The phonoscope (Nov 1896-Dec 1899)

10 THE PHONOSCOPE THE PHONOSCOPE COPVfilGHTEO n96 PUBLISH 111' MONTHLY BY see them lined up on pay day, wearing their sealskin coats and diamonds, with a four horse truck outside to carry off the coin. THE PHONOSCOPE PUBLISHING CO. 4 EAST 14th ST3IE1 , NEW YORK. U S. A. EMU. IMAXDT. Editor SUBSCRIPTION : United States ami Canada .... Si-°o per year Foreign Countries Single Copies ioc. each Baik numbers can be obtained at regular rates. ADVERTISING RATLS FURNISHED ON APPl-iCATION All communications must be addressed to The Phonoscope Publishing Co., 4 East 14th Street, New York City, to insure prompt attention. THE PHONOSCOPE is the only journal in the world published iu the interest of Talking Machines Picture Projecting and Animating Devices, and Scientific and Amusement Inventions appertaining to Sound and Sight. Correspondents in London. Paris. Berlin. Amsterdam. Madrid, Alexandria and Constantinople. Australia. South America. Central America, Canada and loS cities iu the United States. The Publishers solicit contributions from the readers or Thf Phonoscope, and suggest that a:iy notes, news or items appertaining to souud and sight would b_ acceptable ^Crabe Botes Miss F. Bischoff, Secretary of The American Graphophone Company, is away on a well-earned and much needed vacation. The Columbia Phonograph Company will open up in London soon ; this will enable them to cover Europe iu fine shape. F. M. Prescott has issued a net price list to the trade cn talking-machine supplies. Every dealer who wants low prices should send for a copy of it. Our representative heard a record of Mr. J. Aldrich Libbey, the well-known baritone, which was oue of the sweetest evtr produced on a talking-machine. This record was made at the laboratory of the Lyric Phonograph Company. Mr. Godwin, the genial advertising manager of the Columbia Phonograph Company is under the weather again. We hope he will be around soon again. ' Owing to increased manufacture, F. M. Prescott has been able to reduce the cost and consequently selling prices on his line of glass horns as per advertisement. A quarterly dividend ( No. 19) of two per cent has been declared on the common stock of the American Graphophone Company, payable March 15, to stockholders of record March 1st. price. These machines are all new and in perfect condition, price; formerly, S35.00. This is a grand opportunity for a person with a small capital. The chemically prepared linen fibre diaphragm and adjustable horn crane placed on the market by this company, have met with great success. Note change of address. F. J. Patter, for the past two years in charge of the outside advertising of the National Gramophone Corporation, is reported to have been laid off by this Company^ on account of poor business and the desire of this Company to reduce expenses. Thomas Armat, after a four years' fight, has at last sustained his projecting picture machine patents. This will compel the Biograph and others to pay royalty in future. The Universal Talking Machine Company, of which F. M. Prescott is the sole export agent, has opened in New York City a laboratory for the manufacture of flat disc records. Their process is different from that employed in the manufacture of Gramophone records and the records are also said to be superior in quality-. Nick Conway and Phil. Staats, the popular comedians, are making trial records for talkingmachines. The manager of one of our leading laboratories complimented them and predicted success. F. E. Burrows, for the past three years in charge of the shipping department of the National Gramophone Company, has been laid off for the present by the Company probably in order to reduce expenses. The record talent have certainly had a harvest during the past winter and it is a great sight to Mr. Hageu, of Harms, Kaiser & Hagen, reports business as better than ever and promises to increasing daily. The fact that the supply of blanks is somewhat limited causes a little inconvenience. The above firm have several new features catalogued this month. Every Phonograph user should send for their list. The Berliner Gramophone Corporation, have started a patent suit against the American Talking Machine Company, probably for the purpose of offsetting the suits now pending against the Gramophone started by the American Graphophone Company over a y7ear ago. The Berliner patents have never been sustained, so our readers can draw their own conclusions. The demand tor talking-machines is constantly7 increasing owing to the improvements in machines and lowering of prices. The Vitaphone disc talking-machine lately put on the market by the American Talking Machine Company, has been so largely oversold, it is stated, that the conipany have been compelled to call iu their road agents until they can catch up with the orders booked. The American Graphophone Company, which is better known through its selling department, the Columbia Phonograph Company, has just offered 5200,000 of five per ceut twenty year debentures. The entire issue was promptly taken bv the stockholders, many large over-subscriptions being received. The money received from this sale is to be used in further extensions of this rapidly growing enterprise. The Berlin, Chicago and San Francisco stores are to be enlarged. Undoubtedly one of the most satisfactory amplifying horns for talking-machine use is the silver, oid horn manufactuitd by Hawthorne & Sheble. This horn is made of a dense white metal that does not have the vibrant quality of brass, hence it does not cause counter vibration similar to the brass horn. The reproduction of a record by this means is undoubtedly louder and clearer than from any other horn and we recommend its use by all our readers. " Orders for records are pouring in thick and fast at the Lyric 1'honograph Company, but owing to the fact that they cannot procure enough small blanks they have been somewhat handicapped, which will compel them to work day and night for some time to come in order to catch up to the demand. The shortage of small btanks is a serious drawback to the original record makers who have invested several thousands of dollars to lit up their plants. To close out a lot of picture machines, the Greater New York Phonograph Company have olfered to sell the viviscope at a greatly reduced A new novelty has been recently placed on the market, for which there has been a long felt want. It consists of a neat wooden carrying case for the Gem Phonograph. Any dealer, or user of a Gem Phonograph is aware of what an awkward article the Gem machine is and will welcome the addition to the supply line. An ingenious means is provided to fasten the machine to the wooden base of the cabinet, so that it is permanently attached thereto. It retails for S2.50, the same price as the O Graphophone case. We predict a large sale for this cabinet. It is manufactured by Hawthorne & Sheble. A broad claim is made by the Concert Phonograph Company, who were recently incorporated with a paid up capital of Si 00.000. They have fitted up one of the most elaborate talkingmachine laboratories and are in a position to furnish records at a nominal figure. Mr. C. C. Clark, the genial manager for the above concern, states that "we can furnish better records at a lower price than any other manufacturer, who makes it a business of selling original master records," also claiming that the records embody more snap, ginger, quality and volume than anyother record on the market. Mr. English, well-known in the earlier Edison Phonograph Laboratory work, has taken charge of the new laboratory of the Universal Talking Machine Company on 24th Street, and is manufacturing a full line of fiat disc indestructible records, same as the Berliner Gramophone records. The new Company expect to have a full line of records on the market shortly. Mr. Orville LaDow is said to be the President and financial backer of the Universal Talking Machine Company, and is also largely interested in other talking-machine enterprises, being secretary and general manager of the National Gramophone Corporation of this city. Encouraged by the success attained at the entertainment in 1S99, the PHONOSCOPE Publishing Company have decided to tender another benefit this year to be known as the second annual musical, dramatic and Phonographic entertainment, for the benefit of the Montgomery Street, M. E. Mission, of Newark, N. J., to be held at Association Hall, Clinton Street near Broad Street, April 4, 1900, at S. 15 P. M., reserved seats, seventyfive cents each. The leading Phonograph talent have kindly volunteered their services on this occasion. Last year's benefit swelled the funds of the mission considerably, but the present outlook is that the second will meet with still greater success.