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THE MUSIC TRADE
JULY 11, 1925
REVIEW
11
1 A
The prize-winning window of the
C. A. House Co., Wheeling, W.
Va. The award was the silver tea
set shown in the insert
Prize Winners in the
Window Display
Contest
of the
Autopiano Company
SCHROEBEKS
The Daynes-Beebe Music Co. dis-
play, shown above, won second
prize, a silver flower dish, a top
view of which in the illustration
shows its fine gold mesh-work.
The Autopiano contest this year drew a large number of displays,
forcing the judges, President Corley Gibson of the company, C. M.
Tremaine, Director of the National Bureau for the Advancement
of Music, and President Calvin Purdy of the New York Music
Merchants' Association to a close scrutiny before deciding the
prize-winners shown above.
Columbia's Home Town
Exposition a Success
One of Leading Stands at Bridgeport Exposi-
tion Was That of the Columbia Phonograph
Co.
BRIW.KPORT, CONN., July 6.—The second annual
Progress Exposition was held here recently
and, as this is the home town of the Columbia
Phonograph Co., Inc., that concern took a
prominent part. This exposition was given un-
der the auspices of the Bridgeport Chamber
of Commerce and co-operating organizations of
the city and proved a success from every stand-
point. It was held in Bridgeport's Sea Side
Park and housed under a huge eight-pole circus
tent following the style of Barnum & Bailey's
Circus, another Bridgeport product.
The Columbia booth was one of the most
interesting of the exposition. It was decorated
with a green and white background and artifi-
cial flowers, with a green floor rug and a gen-
eral music room effect. The current Columbia
phonograph and Columbia New Process rec-
ords were featured and demonstrations were
given and received enthusiastically by the large
crowds that attended th-e exposition.
Display of Schroeder's Pittsburgh,
shown above, won third prize, a tall
silver Grecian Vase shown in the insert.
A beautifully lettered show card announced
a list of the dealers in the local sales territory
showing where the company's products could
be obtained so that the sales angle was not
overlooked during the exposition.
A display stand in the front of the booth
contained an exhibition of the various processes
through which a record passes from the time
the master record is made. Small cards indi-
cated the master (wax record), the master
shell, the master matrix, the mother matrix, the
pressing matrix, and the disc record. At the
sides of this exposition samples of the record
dies and sheets of labels were shown as well
as samples of the record stock material, together
with a row of bottles in which samples of
the various ingredients used to produce a rec-
ord were shown. Another interesting feature
of the display was the series of Masterworks
Album Sets of complete symphonies recorded
by famous musical organizations.
The display also contained two historical ex-
hibits, one the "Treadle Graphophone," one of
the first types of talking machines made by the
Columbia organization in 1888. The second
exhibit showed the kind of records made by
Columbia in 1898—the large cylinder "Grapho-
phone Grand" record. The contrast between
the 1925 models and the 1888 models were very
interesting and showed the wonderful progress
that has been made in talking machines since
they were first invented.
The Columbia demonstration booth was very
interesting and successful from a display stand-
point and many of the observers learned the
evolution of the phonograph for the first time.
M. D. Manning a Benedict
BIRMINGHAM, AI.A., July 3.—Maurice D. Man-
ning, manager of the E. E. Forbes Piano Co.,
in this city, recently married Mrs. Inez S. Coxe,
daughter of Z. J. Smith, and well known in lo-
cal musical circles. The ceremony was per-
formed by the Rev. W. T. McGlawn in the
parsonage of the Walker Memorial Church.
Mr. and Mrs. Manning are now on a honeymoon
trip to the North.
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