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scribed the diaphragm as being practically free at its
scene of laughter and shouting, in which indi-
edges, it is clear that while this construction of ad-
justment is preferable, my improvements herein de- vidual voices were easily recognizable.
scribed and claimed are applicable to constructions
Important Suit Bearing on Sound Boxes for wherein
For the present this clever conjunction of two
the diaphragm may be clamped at its edges,'
"The decree is affirmed with costs."
Talking Machines—A Decision of Moment.
familiar inventions is not before the public. But
GRAPHOPHONE CO. WIN
An appeal from the decision of the Hon. James
P. Platt, of the Connecticut United States Cir-
cuit Court, in the case of the Victor Talking
Machine Co. against the American Graphophone
Co., in which was involved a question of an
"improvement in sound boxes for talking ma-
chines," the decree in favor of the defendant
was affirmed unanimously by the United States
Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday last. This
decision is final, and a complete transcript fol-
lows:
BIOPHONTOPHONE THE LATEST.
An Alliance of the Cinematograph and Grapho-
phone Which is Destined to be Heard of in the
Future.
A scientific alliance between the cinemato-
giaph and graphophone by which both action
and sound are put on record and reproduced at
the same time with startling fidelity to the orig-
inal, is the latest development.
To Herr Oscar Messier, of Berlin, and M.
United States Circuit Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.
Victor Talking Machine Co., Complainant-Appellant,
Gaumont, of Paris, is due the credit of bringing
against American Graphophone Co., Defendant-
this invention to its present state of compara-
Appellee Before Wallace, Lacombe and Townsend,
Circuit Judges. Ayi-il 21.
tive perfection, and the most unimaginative
OPINION.
"This cause comes here upon appeal from a decree
mind is awed by contemplation of uses to which
of the United States Circuit Court for the District of
it may be put in the future.
Connecticut, dismissing a bill alleging infringement of
complainant's patent No. (J79.890, granted August 0,
It is possible not only to produce single scenes
1901, to Eldredge It. Johnson for a sound box for talk-
ing machines.
from the stage, faithful both in action and voice,
"The single question herein is that of infringement
of claims 7, 11 and 16. Each of these claims is lim- but historical moments may also be fixed for
ited to a construction comprising 'a tempered steel
future generations, battles chronicled, great de-
spring,' or a 'thin, twisted spring,' having twisted ends.
The essential element of the invention claimed in the bates recorded, adventures depicted, with stir-
patent in suit is the provision of means for 'a very
delicate connection between the diaphragm and the
ring truthfulness to eye and ear, and a thousand
stylus bar,' said means comprising a spring 'made of
other developments expected from an invention
finely tempered steel,' each end being twisted or bent
in opposite directions,' so as to secure a balance by the
which is none the less surprising because the
resultant high tension of the spring.
"The defendant does not use a finely tempered steel
means to it have been at hand so long.
for said connection and mounting. Its attaching piece
The first demonstration, partaking of the na-
is made of low grade sheet steel, soldered to the bar
by a process which would necessarily destroy the tem-
ture
of a music hall "turn," was in London, last
per, if any, in said piece. It clearly appears from the
evidence, and was shown by a practical demonstration
week, and although of a private nature, was sug-
upon the hearing, that these attaching pieces were not
gestive of the possible future of Messrs. Messler-
resilient, but that they remained in any position in
which they might be bent or twisted.
"It further appears that defendant's attachment is Gaumont's "Biophontophone."
not twisted, but is inserted "as nearly flat as is practica-
One incident represented drill by German sol-
ble in order to avoid all tension on the stylus box. Hence
diers, the officer's voice echoing clearly through
result two radically different constructions, based on
opposing theories as to the effect of high tension as
the theatre, while the action of the men fol-
contrasted with low tension or no tension. These con-
clusions dispose of the contention of infringement as to
lowed in the most natural way.
all of said claims.
Another item was a song from "Lohengrin,"
"Claim 16 also covers 'yielding gaskets, adjusted so
as to prevent the said diaphragm from rattling, yet
every tone of the actress' synchronizing in this
leaving it free to vibrate throughout its entire area."
Such gaskets were old ; the patentee, in a prior patent, case so completely with her corresponding
had described and claimed a construction for so mount-
movement that it became exceedingly difficult
ing the diaphragm that it would vibrate practically
evenly throughout its entire area, and the specifications
for the spectators to keep the unreality of her
and said claim of the patent in suit fail to suggest any
definite degree of pressure, except such as may, in the
performance
in mind. A corner of a crowd on a
judgment of the constructor, be best adapted to secure
.ho best results. The patentee says : 'While I have de-
German race-course reproduced a tumultuous
COLUMBIA
RECORDS
it is sure to fulfil its lighter duties of amuse-
ment when it is, and its more serious one as a
record supplies, for the time, matter for inter-
esting speculation.
