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Issue: 1929 2233 - Page 15
August 15, 1929
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P R E S T O-T I M E S
tubes. This feature minimizes alternating current
hum and makes the set more sensitive.
High and Low Switch.
Radio frequency amplifier employing the famous
Hazeltine Neutrodyne circuit, the inherent stability
of which eliminates all squeals or oscillation. Strictly
Big Manufacturing Concern at York, Pa., Will single dial tuning control. No auxiliary antennae de-
vice required, although the antennae circuit of the set
Produce Radio Sets in a Variety of
is tuned by the same gang condenser which tunes the
other circuits. Special audio frequency amplifier is
Styles of Company's Own
used in this set, incorporating the two 245 tube men-
Expert Designing.
tioned above. Phonograph jack is provided so that
the audio amplifier of the set can be used in con-
Sixty years in business, the Weaver Piano Com- junction with a phonograph pickup. A high and
pany, with factory at Broad and Walnut streets, York, low switch is provided to take care of AC line fluc-
Pa., and operating its stores in York, Lancaster, tuations. The on and off switch is directly mounted
Altoona, Hanover, Pa, and many other cities, will on the volume control device and operated by the
add radios to its output. The company is prepared same knob. The solidly built chassis is of cold rolled
to put a radio on the market on September 1 and it steel richly finished in silver. A beautiful escutcheon
will be given the trade name of "The Weaver."
plate is mounted in front of the illuminated dial bear-
The cabinets of a variety of styles were designed ing the name of the set.
by the company's own artists and are built in the
Both numeral and kilocycle calibrations are shown
York factory by piano craftsmen. The finest walnut
is the wood used in their construction. The mechan- on the dial. Wiring is reduced to a minimum by the
ical parts are manufactured in another city and scientific arrangements of the parts beneath the chas-
shipped to the York factory to be assembled and in- sis pan, thus obtaining a set of outstanding electrical
stalled. They are of careful selection, highest grade balance. All parts with the exception of the power
and thorough test. The cabinets have screen backs pack and the tuning condenser are mounted beneath
to finish appearance and act as inside aerial on local the pan. Provision is made for adjustment of the
neutralizing condensers from the top of the chassis,
and strong stations.
Tests were made in York factory for two years thus enabling easy naturalization of the radio circuit
before the company adopted a radio of a quality after the chassis has been placed in the cabinet.
deemed suitable for the company's trade.
How Hum Is Minimized.
Sensitive Sets.
Hum is minimized by means of a control placed
The mechanical features of the new radio to be put on the rear of the chassis. Special provision is made
on the market by the Weaver Piano Company as to care for varying lengths of antennae. Weaver
receiver is licensed under patents of the R. C. A.,
described by a technician of the company are:
Eight tubes, including rectifier tube. Of these, Westinghouse, General Electric, American Telephone
there are four 227 tubes, one 224 shielded grid, two & Telegraph, Hazeltine Neutrodine, LaTour and
245 tubes and one 280 rectifier tube. Four tuned cir- Lowell and Dunmore Power Pack patents.
The Weaver Piano Company has been manufac-
cuits with the four condensers accurately matched to
give maximum sensitivity and selectivity. All radio turing fine musical instruments for sixty years. The
frequency transformers carefully and scientifically business was developed by the men who are in the
shielded to insure greater selectivity. One shielded company and the plant in York has long been one
grid 224 tube so placed in the radio circuit as to pro- of York's leading industries, supplying a world-wide
duce sensitivity. Radio frequency amplifier and first market and giving employment to large numbers of
audio frequency amplifier employ 227 heater type workmen and salesmen.
WEAVER CO. ADDS
RADIOS TO OUTPUT
Choose Your Piano As The Artists Do
PERCENTAGE BASIS FOR
RADIO FIRM LEASE
Soundness of Radio Business Shown by a Transac-
in Chicago.
Negotiations between E. Howard Weast of Wesco
music houses, and Victor C. Carlson of the Howard-
Clark Building Corporation were completed last week
in which the former signed a ten-year lease for the
building at 1787-89 Howard street, Chicago.
Percentage bases are the terms agreed to. This
is, it is claimed, the first retail dealer to obtain such
a lease. Total consideration on a straight lease of the
building would amount to $96,000. It is expected that
the percentage lease will cost the music house con-
siderably more, but Mr. Weast, owner of the stores,
says it is sound business to pay on sale volume.
This deal has created considerable favorable com-
ment among radio wholesalers. They say this trans-
action acknowledges the soundness and permanency
of their customers—the retail radio stores. Only long
established chain stores selling marchandise necessary
to life have been accepted heretofore by building
developers on percentage leases.
