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THE TELEGRAPHONE A SUCCESS.
This Marvelous Instrument Recently Exhibited
at the Business Show Highly Praised by Ex-
perts—Its Commercial Possibilities Highly
Developed.
At the recent Business Show held in Madison
Square Garden, New York, the Sterling Debenture
Corporation, 56 Wall street, New York, who are
marketing the securities of the American Tele-
graphone Co., exhibited the telegraphone, the
working principles and operations of which at-
tracted unusual attention, Since this marvelous
instrument was first shown the public, about
two years ago, the improvements made have
placed it in the category of a practical commer-
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there appears to be no doubt, which are interest-
ingly detailed in a handsomely illustrated cata-
logue issued by the Sterling Co. last week. The
telegraphone is certainly one of the marvels of
the age.
RAY CO. SUE FOR $10,000.
Claim Their
Business Has Suffered That
Amount Owing to the Negligence of City
Officials in Not Looking After Streets.
(Special to The Review. *
Louisville, Ky., Nov. 19, 1906.
C. A. Ray & Co., operators of a phonograph es-
tablishment at 650 Fourth avenue, set up a claim
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B. Q. ROYAL NOW PRESIDENT
Of the Universal Talking Machine Mfg. Co., of
New York Succeeding H. B. Babson.
B. G. Royal, for a number of years connected
with the Gramophone and Typewriters', Ltd.,
London, Eng., is now president of the Universal
Talking Machine Mfg. Co., vice H. B. Babson
resigned. Mr. Royal, though an American, has
resided abroad for a long time, and is regarded
as one of the best-posted men in the mechanics
of the talking machine business, having intro-
duced a number of valuable improvements, and
for a while was closely associated with President
Johnson, of the Victor Co. He will not remove
his family to New York until the first of the
year.
C. B. Haynes, of Richmond, Va., and Ray Co.,
Louisville, Ky.. are new Zonophone jobbers
created by H. N. Macminimen, who is now trav-
eling in the Northwest. H. R. Bruder, formerly
with Henry Horton, of New Haven, Conn., started
on the road Monday for the Universal Co., and
will travel Pennsylvania and New York State.
General Manager Macnabb was in Philadelphia
Wednesday and Thursday of last week on special
business.
BEST VOICES^FOR RECORDS.
A Laboratory Expert Discants on the Making
of Good Records.
A well-known talking machine expert con-
nected with the manufacturing end of the busi-
ne s in chatting recently about record making
said: "It is a curious fact, and one which I do
not wish you to lose sight of, that the best
voices do not always make the best records. A
ba-s voice in a man and a contralto in a woman
as a rule are more effective than a tenor and a
soprano respectively. For this reason Schumann-
Heink has a better effect than Melba, while
Plancon is superior to Burgstalier. However.
I think there is one exception, and that is Ca-
ruso. No voice rings out better or with more
realistic effect than Caruso's, and ore cou'd al-
most believe it was the man himself who was
KverylliiiiK Hint
Telegraphoue making a record of conversation over t h e telephone in a Wall Street office,
passes over the line is stored < n t h e spool wire of the niaihine f
singing and not the record. Throaty tones are
fatal, and the man or woman who sings from
cial possibility, according to the views of com- or $10,001) damages against the city in the form the back of the throat is no good for the talk-
petent electrical engineers, who were present and oi' a suit in which they allege that their business ing machine. What is wanted is a clear, unaf-
witnessed the telegraphone's performances. To has suffered to that extent during the past year fected tone which will cut cleanly into the wax
on account of the blocked condition of the ave- record and with a sharpness which while avoid-
quote the official description:
They charge that the city's charter im- ing the shrill, is so distinct that every word and
"By the telegraphone, the great Poulsen inven- nue.
tion, the human voice is recorded and stored on poses upon it the duty of keeping the streets note comes back with the clearness of a bell."—
a simple wire, or thin sheet of steel, without wax, open for free and uninterrupted use of vehicles Talking Machine World.
without indentation, without a pin scratch or and pedestrians. On account of the large amount
mark, without the me of any agency other than oi construction of new buildings which has T>een
SHELLAC FOR TALKING MACHINE.
the invisible influence of electro-magnetism. The going on along the street the plaintiffs allege
sound waves, even to the minutest whisper or that the movement of people has been greatly in-
( Special to The Hrvlew.l
respiration, are electrically projected into the terfered with, and that for this reason their
Washington, D. C, Nov. 20, 1906.
molecules of the metal—there to remain and be business has been damaged in the amount sought.
Out of 13,000 tons of shellac exported from In-
reproduced until removed at will by a stronger
dia, during the fiscal year, over 6,000 tons came
magnet. It is the perfect talking machine, which
HIS REALISM CAUSED TROUBLE.
to the United States, a great increase over pre-
was foreshadowed when Edison discovered the
vious records. According to Consul-General
phonograph's power of doing a few of the things
Two young men of Brooklyn, N. Y., Joseph Michael at Calcutta, who made the report, the
on cumbersome wax records that the telegra- Dandred and Frank Gomes, met in Gomea' room increase of shellac for the United States is due
phone, by the use of magnetism, accomplishes recently to listen to the music of a talking ma- directly to its increased use in talking machine
with scientific exactness. It completes the tele- chine. Among the records tried was one contain- records.
phone, where now lacking, because it makes a ing a robber's song, which is punctuated by
Mr. Michael says further that there is a great
permanent record of all telephone transmissions." ;i pistol shot. To make it more realistic Gomes
field for the talking machine in India, thousands
The accompanying illustration is that of the produced a revolver and announced that he in- cf them being already in use, mostly of Ameri-
telegraphone (spool wire type) recording a tele- tended to fire it at the proper moment. Dan- can make, and every native wants a machine as
phone conversation. This record is permanent, dred protested.
soon as he can raise the price. Records of na-
and may be laid away for years, or used repeat-
"There is nothing to be afraid of," said Gomes, tive songs are especially in demand.
edly (its clearness and strength is not dissi- pointing the revolver at his friend's stomach. "I
pated or weakened in the slightest), or the rec- will just do this," and he pulled the trigger. The
0RAT0RIA BY TALKING MACHINE.
ord can be obliterated instantly, and the wire bullet struck and severely injured Dandred, who
In recent issues The Review has referred to
used again and again. The voice or sound is re- was taken to the Brooklyn Hospital and Gomes
corded absolutely, and the expression of tone is was arrested.
the production of opera through the medium of
flexible and true. The other type of telegraphone
The incident should be a warning to all talk- the talking machine and we have now to note
i^ the disc machine, by which the record is made ing machine enthusiasts to be satisfied with the another advance, namely, that on October 14
oil a thin steel disc, that may be sent through the effects contained in the records, which are pro- "The Messiah," Handel's immortal work, was
mails at letter rate of two cents, without affect- duced by experts and are not dangerous, except given by means of the Gramophone to a
ing the recorded sound in the slightest, and they occasionally, when the neighbors get excited.
large and enthusiastic audience at Halston Hall,
may be used again indefinitely. It is also inti-
Weybridge, England, and a week later another
mated that remarkable results have been ob-
A new talking machine store has been opened performance was given at Queens Hall. The
tained in amplifying the sounds recorded by the at 219 Upper Sixth street, Evansville, Ind., by chorus and solo work was admirably reproduced.
telegraphone. Of its many and various uses W. L. Hollingsworth.
This marks another artistic advance.