The Edison phonograph monthly (Jan-Dec 1916)

EDISON PHONOGRAPH MONTHLY, NOVEMBER, 1916 IS AS OTHERS HEAR US Thomas A. Edison has a fund of stories relating to his own inventions. One of them, which has just come to light, relates to the early days of the phonograph when wax records were used on Edison instruments and when a person who sang or played could make his own records. "A piccolo player who went into a music store was urged by the proprietor to purchase a phonograph," runs the story. "As a last resort the dealer got the musician to make a phonographic record of 'The Last Rose of Summer' with his own piccolo. The tune was then played while the musician, a really wretched performer on the instrument, listened with a strange, frowning air. At the end the dealer said: "'There! Isn't that wonderful?' " 'Hm — well — yes,' said the piccolo player. " 'And now,' said the dealer, briskly, 'are you going to buy the phonograph?' " 'No,' the player answered. 'I'm going to sell the piccolo.' " > "Talkers" have about as much chance in curtain tests with the Amberola as Methuselah in a baby parade. USES PHONOGRAPH TO CATCH FLEETING INSPIRATIONS Rudolph Friml, the composer of the music of "The Firefly" and "Katinka," uses a phonograph for recording and preserving the melodies he improvises while engaged in composing. By the side of his piano he keeps a recording phonograph and not a note of the music he plays is lost. Then, when he is weary of doing original work, he has melodies at hand to harmonize or, in an emergency when he has an immediate demand for some airs, he can depend on his records instead of on uncertain and whimsical inspiration. ANOTHER WISE MAN A man who lives in our town Thought he was wondrous wise; He jumped into a business But wouldn't advertise. And when he found his business gone, He tried a method sane; He started in to advertise, And got it back again. — Music Trade Review. Jobbers of Edison Amberola Phonographs and Blue Amberol Records ALABAMA Birmingham — Talking Machine Co. CALIFORNIA Los Angeles — Diamond Disc Distributing Co. San Francisco — Pacific Phonograph Co. COLORADO Denver — Denver Dry Goods Co. Hext Music Co. CONNECTICUT New Haven — Pardee-Ellenberger Co. GEORGIA Atlanta — Atlanta Phonograph Co. Phonographs, Inc. Waycross — Youmans Jewelry Co. ILLINOIS Chicago — Babson Bros. James I. Lyons. The Phonograph Co. Peoria — Peoria Phonograph Co. Quincy — Quincy Phonograph Co. INDIANA Indianapolis — Kipp Phonograph Co. IOWA Des Moines — Harger & Blish Sioux City — Harger & Blish. LOUISIANA New Orleans — Diamond Music Co., Inc, MARYLAND Baltimore — E. F. Droop & Sons Co. MASSACHUSETTS Boston — Iver-Johnson Sporting Goods Co. Pardee-Ellenberger Co. Lowell — Thomas Wardell. MICHIGAN Detroit — Phonograph Co. of Detroit. MINNESOTA Minneapolis — Laurence H. Lucker. St. Paul— W. J. Dyer & Bro. MISSOURI Kansas City — The Phonograph Co. St. Louis — Silverstone Music Co. MONTANA Helena — Montana Phonograph Co. NEBRASKA Omaha — Shultz Bros. NEW JERSEY Paterson — James K. O'Dea NEW YORK Albany — American Phonograph Co. Buffalo — W. D. Andrews. Neal, Clark & Neal Co. Elmira — Elmira Arms Co. N. Y. City — I. Davega, Jr., Inc. J. F. Blackman & Son Phonograph Corp. of Manhattan Rochester — Talking Machine Co. Syracuse — Frank E. Bolway & Son, Inc. W. D. Andrews Co. OHIO Cincinnati — The Phonograph Co. Cleveland — The Phonograph Co. OREGON Portland — Pacific Phonograph Co. PENNSYLVANIA Philadelphia — Girard Phonograph Co. Pittsburgh — Buehn Phonograph Co. Scranton — Ackerman & Co. Williamsport — W. A. Myers. RHODE ISLAND Providence — J. A. Foster Co. TEXAS Dallas — Texas-Oklahoma Phonog. Co. El Paso — El Paso Phonograph Co., Inc. UTAH Ogden— Proudfit Sporting Goods Co. Salt Lake City — Consolidated Music Co. VERMONT Burlington — American Phonograph Co. VIRGINIA Richmond — C. B. Haynes & Co. WASHINGTON Seattle — Pacific Phonograph Co., N. W. Spokane — Pacific Phonograph Co., N. W. WISCONSIN Milwaukee— The Phonograph Co. CANADA Calgary — R. S. Williams & Sons Co., Ltd. Montreal — R. S. Williams & Sons Co., Ltd. St. John— W. H. Thome & Co., Ltd. Toronto — R. S. Williams & Sons Co., Ltd. Vancouver — Kent Piano Co., Ltd. Winnipeg — Babson Bros. R. S. Williams & Sons Co., Ltd.