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EDISON GENERAL FILE SERIES

1912

Edison General File Series 1912. Phonograph - General (E-12-64)

This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to the commercial and technical development of Edison's phonograph. Included is material pertaining to the Diamond Disc Phonograph, which was demonstrated at the Boston Electric Show in October 1912 and marketed throughout the United States by the end of the year. Also included are items dealing with the development of Blue Amberol cylinder records, the Edison home recording outfit ("shaving machine"), and the Edison School Phonograph. Among the subjects discussed in the documents are the manufacture of phonographs, cabinets, and records; the evaluation of singers and trial records; contracts with artists; trademarks; and patent interferences. There is also correspondence with Marshall C. Lefferts of the Celluloid Co., along with letters from phonograph enthusiasts and requests or suggestions concerning the improvement and promotion of the phonograph.

In addition to the correspondence, there are drafts of promotional material, technical notes and drawings by Edison, and instructions to members of his technical and administrative staff, including Jonas W. Aylsworth Frank K. Dolbeer, Miller Reese Hutchison, Walter H. Miller, Alexander N. Pierman, and Carl H. Wilson. Also included are Edison s copies of interoffice communications, demonstration reports, and minutes from committee meetings of Thomas A. Edison, Inc.

The committee minutes appear at the end of the folder in the following order: Executive Committee, Amusement Phonograph Department Committee, Dictating Machine Committee, Manufacturing Committee, and Phonograph Sales and Advertising Committee. Also included are minutes from a meeting of salesmen on December 30, 1912, to discuss the marketing of Diamond Disc phonographs and records. Among the topics discussed in the Executive Committee minutes are the possibility of making voice recordings of presidential contenders Theodore Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, and Champ Clark and the status of the phonograph business in Mexico and Latin America.

Approximately 50 percent of the documents have been selected. The unselected material includes unsolicited correspondence with no substantive reply from Edison, letters of transmittal and acknowledgment, memoranda concerning billing procedures, circular letters, and weekly summaries of agreements with disc dealers.

J take this opportunity to also inform you that the first ten Busi-noea Phonographs with the oollapsible mandrel are being shipped out of the shop this week. You probably ’nor- that wo aro paying 250 a machine royalty, when wo use the cylindor ejector and this collapsible mandrel ir intended to. replace that flovioo , ro thet the royalty can bo cancelled for overy nnchine rihippod vitfc u oollapclble rnsnSrol*

If I can add anything further, I will bo pleased to do bo.

Please confirm this momorand-.ua with mo, no that thoro will bo no n i nuride ratondi r,g that I have not notified tho correct party.-

Yours truly,

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I pro 3Umaaf3urTIne _whilo in (Siicaojo Will be very much occupied. If, however, you can spare au hour I should take ploasuro in showing you and any of the rest of your party who are interested how we sell Edison Phonographs I boliove you will find our systems very interesting. If^you find that you can spare the time will gladly call for 'you at your hotel at any time you. suggest, .and. see that' ‘you get back at your appointed time.<

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Thomas Edison Laboratory ,

Orange, Hew Jersey.

Dear Mr. Miller

Some time ago you wrote me in behalf of M Edison for whom I was to make some demonstrations in regard to the "Human Voice". Of course, I wanted to for him the extreme things. It is two years since I have tried singing higher or lower than any music ex

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tent requires - not since I had made some tests before scientific persons interested in such investigations.

Upon receipt of your letter opening the way to Mr.

Edison I was therefore out of training for doing things at the extreme limit. I now, however, am getting back into best training and I soon shall demonstrate to him a scale of forty-nine or fifty semitones, without strain. Meanwhile would you approve of my writing to him some of my ideas concerning "The Hew Basis of Voice". To you, in this there is a most practical bearing; for better methods than those now used can be devised for talking!?) phonographs. Better results can be achieved, here at Columbia quietly and almost secretly. Dr. Forbes and I

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have been getting at this subject. Just now Dr* Forbes is ill and I doubt that he can do anything more this year. I hope to find some other practical worker, especially in the making of machines, to assist me; for I have no handi¬ ness in making machines. I know what should be done, how¬ ever.

Again trusting to your kindness, I am,

Yours truly

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kJAN 1 5 1!'

Please note that all ran (Shinary, gas fittings, An nnaoFmarv for the Blue Rooord plant, as laid out by 12r. Philpot, are’ to hi ordered through the laboratory, either fr°|B °^^ide parties, the laboratory or the faotory, depending on who oan furnish thorn host and mrlokoat. This will leave nothing but the oarponter work, to- rotho-^with tho installation of machinery, to be looked °itor_and taken o^ro of by our faotory help, and this wo should bo amply ablo to take oare of in time for requirements.

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Copies to Messrs. Edi^fen and Weber.

Tm mn,1o Issue a manufaoturins order for 25 We Shaving Machines to ?a5d fof. do?oastration purposes , j*st as soon as drawings are received from the Engineering Sept. Also for 26 four-minnta^

wlth 25 shaTiDS machines. Those outfits should he pushed through as rapidly as possible. 6

the ^ same time issue a manufacturing order for 3.000 Ho5be Shaving 4 3'°°° four-minute recorders, to he manufactured for stock06 “ 3v,s°°n as tools can he completed. The drawings for the four- iS Popt? a°r haVe alr°ady 130611 furnished tho factory hy the Engineer-

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Jenuary 26, 1912.'

Mr. Wilson:

The Committee listened to fifteen Blue Amberol Records at the Meeting held last night. The surfaces generally, aside from crackles and knocks were found to he excellent. It was noted however that ten out of the fifteen Records given to the Committee "ran out" more than we allow for commercial product.

The selections were as follows:

SERIAL HO. SPEC. TITLE

10518 2 THE GREAT CAMPMEETIHG FISK DIVERSITY

JUBIIEE QUARTET

2 Samples oommeroial.

1 " had knocks ana >- oraokles - runs out - not commercial.

10518 1 THE GREAT CAMPMEETIHG

8 Samples commercial.

1 " knooks and

oraokles - runs out - not commercial - had moulding.

10510 1 SWIEG 10W SWEET CHARIOT

1 Sample. Bad knooks and oraokle s - runs out - not oommeroial.

2 Samples. light knocks and crackles. Doubtful as to whether aoceptahle as oommeroial.

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10520 1(a) SHOP! All OVER GOD’S

HEAVER •

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2 Samples. Eight Enochs, hut considered commercial. 1 Sample. Bad EnoohB - not commercial.'

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10519 2 MY SOTJL IS A WITNESS

5 Samples - all oommer- oial.

CHAIR MAR RECORD COMMITTEE,

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January 30, 1912.'

Mr. WilBon:

The Record Committee have gone over enough. Blue Amberol Records to establish the following faots :

All of the Records run out badly, an objectionable feature' that must be overcome.'

“*■ St£t— (.) Praotioally all of the Reoords are full of small

oraoM.es Bnd light knocks, whioh are not in the moulds. These cracMes may be due to dirt or impurities in the material used. ~g. ^ The general surface of all the Reoords, which the

Committee have heard is considered good enough for commercial product.

The Committee heard 18 Reoords this afternoon, 6 of which were found to be commercial.

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232 DREAM OF THE TYR01IEHHE E. VEHETIAH TRIO

Mould Ho. 29

Sample Ho. 1 runs out - kaooks and oraoM.es - not commercial.

™ 2 runs out - knocks

and ora Okies - not commercial.

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and crackles - not commercial t on account of poor moulding. The majority of these knocks are not in the mould.

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BHEAM OF THE TYROLIEHHE

Talent

E. VEHEEEM TRIO

Mould no. 30

Semple Ho. 1 runs out - knocks and oraoklos - not commercial.