THOSE "GENUINE" VIOLINS.
The Strad. Stories Which Make Copy For the Daily
Papers Are the Worst Rot.
"One of the biggest fakes in the trade is the
so-called genuine Stradivarius violin," remark-
ed an expert in the lin« to The Review this week.
"There must be thousands of these fiddles float-
ing around, and they keep coming to the front
continually. In the trade it is considered a joke,
to speak of a 'Strad.' until some chap comes
along with what he considers is the real thing,
and then you must handle him with gloves, or
there'll be war right off. Every large house is
more or less bothered with violin cranks, and a
few have one around the premises to whom these
parties are referred. Lyon & Healy have a fixed
charge of $5 for passing an opinion on the age,
antiquity, value, or genuineness of any instru-
ment submitted to them. It is perfectly proper,
for unless a charge is made for the attention, the
parties with violin wheels would take up one's
entire time."
ALBERT'S GROWING STRING TRADE.
(Special to The Review.)
Philadelphia, Pa., April 26, 1904.
C. F. Albert, the violin and string manufac-
turer of this city, says he expects to run his
factory full handed all through the summer to
get a big supply of strings in stock. He is just
about closing the largest season in the long his-
tory of the house, and has more than doubled
his output this winter of the famous G strings.
These strings are purchased by leading artists all
over the world.
A Word About Gold-Moulded FLecords
Columbia Moulded Cylinder Records were the first Moulded Records on the market by
about a year.
They always have been GOLD-moulded. A gold mould is the ONLY economical and efficient
mould known to the art.
Moulded records are superior to the old engraved records, because they may be made of
HARDER material. Hard records last longer and have a better quality of tone.
A gold-moulded record made of SOFT material would be no better in quality than an
ENGRAVED record in soft material.
The best Moulded Records are not only GOLD-MOULDED; they are SUPER-HARDENED.
Gold-moulded records are LESS expensive than engraved records. The PROCESS is simpler.
Formerly, BLANK cylinders were moulded, then SHAVED, then ENGRAVED from an original. The
originals soon wore out under the reproducing stylus.
Now, a gold-lined MOULD is made from the original, and the product of that mould is a
SMOOTHLY FINISHED cylinder, with the SOUND RECORD ALREADY ON IT. The life of the original is
increased ten times, a hundred times, a thousand times.
A record is not MORE expensive because it is gold-moulded.
It is LESS expensive.
Columbia Moulded Cylinder Records are NEW records, made by a NEW process. They are
not only gold-moulded. They are SUPER-HARDENED.
Irrespective of PRICE, they are superior in QUALITY to any other gold-moulded record on
the market.
FOR SALE BY DEALERS EVERYWHERE, AND BY THE
COLUMBIA PHONOGRAPH COMPANY
PIONEERS AND LEADERS IN THE TALKING MACHINE ART
GRAND PRIZE, PARIS, 1900
UPTOWN,
NEW YORK. Wholesale. Retail and Export, 98 Chambers St.
CHICAGO. 88 Wabash Ave.
PITTSBURG. 615 Penn Ave.
PHILADELPHIA, 1019-1021 Market St.
NEW ORLEANS, LA., 628-630 Canal St.
ST. LOUIS, 908 Olive St. (Frisco Building).
DETROIT, 37 Grand River Ave.
BOSTON, 164 Tremont St.
MILWAUKEE, 391 East Water St.
BALTIMORE. 231 N. Howard St.
WASHINGTON. 1212 F St., N. W.
CLEVELAND. Cor. Euclid Ave. and Erie St.
TORONTO, ONTARIO, 107 Yonge St.
BUFFALO. 646 Main St.
MINNEAPOLIS, 13 Fourth St.. South.
SAN FRANCISCO, 126 Geary St.
INDIANAPOLIS, 48 N. Pennsylvania St.
RETAIL ONLY,
LONDON. Wholesale, Retail. 88 Great Eastern S t , E. C. RETAIL BRANCH STORE, 200 Oxford St., W.
PARIS, 111 and 118 Rue Montmartre.
ST. PETERSBURG. 68 Nevski Prospect.
872 Broadway.
KANSAS CITY. 1016 Walnut St.
ST. PAUL. 386 Wabasha St.
DENVER. 606-507 Sixteenth St.
OMAHA, 1621 Farnam St.
LOS ANGELES, 823 South Main St.
MEMPHIS. 802 Main St.
PORTLAND, ORE.. 128 Seventh St.
OAKLAND, CAL.. 468 18th St.
BERLIN. 71 Ritterstrasse.
HAMBURG, Adoiphsplatz No. 4.