Music Trade Review
Issue: 1904 Vol. 39 N. 26 - Page 45
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entertaining. Every visitor was given an oppor-
tunity to make a re'cord of his voice and take it
At the Exposition at St. Louis—Received Three Grand Prizes, While Messrs. McDonald, Emer- away as a souvenir of the Exposition. Thou-
sands were distributed, and graphophonic mes-
son and Cromelin Were Honored With Gold Medals as Collaborators.
sages from the Columbia Phonograph Co.'s booth
Brief reference has already been made in The ords and supplies. It comprised two booths, fin- at the Exposition have been sent all over the
Review to the extraordinary honors conferred on ished in mahogany and gold, and both of which world. The booth was usually bombarded on
the Columbia Phonograph Co., sole sales agent were in the Liberal Arts building. The main children's days, long lines of children waiting
for the American Graphophone Co., for their booth was one of the handsomest at the Exposi- their turn to sing or recite into the graphophone.
various exhibits of graphophones and records at tion and was designed by W. F. Denny, whose To Master John Bowdish. of Seattle, is the credit
the St. Louis Exposition where they received reputation as an architect was made in the de- due for making the best record of a child's voice
at the Exposition, and he will be remembered
the highest recognition ever given to talking ma-
by the company on Christmas day by receiving
chines and records at any exposition. At Paris
a graphophone and an assortment of Columbia
in 1900 they were given the Grand Prix, the high-
records.
est award in the gift of the exposition. At St.
The exhibits included several new inventions
Louis in 1904, they were awarded three grand
and improvements in cylinder and disk ma-
prizes and four gold medals.
chines, so important in their nature that they
In the musical instrument class, group 21, they
contributed largely in shaping the award jury's
received the grand prize and in addition gold
decision that the American Graphophone Co.s
medals were awarded to Thomas H. McDonald,
products, embodied the largest number of points
factory manager American Graphophone Co.;
required to entitle them to the first prize in all
Victor H. Emerson, superintendent master rec-
classes.
ord department, American Graphophone Co., and
The juries recorded as points contributing to
to Paul H. Cromelin, vice-president Columbia
the high per cent, of the exhibit the noiseless-
Phonograph Co., and director of the exhibit at
the Exposition. These awards, which have al-
ready been confirmed, sustain the eminent posi-
tion of the American Graphophone Co.
In the graphic art section, group 15, their ex-
hibit of commercial graphophones received the
grand prize, the only award given by this jury
COLUMBIA PHONOGRAPH CO.'S EXTRAORDINARY HONORS
PAUL H. CROMELIX, WHO RECEIVED GOLD MED AL.
TIIOS. H. MACDONALD,, WHO KECKIVK1) GOLD M KI>AL.
to business talking machines. Through an error
in classification, these machines, which are un-
like the musical in construction and for the pur-
pose used, were erroneously listed as musical in-
struments, and, although the award was made
it is pending final action by the highest author-
ity.
In addition to their musical and commercial
exhibits, the company made application for space
in the Department of Anthropology, for their ex-
hibit of original laboratory models, showing the
evolution of the talking machine, and illustrating
the progress made in recording and reproducing
human speech. For want of room in the build-
ing devoted to anthropology, the exhibit was
shown in their main booth, increased space for
this special purpose being secured by the chief
of the Department of Anthropology. For this
exhibit, and for making the greatest progress in
recording and reproducing human speech, and
for the best means of permanently preserving
same, a grand prize and gold medal was awarded
in the Department of Anthropology-Phonography,
and was originally published with the other
awards in the Anthropological Department, in
the St. Louis Republic of October 23, 1904.
The exhibit of the Columbia Phonograph Co.,
on which the awards are based, was one of the
most comprehensive, both as to product and
processes, ever made of talking machines, rec-
sign of the new Piedmont Hotel, at Atlanta, Ga.
It was built by the Colcord Williams Co., of the
same city.
