Music Trade Review
Issue: 1913 Vol. 56 N. 5 - Page 48
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THE
MUSIC TRADE
REVIEW
VICTOR CO. WINS THE "TONE ARM" PATENT SUITS.
NOW COLUMBIA GRAPHOPHONE CO.
Important Decision Handed Down in Two Infringement Suits Against Adolph Heinemann et al.,
and W. H. Hoschke on Victor Patents Covering the Tone Arm and Horn Construction.
Name Is Officially Changed as Above, Com-
mencing February 1—The New Reproducer.
Horace Petit, general counsel for the Victor
Talking Machine Co., announces that in two im-
portant suits, two patents of wide scope, numbers
814,786 and 814,848, botli dated March 13, 1906,
and granted to Eldridge R. Johnson, president
of the Victor Talking Machine Co, and assigned
to the Victor Co, have just been sustained by the
Federal Court. On January 14, 1913, the United
States District Court for the Southern District of
New York, filed two opinions in two suits brought
by the Victor Co. against Adolph Heinemann, et
al, and against William H Hoschke, based on in-
fringement of these patents, and held that •each
patent was valid and infringed These are the
patents which have become known as the "Tone-
Arm" patents, and cover the tone arm and horn
construction as broadly claimed in the patents.
Referring to this decision, Louis F. Geissler,
general manager of the Victor Talking Machine
Co., says:
"The significance of these decisions to the trade
is double-fold; it is additional evidence that the
Victor Co. does not make extravagant claims
relative to its patent rights, and that following its
practice, it has, with due deliberation, brought these
suits and won them, and is a further demonstra-
tion that the Victor Co. is guarding the interests
THE "DROP=TRAY REGENT
Is the Title of a New Model Which Has Re-
cently Been Placed on the Market by the
Columbia Graphophone Co.
The accompanying illustration portrays the
latest addition to the extensive machine line of the
Columbia Graphophone Co. It is entitled the
"Drop-tray Regent," to retail at $210. In con-
struction and appearance it is exactly the same as
the popular "Regent" model, with the exception
that the new type contains a set of drop-trays for
the filing of records. These drop-trays are at
present a part of the "Nonpareil" and "De Luxe"
types of machines, and they have proven to be so
popular with Columbia owners that the company
decided to incorporate them in the table type of
instrument. The "Drop-tray Regent" is a valu-
able addition to the many attractive types of in-
struments put out by this company.
The latest addition to the rapidly-growing list of
Columbia representatives is the Sonnenberg Piano
Co., of Yonkers, N. Y., which will handle the Co-
lumbia line exclusively.
An instance of the close attention paid to the
of its dealers by preventing the importation of
cheap infringing machines from foreign countries,
as well as the unlawful manufacture and sale of
infringing machines in this country. These two
patents sustained are of a broad nature, and it is
believed that they will give to this type of con-
struction the protection which the Victor Co. so
justly deserves.
"We regret to note that some of the older com-
panies have recently seen fit to infringe upon our
patent rights, and that we will be obliged to take
the necessary proceedings in such instances. Vic-
tor dealers will readily appreciate that they also
should be congratulated on the result of these
suits.
"We further take this opportunity of informing
our trade that there are now pending several other
suits, brought on behalf of the Victor Co. against
infringers, and that these suits will be prosecuted,
as we believe, to successful issue, as have sub-
stantially all of the suits which have ever been
brought by the Victor Co.
"It is unnecessary to state, as we have in for-
mer communications, that the efforts to protect
our trade and to enjoin infringing goods will not
only be directed against the manufacturer, but
against all dealers as well."
In accordance with the action taken by the stock-
holders of the Columbia Phonograph Co. at a
special meeting held on January 6, the official name
of the company, beginning February 1, is changed
from the Columbia Phonograph Co., General, to
the Columbia Graphophone Co.
The new Columbia reproducer No. G is meeting
with phenomenal success, and Columbia dealers
report that it is giving universal satisfaction to
their purchasers. The reproducer, which is being
sent out to the export trade under the title of
No. 6B, comes with a cover, but is otherwise ex-
actly the same as the No. 6.
HANDLING TALKING MACHINES.