2 runs out - knocks and crackles - not commercial.

3 runs out ~ knooks and crackles - not commercial , on account of poor moulding. Bad rough spot in the mould.

Mould Ho. 36

Sample Ho. 1 runs out - knooks

and crackles - one sided" - rough surface not commercial.

2 runs out - crackles - surface rough on first part - commercial.

3 runs out - had rough spot in center - not commercial.

Mould Ho. 27

Sample Ho. 1 only slight run out- light knooks - com¬ mercial .

2 bad run out - good surface - not com¬ mercial.

3 runs out - loud knocks - not commercial.

Mould Ho. 37

Sample Ho. 1 runs out - knockB and o rookie s - not oommeroial.

2 runs out - light oraokles - oommeroial.

3 Blight run out - light oraokles - oommeroial.

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PHC/W February 3rd 1912

Sear Mr. Edison, v

In accordance with instructions from Mr. Dyer indicating your wishes I have had tests made of the voioes of a number of singers and the samples are being sent to Orange for your examination.

Attached hereto is a memorandum showing name of singer class and selection sung for teBt purposes.

Enclosed you will find Borne presB notices and par¬ ticulars of the artists whose tests are being forwarded.

I understand from Mr. Dyer you are seeking voices of a certain quality having in mind their suitability for our work.

If you oare to go a little more in detail as to what particular characteristics you are seeking I may be able to give you more intelligent assistance.

I want to oo-operate with and be of Borne real help to you but feel as if we are groping over here and don't know whether what we are sending is what you are after.

Most of the singers who Be work we are forwarding have been secured through the Imperial Concert Agenoy. Some have voioes which are promising for our work. We have rejeoted many and are only sending those along whioh in our opinion might

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possibly possess tbs quality you are seeking. Hone have known a phonographio oareer.

Among those sent I might particularly invite your attention to the following:

Mar# Holding Dramatio Soprano. Promising for our work.

Phyllis Lett Soprano. A bit nervouB. Sang slightly off, but might be developed.

Winifred Lewis Contralto. Very good indeed. Would probably make an excellent addition to our list of Edison Singers.

Alfred Heather. Sootoh Tenor. Very good for our work. Hubert Eisdell. Tenor. Excellent.

Horman Williams. Bass Baritone. Very good.

Louise Sims Contralto. Oood quality but very nervous during trial.

We will make additional shipments to you from time

to time and meanwhile if you oare to supplement original in¬ structions we will do all we oan to accomplish what you desire. Eaithfully yours,

Thomas A. Edison Esq. ,

Orange ,

HAKE OF BXHQ-ER

CLASS

SELECTIOU

Gertrude Reynolds

If do. Mary Conly.

Mr. Richard Ripley. Hr. Gwynna Davies Joseph Farrington Miss Winifred Lewis Mr. Fredk. Ranalow

Miss Phyllis Lott Kiss Kay Peters

Soprano "Oh Flowor of all the World”

Ss Seale.

Dramatic "The auld Hoose". & Scale.

Tonor "Mother o' mine". & Scale.

Tenor "Thy Learning eyes". & Scale. Bass Baritone. "Drake goes West".

Contralto "The Rosary" & Scale.

Bass Baritone. "Drink to me only"

& "The Crocodile".

Contralto "Lillies"

Contralto "One tho hankB of Allan water”

Miss Jennie Taggart Soprano "Bran hraw lads". Miss Mary Fielding Dramatic "Sunshine & Rain" Miss Caroline Hatchard Soprano Rohin Adair .

These have already "been . forwarded.

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CLASS

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Mr. Alfred Heather Tonor , Bonnie Wee thing

Mr. Hubert Eindell 0 "I know of two bright eye a”

& Scale

Mr. Julian Henry Baritone "I'm wearing ara' Jena"

& Scale

Hies Ghrietine Bywator Soprano “If I built a World for you

& Scale .

Ur. Anderson Hiool Tenor "The fond kiss'1 & Scale

Ur. Alexander Webster Tenor "Bonnie Wee thing" & Scale.

Ur. Albert Beresford Counter Tenor "HeSt me to-night in Dreamland" & Scale.

Ur. Horman Williams Baas "The Wreck" & Scale.

Miss Louise Sims. Contralto "Host thee my dear one"

& Scale.

The above will bo forwarded with the next shipment.

Wo have not yet received pa ticulars and Press notices of the last three artistB. They will be forwarded when received.

Foh • 8th, 1912

Mr. Walter Killer,

79 Fifth Ava.,

Mow vork City.

Dear Mr. Kill ear: -

As you are am re, Mr. Rdison has boon advertising for singers under tho name of "Crenshaw”. Fhese two answers that T enclose were from an advertisement in "Musical .America."

As you know, Mr. ’Wiser has hat most of the people come out here, hut he thinks that yon hail hotter write to these tv/o and ask them to come and make a test at tho Recording Rooms in 1,'ew vorfe. you can explain that Mr. Rdiaon is expecting to require some sight rending work done later, as to which he can comramicato with the parties after you have made the test records of tho vo:*ce trials.

1 reeoived the enclosed letter from you this morning, and would say that. I invariably tell the singers to take their own musio with them when they go to see you. I was particular, indeed, to toll Mr. Mud dell this, but, he must have forgotten it.

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Feb. 20, 1912.

I was delighted to receive the other day from the Kdieon Works here a phonograph with all its various equipment, which they tell me you ordered them tosend me. I hive since recalled. that you spoke of the machine one day as useful to a literary worker, and at the some time promising when you wen o some to send one to me. X think it was extremely line of you to remember the promise ana me and it will he f

greatest pleasure in using it to know it is a souvenir of our last Summer's journey together. She machine has been too lately installed to allow me as yet to ' be particularly expert in talking into it, but I want the first effort to be a letter of thanks to you, and I shall accordingly send on this cylinder, hoping it will safely reach you.

I am sure I shall shortly become a phonograph enthusiast. At present I feel a bit self- conscious in talking into it. but it is "“ft”®**?® 2° hear the sound of one’s own voice. I should think for an after dinner speaker or even a more ambitious it would be excellent in helping one to correct ones qneakinp- An friend who was in my room

when the machine arrived, tried it and saidit would help him a lot on the same line. I shall probably get i” the habit of using it for all kinds of literary and journalistic work, and I think it will be particularly helpful in the natural sounds of dialogue in story or

After I parted with you last Summer. I went to Constantinople with . and while there I sent several post cards

to your family. I hope they got them. I still -think of ou/tilp together in pleasant remembrance of yow*1 ktoftno SB and that of your family, especially on that unlucky day

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frS£“ Solc'EeL He told i» touted loet'hle .Mt.ra M.di before. He seems to remember you all, and Bpeaks ox you with gratitude i Poor fellow, he is at present without work. He hopes now that Spring is coming on to find another regular

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job.

I am living in London now, at least for the time being and Simd it and my work here quite interesting, but the weather is of course abominable. Perhaps your family may be interested to hear the new novel of mine called "The Leverage of Life" which has just come out in London and in Hew York. I am now busy on another, and I expect to use the phonograph a good deal . I think that is about all the news I have on hand, and knowing too what a busy man you are, I shan't add more to this, letter, and with my renewed expression ■. of appreciation for your splendid gift. Please remember* me most kindly to Mrs. Edison and the other members of your family, ana believe me dear Mr. Edison,

Your ae voted admirer,

H. A. iJ. Valentine. \

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February 21st 1912

Mr. W.H. Miller , Manager,

Recording Department,

Thomas A. SdiBon Inc.

