A Most Ingenious Mechanism - Hot Air Motor.

Extract from The Talking Machine World Jan 15, 1910, Page 16.

A Most Ingenious Mechanism

Perhaps the most ingenious mechanism ever put into a talking machine is the hot air motor, a patent controlled by Messrs. Craies & Stavridi, of this city.

It is quite as silent as if not more so than the ordinary clockwork pattern, and there appears to be not the slightest risk of damage by fire or heat since the whole of the case is lined with asbestos, thus ensuring perfect safety. Indeed, so excellently arranged are the works and the position of the spirit reservoir that the introduction of asbestos would almost seem to be but a concession to nervous people. One filling of spirit will keep this motor going continuously for 12 hours.

Think of the possibilities and advantages of this timesaving invention for traders who are demonstrating records all day. No longer will you need to keep customers waiting while you wind up the machine; all that is required to connect the turntable with a clutch on the revolving spindle is simply a touch on the connecting rod, and instantaneously you have the required speed for playing the record. Perhaps next month I shall be in a position to give further particulars of this wonderful instrument, which, undoubtedly, signalizes an upward trend in the development of talking machines.

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