The talking machine world (Jan-Dec 1906)

24 THE TALKING MACHINE WORLD. he finds himself overcrowded with orders. In a chat with The World, Mr. Toennies said: "Instead of the general slack after the holidays, our business has been steadily on the increase, although we have been handicapped by the inability of manufacturers to make shipments with anything like promptness. Meanwhile we are holding all our old trade and are steadily adding new, which is a pleasing condition." E. B. Connell, manager of the talking machine department of M..Steinert & Sons Co., the widely known piano dealers, was in New York within the past fortnight arranging to put stocks in their branches in Brockton, Fall River, Fitchburg, Holyoke, Lawrence. Lowell, Marlboro, New Bedford, Northampton, Pittsfleld, Springfield and Worcester, Mass.: Bridgeport, New Haven and Stamford, Conn.: Portland, Me,; Dover and Manchester, N. H., and Providence, R. I. J. H. Robusto, Croton Falls, N. Y., besides carrying the Edison and "Victor goods, also handles a choice line of musical merchandise, which he finds harmonizes splendidly with talking machines, as it brings him a superior and profitable class of trade. Dr. E. F. O'Neill, the star of the Universal Talking Machine Mfg. Co.'s traveling staff, after landing a juicy order in Cincinnati and sending in a bunch of cash subscribers for 'The World, writes: "I will do all that comes in my way to get those who are not taking the paper to subscribe regularly, as The World is apparently an educator and a material assistance in the enlightenment of the talking machine dealers and jobbers." Writing from the Virginia Hospital, Richmond, "Va., on February 10, B. Feinberg, representing the Universal Talking Machine Co. in the Northwest, says: "I recently met with an accident while traveling through Maine. I sprained my knee, but I continued on my trip, so I started West January 29, making Baltimore my first stop, where I was successful in starting two new zon o-phone jobbers. Arrived in Richmond Va., February 3, I was unable to walk, as my knee was badly inflamed and swollen. The doctor said I must have absolute rest, so I went to the Virginia hospital on the 4th, and am getting along fine now. I expect to leave the hospital in a few days, when I will again be ready to write 'Zono.' orders. From here I go to Louisville, Ky., then Chicago, from where I go to the Northwest, my regular territory." The Victor Co. recently sent out an inquiry to their distributors, asking their opinions regarding the advisability of referring in their magazine advertising to the fact that their distributors would be pleased to sell the Victors on the instalment plan. Almost without exception, the distributors replied that they were agreeable to the idea, and thought it an excellent one; but v/hat the letter brought out in the replies, unsolicited, was the excellent opinions which the distributors held of the advisability of selling Victor goods on the instalment plan. "Wait 'Till the Sun Shines.-Nellie," 10-inch, No. 031,299. is a record that is attracting much favorable comment from the trade this month. It is a quartette selection made by the American Record Co. From the character and size of the orders that they have received for this selection it bids fair to outrival the success of the "Shade of The Old Apple Tree." The officers of the Musical Echo Co., Philadelphia, Pa., are: F. W. Woolworth, president; E. J. Hogan, vice-president; H. T. Parsons, secretary and treasurer; D. V. W. Bentley, manager. This company state that they are in no way connected with the Victor Talking Machine Co., except as buyers and sellers of the Victor machines. Victor H. Rapke, 1661 Second avenue.. New York, is furnishing the trade with labels and trays for the new Edison grand opera records. They are the same size and style as the regular stock, which is known all over the country. One of the live jobbers of Nashville, Tenn., are Magruder & Co., now in their new premises, 27 Arcade, a recent change of address. The O. K. Houck Piano Co., with a branch in the same place, have devoted a whole floor to their jobbing trade. They carry 20,000 Edison gold moulded records in stock. The company's main place is at Memphis, where they carry also a great line of talking machine goods. A ruling of the Treasury Department made January 31, on the exportation of music sheets used for diaphragms in sound boxes, manufactured in part of imported material, a drawback will be allowed equal in amount to the foreign music so used, less the legal deductions of 1 per cent. The Blackman Talking Machine Co., 97 Chambers street, New Y'ork, now have ready for delivery the new style Place Automatic Record brushes, which will fit either old or new style Edison phonographs. This brush has proven one of the most useful articles, and as they are giving dealers and jobbers a good margin of profit it is a profitable article to handle. The new brushes are illustrated in their advertisement in this issue. The attention of dealers in Edison phonographs is called to the line of horn cranes manufactured by the Hawthorne & Sheble Manufacturing Co., of Philadelphia. These cranes are very substantial in construction, attractive in appearance, and are meeting with unprecedented sale on the market. Saturday (17th) A. P. Petit, manager of sales of the Douglas Phonograph Co., New York, one of the cleverest men in the line, will become a benedict, the young lady in the case being Miss Lila M. Wagar, of Brooklyn, N. Y. The wedding will be private. Their honeymoon will be deferred until the spring, when Mr. and Mrs. Petit sail for Europe April 25, for which arrangements have already been completed. The World congratulates the happy pair in advance. AUTOMATIC SALESMEN for more expensive PKorvographs arvd R.ecord Movers, is the viniversa^l opirviorv of the tra.de in rega.rd to our ma.chines. I Immediate Deliveries from New York Stock. \ °tfe/. -' Low Prices and Unusually Large Discounts. I ■ 1^ All Machines Thoroughly Tested Before Shipment, j We sell Premium a-nd Scheme Ma.chines SlIso — the best aLnd lowest priced on the ma-rket. THE EDWIINJ A. DEINJHAIVI C O IVI F» A N Y, Inc. LONDOIM BERLIN WASHINGTON 31 Barclay Street, NEW YORK