The talking machine world (July-Dec 1928)

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she Talking Machine World, Netv York, August, 1928 ANewJBig Profit Opportunity for Dealers ELEC TBAMLSE oilers attractive discount plan ! Takes in$ll 4.50 in One Month! KAUFMAN, TEXAS HOLCOMB & HOKE MFG. CO., Indianapolis, Indiana The Electramuse is the biggest |money-maker I ever saw. Last month it took in *114.50. You really have got something good. — CLAY'S CAFE by S. C. Clay "My Receipts A verage *6. 00 per Day " RICHMOND, VA. HOLCOMB & HOKE MFG. CO., Indianapolis, Indiana The Electramuse is working perfectly. No doubt you will be interested to know tbat my receipts from the instrument have been on an average of S6. 00 a day. Our business has also showetl a steady increase which we attribute solely to the installation of the instrument. — SUBLETTS' INN by V. H. Vaughn FERE'S A STORY of profits to interest you, 1L Mr. Dealer! Retail merchants by the score are operating ELECTRAMUSE, the coin-controlled continuous playing phonograph and are making big profits — from s90 to 8165 per month! As a dealer you now have this same opportunity to pile up profits easily and quickly. Our new Dealer Discount Plan is taking like wild-fire. Dealers everywhere are accepting it and are making the most money they ever made with a coin-operated musical instrument. ELECTRAMUSE is a wonderful music-marvel and moneymaker ideally suited for your business. It sells itself. Read the enthusiastic letters here from users. They tell a story of easy profits that should interest you immensely. Don't pass up a real chance— fill in and mail the coupon. Earns More in 4 Weeks Than Another Type Instrument Did in 20 Weeks LAKE WORTH, FLORIDA HOLCOMB & HOKE MFG. CO., Indianapolis, Indiana Last year we had a machine of another make placed in the store on a percentage basis. The twenty weeks that this machine worked for us showed, beyond all doubt, the possibilities and advantages of owning our own machine. The first four weeks operation of the Electramuse in our store, the net earnings were more than the percentage we had received from the other machine the entire twenty weeks it was here. — COMMUNITY SWEET SHOP "Is Best Paying Department in My Place" MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA HOLCOMB & HOKE MFG. CO., Indianapolis, Indiana I feel that I cannot say too much for the Electramuse. It has more than exceeded my expectations as far as receipts are concerned, and as a business stimulant it has no equal. It is by far the best paying department I have in my place. — W. P. BROOKS "Leaves Me Monthly Profit of*80.00" MARION, INDIANA HOLCOMB & HOKE MFG. CO., Indianapolis, Indiana My Electramuse was installed the first of January of this year. The first fifteen days it took in 8105.00; the first month my receipts were $225.00. My down-payment came back to me the first month, and since that time this machine has earned its payments each month and left me a monthly profit of about 880.00. But this is best of all : — My trade has increased most satisfactorily. If the Electramuse did not take in a cent, it would still remain an excellent investment and a sure business builder. -SAGE CANDY COMPANY by Fred E. Sage Earns s7.00 per Day RICHMOND, VA. When we have a full house, the Electramuse, which replaced the one that was costing us thirty dollars a month for records, brings in about seven dollars a day. We feel that we can safely recommend this form of music for any place where people congregate to eat, or where a soda fountain is popular. — D INTY MOORE'S 6v B. C. King Owns Two Electramuses — and Buys Three More! HOBART, OKLAHOMA HOLCOMB & HOKE MFG. CO., Indianapolis, Indiana I am enclosing my order for three Supertonc Electramuse machines. As you know I have already two Grand models. Have had one machine in my lunch room here in Hobart one year this month. It has lacked less than S15.00 of paying for itself since I have had it. The other machine has been in use eight months and is paying me well. I have found from actual experience over a year that the Electramuse will pay a handsome profit — many times more than anything else of like amount invested. — GUST ELLW ANGER Says "More Than Satisfied" ST. CROIX FALLS, WISC. I am more than satisfied with the Electramuse. My customers say they have never seen an instrument like it, and they all seem to be crazy about it. I know it is one thing thev will not tire of. The first three days I had the instrument, I took in fifteen dollars. — ROY H. PERSON y% Product of Holcomb & Hoke Mfg. Co, World's Largest Manufacturers of Money-making Equipment Indianapolis, Indiana Holcomb & Hoke Mfg. Co Dept. —Indianapolis, ind. Without obligation on my part, send me all data on your new Electramuse Dealer Discount Plan. I Name . | Street.