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Preface
fhec£sual observer, and even the steadfast Edison observer, it appears that Edison is putting all of his confidence in the Diamond Disc in this new year of 1914. It is true that in the disc he has found a more perfect sound reproduction and also a machine that answers the need of being more competitive than in the past 4 or 5 years — but it is somewhat a surprise to see that he has apparently turned his back on the cylinder. This seems apparent in the first 4 months of the E.P.M., but in May, Mr. Edison hastens to set the records straight— the cylinder will NOT be abandoned.
Another fact — that the public does prefer a disc machine — eventually will lead to his issuance of a separate publication for it — and at the same time, going on with the E.P.M. However, in February of 1917 the name will be changed to the Edison Amberola Monthly.
In the past years, as we go through the E.P.M., we find many discrepancies and mistakes — most are corrected of course — but all in all we have a very good accounting of what Mr. Edison was really like. E.P.M. was not intended to be a chronicle for posterity— rather a month to month effort to link Mr. Edison's activities with the rest of the world. No one — especially T. A. Edison — could even dream that all issues of E.P.M. would be reprinted for world examination 75 years later.
No matter how incidental the subject matter was then, that information is of monumental importance to us" now.
Again — our thanks must go to our dear friend — "Mac" McMillion.
Wendell Moore