[ Paul Lehrman wrote in 100621 MMDigest:

> What were the chances a New Jersey teenager (that would be the young
> George Antheil) would have encountered one of these somewhere?  Where?

Don't know about George in particular, but from my viewpoint I'd say
they were darned good, as I was a teenager in New Jersey myself and we
had a Telelectric.  Never did get it working, as Dad never did find one
of the magnet banks for it.

> Why did the company fail?

Because the World War came along, with a huge need for brass for
artillery and rifle ammunition, and to be sure that brass wasn't held in
inventory for "unnecessary" purposes, a huge inventory tax was levied on
brass items held in stock -- like the brass rolls for the Telectric.

Have you ever held one of these?  I think they weighed a good 3 to 4
pounds _each!_

Ross Schacher
Marlboro, Massachusetts
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