The hold which the musical machine has on
popular appreciation was evidenced daily during
the World's Fair by the immense numbers of
people who listened to the demonstrations of the
Columbia Phonograph Co. The entertainers re-
produced by the graphophone have played or
talked to thousands hourly, and to many millions
during the past seven months. The invention,
which gives free to the people the arias of Mme.
Sembrich, the deep chords of Eclouard de Reszke,
the grand operas of London, Paris, St. Peters-
burg, Berlin, Milan and New York, and the
strains of the German, French, Mexican and
British military bands was considered by the
award juries to be a distinct achievement in
human progress and of tremendous educational
potency.
Demonstrations of how records are made on
the graphophone proved highly instructive and
VICTOR H. KMEKSON, WHO RECEIVED GOLD MKDAIi.
CULUJIlilA rHONOOKAPII CO.'S EXHIBIT, WORLD'S FAIB.
ness of the motors, the handsome designs of
cabinets and the improved tone of the reproduc-
ers, all of which are distinctive features of the
graphophone.
The development of the commercial grapho-
phone of the Columbia Co., was shown in the
typewriter section. The man wishing to dictate
a letter is not delayed by the absence of his
stenographer. He dictates to the graphophone on
his desk and his letters are transcribed direct
from the cylinder by his typewriter operator. Ac-
curacy, speed, privacy, convenience and a sav-
ing of time and labor make this use of the ma-
chine practically indispensable in business in
this age of economy of time and effort. Its use
in the study of shorthand and languages, and in
congressional and legislative and court report-
ing promises to become universal. In the first
flush of the talking machine's success, which
rapidly grew to such proportions as to be aston-
ishing, the commercial development was subor-
dinated to the musical, but the demands of mod-
ern business growing constantly more exacting,
the commercial graphophone is likely to equal
the musical in popularity and general use.
E. B. Hoover has opened an establishment at
22% South Fountain avenue, Memphis, Tenn.,
which is devoted exclusively to the sale of talk-
ing machines and records.
THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
45
entertaining. Every visitor was given an oppor-
tunity to make a re'cord of his voice and take it
At the Exposition at St. Louis—Received Three Grand Prizes, While Messrs. McDonald, Emer- away as a souvenir of the Exposition. Thou-
sands were distributed, and graphophonic mes-
son and Cromelin Were Honored With Gold Medals as Collaborators.
sages from the Columbia Phonograph Co.'s booth
Brief reference has already been made in The ords and supplies. It comprised two booths, fin- at the Exposition have been sent all over the
Review to the extraordinary honors conferred on ished in mahogany and gold, and both of which world. The booth was usually bombarded on
the Columbia Phonograph Co., sole sales agent were in the Liberal Arts building. The main children's days, long lines of children waiting
for the American Graphophone Co., for their booth was one of the handsomest at the Exposi- their turn to sing or recite into the graphophone.
various exhibits of graphophones and records at tion and was designed by W. F. Denny, whose To Master John Bowdish. of Seattle, is the credit
the St. Louis Exposition where they received reputation as an architect was made in the de- due for making the best record of a child's voice
at the Exposition, and he will be remembered
the highest recognition ever given to talking ma-
by the company on Christmas day by receiving
chines and records at any exposition. At Paris
a graphophone and an assortment of Columbia
in 1900 they were given the Grand Prix, the high-
records.
est award in the gift of the exposition. At St.
The exhibits included several new inventions
Louis in 1904, they were awarded three grand
and improvements in cylinder and disk ma-
prizes and four gold medals.
chines, so important in their nature that they
In the musical instrument class, group 21, they
contributed largely in shaping the award jury's
received the grand prize and in addition gold
decision that the American Graphophone Co.s
medals were awarded to Thomas H. McDonald,
products, embodied the largest number of points
factory manager American Graphophone Co.;
required to entitle them to the first prize in all
Victor H. Emerson, superintendent master rec-
classes.
ord department, American Graphophone Co., and
The juries recorded as points contributing to
to Paul H. Cromelin, vice-president Columbia
the high per cent, of the exhibit the noiseless-
Phonograph Co., and director of the exhibit at
the Exposition. These awards, which have al-
ready been confirmed, sustain the eminent posi-
tion of the American Graphophone Co.
