The talking machine world (Aug-Dec 1919)

46 THE TALKING MACHINE WORLD August IS, 1919 THE TRADE IN BOSTON AND NEW ENGLAND — (Continued from page 45) PERFECTION BEARING TONE ARMS PERFECTION FLEXI-TONE REPRODUCERS Manufacturers JobbersDealers— The Perfection Flexitone reproducer No. 7 attached to the Perfection ball-bearing tone arm No. 4 plays all lateral cut records on all types of Edison Disc Machines. Made in nickel and 24 carat gold finish, extra fine quality disc. These reproducers and tone arms are the very finest made, mechanically — reproducing as the records were recorded in the recording room — Clarity of sound with great volume. IN STOCK FOR IMMEDIATE SHIPMENT — WRITE FOR QUANTITY PRICES Manufactured by New England Talking Machine Co. The Largest Manufacturers of Phonograph A ccessories in the World 16-18 BEACH STREET BOSTON, MASS. Pacific Coast Distributor : WALTER S. GRAY Chronicle Building, San Francisco, Cal. walls have been painted a brick red, with border of black and gold, while the furnishings are of black and gold. Artistic, thoroughly comfortable and with a flood of daylight, t he room is admirably adapted to demonstration purposes. To Visit the Coast of Maine A. M. Hume, of the A. M. Hume Music House, Victor dealers, is planning to take a part of August away from business and may go down to the coast of Maine. Herman Baker, of this house spent a week the middle of July motoring to several points in Connecticut. Perley White, of the retail sales force of M. Steinert & Sons Co., has been spending the summer at Portland, Me., having been transferred from the Arch street headquarters to the warerooms in that Maine city for the months of July and August. Retire From Talking Machine Field After several years of successful handling of the talking machine business Chickering & Sons have decided to give it up, one reason being the difficulty of getting an adequate number of machines and also that the house wants to concentrate its attention on its pianos, as the Chickering line still holds that splendid position which it has enjoyed since the days of its founder. Roy C. Sylvester, manager of the talking machine department, which has carried both the Edison and Victor lines, will start away on his vacation at Bay of Fortune, near Prince Edward's Island, as soon as the affairs of the department are closed. William P. Dockendorf, also of this department, went over to New York upon severing relations, and Herbert Lunn is now with the Vocalion Co. The large stock carried by the Chickering house was eagerly bid for by several large concerns, one of which was in New York. Fred E. Mann Again in Trim An attack of tonsilitis kept Fred E. Mann, manager of the local wholesale headquarters of the Columbia Graphophone Co., away from his desk for three days the last week in July, but much to the gratification of everyone who knows Mr. Mann, he returned feeling entirely ht. Kenneth E. Reed, manager of the M. Steinert & Sons Co., wholesale Victor department, started on a ten days' vacation on July 31, going to Cape May, N. J. On the way there he paid a visit to the Victor factory. Additions to Hallet & Davis Force Manager O. A. Ainslie, of the Pathe, which is carried at the Hallet & Davis warerooms, has now the services of August Geishecker, who is to travel for this line. A new man in the retail department is Mr. Sims, who has come over to Boston from New York, where he traveled for the Columbia. Extensive Wareroom Changes The interior of the Kraft, Bates & Spencer, Inc., warerooms, has been undergoing quite an extensive change these past few weeks and the present-day visitor scarcely would recognize the place. With the growth of the business in the Brunswick and Victor lines Harry L. Spencer conceived the idea of putting in a series of booths, and on this the Unit Construction Company has been busily at work. The booths, or which there are four on one side and three on the other, are finished in old ivory and the walls above the booths are done in rose pink, making a most pleasing combination. Business in the Brunswick line, which the house has carried for about six months, is making great headway. Mr. Spencer, who says he has not had a real vacation in two years, hopes to be able to get away on a fishing trip, probably into Maine, sometime during this month. Visiting His Home City F. S. Horning, traveling representative for the Victor, is planning to take his vacation during August and will leave here the 8th, going with Oldest and Largest Manufacturers of Talking Machine Needles in the World — There are several reasons W. H. BAGSHAW CO., Lowell, Mass.