The talking machine world (Jan-June 1928)

120 The Talking Machine World, New York, June, 1928 Sonora One-to-One Electric Motor Is Placed on Market Now Available for Delivery to Manufacturers and the Trade — Is Absolutely Quiet, and Soeed Is Controlled to Maintain a Constant Rate — To Be Used in Sonora Line The new Sonora One-to-One Electric Motor has been placed on the market and is available for delivery to manufacturers and the trade. Its features are most interesting to those interested in the electrical phonograph. Fully realizing the trend towards the completely electric phonograph and the need of a product Sonora One-to-One Electric Motor of the highest quality, the Sonora Phonograph Co., Inc., purchased all the rights and patents to the device selected as the most efficient. Sonora engineers have brought this motor to its present high state of perfection and are now entering production in large quantities. The motor will be used in the entire new Sonora line and other manufacturers have already adopted it as standard for their 1928 production. With the high degree of improvement in the electric phonograph a motor must obviously be silent. Due to its constructional features the Sonora One-to-One is absolutely quiet It produces no interference when working with electrical pick-up or in conjunction with audio frequency amplification. One of the most interesting features of the motor is the method of controlling speed to maintain an absolutely constant rate. This is done in two ways, namely, by the standard three-ball governor and by the patented _torque absorbing device which is instantaneously operative in cases of load variation or voltage fluctuation. The public to-day demands the highest of musical quality rendition and is quick to realize change in tempo which results from a non-constant speed motor. The Sonora One-to-One is so designed that it requires lubrication but once a year. It is as foolproof and free from service problems as any motor can be. The standard One-to-One is wound for 110 volts AC, 40 to 60 cycle. The same motor, by the addition of a simple external resistance, is: equally satisfactory for 220 volts AC, 40 rai Nickel in the Slot Electric Automatic Phonograph Holds and plays 5 disc records automatically. You won't have to keep these instruments a lifetime before they pay for themselves at our price of only $100 each. Can quote attractive prices in lots of 50 and 100. ATLAS SALES CO. Taylor Street Kaukauna, Wis. to 60 cycle, and 110 or 220 volts DC. It requires but one-quarter ampere when running. The fact that its speed is so slow (70 to 80 rpm) eliminates entirely the possibility of commutator trouble. The motor is supplied with turntable, speed control parts, full non-set automatic stop and switch (which will work with any make of record) or with pre-set automatic stop. In production quantities any standard lacquer finish or plating is supplied. The motor and all the parts are made entirely at the new Acoustic Products Mfg. Co. plant at Stamford, Conn. The Sonora One-to-One Electric Motor is but one of the many Sonora products that will soon be announced. H. C. Doyle Killed in Airplane Accident Treasurer of Sleeper Radio & Mfg. Corp. Instantly Killed on May 25 When Plane Crashes Near Curtiss Field The many friends of Herbert C. Doyle, treasurer of the Sleeper Radio & Mfg. Corp. in Long Island City, were shocked to learn of his accidental death on May 25 when his airplane crashed on a farm near Curtiss Field, New York. Mr. Doyle had started on a flying trip to Philadelphia after testing out his biplane earlier in the morning. At a height of 200 feet, in a strong wind, the plane slipped or dived straight to the ground, according to observers.' Mr. Doyle was instantly killed and the plane completely wrecked and burned. Herbert C. Doyle was a veteran pilot. He learned to fly in a plane of his own design in 1911, and during the war he was production manager of the Thomas Aircraft Co. at Ithaca, N. Y. He was thirty-five years old, born in Rochester, N. Y., the son of Michael Doyle, president of the International Pulp Co. He was married and resided at Jackson Heights, N. Y. Gordon C. Sleeper, president of the company, stated that Mr. Doyle was an excellent aeronautical engineer as well as one of radio's best designing engineers, and much of his flying was done in connection with tests of aeronautical instruments manufactured by the Sleeper Corp. Dutton & Sons Co. Elects New Officers A. C. Barclay Succeeds W. M. Dutton as President — H. A. Lainson Now General Manager and Vice-President Hastings, Neb., June 5. — W. M. Dutton & Sons Co., prominent radio distributor, announces the election of two new officers. A. C. Barclay is now president, succeeding W. M. Dutton, who continues with the firm as chairman of the board. H. A. Lainson, formerly general manager, has been made vice-president and general manager; W. R. Snyder, formerly vice-president, continues as a member of the board of directors. George R. Dutton continues as secretary-treasurer. The new president, A. C. Barclay, joined the firm three years ago, and his ability has become generally recognized. Mr. Lainson joined the organization eight years ago as manager of the hardware department, was advanced to sales manager, then to general manager, and now to vice-president and general manager. W. M. Dutton, who has been active head of the business for 42 years, explained that this change in officers would relieve him of much of the executive detail, and recognize the ability of younger men by advancing them to more responsibility. The general policy of the company will remain the same, and no further changes in the personnel of the organization are contemplated at the present time. Business in all departments is reported as being very satisfactory, and the first four months of 1928 showed a 14 per cent increase over the same period of 1927. The present outlook indicates that this year's business should lead any previous year. Radio Allied Mf rs. Corp. Organized Is Consolidation of Two Largest Organizations in Cabinet Field, H. T. Roberts Co. and United Cabinet Mfrs. Corp. A new company was formed in Chicago late in May, the Radio Allied Manufacturers Corp., a consolidation of two of the largest and oldest organizations in the radio furniture and cabinet H. T. Roberts fields, the H. T. Roberts Co. and the United Cabinet Manufacturers Corp., both of this city. Headquarters of. the Radio Allied Manufacturers Corp. are at 1340 South Michigan avenue, where general offices and a display are maintained. The firm has for its products about sixty different models of radio cabinets and tables, representing the output of twelve factories with a price range of from $35 upward, providing a complete selection of styles for the retail dealer. W. C. Perkins, formerly president of the United Cabinet Manufacturers Corp., owing to the increased activity of the Utah Radio Products Co., in which he has held a semi-active interest for several years, will devote his entire attention to that company. H. T. Roberts, one of the most prominent figures in the radio cabinet field, and formerly president of the company which bore his name, is president of the Radio Allied Manufacturers Corp. M. M. Scribner, formerly of the United Cabinet organization, is vice-president and treasurer, and P. J. Schiltz, formerly of the Roberts Co., is secretary of this large and successful organization. Kolster Receiver in Brazilian Jungles A Kolster receiving set is entertaining the members of the Dyott expedition in the Brazilian jungles of South America with music broadcast by North American stations, according to messages received by the Kolster Radio Corp., Newark, N. J. It is said that WJZ and WEAF are being received with exceptionally good volume with only occasional interruptions from static.