The talking machine world (Jan-June 1928)

104 The Talking Machine World, New York, January, 1928 FROM OUR CHICAGO HEADQUARTERS — (Continued from page 103) the Q R S Music Co., for five years was sales and advertising manager for the Clark Orchestra Roll Co. and conducted a successful retail radio store. He also spent two years as district supervisor of the Crosley Radio Corp. and a year in the same capacity with the American Bosch Magneto Corp., working with distributors and dealers in the Chicago territory. E. Toman & Co. Open Export Office E. Toman & Co., Chicago, prominent manufacturers of tone arms and reproducers, have opened a new export office at 189 West Madison street, Chicago. The business at this location is under the supervision of T. J. Davis and Victor Kohl, both formerly with T. J. Davis, exporters. Both men have had wide experience in export work and are ideally equipped to handle the rapidly increasing demand for Toman products. All export inquiries for E. Toman & Co. will be handled through the new office at 189 West Madison street. Appoint Steinite Distributors The Campbell Iron Co., St. Louis, Mo., has secured the exclusive distribution of Steinite radio receivers in the St. Louis territory, consisting of eastern Missouri and central southern Illinois. Other distributors recently appointed by the Steinite Laboratories, Chicago, are the Salt Lake Hardware Co., Salt Lake City, Utah; Roskin Bros., Middletown, N. Y., and the Mclntyre-Burrall Co., Green Bay, Wis. Patent Issued to Temple, Inc. Temple, Inc., Chicago, loud-speaker manufacturer, on November 22, 1927, was issued patent number 1,650,307, in the name of Fred W. Temple, vice-president of the company. The title of the patent is: "Moulded Articles and Methods of and Apparatus for Producing Them." Sonotron Co. Launches Ad Drive The Sonotron Tube Co., Chicago, is inaugurating an impressive advertising campaign for the year 1928, the principal feature of which will be space in the Saturday Evening Post. The first advertisement of a series of four quarter pages and one full page will appear in the January 28th issue of the Post and the campaign will continue into March. The copy will show the completeness of the Sonotron line, which contains 33 different types of tubes, and will list the makers of radio sets and eliminators who use Sonotron tubes as standard equipment. The officials of the company expect the Post campaign to give considerable impetus to Sonotron sales for the entire year. Kimball Co. Reports Brisk Sales The retail department of the W. W. Kimball Co., located at Wabash avenue and Jackson boulevard, has experienced a very successful Fall selling season with an increase over the corresponding period in 1926. Ruth C. Strickland, manager of the retail department, states the fastest-selling radio equipment consists of a completely equipped unit, containing the radio receiver, power units and speaker, already installed in a cabinet, retailing for less than $200. The Kimball retail department handles Atwater Kent, Zenith, Radiola and Freshman products. The wholesale phonograph department of the Kimball company also reports a very profitable season, with a healthy demand for phonographs, especially in small and medium-sized cities. Retail Store Bombed The front of the music-radio store of Louis Eller, 2702 West Division street, Chicago, was destroyed on the night of January 5 by the explosion of a dynamite bomb. Mr. Eller and his son, Louis, believe that Chicago racketeers, seeking to start a radio trade association, may have been responsible, for they were approached recently by men representing themselves as organizers. The Midwest Radio Trades Association, formed by the dealers themselves, has been making every effort to keep racketeers out of the business. The explosion tore away the plate glass window of the store and damaged several radio receivers. The total loss was estimated at more than $1,000. Housewarming at Plant of Temple, Inc. In December Temple, Inc., manufacturer of the Temple Air Column Speaker, had a housewarming in its new plant at 1925 South Western avenue, at which time some 600 guests were present. A very instructive and interesting tour of inspection was headed by Fred Temple, vice-president of Temple, Inc., in which he explained the many up-to-date and new processes of manufacture of reproducing units. Temple's new factory is a three-story building with floor capacity of over 30,000 square feet. It is lighted on four sides with windows from floor to ceiling, so that every department has perfect light. 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Henry With the Grigsby-Grunow-Hinds Go. Has Assumed Duties as Sales Engineer in Interest of Majestic Line of Radio Power Units — Widely Experienced Charles C. Henry, for the past four years with the Sonora Phonograph Co. of New York, has joined the Grigsby-Grunow-Hinds Co, of Chicago, manufacturer of Majestic electric radio power units, and has already entered upon his duties in his new location. Mr. Henry occupied the post of radio sales engineer with the Sonora Co. and will continue as sales engineer for Grigsby-Grunow-Hinds Co. Mr. Henry's experience has been a long and varied one and it is generally conceded that he is especially well informed as to all phases of sales and technical problems relating to radio. Before going with Sonora, Mr. Henry was with the Federal Telephone & Telegraph Co., of Buffalo, N. Y., and prior to that was an expert radio consultant in the U. S. Navy. In the early days of radio Mr. Henry operated an amateur station from Dubuque, la. Noted Artists Visit U. S. Sir Thomas . Beecham, British conductor and world-famous musician, and Maurice Ravel, leading French composer and conductor, both Columbia artists, arrived in New York on January 4, both to go on tour as guest conductors with American orchestras. Both conductors are represented in Columbia Masterworks Series.