NO CHANGE AT BUESCHER CO.
The local and some of the trade papers have been
making a mountain out of a molehill in regard to
the so-called reorganization of the Buescher Com-
pany, band instrument manufacturers of Elkhart, Ind.
It is merely a technical matter, complying with a new
corporation law recently passed by the State of
Indiana. Nearly all corporations organized under the
old law are reorganizing under the new law. There
will be no change of officials, management or policy
as a result of this reorganization, according to C. D.
Greenleaf, who is the controlling factor in the
Buescher Band Instrument Company.
ST. MARY'S PLANT SELLS OUT.
The St. Mary's Musical Instrument Company's
plant at Delphos, Ohio, has been sold to a Chicago
concern. Portable phonographs will be manufac-
tured. The instrument plant went into the hands of
the receiver on March 30.
Through Generations
Have Come Ludwig Ideals
T
HE Ludwigs, the Ericsson*
and the Perrys created,
nearly a century ago, the stand-
ards to which the Ludwig has
been built. Their ideas and ideals have been car-
ried forward by the pjesent generation and today
the direct descendants of those early builders of artis-
tic pianos are the men directing the destiny of the
Ludwig Piano.
THE BALDWIN PIANO COMPANY
Cincinnati
Chicago
New York
Indianapolis
San Francisco
WUlow Ave. and 136th St.
NEW YORK
St. Louis
Louisville
Dallas
Denver
The Famous
m
1
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JtiattJUSljeK W7777
Established 1M3
STEINERT PIANOS
CAROL ROBINSON
Write for catalogue
(ForamcMrt Aaiarieaa Pteatot) vritaai—
H h "tafc— graat atidUnc— to make great p o f " . . . .tt catrtatoly tak—
a gnat piano to make great nutate. That ptano ti the STEINERT I
M. STEINERT & SONS
STUNKRT BALL
^Hf///*//
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fhe distinctive features of • f t / / /
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Mathushek construction fur-
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nish selling points not found Wtr^^Yx
in other makes of pianos.
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BOSTON, MASS.
^^^^^^^^B
MATHUSHEK PIANO MFC CO.
I32nd Street and Alexander Arenue
1
1
mm
NEW YORK
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P R E S T O-T I M E S
tubes. This feature minimizes alternating current
hum and makes the set more sensitive.
High and Low Switch.
Radio frequency amplifier employing the famous
Hazeltine Neutrodyne circuit, the inherent stability
of which eliminates all squeals or oscillation. Strictly
Big Manufacturing Concern at York, Pa., Will single dial tuning control. No auxiliary antennae de-
vice required, although the antennae circuit of the set
Produce Radio Sets in a Variety of
is tuned by the same gang condenser which tunes the
other circuits. Special audio frequency amplifier is
Styles of Company's Own
used in this set, incorporating the two 245 tube men-
Expert Designing.
tioned above. Phonograph jack is provided so that
the audio amplifier of the set can be used in con-
Sixty years in business, the Weaver Piano Com- junction with a phonograph pickup. A high and
pany, with factory at Broad and Walnut streets, York, low switch is provided to take care of AC line fluc-
Pa., and operating its stores in York, Lancaster, tuations. The on and off switch is directly mounted
Altoona, Hanover, Pa, and many other cities, will on the volume control device and operated by the
add radios to its output. The company is prepared same knob. The solidly built chassis is of cold rolled
to put a radio on the market on September 1 and it steel richly finished in silver. A beautiful escutcheon
will be given the trade name of "The Weaver."
plate is mounted in front of the illuminated dial bear-
The cabinets of a variety of styles were designed ing the name of the set.
by the company's own artists and are built in the
Both numeral and kilocycle calibrations are shown
York factory by piano craftsmen. The finest walnut
is the wood used in their construction. The mechan- on the dial. Wiring is reduced to a minimum by the
ical parts are manufactured in another city and scientific arrangements of the parts beneath the chas-
shipped to the York factory to be assembled and in- sis pan, thus obtaining a set of outstanding electrical
stalled. They are of careful selection, highest grade balance. All parts with the exception of the power
and thorough test. The cabinets have screen backs pack and the tuning condenser are mounted beneath
to finish appearance and act as inside aerial on local the pan. Provision is made for adjustment of the
neutralizing condensers from the top of the chassis,
and strong stations.
Tests were made in York factory for two years thus enabling easy naturalization of the radio circuit
before the company adopted a radio of a quality after the chassis has been placed in the cabinet.
deemed suitable for the company's trade.
How Hum Is Minimized.
