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IL<br />
PROJECTION AND SOUND<br />
Develops a Helpful Idea<br />
In Positive Carbon Savers<br />
by CHARLES J.<br />
FLEMM<br />
fii'o Theatre, Camden, N. J.<br />
About six months ago my manager<br />
brought me a new idea in positive carbon<br />
savers, and asked me to try it out. He said<br />
I could burn carbons down to about one<br />
Inch or less. It consisted of a positive 7mm<br />
carbon holder and guide. The first I tried<br />
out had a few bugs. It was also a little on<br />
the light side, and did not work out too<br />
well. After trying it for a couple of months<br />
I suggested that he have another one made<br />
up of heavier metal.<br />
I tried the new model, and I must say<br />
it was a very big improvement. My carbon<br />
saver now works fine, and I can burn my<br />
butts or stumps down to one inch. Butts<br />
are all uniform in size. I would say it has<br />
cut down our carbon costs on positive<br />
carbons quite a bit; just how much I<br />
don't know. I do know that I do not have<br />
to throw away butts that are two or three<br />
inches long any more. I am using the carbon<br />
saver in a Peerless Magnarc lamp: our<br />
carbon combination is 7mm positive and<br />
6mm negative.<br />
I will try to explain how it works. First<br />
the carbon guide is replaced with one that<br />
comes with the saver. After it is installed<br />
in the lamp it operates as follows: first,<br />
you set your regular carbon in the same<br />
way as if you did not have the carbon<br />
saver. This is done by striking an arc and<br />
obtaining an image on the image card. As<br />
the butt burns down to about one inch the<br />
regular carbon is being pre-heated and as<br />
the butt and saver go through the guide.<br />
ss-rs.<br />
THEATRE TELEVISION<br />
Continued from page 676<br />
All theatre TV showings to date have<br />
been high nervous tension events insofar<br />
as the projectionists and the factory representatives<br />
have been concerned.<br />
The dials on some of the apparatus look<br />
like the instrument board of an airplane<br />
pilot's cabin and require just as much concentrated<br />
attention.<br />
In the course of time it is expected that<br />
Century Projector Corp., which will handle<br />
the sales of the Paramount apparatus, will<br />
have an experienced service organization.<br />
RCA is working in this direction, too.<br />
More new equipment is on the way. Trad<br />
Television Corp. of Asbury Park, N. J., had<br />
its first installation operating at the St.<br />
James Theatre, Asbury Park, September<br />
12. It blacked out during the show, but<br />
was put back into action.<br />
Operators, laboratory technicians, electronics<br />
engineers and stagehands have all<br />
worked harmoniously together so far. It's<br />
a new field and they want to see it develop,<br />
but it hasn't reached the stage yet where<br />
there is anything routine about the operation.<br />
By the end of the year the projectionists<br />
may have to take courses in another new<br />
apparatus—the Eidophor system—which<br />
20th Century-Pox intends to introduce.<br />
the saver drops down in an opening in the<br />
guide and the regular carbon falls right in<br />
place to a perfect image on the card. The<br />
regular carbon keps burning until the end<br />
of the reel. There is hardly any reflection<br />
in light that is noticeable to the audience.<br />
I find this the best carbon saver I have<br />
ever encountered.<br />
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