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THE MUSIC TRADE
REVIEW
FALL TRADE WILL BREAK RECORDS.
TALKING MACHINE CASES IN COURT.
EFFECTIVE WINDOW DISPLAY.
Already Assuming Large Proportions—Manu-
facturers Preparing to Meet Demands, But
Congestion Is Bound to Occur to Some
Extent.
Another Move in a Famous Litigation—Want
Commission Appointed to Examine Edison.
Manager Long of the Columbia Branch in St.
Paul Understands the Drawing Power of a
Cleverly Arranged Window.
Another move was made in that now celebrated
case of the New York Phonograph Co. against
In talking machine circles the fall trade, that the National Phonograph Co., Friday week, be-
promises to eclipse everything on record, is al- fore Judge Jaycox in the Supreme Court, de-
ready assuming' large proportions. Even the partment 2, in Brooklyn, N. Y. Counsellor Hy-
most pessimistic jobbers declare that they feel
man argued a motion for the complainants to
far from being "grand, gloomy and peculiar," have a commissioner appointed to examine the
which was about the frame of mind they were defendants, and to restrain 250 jobbers and deal-
in when the manufacturers failed to deliver the ers in the State of New York from handling Edi-
goods. Just now their stocks are in shape, and son goods. The court reserved decision. Prac-
no complaint is heard, but the rumblings of
tically the same issues were thrashed out before
trouble to come in this respect are perceptible, Justice Keogh, in another branch of the court in
if faint. The manufacturers frankly confess a June, when an application for an injunction,
congestion is bound to ensue, and while they pending trial, was denied. On the motion cal-
deprecate the fact, it cannot be helped. Natural- endar of the United States Circuit Court, Judge
ly, the forewarned are forearmed, and have Lacombe sitting, among the adjourned cases was
placed orders months in advance, and this buy- that of the New York Phonograph Co. against the
ing is so much in favor that this class of jobber National Phonograph Co. The latter company,
will doubtless meet every call of his trade with- on inquiry by The Review, stated they knew
out worry or embarrassment. The other kind nothing whatever of the matter.
will doubtless be called upon to take their
1RLM.KX UKCOIil) CASE l'OSTl'OXKl).
chances, and then there will be weeping and
The case of A. S. Petit against the American
wailing and gnashing of teeth.
Graphophone Co. on the duplex record paient,
which was called Friday last on the adjourned
cases of the motion calendar of the United States
GEO. K. CHENEY'S SUCCESS.
Circuit Court, New York, was adjourned to Sep-
One of the Most Prolific of Our Inventors—
tember 13.
Manager Long, of the Columbia Phonograph
Co.'s St. Paul branch, is a genius in window deco-
ration, and he recently made a hid for trade from
prospective campers through the aid of a win-
dow display as follows: In one end of the win-
dow he had an ordinary camping tent tacked to
the wall, so as to show the entrance. The bottom
of the window was covered with about three
inches of white sand. In front of the tent, run-
ning parallel with the window, was a bench, con-
sisting of two ordinary boxes, with a board laid
across them, on which a BI graphophone and a
supply of disc records were carelessly disposed.
In the front corner of the window there was a
camp fire, built with three forked sticks, from
which hung a large iron kettle with burnt wood
and ashes beneath it. Under these was a 3G-
candle incandescent globe, which served to im-
part the appearance of a live smouldering fire.
The front of the tent was ornamented with a pic-
ture of Columbia, and on the window was the
legend, "Camp Columbia." On the bencn a half
sheet sign informed the observer that "half
the pleasure of camping out is lost if you
are without a graphophone."
The entire arrangement was in harmony and
told the story in a way that had the desired ef-
fect. Mr. Long is to be congratulated upon his
PERSONAL AND PERTINENT.
One of the most prolific inventors in the trade
originality. The talking machine as a medium
is George K. Cheney, manager of the recording
H. S. Berliner, son of the widely-known in- for entertainment in camp, on the water and in
laboratory of the Universal Talking Machine
the country home is unsurpassed, and the fact is
Manufacturing Co., New York. He has two or ventor, Emil Berliner, of Washington, D. C, was being generally realized.
three things in these patents—of course, the in New York Tuesday en route to the national
property of the company—that might put a dif- capital, where he will stay for several months,
carrying on some important experiments in
SELECTING FESTIVAL ARTISTS
ferent complexion on the expected outcome of
sound
reproduction and other talking machine
several important suits, now pending in the
higher Federal courts. In other words, what improvements. Mr. Berliner is secretary of the For Musical Festival at Louisville—Artists
Mr. Cheney does not know about sound record- Berliner Gramophone Co., Canada, Ltd., of Mon-
Heard Through Medium of "Talkers."
