada, and predicts
record business with the American Piano Company's
line. The Willis Company now carries the complete
American Piano line, having recently acquired the
franchise of the Mason & Hamlin, "The World's
Most Costly Piano." in addition to the Knabe and
the Chickering, which they have successfully han-
dled in Canada for some time.
gave a two-column story of the Conn banquet and
three-days' convention at Elkhart, Ind., on May 30,
31 and June 1, but the picture of the great dinner was
not ready at that time, so it is presented on page 2
of' this issue.
C. G. Conn, Ltd., Elkhart, never do anything by
halves, and this convention and the accompanying en-
tertainments were conducted on a scale never before
attempted.
RADIO EXPORT FAIR EXPLAINED.
A large increase in the export of transmitting sets
and parts is attributed to a great extent to broad-
casting activities in the Philippine Islands, Brazil
and Russia, the department of commerce says. Next
to Canada, Argentina was the largest importer of
receivers, taking $90,943 worth, while Italy, w r ith
$73,889, was next.
Conn Dealers and Salesmen Now Back Home
and on the Road Still Talking
About It.
••'•*•'"
POOR RADIO GETS NO AUDIENCE.
John W. Van Allen, legal counsel for the Radio
Manufacturers' Association, says: "Radio sponsors
need listeners to be successful. When programs fall
below the standards set by those whom you wish to
reach, a simple turn of the dial deprives you of an
audience. The public has accepted sponsors of pro-
grams, but it has not accepted sales talks as suffi-
ciently entertaining to sustain interest. The com-
panies which sponsor outstanding programs of merit
will hold the public only by simple statement of
products sold. We cannot conceive of the listening
public tolerating programs made up of a miscel-
laneous mass of material produced by the forced
acceptance of any program offered for which the
prescribed rate has been paid, regardless of quality,
human interest or entertainment."
VICTOR STOCK REDEMPTION CALL
The Victor Talking Machine Company has called
for redemption on Aug. 1 its $6 cumulative converti-
ble preferred stock, of which only a small amount is
outstanding, at $110 a share and accrued dividends,
and all the 193.067 shares of 7 per cent cumulative
prior preference stock outstanding at $115 a share
and accrued dividends. The right to convert the $6
cumulative convertible preferred on a basis of one
share for two shares of common will expire on
Aug. 1.
PLANE HELPS INTRODUCE CROSLEYS.
Aviation as a practical help to radio business
was demonstrated in New York City on June 10 and
11 by the Twentieth Century Radio Corporation.
The concern, as representatives of the Crosley Radio
Corporation, sent an airplane to Cincinnati for its
first samples of the new Crosley line. Upon arrival
of the planes at Holmes airport, Jackson Heights,
N. Y., the models were rushed to Brooklyn display
rooms.
99%
4
interested prospects become customers
T\ F* C A 17 ^ V^
PERFECTION BENCHES
are used by people who have good taste, appreciate fine fh : igs and know sound value*.
De Luxe
Louis XV
Send for Catalogue
2267-2269 Clyboume Ave.
Chicago
Enhanced content © 2008-2009 and presented by MBSI - The Musical Box Society International (www.mbsi.org) and the International Arcade Museum (www.arcade-museum.com).
All Rights Reserved. Digitized from the archives of the MBSI with support from NAMM - The International Music Products Association (www.namm.org).
Additional enhancement, optimization, and distribution by the International Arcade Museum. An extensive collection of Presto can be found online at http://www.arcade-museum.com/library/
Future scanning projects are planned by the International Arcade Museum Library (IAML).