Music Trade Review
Issue: 1905 Vol. 40 N. 13 - Page 41
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THE
MUSIC TRADE
41
REVIEW
cord and preserve the true voice sounds via the
VICTOR CO.'S NEW QUARTERS.
telephone in the absence of the party called.
Preparations Made for Removal of Offices to
Stilson Hutchings, a well-known journalist, of
Camden—Interesting Letter from Madera
Washington, D. C, controls the patent, which
County, Cal.
means if there is a dollar to be made by promot-
ing the invention it will be heard from in no un-
(Special to The Review.)
certain way. Owing to the issuance of the for-
Philadelphia, Pa., March 28, 1905.
eign patents before being covered here, a special
Already all the preparations have been made
act of Congress was required to make the Amer- by the Victor Talking Machine Co. to remove
ican patent valid.
their offices and all other parts of their business
now conducted in Philadelphia to their new quar-
TRADE ACTIVE IN THE NORTHWEST. ters in Camden. This will no doubt facilitate
their efforts very much in having everything
under one roof.
The Hartman Co., a Newcomer in the Field—
One of the most gratifying things that the Vic-
Glass Block Increases Its Line—General
tor Co. have recently had called to their notice
Report Regarding Business is Satisfactory
is that every Victor record is a perfect one. This
Notwithstanding An Unusually Dull Spell
has been made possible through the firm's begin-
in Other Lines.
ning a year ago to remake or withdraw every
record in their catalogue which failed to come
(Special to The Review.)
up to the new Victor standard. This work cost
Minneapolis and St. Paul, March 27, 1905.
February was an extremely cold month in this the firm more than one hundred thousand dollars.
The firm are this week in receipt of an Inter-
"neck of the woods," but it did not affect the
talking machine business materially. There may esting letter from Madera County, California,
not have been as large a demand for the records, which speaks for itself.
"Dear Sir:—I am a mining prospector and
I ut aside from that "there was something do-
have packed my Victor all over Arizona, Nevada
ing" all along the line.
A new competitor enters the local field this and California. It brightens up my evenings in
week in Minneapolis. This is the Hartman Fur- camp, and in Arizona the Indians came miles to
niture & Carpet Co., who have taken hold of the hear it. I have tried all makes, but always re-
vert to the Victor, as I have learned to know
Columbia and Talk-o-phone machines.
The Glass Block has also increased its line of that when a record is listed as a Victor that it is
Columbia, Victor and the Edison machines by good, and the insight we get from your monthly
adding the Zon-o-phone. It is understood, also, lists as to the character of a selection enables us
that they contemplate adding a. line of music to order it with confidence."
boxes.
The New England Furniture & Carpet Co. re- TALKING MACHINE FOR VETERAN'S HOME
ports an Al trade for February. "The demand
Harry H. Blair, one of the public-spirited citi-
for Victors was fully as good as during the holi- zens of Atlauta, Ga., writes to the Journal of
days, with the exception of the number of rec- that city offering to start a fund with $2.50, the
ords we sold."
object in view being to raise $50 with which to
W. J. Dyer & Bro. report an excellent month's purchase a talking machine outfit to be pre-
business in their talking machine department sented to the Veterans' Home. He says: " I t
during February, especially in the wholesale de- would be a source of happiness to him to know
partment.
that the inmates as a whole were treated every
evening to a concert such as would be within
PAID MORE THAN $1,000,000.
their reach if they possessed a talking machine."
TALKING MACHINE ALARM CLOCK.
Judging by the alacrity with which the aver-
age possessor of a talking machine is willing to
exhibit, and to the persistency with which he
will operate the machine from early morning to
late at night, it seems quite probable that the in-
ventor of the graphophone alarm clock will have
no difficulty in finding a ready market for his
device among devotees of the talking machine.
It is a comparatively easy matter to control a
talking machine record by means of an alarm
clock register, and to amplify the functions of
the alarm to indicate the hours, thus obviating
the striking clock or the use of a night lamp
to indicate the time. There is something modern
about being called by a voice in the morning in-
stead of being aroused by the mechanical bell.
Moreover the phonographic record that is set in
action can be arranged so that any number of
alarms can be given at intervals.
COMBINATION
TALKING MACHINE AND
MTJSIC BOX.
The Miraphone, which is a combination talk-
ing machine and music box is one of the novel-
ties which is rapidly becoming popular. It com-
bines the variety obtained from the talking ma-
chines with the musical tones of the music box,
and appeals to the most varied tastes for music
and entertainment. Its line mechanism is noise-
less and runs with perfect regularity.
To use the Miraphone as a talking machine
only requires the removal of the steel tune sheet,
adjusting turn-table, on revolving cone, and set-
The American Graphophone Co., of which the
Mrs. Wisely—John, I was just reading about ting up the metal arm supporting the horn and
Columbia Phonograph Co. is the sole sales agent, a man who traded his wife for a talking ma- soundbox. The cabinets are of oak, or mahogany
and highly polished. Talking machine dealers
has paid its stockholders, in dividends, more chine. Now isn't that horrible?
will find it is a valuable acquisition to their
than a million of dollars, and its surplus and
Mr. Wisely—Not at all, Mary; a talking ma-
reserve accounts now exceed one million of dol- chine will cot talk without winding. He knew stock. The Miraphone is manufactured by the
Jacot Music Box Co., 39 Union Square, New York.
lars of undivided profits.
his businfss.
