The talking machine world (Jan-Dec 1908)

THE TALKING MACHINE WORLD. 55 with the cardboard by means of an intermediate layer or a binder, such as shellac, which also prevents warping of the record. An apparatus of any suitable construction may be employed in carrying out this method for forming or molding the records, the accompanying drawing illustrating an ordinary form of such apparatus. Figure 1 shows the parts in position before molding, and Fig. 2 represents them in the position they occupy during molding. Mechanism for Driving the Diaphragms of Disc Phonographs. Blise C. Boulanger and Jean Baptiste Delaye, Paris, France, assignors by mesne assignments to Societe Arthur Cerf Et Cie, same place. Patent No. 897,053. The invention has for its object to produce the displacement of the sound box of disc phonographs in an automatic manner, while dispensing with the costly parts (which are also difficult to regulate) such as are ordinarily employed. The displacement is ordinarily effected by means of a screw carriage with which there are engaged at will the jaws of a nut fixed to the T fitting for the trumpet and serving to displace it. This disengagement of the sound box from the disc is effected in the mechanism d e scribed, in a spe y E T' y V '■ " -J manner; in addition, an arrangement described permits of recording or reproducing phonographic post cards. Figure 1 is a side elevation of the apparatus as a whole. . Fig. 2 is a plan view of the apparatus shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 represents a front elevation of the regulating mechanism. Fig. 4 is a front elevation 'of the sound box lifting mechanism. Phonogram. Brian F. Philpot, of Slingerlands, and Frederick W. Matthews, of New York, N. Y., assignors to Indestructible Phonographic Record Co., West Virginia. Patent No. 892,301. This invention relates to improvements in cylindrical phonograms or sound records for talking machines and the principal objects are to cheaply produce such devices having the sound record on a shell of hard or "indestructible" material like celluloid, backed by a suitable material and provided with bearing rings of relatively low coefflcient of expansion on the ends to engage the machine mandrel. Figure 1 is a view of one of the bear" ing rings; Fig. 2 a view of the other bearing ring; Fig. 8 a sectional view of the improved backing with the rings inserted but without the record shell; Fig. 4 a like view with the rings secured to the backing which has been surfaced to receive the shell; and Fig. 5 a view, partly in section of a complete phonogram on a machine mandrel. Any suitable backing material, such as paper or cardboard, is formed into tubes of proper length and forms the foundation of the phonogram. LUBRICATE A LITTLE. It Will Pay Talking Machine Men as Well as Every One Else. TO HANDLE THE EDISON LINE. Gibson Bros., a large music house of Rochester, N. Y., are among the latest firms to take on Edison phonographs and records, stocking a full line of records by the Presidential candidates ou the first order. One of the nicest ways to put an engine or a dynamo out of commission is to put sand or emery powder in the oil cups. Friction will do the rest. If it wasn't for the lubricant you couldn't run an engine five minutes. And you can't run a business without it either. About half the businesses in the country would be a lot better off if more attention were paid to the grease-cups. Sometimes it is the internal mechanism that needs the oil and lots oftener it is the part that the public sees. Right here it might be well to elucidate. By lubricant we mean tact. Day after day in the shops and stores of the country there are arising situations that menace the welfare of the institution and which might have been avoided. An ill-natured reprimand, an unexplained promotion, a summary* dismissal — all these put emery powder in the grease-cups, says the Hardware Dealers' Magazine. It's just as easy to say "No" with a smile as with a curse. There are some men who can say "No" in response to a request for more salary and say it in such a way that' it sounds better than "Yes." But there are a great many more who cannot. The best business captains and generals don't say "Go" — they say "Come on, boys." You can't drive men as easily as you can lead them. Many a sale has been lost and many a customer turned into an enemy by the lack of tact on the part of an employee. Keep sand out of the grease-cups. The fellow who doesn't believe in advertising is blood brother to the farmer who doesn't believe in using fertilizer. VACATIONS WITH UNIVERSAL CO. The office force of the Universal Talking Machine Mfg. Co., Newark, N. J., have finished up their vacations and are at their respective posts of duty getting together on the fall trade, which they expect to be very satisfactory. B. G. Royal, the president, came over from Philadelphia, Tuesday, staying at the factory until Friday, his regular routine. J. A. Macnabb, vice-president, general manager and superintendent, who had been visiting friends in New Haven, Conn., for the past two weeks, was on hand August 31. Gus Vielage, treasurer and office manager, came in a week ago. At the recording laboratory in New York, Henry J. Hagen, the manager, and his office assistant, Miss Burke, who had been at Lake Hopatcong, N. .1., for a fortnight, resumed work August 31. During their absence recording operations were suspended. Mr. Hagen anticipates a busy fall. TAFT RECORDS IN INDIANAPOLIS. Demonstration Before the Columbia Club, Under Auspices of Koehring & Bro. — Victor Auxetophone Used. (Special to The Talking Macliine Wovld.) Indianapolis, Ind., September 6, 1908. The Taft phonographic record has finally come into public use in Indianapolis. The demonstration was given before the members of the Columbia Club, the principal Republican organization of the state and was given in the roof garden of the Columbia Club. Half a dozen or more speeches from the lips of the candidate were given to the audience by means of a Victor auxetophone-which was lent to the club by C. Koehring and Bro., talking machine dealers on Virginia avenue. Almost as many women as men gathered on the roof and the women who were elaborately gowned cheered lustily. Morning newspapers gave notice of the meeting on their first pages and paid high tribute to the clear tones of the talking machine. COMMERICAL TRAVELERS IN CHILE. Commercial travelers are admitted to Chile without any restrictions, and may travel and do business without special permission or license. Such travelers on entering Cuba are treated in the same manner as ordinary travelers, and at present are not required to pay a license fee in any of the provinces. There is no special law in Ecuador respecting travelers. No license is required, and samples are admitted free of duty, provided a written guaranty, signed by some responsible firm of the port of entry, is presented to the collector of customs to the effect that the samples will be reshipped within a specified time, either three, six, nine, or twelve months from date of entry. Max Landay, of Landay Bros, and the Zed Co., New York, in company with B. Feinberg, the popular dealer of Chicago, were in the Catskill Mountains, N. Y., for a couple of weeks having the time of their lives. Mr. Landay returned to his Fifth avenue headquarters August 31. On the 15th of the month he will start on a selling trip. 6i ItPaystoThink*' REASONS should con === nect yourself with us are too numerous to mention. We will say, however, that if you want the best service you have ever enjoyed in the prompt and complete filling of orders use us. We are representative jobbers of the VICTORand EDISON product and carry a separate and distinct stock of both for wholesale purposes only, insuring absolutely new and fresh goods. SPKCIAT ^ The illustration shows our 150 Peg Cylinder Cabinet. The best value * for the money in the country. Write for prices and catalogue. LOUIS BUEHN & BRO. No. 123. Holds 150 Records 43 IMortti 9th Street, PHILADELPHIA, F»A.