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LATEST. GRAMOPHONE
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THE ELECTRIC ColumbiA DEMONSTRATED.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1928.
KANSU MASSACRES.
REPORT DOUBTED.
"London, Oct. 197 Mr. Houghton, the editorial The phonograph's field of use- Mission has informed Reuter that secretary of the China Inland fulness is continually widening. he is sceptical as to the extent of In addition to being used for the casualties in Kansu. He declared amusement and to entisfy the der that the trouble has been going on mands of music lovers, the gramo- for sometime. There has been a phone is now widely utilized in definite rebellion of the Mosleins. schools and colleges for. Instruc- who, incidentally, destroyed tho tion in music and in many other missions and hospital at Howchow aubjects. Conservatories of last July, but the latest Informa muste fro. Installing electriction is that the principal trouble gramophones for the teaching of ceased two months ago.-Reuter. munic, both vocal and instrumen- tal. For such instruction. It is,
"ACCIDENTAL DEATH."
WINDSCREEN WIPERS RECOM-
MENDED BY JURY:
Adjourned from 5, Wednesday a Chinese coolie, employed at the fast, the inquiry into the death of Dairy Farm, was concluded yes terday afternoon at the Central Magistracy.
From the previous hearing, it was gathered from the evidence of the various witnesses who were called that the coolle was knocked down by an Aberdeen mo tor bus on September 24, at about 7.30 pm. It was raining heavily at the time and the driver's vision
the rain, but also because he had dimmed his lights at the critical moment, due to the approach of a car from the opposite direction. It was also brought out in evi- dence that the bus was not pro- |`vided with a windscreen wiper,
After several witnesses had given evidence yesterday, Inspector C. F. Alexander of the Trafic Depart ment was" called into the witness box, by Mr. R. E. Lindsell, the Coroner,
of course, essential that the re- no winding. The motor is elec-was obscured, not only because of producing Instrument be absolute-trically operated and automatical- ly faithful in tone, in other words, ly stopped. like fe itself. After a com- The sound, is taken from the parative test of reproducing record by an ordinary phono- instruments, made by a committee graph needle set in an electric of leading mustefans, the Chilean pickup which, takes the place of |National Conservatory of Musle
the sound box or reproducer of eccently installed Columbia- Kolster electric reproducing the ordinary gramophono. Thin Framonhone, chosen as the one sound is carried to an electric am- Instrument that reproduced, with plier or loud sjieaker in the fona out flaw or distoration of sound.
of a fluctuating electric current Yesterday afternoon, the Ander. Thla current actuales, an electric Bon Music Company afforded dynamic power unit in combin- opportunity to the local preas to lion with a cone, which translates
Mr. Lindsell: I gather there is bear and examine an instrument the electrie vibrations into acous-
no regulation in the Colony com- of this time, which the Columbia the waves or air vibrations.
peiling any type of car to carry Phonograph Company presents as
The Columbia-Kolster electrica windscreen wiper? combining the latest achievements pickup has been carefully design=" in recording with the neat and ed to cover, without distortion, latest development In squad ampli- the widest possible range of pitch. Beation.
The range of sound in ordinary phonographs of the most modern type la from 4,200 frequencies down to 250 and is characterized by peaks or blasts at various points in this range. The ordin-. ary electric pickup has a range from 4,600 down to 150. The Columbia-Kolster pickup covers a range from 6,400 down to 100, 80 that the reproduction is amazing- ly true to life.
So far there are only two such phonographs of this make in the Colony, the one demonstrated sell ing at the figure of $1,000 while a smaller one is priced at $850.
Record after record was played, all being widely different and calling into play tones of all kinde from the heavier typo of classical pieces to the lighter re- cords. The reproduction was re- markable in every way. It would hávo been difficult for anyone out- side to have believed that the music was reproduced and not real. A striking feature was the infinite volume of tone that could be obtained, merely by turning a nob The full volume easily tran- scended that of the ordinary gramophone, but when softened a most peaceful and melodious effect was obtained. It was toned down to nearly a whisper and opened out to give an enormous volume of sound. It id interesting to note that in all these different ahndes of tone the balance and sympathy of the pieces played were not dis torted in any way,
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Plays Standard Records,
This electric gramophone plays any standard record. Elusive tonal ahadings, actually in the re- cords but impossible of reproduc- tion on the ordinary phonograpli, are brought out in all their beauty. The volume of sound can be in creased or decreased at will, while changes in volume have ab- solutely no effect upon the quality of the reproduction. The de- finition and balance of the original is retained in its entirety,
their
form ensures
Witness: No.-
Mr. Lindsell: Do you, as Traf- fic Inspector, consider it deairable that all public vehicles, at any rate, should carry them? Yes, public vehicles with windscreens should carry them.
