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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
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from present indications this will not be the
ROY McCARDELL'S GREAT IDEA.
case. The same also applies to the record manu-
facturing department, which, at the present time, Vitascopic-Stenographic Apparatus for Long-
The Outlook Very Satisfactory Viewed from
is working overtime. This is, indeed, very un-
Every Standpoint.
Distance Interviewing with the Reticent
usual for this time of the year. The Victor Co.
Great—The
Evening
World's
Vitascope-
While the dull season is said to be with us, are looking for a very large business this fall.
Stenographone Locates Them Instantly and
manufacturers and aggressive jobbers are not The Victor Co. are always getting up improve-
Makes Them Talk.
complaining of a dearth of business. One manu- ments. The improved Victor, the first machine,
facturer, briefly discussing the situation with The also the Victor Z Machine, list price of which
in response to public clamor as to how it works,
World, said this week: "We are still back on is $17, will be out some time between the 15th
orders both for machines and records. Dealers of this month and August 1st. This particular a full description of The Evening World's
must be selling or they would not be buying from machine has exactly the same motor and cabinet Famous Vitascopic-Stenographone, or Long-Dis-
the manufacturers." Another said: "The thing as the Victor the first, the only difference being tance Interviewing Machine, follows:
With it James Hazen Hyde, Admiral Rojest-
is to be looking for a new outlet for your goods. that the Victor Z has a straight wood arm attach-
We have worked several lines advantageously, ment instead of the tapering arm, and looks vensky, "Little Tim" Sullivan, "Muggsy" Mc-
and now are preparing to invade the furniture somewhat similar to the old Victor royal machine. Graw, John D. Rockefeller, Jr., and other famous
trade. A number of furniture dealers have al- There is an 8-inch turntable. The motor is noise- personages have been compelled to testify.
There is no "refused to be interviewed," "de-
ready seen a 'great light,' and clambered on to less and the machine plays several records with
clined to discuss the matter" or "have nothing
the talking machine wagon. We now propose to one winding.
to say for publication" foolishness about our Vita-
get more interested if they know a good thing
scopic-Stenographic Apparatus. It locates its in-
when they see it. Furniture dealers are pretty
EDISON
COMMERCIAL
SYSTEM
terviewee, holds him and makes him talk.
much in the same position as the music trade;
Watch How it Works! There Is a Reason.
that is, they have an established business, have Will Interest Business Men for It Is a Time
The basic element of the Vitascopic-Stenogra-
Saver—Some Special Points Which Greatly
ample room and facilities for handling the goods
phone is radium, of course. Radium costs $6,-
Assists the Disoatch of Business.
properly, and are already familiar with and ac-
000,000 a pound, or at least that was what we
customed to the methods pursued in exploiting
This
is
an
active,
restless
age,
in
which
busi-
and promoting the sale of the line. There is not
the suggestion of a gamble in the furniture propo- ness men seek systems by which their office ar-
sition; it is not only straight, but good business rangements may be condensed and simplified. To
meet this demand the Edison commercial system
prospectively."
has been created. This system includes the use
of a perfected business phonograph which is the
TALKING MACHINE'S ANCESTORS.
result of many years of continuous development.
This perfected system is well worth the investi-
Devices for Imitating the Human Voice Known
gation of business men, and it is already in-
to the Ancients—Like Watches, They Were
IIKUK'.S T H E WO.NDKKFUIi MACHINE.
stalled in a number of leading commercial insti-
Attributed to the Evil One.
tutions. It is destined to grow in popularity, were charged for the last ton or two we put in.
Wendell Phillips long ago exploited the idea for it is a time saver and is always ready for The price is somewhat excessive, which is due to
that some ancient inventions still remain lost to dictation. There are many special features em- the Radium Trust. But expense is a mere detail.
modern engineers and scientists. When he bodied in the Edison system which will imme- We have friends in the Equitable and so had no
spoke the phonograph had not been discovered. diately appeal to one upon investigation. Im- difficulty in obtaining funds.
Recently a French scholar, Edouard Fournier, portant messages may be given at any time and
The radium is contained in a retort in the
has taken up the other end of the subject and corrections in dictating are simplified and can chassis of the apparatus. This is necessary be-
traced the history of new things which were be quickly made. To-day the commercial advan- cause the machine chassis its subjects and in all
known to the ancients. An example given is the tages of the talking machine are being recog- cases a retort is necessary.
talking machine, which is described as a device nized, and they are destined to occupy a larger
A paraphrase of the Hertzian wave, augmented
for imitating the human voice by mechanical share in the estimation of business men. The by the radiations, locates the subject. Here a
vocal organs.
