Music Trade Review
Issue: 1919 Vol. 68 N. 16 - Page 48
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THE MUSIC TRADE
VICTROLA VETERAN OF THE WAR
REVIEW
Popular Dallas Man Doing Great Things in the
Edison Line—Has Perfected a Fine Organ-
ization—Good Outlook for 1919
ALBANY, N. Y., April 14.—After traveling
around the world for more than a year and
seven months, the Victrola loaned to the old
Fifteenth Infantry is back in Albany.
On August 21 W. J. Killea, a local Victor
"Diamond Points," published by Thomas A.
Edison, Inc., has an .interesting appreciation of
A. H. Curry, of the Texas-Oklahoma Phono-
graph Co., of Dallas, Tex. Mr. Curry is de-
scribed as one of the liveliest Edison jobbers in
the business and for the coming year he has an
excellent plan for lining up the dealers in his
territory. He has carefully divided up his .ter-
ritory into definite sections, each section under
the special care of its district manager, who
has always at hand very specific information re-
garding the dealers. A system of reports makes
it possible to find the weak points in the deal-
er's organization and show him the remedy.
The foundation of the whole plan is central-
ized responsibility, and there is no overlapping
of effort and no wasted time. The record made
by Mr. Curry in the past shows that his policies
arc right and the mark he has set up for his
1919 business, while it is almost incredibly high,
will be reached through the perfected methods
of his organization.
The dealers themselves now have their own
organization, due to the efforts of this enter-
prising jobber, and frequently meet as the
Texas-Oklahoma Edison Dealers' Association.
17 months on the
FRENCH BATTLE FRONT
Albany Cobred Co. C. l n k # y
THE ENEMY COULD NOT STOP A
GIMIINE VICTOR VICTROLA
ATTRACTIVE SAN FRANCISCO OFFICE
Victrola That Went Through the War
dealer, loaned to Company C of the old Fifteenth
Infantry, now the Three Hundred and Sixty-
ninth Regiment, a Victrola to be returned when
they were discharged from the army. Shortly
afterward these soldiers, who were to prove
themselves among the most wonderful fighters
in the world's war, were moved to an embarka-
tion point and sent oversea. This was the first
leg of the journey of more than 10,000 miles
and the first of the two trips it took across the
Atlantic Ocean.
It seems little short of a miracle that a Vic-
trola could last through such a journey, but it
certainly was in good company, for every mem-
ber of the regiment received a French War
Cross for bravery under fire.
Mr. Killea returned from Camp Lpton some
days ago with the pieces of the machine. Springs
were broken several times, and one ingenious
trooper had kept on using one spring again and
again by heating the ends of the spring and bor-
ing new holes to hitch the spring until it was so
short that it would play only half a record.
The tone arm looks as though it had been in
the very center of a box barrage. The sound
box needle screw was lost, and the soldiers held
the needle in place by stuffing paper in the
needle socket. At St. Nazaire, Mr. Killea was
told, the boys planned to salvage the remains
of the Victrola, but decided to return it to Amer-
ica as they had agreed. The machine has been
on exhibition in. Mr. Killea's show window and
the public has taken a keen interest in the Vic-
trola that delighted and comforted these brave
colored boys while they were "beating the Hun."
Central Location of Heineman Western Distrib-
uting Headquarters Most Convenient
Thomas A. Edison, Inc., Receive Poster Adver-
tising a Church Concert Held Twenty-three
Years Ago, at Which the Edison Phonograph
Was the Very Interesting Attraction
G. F. Phillips, of Chagrin Falls,, O., recently
sent to Thomas A. Edison, Inc., the advertising
poster which is reproduced herewith, and which
is interesting as showing the development of
FOR THE BENEFIT OF
METHODIST CHURCH,
Edison's Most Wonderful Invention
Will Reproduce the
HUMAN VOICE,
BANDS.
WHISTLING,
Etc.. Etc.
YOU CAN'T
AFFORD TO MISS
THIS RARE
OPPORTUNITY.
Greatest invention
be instructed and
Entertained.
Don't Fail to Hear
the CHIMES by the
Bells in St. John's
Cathedral.
NEW FEATURES
ON THE PROGRAM
FOR fHIS
OCCASION.
No Ear Tubes on
tins Machine.
Hundreds Hear it at
once.
UNDER THE DIRECTION OF J. T. CONKEY, ODERLIN, OHIO.
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL., April 14.—In the heart of
San Francisco's business district with its win-
dows looking out on Market street are located
Display and Sample Room at San Francisco
the Otto Heineman Phonograph Supply Co.'s
new Pacific Coast division offices.
"Success
follows all Heineman products," says Louis R.
Gruen, manager of this new office, "whether
it is the motor, needle or Okell record or a
new branch office, and I can say with all truth-
fulness 'business is humming.' "
The Heineman 'Frisco office is carrying out to
Methodist Cliurch, Chagrin Falls, Friday Even'g, Feb. 14,1896
7:30 STANDARD TINE.
ADMISSION,
-v
-
1O and 2O CENTS.
