The talking machine world (Jan-June 1920)

May IS, 1920 THE TALKING MACHINE WORLD RECORDING EXPERTS IN CONFERENCE Heads of Several Recording Laboratories, Together With Company Officials Interested in Recording, Hold Meetings in New York for the Interchange of Business Ideas Closer co-operation between those connected with the talking machine recording laboratories and those interested in recording is seen as the result of several meetings of those interests already held in New York, and other meetings which it is stated will be held regularly in the future. Practically all the heads of the leading recording laboratories, together with company executives interested directly in recording work, have been holding a series of meetings in New York recently for the purpose of interchanging ideas and endeavoring to profit by each other's experience in the development and improvement of recording methods as a whole. Recently a contributor to The Talking Machine World suggested s'trongly that the technical men of the industry get together for the interchange of ideas, with a view to promoting the welfare of the industry along direct lines, and profiting by each other's experiences and possibly mistakes, in planning the future development of talking machines and records from the mechanical and practical standpoint. The action of the record laboratory heads in holding their conferences is in line with this thought, and should be productive of direct and favorable results in the record field. It has already been proven in many other fields that even competitors can get together and meet on a common ground with mutual advantage, and without endangering the individual business in the least. The record-making officials are proving the practicability of the idea in the talking machine field. SONORA SIGN A WORK OF ART For some time past the Sonora Phonograph Co. has featured an artistic sign occupying an imposing space on the big board at the corner of Ann street and Broadway. The sign has now been repainted, and the design shows the Sonora as a work of art compared with one of Striking Sign at Ann Street & Broadway the most beautiful cathedrals in the world. This display which faces the old post office, is seen by hundreds of thousands of people daily who are on their way to and from Brooklyn, and who are traveling through New York's great office and financial district. H. B. LEVY IN NEW YORK H. B. Levy, manager of the wholesale Vocalion department of the Aeolian Co., Chicago, arrived at headquarters in New York this week, to confer with company and department executives. CONVENTION OF TEXAS DEALERS Second Annual Session of State Association Held in Waco on May 11 and 12 Waco, Tex., May 12. — The second annual convention of the Texas Music Dealers' Association was held in this city yesterday and to-day and proved an affair of widespread interest and importance, attracting piano, talking machine and music dealers from all sections of the State, as well as prominent members of the industry from other localities. Among the speakers were C. M. Tremaine, director of the National Bureau for the Advancement of Music, who spoke on "The Value of Organization"; Will A. Watkin, of the Will A. Watkin Co., Dallas, on "The Effect of the Present Price on Distribution"; M. M. Blackmail, of the Phonograph Co., Kansas City, Edison jobber, on "What Is a Luxury?"; R. V. Holland, of Holland's Magazine, Dallas, on "Creative Advertising"; Frank E. Morton, of the American Steel & Wire Co., on "Music a Power in Peace Time"; William L. Bush, president of the Bush & Gerts Piano Co., on "The Uncultivated Field," and J. C. Phelps, of Dallas, on "Collection and Interest." There were general discussions on various business matters which treated of music advancement as a whole, and the whole session proved most helpful to everyone who participated. NEW FACTORY FOR BLOOMSBURG A report from Shamokin, Pa., says that a corporation composed of Shamokin and Bloomsburg capitalists has been formed there to manufacture talking machines. The display rooms and factory will be at Bloomsburg. The officers of the new company are A. R. Breish, of Ringtown, president; Samuel H. Appleman, of Bloomsburg, secretary, and B. W. Jury, Jr., of Shamokin, manager. A. T. Doty, formerly connected with the Cincinnati branch of the Aeolian Co , has joined the staff of the wholesale Vocalion department in New York. He will cover the city trade. REPEAT Q GRAPH REPEATS RECORDS AUTOMATICALLY ! 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