Music Trade Review
Issue: 1916 Vol. 63 N. 22 - Page 76
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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
70
IMPORTANT TALKING MACHINE SUITS ARE SETTLED
FEATURING THE PATHEPHONE
The Sonora Phonograph Corp., After Several Years of Legal Contention, Abandons Contest With
Victor Co. on Its Victor Patents, and Acknowledges Their Validity and Infringement
As is well known in the trade, the Victor persistence finally had its reward; resulting in
Talking Machine Co. brought several suits consent decrees being entered for the Victor
against the Sonora Phonograph Corp., based on Talking Machine Co., with the approval of the
infringement of patents, several of which were court, sustaining their patents as valid and in-
directed to the enclosed horn type of talking fringed.
machine.
Mr. Brightson stated that while, of course,
This litigation has been long pending, and by he would not make public the minor details
special assignment the cases were to be tried of the settlement, he would say that the So-
in October, and there has been widespread in- nora Corp., with the advice of its counsel, was
terest in the trade over the outcome of these willing to recognize the validity of the patents
suits, owing to the effect they would have on in suit, and that a license had been obtained
from the Victor Co., which, while limited in its
the talking machine industry.
The Sonora Phonograph Corp. had made scope, would nevertheless permit the Sonora
most careful and exhaustive preparation for Corp. to continue to market its present prod-
the defense of these cases, retaining very able uct, and though the royalty to be paid to the
counsel and the best experts available, but, Victor Co. under the license was very substan-
according to Mr. Rrightson, the president of the tial and would undoubtedly be burdensome to
Sonora Corp., when the trials became imminent, the Sonora Corp., yet, as a matter of good
he became exceedingly apprehensive of the out- business and to a certain extent guarantee the
come, because if defeated the Sonora Corp. future of his company, he acquiesced in the ad-
would be practically forced out of business, or vice of his counsel and recommended the agree-
at least so seriously handicapped as to make the ment to his board of directors, which unani-
future of the company too uncertain to war- mously approved it.
rant its continuance.
Mr. Brightson believes that he could not pos-
Under these circumstances, Mr. Brightson sibly have brought about this altogether de-
thought it to the interest of his company to sirable arrangement with the Victor Co. unless
make overtures for a settlement of the litiga- the Sonora Corp. had uniformly been putting
tion, and although the Victor Co. was insistent out high-grade machines, and that the Sonora
on the cases going to trial, Mr. Brightson's Corp. will continue its policy in that regard.
MEMPHJS, TENN., November 20.—The accom-
panying illustration presents one of the most
attractive window displays which has been seen
in the local talking machine trade for some
ATTRACTIVE DISPLAY OF COLUMBIA OPERATIC RECORDS
A window that stimulates the sale of operatic
records is worthy of more than passing inter-
The pictures were furnished by the Columbia
Graphophone Co., and Mr. Boland cut out the
Pathephone Window of W. W. Kimball Co.
time past. This window was featured with ex-
cellent results by the W. W. Kimball Co., Pathe
dealer, and John S. Vesey, manager of the store,
reports the closing of a number of Pathephone
sales as a result of this display. The window
has attracted considerable attention from the
local trade, including many window dressing
authorities.
The rooster used for the display is six foot
tall, and is cut out of beaver board, re-enforced
with wooden strips in the back. It is painted
in water colors in a brilliant red, trimmed in
white. It stands on a large Pathe disc on
back of the mailing folder. The roses and piano
lamp are red; the background being a light
cream color, almost white. The floor is a
hardwood oak floor.
C0LUMBIA_S0CIAL NEWS
C. W. Wolfe, a member of the advertising
department of the Columbia Graphophone Co.,
New York, was* married on Sunday to Miss
Anna E. Pierre, at the home of the bride's
parents, 203 West 131st street, New York. Mr.
Wolfe was a host to the members of the ad-
vertising department on a wedding luncheon on
Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Louis II. Hilborn, of 545 West
End avenue, New York, have announced the
engagement of their daughter, Miss Wanda
Hilborn, to Julius Asherman. The marriage is
to take place on Thanksgiving Day at the home
of the bride's parents. Miss Hilborn was con-
nected for two years with the educational de-
partment of the Columbia Graphophone Co., as-
sisting Frederic Goodwin, manager of this de-
partment in developing the possibilites of this
field. She was very successful in this work
and rendered invaluable co-operation to Colum-
bia dealers throughout the country.
BIG HEINEMAN MOTOR SHIPMENTS
A Window Display at the Grafonola Shop, Chicago, Which Resulted in Profitable Business
est, and the window shown herewith has the head of each portrait, shaping the lower portion
according to whatever fancy he had for pleas-
honor of being in that category.
This display which was recently made by the ing effect when mounted upon the pasteboard.
