Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-01-19
new MAJESTIC
RADIOS SHOWN
Sets Have Four Stages OF
Radio Frequency And
Five Tuned Circuits

-Four beautiful new Majestic
Texas dealers for the first time
ut the second annual Texas Majes-
ric convention. which was held
wednesday at the Baker Hotel in
Dallas. Two OF these models are
combined Radio while
the other two Receivers have been
added TO the new line Of straight
radio sets. the famous highboy
Model % and the very popular
lowboy model 81 being kept in the
line. The addition of these new
sets, shown in the accompanying
photographs. gives the prospective
buyer a choice among six v~ariously
styled and priced sets, allowing him
to make q selection particularly
suited to his tastes and his purse.
AL OF the new models incorpor-
ate the same superior features which
have made the Majestic promin-
ent in the radio field, and some
additional improvements have been
made. The sets have four stages
of radio frequency. power detection
and five tuned circuits for X
ceptionaI selectivity. The auto
matte Sensitivity control gives the
user Uniform range at all wave
lengths. These new sets, like the
% and .he 81, are completely free
from all traces or a. @. hum and
two type IS tubes are used in the
output. A very important new e
ture Is the Majestic Coletura dy-
manic speaker which Is absolutely
free from all fuzzineSs or barrel ef-
feet at any volume.
The new Combination models,
numbered l02 and lob, have a new
electric pickup and a recently de-
veloped device OF Majestic engineers
that will handle full orchestra and
hand selections without chatter or
distortion. The electric motor drive
for the turn table has the speed
control conveniently located beside
the turn tables. while the switch
under the control knob 70 the lett
permlts Of an instant transfer from
radio to photograph and vice versa
The Grigsby-G runow have n
creased the size OF their cabinet
nlants 70 such an extent that they
now own and operate the largest
radio furniture factory in the world
and the cabinets Of the new mod
els have been fashioned TO main.
tain the high standards OF beauti-
ful cabinet work which the Ma
Leslie manufacturers have set them
selves from the very start. The
Model 80. a lowboy. Radio Set, IS OF
Tuior design in American walnut
with an attractively grained butt
walnut center panel. fluted cor
ner posts and nodded top rail
and side panels. This model sells
at an extremely moderate price.
crate price.
Tho Model 90. though larger
than he Model so is built on low.
graceful lines and is adapted. to-
gether with the 90, TO the lorger
room. The SO has a cabinet of
English design III American walnut,
with beautifully matched butt wall
nut center and SIDE panels, and
with top rail an overlays on COR
ner posts Of Australian lace-bottom
and holdings around top and bot
tom panels. This esCutcheon plate
is finished IN old bronze and the
walnut knobs have matching bronze
inserts.
The cabinet Of the Radio-Phono-
graph Combination. Model i02. Is
OF a dlgnified English design with
handsomely matched butt walnut
center and side panels, with the
same delicate fluted posts and frets
found On the Model SO. There Is
also on this model an overlap OF
the imported Australian lakewood.
The TOP or this instrument IS ut
ted with a silent automatic sup
mort. BY means Of which = 10
can be left open in any position.
The model l03- a large Phono-
rraph Combination. has a cabinet
taken from English period furniture
and is built Of American walnut
h front being enriched with m
ported marqetry banding. The
ia supports are silent and auto
matte. permitting the ton to be
left open in any position. a
S~necially desirable feature OF this
new bet = the compartment be-
hind the bottom rail which drops
forward and which contains space
Tor two record albums. The escu-
eheon plate on this combination
also. are IN old bronze