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TO OPEN 17 BRANCH OFFICES.
Commercial Department of the National Phono-
graph Co. Are to Branch Out in as Many
Cities—Some Recent Literature Which Is
of High Order.
The commercial department of the National
Phonograph Co., exploiting the Edison business
phonograph, though established hardly a year,
under the energetic general management of Nel-
son C. Durand, has made wonderful progress.
Arrangements have been about perfected for
opening seventeen branch offices in as many dif-
ferent cities, with an equipment as complete as
that of the headquarters in New York, which
occupies the entire third floor of the Metropolis
Bank building, 31 Union Square. Two branch
plants have been installed this week, namely, one
at Pittsburg, Pa., in the Machesney building, 303
and 304, with A. J. Lytle as district manager;
the other at Buffalo, N. Y., 856 Ellicatt Square,
with Arthur J. Schmidt district manager. Sim-
ilar establishments in the larger cities will fol-
low rapidly.
The new catalogue issued by the department,
in connection with the Edison commercial sys-
tems, is a model, furnishing detailed informa-
tion, descriptions and illustrations of the busi-
ness phonograph, making its many advantages
as clear as crystal to anyone contemplating the
installation of these truly wonderful machines.
Mr. Durand is also responsible for the appear-
ance of "The Edison Business Record," pub-
lished periodically to illustrate the application
of the Edison commercial system to modern busi-
ness correspondence. In form and color the
cover of this unique conception of which two
issues have been printed bears a close re-
semblance to the regulation wax cylinder. Its
contents present concrete facts in an attractive
manner.
MUSIC TRADE
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REVIEW
at Pittsburg, Pa.; Buffalo and Syracuse, N. Y., and story. A number of sound-proof rooms is
en route to New York.
one of tne features of the new store that will
be appreciated by those who want to hear the new
records.
TALKING MACHINE MEN MEET
With
WILL OCCUPY ENTIRE BUILDING.
President Andrews in the Chair—Im-
portant Reports from Committee.
President Andrews, Syracuse, N. Y., was in the
chair at the meeting Thursday evening of last
week of the Eastern Talking Machine Jobbers"
Association, in the salesrooms of S. B. Davega,
New York. As usual, the session was prolonged
until a late hour owing to the nature of the
business transacted. J. Newcomb Blackman,
chairman of the credit committee, presented a
supplementary report including the forms to be
employed for the gathering and distribution of
information. Sol Bloom took exception to the
acceptance of these suggestions until legal ad-
vice had been obtained and the association in-
corporated to avoid personal liability. Subse-
quently the chair appointed the following com-
mittee to incorporate the organization: Sol
Bloom, W. O. Pardee and A. H. Jacot. The credit
committee was continued and their report re-
ferred back for further action.
As chairman of the Victor contract committee
C. V. Henkel had read a lengthy letter from the
Victor Talking Machine Co., Camden, N. J., re-
plying to the committee's request relative to sug-
gestive modifications of that document. As to
that part of the previous resolutions to demand
and then protest relative to cartain contingent
action of the company in connection with the
proposed agreement, it was rescinded. The com-
mittee, however, were authorized to respond to
the Victor Co.'s letter, in the name of the asso-
ciation, through Secretary Kelsey.
The constitution and by-laws were adopted,
with appropriate amendments to conform with
circumstances, and an adjournment was taken
until May 31, at 8 p.m., in the salesrooms of the
Jacot Music Box Co., 39 Union Square, New York.
COLUMBIA CO. OPEN IN DES MOINES.
Those present were: W. D. Andrews, Syra-
(Special to The Review.}
cuse, N. Y.; W. 0. Parde3, Pardee & Ellenberger
Des Moines, la., May 19, 1906.
Co., New Haven, Conn.; Edmund E. Buclin,
The Columbia Phonograph Co., which has Wells Phonograph Co., Philadelphia, Pa.; J. U.
branches in all the principal cities of the coun- Willys, Elmire (N. Y.) Arms Co.; A. O. Petit,
try, has opened a store in this city at 704 West Edisona Phonograph Co., Newark, N. J.; John
Walnut street, in the room formerly occupied by Rose, Astoria, N. Y.; John P. Ke'sey, with A. D.
the Specialty Co. The Des Moines branch will Matthews' Sons, Brooklyn, N. Y., and the follow-
be the headquarters for the company's trade in ing New York houses; A. H. Jacot, Jacot Music
Iowa, and will carry the largest stock of grapho- Box Co.; S. B. Davega and L. Kaiser; Fred Loef-
phones and records to be found west of Chicago. fler and B. R. Barklow, Bsttini Phonos:aph Co.;
Charles Mohn, formerly manager of the Specialty I Davega, Jr.; C. V. Henkel. A. P. Petit and John
Co., will be the local manager.