Old Poster Advertising Church Concert
the phonograph since the time of the poster,
twenty-three years ago. The poster advertises
a concert given in a Methodist church, and puts
special emphasis on the fact that there arc no
ear tubes on the machine, and that hundreds
can hear it at the same time. A glance at the
machine pictured shows the wonderful progress
made in the art of mechanically reproducing
sound since then, when the old cylinder ma-
chine with its horn is compared wi(h one of the
present-day period models of the new Edison.
Doubtless the church concert was a great suc-
ctss, and there were probably persons in attend-
ance to whom the little machine seemed a weird
and wonderful thing. The present-day machine
is no less wonderful, but the weirdness has
passed away, leaving in its place a deep appre-
ciation of the mechanical genius which has made
the recreation of the voices of the world's great-
est artists accessible to everyone at all times.
Snrelv the "world do move."
N. J. WILCOX IS MANAGER
Geo. W. Hopkins, general sales manager of
the Columbia Graphophone Co., New York, an-
nounced on Thursday the appointment of N. J.
Wilcox as manager of the Columbia branch at
Philadelphia, Pa. Mr. Wilcox, who is a new-
comer in the phonograph industry, succeeds A.
J. Heath, who resigned with the regrets of the
Columbia Co. in order to open an exclusive Co-
hmbia retail establishment, the location of
which will be announced later.
FILES BANKRUPTCY SCHEDULES
Leonard Markels, manufacturer of phonograph
motors, formerly located at 165 William street,
filed schedules of bankruptcy on Wednesday
showing liabilities of $76,352 and assets consist-
ing of stock and accounts, amount not stated,
turned over to the assignee. At a meeting of
creditors held at the offices of Peter B. Olney,
referee in bankruptcy, Marcus Helfand was
elected trustee with a bond of $10,000.
1919
A. H. CURRY A SUCCESSFUL JOBBER A TWENTY=THREE YEAR OLD POSTER
Instrument Loaned to Old Fifteenth Infantry
of Albany, N. Y., Is Back at the Capital With
Notable Victory to its Credit
THIS VICTROLA w i t through
APRIL 19,
Manager Gruen's Private Office
the letter the well-known slogan of this suc-
cessful business institution, "At your service,"
and the Heineman trade on the Coast will re-
ceive the heartiest co-operation from Mr. Gruen.
The Butterfly Phonograph Motor Corp. has
purchased the assets of Leonard Markels, for-
mer motor manufacturer who was adjudged
bankrupt recently. The company has opened a
factory in New York, and Mr. Markels has been
engaged as general manager.
48
THE MUSIC TRADE
VICTROLA VETERAN OF THE WAR
REVIEW
Popular Dallas Man Doing Great Things in the
Edison Line—Has Perfected a Fine Organ-
ization—Good Outlook for 1919
ALBANY, N. Y., April 14.—After traveling
around the world for more than a year and
seven months, the Victrola loaned to the old
Fifteenth Infantry is back in Albany.
On August 21 W. J. Killea, a local Victor
"Diamond Points," published by Thomas A.
Edison, Inc., has an .interesting appreciation of
A. H. Curry, of the Texas-Oklahoma Phono-
graph Co., of Dallas, Tex. Mr. Curry is de-
scribed as one of the liveliest Edison jobbers in
the business and for the coming year he has an
excellent plan for lining up the dealers in his
territory. He has carefully divided up his .ter-
ritory into definite sections, each section under
the special care of its district manager, who
has always at hand very specific information re-
garding the dealers. A system of reports makes
it possible to find the weak points in the deal-
er's organization and show him the remedy.
The foundation of the whole plan is central-
ized responsibility, and there is no overlapping
of effort and no wasted time. The record made
by Mr. Curry in the past shows that his policies
arc right and the mark he has set up for his
1919 business, while it is almost incredibly high,
will be reached through the perfected methods
of his organization.
The dealers themselves now have their own
organization, due to the efforts of this enter-
prising jobber, and frequently meet as the
Texas-Oklahoma Edison Dealers' Association.
17 months on the
FRENCH BATTLE FRONT
Albany Cobred Co. C. l n k # y
THE ENEMY COULD NOT STOP A
GIMIINE VICTOR VICTROLA
ATTRACTIVE SAN FRANCISCO OFFICE
Victrola That Went Through the War
dealer, loaned to Company C of the old Fifteenth
Infantry, now the Three Hundred and Sixty-
ninth Regiment, a Victrola to be returned when
they were discharged from the army. Shortly
afterward these soldiers, who were to prove
themselves among the most wonderful fighters
in the world's war, were moved to an embarka-
tion point and sent oversea. This was the first
leg of the journey of more than 10,000 miles
and the first of the two trips it took across the
Atlantic Ocean.
It seems little short of a miracle that a Vic-
trola could last through such a journey, but it
certainly was in good company, for every mem-
ber of the regiment received a French War
Cross for bravery under fire.