79-83, Fifth Avenue,

NEW YORK.

Dear Mr. Miller,

I suppose you have been wondering what, has happened to the Lyne and Harrold negotiations and for the purpose of keeping you advised, would state that HammerBtein continues to he at loggerheads with his Artists and although Bocchi has been behind him from day to day, he has not been able to close up to the present time. About ten days ago he insisted on having submitted to him a Contract on behalf of our .Company and the Columbia Company drawn by a solicitor. We forwarded our Contracts drawn in the usual Btyle , and on Saturday last he advised Bocchi that under no circumstances would he permit any of his Artists to sign such an Agreement although he would not indicate wherein the same was not satisfactory.

About an hour ago ho promised to make such altera¬ tions as he wanted in the Contracts to-day or to-morrow and to send them to us. I have no faith in his promises however,

Mr. W H. Miller Contd. Paso 2

and will not "bo surprised if he does not live up to them, or if he puts in clauses which will he impossible from our stand¬ point .

’ This is being forwarded in order to catoh to-day's

mail steamer that you may know how the matter stands- Very truly yours,

Managing Director.

Thomas A. Edison Jnc.

Orange ,N. J.,U. S. A.

Edison Phonographs and Records Edison Primary Batteries Edison Kinetoscopes andMotion Picture Edison Business Phonographs

April lBt, 1912.

Messrs. Berggren, Eckert, Deeming, Watsel, Henderson,

Thomas A. Edison, Incorporated, will supply,

{For Amusement Phonographs, Dictating Maohlnes and Shaving Machines)

Buhher Tuhing for Hearing lubes

Hard Rubber and other molded pieoes for Hearing Tubes

Mohair Covered Tubes for Speaking Tubes and Flexible Connections.

Mouth Pieoes and Ferrules for same.

Oil Cans, Screw Drivers, Sapphire Brushes, ChipBruBhes,

& Horn Connections.

Cabinets purchased complete « Transfers.

4 Post pedestal for Diot. Maohlnes Celluloid Memo. Strips for Diet. Machines Penoils and Pencil Holders " "

Burke Motors and parts thereof.

Shaving Machine Motors, and partB thereof.

Homs (including Finished and unfinished)

Horn Bells, ElbowB & Rings made outside " Transfers.

looks for Dictating & Shaving Machines.

Bottoms & Springs for System Boxes.

Paste Board Boxes for Hearing Tubes, Horns etc.

DICTATED TO AND TRANSCRIBED FROM THE EDISON BUSINESS PHONOGRAPH

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(For KlnetoBOQpoB. Professional Models, )

M. P. lenses and Condensing Lenses ana partB thereof Rheostats complete (made outBide) and parts thereof.

Sheet Metal Work (Magazines, Lamp Houses, Cones, Heels, Slide Carriers, Switoh Covers), eto. )

Soreens & BoothB

Cartons

ClasB for Lamp Houses

Oxygen Generators, Saturators and supplies and parts therefor or used in oonneotion therewith Buoh as Oxone, Ether & Limes

Knife Switches

Transformers, Eoonomy Aros, Compens-aros ana parts thereof.

(For KiwatoHoones. Home Model )

M. P. lenses to Condensing Lenses and parts thereof.

Rheostats ana parts thereof.

Transformers to " "

Sheet Metal Work (lamp Houses, Carrying Cases)

Glasses for Lamp Houb6b.

HernBt Lamps, supplies for and parts thereof.

Aoetylene Generators, Burners, supplies for and partB thereof. Stage Connectors.

Attaching Plugs, lamp Sockets.

Screens.

CarhonB.

(For Rectifiers.)

Transformers

Condensers

Switches

For use in oonneotion with Cylindrical Reoords (Amherol & B Min.)

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and BlankB. all materials except those entering into the "Wax"

compositions.

For use in connection with the following:

Thomas A. Edison, Ino, will supply all materials Master Moulds Diso EeoordB Primary Batteries Film (Professional & Home, ) lantern Slides

exoept materials for parts originating in Edison Phonograph Works,

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;.a the recorder which we will supply will be of the sisc to fit mach- inos enuioned with sneaker arms to hold models "C", "‘I1' and ' . J repro¬ ducers' it* will be necessary to supply an adapter ring to cnaolc the same recorder to be used with machines equipped with speaker arms to hold the models "0" and "IT" reproducers. Shis adapter ring will r1' supplied as an extra at a list price of 50 c jobber SO cents net.

s; dealer ! is of machines 1 listed at the :

Tor the Opera, Arnberola and any other type build, with stationary reproducer arms, it will a special recorder, arm and horn, which will be ing prices:

hist 01.25; dealor SO cents not; jobber 75 cents net.

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i'his memo, will enable you and hr. kcCliesney to go ahead with such price list or catalogue as you want to got olit covoring the homo P.ooording apparatus.

4/24/12. 0.H.Y/.

Oopios to kessrs. hdi^n: Dyer: UoChesnoy: Stevens: Hind: Bcrggron: Eckert : Brown: Iiasrwell: P.edfearn: Bile .

n: Maxwell :Sfoi

Messris. Dolbeer: McChesney: Goodwin: Maxwell t^Youmans: Hird: Eedfearn: Iretron: Brown: Eckert: Deeming: Wetzel: Stevens.

Up to the present time the three types of disc machines coming through have been known as models 1, 2 and 3. It has Been decided, however, to change these designations and designate the different models hy the price of the machine, and hereafter the mach¬ ine and cabinet known as model 1, will he known as model A 250, the letter indicating the design of mechanism and the number indicating the style of cabinet and price of complete machine and cabinet; Likewise the model 2, will be known as model A 200, and the model 3, as model A 150. This designation of the different machines will appear in the blank space on the name-plate following the words "model number" .

To distinguish the type of motor used in the different machines, that is, whether spring motor or electric, the letters "S M" will be used to designate the spring motor type, and the letter "E" to designate the electric type— these letters to be placed in the blank space following serial number and immediately preceding the serial number itself. Example:- A name-plate on the $250.00 mach¬ ine might read —

"Edison Disc Phonograph Model Mo. A 250

Serial No. S M. or E, as the case might be, 179."

In case we should build alternating, direct and universal electric machihes, the letter E will be followed by the letter A, D or U, as the case might be.

f/Zb/lZ. C.H.W.

Copies to Messrs. Edij4n: Dyer: Weber:

Mr. Bliss:

Mr. Edison advised mo yesterday that you were waiting for certain ports from factory machine shop for rectifiers controllers and -business phonograph motors and thatonaocountofthis^worlcon^ho completed machines was being delayed. Up to this time I have ^

stood from you as well as others, that these parts were oojjdng through as fast and quietly as could be expected after drawings had been received and finished parts approved of by yourself or Mr. Bangley; therefore, in o?der ?o alce^tain the cause of delay on such parts as you°laimyouare waiting for, I wish you would send mo regularly 0ao^ week until things got running smoothly a list of such parts as are being turned out by the machine shop that you require and that on account of ^

furnished are holding up the completed product in the Electrical Dept.

Several months ago it was docidod that yon would fix ovor tho old mould making plant or a portion thereof, at least, for work on diamond points, hut so far as I can soo no particular progress has boon made in thi3 vdixootion. Have you decided not to utilise Bpaco in this building for that purpose , and if so why? If you still intend to utilise it, I think the work should bo proooeded with immediately, for if we aro going to use diamond points for both cylinder and disc reproducers, wo will want to bo in a position to turn them out much more rapidly and in much largor quantities than wo aro at present. Because of our not requiring those points just at this timo, this may seem an unimportant matter, but it is not, and if loft until too late wo will find ourselves unable to turn tho points out fast enough.