This window was directly responsible for
Grafonola Shop, 14 North Michigan avenue, Chi-
cago, 111., was inexpensive in its preparation, the sale of many Columbia grand opera rec-
A. T. Boland, manager of the establishment, ords, and in fact acted as an impetus for in-
constructing most of the properties himself. creased record sales all along the line.
M. S. DAMONJN NEW YORK
DEATH OF EUGENE WIDMANN
M. S. Damon, manager of the Victor depart-
ment of the Boardman & Gray Piano Co., Al-
bany, N. Y., was a visitor to the trade this
week, visiting a number of his friends in the
Victor industry. Mr. Damon spent some time
at the headquarters of the New York Talking
Machine Co., Victor distributor, where he
thoroughly investigated some of the new ideas
which this company's efficiency department has
prepared for the use of its dealers. Mr. Damon
spoke encouragingly of the business situation
up-State, remarking that the extent of the Vic-
tor business closed in this territory is being
limited only by the product available.
E. A. Widmann, president of the Pathe
Freres Phonograph Co., New York, is receiv-
ing the sympathy of his friends upon the death
of his father, Eugene Widmann, which oc-
curred last week. Mr. Widmann was seventy-
four years of age at the time of his death, and
had retired from business a number of years
ago. The funeral services were held from his
late home, 866 Park place, Brooklyn, N. Y.
Consult the universal Want Directory of
The Review. In it advertisements are inserted
free of charge for men who desire positions
of any kind.
November 9 was a red-letter date for the Otto
Heineman Phonograph Supply Co., for on this
day, the actual shipments of Heineman motors
from the company's plant at Elyria, O., reached
the remarkable figure of 3,429, a record-break-
ing one-day total.
When it is considered that the Otto Heine-
man Phonograph Supply Co. has only been in
the American market for the past two years,
this figure is doubly impressive, as it indicates
conclusively that the "Motor of Quality" has
gained in this short space of time a premier
position with talking machine manufacturers.
EXHIBIT OF NEW EDISON CABINETS
Invitations have been sent out by the Edi-
son Laboratories for a private exhibition of
hand-made period cabinets for the new Edison
phonograph at the Rifz-Carlton Hotel, New
York, on Friday, November 24, from 2.30 to
9.30 p. m. At 4.30 there will be an informal
reception to Mme. Rappold, Mile. Verlet and
Miss Miller, three prominent soloists who re-
cord exclusively for the new Edison.
THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
70
IMPORTANT TALKING MACHINE SUITS ARE SETTLED
FEATURING THE PATHEPHONE
The Sonora Phonograph Corp., After Several Years of Legal Contention, Abandons Contest With
Victor Co. on Its Victor Patents, and Acknowledges Their Validity and Infringement
As is well known in the trade, the Victor persistence finally had its reward; resulting in
Talking Machine Co. brought several suits consent decrees being entered for the Victor
against the Sonora Phonograph Corp., based on Talking Machine Co., with the approval of the
infringement of patents, several of which were court, sustaining their patents as valid and in-
directed to the enclosed horn type of talking fringed.
machine.
Mr. Brightson stated that while, of course,
This litigation has been long pending, and by he would not make public the minor details
special assignment the cases were to be tried of the settlement, he would say that the So-
in October, and there has been widespread in- nora Corp., with the advice of its counsel, was
terest in the trade over the outcome of these willing to recognize the validity of the patents
suits, owing to the effect they would have on in suit, and that a license had been obtained
from the Victor Co., which, while limited in its
the talking machine industry.
The Sonora Phonograph Corp. had made scope, would nevertheless permit the Sonora
most careful and exhaustive preparation for Corp. to continue to market its present prod-
the defense of these cases, retaining very able uct, and though the royalty to be paid to the
counsel and the best experts available, but, Victor Co. under the license was very substan-
according to Mr. Rrightson, the president of the tial and would undoubtedly be burdensome to
Sonora Corp., when the trials became imminent, the Sonora Corp., yet, as a matter of good
he became exceedingly apprehensive of the out- business and to a certain extent guarantee the
come, because if defeated the Sonora Corp. future of his company, he acquiesced in the ad-
would be practically forced out of business, or vice of his counsel and recommended the agree-
at least so seriously handicapped as to make the ment to his board of directors, which unani-
future of the company too uncertain to war- mously approved it.
rant its continuance.
Mr. Brightson believes that he could not pos-
Under these circumstances, Mr. Brightson sibly have brought about this altogether de-
thought it to the interest of his company to sirable arrangement with the Victor Co. unless
make overtures for a settlement of the litiga- the Sonora Corp. had uniformly been putting
tion, and although the Victor Co. was insistent out high-grade machines, and that the Sonora
on the cases going to trial, Mr. Brightson's Corp. will continue its policy in that regard.
