The talking machine world (Jan-Dec 1916)

56 THE TALKING MACHINE WORLD IMPORTANT HEINEMAN ACCESSIONS C. F. Rubsam in Charge of the Otto Heineman Phonograph Supply Co.'s Export Activities— W. C. Pilgrim -Appointed Assistant Factory Manager — Two Important Posts C. F. Rubsam, who for many years past has been prominent in the dictating and talking machine industries abroad, having been an important factor in these fields in France, has joined the forces of the Otto Heineman Phonograph machine products have scored a big demand in this country the past year. W. C. Pilgrim, who is well known in London financial circles, having been associated with a number of prominent houses in connection with the development of their domestic and foreign trade, has also joined the staff of the Otto Heineman Phonograph Supply Co., Inc. He THE LYRIC PHONOGRAPH NOW READY New Instrument Original in Design and Possesses a Number of Distinctive Features The Lyraphone Co. of America, 220 Fifth avenue, New York, of which the active, members are M. J. Samuels, vice-president, and T. J. Edwards general manager, announces that it is now in a position to offer the Lyric phonograph to the trade in satisfactory quantities. The Lyric has been on the market for over six months and a number of substantial agencies have already been placed for it. The designing and building of the Lyric phonograph, which possesses a number of original features, including a round case and a rubber tone arm, represent to a great extent the personal effort of Mr. Samuels, who has had a number of years of active experience in the inventive end of the talking machine business. Mr. Edwards' broad experience in merchandising has already made itself felt in the distribution of the product. The Lyric is attractive in appearance and enjoys the advantage of having parts of special design, carefully tested and manufactured on dies and machinery made for and owned by the Lyraphone Co. of America. C. F. Rubsam Supply Co., Inc., New York. He is supervising the company's dictating machine division and has also taken charge of the company's export activities. The export department of the Otto Heineman Phonograph Supply Co., Inc., has assumed very imposing proportions the past few months, and the exports to South America, Australia and the Far East have reached large sales totals. The fact that these countries are cut off from their European sources of production is, in a measure, responsible for this very rapid growth of export business, coupled with the fact that the Heineman motors and other talking W. C. Pilgrim has been appointed assistant factory manager with headquarters at the Heineman factory in Elyria, and will supervise the manufacture and shipment of the completed product, working in close co-operation with the home offices. The increase in business in the Victrola department of the James Black Co.'s store at Waterloo, la., has necessitated the enlarging of the space hitherto devoted to this branch of the business. The rooms have been entirely remodeled and refurnished. Arthur D. Vosteen has moved his piano and Victrola store from his residence in Oneida, N. Y., to the Madison Theatre Building. Miss Undine Myatt, formerly with the Meyers Bros. Co., has accepted a position with the Huntley-Hill-Stockton Co., of Winston-Salem, N. C, and will have charge of the talking machine department of the store. The Bates Piano Co., Middletown. N. Y., handling pianos and Sonora phonographs, has moved from King street to handsome new quarters at 116 North street, that city. Robert Hetzel, of Winimac, Ind„ has opened a music store in the Dilts Building, where pianos and players and the Victor machines and records will be carried. ADVANCE SKETCHES OF THREE NEW ARTOPHONE MODELS READY FOR DELIVERY JUNE, 1916 MODEL 60 MODEL 100 MODEL 80 All equipped with regulation Artophone equipment, tone modifier, similar to Model 6o; retails for $55.00 with a substantial discount to wood sound chamber, tone arm and sound box that plays all makes dealers. We can make prompt shipments on Model 55. If you have of records. not received our literature on this model write for it to-day and get Our biggest seller of all, Model 55, is not shown above. This is a cabinet our interesting dealers' proposition. THE ARTOPHONE COMPANY 452-454 North Boyle Ave., St. Louis, Mo.