BE CAREFUL IN SENDING ORDERS.
The "VICTOR "Always in the Lead!
"Cutting off the end of a Mega horn
and attaching it to a Victor tapering
arm machine, it is claimed the resonance
is increased fully 50 per cent. The
originator vows it is 'one or the best
things ever.' "—The Talking Machine
World for January.
THE VICTOR TRUMPET
A SYNCHRONIZING HORN
The TRUMPET has a VOICE.
for
VOCAL
RECORDS
ever
The BEST HORN
made—PRICE, $ 6 .
CONCERT TRUMPET, $ 9 . Usual discounts.
Descriptive pamphlet on application.
THE GRAND PRIZE FOR TALKING
MACHINES
at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Louis, Mo., has been
Awarded to the Victor Talking Machine Co.
By their slip-shod methods of sending in or-
ders many dealers occasion annoyance and much
trouble to the jobbers. The latter are also sub-
ject to the same criticism by manufacturers, one
of whom registered his kick in the following
trenchant fashion: "The sales department com-
plains that it has recently received several or-
ders for records from jobbers that were not
signed and the only identifying mark has been
the envelope containing the order. When the
envelope has been lost before the omission was
discovered it has been necessary to call in the
Sherlock Holmes of the department. Even he
found one order too much for him last month.
This order called for 2,525 records and for the
want of a clue the sales department was unable
to acknowledge or execute it. The jobber send-
ing it is asked to 'prove his property.' Others
are asked to see that their signatures are affixed
to all orders before mailing them." Some atten-
tion to method and the exercise of ordinary care
—not to say common sense—would rectify what
is commonly termed an evil that leads to end-
less confusion and the use of strong language.
ST. LOUIS' GREAT RECORD.
THE VICTOR DISTRIBUTING
AND EXPORT CO.
77 CHAMBERS STREET,
NEW YORK
The recent engagement of Savage's "Parsifal"
company in St. Louis called forth a succesion of
the largest audiences ever seen in the Mound
City. The receipts for the week's engagement
were a trifle over $40,000, and when it is remem-
bered the nominal prices charged, some idea can
be gained of the really remarkable crowds that
attended the performances.
.
THE
MUSIC TRADE
41
REVIEW
cord and preserve the true voice sounds via the
VICTOR CO.'S NEW QUARTERS.
telephone in the absence of the party called.
Preparations Made for Removal of Offices to
Stilson Hutchings, a well-known journalist, of
Camden—Interesting Letter from Madera
Washington, D. C, controls the patent, which
County, Cal.
means if there is a dollar to be made by promot-
ing the invention it will be heard from in no un-
(Special to The Review.)
certain way. Owing to the issuance of the for-
Philadelphia, Pa., March 28, 1905.
eign patents before being covered here, a special
Already all the preparations have been made
act of Congress was required to make the Amer- by the Victor Talking Machine Co. to remove
ican patent valid.
their offices and all other parts of their business
now conducted in Philadelphia to their new quar-
TRADE ACTIVE IN THE NORTHWEST. ters in Camden. This will no doubt facilitate
their efforts very much in having everything
under one roof.
The Hartman Co., a Newcomer in the Field—
One of the most gratifying things that the Vic-
Glass Block Increases Its Line—General
tor Co. have recently had called to their notice
Report Regarding Business is Satisfactory
is that every Victor record is a perfect one. This
Notwithstanding An Unusually Dull Spell
has been made possible through the firm's begin-
in Other Lines.
ning a year ago to remake or withdraw every
record in their catalogue which failed to come
(Special to The Review.)
up to the new Victor standard. This work cost
Minneapolis and St. Paul, March 27, 1905.
February was an extremely cold month in this the firm more than one hundred thousand dollars.
The firm are this week in receipt of an Inter-
"neck of the woods," but it did not affect the
talking machine business materially. There may esting letter from Madera County, California,
not have been as large a demand for the records, which speaks for itself.
"Dear Sir:—I am a mining prospector and
I ut aside from that "there was something do-
have packed my Victor all over Arizona, Nevada
ing" all along the line.
A new competitor enters the local field this and California. It brightens up my evenings in
week in Minneapolis. This is the Hartman Fur- camp, and in Arizona the Indians came miles to
niture & Carpet Co., who have taken hold of the hear it. I have tried all makes, but always re-
vert to the Victor, as I have learned to know
Columbia and Talk-o-phone machines.
The Glass Block has also increased its line of that when a record is listed as a Victor that it is
Columbia, Victor and the Edison machines by good, and the insight we get from your monthly
adding the Zon-o-phone. It is understood, also, lists as to the character of a selection enables us
that they contemplate adding a. line of music to order it with confidence."
boxes.
