Sir John Anthony Cecil Tilley, who was recently appointed to) succeed Sir Charles Eliot as British Ambassador Extraordinary The lustrumer from) Plenipotentiary at Tokyo, passed needle to horn opening, had been through Shanghai on board the carefully designed according to a|/P. & ©. S. Mantua, to his new mathematical formula, he said, so] post in Japan. that by perfect ce-ordination of the) various working parts, one sir John Tilley, aged 58, was! educated at Eton and is an M.A. of another, it had been made possible King's College, Cambridge. After to take the sound impulses from the needle and to conduct them smooth-passing the usual competitive examination he was appointed a clerk] air, Jy and without distortion into the in the Foreign Office, March, 1803, He was appointed secretary to Previous Defects Eliminated the Committee to inquire into matters concerning the consular ser Mr. Burdin explained that beret fore there have been three chief in December, 1902. Subsequently he was appointed acting Ist Sec-defects in the talking—machine—retary in the Diplomatic service, dimited range, limited volume, and August, 1906, and was employed failure to bring out clearly the tone colour of the sounds recorded, that in that capacity at Constantinople indefinable quality by" which it from September, 1906, to Augu was possible to distinguish between the various instruments or voices ance for knowledge of Turkish, even when playing notes of the February, 1907. He received the same pitch. These difficulties, he Coronation medal, 1911, when he. continued, had now been removed. was a Gold Staff Officer at the: The new Orthophonic Victrola was Coronation of King George. He capable of reproducing sounds as was British Representative at the high as the highest note of the African Liquor Conference in Piccolo, or as low as the deepest Brussels, January, 1912, and protone of the bass viol in such a way moted to be chief clerk of the For-that one could readily identify the eign Office, April, 1919, He was notes of the violin, the cornet, the appointed Foreign' Office Represen-flute and every other variety of ative on the Governing Body of the instrument or voice.
New School of Oriental Studies, 'A. varied and comprehensive November, 1923. musical programme had _been arranged to demonstrate the eapaci-Sir John was appointed Acting Assistant Under Secretary of State ties of the new instrument in every for Foreign Affairs, January, 1919, field, ranging from vocal solos to and an Assistant Secretary in the full band and orchestral ensembles, Foreign Office, October, 1913. He was, with dance and specialty selections make a K.c.M.c., June, 1919, and as well. was a member and _subsequently The Musical Items chairman of the inter-Departmental Committee on British Communities "First_on_ the programme was abroad in 1920.
He was sworn fall assembly by Creatore's Band, playing the "National "Emblem Privy Councillor, December, 1920, Match," in which the brasses while and appointed Ambassador "Extra. resonant and distinctive were never ordinary and- Plenipotentiary at Rio de Janeiro, January, 1921. overpowering. 'This number was phiyed first upon the new instrument and-then "upon the old in order, chur tie Yemsksble' contrast in Tr-is reported that the Shanghai, range, volume and richness of for snd' Woownng' Constabulary" have 'Aviano solo by 'Alfred Cortot, feosivedfeatructions fo screet any famous' French pianist, Rachmaninon seen distibehiog the reco the uN, Hok tones oF the ran! pu with Exceptional ie full,'tich tones 1 ccuton of bia 'A violin rendering of Cadmans arrest the printer, also; if possible.'
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