The Edison phonograph monthly (Mar 1903-Feb 1904)

M EDISON PHONOGRAPH MONTHLY. Of all devices for producing music in the home no one questions the infinite superiority of the Phonograph, who knows it as it is to-day ; clear, sweet-toned and free from all mechanical noises. It is not one instrument, but all instruments in solo or orchestra; with the perfect instrument, the human voice, included. Many people are prejudiced by hearing imitation machines or obsolete styles, and do not realize that Mr. Edison's recent improvements have made the Phonograph delightful even to the most critical trained musician. It is a musical educator and general entertainer in one. The nearest dealer will gladly let you hear the Phonograph in its perfection, Fioe thousand stores sell Phonographs, .* .• •• •• NATIONAL PHONOGRAPH CO., Orange, N. J. NEW YORK CHICAGO SAN FRANCISCO 83 Chambers St. 304 Wabash Ave. 933 Market St. EUROPE: ANTWERP, BELGIUM, 32 Rempart Saint Georges. "A JOY AT HOME." The use of half page copy makes it possible to present a longer argument than usual in the November advertising of this Company. It also introduces a somewhat newstyle of illustration. So charming a child as here shown could not be otherwise than "A Joy at Home" ; a phrase that applies equally well to the Phonograph. The mediums used in November were : Argosy, Atlantic, Bookman, Colliers', Century, Craftsman, Current Literature, Everybody's, Four Track, Harper's Monthly, Independent, Life, Lippincott's, McClure's, Munsey's, Metropolitan, Musical Record & Review, National Magazine, Outdoor Life, Outlook, Pearson's, Review of Reviews, Saturday Evening Post, St. Nicholas, Strand, Success, Scribner's, Smart Set, Town Topics, World's Work. Are you letting the people of your city or town know that you carry Edison Phonographs and Records? A DEALER'S COMPARISON OF TWO KINDS OF RECORDS. A Kansas Dealer, whose name will he furnished to any Dealer upon request, sends the following under date of October 17 : Well, here I come again. I have had some experience in buying some of the latest new Moulded Records, Cut Price twenty-five cents each. These records were advertised equal to any other records made. Well, some of the owners of talking machines here wanted to try them. I sent an order for three dozen of the latest and marked my first and second choice. I got about five first choice, the balance second and a few others that were rather back numbers. I was eager to see the new moulded extra loud records that could be sold for twenty-five cents each. Some of my customers wanted a fifty-cent record for twenty-five cents and did not care whether it was an Edison or some other make. I opened the box, examined each record, and, to tell the truth, I could not tell the difference between them and the late new Moulded Edison Records by their looks. Their color was black like Edison Records; the impressions were deeply cut like Edison Records, and they were as nice looking as the genuine Edison Records. But when the test came — what a difference between them and the latest Edison Records ! They were loud enough, and that was all. They were run the same rate of speed as Edison Records, but the songs by quartettes and minstrels were so mingled up and run together that the words were not plainly understood. If the song was accompanied by orchestra the music drowned the words. And talk about orchestra and band: they simply are not in it with Edison Records. Put on a new Moulded Edison Record; start the Phonograph and it don't make any difference whether it is a Band, Orchestra, Banjo,