Layton Bros., of Montreal, Can., have recently
opened a Columbia and Edison department under
the management of R. S. Dudley. A complete line
of machines and records will be carried in stock
at all times.
The Estey Co., 23 West 42d street, New York,
who recently arranged to handle the Columbia
Graphophone Co.'s line, is planning to place the
talking machines in handsome showrooms on the
third floor of the Estey building.
A REMARKABLE TESTIMONIAL FROM YSAYE.
The Famous Master of the Violin Pays a Great Tribute to the Columbia Company in Connection
with the Records Recently Made of His Playing.
The following unsolicited testimonial recently
leceived by the Columbia Graphophone Co. fro.u
Eugene Ysaye, the world-famous violinist, is an un-
L'sual expression of appreciation from this "mas-
tor" artist. As Ysaye states in his letter, he never
accepts any proposition submitted to him concern-
ing the use of his name without mature delibera-
Lion, and his final closing of a contract with the
Columbia Co. was an emphatic mark of his appre-
ciation of the perfection of the records of his play-
ing. The fact that Ysaye states that the records
meet with his hearty approval is conclusive evi-
dence of the artistic and scientific merit of the
following selections, which are the "Master's" first
recordings, and will be issued in the very near
future: Scherzo Valse, Chabnier; Berceuse, Faure;
Concerto in E minor, finale, Mendelssohn; M a -
zurka, Op. 19, (a) Obertass, (b) Menetrier, Wie-
niawski; Rondino, Op. 32, Vieuxtemps; Hungarian
Dance Xo. •">, Brahms; Caprice Viennois, Op. 2,
Franz Lehar, which only
opened last week at one
of New York's leading
theaters.
INCORPORATED.
The Sonora Phono-
graph Co. (reorganized),
of Manhattan, was incor-
porated with the Secre-
tary of State at Albany,
on Monday, for the pur-
pose of conducting a
talking machine busi-
ness, with a capital stock
of $25,000. Those inter-
ested are G. E. Bright-
son, S. Brightson and
G. C. Rumbough.
The "Drop-Tray Regent"
recording of new selections by the Columbia
Three Edison agencies were established in Port-
Graphophone Co. is evidenced by the publication
of a special list of records which accompanied the land, Me., recently, by the traveling representative
company's February bulletin. Included in this list of Thos. A. Edison, Inc. The new representatives
was the selection entitled "Waltz Melodies," from are Lord & Co., Edison Phonograph Co. and the
the operetta "The Man With Three Wives," by James Bailey Co.
Kreisler; Albuniblatt, Wagner—choice numbers.
The testimonial from Ysaye reads as follows:
Jt is my custom to consider deeply any and every
proposition with which it is suggested that my
name be associated. The contract I made with
you was the result of mature investigation. It is
my belief that Columbia records are the finest
made by anyone anywhere in the world. A word
as to the records of my playing recently made by
you—one thing is certain—in the recording and
reproduction they are the best I have ever listened
to Your method of perpetuating the characteris-
tic tone of the violin unquestionably excels all
other. I recognize in every note my individual
manner of expression. The records occupy a
unique place in my esteem as artistic and scientific
achievements. Accept my sincere congratulations
and good wishes. (Signed)
EUGENE YSAYE."
This certainly is a tribute of which the Colum-
bia Graphophone Co. can well feel proud.
EXPECT BLUE RIBBON MONTH.
The New York Talking Machine Co. Makes Fine
Report Regarding Business and Prospects.
"We expect that February will probably be one
of our blue ribbon months," states V. W. Moody,
assistant manager of the New York Talking Ma-
chine Co., 81 Chambers street, New York. "I be-
lieve this prosperous state of business conditions
will be caused not only by the encouraging out-
look of the general industry, but because of the
fact that the Victor Co. will release during this
month the large number of applications we re-
ceived from new dealers who wished to take on
the line during the past five months. Owing to the
pronounced shortage of goods this past fall the
Victor Co. was unable to fill any large initial
orders from new dealers, and the closing of the
contracts was deferred to the month of February.
As a result of the company's ability at the present
time to take care of these new applications, we
feel justified in looking forward to one of the
banner months of the year. Our trade for January
shows a substantial increase over the same month
last year."
