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Dealers who do not sell
TONOFONE
deny to their customers
their undeniable right to
the full enjoyment of
the phonograph and
records which they sell
them.
PLAYS ALL RECORDS ON ANY PHONOGRAPH
One Needle Plays as many as 50 Records^-=.-:=
Marvelous
Tones
Wonderful
v
Positively no other is like it—it has set a new
standard.
EVERY DEALER NEEDS TONOFONE
It helps to sell machines and records because it
plays them better.
CAN GET THEM
Packed 4 m a box to retail at I0c;l00 boxes in a
display carton ccwts the dealer $6.00 net.
Write for full particulars about advertising helps and the name of the
nearest distributor.
R. C. WADE CO.
110 South Wabash Avenue
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PORTLAND, ORE., NEWS NOTES
High-Priced Talking Machines Considerably Favored
by Customers in Oregon City.
The phonograph business is thriving in Portland.
High-priced machines are the favorites with the
Wiley B. Allen customers. Period designs and large
instruments are more popular than medium priced
ones.
The Etruscan Phonograph company's new man-
ager is G. C. Cook, formerly with the Pacific Ac-
cessory & Supply Co.
E. Kienle is now manager of the phonograph de-
partment of Edwards furniture store. They carry
a complete line of Brunswick records, and are clos-
ing out their line of Pathe records.
PHONOGRAPH INCORPORATIONS
Growth of Trade and Industry Is Shown By
Newcomers in Field.
Magravox Products, Inc., Brooklyn, N. Y., $10,-
000. Frank J. Coupe, P. J. Morris, Joseph Wolff.
American Odeon Corporation, Manhattan; to make
phonographs. $5,000. C. Hennepan, W. Pilgrim, J.
Schechter.
Oklahoma Phonograph Co., Oklahoma City, Okla.:
$25,000. A. H. Smith, S. L. Harris and J. R. Spiel-
man, all of Oklahoma City.
Gibbons & Owens, Inc., Brooklyn, N. Y.; to deal
in phonographs; $50,000. Michael Ward, .E. W. Gib-
bons and Morris W. Owens.
The Copley Square Music Shop, Inc., Boston.
Ernest A. Carr, Arthur B. Sewcll and William F.
Dodge.
THE "AMPLIPHONE" TRAVELER.
F. C. Decker, representing The Amplipbone Co.,
Chicago, started eastward this week. He is helping
to build up a large family of representatives for the
splendid line of phonographs which come in in-
creasing quantities from the factory at Brazil, In-
diana. President F. A. Knight, of The Ampliphone
Company, is at the factory much of the time and
the business has become one of the substantial and
standard talking machine industries.
PHONOGRAPHS NO SIDE LINE.
"You don't buy clothes from a grocer, or groceries
from a tailor." says the Davis, Burkham & Tyler Co.,
Wheeling, W. Va., in pointing out the wisdom of
going to a music store for a phonograph. The point
the Wheeling firm so cleverly made in an adver-
tisement this week was that the house did not carry
phonographs as a side line, but that it was a special-
ist in talking machines, "We can give you service,
Absolutely Dependable
Best of Service
Western manufacturers find that our facilities
and experience afford the best source of supplies.
Get Your Plates From Oregon
PARAGON FOUNDRIES COMPANY
OREGON, ILL.
Talking About It!
EVERY DEALER
Paragon Piano Plates
Enunciation
Gets every tone without scratch or squeak-
will not injure finest record,
Everybody's
December 11, 1920.
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CHICAGO
ARTISTIC CARVINGS
for PIANO and PHONOGRAPH
Manufacturers
HIGH-GRADE CARVED
NOVELTIES
Lamps, Wall Brackets, Book Ends,
Pedestals, etc.
E. KOPRIWA CO.
When in Chicago visit our showrooms
at the Factory
2220 Ward Street, near Clybourn AT©.
Tel. Lincoln 2726
intelligent advice, reliability, helpful suggestions in
choosing Victor records. We can keep your Victrola
in good condition after you have bought it," is the
promise.
