The talking machine world (July-Dec 1922)

122 THE TALKING MACHINE WORLD July 15, 1922 DETR PIT Business Is Normal — Collection s I m prove — TheRa di o Situation— Some Notable Changes Detroit, Mich., July 10. — Business is normal in the talking machine field. Nobody reports a very brisk trade, yet most dealers have apparently enjoyed more than average trade for the past month. July and August are expected to be in the same class as June and dealers are looking for a good Fall trade. It's the same old thing every year, according to one dealer. The same months are good and the same months are dull, year in and year out. The one outstanding feature of trade conditions for the past month was the great improvement in collections, which is a very health} sign and indicates that people have money. This is certainly true in the city of Detroit, as people have been working, wages have NO. 578. UNIVERSAL SELF-SERVICE RECORD DISPLAYOR made to hold 5 swinging leaves, each leaf accommodating three 10" pockets and one 12" pocket. Each pocket holds four records. Total number of records shown is 40 records and holding a reserve stock of 160 records. Height 6 ft. Width 30 in. Weight 125 lbs. Constructed of steel throughout, with heavy cast-iron base and finished in two coats of ebony enamel. Complete $35.00 Write for complete catalogue UNIVERSAL FIXTURE CORP. 133 West 23rd St. New York been good and employment steady since last March. The outlook that such a condition will continue is very bright. Motor car factories have more orders than they can fill and this will obtain for at least another three or four months, if not longer. Radio Demand Loses "Pep" The radio, which has been worrying some of our dealers, seems to have lost its "pep." At least that's the report we get from dealers in radio outfits and supplies. There doesn't seem to be near the interest in radio to-day that there was two months ago. It may be due to the warm weather. Dealers do not even attempt to predict that it will come back again in the Fall. "It's not as good as a talking machine" is the way one person expressed it who had gone to the expense of installing a $500 outfit in his home. '.'The beauty of the talking machine is that you can put on a record whenever you want to, whereas with the radio you have to sit and wait and you can only get entertainment for several hours and then it usually comes between six and seven when you want to eat your supper." Fine Vocalion Business Sam Lind, of Lind & Marks Co., distributor of the Vocalion, says that business for the first six months has shown a very fine increase over the same period of last year and that new dealers are being taken on every week and that the old customers are increasing their orders. Record business, he adds, is exceedingly good for this season of the year. Music Memory Contest Creates Interest The Music Memory Contest continues to create great interest among local music houses. The contest is sponsored by the Detroit News in co-operation with the Detroit Talking Machine Dealers' Association and the whole city seems to be manifesting an interest in it. The stores that have joined into the spirit of the contest with vim and vigor are The Edison Shop, Grinnell Bros., J. L. Hudson Music Store, Detroit Music Co.. Gardner-White Co., Reich Music Store, Waite Music Co., and the Peoples Outfitting Co. These stores are giving concerts every week, changing the program each week, and the attendance at the recitals is surprising. New Edison Records Daily An interesting announcement appears in the window of The Edison Shop to the effect that new records arrive daily. In other words, instead of releasing twice a month as other companies do, The Edison Shop releases new records as fast as they come in so that every day there is something new to offer. R. B. Ailing, general manager, states that retail business is holding its own for this time of the year and that wholesale business, which is conducted through the Phonograph Co. of Detroit, is also normal, with new accounts being opened steadily. Doran Phonograph Co. to Move Henry Doran, of the Doran Phonograph Co., Victor dealer, who for many years has been located on Michigan avenue, says that he expects to close definitely for his new store during the present week. His lease expires August 1 and he must vacate at that time as the building is to come down. Jewett Plant Speeds Up to Fill Orders A. A. Fair, of the Jewett Phonograph Co., states that business has been very good the past few months, and that the factory at Allegan, Mich., is further oversold than at any time this year. In addition to the regular Jewett line the company is now producing a combination radiophonograph which is selling faster, than the factor}can produce it. The company has extensive plans in mind for enlarging the factory, and hence production. Mr. Fair has been East most of the past four weeks and has been meeting with big success everywhere in securing new business. TAKE ON COLUMBIA LINE Salano Bros., proprietors of the Murray Hill Music Store, located at Forty-fifth street and Second avenue, have recentlv added the Columbia line to their stock. They will specialize in Italian records. NEW EDISON RE CREATION CATALOG Latest Edition Is Second Volume Issued — More to Follow in Consecutive Volumes Thomas A. Edison, Inc., recently issued volume two of the Edison Re-Creation Catalog, which is, in fact, a Re-Creation stock book as well as the Edison Re-Creation catalog. It is the plan of the Edison Co. to issue succeeding catalogs in consecutive volume form, so that the Edison dealers will secure the complete library by assembling the different volumes as fast as they are received, each new volume not in any way superseding the previous editions, but being supplementary thereto. This plan obviates the necessity of transferring the inventory and sales data contained in the previous editions. VICTOR EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES Members of Educational Staff of Victor Talking Machine Co. Carrying on Work in Many Parts of the Country During Summer Philadelphia, Pa., July 7— These are busy days for the staff of the Educational Department of the Victor Talking Machine Co., the members of which are for the most part busy attending conventions of teachers and music supervisors in various sections of the country. Mrs. Frances E. Clark, head of the educational department, attended the National Educational Conference held in Boston recently, later going to New York to address the salesmanship classes in that city. Miss Edith M. Rhetts is giving a course of instruction during the Summer at the Northwestern University in Evanston. Ind. Miss Margaret M. Streeter is in the South attending various educational gatherings. Miss Bess Daniels recently gave a three weeks' course in music at the Latter Day Saints' University in Salt Lake City and is now in Colorado. Miss Marie Finney and S. Dana Towusend are in the Middle West. Robert J. Coleman is visiting the normal schools in Virginia and West Virginia and Miss Mabel Rich is in Europe on vacation. Two new members of the educational staff are Miss Alice Keith, of Chicago, an authority on pageants, and Dr. Esther L. Gatewood, of Connorsville, O., who has a wide reputation as a lecturer on philosophy. 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