Kaiser, Douglas Phonograph Co.; Victor H.
Rapke, Sol Bloom, Alfred Weiss and T. New-
comb Blackman, Blackman Talking Machine Co.
EIGHT HOT OFF THE DISC.
At Lhe next meeting a motion will be made that
Record manufacturers and the trade in gen- the succeeding session of the association will be
eral will be interested in the text of the new held in Philadelphia, at the Wells Phonograph
copyright bill, which appears in the Music Pub- Co.'s establishment, 45 North Nir.th street.
lishers' Department of this week's Review. The
reproduction of music or any copyrighted com-
INCORPORATED IN OHIO.
position so as to be heard by the ear, for use in
connection with any mechanical device, is sub-
The Ashtabula Phonograph Co. was incorpo-
ject to assignment or license by the owner rated this week with the Secretary of State of
of the copyright, according to the proposed leg- Ohio, with a capital of $10,000, by C. L. Scrivens,
E. J. McClintock, R. S. Parker, J. H. Johnson, etc.
islation.
The National Phonograph Co. Acquire Lease
of Building at Fifth Avenue and 8th Street,
Which They Will Utilize for Offices.
An entire building, located on the corner of
Fifth avenue and Eighth street, New York, has
been acquired by the National Phonograph Co.,
the sale being consummated this week, which
they will occupy for their New York offices. The
foreign and commercial system departments will
also be located there. The place is one of his-
toi ic interest, having been owned in Colonial
times by members of the English nobility, and
recently the New York house of C. H. McCor-
mick, of Chicago, the present American Ambas-
sador to France. It is a beautiful old brown
stone mansion, with solid mahogany doors and
stairways, and the company will remodel the
house for their business and refurnish it in the
most lavifch manner as splendid quarters for the
president, legal department, general sales, credit
and other chief executive departments. Altera-
tions are expected to be completed and possession
taken by July 1. Their present premises, at 31
Union Square, will be surrendered.
CENTRAL STATES^JOBBERS MEET.
At
Columbus, O., on Wednesday—A Goodly
Number in Attendance.
(Sijochil to The Uevk'w.)
Columbus, O., May 23, 1906.
The meeting of the Central States Talking Ma-
cnine Jobbers' Association, held here to-day, was
well attended. About 35 of the leading houses
were represented, C. V. Henkel, of New York, com-
ing on as a delegate of the Eastern Association.
The Victor contract was taken up and discussed,
as well as the question of credits. Secretary Whit-
sit expressed himself as extremely pleased with
the results of the session.
A GOOD CARUSO STORY.
A good story is told of Caruso and Plancon,
who dropped into a department store one after-
noon while the Metropolitan Opera Co. was ap-
pearing in a far western city. In passing through
the aisles they were attracted by a "demonstra-
tion" of a new cheap grade talking machine. The
rasp-voiced young man doing the "demonstrat-
ing" was just putting a new record into the ma-
chine.
"Ladies and gentlemen," he said, addressing
the knot of women assembled around, "we will
now have a song by the in-com-peer-abul
Caruso!"
Caruso and Plancon halted to listen to the
in-com-peerabul Caruso.
The sounds that presently rattled out of the
machine were like the barking of a small dog.
Caruso shrugged his shoulders, looked up into
the huge Plancon's face and grinned with vast
Business is not remarkably active and it looks COLUMBIA CO.'S NEW STORE NOW OPEN. enjoyment. The two singers approached closer
to the machine and Plancon stood peering into
as if a quiet summer might be expected. It is
the big brass funnel with a wondering expres-
(Special to Tlie Review.)
believed, however, that when the public begin
sion on his bearded face.
Buffalo, N. Y., May 21. 1906.
to change their abodes to the resorts in order to
Caruso noted Plancon's attitude and he touched
The Columbia Phonograph Co.'s new store at
escape the warm weather, trade will pick up in
a marked degree. The manufacturers are still 568 Main street, is now open for business. Hand- Plancon on the arm.
"His master's voice," he said, and he slid his
some in appearance and equipment, with every
running their plants full capacity.
up-to-date device for the convenience of its pa- arm through that of the chuckling Plancon and
C. V. Henkel, president and general manager trons, the new store is a great improvement over drew him away.
of the Douglas Phonograph Co., who attended the old one. There is an immense showing of
The business of the Bloomfield Phonograph
the meeting Wednesday at Columbus, O., as a graphophones of all sizes and at all prices, and a
delegate from the Eastern to the Central States complete line of disc and cylinder records, which Co., at Bloomfield, N. J., has been purchased by
Talking Machine Jobbers' Association, will stop include all the new productions in music, song John B. Glennon, who will in future conduct it.