The talking machine world (Jan-June 1928)

98 The Talking Machine World, New York, June, 1928 Columbia Phonograph Co. to Market Columbia Radio Receiver Set Will Be Manufactured Through Special Arrangements With the Kolster Radio Corp. and Contain a Number of New Features — Will Be Introduced Next Season W. C. Fuhri, vice-president and general sales manager of the Columbia Phonograph Co., has just announced that Columbia is going into radio. A new radio set, to be known as the "Columbia," will be ready for the market early next season This set will be manufactured through special arrangement with the Kolster Radio Corp and is to contain a number of new features developed in the Columbia research laboratories A choice of models is to be offered and a carefully worked out pri.ce range will be established. The Columbia radio set, besides enabling Columbia dealers to offer the public a complete line of Columbia cabinet, "portable and electric reproducing phonographs, radio-phonograph combinations and straight radio sets, is of especial interest as the history of Columbia products extends over a period of forty years, back to the days when dictating machines and phonographs were interchangeable, and it was customary to listen to the playing of a record by placing tubes in the ears, much in the manner of the present-day radio head set. Kolster Radio Base Herbert A. Wiedoeft ball Team Wins Dies in the West Winners of Waverly League Championship Last Year Open Season With 9-4 Victory Over the Pittsburgh Nine The Kolster Radio baseball team, champions of the Waverly League last year, opened this season with a 9-4 victory over the Pittsburgh Orchestra Leader and Brunswick Artist Passes Away as Result of Injuries Received in Automobile Accident Kolster Team Opens Season With a Plate Glass nine, last year's champs in the Ironbound Industrial League in Newark, N. J. As soon as their schedule will permit they are ready to meet any teams for the championship of the radio industry. Big league ceremonies marked the opening of the season. The Kolster Radio Band of fifteen pieces played the national anthem while Old Glory was raised to the top of the staff. Herbert A. Wiedoeft, popular and widely known orchestra leader of Seattle and San Francisco, died a few days ago at Medford, Ore., from internal injuries which he received when his automobile skidded off the Medford-Klamath Falls Highway. Herb Wiedoeft, as he was more popularly called, was a Brunswick phonograph artist and from Victory the numerous engage ments that he had filled on the Pacific Coast his dance music was constantly demanded. For two recent engagements, covering a period of about two years, this noted orchestra leader was at the Hotel Butler in Seattle. Following this, on May 20, 1927, he opened the Trianon Ballroom where he played for a long engagement which did not end until March 31, 1928. Several weeks before the end of this Look This NEW Service Instrument Over After you have seen the new Jewell Pattern No. 199 A.C. and D.C. Radio Set Analyzer, you will agree that it has desirable features not found in similar instruments now available — features that improve and increase its value in the servicing of radio sets and equipment. It is entirely new — designed to meet the present up-to-date service demand, with additional features that anticipate future requirements. Some of the features which mark it as distinctly advanced in design are: A new 5-prong plug arrangement, simple push button switches for making tests, provision for an accurate tube test, a new cathode voltage test, — all of which are Pattern No. 199 distinct Jewell accomplishments and worthy contributions to the advancement of radio. The two instruments, one an A.C. and the other a D.C, have the following ranges0-4-8-16-160 A. C. Volts and 0-7.S-75-300-600 D. C. Volts and 0-15-150 Milliamperes. All ranges are brought out to binding posts and special leads are provided for continuity tests. All D.C. voltage ranges have a resistance of 1000 ohms per volt. The instrument case measures 9I4xll^x3^ inches and is covered with genuine Morocco leather. The complete set weighs 7l/2 pounds and is equipped with a handy carrying handle. A new descriptive circular No. 2002 gives complete details of its special features. Write for a copy. Jewell Electrical Instrument Co. 1650 Walnut Street, Chicago "28 Years Making Good Instruments" TYPE M RECORDING WAX Developed for Electrical Recording. Works at 70° or Normal Room Temperature F. W. MATTHEWS e.6 Grange, Sn.'j! Trianon engagement, Mr. Wiedoeft was married in Medford, Ore., to Miss Esther Rineholdt, of Portland, and then he returned to Seattle with his bride to resume his engagement, at the conclusion of which he and his orchestra started south, filling a number of dates en route to a proposed stay at Ocean Park^ near Los Angeles. While passing through Oregon, it was near the same town where he was married that he met his death. Two of Herb's brothers, Adolf and Gay, are members of the Herb Wiedoeft orchestra, while Rudolph Wiedoeft, in New York, is said to be one of the world's best saxophone players. Sells Panatropes to Many Movie Stars C. R. Bowen, of the Fitzgerald Music Co., Los Angeles, Made Sales of Panatropes Exceeding $10,000 Last Year C. R. Bowen, of the Fitzgerald Music Co., Los Angeles, is a typically modern salesman. It is interesting to know that during the last C. R. Bowen Demonstrating a Panatrope year he has made over $10,000 in Brunswick Panatrope sales alone. From all appearances he is going to exceed that figure this year. Mr. Bowen's clientele includes many of the famous movie stars. He recently sold a model P-R 148-C to May McAvoy, the beautiful star of the great Al Jolson Vitaphone success, "The Jazz Singer," shown in the accompanying photograph listening to the instrument. Columbia Tram in Africa In Durban, South Africa, is a city "tram" or street car, known as the "Columbia," from its extensive exterior advertising. Front, back and sides of this conveyance carry the Columbia message in brilliant blue, orange and silver. What's more, the car is a two-decker, so there are two side strips of advertising, one for each deck. Messrs. H. Polliak & Co., Columbia agents in Durban, report that the "Columbia Tram" provokes continuous interest, and is considered to be the most attractive vehicle in the city fleet. In New Engagement Leo Reisman and His Orchestra, exclusive Columbia record artists, who for ten seasons have played in the Egyptian room of the Hotel Brunswick, Boston, Mass., opens on the "Roof" of the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, New York City, on Monday, June 11, for a Summer engagement. The orchestra returns to Boston in the Fall.