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or more, or other old-fashioned lens and shutter equipment to likely be less than would have # amera of limited capabilities be installed in a better plate- to be paid for a first-class lei jDmplete with an f:6.3 Cooke and film-pack camera ("box" alone if the consumer had mi$ or Tessar lens in Compur or and bellows, often purchasable takenly insisted upon a high! PHOh /f* Compound shutter, for example, and thereby obtain first:class fe . at very moderate prices). The cost of the combination will speed lens in a modem, widely advertised camera. v 4 Wplease Note: Prices quoted do not include diate; .C, not recommended. am now using a GE Variable Rt -fc Abridged Cumulative Index of Month and Page Disinfectant, pine oil!..........................May, 38 Editorial.................................each issue, page 2 Month and with a preamplifier and equalize Phonograph needles, , jewel-tipped!........:....................... July, J7-1? |piade by Edward W. Brown, Jr.. Phonograph pickups!.................................Jan.,n Phonograph records!........................ each isssl Lexington, Kentucky. An e> : X/' Previous 1947 Issues A Consumers'Research Bulletins Fans, electric!............................................Apr., 9 Flint, motion picture!.......................... July, 24 Fire extinguishers!.. .Jan., 18-21; May, 22-26 Fluorescent lamps............ Jan., 3; Feb., 5-7; May, 15-18 Photographic developing and printing, commercial mail-order!.......June, n Projectors, photo-slide!.................July, 2i- Radio equipment, surplus.................... June.! Radio items, cause of nigh cost.. June, 37-31 Sfelity combination. Jl'The pickup head is mounted on model 56 Webster record changer. Food mixer (KltchenAid)!.................. July, 19 Radio receiver for the deafened!___ Jan., 2 Fountain pens!..................................Feb., 17-18 Radio-phonograph combination!.. .Jan., ORCHESTRA ; Month and Pa&e v- Automobiles, battery chargers!. - Jan., 13*15 Froxen food utility carriers!.........May, 19-21 Furniture polish (Cellowax)!..............Apr., 30 , extra equipment charges............. Mar., 25 - V 1947f.......................................June, 27-32, 39 Gardening, soil ' jacks!....................................................... June,13-14 management.........June, 15-16; July, 15-16 Tucker Torpedo!..............................Apr.,8-5 Golf balls!.................................................fluly, 9 1 Wlllys 1947 6-cyfinderf. .............Apr., 7-8 Heaters, electric!...........Jan., 5-8; Apr., 19-23 Radio-phonographs, high-priced, 'J plans for tests....................................... Feb./* Radios, table-models and radio- J phonographs, etc........... Feb., 3; Mar., 13*3 ___. , Apr., 23-25!; May, 8-14f record noise, new eliminator!......Apr.. I Razor blades!..................Apr., 18; June, 17-Ifi Records, phonograph, wear!........ May, 29-3g `V Beater, electric (Whirlbeater)t.......... Mar., 37 "X. Blankets, comforter, electrict........ Feb., 8-11 Heating equipment, domestic, Shampoo, hair!.................................May, 4.3fi post-war status!........ Mar., 22-25; July, 16 Soap!............................ May, 38; June! 3| automatic controls!.............................Apr.,13-1S6 oaps, laundry!. .*............................Jan., iLlfi Bnjtzatein: Symphony--The Airborne. r rator), Charles Holland (tenor),, Waailtteer borus. New York City Symphony Orch _j (13 sides) & Dusty Sun. Scheff (baritoi jrlll7. $8. Pretentious, phoriy-folksy w ielf to hear. Excellent recording. Goo j>t for the condescending delivery of the r C'f ' Gamers, miniature!......................... July, 23-24 Cameras, folding hand, - and stereot.................................................. Feb.,14-1I5ce ^ foreign, production.............................. Jan.,29-38 clinker prevention................................ crushers!.......................................June, Apr.,10-1S1 ocks, men's!......................................Jan., 9-u< Step-stools, kitchen!.......................... Apr., 5-fi 9-10 Stove, electric, table (Everhot)f.........July. Ill Sunlamps!................... ;....................Mar./28-3l motion picture, surplus..................... Feb.,29 "pictures in one minute"............May, 14 Juice extractors!..................................June, 5-6 shutters, repair service.......................Mar.,4 Killing germs with lamps!............. Feb., 19-24 >. Speed Graphic!.................................... June,23-24 Cleaner, floor (Bruce) t................................ Jan.,30 Lawn mowers, power. furniture (Ultra Gloss)t..................... Feb.,7 preliminary report!........................ July, 5-8 Table stoves, electric!.....................Apr., 16-11 Tire and tube, new!...............................Feb., l|: Toaster, automatic (Cornfield)!......... June.il Toasters, automatic!...................... Apr., U-U Vacuum cleaners!............................ Mar., 5-18 Fidelity Sndel: Water Music--Suite. Philadelphi Sgene Ormandy. 4 sides, Columbia Set J bust music that has stood the test of time, ifcures the spirit of the music and is wtlir In Fidelity c household (Ethyl) f...............................Apr.,30 Lawn sweepers.........................................July, 29 Vaporizers and bottle warmers!... .May. 5-f paint brush (Prestorer)t.....................Feb.,30 Vitamins................................ Feb., 4; Mar., 3,j; bubert: Symphony No. 9 in C Major CCClooeorarksweneicsalrvtetie(eorD,rnrlhteos.o.sg,..sue.m.,s.m.eah..e.hsa..nto.n.ed.l.ddr.a.).!tt.(.i...o.M.......n.....i..s..n...f.e..J.....Fr.....'...a.s......n.)......!.....,..........2........2.........;........M..M..M....a..aaJJrry.uu.,,,nn233ee1781,,3181-1MOM3 aiol,tttimrfoeunosestploe!i.rsc..,.(t.uP.i.n.rr.e.ne..ses...!tr..o.s...n..p....e.r...i)..n..!.....g........!..............................................................................J.......u........n.......e.....MM,eaaa7c-yyh8,,32is27s--u32WWWW3e8 eaaaestteedhrrik-nhsigleoleafmtrtee,anrc2,inh,e4ginl-eDeec.sq.t.!ru._.i._ci.p._!...m.F.....e..e..bn....,t.!...1....5....;.....M.J..ua..l.r.yJ...,,u. Ml11y64a,--1y1r5f7,II May, 28; June, 18 aphony Orchestra of New York under b ^ Columbia Set 679. $7.35. The s> avenly length," is a masterpiece. Th ' antially the same as the Bruno Wal1 Permanent waveAhorae (Sraart- -^indicates that listings of 1 jay Victor Set 602--best competitor. T hwashing compound!........................... May,37 Kurl Infra-Red Heat)!............................ July,29-3a0re included. |bass but more highs, better dynamic uty. The close vote goes to Columbia. Int Fidelity o Off the Editor's Chest [Continued from page 2} about determining the "reliabil ity" of a manufacturer or mer chant? One conceivable test would be to study the record, if it were available, of his policies in re placing defective products. Many a consumer has had the sad experience of getting an appliance one that functions properly, or refunds the amount the consumer has paid. We regret to say that we do not know of more than a very few companies that con sistently support and live up to such a policy. Probably failure to follow such a policy is more con spicuous in the paint industry than in most of the trades that have a reasonably good scientific and technical f6undation. Federal Trade Commission and Food and Drug Administration! cases, one is struck by the fa that it is not just the little un*J known fellow who is guilty of ad^f vertising and sales misrepresenta|j tions, and adulterations of fo and drugs, but some of the "ve best people" and some of the bigl gest and oldest firms in the busji ness world that have been founiF guilty of violations. stakovitch: Symphony No. 9. Philhar: itra of New York under Efrem Kurtz. |688. $5. A gay, melodious new worl ed and recorded. Int Fidelity o aikovsky: Serenade in C Major for bdelphia Orchestra under Eugene Orn fimbia Set 677. $4.20. Charming work l- aphonic music as well as those who con | is the last word. Compared to compet by Boult-conducted Victor Set 556, tht \ a little more harshness, dynamic rangt ding, highs; fewer lows; less transpan * his men harder but they can take it. ia slight preference for Ormandy. Intt ^ Fidelity < which is known as a "lemon," one which does not function prop erly from the first. It is no solu tion to h&ve the dealer assure such a purchaser that he has never had any complaints from anyone else, even if such an assertion could be relied upon as truthful. Certainly from the consumer's point of view, a reliable company is one which replaces a poor or poorly-adjusted appliance with The paint manufacturer fur ther made the point that CR was opposed to the idea that con sumers would get the value of their money by making their pur chases on the assumption that their sources of supply were con ducted by men of honesty and in tegrity. It is, however, not a question of CR's opposition to a point of view, but one of the facts. Looking over voluminous files of Granting, for the sake of argu| ment, that a manufacturer of son particular product has all the hoi^ esty and integrity in the worldj the quality and performance o| the product he turns out--hencf its value to consumers--will b| determined to a considerable ex| tent by the caliber of his resea men and engineers, and the sk care, and responsibility of his pn {Concluded on page H SfCERTO ;ok: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra. \ a) with the Dallas Symphony Orchestr des, Victor Set 1120. $5.85. Difficult work will appeal to few. Recordir i; violin, harsh. Several noisy surfaces Int Fidelity c aninoft: Concerto No. 3. Cyril Smi pty of Birmingham Orchestra (England) Columbia Set 671. $6. The cono ! Rachmaninoff's best, is complex. T1 age Victor Sot 710 in performance or 1 fare more quiet, however. Im Fidelity o M CONSUMERS* RESEARCH BULLETIN AUGUST, 1947