The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-02-26
Playing Of Orchestra a
Thousand Miles Away
Is Heard Here
IS MODERN MIRACLE
Radiophone Transmitting Set
is Constructed by Clever
Tulsa Mechanician

ChrtfIu tomorrow night with Ru-
loiFi- We huvo just received a tolo-
gram from the Kansas city star
asking w ,o tuno in 10 $40 motors
aud lot them know how we heard
them, stand boy for the concert at
S.aO tonight"
Tho voice came over the radio
phone clear and clCan.cut Hcporlor
on the Tulsa world was connected
by the Avery Hadiophuuc station with
Detroit News Service. We'll and with
a. receiver on her head and about
q thouFand miles Of air between her
and tho speaker heard the operator
as distinctly as though he were IN
Tulsa instead of Michigan. Al .
O'Clock Tulsa time. which was CON
siderahly later Detroit time. the
third symphony in e. minor. opus I3
by Beethoven ~ played by the De
trolt Symphony orchestra percolatcd,
intact, Ia the eager ears OF a gmnli
group OF Tulsa people gathered in
the tiny little attic room Ia which
Frank Avery has installed his radio
phone outfit a fcw moments later
the voice of u soprano whose lovely
tone equality proclaimed her TO be
a. singer uf earned artistic rcpute
was heard Hs clearly as though she
had been standing before her lis
the loud aud prolonged applause
filled the receivers with thundcrous
noise. A little later the smashing
chords OF tho Pilgrims chorus drew
from that same audience vuciferous
applause that dying down for an
instant swept tho house ngain and
again and finally brought someone
who was apparently either tho lead
er Of the orchestra or the spokesman
FOR It to be platform for talk.
Tho background for this bit OF
goth century miracle il more than n
year Of hard work and study on the
part of the young operator Avery
who. with his father. has n repair
shop at 500 South Main street. with
the possibilities of the radiophone
suddenly magnifled by It's popularity
Of the last two or three months,
Avery has completed receiving
radiophonc station that can pick up
messages, concerts, converse lions
any little thing-from Denver,
Wichita, kansas City, New orleans,
and the concert Friday night was
"A thousand miles away from Tulsa!
Avery's station IL not licensed yet,
but he Ia going TO bo soon, and when
he can assemble the necessary cash
backing he wants to make II Il
broadcasting as well as receiving
station
Equipment Is Simple.
Frank Averys home is 1913 West
Second street. on "a little table in
the attic In his outfit--three wire
wound wheels fastened together
like tho leaves of book, a board
with some Black knobby looking
ii n d | es on II, a slender wire
stretched taut with tiny plug on II
and wire--yards and yards of wire.
There is n little board with guest
phones that go over ones ears and
will allow three or four people to
listen at once. fastened to one side
OF the table. A slender aerial wire
connecting this outfit runs out OF
the window to the outside of the
house. and across the way TO another
house possibly 80 yards away. This
as visualized by casual observer,
woefully ignorant as to the techni-
calities OF the thing. was the sole
equipment that brought the Detroit
sympohany orchestra to Tulsa, Okla,
last Friday night.
gef Avery sat at his table. the radio
phone over his ears, tuning" his
transmitting set. With the little
plug in one hand no moved the
q
eXpcrimentally. No sound. lie
moved them bit more and like the
wall OF lost soul came shril
siren whistle. 1t sounded like the
wind and fire alarm and the
ghost In simon Legree's garrett al
in one. Avery looked pleased.
Were gettin' 'er!" he said.
lie moved the wheels ana tff'
plug a little more and whangl cam'
the concerted sound OF many vtolins
OF woodwind, of brass and the deeI
bass strings. The Detroit Sym
phony had the air.
II sounded very much like an or
chestra sounds on n talking mschin
moro resonant and with a sugges
tion OF wider spaces than Ia givei
by the talking machine, perhaps
The applause at the end OF tn
numbers sounded Just as II does Z
ono who stands outside an nudito
rum and listens TO It. The voice o
the singer lost nothing by reason o
its Journey OF n thousand mile
across country. II was fun and clea
and tho enunc!ation was perfect,
The speaker reviewed briefly tn
Accomplishment OF the Detroit Sym
phony during the past year. III
called attention to the fact that nc
only had Il given weekly afternoo
and night concerts but that II hR
reached 10000 children ms well an
had inoculated In them an appre
citation for really beautiful music
He dwolt on the fact that Detro
was noted for a number Of things-
among them the turning out OF IA
hest cars In the world-but that
its people we're willing II WAS pos
sible to make the city famous fc
having the hest music in the worl'
And that Willingness was best eN
pressed through the medium OF cas-
hacking. Theroupon he called uno
the ushers to pass the envelopes an
subscription cards and there wa
Immediately buzzlng sound MS {
hundreds Of voiccs--the usual a,
compa niment OF audiences to III
passing Of subscription cards. Tn
was stilled In a moment by IL
speaker who told funny stories
pass away the time
Wave Lengths Vary.
While he told the stories, Aver
discussed his radiophone and Other
like Il. Each station he said, hI
It's own individual wave length. III
amateur station has as a rule a 20
meter wave length, A ship has al
ferent wave lengths, varying an
going az high sometimes as the hip
powered European and trans-Atlai
tic stations. $4,000 meters for eaC