Please let mo hoar from you concerning this.

5/10/12. C.H.T7.

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Edison's Supreme Effort in the Recording and Reproducing of Sound is Crowned with Magnificent Success.

HIS DATEST AHD GREATEST TRIUMPH THE EDIS01T DISC PH01I0GRAPH On Sale September 15th, 1912.

It is not improbable that the Edison Disc Phonograph marks the final limit of human achievement in recording and re¬ producing sound. It is the splendid culmination of thirty-five years of research and experimentation by <3Ricmtta-AT Edison, the inventor of the first phonograph and one of the world's greatest authority on acoustics.

Ever since his original invention of the phonograph, Edison - grimly scornful of others' bombastic claims and calmly indifferent to opportunities of commercial exploitation - has continued, with characteristic patience and tenacity of purpose^ to seek the solution of those baffling problems of acoustics, which have, until now, stood in the way of a perfect record and a perfect reproduction of sound.

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AT LAST? THE PERFECT REFRODUCTIOH OF THE WORLD'S GREATEST MUSIC.

At last it is possible to really interpret the great masterpieces Of »»ic on the phonograph - «o reproduce a.lio.f. overtones that have heretofore teen lost i» »•»* reproduction - to encompaas the most Wjnffioen. .Whoaie. - to truly portrap the gift, of «e greatest vlrtoo.l - to do fall Jn.tiee to the noblest

themes of the greatest composers.

At last the phonograph 1. greater than euphony eonoertr ohsmbor music solon-or grand opera perforate , for the zti.on pise Phonograph can create in the America home a more intense musical at.oaph.re and a deeper musical culture than could he derived - ehort of many year. - fro. attendance upon the operas end eonoerte of the world's great musical centers.

Boot of the people, »ho listen to the operas and the symphonies, love ..sic or they would not listen, hut f.« understand or fully appreciate. Id « «“ *“»• *° “a“Ie * heautiful flower; it is another to both admire and trul|co^ pretend its beauties. On. must study and understand classic music to feel to the fullest the deep appreciation -

serves. fh.r. are two ways to aog.ire this appr.oiating sense,. by years of conservatory study or by listening to the »«■»* repetition of the music. leu do not get the necessary repetition at the opera or concert, unless you are a faithful attendant

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mtmy successive years. But if you own an Edison Disc Phonograph you can, within a very brief space of time, familiarize yourself with the works of the great** composers. You learn

to identify and trace the development of the composer's motif, you learn to recognize his style, the effects he seeks and his meth¬ ods of achieving them. You learn to know him and his works, and with that knowledge comes an abiding reverence for his genius.

Edison Disc Phonograph makes all this possible, because truly interprets music and does not mar and distort ^by an in¬ complete reproduction of the recorded sound waves, the

introduction of the distracting mechanical sounds or noises peculiar to lateral cut records, f Ur. /dison WiiyurnishWitten critiques/ or lectures by a well known/us ic^L authority Vo accom- pW the selections that require th/comm/tar/of a^/sical critic.

! ORIGINAL IHVEMTOR OP THE DISC PH01J0GRAPH

In 1878 - the year following his invention of the cylin¬ der phonograph Edison designed and patented a disc phono¬

graph, but he has steadfastly refused to permit an Edison Disc Phonograph to be offered to the public until he could accomplish four things .

First: Successfully impart sweetness and naturalness

of tone to disc records and avoid the tone distortion which gives the cold, metallic machine-like effect to the reproduction.

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Second: Record and reproduce the exact character and

quality of the original.

Third: Eradicate the scratchy sounds that have

p.en th. »»l«i ol .0 much criticism “ ““ W“l°k

inaudible the fine overtone. that ^ Si« tone "“llty to muBic.

Fourth: Do away with the constant changing of needle .

HE HAS ACCOMPLISHED ALL OF THIS - AHB VASTLY MOHE

THE TiF.PHOPUCER

reproducer 1» th. vole, of the plo.05r.pl.. 0» reproducer S& «r. Kdl.ou too designed *>r the Edison mou.sr.pl. is th. result of many thousand erperl.ent. mad. by hi. personally mithi. the post five years. dust a. shape, materiel „d finish eontribut. to the perf.eti.n of a stradlvarius violin, so do th. contour , torture end formation of the diaphragm of a phonograph reproducer contribute to th. ton. o«alitle= of a

phonograph. nw

Mr, Edison’s enp.rime.t. have resulted in a„volo. for

th. phonographic* bring, out the finite.- save, that pro¬ duce th. overtone, of ,ua»ty by mhl.h .. distinguish on. i».tr»..t fro» another - a voice of liquid and mellow tone, of wide range, and incomparable sweetness.

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THE DIAMOHP STYLUS

He has equipped each reproducer with a diamond repro¬ ducing point, which is impervious to wear. On the Edison Disc Phonograph there is no wear of needles to distort the reproduction. There are no worn-out needles to he replaced. The reproduction is constant and uniform in its perfection.

■THE MOTOR

The motor designed by Mr. Edison for the Edison Disc Phonograph is many times more accurate and costly than any heretofore used in disc machines. A serious defect in other disc machines, particularly after a period of use, has been that the motors were too weak to properly control the pitch, with the result that the attempted repro¬ duction of music in many cases fell little short of sheer dis¬ tortion.

long ago Mr. Edison rejected the so-called lateral cut method of recording sound because the sound waves thus recorded would - for perfect reproduction - require con¬ ditions that are scientifically and mechanically impossible. Therefore, the record for the Edison Disc Phonograph em¬ ploys the up and down method of recording. A preponderance of other disc records continue to be made by the lateral cut method,

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•because of the greater ease of manufacture. If, through a microscope, you will observe the track made by a reproducing needle on a "lateral cut" record, you will need no further explanation of Mr. Edison's rejection of that method of re¬ cording.

The Edison Disc Record is capable of recording 50$ more music than other records of the same size, thus making it possible to record many beautiful symphony movements and operatic selections -that have never been reproduced on the phonograph.

The material used in this record is the result of an almost unbelievable number of experiments, for Mr. Edison realized that the record substance was a matter of immense importance. At last he found the right material.

It is a chemical compound of exceeding density and extreme hardness. It i3 several times harder than the material used in any other disc record, but as^ttw result of Mr. Edison's exhaustive experiments, the "scratch" peculiar to other disc records has "been eliminated.

Owing to the unusual character of this material every record indentation - no matter how minute - will retain its original form and will not become effaced or distorted by use. Many of the eccentric and discordant sounds that ’proceed from other disc records arc due to the wear or obliteration of the sound wave indentations.

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OVERTONES

One of the reasons why other talking machines or phonographs do not give a real interpretation of music is, that, in addition to their inability to record and reproduce the fundamental tones without distortion, they are incapable of reproducing more than one or two of the tone colors or overtones. Nor do they usually give more than a faint and intermittent suggestion of the one or two overtones which they are supposed to reproduce. And furthermore, thesey being so weakly^roduced, are in many oases rendered inaudible by the scratchy sounds common to reoords'

The special material used in the Edison Disc B^ograph, com¬ bined with the Edison method of recording and reproducing, gives a complete and perfect reproduction of the overtones of voice and instrument, without which the tone quality of the original cannot be duplicated. There is as great a difference between the two kinds of reproduction as tbr *» between a silhouette and a perfectly photographed and perfectly developed portrait - more difference in fact, for the tone color is faithfully portrayed by an Edison record while adequate color reproduction is as yet laoking in photography.