The New England Furniture & Carpet Co. re- TALKING MACHINE FOR VETERAN'S HOME
ports an Al trade for February. "The demand
Harry H. Blair, one of the public-spirited citi-
for Victors was fully as good as during the holi- zens of Atlauta, Ga., writes to the Journal of
days, with the exception of the number of rec- that city offering to start a fund with $2.50, the
ords we sold."
object in view being to raise $50 with which to
W. J. Dyer & Bro. report an excellent month's purchase a talking machine outfit to be pre-
business in their talking machine department sented to the Veterans' Home. He says: " I t
during February, especially in the wholesale de- would be a source of happiness to him to know
partment.
that the inmates as a whole were treated every
evening to a concert such as would be within
PAID MORE THAN $1,000,000.
their reach if they possessed a talking machine."
TALKING MACHINE ALARM CLOCK.
Judging by the alacrity with which the aver-
age possessor of a talking machine is willing to
exhibit, and to the persistency with which he
will operate the machine from early morning to
late at night, it seems quite probable that the in-
ventor of the graphophone alarm clock will have
no difficulty in finding a ready market for his
device among devotees of the talking machine.
It is a comparatively easy matter to control a
talking machine record by means of an alarm
clock register, and to amplify the functions of
the alarm to indicate the hours, thus obviating
the striking clock or the use of a night lamp
to indicate the time. There is something modern
about being called by a voice in the morning in-
stead of being aroused by the mechanical bell.
Moreover the phonographic record that is set in
action can be arranged so that any number of
alarms can be given at intervals.
COMBINATION
TALKING MACHINE AND
MTJSIC BOX.
The Miraphone, which is a combination talk-
ing machine and music box is one of the novel-
ties which is rapidly becoming popular. It com-
bines the variety obtained from the talking ma-
chines with the musical tones of the music box,
and appeals to the most varied tastes for music
and entertainment. Its line mechanism is noise-
less and runs with perfect regularity.
To use the Miraphone as a talking machine
only requires the removal of the steel tune sheet,
adjusting turn-table, on revolving cone, and set-
The American Graphophone Co., of which the
Mrs. Wisely—John, I was just reading about ting up the metal arm supporting the horn and
Columbia Phonograph Co. is the sole sales agent, a man who traded his wife for a talking ma- soundbox. The cabinets are of oak, or mahogany
and highly polished. Talking machine dealers
has paid its stockholders, in dividends, more chine. Now isn't that horrible?
will find it is a valuable acquisition to their
than a million of dollars, and its surplus and
Mr. Wisely—Not at all, Mary; a talking ma-
reserve accounts now exceed one million of dol- chine will cot talk without winding. He knew stock. The Miraphone is manufactured by the
Jacot Music Box Co., 39 Union Square, New York.
lars of undivided profits.
his businfss.
BE CAREFUL IN SENDING ORDERS.
The "VICTOR "Always in the Lead!
"Cutting off the end of a Mega horn
and attaching it to a Victor tapering
arm machine, it is claimed the resonance
is increased fully 50 per cent. The
originator vows it is 'one or the best
things ever.' "—The Talking Machine
World for January.
THE VICTOR TRUMPET
A SYNCHRONIZING HORN
The TRUMPET has a VOICE.
for
VOCAL
RECORDS
ever
The BEST HORN
made—PRICE, $ 6 .
CONCERT TRUMPET, $ 9 . Usual discounts.
Descriptive pamphlet on application.
THE GRAND PRIZE FOR TALKING
MACHINES
at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Louis, Mo., has been
Awarded to the Victor Talking Machine Co.
By their slip-shod methods of sending in or-
ders many dealers occasion annoyance and much
trouble to the jobbers. The latter are also sub-
ject to the same criticism by manufacturers, one
of whom registered his kick in the following
trenchant fashion: "The sales department com-
plains that it has recently received several or-
ders for records from jobbers that were not
signed and the only identifying mark has been
the envelope containing the order. When the
envelope has been lost before the omission was
discovered it has been necessary to call in the
Sherlock Holmes of the department. Even he
found one order too much for him last month.
This order called for 2,525 records and for the
want of a clue the sales department was unable
to acknowledge or execute it. The jobber send-
ing it is asked to 'prove his property.' Others
are asked to see that their signatures are affixed
to all orders before mailing them." Some atten-
tion to method and the exercise of ordinary care
—not to say common sense—would rectify what
is commonly termed an evil that leads to end-
less confusion and the use of strong language.
ST. LOUIS' GREAT RECORD.
THE VICTOR DISTRIBUTING
AND EXPORT CO.
77 CHAMBERS STREET,
NEW YORK
The recent engagement of Savage's "Parsifal"
company in St. Louis called forth a succesion of
the largest audiences ever seen in the Mound
City. The receipts for the week's engagement
were a trifle over $40,000, and when it is remem-
bered the nominal prices charged, some idea can
be gained of the really remarkable crowds that
attended the performances.
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