In the graphic art section, group 15, their ex-
hibit of commercial graphophones received the
grand prize, the only award given by this jury
COLUMBIA PHONOGRAPH CO.'S EXTRAORDINARY HONORS
PAUL H. CROMELIX, WHO RECEIVED GOLD MED AL.
TIIOS. H. MACDONALD,, WHO KECKIVK1) GOLD M KI>AL.
to business talking machines. Through an error
in classification, these machines, which are un-
like the musical in construction and for the pur-
pose used, were erroneously listed as musical in-
struments, and, although the award was made
it is pending final action by the highest author-
ity.
In addition to their musical and commercial
exhibits, the company made application for space
in the Department of Anthropology, for their ex-
hibit of original laboratory models, showing the
evolution of the talking machine, and illustrating
the progress made in recording and reproducing
human speech. For want of room in the build-
ing devoted to anthropology, the exhibit was
shown in their main booth, increased space for
this special purpose being secured by the chief
of the Department of Anthropology. For this
exhibit, and for making the greatest progress in
recording and reproducing human speech, and
for the best means of permanently preserving
same, a grand prize and gold medal was awarded
in the Department of Anthropology-Phonography,
and was originally published with the other
awards in the Anthropological Department, in
the St. Louis Republic of October 23, 1904.
The exhibit of the Columbia Phonograph Co.,
on which the awards are based, was one of the
most comprehensive, both as to product and
processes, ever made of talking machines, rec-
sign of the new Piedmont Hotel, at Atlanta, Ga.
It was built by the Colcord Williams Co., of the
same city.
The hold which the musical machine has on
popular appreciation was evidenced daily during
the World's Fair by the immense numbers of
people who listened to the demonstrations of the
Columbia Phonograph Co. The entertainers re-
produced by the graphophone have played or
talked to thousands hourly, and to many millions
during the past seven months. The invention,
which gives free to the people the arias of Mme.
Sembrich, the deep chords of Eclouard de Reszke,
the grand operas of London, Paris, St. Peters-
burg, Berlin, Milan and New York, and the
strains of the German, French, Mexican and
British military bands was considered by the
award juries to be a distinct achievement in
human progress and of tremendous educational
potency.
Demonstrations of how records are made on
the graphophone proved highly instructive and
VICTOR H. KMEKSON, WHO RECEIVED GOLD MKDAIi.
CULUJIlilA rHONOOKAPII CO.'S EXHIBIT, WORLD'S FAIB.
ness of the motors, the handsome designs of
cabinets and the improved tone of the reproduc-
ers, all of which are distinctive features of the
graphophone.
The development of the commercial grapho-
phone of the Columbia Co., was shown in the
typewriter section. The man wishing to dictate
a letter is not delayed by the absence of his
stenographer. He dictates to the graphophone on
his desk and his letters are transcribed direct
from the cylinder by his typewriter operator. Ac-
curacy, speed, privacy, convenience and a sav-
ing of time and labor make this use of the ma-
chine practically indispensable in business in
this age of economy of time and effort. Its use
in the study of shorthand and languages, and in
congressional and legislative and court report-
ing promises to become universal. In the first
flush of the talking machine's success, which
rapidly grew to such proportions as to be aston-
ishing, the commercial development was subor-
dinated to the musical, but the demands of mod-
ern business growing constantly more exacting,
the commercial graphophone is likely to equal
the musical in popularity and general use.
E. B. Hoover has opened an establishment at
22% South Fountain avenue, Memphis, Tenn.,
which is devoted exclusively to the sale of talk-
ing machines and records.
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