It is worthy of comment that the Edison Phonograph opens up entirely now fields of music to the phonograph - . among others, that of Chamber Music, which heretofore ould not be successfully reproduced on disc records but is beautifully interpreted by the Edison Disc Records.

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RECORDING

To malco tho phonograph a real interpreter of music there were many acoustical problems to be solved. While others , busy with the commercial exploitation of their instruments, ignored these problems, Mr. Edison worked eighteen hours a day to find a solution of them. He has succeeded. He has found that many accepted acoustical theories are false. He has discovered new principles of acoustics. He has revolutionized the methods of phono¬ graph recording in his own recording laboratory. All of his new discoveries are being embodied in the making of all records for all Edison Phonographs. Ho other phono¬ graph records embody these discoveries.

GEHERA1 CONSTRUCTION

laboratory standards. Richly finished cabinets. Numerous refinements of construction, such as the jointless sound amplifier and the automatic stop which causes the in¬ strument to cease playing when a record is finished. No necessity for and accordingly no unsightly doors.

COMPARISONS

This is an advertisement. Most advertisements are laudatory. This one is no exception. We have tried to impress upon you how wonderful a musical instrument this

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new Edison invention is, Hut no words, however extravagant in their praise, couia ao full justice to the marvelous tone qualities of Edison's masterpiece.

Therefore, we ask you to compare it with other souna reproaucing instruments. We ask you to listen to any song on any other aisc phonograph ana then hear it on the Edison Disc Phonograph. When you have aone so, we think you will agree with us that descriptive words fall far short of doing justice to this magnificent creation of Edison's genius, patience and devotion to an ideal.

Three Models: $250, §200 and §150 respectively.

Mr. Wetzel:

The laboratory will send down to Mr. Sohall this afternoon six raotal oabinots for small diso machine. These oabinets are to be finished up as follows:

1 mahogany piano finish 1 " dull "

1 goldon oak polished finish 1 •' " dull "

1 weathered oak 1 white enamel.

laboratory will send Mr. Wetzel shop order to cover this work. These oabinets are to be finished up at the earliest possible moment and sent back to the laboratory.

S/28/12. . C.H.W.

Copies to Messrs. EdisSon: Weber: Sohall.

THOM, l>. T). f

Mr, Thos. A. Edison,

Orange, E. J.

My Bear Sir:— ^ ,• j

X am an orthodontic specialist and my work dealsl'\jijth transformations of tho oral cavity and contignous parts, and in £ number of cases treated I have noticed a change in enunciation, which I believe was brought about by a greater command of the tongue, lips, etc. By the assistance of your agents here I have made a few phono¬ graphic records, but which do not meet with my entire satisfaction for lack of a clear and distinct reproduction. I would liko to have your assistance and any advice from you will be highly appreciated.

It seems to mo that some means of intensifying the sounds so as to bring out their every variation wouia be of assistance.

Wish you would keep this in strict confidence as it will take sometime for me to obtain the desired results, the which I would be very pleased to send you.

Thanking you in advance for any consideration you may give this letter, I am

Yours most respectfully

Ems. 206-7 Hagel stein Bldg.

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pi/ The Hat below shows the total iteoorfls of various olaeae^ ana kinds taken from a now complete aataloguo leaned by the Viotor Talking' Haohine Company under date of May 1912:

English

Hawaiian

Portugese

Purple Label

Bed Seal

Japanese

Korean

TEA IHOH 8 IHRLE FACE

TWELVE I H C H

English Portugese Purple Label Hod Seal Japanese

TWELVE IEOH S IE RLE FACE

]) 0 P 3 L E FACE

English

Bohemian

Italian

Hungarian

Hob row

Finnish

German

French

Spanish

Polish

Mexican

Frenoh

Arabian

Turkish

Swedish

Chinese

Japanese

Greek

Miscellaneous

TEH IHOH BOOTLE FACE

English

Hebrew

Finnish

German

Italian

Spanish

Chinese

Miscellaneous

TWELVE IHOH BOOTLE FACE

GBAHB TOTAL

5400

I am Bonding you. herewith sample drawer for diso rooordo showing how partitions should ho arrangod to aooonmodato tho reoords — this sample having boen gotten up by "cr. KdiBon and approved of by tho difforont people interested.

As tho record drawers are wider than absolutoly necessary for oither tho ton or twelve inch rooords, it seoma to me tho oasiest way to arrange for these partitions would bo to have strips of wood gang sawed and faotoned in on both oidos instead of attempting to Blot out tho drawers themcelvos* Shis, of course, refers to only such drawers as are alroady assembled. On new drawors boing built the sides should, of courso, be properly slotted before being assembled.

6/0/12.

Messrs. Aiken: McChesney: Hird:

Referring to the method of numbering double face disc records, it has been decided that instead of using in connection with the number the letters "A" and »B" to designate the two different selections that we will simply tse the nurabor, leaving the letter off— for example, if the selections "Evening Star" and "II Travatoro" were to go on one double face record and the number given for the record was to be 8066, this single number is to appear on the edge of the record and on each label on the 2 faces of the record instead of 0056 -A to indicate "Evening Star" and 8066-B to indicate "II Cravat ore." This single number without letters is also to bo followed out in our catalogues and on record boxes.

6/8/12. . C.H.W.

Copies to Messrs. Edison: Goodwin: Dolbeer: Ireton: Stevens: Wurth.

Gentlemen.

I herewith take liberty to call your attention to an. important invention which might prove to he o f interest to your esteemed concern.

WK PERFECTED a GLASS GRAMOPHONE 'DISC ^

iic which is a farrS^hing improvement over the composition disc now An use.1

Everybody who had chance to hear" our GLASS GRAMOPHONE DISCS play^s surprised about the beautiful pure soft noiseless sounds produced, this invention is patented in almost every country and we are prepared to negotiate with regard to selling patent and manufaoturingrights for the United States and Colonies, or if desired patent and manufaoturing¬ rights for all countries to one concern.

Ve do not send out our sample discs for trial purposes, but are pre¬ pared for personal interview either here or eventually in America if desired, the latter of oourse on your aooount. If you have a representa¬ tive in Europe lot bin cone, to hear our GLASS DISCS play.

At Mr. EDISON'S last stay in PRAGUE, BOHEMIA the inventor of the OLASS DISCS had chance to see Mr. EDISON and-as the tine was a too limited one- was advised to send in directly description and proposition.

AMERICAN IMPORT

lng. HUGO ALTSCHUL,

PRAGUE, KOHLMARKT I.

II.

PRAG, den . 191 .

Enclosed please find description and I shall be plsaosd to give lull infornation if dsairsd about all points in question, ths great interest shown from everywhere Bakes quick action a necessity in case you care to take this Batter up.

Cableaddress • AMSRICAH IHP0R5 PRAGUE K0HLMAR1CT 1 BOHEMIA.

Hoping to be favored with an early reply

lam

very truly yours.

[ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE]

t taxkihg discs gJ_GXAgSj. \ W

The technical po.eibility ef MM»» «sra °r 0USS

1. to.d.y a fact by ezp.rl.ent., of far-reaching Inpoct.noe, for:

1, the *». di.ce een he -ufacteced cheaper than eh.llac di.ce, hec.ee.

ehellac co.t. e„ an average f~- " ”* “ S1*”’ °'

manufacturing a fd » gl... died amount. te Id pfennig, or leeel.

2) The glaee di.ce are harder and therefor, nor. ear.-*. — . —

diace need heretofore, the pin cannot do any dae.g. t. the gl»e ■"»* groove., it ~n even he rightly claimed that the latter are iud.e.ructihl. a. to frequent pur. reproduction of the eounde. "« gl...

diec. nith ep.oi.lly large and heavy ..end ho*.., a. for metanc »»."* air sound hexes, likewise does not do them any ham.

