"The Set with the Punch"

Radio Record, Volume III, Issue 54, 25 July 1930, Page 37

"The Set with the Punch"

HE secret of the popularity of ths Stewart-Warner is the amazing punch on ,flistance stations. This was illug trated at the Wellington Radio Pxhib} tion, held in the Town Hall last week, by an ‘attractive illuminated action sigr of a record log of 109 stations obtained by Mr. 8. R. Ellis, Okato. This won‘derful list of ‘stations was obtained by a standard Stewart-Warner Radio, and the amazing tone of this radio, too, compelled admiring remarks from the public. "Stewart-Warner tone" is becoming a byword with musie enthusiasts. The junior member of the StewartWarner radio sales staff was attired in an attractive white suit with red pointings, picked out with white lights, which flashed on and off. This original idea attracted attention everywhere. ' --The Stewart-Warner stand was a magnet to all, with its soft amber electric illumination, stylish cabinets and novelty displays. The staff reported record business, and almost all Stewart-Warner dealers from far and near attended the Yxhibition, and returned to their territories more than satisfied that StewartWarner was not only on the map, but wus practically the map itself, Five models were shown, ranging in price from the Combination at £82/10/to the table cabinet model at £47/10/-. The Gramophone and Radio Combination has an Hlizabethan period console. Major surfaces are of American walnut with panels of Australian lacewood'’ and Oriental walnut, Real wood carving, ornemental and antique rubbed lacquer finish, with sliding doors and prépared to contain 20 records. Equipped with gramophone pick-up and induction motor, ineorporating change-over radio gramophone switch and a modulator for tone volume. The new Stewart-Warner electro dynamic reproducer is included. Another model, the "Oxford," which has, in all probability, the finest eabinet of all Stewart-Warner models, is copied from original Hepplewhite design. The cabinet relies for its charm upon the grained figuring of the. wood used, and upon simple conventional ornamentation of the same woods used in the combination. Fitted with the new Stewart-Warner sereen-grid radio and dynamic reproducer, this is an exceptionally good model. The "Woodstock" cabinet is a replica of early English design, which is dominantly simple, assuring harmony with other furniture regardless of the setting in which it is used. The centre panel is of figured hard maple. charmingly framed top and sides with decorated. carved panels. Walnut surfacing is used for the cabinet top and sides, and it also has a dull rubbed lacquer finish. The same Stewart-Warner screen-grid radio and dynamic reproducer are used as in the two previous models. so The "Tremont," another ‘model shown by Stewart-Warner, is characteristic of early Colonial’ furniture, suggesting dignity and delicacy, yet strength and enduring qualities are also apparent in its construction. Of .compact ‘size, the "Tremont" is ideal for the small home or apartment where floor’ space must be ‘eonserved, The cheaper model is the table cabinet of antique gold bronze finish, shaded at the edges with ivory black. The control knobs are of black bakelite, and the escutcheon is of an artistic pattern. A feature of Stewart-Warner Radio is that all models, irrespective of price, have the Same screened-grid chassis, and exclusive Stewart-Warner electro dynamic: speaker, which are worthy of attention.®