THE
MUSIC TRADE
REVIEW
VICTOR CO. WINS THE "TONE ARM" PATENT SUITS.
NOW COLUMBIA GRAPHOPHONE CO.
Important Decision Handed Down in Two Infringement Suits Against Adolph Heinemann et al.,
and W. H. Hoschke on Victor Patents Covering the Tone Arm and Horn Construction.
Name Is Officially Changed as Above, Com-
mencing February 1—The New Reproducer.
Horace Petit, general counsel for the Victor
Talking Machine Co., announces that in two im-
portant suits, two patents of wide scope, numbers
814,786 and 814,848, botli dated March 13, 1906,
and granted to Eldridge R. Johnson, president
of the Victor Talking Machine Co, and assigned
to the Victor Co, have just been sustained by the
Federal Court. On January 14, 1913, the United
States District Court for the Southern District of
New York, filed two opinions in two suits brought
by the Victor Co. against Adolph Heinemann, et
al, and against William H Hoschke, based on in-
fringement of these patents, and held that •each
patent was valid and infringed These are the
patents which have become known as the "Tone-
Arm" patents, and cover the tone arm and horn
construction as broadly claimed in the patents.
Referring to this decision, Louis F. Geissler,
general manager of the Victor Talking Machine
Co., says:
"The significance of these decisions to the trade
is double-fold; it is additional evidence that the
Victor Co. does not make extravagant claims
relative to its patent rights, and that following its
practice, it has, with due deliberation, brought these
suits and won them, and is a further demonstra-
tion that the Victor Co. is guarding the interests
THE "DROP=TRAY REGENT
Is the Title of a New Model Which Has Re-
cently Been Placed on the Market by the
Columbia Graphophone Co.
The accompanying illustration portrays the
latest addition to the extensive machine line of the
Columbia Graphophone Co. It is entitled the
"Drop-tray Regent," to retail at $210. In con-
struction and appearance it is exactly the same as
the popular "Regent" model, with the exception
that the new type contains a set of drop-trays for
the filing of records. These drop-trays are at
present a part of the "Nonpareil" and "De Luxe"
types of machines, and they have proven to be so
popular with Columbia owners that the company
decided to incorporate them in the table type of
instrument. The "Drop-tray Regent" is a valu-
able addition to the many attractive types of in-
struments put out by this company.
The latest addition to the rapidly-growing list of
Columbia representatives is the Sonnenberg Piano
Co., of Yonkers, N. Y., which will handle the Co-
lumbia line exclusively.
An instance of the close attention paid to the
of its dealers by preventing the importation of
cheap infringing machines from foreign countries,
as well as the unlawful manufacture and sale of
infringing machines in this country. These two
patents sustained are of a broad nature, and it is
believed that they will give to this type of con-
struction the protection which the Victor Co. so
justly deserves.
"We regret to note that some of the older com-
panies have recently seen fit to infringe upon our
patent rights, and that we will be obliged to take
the necessary proceedings in such instances. Vic-
tor dealers will readily appreciate that they also
should be congratulated on the result of these
suits.
"We further take this opportunity of informing
our trade that there are now pending several other
suits, brought on behalf of the Victor Co. against
infringers, and that these suits will be prosecuted,
as we believe, to successful issue, as have sub-
stantially all of the suits which have ever been
brought by the Victor Co.
"It is unnecessary to state, as we have in for-
mer communications, that the efforts to protect
our trade and to enjoin infringing goods will not
only be directed against the manufacturer, but
against all dealers as well."
In accordance with the action taken by the stock-
holders of the Columbia Phonograph Co. at a
special meeting held on January 6, the official name
of the company, beginning February 1, is changed
from the Columbia Phonograph Co., General, to
the Columbia Graphophone Co.
The new Columbia reproducer No. G is meeting
with phenomenal success, and Columbia dealers
report that it is giving universal satisfaction to
their purchasers. The reproducer, which is being
sent out to the export trade under the title of
No. 6B, comes with a cover, but is otherwise ex-
actly the same as the No. 6.
HANDLING TALKING MACHINES.
