The talking machine world (July-Dec 1927)

Talking Machine World, New York, December, 1927 Gosley^^Bandbox is the leadii^ mdio ohod^-bemm AT last! The radio tube that needs no batteries! Here it is, functioning . quietly, smoothly, powerfully in this new Crosley 6-tube receiver— the AC Bandbox. Now, the Crosley AC Bandbox needs no more attention than you pay the electric lamp that lights your home. This is what the world has anticipated and many have imitated. Crosley offers it to you at the WORLD'S LOWEST PRICE— $110, without tubes. Combined with the Crosley facilities for economical manufacture is the patent situation of which Crosley has full advantage. Licensed to manufacture under the patents controlled by the electrical and radio industries, the Crosley Bandbox is a NEW receiver incorporating latest radio developments, the most advanced ideas of radio reception, as well as sound reproduction. This outstanding engineering job is best understood when you consider its features are such as are found in radios twice and more its price. 1. Complete shielding of all elements. 2. Absolute balance (genuine Neutrodyne). 3. Volume control. 4. Acuminators for sharpest tuning. 5. Single cable connections. 6. Single station selector. 7 Illuminated dial. 8. Adaptabihty to ANY type installation. The set is solidly mounted on a stout steel chassis. As all controls are assembled together in the front, cabinet panels are easily cut to allow their protrusion. The metal escutcheon is screwed on over the shafts and the installation has all the appearance of being built to order. Two large furniture manufacturers have designed console cabinets in which the Bandbox can be superbly installed. (Showers Bros. Co., of Bloomington, Ind., and the Wolf Mfg. Industries of Kokomo, Ind.) Powel Crosley, Jr., has approved them mechanically and acoustically and has seen to it that the famous Crosley Musicones are built in them so that the best type of loud speaker reproduction may be insured. The Bandbox is housed in a brown, frosted, crystalline-finished metal case which is easily removed for console installation. See the new Crosley AC Bandbox at your dealers NOW ! Hear first-hand its delightful performance! Enjoy the best in radio at the least cost! Write Dept. 26, if you can't locate a dealer ! of these wonderful tubes The amazing new RCA alternating current tubes— the UX-226 and UT-227— utilize for their filaments and their heating regular house-lighting current. Current is stepped down through transformers. Rectifiers are not used. the radio patents of these industries The research and development work or these great industries — The Radio Corporation of America, The General Electric Co., The Westinghouse Co., The American Telephone and Telegraph Co., and The Hazeltine and Latour Corporations — are available to Crosley engineers in the constant advancement of radio design. and the amazing capacity of this MERSHON<Sto/#//ir CONDENSER AC BANDBOX $110 Without Tubes This is one of Crosley' s great features. It is an exclusive Crosley device. It is self-healing — will last indefinitely — never needs attention and eliminates the danger of blown out paper condensers which are causing so much trouble in electrically operated sets. Crosley is licensed only for Radio Amateur, Experimental and Broadcast Reception. RADIO Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico and West, prices slightly higher. THE CROSLEY RADIO CORP. Powel Crosley, Jr., Pres. Cincinnati, Ohio