The talking machine world (Jan-June 1920)

78 THE TALKING MACHINE WORLD April 15, 1920 .10? PACK*6 YIOLiiPHOflE PHONOGRAPH NEEDLES EACH NEEDLE WILL PLAY 10 RECORDS The Best Talking Machine Needle on the Market PACKED IN COUNTER SALESMEN 50 Needles to a box and they retail at 10 cents per box. 60 boxes to a package, $6.00. This package costs you $3.90 net. Your profit is $2.10 and your customer gets a needle that will give satisfaction. THE FRED. GRETSCH MANUFACTURING COMPANY 60 Broadway Manufacturers of Musical Instruments BROOKLYN, N. Y. Canadian Wholesale Agent. H A. BEMISTER, 10 Victoria Street Montreal Can Western Distributor: WALTER S. GRAY, 530 Chronicle Building, San Francisco, Cal. GOING STRONG IN WASHINGTON O. J. DeMoll & Co. Doing Big Business as Distributors for Aeolian-Vocalions, Melodee Rolls and Other Aeolian Co. Products Washington, D. C, April 3.— O. J. DeMoll & Co., distributors of Aeolian-Vocalions and Melodee music rolls, as well as retailers of Pianolas and other Aeolian Co. products, have assumed other section of the city for the storing of reserve stock, but the demands of the business have increased so largely that plans for a larger warehouse are under way. This has been found absolutely necessary. K. C. Markward is in charge of the Aeolian wholesale departments, which cover the territory embracing Virginia, North and South Carolina, Georgia, as well as Washington, D. C, proper. Howard R. Green looks after the details of the shipping, and O. J. DeMoll, head of the company, maintains an active supervision over the business as a whole. Mr. DeMoll reports that the new lateral cut Vocalion records have made a particular appeal to the dealers and the public, and that heavy orders have been and are being received for the selections offered in the latest lists, which have been found most interesting. DeMoll & Co. have long been prominent in the local field as retailers of the Aeolian Co. Pianolas and pianos. MAKE A PERMANENT DISPLAY Walters & Barry Corp. Featuring Brooks Phonograph Line at Headquarters in Buffalo Buffalo, N. Y., April 5. — A permanent display of Brooks automatic repeating phonographs has been installed by the Walters & Barry Corp. in the Associated Service Building, where this company makes its headquarters. This display is attracting considerable attention, and many NEW PLANT FOR F. C. KENT CO. Modern Factory Being Erected on Large Site Recently Purchased in Irvington, N. J. Home of O. J. DeMoll & Co. a very strong position in the local trade through such connections and have bujilt up a volume of business that is taxing the capacity of the. large six-story building occupied by the company. The company maintains an elaborate Vocalion department on the fourth floor of its building with a wholesale record department on the sixth floor, and the wholesale Melodee roll department on the second floor of the building. In addition a large warehouse is maintained in an Following the recent purchase of a plot of ground containing 17,500 square feet in Irvington, N. J., the F. C. Kent Co., Newark, N. J., well-known manufacturers of phonograph accessories, is now erecting a modern factory on the site. According to the statement of W. S. File, secretary of the above company, this step has been made necessary on account of the increased business and because of the fact that its present plant, although quite large, will not permit of further expansion. The new factory will be ready for occupancy in May of this year, and is being equipped with the most modern machinery, much of it specially designed. The plant will be what is known as a daylight factory. All the equipment as well as the arrangements are being made with an eye to giving the greatest efficiency. The production of this concern will be greatly increased, and it is thought that with added facilities it will be able to take good care of its constantly increasing business. Display of Walters & Barry Corp. out of town visitors have commented upon the distinctive features of the Brooks phonograph. The Walters & Barry Corp., which is the local distributor for the Brooks repeating phonograph has closed several important deals as a direct result of this exhibit, and invitations have been extended the dealers throughout the State to examine the display at their convenience. The company expects to change the display from time to time in order to give the public and the trade a fair idea of the diversity of the Brooks product. WILL HANDLE EMERSON RECORDS The Emerson Record Sales Co.. New York, local Emerson distributors, announced this week that the Central Music Shop, which is the retail establishment of the well-known house of G. Schirmer, Inc., 3 East Forty-third street, New York, will handle the complete line of Emerson records. This deal was closed after investigating the manv makes of records. Announcing the Eighth Release of Records See Old Man Moon Smile Vocal basin* The Bluett Vocal ant 1 Yog Vocal Baby Smiles Vocal f 8 4081 | c ( All I Wa 4082 i When M, 4083 < 4084 -j ) { ins:, Old Fashioned (iarden Vocal enetian Moon .Vocal Uelodlous Ja».z Vocal Hi Win! ill I, Ike a I. ion and Came Out Like a Lamb Vocal See Saw Kox-trot Korinthla One-step 4080 4087 4088 4080 107!) ( Lon | Des { one Star Fox-trot ert Dreams Fox-trot Afghanistan Fox-trot Buddha Fox-trot Waiting I'nder Western skic> Somebody One-step {: J My flM. | Da . 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