The talking machine world (Jan-June 1928)

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Last-Minute News of the Trade A. Stein, Jr., Production Mgr. of Acoustic Products Co. New Executive Has Been Managing Engineer of Radio Department of General Electric Co. — Formerly With Marconi Co. P. L. Deutsch, president of the Acoustic Products Co., Inc., controlling the Sonora Phonograph Co., announced this week the ap A. Stein, Jr. pointment of A. Stein, Jr., as general production manager of the organization. Mr. Stein will be in complete charge of all production and all engineering activities in connection with the various products to be manufactured by the organizations identified with the Acoustic Products Co. and he is ideally qualified to fill adequately this very important executive post. For the past eight years Mr. Stein has been identified with the General Electric Co. as managing engineer of its radio department, with headquarters at the company's mammoth plant in Schenectady, N. Y. He was in complete charge of all engineering and manufacturing in the General Electric Co.'s radio division and he is recognized nationally as one of the foremost radio engineers in the country. Prior to joining the General Electric organization, Mr. Stein was associated with the Marconi Co. as works manager and assistant chief engineer, contributing materially to the inventive and experimental activities of this company. The Sonora organization is to be congratulated upon securing Mr. Stein's services, for during the past twelve years he has been an important factor in the tremendous growth of radio along engineering and scientific lines. Mr. Stein is a member of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers and of the Institute of Radio Engineers. Open Three New Brunswick Branches in Middle West W. C. Hutchings, assistant general sales manager of the Panatrope Division of The Brunswick-Balke-Collender Co., has just completed a trip to the new Middle Western branch offices of the Brunswick Co., which have been opened in the territory formerly covered by the Chicago branch office. In the cities of Indianapolis, Milwaukee and Detroit Mr. Hutchings built new organizations and started these branches in operation. In all three cases the salesman who covered the particular territory for the Chicago branch has been made district manager of that branch and the various branch organizations will be under these heads: Indianapolis, Ind. : J. P. Booker, branch manager; W. C. Mossbarger, district manager. Milwaukee, Wis.: T. I. Kidd, branch manager; Carl Lovejoy, district manager. Detroit, Mich.: B. Gostin, branch manager; H. P. Fitzpatrick, district manager. Mr. Hutchings reports that all three branches have started operation under the most auspicious circumstances and give indication of much activity in the Middle West. The three district managers know the territories thoroughly, are conversant with local conditions and are in excellent position to direct the sales from the branch office. Fred W. Piper Joins the United Radio Corp. Is Now Sales Manager in Charge of Western District of United Radio Corp., of Rochester. N. Y., Maker of Peerless Radio Speakers Rochester, N. Y., February 7. — Arthur T. Haugh, general sales manager of the United Radio Corp., of this city, manufacturer of Peerless radio speaker products, has announced the appointment of Fred W. Piper as sales manager in charge of the Western district, with temporary headquarters at the Webster Hotel, in Chicago. Radio trade in the Middle West will be glad to know of Mr. Piper's connection with Peerless speakers, for he is well known throughout the radio industry and has worked in close co-operation with every factor of the trade in the Middle West. In 1922 Mr. Piper joined the Amplion Corp. of America as sales engineer and in this post Fred W. Piper covered the entire country, being in charge of speaker installations and Amplion sales to radio receiver manufacturers. During the past year he has concentrated his activities in the Middle Western territory, where he will now sponsor the development of Peerless activities. J. G. Hodge Appointed Okeh Sales Manager Otto Heineman, president of the Okeh Phonograph Corp. of New York, stated this week that his company had appointed J. C. Hodge as sales manager of the company, devoting his time to the promotion of Okeh record sales in the field. Mr. Hodge was formerly associated with the Columbia Phonograph Co., where he was very successful in the Beethoven campaign, and he is now working in close cooperation with Okeh wholesalers and retailers. Carl D. Boyd Now With the Metal Specialties Go. Widely Known Executive in the Radio Industry Made Vice-President in Charge of Sales of Chicago Manufacturing Concern Carl D. Boyd, for many years a prominent figure in the radio industry, has been appointed vice-president in charge of sales of the Metal Carl D. Boyd Specialties Co., 338 North Kedzie avenue, Chicago. Mr. Boyd was formerly vice-president and general sales manager of the United States Electric Corp., and tendered his resignation to that organization late in January, the resignation taking effect February 1. He is widely known in the radio field, where he was a director and officer of the Radio Manufacturers' Association, from which he has also resigned. For twenty years prior to his entering the radio industry Mr. Boyd was prominent in telephone and electrical goods merchandising. The Metal Specialties Co. manufactures in its model plant automotive and electrical products, and Mr. Boyd has announced the intention of the company to make aeronautic parts and radio accessories and parts. Peirce-Phelps, Inc., Now Fada Radio Distributor Peirce-Phelps, Inc., one of the leading distributing houses of Philadelphia, located at 224 North Thirteenth street, has been appointed a distributor for Fada Radio, manufactured by F. A. D. Andrea, Inc., Long Island City. Fifteen members of the Peirce-Phelps organization paid a visit to the Fada plant a short time ago and inspected the manufacturing processes involved in the production of Fada receivers and speakers. The delegation was headed by W. G. Peirce, Jr., president; J. T. Peirce, vice-president and general manager, and Charles M. Phelps, secretary and treasurer. M. H. Glick Now PlayerTone Field Sales Manager I. Goldsmith, president of the Player-Tone Talking Machine Co., Pittsburgh, Pa., announced this week the appointment of M. H. Glick as field sales manager. Mr. Goldsmith is now visiting the trade in the South, and, as a result of his first month's activities, a number of important Player-Tone accounts have been established in this territory. 34*