The talking machine world (Jan-Dec 1913)

46 THE TALKING MACHINE WORLD. LATEST TALKING IMOVING PICTURE MECHANISM. The Kellum Synchronizing Device Is Shown in New York by the Inventor, Where It Receives Most Favorable Criticism — Mr. Kellum's Means and Mechanism for Inter-connecting and Combining Talking Machine and Moving Picture Explained in Detail. plies, but he is possessed of a vast fund of information dealing with the various problems that confront a dealer, which he is at all times willing to impart. Philadelphia ranks as the third largest city in O. E. Kellum, president of the National Street & Station Indicator Co., Los Angeles, Cal., has been in New York recently exhibiting his talking moving picture mechanism. The Kellum invention elicited praise from those who saw it. This invention relates to a combination of a sound reproducing machine and a kinetograph, and particularly to the means and mechanism for inter-connecting or combining the two machines in order to cause them to move synchronously. Mr. Kellum says concerning his invention: "It is the prime object of this invention to provide a means for connecting the two machines that an intelligible, visual and audible exhibition may be given simultaneously so that, for instance, characters seen in action on the kinetograph screen will be heard to utter sounds in correspondence with their actions. For this purpose, it is necessary that the original records of the actions and sounds be taken simultaneously or in some other manner to insure synchronism, so that there will be a mechanical correspondence of different parts of the sound and light records. "Supposing that records are taken of a dramatic action, a kinetograph film being exposed and a sound record being cut simultaneously ; when these records are finished and are ready for reproduction it is only necessary that they be run through the .respective reproducing machines in the same relative synchronism at which they were made originally. This synchronism may be reduced to the simple form of a certain number of kinetograph exposures to each revolution of the record in the sound reproducing mechanism ; and if means are used to keep the film and record in such synchronism while being exposed and made originally, it is only necessary for their synchronous repro duction that the same synchronism be kept in the reproducing machines. Thus, the film might be originally exposed at the rate of twenty-five exposures per second while the record may be rotated at the rate -of three revolutions per second. If, then, the two reproducing machines are kept running so as to reproduce this synchronism, then the visual and audible reproductions made will be synchronous just as they were when first made by the actors in the drama. "My invention consists primarily of a simple device attachable to a sound reproducing mechanism and a kinetograph for the purpose of keeping the two machines in synchronism ; and the machine takes the form of a motor for operating the kinetograph and is supplied with electric current through a timer or distributer which is operated directly by the sound reproducing mechanism." ACTIVE IN BIG TERRITORY. Lou is Buehn Very Successful as Jobber of Victor Talking Machines and Edison Phonographs in Philadelphia and Vicinity — His Knowledge of Trade Problems at Command of Dealers. (Special to The Talking Machine World.) Philadelphia, Pa., October 10.— In an area of 300 miles from Philadelphia is comprised some of the. best talking machine territory in the country. Nearly half of the population is embraced in it. Naturally, the sale of Victor talking machines and Edison phonographs is very large and one of the jobbing factors, with headquarters at Philadelphia, is Louis Buehn, 825 Arch street, who from his experience and training in the talking machine sphere is giving to the dealer a service of an exceptional standard. Not only does he maintain a comprehensive stock of machines, records and sup Louis Buehn. the country. The population, figuring in the suburbs, approximates over 2,000,000. Mr. Buehn therefore is in the territory where the skilful assistance of a good jobber is doubly appreciated. SPECIAL DANCE POSTER. The Victor Talking Machine Co. sent out to its dealers this week an artistic special hanger, together with a special supplement of six new dance records and song hits. The supplement contains selections that have created a sensation in the sheet music field, and should prove record-breaking sellers as talking machine records. 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