In your opinion as expert, is "dimming" desirable in the Colony?--It is a very hard ques tion to answer. There are lots of people, including myself, who be lieve in "dinuming." There many others, who do not believe in it. It is a matter of road cour-i tesy. In my opinion the practico is a good one.
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Inspector. Alexander at another stage added that he would say that it was quite safe to drive through the city with "dimmed", headlights, but outside the lighted area, cars should have their head- lights on.
Addressing the jury, the Coro- to be no doubt that the deceased ner remarked that there appeared
knocked down and run over by the met his death through being
bus. There was ample evidence of raining. The bus was not pro-i the vision was further obscured vided with a windscreen wiper and by the act of "dimming" which the driver claimed to have taken place. The jury's verliet could. be "Accidental Death" and unless they found that the driver was and criminal guilty of gross negligence, they could not return any other verdict.
The jury, after retiring for a few minutes, returned the follow- ing verdict: "The verdict is one of accidental death and no blame in uttnched to the driver, We
The electrical process of record- ing used in Columbia records is offered to the public, by the Columbia Phonograph Company through arrangement with the ! A Loud Speaker,
Western Electric Company. This This phonograph requires no process has brought to lovers of batteries but operates on ordin-music an entirely new outlook in ary house current of which very sound reproduction. It is the pro- little is used. The electrical cess now used by all the loading equipment is neatly arranged at record producers. the hack of the woodwork and is The special feature of Colum-
blá recorda is foolproof.
of construction, which The apparatus for translating
the auperiority af surface the electrical vibrations into round operates on the same princi- and is so clearly apparent to which characterizes these records ple as the loud speaker of radio the ear of the listener. Colum receiving set. In fact the Columbia records are made by the bia-Kolster may also be used as a laminated process, which is pro- loud speaker in conjunction with tected by palents owned by the radio receiving sets, and fittings Columbia Phonograph Company, for the necessary connexions form
The ordinary gramophone re- a part of the regular equipment. cord is made of solid stock, that The Anderson Music Company is, the interior is composed of also made an interesting demon- exactly the same material as the stration of the difference between surface. This material consiste public vehicles should be instruct- acoustic and electric recording re-principally of shellac, mixed with ed not to do so.”- sults, by playing the same sélec- other substances to reduce the tion, sung by the same artist, with the same accompaniment, recorded in the old way and also in the new way, electrically. One hardly realizes the vast improve ment that has been effected until he has heard the two types com- pared in this manner, When the comparison was made it was in-
would like to add a rider to the effect that all public vehiclea should be fitted with windscreen wipers. With regard to "dim- ming", we agree with Inspector Alexander that cars should dim within the lighted area, but out- side the area it should not he necessary to dim, and drivers of
cost and with fibrous materials which act as a binder. It is the has been confed with a gum. Be- presence of these fibrous con- fore this gum is dry, a sprinkler stituents that imparts the constant deposits shellac of the highest hissing noticed in solid stock re- quality on the gummed surface of cords,
the paper. Thus the Abrous material essential to strength is prevented from working to the noise noticeable in solid stock re- cords.
Columbia Records.
bla laminated process, however, it
deed difficult to bellove that the In making records by the Colum-surface and causing the surface electrically produced record could be so superior to the old-type re-in possible to concentrate on the cord. Both in tone and clarity the
former was a revelation.
playing surface, the shellac and other costly material essential to the playing qualities of the The Pickup Described, record, and to do away with fibrous material on that surface. The Details of this reproducing core of a Columbia record is made triumph follow. The device 'is a of a material containing shellac handsome piece of furniture of convenient size, being in fact no larger than the ordinary console type of gramophone. It requires
SALESMAN ŞAM
YOU'RE RIGHT, I'M THE JOH, LISSEN TO,
MANAGER OF THIS CIRCUS! THE CALLIOPE! ANI UNDERSTAND YOU'RE
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It is this laminated construc- tion which accounts for the re- markable durability and amazing reproducing qualities of Columbia records. Not only is their surface smooth and scratchless, but the hardness of the high quality shel- and fibrous bindera, and is of lac in the surface layers gives great strength. On either side of them much longer playing life this core is pressed a sheet of than ordinary gramophone. re- specially prepared paper
which cords.
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