The talking machine world (July-Dec 1924)

186 THE TALKING MACHINE WORLD November 15, 1924 TEINCE OF WAILS 9he Brightest, Snappiest find Latest tOXTROT Sensation Superb Dance Rhythm) £COLD COLD , MAMMAS (Bum Me Up) lp /oarmg FOX TROT m. tke 0 Ckayactenstfc 'Blues' Style Discodeyy aud a Delight/ A Coaxing FOXTROT Melody You Caul Stop neemg Ovevhd OveV J^am. ©ini LEO FEIST inc. ♦YOU CAN'T GO "WRONG ¥ITH ANY 'FEIST' SONG * Justin Ring Now Director of Okeh Laboratories New Recording Head Well Known as Musical Director and Composer Otto Heineman, president and founder of the General Phonograph Corporation, New York, announced recently the appointment of Justin Ring as director of the Okeh recording laboratories. Mr. Ring, who has been identified with the Okeh organization for many years, occupying the post of musical director, is a pianist and composer of note and has won particular sue-cess as an arranger of melodies for phonograph recording. Mr. Ring brings to his new position an intimate knowledge of every angle of recording, and his ability as a musician will be utilized to excellent advantage in the future lists of Okeh recordings. Outing Go. Appoints New Distributor in St. Louis Marks Phono & Radio Corp. Plans Lively Portable Campaign in This Territory The Outing Talking Machine Co., Mount Kisco, N. Y., manufacturer of Outing portables, has announced the appointment of the Marks Phono & Radio Corp., 2215 Pine street, St. Louis, as an Outing jobber. This company, although comparatively new in St. Louis jobbing circles, has already won pronounced success, and the addition of the Outing portable will give the concern a chance to develop portable business in its territory. The Marks Phono & Radio Corp. consists of M. Marks and Louis Marks, both of whom have been associated with the phonograph industry for many years and are natives of St. Louis. The company has been representing the Adler Mfg. Co. for some time past and has accomplished splendid results with these products. Brendonne Corp. in Trouble W. Hamilton Cole, head of the Brendonne Corp., was recently the complainant and the I'.rendonne Corp. the defendant in an action brought before the Chancellor of the State of New Jersey, in which James 1. Bowers was appointed custodial receiver. There will be a hearing on November 18, at which the corporation's creditors and stockholders may show cause why the Brendonne Corp. should not be declared insolvent and a receiver appointed. Dictogrand The Articulating True Tone LOUD SPEAKER F. B. Shiddell Brunswick Manager in Quaker City Well-Known Member of Trade Takes Charge of Brunswick Co.'s Philadelphia Branch Harry A. Beach, Eastern sales manager of the phonograph division, has announced the appointment of E. B. Shiddell as manager of the company's Philadelphia branch. This branch is under Mr. Beach's direction and is one of the most important branches in the Eastern territory. E. B. Shiddell needs no introduction to the phonograph industry, for he is one of the veterans of the trade and has been identified with prominent organizations for many years. For a number of years he was associated with the Columbia Phonograph Co., Inc., in important managerial positions and was also connected with the General Phonograph Corp. as manager of the New York division. He is generally recognized as an exceptionally capable wholesale executive, whose thorough knowledge of dealer problems well fits him for his new work as Philadelphia Brunswick manager. The A-G Dayton Radio Receiver Widely Popular Herewith is shown the A-C Dayton XL-5, a popular priced receiver manufactured by the A-C Electrical Mfg. Co., Dayton, O., which has met with remarkable popularity among radio, electrical and music dealers in the United States and Canada. The XL-5 is a five-tube set using tuned radiofrequency, a detector and audio-frequency am ^ ^ ^ o A-C Dayton XL-5 plification, belonging to the three-dial central type with the three radio-frequency transformers tuned with variable condensers. The transformers are of special design and are one of the set's outstanding features. Exceptionally clear reception and consistently satisfactory performance are claimed for this set. A handsome mahogany cabinet of conventional design adds to its salability. De Forest Stock Oversold The issue of 75,000 shares of De Forest Radio Co. voting trust certificates was greatly oversubscribed on the day that the subscription books were opened. The certificates were offered at $21 per share and were eagerly snapped up by the public. Farrand-Godley Speaker Introduced to the Trade The Farrand Mfg. Co., Newark, N. J., has,' in addition to a new receiving set, a loud speaker known as the "Farrand-Godley Speaker." This is a diaphragm type of new design. C. L. Farrand devoted six years of experimental research to this type of speaker, and states that "one of its particular features is the Farrand-Godley Speaker marked improvement in reception of the beautiful low tones of the 'cello, the piano and bass instruments, the low organ chords, as well as the orchestration, which is the background of all music." The Farrand-Godley speaker is now being shipped to distributors in various parts of the country just as rapidly as production permits. Its introduction in dealer circles in some territories is now being made. Rankin Popular With Trade Cy Rankin, representative of the Capitol Distributing Co., wholesale radio distributor, New York, is cited as an exponent of active dealer co-operation. He has only been a short time in the radio business and made his debut in this field with the Capitol Co. Through the initiative he displayed while calling upon dealers he established a host of friends throughout the trade and earned for himself the appellation of "The Man With No Enemies." Mr. Rankin will often roll up his sleeves and help the dealer wait on the retail trade, and many times is phoned at his home as late as midnight by dealers placing rush orders. The Liberty Radio Stores Corp., Wilmington, Del., changed its name to Duray Radio Corp.