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PROIECTOR PARTS
LaVezzi Machine Works
180 NORTH WACKER DR.IVE • CHICAGO 6, ILLINOIS
THOSE WHO BUY EQUIPMENT
Specify VALLEN TRACK
Whether the purchase order reads New Theatre or Re-Model Job the "man who buys" is always certain that his track or control equipment is Vallen.
Vallen has always been first in the developing and manufacturing of the best in track and curtain control equipment.
Follow the trend in theatre building — Follow the buyer . . . Buy Vallen.
THE VALUE OF VALLEN HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED SINCE 1915
ALLEN
INC. AKRON, OHIO
tenance. One way to assure this is to have a permanent cardboard maintenance chart posted in the projection room or in the manager's office on which a month-in and month-out record can be kept for ready reference. On this chart would be listed only the generator and auxiliary equipment — motor-generator, rheostats, line switch, starter, wiring and conduit and the housing if on roof. These items could be subdivided to show the date of inspection, by whom serviced, condition found, next inspection date, and any replacement needs. The form or make-up of this chart could be similar to the inspection and inventory record charts now being published monthly in Better Theatres. In this way, there would not be any guesswork as to when a check was made, or when it should be made, and the condition of the equipment.
Newer Deyelopment In Curtain Tracks
these considerations of conditions applying peculiarly to small theatres suggest another one. While lack of space at the sides of a screen platforms is not restricted to small theatres, it is likely to be a frequent condition of low-capacity houses. In our article in the March 9th issue, on curtain controls and tracks, we did not point out specifically what is available for such deficiencies.
When a theatre has a screen platform with only about 3 feet between the proscenium opening and the side wall it is possible to install track requiring only that amount for "bunching" of the curtain. It allows the curtain to turn a corner of only 4^-inch radius.
Other developments in curtain tracks is the placing of special brackets to which cables and turnbuckles can be attached to help eliminate side-strain or sway and make levelling easier, and a better method for obtaining the desired center overlap of the tracks and the curtains.
that a generous coating of wax over a varnished surface will increase its durability?
that shellac will dry more rapidly than varnish, but will chip and wear away faster unless periodically covered with wax?
that paraffin poured over the bottom and sides of metal waste baskets at drinking fountains will prevent the metal from rusting and will tend to stop small leaks?
No Strings Snaps Into Place
04^^^ REEL BAND
Absorbs shock in shipment. Prevents brol<en sprocket hole«. Pro-Tex Reel Band Co., 9005 IVIarshall Ave., Cleveland 4, Ohio.
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