3, The etruotur. ef the gl... 1. hcnogen.u. hy nature.

i, enooth end hard the glue, die., provided that the po.itlon.touard. the horizontal plan. 1. about 15 degree., r.prrduce. the eounde clearly with, out any noise accompanying.

4) Ih. glaee, being hard, ho.og.nou. and enooth, cannot he affected by the pin, and it he. even teen eh.un that the petty blunting of the pin ..need hy the Playing ha. a favorable influence on the ..production of the diec, a. only in thl. oae. the ete.l pin perfectly pr.-e ■"» “ groove., *t lea.. 50* of the pine, therefore, can be e.ved, ultmut

a durable than the sound

[ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE]

having to he afraid quality of the disc suffers thereby.

5) The shellac discs break very easily, whereas the glass discs are durable .

6) The glass discs are not influenced by any change in the teiqperature , which cannot be said of the ordinary discs, and they are excellently suitable for the EXPORT into TROPICAL ACT OTHER CLIMATES .

,) The glass discs may be fancily designed in different colbrs and, on account of Seeing of course transparent and cheaper and more durable than shellac discs, they may very conveniently be used for advertising purposes .

American Import Hugo Altschul, Engineer,

Kohlmarkt 1, Prague.

[ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE]

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Die techni3che Mogliclikeit

K55S!SlJSf5.S!! iHI.SErSSS'iifSfoioSoSSS^BeiSStSSgt^iSSn1?11

Die Glagplatton konnen billiger hergeatollt werelen, als Schel- lackplatten, denn Sehellack koatet durchschnittlicli 4 nal so viel ala Glas. / Erzeugungspreis einer 25cm Glasplatte betr&gt hochsten3 15 Pfennig./

Die Glasplatten 3ind harter unci de3wegen dauerhuftcr al3 die bis- herigen SchalXplatten. Den Glas-Schalifurchen kann die Uadel kei- nen Schaden zufugen, Ja man kann mit Recht behaupten, dasa sie im Bezug auf vielfaehe, reine Wiedergabe del’ lone unvorwiistlich sind. Auch das Abopielen der Glasplatten mit beoonder3 grosses und schweren Sohalldosen, wie Pressluftachalldosen, scliadet ihnen nioht im geringsten.

Die Struotur des Glases ist von Hatur aus homogen. Weil das Glas dazu glatt und hart ist, reprodueiert die Glasplatte, nattirlich bei einer Stellung der Nadel von ca 15 Grad gegen die Horizontal- Ebene, die Tone rein ohne Mebengerausch.

Da das Glas hart, homogen und glatt ist, kann en von der Uadel nicht angegriffen werden und es hat sich sogar gezeigt, dass die kleine, durch das Spielen hervorgerufene Abstunpfung der Uadel die Wiedergabe der Platte gUnstig beeinflunst, da sich der Stahl- stift erst dunn vollkommen den Schallrillen anschmiegt. Man kann darum mindestens 50% der Nadeln ersparen, ohne befiirchten zu niis- sen, dass die Qualitiit der Platte liierdurch abniarat.

Die Sohellackplatten brechen sohr leicht, wogegen die GlaBplatten dauerhaft sind.

Dio Glasplatten vertragen ohne Schaden, im Gegensatzo zu den ge- wohnlichen Flatten. jede Tempera tureinflusse und eignon sich vorziiglich zum BXP6RT fur TROPISCHE und AMPERE hl.XMATE.

Die Glasplatten lassen sich geschmackvoll in verschieclenen Far- bennuancon dprclifuhron und kbnnen, weil sie natilrlich auch durch— sichtig, billiger und dauerliafter sind ala Schellackplatten, aus- serordentlich leicht fur Reclaraezwecke verwendet werclen.

AMERICAS IMPORT

Ing. HUQO RLTSCHUl

PRdQ, ivOUu'VlRKf 1.

(i cyiy'

TELEGHAM 6/26/1 2 —PAID.

to. Nelson C. Durand, Seoond Vioe President, Thomas A. Edison, Inc. O/o Hotel Fro ntonao, Quabeo, Qua., Canada.

Merit wins again. Conservative Equitable life Assurance Sooioty Just ordored twenty five Edison Machines.

THOMAS A. EDISON, INC.

Copy for Mr. Bdieon.

M». jjaswoiu ima-w* a**"®” ITet0,,:

Bergeron: Radfoorn: Philips.

MOTVHT.	_ _ -	LIES	JOBBERS	DEALERS
a 275 shmaarton inlaid plain - - a 290 rt " narquotry	275.00 290.00	60	35
A 275 louis 15,	ranliocrnny oabinot	275.00 425.00	07-1/2 07-1/2	25
A 425 " 15 »		400.00	37-1/2	25
A 450 " 1.6 .	Ciroaas.Wal. "	450.00	37-1/2	25

7/3/13/

Copies to Hoaars. Edison:

Y7.

612 S-2 Still wie die Haotrt

\ B69 Darling Hellie Grey

, 830 3-1 Stabat llator

1035 S-l llanaa'o in the

01snoro3 Hot. Quart. Kimball & Chorus Uet. Quart

Cold, Cold Ground

7 Ht-oeic- f ’-'

*) , i. ^ / S'

NAME OF SIHOER Hi no Ethel Danoy Uiiio Emilio. Coroi. hr . Charlon Rof f .

Hi r.ti Hilda Crp.£f?~Jumen . Hi or. Ethel Hillitu® Mine Mary 'fliiliUKO Hr. Berwick Cawley Carlo Albani.

CLASS

Contralto.

Soprano.

Baritone.

Contralto .

Soprano.

Contralto

Baritone.

Tenor.

SELECTIOH : I-1ASTEPG

Hone in the Bud & Soalo, 2 0 Patria Mia & Scale. 3

Drake goon Vfcc.it. & Soule. 2 Roue in the Bud & Scale. 2 Denrcot Heart. & Scale. 2

The Rod ary & Soule. 2

#5204 Metropolitan Tower,

, July 11, 1912 (-

Mr. Thomas A. Edison,

Labor at ori es ,

Orgnge, N. J.

Dear Sir:-

Having been informed hy a friend of mine that the Edison Phonograph Co. expects to manufacture so called disc records or flat records, the thought has occurred to me that if this he true , that a corrugated record would give opportunity to the singer or performer of giving a much longer selection hy reason of the increased amount of surface travelled hy the needle.

If it would he possible to manufacture a record of this kind, I would he very glad to hear from you. and if you wish it, call and see you and give you a few more details in relation to this idea of mine.

p.S. The enclosed rough drawing will give another detail of my idea.

IsBue manufacturing orders immediately for the following.

DISC OABIflEIS OELY

25 model 300 Circassian Walnut --mnnfaoture^t he ae ^er^mthe 60 11 460 Louis 16th Circassian Walnut

60 " 426 " 16th Circassian Walnut

B0 " 376 " " Mahogany

BO " 290 Sheraton marquetry inlaid

60 " 276 " Plain

20 000 A-60 inoohanisms oomplote including roproduoors ^

2^000 A-60 metal oabinets — finishes to he decided latei

6' 000 Cylinder diamond A reproducers )f or maohines to ho ordered Bojooo " " B " ) later and for extras.

UTOTOn-mrnm ARMS 10 OHAHGE 0M MACHIUES WOW III USE SO.fHBY CAW JAM 'POT! DIAMOUD BK£H0DUCEri3~I

21600 Gem reproducer arms 2:600 Pireside reproducer arms 10,000 Standard reproducer arms.

Work on all of this apparatus should he started immediately and rushed all possible with the view of having it all completed by October 1st.