COMBINES FACTORIES.
The Technola Company, Borden and Review ave-
nues, Long Island City, N. Y., has given up the
manufacture of phonographs, has combined its fac-
tory on Tenth street, Long Island City, with the Bor-
den avenue plant, and will in the future give the en-
tire united plant at Borden avenue over to the repair
and salvaging of pianos. The phonograph manufac-
turing end of the business has been transferred to a
New England plant. In the Long Island City plant
there are employed about 125 men, more than 100 of
whom are experts.
DETERLING
Talking Machines
Challenge Comparison in
every point from cabinets to
tonal results.
Prices attractive for fine
goods. Write us.
Deterling Mfg. Co., Inc.
TIPTON, IND.
COLUMBIA PAYS MILLION RENT.
One of the largest leases that has been made for
space in a New York office building north of Thirty-
fourth street was signed by the Columbia Grapho-
phone Company for eight floors in the new Gotham
National Bank Building, at Columbus Circle, Broad-
way and Fifty-ninth street, for a term of years.
Close to $1,000,000 will be paid in rent for the
space.
GRAPHOPHONE CO. CUTS ALL EMPLOYES.
The Columbia Graphophone Company, Bridge-
port, Conn., has made announcement of a 10 per
cent reduction in wages of all its employes, includ-
ing- salaried officials. Six thousand employes are
affected.
WAR ON JAZZ AT MADISON.
Jazz music is said to have brought conditions of
dancing to a point at the University of Wisconsin
at Madison where the dean of women, the dean of
men, the owners of dance halls, and the girls are
preparing to bring about a change. "There is no
denying the fact that the music produced by the
saxophone and the clarinet have a great deal to do
with the quality of dancing," F. Louise Nardin, dean
of women, said.
STUDENTS COMPOSE SONG.
Out of twenty original songs chosen last week
for the University of Chicago co-eds' musical com-
edy, "The Joy of Shanghai," Miss Helen Palmer,
a junior noted for her work in the dramatic club and
for her singing and dancing, led the list with eight.
"You Never Can Tell What Daughters Can Do,"
"Chinese Trombone Glide," and "Lament" are the
names of some of the new songs that were chosen
by the judges. Miss Josephine Strode wrote the
words for five songs. Miss Martha Beck composed
the music for seven, and Miss Esther McLaughlin
for five.
"In the heart of Memphis" is the phrase printed
with the title of Reinhardt's, 2550 Main street, Mem-
phis, Tenn. The Columbia line of phonographs and
records is carried.
The Allen Jewelry & Music Co., Pittsfield, 111., in
its advertising reminds readers of the possibilities
of the talking machine for making long winter eve-
nings pleasant.
Edward Thomas, Pittsfield, Mass., has taken the
Berkshire county agency of the Phonolamp manufac-
tured by the Electric Phonograph Corporation ot
New York City.
Mastbaum Bros. & Flcisher, Philadelphia, Pa., rep-
resenting the owner, have leased to the Talking Ma-
chine Company two stores at the southeast corner of
Fifty-second and Chestnut streets for a term of
years. The rental for the term aggregates close to
$100,000.
Taylor C. White, manager of the Remick Song
Shop in Portland. Ore., reports a visit from Mose
Gamble of New York. Mr. Gamble was well pleased
with the appearance of Portland's Song Shop. Ho
was only in Portland a short time going from there
to Seattle. The popular Remick numbers at pres-
ent are "Avalon" and "Beautiful Annabelle Lee."
"Sicily" by Moret and "Coral Sea" by Brown are
two western publications that are popular in Port-
land, Ore., and other cities on the Coast. "Sicily"
is published bv Daniels & Wilson, of San Francisco,
and "Coral Sea" by Sherman, Clay & Co.
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