MEMPHJS, TENN., November 20.—The accom-
panying illustration presents one of the most
attractive window displays which has been seen
in the local talking machine trade for some
ATTRACTIVE DISPLAY OF COLUMBIA OPERATIC RECORDS
A window that stimulates the sale of operatic
records is worthy of more than passing inter-
The pictures were furnished by the Columbia
Graphophone Co., and Mr. Boland cut out the
Pathephone Window of W. W. Kimball Co.
time past. This window was featured with ex-
cellent results by the W. W. Kimball Co., Pathe
dealer, and John S. Vesey, manager of the store,
reports the closing of a number of Pathephone
sales as a result of this display. The window
has attracted considerable attention from the
local trade, including many window dressing
authorities.
The rooster used for the display is six foot
tall, and is cut out of beaver board, re-enforced
with wooden strips in the back. It is painted
in water colors in a brilliant red, trimmed in
white. It stands on a large Pathe disc on
back of the mailing folder. The roses and piano
lamp are red; the background being a light
cream color, almost white. The floor is a
hardwood oak floor.
C0LUMBIA_S0CIAL NEWS
C. W. Wolfe, a member of the advertising
department of the Columbia Graphophone Co.,
New York, was* married on Sunday to Miss
Anna E. Pierre, at the home of the bride's
parents, 203 West 131st street, New York. Mr.
Wolfe was a host to the members of the ad-
vertising department on a wedding luncheon on
Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Louis II. Hilborn, of 545 West
End avenue, New York, have announced the
engagement of their daughter, Miss Wanda
Hilborn, to Julius Asherman. The marriage is
to take place on Thanksgiving Day at the home
of the bride's parents. Miss Hilborn was con-
nected for two years with the educational de-
partment of the Columbia Graphophone Co., as-
sisting Frederic Goodwin, manager of this de-
partment in developing the possibilites of this
field. She was very successful in this work
and rendered invaluable co-operation to Colum-
bia dealers throughout the country.
BIG HEINEMAN MOTOR SHIPMENTS
A Window Display at the Grafonola Shop, Chicago, Which Resulted in Profitable Business
est, and the window shown herewith has the head of each portrait, shaping the lower portion
according to whatever fancy he had for pleas-
honor of being in that category.
This display which was recently made by the ing effect when mounted upon the pasteboard.
This window was directly responsible for
Grafonola Shop, 14 North Michigan avenue, Chi-
cago, 111., was inexpensive in its preparation, the sale of many Columbia grand opera rec-
A. T. Boland, manager of the establishment, ords, and in fact acted as an impetus for in-
constructing most of the properties himself. creased record sales all along the line.
M. S. DAMONJN NEW YORK
DEATH OF EUGENE WIDMANN
M. S. Damon, manager of the Victor depart-
ment of the Boardman & Gray Piano Co., Al-
bany, N. Y., was a visitor to the trade this
week, visiting a number of his friends in the
Victor industry. Mr. Damon spent some time
at the headquarters of the New York Talking
Machine Co., Victor distributor, where he
thoroughly investigated some of the new ideas
which this company's efficiency department has
prepared for the use of its dealers. Mr. Damon
spoke encouragingly of the business situation
up-State, remarking that the extent of the Vic-
tor business closed in this territory is being
limited only by the product available.
E. A. Widmann, president of the Pathe
Freres Phonograph Co., New York, is receiv-
ing the sympathy of his friends upon the death
of his father, Eugene Widmann, which oc-
curred last week. Mr. Widmann was seventy-
four years of age at the time of his death, and
had retired from business a number of years
ago. The funeral services were held from his
late home, 866 Park place, Brooklyn, N. Y.
Consult the universal Want Directory of
The Review. In it advertisements are inserted
free of charge for men who desire positions
of any kind.
November 9 was a red-letter date for the Otto
Heineman Phonograph Supply Co., for on this
day, the actual shipments of Heineman motors
from the company's plant at Elyria, O., reached
the remarkable figure of 3,429, a record-break-
ing one-day total.
When it is considered that the Otto Heine-
man Phonograph Supply Co. has only been in
the American market for the past two years,
this figure is doubly impressive, as it indicates
conclusively that the "Motor of Quality" has
gained in this short space of time a premier
position with talking machine manufacturers.
EXHIBIT OF NEW EDISON CABINETS
Invitations have been sent out by the Edi-
son Laboratories for a private exhibition of
hand-made period cabinets for the new Edison
phonograph at the Rifz-Carlton Hotel, New
York, on Friday, November 24, from 2.30 to
9.30 p. m. At 4.30 there will be an informal
reception to Mme. Rappold, Mile. Verlet and
Miss Miller, three prominent soloists who re-
cord exclusively for the new Edison.
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