The talking machine world (Jan-June 1928)

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52 The Talking Machine World, New York, January, 1928 SYMBOL OF QUALITY Adaptable for Portables and Upright Machines Lyrephonic Tone Arm No. 2 Lyrephonic Junior Lyrephonic Products Will provide increased profits for 1928 Write for full details ANDREW P. FRANGIPANE & CO., Inc. Factory and offices: 261 Warren St., Lyndhurst, N. J. Western factory representative: Max Targ, 229 W. Randolph St., Chicago, IlL James P. Quam Aided in the Development of the Industry Designed Complete Line of Phonograph Motors Made by United Air Cleaner Co. — Invented Other Important Products One of the outstanding individuals in the music-radio industry from the standpoint of creative genius is James P. Quam, who has been active in the trade for over ten years. Mr. Quam designed the complete line of United United pick-up and amplifier for phonographs, which has met with a nation-wide response since it appeared upon the market a few months ago. At the present time he is experimenting on a new development which he believes will top all past achievements, and it is expected that an important announcement regarding this product will be made to the trade in the near future. After graduating from college, where he specialized in engineering, Mr. Quam became associated with Westinghouse Electric & Mfg. Co. In 1915, with L. D. Rudolph, he founded the United Manufacturing & Distributing Co., now known as the United Air Cleaner Co., and during the World War his services and the facilities of the plant were taken over by the government for the manufacture of French fuses. The manufacture of fuses is a delicate process and the United plant was one of the two factories in the United States which successfully made these items. Mr. Quam also designed the Quam radio loud speaker which is now merchandised by the Quam Radio Corp., a subsidiary of the United Air Cleaner Co. 1928 Numerical List of Victor Records Issued James P. Quam phonograph motors manufactured by the United Air Cleaner Co., of Chicago, and when the company became one of the pioneers in the manufacture of radio parts in 1920, each part was a result of the inventive genius of Mr. Quam. One of his products which has been an outstanding success in the automotive field is the United air cleaner, now standard equipment upon the automobiles, trucks and tractors of over one hundred and fifty American manufacturers. A similar product is the Quam vacuum system used in cleaning large hotels and office buildings. One of the most recently designed products to come from the hands of Mr. Quam is the The Victor Talking Machine Co. recently issued to its dealers the "1928 Numerical List of Victor Records" containing a complete list in numerical order of all records, in all languages, that are sold by dealers in the United States. This book is supplied dealers to provide them with a proved method of keeping track of their stock of records. This is a valuable reference book for dealers. Bonus to Fada Employes A holiday bonus to all Fada Radio employes in proportion to the amount drawn in annual pay was declared by F. A. D. Andrea, Inc., Long Island City. Employes in foreign branches shared in the distribution as well as those in this country. In announcing the bonus, Frank A. D. Andrea, president, voiced his pleasure in sharing Fada Radio's prosperity with every one in the organization. PHONOGRAPH CASES RADIO CASES Reinforced 3-ply Veneer The Standard Case for Talking Machines and Radio Sets Let at figure on your requirements MADE BY PLYWOOD CORPORATION, Goldsboro, N. C. Mill* in Va., N. C. and S. C. Berliner's Achievements Make Interesting Volume Frederic W. Wile Tells of His Labors in Telephone, Graphophone and Microphone Fields "Emile Berliner, Maker of the Microphone," is the title of a volume of some 353 pages, published by Bobbs-Merrill Co., Indianapolis, and written by Frederic William Wile, with a preface by Herbert C. Hoover, Secretary of Commerce. The book is an amazingly interesting story of an immigrant boy who by his inventions and tireless efforts in this great land of opportunity made history in the telephone, graphophone and microphone fields. Mr. Wile tells of Mr. Berliner's many contributions which are backed by authoritative data. Particularly interesting are the chapters devoted to the telephone, the graphophone, the invention of the lateral-cut record, and the important part Mr. Berliner has played in the radio industry through his contribution of the microphone, which has made possible broadcasting and the modern system of recording for talking machines; Mr. Berliner's contribution to public health through his labors which led to the general pasteurization of milk on Government standards — an unknown side of Berliner's work — is a great tribute to the man who, now in his seventy-fifth year, is still discovering and inventing. Incidentally, the author of this volume pays a great tribute to the Victor Talking Machine Co. and its achievements. In keeping with his early explorations in the field of acoustics which led to his successful work in the telephone and talking machine fields, Mr. Berliner is to-day keenly interested in hall acoustics; in other words, the production of acoustic tiles or a similar process that can be applied to the interior of halls, churches or public buildings, whereby improper hearing facilities so common now in public buildings may be obliterated. This is only one of the many subjects which are taking up the time of this tireless worker, whose fame is world-wide and whose achievements are properly set forth in this volume as a tribute that will be stimulative to young men of ambition who are given such a wide field of opportunity in the United States. TEST IT. OUR VICTOR Record Service has a reputation for efficiency. Suppose you try it. E. F. DROOP & SONS CO. 1300 G. STREET, WASHINGTON, D. C. 204-6-8-10 CIiAY ST., BALTIMORE AID.