The talking machine world (Jan-Dec 1914)

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14 THE TALKING MACHINE WORLD. Each buyer and each seller of a Columbia "Favorite" is always satisfied —the one with the quality, the other with the profit. (Write for "Music Money," a book "full of meat" for those dealers interested in quick and frequent turnover of capital.) Columbia Graphophone Company Woolworth Building, New York BIG BOOST GIVEN THE TALKING MACHINE BUSINESS By the Southern Indiana Teachers' Association in Indianapolis — Acknowledge Its Educational Value in the School Room — E. L. Lennox Piano Co. Takes on Edison Disc Line — Stewart Co.'s Great Victor Business — Columbia Activities — Other Items of Interest. (Special to The Talking Machine World.) Indianapolis, Ind., April 8. — Talking machine men of the Hoosier capital are still rejoicing over the boost given the talking machine business by the Southern Indiana Teachers' Association at its annual convention here, when it went on record as favoring talking machines and player-pianos. Use of the talking machine in bringing direct to the schoolroom the voices of the master singers of the world was advocated. Men who have made a life-long study of bringing learning to the pupil in the most direct manner asserted before the convention that the talking machine is a modern step in the education of the young of Indiana. Talking machines are being used in the schools all over the State, both for the purpose of entertainment and for the purpose of studying the voices of the great singers. Walter E. Kipp, president of the Kipp-Link Phonograph Co., jobbers for the Edison machines, has won over E. L. Lennox, of the E. L. Lennox Piano Co., 311 North Pennsylvania street. Mr. Lennox is the first downtown piano dealer to put in a line of the new Edison disc machines. Praise for the new Edison disc has been heard often in the Lennox showrooms in the last week. The E. L. Lennox Piano Co. occupies artistic quarters in the Meridian Life building just opposite University Park, and Mr. Kipp is happy over the acquisition of the Lennox store as one of the downtown depots for the new Edison disc machine. Mr. Kipp says he is making arrangements to have two or three other downtown houses put in the Edison disc line of talking machines. W. S. Barringer, of the Stewart Talking Machine Co., distributers of Victor machines, says the line of orders waiting to be filled are so far ahead of the stock that everybody around the Stewart house is afraid to look back. It's the same old story with the Stewart Co. — it's got that Oliver Twist appetite for talking machines and records. Morley Somers, of the Victor Talking Machine Co., is working in Indiana for a few weeks. Business conditions with' the Columbia Graphophone Co.'s local store at 27 North Pennsylvania street, are also way beyond "par," according to A. W, Roos, manager. Business so far this year has been about three times as good as it was in the same period of last year, Mr. Roos says. Morris Stegner, in charge of the wholesale department of the Stewart Talking Machine Co., recently made an extended trip through the South. Mrs. Agnes Kimball-Affleck, formerly of Indianapolis, who has made a number of records for the Victor Co., sang in public for the first time since she was married last December, when she appeared Tuesday night, March 31, in Aeolian Hall here. Many were unable to see the singer, since their seats were on the stairways and the floors above and below the concert hall. It was a genuine "over-flow" meeting. B. F. Traub played the concert numbers for the instruments and the accompaniments for the singer. Mrs. Affleck's pure, clear soprano voice was at its best as she sang "Belletella," from "II Pagliacci." For her second group of songs Mrs. Affleck selected "Down in the Forest," the "Mattinata," by Leoncavello, and lastly, another ballad by Ronald, composer of "Down in the Forest." The management of the Aeolian Co.'s local store here has asked Mrs. Affleck to appear at an invitational concert in one of the city's larger auditoriums, that all of her friends may have the opportunity to attend. COLUMBIA GRAND AIDS AT BANQUET. ENTHUSIASTIC VICTOR YOUNGSTER. Affords Pleasing Entertainment at Banquet of Department Heads of Butler Bros, to Their Manager — Diners Express Appreciation. "I wish to thank you personally for the use of this beautiful instrument which did a great deal toward making the evening a complete success. It fitted in very beautifully with the evening's entertainment and was appreciated by every one present." That's what Daniel D. Otstott said to R. R. Souders, who had lent a Columbia "Grand" to help along the festivities at a recent banquet given by the department heads of Butler Bros., in Dallas, Tex., to A. M. Mason, their manager, wha recently returned from a European trip. AGAIN IN HARNESS. Chester Beekman, of the traveling staff of the New York Talking Machine Co., 81 Chambers street, New York, Victor distributer, resumed his work on Wednesday of last week, after a month's absence from his territory pending his convalescence from an operation for appendicitis. Mr. Beekman was given a hearty welcorr, e. (Special to The Talking Machine World.) Hareisburg, Pa., April 9. — O. F. Baker, energetic Victor dealer in this city, numbers among his best patrons one of the youngest Victrola enthusiasts in this section of the State and probably in the country. His name is Harvey Beaumont, and although he is but fourteen years of age, he is the personal owner of a Victrola and an extensive library of Victor records, including quite a number of Red Seal selections. The machine and records have all been purchased from his own savings, and Harvey makes several trips a month to Mr. Baker's store to keep in touch with the latest developments in the Victor record library. His enthusiasm in the Victrola is unbounded, and, moreover, he is a real music lover. TO MAKE AND SELL PHONOGRAPHS. The Cumberland Royal Phonograph Co., Portland, Me., has been incorporated with capital stock of $250,000 for the purpose of manufacturing and dealing in phonographs, records, etc. The officers of the new company are : T. A. Sanders, president, and R. A. Worth, treasurer. 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