WIRELESS BAND-MUSIC IN MID-OCEAN.

King Country Chronicle, Volume VIII, Issue 704, 16 September 1914, Page 3

WIRELESS BAND-MUSIC IN MID-OCEAN.

Mr. A. W. Sharman, inventor of a system of sending telephone messages by wireless telegraphy,, has succeeded in transmitting musical notes, chords, and even tunes from a wireless station on land to ships at sea, and from one ship to another. By means of his invention he expects soon to be able to furnish sh'ips with a receiving Instrument constructed somewhat like an ordinary piano, from which brass band, string orchestra and piano music may be extracted at the will of the wireless operator, miles away. Jn ma'ang the experiments Mr. Sharman replaced the microphone, th: instrument used for telephoning, by an electric' reed or trumpet, which was connected with an ordinary telegraphic key. A small screw or regulator was connected with ih: reed, which, whe-n turned, caused the note to vary in pitch. This apparatus, which was at the land station, was connected with the land by means of metal rods in the usual way. In a motor-boat, over half a mile away, was the receiving instrument, from which metal plates trailed in the sea. The inventor thea sent out .several musical notes, which were heard distinctly through th« receiving 'instrument on the boat. "'My Country 'Tis of Thee" followed, every note being faithfully recorded.