The talking machine world (Jan-June 1920)

April 15, 1920 THE TALKING MACHINE WORLD 141 FROM OUR CHICAGO HEADQUARTERS — (Continued from page 138) kit another shoe-shining emporium on the North Side goes this one better. It features dancing a la talking machine for customers who have to wait their turn to mount into the chairs. The "parlor" is owned by one Robert Logan aVid is opposite the North Shore Hotel, Evanston. Logan bought some records and now gets all the trade of the Northwestern co-eds, who can dance or listen to operatic airs while waiting to have their shoes fixed up. Shines a la mode offer the enterprising dealer in every locality a chance to make a sale of a talking machine to his favorite boot-black. Show him this article, which tells about Robert Logan and see if he doesn't come across. Vis'.ts Federal Factory H. Schlaes. of the Schlaes Phonograph Co., of Omaha, Neb., and Council Bluffs, la , was a visitor to Chicago this month. Mr. Schlaes represents the Federal Phonograph & Supply Co. in the States of Nebraska and Iowa and was in Chicago for the purpose of visiting the factory headquarters here. He has made arrangements for goods to carry him through this season and is now securing samples of the Federal line to be placed in his offices at Omaha and Council Bluffs. , i Lyon & Healy Retail Service Lyon & Healy retail talking machine record service is known to many in the trade as being o-ne of the most modern, efficient and pleasing in the country. The advantages of Lyon & Healy record service to the Chicago public have been featured by this company in retail advertising of recent date. In one of their ads the following is said, which we print because in it may be found ideas applicable to other dealers in their retail newspaper publicity: ''Since the earliest days of the talking machine we have been studying how to serve the public in the matter of records. We have found that the careful training of sales people, after the Lyfon & Healy idea, has a great deal to do with record-buying satisfaction. It is a business of J. E. ROBINSON ESTABLISHED 1879 M, J, DECKER TEL. HAFIPISON 420 Robinson The Plater g ^ &ofcl our SpQciatfy vgjl 500 W. VAN BUREN STREET~""^^^^ Cm IC AG o infinite detail and we have worked out a thousand improvements. As an example: When you enter a record demonstration parlor in Lyon & Healy's and close the door behind you a felt' damper attached to the door moves over into place and makes the room really soundproof. Then when you want records of a particular sort, they are brought to you promptly. The sales person can furnish this service to many different customers in a day only through a solid knowledge of music and of the best records to be found in the Victor catalog. "Our telephone service is unique. The young women who attend to the special record switchboard have before them complete lists, together with fresh special information of every kind." (Continued on page 143) COVER BALANCE No. 1 Two Patents Dec. 9, 1919— One Patent Dec. 12, 1916. and Others Applied for Chicago Hinged Cover Support and Balance Company TELEPHONE PROSPECT 250 2242-44 W. 69th St. CHICAGO, ILL. READ THIS A cover balance is not a piece of hardware that can be applied to a talking machine cover in most any way and work fairly well. Owing to the different sizes and weights of covers and the different ways of making cabinets the sizes of springs and direction of pull must vary so it becomes a problem in engineering to design a support which will act properly on your machine. We furnish diagrams and if you are a manufacturer and will give us the proper information: — We will design a balance which we guarantee will work satisfactorily on your machine. We will furnish you a sample to try. We will furnish a blue print showing how to apply correctly — -AT NO COST TO YOU! When a balance is applied at one side, as it is in most cases, there is a tendency to warp or twist the cover so it will stand open on one corner. We have overcome this trouble so that if our support is applied according to our blue prints OUR BALANCE WILL NOT WARP THE COVER NOTICE OUR TOP CONNECTION, WHICH ADJUSTS ITSELF TO ANY BEVEL WITHOUT BENDING!