Music Trade Review
Issue: 1922 Vol. 74 N. 14 - Page 10
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APRIL 8, 1922
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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
HALLET & DAVIS CO. ENTERS TALKING MACHINE FIELD
ANNOUNCE A FILM OPERA IN BERLIN
Famous Boston Piano Manufacturing Concern to Make Complete Line of Period Model Talking
Machines—Will Play All Makes of Records—Extreme Care Given to Every Detail of Construction
German Concern Claims Solution of Perfect Syn-
chronization of Film and Music
the great record libraries of the world. For fur-
ther convenience each style is equipped with an
automatic stop so simple it can be operated by
a child.
Model H is of Louis XV style in English
brown mahogany and figured American walnut;
height, 43 inches; width, 20 inches; depth, 22
inches; equipped with universal reproducer for
playing all records, twelve-inch turntable, auto-
matic stop, tone modifier, trimmings nickel plated.
$115.
Model J, Queen Anne, is in English brown
mahogany and figured American walnut; height,
34)4 inches; width, 36 inches; depth, 21^4 inches;
equipped with universal reproducer for playing
all records, twelve-inch turntable, automatic stop,
tone amplifier, trimmings nickel plated. $135.
Model L, Colonial, is made in English brown
mahogany and figured American walnut; height,
34^4 inches; width, 38% inches; depth, 22]4
inches; equipped with universal reproducer for
playing all records, twelve-inch turntable, auto-
matic stop, tone amplifier, trimmings nickel
plated. $185.
Model M, of Louis XVI type, is in English
brown mahogany and figured American walnut;
height, 34 inches; width, 39j4 inches; depth, 21-)4
inches; equipped with universal reproducer for
playing all records, twelve-inch turntable, with
royal purple plush covering, automatic stop, tone
modifier, trimmings gold plated, five albums for
filing records. $250.
In no case have the details been considered too
small to carry eut to perfection. The reputation
for producing nothing but the best in the re-
nowned Hallet & Davis pianos (which, for more
than three-quarters of a century, have been
awarded 139 gold medals throughout the world)
has been zealously guarded in the production of
the Hallet & Davis phonograph.
A dispatch received by the New York Herald
from Berlin, Germany, states that a German film
company claims to have a definite solution of the
synchronization of film and music. The premiere
of the first film opera will take place at the Berlin
Opera House shortly, the score having been writ-
ten by Prof. Hummel, a well-known German
composer.
The timing of the music to the tale unrolled in
the film is attained by a narrow ribbon bearing
the music, which appears at the bottom of the
picture, having been photographed simultaneously
with the scenes in the play. Singers and orches-
tra take part in the film opera, the conductor of
the orchestra keeping his eye upon the changing
ribbon of music.
With one hand the conductor operates an auto-
matic relay, which retards the film whenever the
action is too fast for the tempo. Thus exact tim-
ing is possible.
The film opera is entitled "Beyond the Stream"
and the scene is the underworld. The heroine
crosses the River Styx to the underworld, where
her adventures are depicted.
BOSTON, MASS., April 4.—After long and careful
experiments carried on along highly scientific
lines the Hallet & Davis Co., of Boston, is now
able to make an announcement to the trade which
is of the greatest importance, and concerns a
product which is sure to find widespread favor,
namely, a new talking machine which takes the
honored name of this famous house. Into these
miachines has been carried all the conscientious
workmanship that has made the pianos of this
house widely and favorably known, and when
these models are given close scrutiny they will
be found to be everything that is claimed for
them.
It is also further claimed for them that they
are destined to play an important part in raising
the general tone of the talking machine and cer-
tainly from the artistic standpoint it will be
agreed that these Hallet & Davis models are
hard to beat. Three things that, of course, were
kept closely in mind in getting ready to present
these models to the public were artistic cases,
the most approved mechanical construction, and
tone, which perhaps is the most important of all.
The cabinets are constructed of the finest se-
lected woods, with a high piano finish. In the
English and Colonial models the charm of sim-
plicity is shown to splendid advantage, while for
those desiring a more elaborate case there are
the graceful and exquisite Louis styles.
The reproducer, tone arm and sound amplifier
are specially constructed on highest approved
scientific laws for carrying sound waves. The
motor, designed by leading engineers in the in-
dustry, is strong, durable and silent. Every part
of it is mechanically perfect to the thousandth
part of an inch. Since there are many different
makes of records, a universal tone arm and repro-
ducer are used for playing all kinds of records
without attachments, thereby giving access to all
BREEDEN VISITS FACTORY
Jesse French & Sons' Representative Brings Sub-
stantial Orders With Him
NEW CASTLE, IND., April 1.—Marshall Breeden
is a visitor to the Jesse French factory from the
Far West. Mr. Breeden is the Western repre-
sentative of the French factories and has his
headquarters in Los Angeles, from where he cov-
ers Arizona, California, Oregon and Washington.
Mr. Breeden reports that conditions on the
Pacific Coast are improving greatly and has in
evidence of that fact left several carload orders
at the French factories.
Our Reproducing Grand Piano Action
An action with many individual features especially de-
veloped to meet the requirements of reproducing pianos.
THE STAIB-ABENDSCHEIN CO.
