The talking machine world (Jan-June 1925)

146 THE TALKING MACHINE WORLD April 15, 1925 Byron R. Forster Joins Knickerbocker T. M. Go. Popular Trade Member Becomes Sales Director of Company's Radio Division Byron R. Forster, one of the most popular members of the talking machine industry and well known to distributors and dealers from coast to coast, has joined the Knickerbocker Talking Machine Co., Inc., as sales director of ihe company's radio division. Mr. Forster left New York April 5 for a six weeks' trip to the Pacific Coast, upon which he will visit distributors in all of the important trade centers for Ihe purpose of introducing Knickerbocker radio cabinets and the combination five-tube Knickerbocker Baby Grand cabinet-radio set. This product is now being merchandised by a number of well-known jobbers in the East, and Mr. Forster has received applications for jobber franchises from' prominent concerns throughout the country who are keenly interested in it. In joining the Knickerbocker Talking Machine Co., Inc., Mr. Forster is again associated with the executive organization wherein he attained an outstanding success many years ago. He first entered the talking machine business with the Knickerbocker Talking Machine Co. some ten years ago, winning the respect and esteem of the trade because of his exceptional executive ability and general merchandising knowledge. He subsequently was one of the founders of the Brilliantone Steel Needle Co., and in the interests of this company visited jobbers in every important city of the country, attaining an outstanding success and working in close co-operation with the trade. The Knickerbocker Talking Machine Co., Inc., is making plans to give the trade maximum service in marketing its cabinet and cabinet-radio set. The cabinets are made in mahogany or walnut, with a built-in loud speaker PROVED A MONEY MAKER THE PHONOMUTE MAKES OLD RECORDS SOUND LIKE NEW MUSIC LOUD OR SOFT INSTANTLY MAKES NIGHT PLAYING IN APARTMENTS POSSIBLE M.inufj^luicd In [ Kl -SAI.KK CO. Sl.'Chii SELLS WITHOUT EFFORT QUICK PROFITS for DEALERS Manufactured by LEE MANUFACTURING SALES CO. (INC.) ST. CLAIR, MICHIGAN unit, and accommodates five-tube sets. The combination five-tube Knickerbocker baby grand cabinet-radio set comprises a splendid five-tube set, a loud speaker unit and a tone chamber of spruce for amplification, that is also included in the cabinets. The company is also the sole distributor for the Jolley loud speaker. Thompson Distributor Sees Unabated Consumer Demand George C. Beckwith, president of the Geo. C. Beckwith Co., Minneapolis, Minn., Northwestern distributor of the Thompson neutrodyne receivers and loud speakers, visited the executive offices of the R. E. Thompson Mfg. Co. last week. Mr. Beckwith reports an increasingly active interest in radio among the leading music stores of the Northwest and of their intention to continue aggressively in their efforts during the coming Summer. He feels that so long as broadcasting programs continue there will be a consumer demand for radio. W. H. Priess to Contest Latour Radio Patent Claims President of Priess Radio Co. Claims Priority in Important Radio Inventions Following close on the heels of the announcement that the patent rights of Professor Marius C. A. Latour, of France, had been sold to an American radio manufacturer, William H. Priess, an engineer and inventor, widely known in the radio world, stated at his home in Montclair, N. J., that the Latour claims to priority would be bitterly contested, even if they had to go through as long a battle as the DeForestArmstrong litigation over the regenerative patent. Mr. Priess claims priority to everything which Prof. Latour has disclosed in the published accounts of his patents, save only a grounded shield connection. His inventions were made in 1917 when he was serving as an expert radio aide in the United States Navy. "The fact that Latour's patents were issued ahead of mine will not affect the result," Mr. Priess said. "A foreign inventor, under the patent law in this country, is entitled to his earliest date as that on which he filed his patent application in this country. We therefore know the earliest date that Prof. Latour may claim from his issued patents. My dates are substantially earlier. "The material covered by him is approximately the same material covered by myself, with certain differences. According to published accounts, he claims the closed iron core audio frequency transformer. This type of transformer was old in the art before Latour filed in this country. He also, according to published interviews, claims 'damping' in his systems, but his patent applications do not show this. They show, as a theory, low loss circuits. 'Damping' is an idea original with myself. The potentiometer has been claimed for him in the newspaper. The patents do not disclose this. It is, however, claimed by myself. "It is worthy of note that in the Argentine Republic my cases were issued, covering the entire radio frequency amplification field, which is as much as Prof. Latour claims — and a great deal more; 152 claims in all." Mr. Priess has been a leading figure in radio for many years. He was formerly vice-president in charge of engineering of the DeForest Radio Co. He is now president of the Priess Radio Co., one of the most prominent radio manufacturing concerns in this country whose products are widely distributed. Ken-Lin Corp. Chartered The Ken-Lin Radio Corp., Trenton, N. 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