The talking machine world (Jan-June 1920)

March 15, 1920 THE TALKING MACHINE WORLD 71 HOSPITAL PATIENTS ENJOY MUSIC New Invention Installed in Walter Reed Hospital in Washington Enables Patients to Hear and Enjoy Concerts and News of the Day entertainment. Now it is possible for every patient to enjoy the music. Another use to which the invention has been Washington, D. C, April 6. — The Walter Reed General Hospital has recently installed an electro-static talking machine which makes it possible for every patient in the institution to enjoy musical concerts daily and also hear the news Aeolian-Vocalion Electrically Equipped of the day as read in the hospital library. An Aeolian-Vocalion has been placed in the library and has been equipped with a special electrical device. At each bed there is a bedside receiving set which is connected with the master instrument. When the machine is playing a record the music may be heard at any bedside in the hospital by merely raising the small receiver to the ear. The invention was designed particularly to entertain the outdoor patients who were deprived of the pleasure of the indoor concerts which were a feature of the daily Enjoying Vocalion Through Bedside Set put is a most interesting and valuable one. A recording attachment has been devised and each morning the news of the day is read aloud into the receiver in the library and is transmitted to every bed in the hospital. It has been found very successful and the patients are now able to keep up with what is going on in the outside world, not only in the way of news, but also with the latest music. The photographs show the Aeolian-Vocalion with its electric attachment and also a patient listening to one of the latest songs through the bedside receiving set. OPEN NEW PLANT IN CANADA Lyraphone Co. of America, Establish Well Equipped Plant in Toronto to Take Care of Growing Trade Over the Border The Lyraphone Co. of America, Newark, N. J., manufacturers of the well-known Lyric lateral record, early this month opened a new factory in Toronto, Canada. While the factory is already in operation, much equipment is being added, and when the capacity of the plant is reached there will be over seventy record presses in service. The Lyraphone Co. tell of a constant increase in the demands for their products during the past few months, and for some time they have felt the necessity for opening a Canadian plant, in order to better care for dealers there. In addition to the above, the Newark plant of the concern is being equipped with many new presses and some of these are of an improved type which will almost double the present daily output of records. NEW BUILDING IN DALLAS, TEXAS Texas-Oklahoma Phonograph Co. to Erect New Home for Its Growing Business Dallas, Tex., April 3.— The Texas-Oklahoma Phonograph Co., jobbers for the Edison line in Oklahoma and Texas, with headquarters in this city, has completed plans for the erection of a commodious new building to house the company's business. The new building, which is to cost $200,000, will be erected in the financial district of the city, where switching facilities are available to simplify the shipping question. The Texas-Oklahoma Phonograph Co. was organized in 1915, and has grown and made steady progress since that time. The officers; of the company are: A. H. Curry, president and general manager; F. C. Beattie, assistant general manager; O. C. Feltner, chief of accounting department; John R. Spann, sales manager; W. F. Taylor, advertising and promotion manager; C. L. Rankin, traffic manager; A. C. Officers and Representatives of the Company Dennis, Oklahoma representative; J. K. Patterson, south Texas representative; O. P. Curry, east Texas representative, and B. A. Ward, west Texas and New Mexico representative. The board meets four times a year to discuss matters of interest to the company and to the Edison trade. SPECIAL ROOMS FOR DEALERS Baltimore, Md., April 1. — Cohen & Hughes, Victor wholesalers, have opened a private room in their headquarters, in this city, which will be entirely at the service of the Victor dealer. This room is to be known as Victor Dealers' Baltimore Headquarters, and is richly furnished and decorated. Cohen & Hughes recently entertained their dealers for the second time at a record recital at their headquarters, at which a luncheon was also served. The success of both these affairs was so pronounced that I. Son Cohen, president of the company, has decided to make these meetings regular. They will be presided over by Manager Elmer Walz.