134th Street and Brook Avenue
New York
APRIL 8, 1922
10
THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
HALLET & DAVIS CO. ENTERS TALKING MACHINE FIELD
ANNOUNCE A FILM OPERA IN BERLIN
Famous Boston Piano Manufacturing Concern to Make Complete Line of Period Model Talking
Machines—Will Play All Makes of Records—Extreme Care Given to Every Detail of Construction
German Concern Claims Solution of Perfect Syn-
chronization of Film and Music
the great record libraries of the world. For fur-
ther convenience each style is equipped with an
automatic stop so simple it can be operated by
a child.
Model H is of Louis XV style in English
brown mahogany and figured American walnut;
height, 43 inches; width, 20 inches; depth, 22
inches; equipped with universal reproducer for
playing all records, twelve-inch turntable, auto-
matic stop, tone modifier, trimmings nickel plated.
$115.
Model J, Queen Anne, is in English brown
mahogany and figured American walnut; height,
34)4 inches; width, 36 inches; depth, 21^4 inches;
equipped with universal reproducer for playing
all records, twelve-inch turntable, automatic stop,
tone amplifier, trimmings nickel plated. $135.
Model L, Colonial, is made in English brown
mahogany and figured American walnut; height,
34^4 inches; width, 38% inches; depth, 22]4
inches; equipped with universal reproducer for
playing all records, twelve-inch turntable, auto-
matic stop, tone amplifier, trimmings nickel
plated. $185.
Model M, of Louis XVI type, is in English
brown mahogany and figured American walnut;
height, 34 inches; width, 39j4 inches; depth, 21-)4
inches; equipped with universal reproducer for
playing all records, twelve-inch turntable, with
royal purple plush covering, automatic stop, tone
modifier, trimmings gold plated, five albums for
filing records. $250.
In no case have the details been considered too
small to carry eut to perfection. The reputation
for producing nothing but the best in the re-
nowned Hallet & Davis pianos (which, for more
than three-quarters of a century, have been
awarded 139 gold medals throughout the world)
has been zealously guarded in the production of
the Hallet & Davis phonograph.
A dispatch received by the New York Herald
from Berlin, Germany, states that a German film
company claims to have a definite solution of the
synchronization of film and music. The premiere
of the first film opera will take place at the Berlin
Opera House shortly, the score having been writ-
ten by Prof. Hummel, a well-known German
composer.
The timing of the music to the tale unrolled in
the film is attained by a narrow ribbon bearing
the music, which appears at the bottom of the
picture, having been photographed simultaneously
with the scenes in the play. Singers and orches-
tra take part in the film opera, the conductor of
the orchestra keeping his eye upon the changing
ribbon of music.
With one hand the conductor operates an auto-
matic relay, which retards the film whenever the
action is too fast for the tempo. Thus exact tim-
ing is possible.
The film opera is entitled "Beyond the Stream"
and the scene is the underworld. The heroine
crosses the River Styx to the underworld, where
her adventures are depicted.
BOSTON, MASS., April 4.—After long and careful
experiments carried on along highly scientific
lines the Hallet & Davis Co., of Boston, is now
able to make an announcement to the trade which
is of the greatest importance, and concerns a
product which is sure to find widespread favor,
namely, a new talking machine which takes the
honored name of this famous house. Into these
miachines has been carried all the conscientious
workmanship that has made the pianos of this
house widely and favorably known, and when
these models are given close scrutiny they will
be found to be everything that is claimed for
them.
It is also further claimed for them that they
are destined to play an important part in raising
the general tone of the talking machine and cer-
tainly from the artistic standpoint it will be
agreed that these Hallet & Davis models are
hard to beat. Three things that, of course, were
kept closely in mind in getting ready to present
these models to the public were artistic cases,
the most approved mechanical construction, and
tone, which perhaps is the most important of all.
The cabinets are constructed of the finest se-
lected woods, with a high piano finish. In the
English and Colonial models the charm of sim-
plicity is shown to splendid advantage, while for
those desiring a more elaborate case there are
the graceful and exquisite Louis styles.
The reproducer, tone arm and sound amplifier
are specially constructed on highest approved
scientific laws for carrying sound waves. The
motor, designed by leading engineers in the in-
dustry, is strong, durable and silent. Every part
of it is mechanically perfect to the thousandth
part of an inch. Since there are many different
makes of records, a universal tone arm and repro-
ducer are used for playing all kinds of records
without attachments, thereby giving access to all
BREEDEN VISITS FACTORY
Jesse French & Sons' Representative Brings Sub-
stantial Orders With Him
NEW CASTLE, IND., April 1.—Marshall Breeden
is a visitor to the Jesse French factory from the
Far West. Mr. Breeden is the Western repre-
sentative of the French factories and has his
headquarters in Los Angeles, from where he cov-
ers Arizona, California, Oregon and Washington.
Mr. Breeden reports that conditions on the
Pacific Coast are improving greatly and has in
evidence of that fact left several carload orders
at the French factories.
Our Reproducing Grand Piano Action
An action with many individual features especially de-
veloped to meet the requirements of reproducing pianos.
THE STAIB-ABENDSCHEIN CO.
134th Street and Brook Avenue
New York
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