The talking machine world (Aug-Dec 1919)

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August 15, 1919 THE TALKING MACHINE WORLD 11 RECORDS FOR THE COLUMBIA CO. Mile. Marguerite Clement, Noted French Linguist, Makes Educational Records The educational department of the Columbia Co. announces that Mile. Marguerite Clement, who has been in America .representing the French Government in promoting the French Mile. Marguerite Clement language in this country, has recorded several records for them. Mile. Clement «believes that one of the most important factors in promoting the language is the correct pronunciation of it. It is her belief that the accent may most easily be obtained by listening to another who speaks the French language correctly. In order to further the American's pronunciation she has recorded several records so that the proper accent may be heard and learned. These records, recently released by the Columbia Co., are meeting with a great demand from the educational institutions throughout the country. THE MAKING OF FIBRE NEEDLES Scientific American Refers to the Great Work of F. D. Hall, Who Introduced the Fibre Needle to the Trade The achievements of F. D. Hall, president of the B & H Fibre Mfg. Co., Chicago, 111., inventor and developer of the fibre needle used in talking machines, and now so universally used throughout the world, formed the subject of an extended review in the Scientific American of recent date. The story tells in detail of the many woods with which Mr. Hall had experimented before he found the right one, and describes the intricate processes that the bamboo goes through before becoming a needle. The hard point of the needle is formed from the enameled cortical surface of the cane. The poles, twenty feet long and two and one-half to three and one-half inches in diameter, carefully selected, are sawn into pieces about an inch long and split in two. Machines split these again into prism-shaped blanks for needles. To force out the sap and replace it with oil and wax in the myriad cells of the cane the bits are put in drip kettles and lowered into vats laden with an oily mixture at 340 deg. F., where they remain forty hours. Then they go into tumbling barrels containing hardwood sawdust, where they get cooled and polished. Each needle is inserted by hand into a cutting machine that snips the point into the familiar triangular form at the rate of 30,000 needles a day. The Sommerhof Co., Erie, Pa., has been incorporated to deal in talking machines by W. A. Somerhof. The capital is $75,000. PATHE PHONOGRAPH FOR TOURS Outdoor Model Purchased for Use on Brooklyn Eagle Tours — Machine for Battleship An outdoor model Pathe phonograph has been purchased by the Brooklyn Eagle as part of the regular equipment for the series of personally conducted tours through the national parks of the country, held under the auspices of that newspaper and known as the Brooklyn Eagle National Park Tours. A cabinet model Pathe phonograph, together with a library of records, has recently been installed on the U. S. battleship "Michigan" for the entertainment of the crew. ENLARGES VICTOR DEPARTMENT The Siegling Music House, which has been doing business in Charleston, S. C, for over one hundred years and is said to be the oldest music house in the United States, has recently remodeled and enlarged its Victor department and added six demonstration booths of attractive design. A TACTFUL PAYMENT NOTICE Wide-awake Dealer Varies Usual Dun for Money and Makes It Into an Invitation Instead of the usual notice that a payment is due on an instalment purchase .System calls attention to a certain talking machine dealer who sends to his customers an invitation to visit the store and hear the latest records. A list of these records appears on the side of the card bearing the invitation. 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