New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-04

tho aud.on were connected IN 8 cer-
tain way a clear. mus c.. note WIS.,
heard In q tolcrhore receiver connec'-
Oh in ore NJ It rr
Quality OF The note was hr.rt s-' ONO
I found after q lIttle cT me- SING.
could charge this eoa..r or elm
into q great variety SOUNDS t
tatinr. Tor example. f'c HnIn oD'e.
cor-et or et-'rrci ir.-rumcnts.
also. could actually create otaer
sounds. which. while pleasing to t'e
car. we're quite unlike t0o-e emitted
from any muFicoI instrument D1t.
which we ere familiar The pitch Of
the notes was eaeily regulated 07
changing tho induc'arco in The cir
cults. through sliding contact. or
simply by turning Tho knob az the
condenser. Tn this w1v very weird
beautiful effects were obtained.
Easy to Arrange Scale.
Acting on these discoveries.
found 70 was a comparatively s,mn.
meter 20 arrange . crude scale sim'-
LAP IN function 20 that o. an c~caa
with switches IN place Of tho ort.rar'
KEYS. 70 that. by pressing certain
ones. 7 could cut ont, or in, more o.
less irdrctonce. thus changing Oh '
notes emitted from the telephone re-
ceiver % Will
'"7o bring ths volume OF sound ont
la-re and full IN the room = wa.
necessary 20 connect a number or io1a
speaking horns with tho telephone re-
Crivors .n similar manner 60 tnosc
sometimes heard ir railroad stations
as train announccrs.
Nm
plant from which music is rent ont Dry
wine 20 various points 4 scheme 60
.rrrlr hotels ord clubs and theatres
by tIis method was found 90 ha fine
anciel impoesibinty in New York some
veqrr aro. Now with tho auCIon or IN
cerfoscent lamp as q generator OF
1,usicoI tones wo have OIL p small ecn.o
an Of the possibilities Of The large fe.-
harn,onium. Tn its simplest form, ueea
as e. fe+octor for wireless signals emo
nudion IS a small ircandesce0t lamp
about ~ inches in diameter, oonta n-
i-~ besides the usual 7.amort grid
shaped wire and behind That again %
RECTANGULAR plate OF nickel.
This bulb 20 perfectly insenUtive until
-hc flement e brightly lighted. whore
Ynor a. becomes In connection with the
rerial wire of any wireless receiving
e+-ton detector Of extraordinary
con si.iveness The recent work OF
toieDhonine from Arlington 90 Homo
lriu was made possible only by tho
use Of the audion detector 40 the ro-
eeiving station
Transformer Of Energy.
"Now, this came little bulb can be
made 70 actually generate h.tsrnntln,.
currents. u receives the energy which
is expyded IN these currents from tho
DRY BAKERY or dynamo. The aud'on IS
ir other words Transformer OF en-
ergy. The alternating currents. e OF
low Frequency. can gctuate the tc-e-
rhone diaphragm and make music-l
notes which the ear can hear, and tal3
rs the germ Idea involved 20 tho must
col instrument which I have Just de-
scribed.
at The present time 7 an using one
bulb for an octave on the musical
scale, with the arrangement C keys
and switches so that from this ono
bulb can produce the notes Of that oc-
fave by pressing the G0uroDrllte keys.
For the next octave another bulb Sc
used. and SO on. The output % all
these bulbs IS made common 20 one sot
Of telephone receivers or loud speak
ers. so that the total cncryv IN the
form % sound Is that of ali the bulbs
which are operating at any one time.
"The idea Of producing beautiful mu-
steal tones by an entirely new method
unknown 20 all our great composers
and perhaps Offering 20 future COM
rosers new fields for their genius has
capt'vated me. u the next twelve
months I hope 20 be able 20 produce az
instrument which will be far enough
perfected so that 7 can turn II over &c
20 work out the thousand
and ono details of musical perfection
hich such men alone arc capable Of
introducing"