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EDISON
Phonograph Monthly
PUBLISHED FOR TRADE USE ONLY BY THE NATIONAL PHONOGRAPH CO.
VOL. J.
NEW YORK, JANUARY, J904
No. \\
The National Phonograph Co.,
ORANGE, N. J.
NEW YORK : 83 CHAMBERS STREET.
CHICAGO : 304 WABASH AVENUE.
SAN FRANCISCO : 933 MARKET STREET.
ANTWERP : 32 REMPART SAINT GEORGES.
NATIONAL PHONOGRAPH CO.. LTD., 25 CLERK.ENWELL
ROAD, LONDON, E.VG.
EDISON PHONOGRAPHS AND RECORDS.
All communications to The Phonograph Monthly should be addressed to the Advertising Department, 83 Chambers Street, New York.
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Still Crowded with Record Business I
Advance List of Edison Gold Moulded
Records for February 2
Death of Judge Hayes 3
New Headquarters of the National Phonograph Co., Ltd., London, England 3
Frank P. Banta 4
Of General Interest 4
A Way To Learn a Popular Song 4
Child's Cries Sold a Phonograph 5
An Unusual Caller 5
Names of "Out of Business" Dealers
Wanted 6
Printed Matter 6
Record Suggestions Gladly Received 6
A Tribute 6
Comments on February Records 7
Educators Approve Language Courses with
Edison Phonographs 8
A Dealer To Be Proud of 9
Extracts from Trade Letters 9
Phonograph Sings and Talks the Parts 11
Omitted British Selection II
Trade Novelties 12
Neat Device for Use with Phonograph
at Sea.. 12
Dealers' Advertising 13
January Advertising 13
Suspended List, January 1, 1904 T4
Jobbers of Edison Phonographs and Records 15
STILL CROWDED WITH RECORD BUSINESS.
Notwithstanding the reduction in price of another make of cylindrical record, which the trade might naturally expect would affect the sale of Edison Gold Moulded Records, the factory of the National Phonograph Company, at Orange, N. J., has never made so many Records as at the present time. Our Record plant is being run day and night, with two entirely different forces of hands, and in spite of the utmost efforts we are unable to turn out Records as fast as orders come in. We have but one plant in this country, and cannot get any more goods out of it no matter what the inducement might be. The demand for Edison goods is always greatest at this time of the year, but in no previous year has such a demand been made upon the factory. It is greater now because our manufacturing facilities are larger and we are as far behind with orders as in any other year. If the reduction in the price of records has had any effect upon the trade it has been to cause the public to buy just so many more than usual. It has proved our claim that a cheap record will not affect the sale of a better one; that there is room for two classes, just as there is room for good and cheap pianos; good typewriters and low-priced imitations. If the Edison Gold Moulded Record had not proved its superiority there would have been no reason for cutting the price of the competing record. No manufacturer doing a good business cuts the price of his goods m half; he would only do it under compulsion, and to hold business or get back a losing one. The reduction in price was an admission of Edison superiority. If the Edison Gold Moulded Record was then superior it is now much more so, for greater pains are being taken and no expense spared to improve the latter. No cylindrical Records
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THE ADVANCE LIST OF FEBRUARY RECORDS APPEARS ON PAGE 2. FROM IT. NO OTHER ADVANCE LIST WILL BE ISSUED.
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