Sensitive Sets.
Hum is minimized by means of a control placed
The mechanical features of the new radio to be put on the rear of the chassis. Special provision is made
on the market by the Weaver Piano Company as to care for varying lengths of antennae. Weaver
receiver is licensed under patents of the R. C. A.,
described by a technician of the company are:
Eight tubes, including rectifier tube. Of these, Westinghouse, General Electric, American Telephone
there are four 227 tubes, one 224 shielded grid, two & Telegraph, Hazeltine Neutrodine, LaTour and
245 tubes and one 280 rectifier tube. Four tuned cir- Lowell and Dunmore Power Pack patents.
The Weaver Piano Company has been manufac-
cuits with the four condensers accurately matched to
give maximum sensitivity and selectivity. All radio turing fine musical instruments for sixty years. The
frequency transformers carefully and scientifically business was developed by the men who are in the
shielded to insure greater selectivity. One shielded company and the plant in York has long been one
grid 224 tube so placed in the radio circuit as to pro- of York's leading industries, supplying a world-wide
duce sensitivity. Radio frequency amplifier and first market and giving employment to large numbers of
audio frequency amplifier employ 227 heater type workmen and salesmen.
WEAVER CO. ADDS
RADIOS TO OUTPUT
Choose Your Piano As The Artists Do
PERCENTAGE BASIS FOR
RADIO FIRM LEASE
Soundness of Radio Business Shown by a Transac-
in Chicago.
Negotiations between E. Howard Weast of Wesco
music houses, and Victor C. Carlson of the Howard-
Clark Building Corporation were completed last week
in which the former signed a ten-year lease for the
building at 1787-89 Howard street, Chicago.
Percentage bases are the terms agreed to. This
is, it is claimed, the first retail dealer to obtain such
a lease. Total consideration on a straight lease of the
building would amount to $96,000. It is expected that
the percentage lease will cost the music house con-
siderably more, but Mr. Weast, owner of the stores,
says it is sound business to pay on sale volume.
This deal has created considerable favorable com-
ment among radio wholesalers. They say this trans-
action acknowledges the soundness and permanency
of their customers—the retail radio stores. Only long
established chain stores selling marchandise necessary
to life have been accepted heretofore by building
developers on percentage leases.
NO CHANGE AT BUESCHER CO.
The local and some of the trade papers have been
making a mountain out of a molehill in regard to
the so-called reorganization of the Buescher Com-
pany, band instrument manufacturers of Elkhart, Ind.
It is merely a technical matter, complying with a new
corporation law recently passed by the State of
Indiana. Nearly all corporations organized under the
old law are reorganizing under the new law. There
will be no change of officials, management or policy
as a result of this reorganization, according to C. D.
Greenleaf, who is the controlling factor in the
Buescher Band Instrument Company.
ST. MARY'S PLANT SELLS OUT.
The St. Mary's Musical Instrument Company's
plant at Delphos, Ohio, has been sold to a Chicago
concern. Portable phonographs will be manufac-
tured. The instrument plant went into the hands of
the receiver on March 30.
Through Generations
Have Come Ludwig Ideals
T
HE Ludwigs, the Ericsson*
and the Perrys created,
nearly a century ago, the stand-
ards to which the Ludwig has
been built. Their ideas and ideals have been car-
ried forward by the pjesent generation and today
the direct descendants of those early builders of artis-
tic pianos are the men directing the destiny of the
Ludwig Piano.
THE BALDWIN PIANO COMPANY
Cincinnati
Chicago
New York
Indianapolis
San Francisco
WUlow Ave. and 136th St.
NEW YORK
St. Louis
Louisville
Dallas
Denver
The Famous
m
1
«p»»— '
JtiattJUSljeK W7777
Established 1M3
STEINERT PIANOS
CAROL ROBINSON
Write for catalogue
(ForamcMrt Aaiarieaa Pteatot) vritaai—
H h "tafc— graat atidUnc— to make great p o f " . . . .tt catrtatoly tak—
a gnat piano to make great nutate. That ptano ti the STEINERT I
M. STEINERT & SONS
STUNKRT BALL
^Hf///*//
WBa* jf f /'jF*'
fhe distinctive features of • f t / / /
/ /
Mathushek construction fur-
Wk^X^j///
y
nish selling points not found Wtr^^Yx
in other makes of pianos.
^•h^^S&jsg|
BOSTON, MASS.
^^^^^^^^B
MATHUSHEK PIANO MFC CO.
I32nd Street and Alexander Arenue
1
1
mm
NEW YORK
Presto Buyers' Guide Analyzes All Pianos
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).