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THE: MUSIC TRADE
REVIEW
UDELL LINE AT CONVENTION.
Daniel G. Williams Will Represent the Udell
Works at the Talking Machine Jobbers'
Convention Which Occurs at Atlantic City,
July 1 and 2—Will Show Many New Style
Cabinets to the Visiting Trade.
Daniel G. Williams, the popular representative
of the Udell Works, who recently returned to
headquarters at Indianapolis, Ind., after a visit
to the piano dealers' convention at Atlantic City,
N. J., is making arrangements to go to the Talking
Machine Jobbers' Convention, which opens in At-
lantic City, July 1 to 3. Mr. Williams will have
with him at the convention photographs of new
cabinets that the Udell Works are just putting out
for disc records. He will also have unusually at-
tractive souvenirs for the jobbers attending the
convention, and every jobber is asked to get in
touch with Mr. Williams and get a souvenir that is
really worth while. Where it is possible in ad-
vance to get the names of the jobbers attending
the convention, the souvenir will have the jobber's
name on it in gold.
The Udell Works, by the way, will shortly have
ready for distribution a new catalog of cabinets
and table cabinets for disc records. Every dealer
and jobber who 'is keeping abreast of the times
should be in possession of one of these new cata-
logs:
Concert hall of the Lyon & Healy store, Chicago
TESTIMONY FOR COMPLAINT.
Attorneys for the American Graphophone Co.
Preparing Papers in Action Against the Bos-
ton Talking Machine Co. for Infringement of
Macdonald Patent.
The attorneys for the American Graphophone
Co. this week began taking testimony for the bill
of complaint to be filed by that company in its
suit against the Boston Talking Machine Co. for
infringement of the "graphophone grand" patent
issued to the late Thomas H. Macdonald in 1902.
According to one of the attorneys the case will be
pushed to the limit as a very important patent is
involved. The leading talking machine manufac-
turers recognized the patent rights and took out
licenses under the Macdonald patent, which in
brief makes possible the great volume of sound
produced by the talking machine, but the Boston
concern has seen fit to fight the matter. The
only other company which saw fit to fight the
patent was put out of business by another patent
suit before the suit to protect the Macdonald
patent was brought to court.
FEINBERG A MOTORIST.
Traveler for the American Piano Co. Indulges
in a Classy Selden Car and Cuts Down
Cigar Bills to Meet t h e Situation.
Ben Feinberg, traveler j.ov the American Piano
Co., has been so successful in selling Rythmodik
rolls for his house that he recently plunged and
purchased a high-powered Selden car for a few
joy rides around New York and vicinity. Since
buying the car Mr. Feinberg is sinking a large
portion of his cigar money into tires and other
necessary paraphernalia for the motorist. He also
indulges in the luxury of a private chauffeur.
ENLARGES VICTROLA DEPARTMENT.
(Special to The Review.)
Pittsburgh, Pa., June 17, 1912.
The W. F. Frederick Piano Co., which recently
opened its large Victrola department in its store
in this city, has found the venture so successful
that arrangements have been made for the erection
of two new demonstrating booths, and for the giv-
ing of additional space for that department. The
Frederick Co. is also doing a heavy business ia
music rolls and plans to devote the entire second
floor of its store to that line.
The Shafer Music Co., Santa Ana, Cal., has
opened a branch store in Orange, Cal.
Victor -Victrola
The entire musical trade owes a debt of
gratitude to the Victor-Victrola.
This wonderful instrument aroused the
public to a greater and more intelligent appre-
ciation of the best in music, and in so doing
gave to the music trade in general unprece-
dented prosperity.
Never had the musical industry been on
such a high plane as it occupies today.
Never had the dealers such well located,
splendidly equipped salesrooms—salesrooms for
which Victor dealers in some instances pay
annual rentals of from twenty thousand to
thirty thousand dollars.
Never was an instrument such a complete
success as the Victor-Victrola, leading from one
success to another still greater, offering better
opportunities to dealers right along, and in
which even at the present time
every dealer can readily partici-
pate.
Victor Talking Machine Co,
Camden, N. J., U. S. A.
Berliner Gramophone Co., Montreal, Canadian Distributors.
Always use Victor Records played with Victor Needles—
there is no other way to get the unequaled Victor tone.