The talking machine world (Jan-Dec 1908)

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Record Details:

Title:
The talking machine world
Date:
Jan-Dec 1908
Publisher:
New York : Edward Lyman Bill
Volume:
The talking machine world (Jan-Dec 1908)
Leaf #:
000548
Language:
English
Collection:
Broadcasting & Recorded Sound and Recorded Sound
Format:
Periodicals
Contributor:
Library of Congress, MBRS, Recorded Sound Section
Sponsor:
Library of Congress, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Date Added:
August 29, 2024
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30 THE TALKING IVIACHINE WORLD. TALKING POINT m The Aluminum Tone Arm on Columbia DISC GRAPHOPHONES The basic patent covering the modern record-engraving process is a Columbia patent. The idea of a high-speed record which made musical reproduction possible, was a Columbia discovery. Outside of these two points, the Columbia Aluminum Tone Arm has perhaps done more to establish the Graphophone as a musical instrument than any other one thing. It is a scientific fact that aluminum has the remarkable quality, when used as a sound conveyor, of wholly eliminating all false vibrations, and producing a soft, full, perfectly natural tone, impossible to obtain from any other metal. Music lovers were quick to appreciate this fact when first demonstrated on the Columbia Disc Graphophone, as well as the marked improvement in the compactness, convenience and general appearance of the instrument — and thousands of Columbia dealers have been making money out of it ever since. ] COLUMBIA PHONOGRAPH COMPA