7/18/12.

Copies to Messrs. Edis/on:

C.H.W.

Dyer: Dolbeer: Weber: Wetzel.

CALTJiRS AT MEW YORK OFFICE.

August, I, 1912.

Weieman, Mr. - and Friend. Brancone, Job. - Carueo Phono. Hansen, H. - Metuchen, M. J. Martinsen, Mr. -

Co., Hew York.

(

( Sent *by Blackman*

i

Angevine, A. J. - South Horwalk, Donn. Krelechman, H. C. - Philadelphia, Pa. Maine, J. - Menzell, S. S.

(

(See Mr. Philips about them. (

(

August 2, 1912.

Ramus, Dr. Carl, - U. S. Health & Marine Hospital Service. Glover, Mr. - Plainfield, H. J.

Thompson, W. B. - Thomson Music Co., Port Richmond, S. I. Rantl, Mr. - of I. Chavalier, Brooklyn, N. Y.

Fisher, Mr. - and Friend, Harrison Moore Co., Woonsocket, R. I Zahrlskie, H. B. - Ridgewood, N. J.

Allen, E. C. - Multiphone Operating Co., Philadelphia, Pa.

•« s- ■ si2

Mr. Hird:

Issue manuf aotur ing order for 5,000 Amborola V oonoealod liorn cylinder maohinos to bo listed at about 575.00, and 10,000 Amborola VI oonoealod horn cylinder machines to bo listed at about $50.00. Worfc on these should be pushed with a view of having them ready for shipment with other now goods about Oot. 1st, and 100 of eaoh should be put through at the earliest, possible moment to be used as samples to send to jobbers.

8/2/12. C.H.T7.

Copies to Messrs. Dyer: Edison: ffobor: Wetzel: holbeer: Goodwin.

August 16, 1912.

Mr. Dyer:-

In looking up the correspondence regarding the trade mark OPERA, I find that we first called the matter to the attention of the U. S. Phonograph Co. on February 28, 1912 notifying them of our UBe of the mark and requesting that they consider the advisability of making a change. They referred the matter to Mr. Fay and on March 5th Mr. Fay wrote asking whether we had registered the word and whether our use had been exclusive. We replied on March 8th that the word had been adopted as a trade mark on September 7, 1911 and in use since November 24, 1911, that such use had been exclusive and that an application for registra¬ tion had been filed. Mr. Fay replied on March 30th to the effect that his investigation indicated that the U. S. Company had a prior right to use the word and recommending to our consideration that our Company should drop the use of the trade mark. We replied on April 4th asking for further information as to their prior use of the word and he replied on April 12th that he was not prepared to state what waB the earliest use, but that it had been extensively used prior to the dates set up in our letter of March 8th and that he understands the mark has been used practically since the organization of the U.'S. Company, also advising that an application for registration had been filed . This is all of the correspondence.

The interference was declared on June 4th and the testimony of the U. S. Company is to be closed by September 4, 1912, they having informally advised us that they had expe'cted to proceed during the week beginning August 26th. —

DH/JU

We have uBed the trademark continuously since

November, 1911, and they claim to have used it since some time in 1909.

From about 1901 to 1907 we used the ,.ord "Opera" as a code word for a particular type of phonograph, and in our catalogues this machine was referred to as the "Onera" phonograph.

It is questionable, however, whether our use of the name could be considered a trademark use, and it is also probable that we abandoned the name by discontinuing this particular machine from our catalogues.

It seems very probable to me that on the merits the United States Co. are ahead of us and that if the inter¬ ference is contested they will prevail. Under these cir¬ cumstances it seems to me that the best thing to do is to change the name of the machine, which can be done in the next edition of our catalogues, instead of going to a lot of expense in making a contest on an unimportant issue.

Would you have any objection to changing the name to "Concert"? I make this suggestion because we already have registered this word as a trademark for phonographB,

Mr. Edif

and the oia Concert machinos have been so long off the market that I do not think there would he any confusion in the minds of the trade. Furthermore. "Opera" and "Concert" are quite similar words.

fid/ito

MELZ-ER BROS..

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Waterman:
We dosiro the following phonographs for ezhobition purposes at the Boston Electrical Show, and shipment of nano must bo made from hore not later than September 20th. Please go over this list very oarofully end report to mo tho date on which you con completo your part of tho viotls. noco3sary for tho go machines* I must have this information within the nosefc throe days#
DI30 ISAOHIUES
3 A-60	) 1 White Enomol ) 1 Mahogany ) 1 Golden Oak
3 A-75	) 1 Mahogany ) 1 Weathorod Oak ) 1 Golden Oak
3 A-100	) 1 Mahogany ) 1 Woathored Oak ) 1 Golden Oak
3 A-150	) 1 Mahogany ) 1 Fumed Oak ) 1 Golden Oak
2 A-200	) 1 Mahogany ) 1 Golden Oak
1 A-260 1 A-300 1 A-275 1 A-290 1 A-376 1 A-425 1 A-450	Mahogany j Circassian Walnut Sheraton - plain Sheraton - marquetry Mahogany OiroasBian Walnut Circassian Walnut
nVT.TTTTKR UACHIUES	2 Amborolas 1 )1 Mahogany piano )1 Goldon Oak 2 Jhpborolas 111 \| 1 mhogany,piano 2 Amborolas V ) 1 Mahogany piano i ) 1 Goldon Oak
	2 Amborolas 71 ) 1 Mahogany piano j ) 1 Goldon oak 2 Concert (Opera) 1 Mahogany piano ‘ ) 1 Goldon Oak
	2 School outfits j
8/27/l2y . to	\

August 29, 1912.

Messrs. Weber, Wetzel- Philips- Ireton- Youmans- Teeming- Dolbeer- ■ MoChesney- Stevens- Goodwin- Maxwell- Hird- Berggren- Eokert- Brown* Redfearn:

Please note it has Been decided to put out two additional types of Concealed Horn Cylinder Phonographs of designed submitted by Mr. Weber and approved of by Mr. Edison.

They will be known as "Amberola V", listing at §80, and "Amberola VI", listing at §60.

These are the two machines for which manufacturing orders have already been issued for 6,000 and 10,000 respectively, and every effort must be made to get some of them out for shipment by October 1st.

It has also been deoided to manufacture a Model A80 Diso Phonograph, which will consist of the same motor as in the A60 and the cabinet which has been designed by Mr. Rubino and ap¬ proved of by Mr. Edison. Manufacturing order will be issued for 6,000 of these machines— 3500 to be in Mahogany cabinets and 1600 in Oak.

It has also been deeided to manufacture a Model A100 Disc maohine, which will consist of the same meohanism as in the A60 and a self-supporting oabinet designed by Mr. Rubino and approved of by Mr. Edison. As this maohine will perhaps affeot the sale of our Model A160 Diso, and considering that we have 5,000 of them coming through, it has been considered advisable not to announce this maohine with the others but to hold it baok until the larger portion of the A160 have been disposed of and we have ac¬ cumulated a sufficient stook of the A100 to meet first orders. Manufacturing orders will be issued for 5,000 of these machines— 2,000 to be in Mahogany and 1,000 in Oak oabinetB. All material should be ordered and work pushed ahead as rapidly as possible, without interfering, however, with the other types of machines which are to be gotten out ahead of this one.

If this memorandum is not thoroughly understood by all, please see me.

CHW/IWW

(Copies to

Mr^Ediso^

0. H. Wilson.

and Mr. Byer)

August 29, 1912.