Layton Bros., of Montreal, Can., have recently
opened a Columbia and Edison department under
the management of R. S. Dudley. A complete line
of machines and records will be carried in stock
at all times.
The Estey Co., 23 West 42d street, New York,
who recently arranged to handle the Columbia
Graphophone Co.'s line, is planning to place the
talking machines in handsome showrooms on the
third floor of the Estey building.
A REMARKABLE TESTIMONIAL FROM YSAYE.
The Famous Master of the Violin Pays a Great Tribute to the Columbia Company in Connection
with the Records Recently Made of His Playing.
The following unsolicited testimonial recently
leceived by the Columbia Graphophone Co. fro.u
Eugene Ysaye, the world-famous violinist, is an un-
L'sual expression of appreciation from this "mas-
tor" artist. As Ysaye states in his letter, he never
accepts any proposition submitted to him concern-
ing the use of his name without mature delibera-
Lion, and his final closing of a contract with the
Columbia Co. was an emphatic mark of his appre-
ciation of the perfection of the records of his play-
ing. The fact that Ysaye states that the records
meet with his hearty approval is conclusive evi-
dence of the artistic and scientific merit of the
following selections, which are the "Master's" first
recordings, and will be issued in the very near
future: Scherzo Valse, Chabnier; Berceuse, Faure;
Concerto in E minor, finale, Mendelssohn; M a -
zurka, Op. 19, (a) Obertass, (b) Menetrier, Wie-
niawski; Rondino, Op. 32, Vieuxtemps; Hungarian
Dance Xo. •">, Brahms; Caprice Viennois, Op. 2,
Franz Lehar, which only
opened last week at one
of New York's leading
theaters.
INCORPORATED.
The Sonora Phono-
graph Co. (reorganized),
of Manhattan, was incor-
porated with the Secre-
tary of State at Albany,
on Monday, for the pur-
pose of conducting a
talking machine busi-
ness, with a capital stock
of $25,000. Those inter-
ested are G. E. Bright-
son, S. Brightson and
G. C. Rumbough.
The "Drop-Tray Regent"
recording of new selections by the Columbia
Three Edison agencies were established in Port-
Graphophone Co. is evidenced by the publication
of a special list of records which accompanied the land, Me., recently, by the traveling representative
company's February bulletin. Included in this list of Thos. A. Edison, Inc. The new representatives
was the selection entitled "Waltz Melodies," from are Lord & Co., Edison Phonograph Co. and the
the operetta "The Man With Three Wives," by James Bailey Co.
Kreisler; Albuniblatt, Wagner—choice numbers.
The testimonial from Ysaye reads as follows:
Jt is my custom to consider deeply any and every
proposition with which it is suggested that my
name be associated. The contract I made with
you was the result of mature investigation. It is
my belief that Columbia records are the finest
made by anyone anywhere in the world. A word
as to the records of my playing recently made by
you—one thing is certain—in the recording and
reproduction they are the best I have ever listened
to Your method of perpetuating the characteris-
tic tone of the violin unquestionably excels all
other. I recognize in every note my individual
manner of expression. The records occupy a
unique place in my esteem as artistic and scientific
achievements. Accept my sincere congratulations
and good wishes. (Signed)
EUGENE YSAYE."
This certainly is a tribute of which the Colum-
bia Graphophone Co. can well feel proud.
EXPECT BLUE RIBBON MONTH.
The New York Talking Machine Co. Makes Fine
Report Regarding Business and Prospects.
"We expect that February will probably be one
of our blue ribbon months," states V. W. Moody,
assistant manager of the New York Talking Ma-
chine Co., 81 Chambers street, New York. "I be-
lieve this prosperous state of business conditions
will be caused not only by the encouraging out-
look of the general industry, but because of the
fact that the Victor Co. will release during this
month the large number of applications we re-
ceived from new dealers who wished to take on
the line during the past five months. Owing to the
pronounced shortage of goods this past fall the
Victor Co. was unable to fill any large initial
orders from new dealers, and the closing of the
contracts was deferred to the month of February.
As a result of the company's ability at the present
time to take care of these new applications, we
feel justified in looking forward to one of the
banner months of the year. Our trade for January
shows a substantial increase over the same month
last year."
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