Mr. Killea returned from Camp Lpton some
days ago with the pieces of the machine. Springs
were broken several times, and one ingenious
trooper had kept on using one spring again and
again by heating the ends of the spring and bor-
ing new holes to hitch the spring until it was so
short that it would play only half a record.
The tone arm looks as though it had been in
the very center of a box barrage. The sound
box needle screw was lost, and the soldiers held
the needle in place by stuffing paper in the
needle socket. At St. Nazaire, Mr. Killea was
told, the boys planned to salvage the remains
of the Victrola, but decided to return it to Amer-
ica as they had agreed. The machine has been
on exhibition in. Mr. Killea's show window and
the public has taken a keen interest in the Vic-
trola that delighted and comforted these brave
colored boys while they were "beating the Hun."
Central Location of Heineman Western Distrib-
uting Headquarters Most Convenient
Thomas A. Edison, Inc., Receive Poster Adver-
tising a Church Concert Held Twenty-three
Years Ago, at Which the Edison Phonograph
Was the Very Interesting Attraction
G. F. Phillips, of Chagrin Falls,, O., recently
sent to Thomas A. Edison, Inc., the advertising
poster which is reproduced herewith, and which
is interesting as showing the development of
FOR THE BENEFIT OF
METHODIST CHURCH,
Edison's Most Wonderful Invention
Will Reproduce the
HUMAN VOICE,
BANDS.
WHISTLING,
Etc.. Etc.
YOU CAN'T
AFFORD TO MISS
THIS RARE
OPPORTUNITY.
Greatest invention
be instructed and
Entertained.
Don't Fail to Hear
the CHIMES by the
Bells in St. John's
Cathedral.
NEW FEATURES
ON THE PROGRAM
FOR fHIS
OCCASION.
No Ear Tubes on
tins Machine.
Hundreds Hear it at
once.
UNDER THE DIRECTION OF J. T. CONKEY, ODERLIN, OHIO.
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL., April 14.—In the heart of
San Francisco's business district with its win-
dows looking out on Market street are located
Display and Sample Room at San Francisco
the Otto Heineman Phonograph Supply Co.'s
new Pacific Coast division offices.
"Success
follows all Heineman products," says Louis R.
Gruen, manager of this new office, "whether
it is the motor, needle or Okell record or a
new branch office, and I can say with all truth-
fulness 'business is humming.' "
The Heineman 'Frisco office is carrying out to
Methodist Cliurch, Chagrin Falls, Friday Even'g, Feb. 14,1896
7:30 STANDARD TINE.
ADMISSION,
-v
-
1O and 2O CENTS.
Old Poster Advertising Church Concert
the phonograph since the time of the poster,
twenty-three years ago. The poster advertises
a concert given in a Methodist church, and puts
special emphasis on the fact that there arc no
ear tubes on the machine, and that hundreds
can hear it at the same time. A glance at the
machine pictured shows the wonderful progress
made in the art of mechanically reproducing
sound since then, when the old cylinder ma-
chine with its horn is compared wi(h one of the
present-day period models of the new Edison.
Doubtless the church concert was a great suc-
ctss, and there were probably persons in attend-
ance to whom the little machine seemed a weird
and wonderful thing. The present-day machine
is no less wonderful, but the weirdness has
passed away, leaving in its place a deep appre-
ciation of the mechanical genius which has made
the recreation of the voices of the world's great-
est artists accessible to everyone at all times.
Snrelv the "world do move."
N. J. WILCOX IS MANAGER
Geo. W. Hopkins, general sales manager of
the Columbia Graphophone Co., New York, an-
nounced on Thursday the appointment of N. J.
Wilcox as manager of the Columbia branch at
Philadelphia, Pa. Mr. Wilcox, who is a new-
comer in the phonograph industry, succeeds A.
J. Heath, who resigned with the regrets of the
Columbia Co. in order to open an exclusive Co-
hmbia retail establishment, the location of
which will be announced later.
FILES BANKRUPTCY SCHEDULES
Leonard Markels, manufacturer of phonograph
motors, formerly located at 165 William street,
filed schedules of bankruptcy on Wednesday
showing liabilities of $76,352 and assets consist-
ing of stock and accounts, amount not stated,
turned over to the assignee. At a meeting of
creditors held at the offices of Peter B. Olney,
referee in bankruptcy, Marcus Helfand was
elected trustee with a bond of $10,000.
1919
A. H. CURRY A SUCCESSFUL JOBBER A TWENTY=THREE YEAR OLD POSTER
Instrument Loaned to Old Fifteenth Infantry
of Albany, N. Y., Is Back at the Capital With
Notable Victory to its Credit
THIS VICTROLA w i t through
APRIL 19,
Manager Gruen's Private Office
the letter the well-known slogan of this suc-
cessful business institution, "At your service,"
and the Heineman trade on the Coast will re-
ceive the heartiest co-operation from Mr. Gruen.
The Butterfly Phonograph Motor Corp. has
purchased the assets of Leonard Markels, for-
mer motor manufacturer who was adjudged
bankrupt recently. The company has opened a
factory in New York, and Mr. Markels has been
engaged as general manager.
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