ing in its present stage of development no other treal, and has a number of influential inventions
expert possesses. He recently put a crimp in to his credit. Siegfried Sanders, with the same
When names of artists are suggested as pos-
the ideas of Professor Scripture, of Yale Col- company, sails September 10 for Calcutta, India, sible attractions for the Louisville May Festival
lege, and proved his point beyond the peradven- to set up a pressing plant for the Gramophone & at the meeting of the incorporators, their work
will be reproduced for inspection and considera-
ture of a doubt. The professor is an acknowl- Typewriters, Ltd., of London, Eng.
Gives Prof. Scripture Pointers on Acoustics.
tion.
"Schumann-Heink would be a great feature,"
one incorporator may suggest.
A record will be slipped into place upon a
phonograph of the most expensive type and the
voice of the famous German matron will swell
forth into almost actual reproduction. The pro-
moters of the event, which is to mark the be-
"TALKER" INSTEAD OF ORGAN.
ginning of a new era in the musical circles of
Progressive Pastor of Catholic Church Uses
Louisville, will have a realistic forecast of its
possibilities.
Talking Machine in Services.
If some one mentions Damrosch another record
THE VICTOR AND THE STEINWAY.
A small Catholic Church in one of the South-
will be put into service and the great symphony
ern States has experienced considerable difficulty
orchestra will be heard in one of its most famous
Manager Grannis, of the Knight-Campbell Mu- successes. So it will be when others of the
in raising an organ fund, and for a long time
was without music. The pastor—evidently a sic Co., Denver, Col., recently conceived an ex- world-renowned musicians are suggested.
priest built on the twentieth-century plan—in- tremely bright method of emphasizing the value
This unique feature has been planned by An-
stalled a talking machine in the choir which ren- of the Victor talking machines. In arranging a drew Broaddus, who possesses the high-class
ders hymns and other music suitable for use dur- window display he placed a Steinway piano in talking machine which is said to be nearly per-
the center and surrounded it with Victor ma- fect in its reproduction of the human voice and
ing the masses.
chines. The accompanying sign read: "The Vic- instrumental music. Many of the music-lovers of
tor is the Steinway of Talking Machines—the Louisville have heard it at Mr. Broaddus' home
TO MAKE MUSICAL SPECIALTIES.
Standard," and who doesn't know the standing and have been thrilled. He also had the instru-
M. Redgrave, 941 Willow street, Jersey City, of the Steinway? "Nuff sed."
ment at the Board of Trade offices the other day.
N. J., has incorporated to manufacture musical
The concert, however, was not given for the
specialties and parlor games. Capital, $10,000.
HERE'S A RECORD WORTH NOTING.
benefit of the general public, and only the irf-
Incorporators: Montague Redgrave, Dana F.
corporators of the festival society were present.
The business resulting from a talking machine
Putnam, John J. Melick and Chas. E. Putnam,
department may be judged from the report of a
M.D., all of Jersey City.
Syracuse, N. Y., dealer after stock taking. His
The Columbia Phonograph Co., through their
Several changes in the official staff of a promi- year's net business in all amounted to $250,000, branch located at 104 East Federal street,
nent talking machine manufactory are making of which $50,000 represented \h'e sales of sport- Youngstown. O., recently donated a Twentieth
the 1 "wise bunch" sit up and take notice. Chicago ing goods and musical merchandise, his original Century machine for use at an outing of the M.
is to be the field of active operations of possibly lines, and the $200,000 was from talking ma- E. churches on Conneaut Lake. The music and
a new plant, with some of the best men in the chines. Of course, he got out and hustled, but source from whence it came was greatly appre-
business at the head.
then the results were pretty fair, eh?
ciated by the excursionists.
edged authority on acoustics,, sound reproduc-
tion, etc., and had certain ideas about sound
waves, but Mr. C. was "from Missouri," and
showed the learned gentleman, where he was
entirely wrong. George tells the story in a
modest way, as clever men always act.
The Universal Talking Machine Manufacturing
Co. are getting ready a special bulletin of operatic
records that will be announced next month.
Bonn", the great. European tenor, who will be
heard in opera in this country for the first time
this season, at Hammerstein's Manhattan Thea-
ter, New York, has made a number of splendid
records for the Universal Co. J. Magner is mak-
ing his first trip for the company, going out
September 1.