The talking machine world (Jan-Dec 1917)

70 THE TALKING MACHINE WORLD GOOD YEAR FOR HUNT'S MUSIC HOUSE John E. Hunt Re-elected President of White Plains Concern — Additions to Staff At the annual meeting of Hunt's Leading Music Co., Inc., White Plains, N. Y., held recently, John E. Hunt, the president, reported a very successful business for the year, and the usual 6 per cent, dividend was declared. John E. Hunt was re-elected president and manager, N. D. Hunt vice-president, and Leonard E. Teed secretary and treasurer. Several additions have been made to the staff of the Hunt house recently, including S. R. Hutchins, who comes direct from the Victor Co., to take charge of Hunt's Victrola department, and Thos. M. Ainslie, recently with the Clark Music Co., Syracuse, who is taking charge of the player roll department. NEW PATHEPHONE MODEL The Pathe Freres Phonograph Co., Brooklyn, N. Y., announces the addition to its line of Pathephones of a new model, designated as Pathephone No. 100, which will retail at $100. This model rounds out the Pathephone line, and gives Pathe dealers an instrument selling at a price that is in popular demand. The new Pathephone No. 100 will be manufactured in mahogany and oak, and will have the tone qualities which have been responsible for the success of the entire Pathephone line. It will also embody the special constructional merits of the Pathephone product, including an unique tone control device, long running motor, all wood violin sound chamber, etc. which, while separating and protecting the records, make them quickly available when desired. The announcement of the company's entering the field has been through full page advertisements in the local papers. A number of Indianapolis dealers have already taken on the Ready File line, they including, L S. Ayres & Co.; Wm. H. Block Co.; FullerWagner Music Co.; New York Store; Pearson Piano Co.; Stewart Talking Machine Co., and others. Eclipse Corp. will range in price from $85 to $300, and the cabinets which are already in work will be of exclusive design, and a number o! them in art style. The corporation states that a sales plan has been worked out that will insure full protection to the dealers handling the company's line. TO MARKET NEW LINE OF MACHINES Improved Type of Electric Motor and New Styles of Tone Arm and Reproducer to Be Features of Instruments Produced by the Eclipse Phonograph Corp., Newark, N. J. A MOST TIMELY ADVERTISEMENT E. F. Droop & Sons Co. in Newspaper Announcement on Inauguration Day Emphasize Fact That House Has Been Trade Factor of Washington Through 15 Administrations OPEN OFFICES IN INDIANAPOLIS Indianapolis, Ind., March '5— The Ready File Co., Inc., of Chicago, has established offices in this city at 556 Farmers' Trust Building, for the purpose of directing a sales campaign in this territory. The Ready File system consists of a series of drawers fitting the Victrola cabinet, and which are provided with filing cards The Eclipse Phonograph Corp., Newark, N. J., will shortly place upon the market a new line of talking machines which it is promised will include some distinctly original features, in the matter of mechanical construction. The most prominent feature is a brand new type of electric motor equipped with an automatic duplex governor and which is designed to be operated by ordinary Number 6 dry cells. The motor may be operated on very low voltage, and it is claimed that with an original equipment of six dry batteries, connected in series, an average of two thousand records may be played before new batteries become necessary. In homes where it is desired to use ordinary electric current with a suitable transformer, the motor may be operated on either direct or alternating current without change. Another feature is a special type which is so -designed that in connection with special attachments it operates an automatic start and stop device. The swinging of the tone arm to playing position on the record starts the motor automatically, and when the tone arm swings to the last groove in the record the current is automatically cut off. A new type of reproducer, known as the Sibley ball-bearing selfadjusting sound box, is another feature. The line of machines to be marketed by the Washington, D. C, March 5. — One of the most timely and appropriate advertisements that has been issued by a "talker" house in this city was that of the E. F. Droop & Sons Co., which occupied nearly the entire top half of a page in the local newspapers yesterday, Inauguration Day. The advertisement was based upon the fact that having been established in 1857, during Buchanan's administration, E. F. Droop & Sons Co. have been identified with the trade in Washington during fifteen administrations. The advertisement showed the original Droop location at Eleventh street and Pennsylvania avenue, as well as the present modern home of the company at 1300 G street, and was set off by the portraits of the thirteen presidents from Buchanan to Wilson included, who have held office since the establishment of the firm. A STORY OF CANADIAN PROGRESS The Nordheimer banner which is upheld in Toronto and Hamilton, Ont, by Manager Louis E. Eager and his efficient staff, is planted in a more advanced position month by month. This store reports business good in all departments. Their facilities for demonstrating the AeolianVocalion are all that modern phonograph quarters can provide, and this Vocalion department, the introduction of which was recorded in a recent issue, is running quite up to and even beyond expectations. ice Introducing THE SYMPHONY GRAND PHIS is the latest addition A to our complete line of original models, which is an exclusive copyrighted design. All our machines except No.l, No. 2 and No. .3 A are equipped with the original jeweled movement Butterfly Motor. Each and every Motor is guaranteed. Symphony Grand Size: 23 inches wide by 48 inches high Write for full information, catalog and prices FRAAD TALKING MACHINE CO., INC. Factory and Showrooms 224-226 West 26th St., NEW YORK