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Ju t want you to know t hat I
t hink Play Meter i a great trade
magazine. I enjoy it mor e and
more every mont h.
Do you t hink it wou ld be
po ib le to obtain a copy of the
emi nar by Dr. John R. Malo ne?
If you could get me a copy it
wou ld r ea ll y be appreciated.
Donald Barbin
Barbin Novelty & Cigarette Svc.
Rayne , La.
are a f w point n eding correc-
tion.
Fir t, coin -operated piano
didn't really g t going until after
the turn of the century. They
were not jukeboxe for two
r a on :
1) you could not
elect a
pecific tune and
2) th y produc d liv mu ic
rather than reproducing it a
doe a phonograp h .
There were a few American
coin-piano w hich allowed selec-
tivity and these we re clever
dev ice . But th H upfeld Helio
orc he trion, w h ile indeed im -
men e, did not offer t he patron a
hoice of tun ; you ettl d for
the next one or a ked t he maitre
d' to change the roll.
Edi on hardly inventPd the
juke box. Coin -operated sel ct-
able mu s ic boxe were around in
the 18 0' , befor coin lot and
phonograph met. Edi on himself
hated th thought of eeing hi
new invention treated a a toy,
u ed merely for entertaining. It
i not known who put the first
coin mechani mona phonograph,
but it a uredly wa not Edi on.
The de cription of the first coin
phono i ludic r ou . Tin -foil
phonog1·aph died by 1879 and
wer never more than a labora-
tory curio ity. In the 1890' ,
when the coin phono came along,
wax ylinders w re u ed and at
that tim mo tly hearing tub
wer u ed in place of a horn. And
cylinder were (a nd are) never
i{"ullliuul'd
Pagt I I
[As you should know by now,
Donald, our Nov em ber issue
contained as thorough a report on
Dr. Malone's seminar as we think
you'll find anywhere, except for
the original. We hope it helps you
out. --Editor]
I recently requ ted a amp le
copy of Play Met er for evaluation
and r ceived i ue numbe r 6 and
7.
You have a w II don and
informativ magazine, and I am
enclo ing my ub cription a my
vote of uppo r t.
I am ending t hi dir ctly to
you becau e of your ditorial in
i u nu mber 6, reproac h ing
tho e who recognize your effort ,
but deny th ir upport.
I want to be a paying ub -
crib r.
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