Edison system is complete in every detail. The duplex magnetizer comes into operation auto-
Ancient talking machines were attributed to cylinders are placed in numbered boxes so that matically.
the evil one, and a notable wonder made by Al- they can be handled easily and the particular
A semaphore, brought into play by a ratchet
bert the Great was smashed into pieces by number immediately located by the typewriter. and pawl, holds a photographic headrest, with
Thomas Aquinas in a moment of superstitious There is a dictation memorandum index on which padded clamps in position. This is focussed by
rage. The Queen of Sweden was amused by a appears a scale corresponding to that on the electrical coincidence upon the subject, and his
talking head which spoke in Hebrew, Greek, phonograph. This will be found a marvel of slightest deviation from the electrical field con-
Latin and French. Skeptics attributed the re- convenience in assisting in the accuracy and dis- trolled by the machine is the signal for voltaic
markable powers of this machine to ventrilo- patch of business.
tremors.
quism. The first talking machine known to au-
This enterprise is conducted by what is desig-
A centrifugal pressure of 400 pounds to the
thentic history was presented to the French nated as the commercial department of the Na- square inch is then exerted at the will of the
Academy of Sciences in 1783. It was ultimately tional Phonograph Co., and it is the intention of operator, in case the subject or person within
broken up by its inventor, the Abbe Mical. Four the directors to sell this product to customers the sphere of influence of the Vitascope-Steno-
years later a German inventor produced a ma- direct. This condition of affairs is made neces- graphone refuses to answer the questions which
chine which was mentioned in scientific journals sary owing to the fact that it is expedient to are automatically voiced at him from a wax cyl-
of the time as a phonograph, but the particulars create an organization thoroughly equipped to inder.
of the mechanism were not handed down.
handle this special class of work. The amount
His replies are transmitted along the Hertzian
It is believed that the talking machines in- of work necessary in looking after all the de- waves and are absorbed by the receiving cylin-
spired the ventriloquists to resort to tricks in tails of this department will not be fully under- der, and canned there in the radium solution for
order to deceive the public. An ingenious French- stood until an examination is made of it, for the future reference.
man had all Paris running to hear a talking system embodies something more than the mere
The simplicity of the apparatus is remarkable.
figure a foot and a half in height, which an- sale of a machine. Attractive literature has been It never fails.
swered all questions put to it distinctly, but issued fully describing the scope of this depart-
The auto-telepath auxiliary working through a
investigation proved that the showman answered ment, which is under the management of Nelson mercury transformer rings an automatic alarm
the questions himself through the aid of ven- C. Durand, whose former experience with the in case the interviewee does not answer fully
triloquism. It is, however, certain, according International Correspondence School splendidly and frankly.
to this authority, that in the eighteenth century equips him for this position. His efforts are ably
The radiograph locates him, the telematic reso-
there were talking machines of remarkable in- supported by C. L. Hibbard, general superinten- nator and duplex actinic clamps holds him in
genuity, although none of them so far as known dent of installation in connection with the ma- place. The centrifugal pressure compels him to
reproduced the human voice as does the modern chines.
answer, the vocal diaphragm asks the questions
phonograph.
and the transmission-stylographic cylinder rec-
During the past month there has been unusual ords his answers.
PREPARING SOME NEW VICTOR STYLES. activity in the production of reproducing horns,
It is all very simple. Infringers will be rigor-
in fiber, metal and other material. The resonant
ously prosecuted.
quality of these very essential articles are re-
(Special to The Review.)
KOY L. M'CAKDEL,
ceiving the closest attention, and the configura-
Philadelphia, Pa., Aug. 7, 1905.
Attorney for the Patentee.
Business with the Victor Talking Machine tion and finish presented in these new creations
Company, of Camden, New Jersey, has been represent marked improvements, which their
Two new sound boxes, announced by the Uni-
excellent all summer. The firm had been originators lay great store by. It is said even
looking forward to a slump during the summer the artisans of far-off Japan have had their skill versal Talking Machine Co., will be known as the
months, but it has not as yet struck them. It called upon; but the "Chinese" horns of domes- Zonophone and Universal.
seems that the factory in general cannot manu- tic construction are claimed to be their equal in
H. W. Wright, of Boston, has purchased an
facture the machines fast enough for the demand. every respect. The horn question is of no little
They were in hopes of having a large stock or moment, and expert opinion is eagerly sought to interest in the talking machine business conduct-
ed by Kingman Bros., in Pittsfield, Mass.
machines on hand by the 1st of August, but differentiate moot points.
NOT COMPLAINING OF BUSINESS.