The talking machine world (Jan-Dec 1906)

THE TALKING MACHINE WORLD. 35 OUR FOREIGN CUSTOMERS. Amount and Value of Talking Machines Shipped Abroad from the Port of New York for the Past Month. (Special to The Talking Machine World.) Washington, D. C, March 7, 1906. Manufacturers and dealers in talking machines will doubtless be interested in the figures showing the exports of talking machines for the past four weeks from the port of New York: FEB. 12. Amsterdam, 6 pkgs., $180; Bahia, 19 pkgs., $1,005; Berlin, 188 pkgs., $3,734; Bombay, 1.56 pkgs., $3,185; Brussels, 104 pkgs., $690; Buenos Ayres, 26 pkgs., $485; Cape Town, 5 pkgs., $113; Callao, 6 pkgs., $136; Copenhagen, 20 pkgs.. Euerybo^ wants them! SOFTERTONE Needles ^ sttsLchmcnts \ FOR VICTOR EXHIBITION AND CONCERT. COLUMBIA, AND ZONOPHONE SOUND BOXES SOPTERTONE Needles reduce the volume and bring out every detail and shade of tone in the Record Pla^ Six 'Rgcords SOFTERTONE NEEDLES may be played on the same or different Records at least six times without injury to the Record— in fact, a Record will last three times as long when a Softertone Needle is used. IMPORTANT: When ordering mention Name and Style of your Sound Box The attachment for the Victor Exhibition Sound -Box also fits the Columbia and Zonophone Sound-Boxes. Price, Softertone Needles, in packages of 200, 25 cents. Price, Softertone Attachments, each 25 cents. Dealers' discount same as they are receiving on Victor machines. SALE BY LYON & HEALY Chicago Mr. Dealer: If you want always to get the goods, send your orders to a house of exclusive Victor Jobbers. STANLEY & PEARSALL, S41 Fifth Avenue, IV. Y. BETTINI PHONOGRAPH GO. ===== L. I ivi I TE D =:^^=: THE WOST CENTRALLY LOCATED JOBBERS OF All Phonographs, Supplies and Accessories. 156 West 23d St., ItZ^,' NEW YORK Telephone. 3173 Chelsea. NOTE THE FOLLOWING STORES: J. DIBHM, 490 Myrtle Ave.. Brooklyn. F. A BAKER, 1080 Bedford Ave., Brooklyn. SOL LAZARUS, 1058 First Ave. and 1428 First Ave., New York City. J. .1. DOYLE, 152 Montgomery St., Jersey City. WARNER & SETTANNI. 1372 Broadway, Brooklyn. F, G. LOEFFLER, 245 Bergenline Ave., Union Hill, N. J. ; also 370 Central Ave., Jersey City, N. J. B. G. WARNER, 117 Court St., and 1213 Bedford Ave., Brooklyn. P. SETTANNI, 1836 Pulton St., Brooklyn. $323; Glasgow, 21 pkgs., $874; Havana, 4 pkgs., $186; 2 pkgs., $189; 3 pkgs., $111; Limon, 6 pkgs., $118; London, 7 pkgs., $9,520; 1,002 pkgs., $10,685; Mai-acaibo, 5 pkgs., $154; Mollendo, 8 pkgs., $246; Nuevitas, 14 pkgs., $177; Santiago, 11 pkgs., $309; Vienna, 2v pkgs., $1,:J01; 19 pkgs., $570. FEB. 19. Berlin, 213 pkgs., $2,489; Bombay, 15 pkgs., $256; Brussels, 50 pkgs., $260; Buenos Ayres, 8 pkgs., $110; Callao, 2 pkgs., $102; Cape Town, 14 pkgs., $318; Glasgow, 10 pkgs., $394; Hamburg, 9 pkgs., $140; Havana, 40 pkgs., $881; 23 pkgs., $1,099; Havre, 9 pkgs., $122; London, 9 pkgs., $146; 25 pkgs., $1,999; 873 pkgs., $7,004; Manila, 6 pkgs., $250; Santos, 5 pkgs., $360; Valparaiso, 95 pkgs., $5,784; Vera Cruz, 17 pkgs., $506; Vienna, 18 pkgs., $499; Yokohama, 76 pkgs., $4,878. FEB. 26. Berlin, 85 pkgs., $457; Brussels, 51 pkgs., $260; Buenos Ayres, 18 pkgs., $220; Cienfuegos, 11 pkgs., $16; Colon, 7 pkgs., $305; Copenhagen, 9 pkgs., $123; Havana, 12 pkgs., $250; 26 pkgs., $1,523; Havre, 9 pkgs., $394; Iquitos, 7 pkgs., $123; La Guayra, 7 pkgs., $169; Limon, 12 pkgs., $427; Lisbon, 1 pkg., $100; London, 82 pkgs., $6,201; 19 pkgs., $407; Melbourne, 14 pkgs., $328; Milan, 9 pkgs., $300; Para, 9 pkgs., $567; Port an Prince, 5 pkgs., $148; Santiago, 13 pkgs., $561; Vera Cruz. 10 pkgs., $122; Vienna, 21 pkgs., $429. MARCH 5. Berlin, 175 pkgs., $1,355; Bombay, 22 pkgs., $404; Brussels, 153 pkgs., $2,109; Buenaventura, 6 pkgs., $139; Buenos Ayres, 4 pkgs., $162; 19 pkgs., $2,796; Guayaquil, 4 pkgs., $151; Havana, 11 pkgs., $1,131; 79 pkgs., $1,037; Havre, 10 pkgs. $187; Hong Kong, 5 pkgs., $186: Kingston, 4 pkgs., $199; London, 974 pkgs., $9,047; 1 pkg., $734; 23 pkgs., $1,359; Para, 9 pkgs., $553; Shanghai, 16 pkgs., $492; Vienna, 25 pkgs., $1,050. "POINTERS" ON TRADE BUILDING. Show Windows Are Money Makers When Utilized by Brainy Men — How New Records Are Made — Familiarity With Stock Another Essential — Suggestion as to Line That Will Prove Popular. A successful talking machine dealer in New York preaches for the benefit of the trade who complain of dull business and small sales in the following manner' "Next to having a good stock of machines and records is the proper display of them. I make it a rule to entirely change my show windows at least once a week, and usually twice. In arranging a display, I make it a point to have a central feature which will always attract attention, and am always on the lookout for any novel attraction. A short time ago I secured a hen with a determination to hatch out doorknobs, and place her in a nest made in a flower horn, and underneath placed the inscription, "Making a new record." She stood the gaze of a curious public for a day or two, but that was sufficient — the public looked at everything in the window. The window trimmed with a sylvan effect, and two white rabbits moving among the talking machines, was also productive of a crowd. Well-worded signs, pertinent to some particular feature, are also invaluable. No man can succeed in selling talking machines who is not familiar with his stock. I play for my own benefit every record I receive at least twice, and note down those that I consider likely to be the best sellers, and which have the greatest artistic merit. I advise dealers who are just starting in to carry both cylinder and disc machines. You can never tell from the neighborhood what you will sell. My best customers for Red Seal records are Italian laborers, who save and deprive themselves of pleasures in order that they may hear the best music in their native tongue." Learnard & Lindemann, the well-known piano dealers of Albuquerque, N. M.. report an increasing trade in Victor talking machines.