Issue manufacturing orders for 6,000 Mo&el^SO DIbo

Mahogany oahinete and 1600 in Oak*

Also Issue manufacturing order for 6,000 Model £100

DIbo nJSSZ » p.r =«1« 'S^SSoflD

Mr. Weber and Serial for these should

Mahogany oahinets and ^oSLishould progress as

— -

Dote that the meohanisra for filling the Mode! £®° . _

Ml Hotel A100 Dloo ^I’ao ttSro Jie lo.ooo

SfSVSoK™ S'AoS'orS “^o.. e.000 .Loll

he taken therefrom.

OHW/IWW

(Copies to Messrs.

C. H. Wilson, i. Edison- Dyer- Weber- Wetsel)

Ur. Victor:

If you are following copies of tlie weokly Idsc Phonograph report and schedules sent you toy I3f« Hird, you will toave seen that for the total number of machines estimated as reaudrod to fill first orders, the model A 250's are practically finished with tho exception of testing and some of them have been tested and are packed, also that for the model A 200 s and A 150 S, work seems to toe progressing favorably, and if Schall and tho Testing Dept, can finish the cabinets and test the maoninos as fast as they are receivod toy thorn, wo should toe able to hare onoutfli of tkeso types ready to taio care of first orders. On the A 60 however, the work seems to he pr ogres singpathor slowly and as far as X ean ascertain no promises what over can ho given hv any of tho various departments as to whonthoy wall nave their particular parts ready; in other words, Otto Weber has not got tho tools all finishod yet nor ean he promise when he will hare. For the horns he has not yet commenced the tools. For the meohanisms no promises can ho obtained as to when t hoy will bo ready-some parts have come through tout others are not yet in sight. For tho cabinets the tools are not all yet completed and no dato oan too arrived at as to when they will be roady, tho oahinets assembled and Schall' s work on them oomplotca. For the reproducers we seem to he all right, although up to the time Ur, Hird notified some of tho departments this morning, they were not even aware that they wore to he nickeled instead of oxidized and as a result were going right ahead and oxidizing more than we required for the model A 150 typo#

It seems to he you Bhould givo your particular attention to the model A 60 Machine all tho way through to see if something oannot too done to hasten its completion.

In addition to tho disc machines above mentioned I am as yet unable to obtain any satisfactory information concerning tho Amtoerola 5th and 6th cylinder machines, of which wo vail have to have suite large quantities to fill initial orders. Won t you please look into theso machines also.

I am aware that no disc records aro yet roady and/ you may use this for an excuse for not pushing the machines, hut I don t think you should do so. Lot us got tho maohinos roady and^thon extraordinary efforts can he put c says they aro all right.

i the records when Ur. Edison

Messrs.

Hutchison:

I attach hereto copy of memo. X am sending to Mr. Bliss, relative to D. C. and A. C. motors for the Highamophone . It is guite important that we know immediately what motors are to he used so that no delay will take place in completing the 25 machines, the meohanical parts of which «Bi'he> completed within the nest month. 9/6/12.

Mr. Bliss:

Will you kindly advise mo whoro the B.C. motor now in uso on tho Highomophono was purchasoa and if was aeoidod to ho the stan¬ dard to ho used on additional Highamophonos oporatod hy D.O., also if any docision has over Boon arrivod at as to what A.O. motors would ho used for those machines and from whom they can ho purchased.

An early reply will oblige.

9/6/12.

O.H.W.

u ft 'Thu. tctuuniJ

Mr, C. H. Wilson: ’

In reference to your neraorundum of the 4th Machines1 ^rwell^s th^Lberoll v" and’ VI ’cylinder maorfines,

SSfS Jal ^your etat-nt i» ref rd to the go mg**

ass's'ssh- £s °< *>**

Screw Machine parts are eolnG through.

A ♦ ronmduoarfl the forwaan o£ the Kicks! Plating Dept.

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atruotions to go ahead,

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as they are received from Gray, and the tooio^o ^ ^ completed.

- diss for the spring, ruW,°* ef„ ?£. naraw n8nt. and they are also The swivel pine are being made *" ®?rew wS have plenty of rings

msmss§sms:---~

-2-

The tools for drilling and finiBhing the Diamond Arms ore completed/

Vie expoot that within a day or two, we can deliver lh<ni to Traplmgen from the Punch Preon Dept. So far we have made 900 diaphragms and work hao been continuing uteadily on them and within a few days we shall have the fixture for rounding oho corks, and there in nothing to otop uo from going ahead on these reproducers. order has been placed for the oorks and 1000 hao Juot been received and we expeot to reoeive an additional 2000 in a few days.

The diamond points we are now getting at the rnte of 3B0 for a 10 hr. day. Y/e do not anticipate any hold-up on the diamond situa¬ tion, at any rate, we are pushing this reproducer so no to be able to make shipment with the first shipment of blue Arab or ol Records.

The situation on Hiamaphones is aa follows: 2 machines com¬ pleted; 26 more will be completed with a month; and 76 more I find we can complete by the early part of December, if we do not wait for tools, but continue working on the top plates and the other castings with temporary fixtures and gauges that wo now have. All work will be followed up and efery effort is being made to oompleto the 100 machines by December First.

PV//BB

P. Yfeber

The Celluloid Company

TICKS *

CON PiACE i/

K < /! y»^>tembor 5,

\y

conversation rdWootive surface

t different atagoE of the

seaBoning and shipping, to determine if j

\7e shall also polish more highly the inside of our "nozzles!? for forming the tubes, which are now only smooth finidiod, and soo if that reduces any of the longitudinal scratches.

Ho particular care has been exorcised in handling these tubes after making, as this point has never been raised before and wo did not recognize its desirability. As about 95 percent of the small lateral scratches are evidently duo to handling by us or during shipping or pos¬ sibly by you after receipt, more careful handling end packing will un¬ doubtedly result in improvement.

As regards the suggested deleterious effect of strong acetone upon the surface of the "Celluloid" tubes, wo wish you would carry your

nvestlgations further and would be glad to know the re o our theories and our praotloo along the linos wo arc e think the advantages of a strong solvent outweighs J

o aooustomod to work.

Ur. .Thomas A. Edison

Sept. 5, 12.

The particles of nitro-cellulose and camphor In our compound uro in such intimate mixture as to he equivalent to a solution and are ao minute as to he undetectable under a powerful microscope. Both the camphor and our form of nitro-cellulose are equally soluble in aootono bo that anhydroue acetone should show no selective action upon dipping the "Celluloid" into it. It should tend to soften and sliehtly flow the surface so as to anooth over all minor imperfections leaving the surface with a polish. Of course if there should he present in tho surface of the "Colluloid" uny email par¬ ticles of dirt or other insoluble foreign matter, tho acetone might loosen and carry it away leaving a depression, hut this would he true in any onoo.

1 would suggest, if it has not already occurred to you, to t*o a white blank containing some of the imperfections discovered under the mieroBOopc and after marking on tho inner side of tho tube tho points at which they occur, dip tho blank into various strengths of acetone and then "print" it; should tho marked dofoots not bo noticeable in tho printed record, it would either show that tho acetone it was dipped in had cor¬ rected them or else that they wore negligible any way. If new defoots developed other causes would have to be sought. Variations or improvements of such a test will of courso suggest themselves to you.

I have instructed tho factory to send you direct say 6 plocoB of tube 12" long taken from some tube newly run which has been handled as carefully as practicable. These will be quite fresh and will contain an excess of camphor over what is in the seasoned tube. later to send you some moro samples from the seme tubes after seasoning but still subjeotsd to careful handling.

I understood that tho 100 records among which yon found such t large percentage of imperfect ones, wore from the earliest that you had turned out and possibly now machinery end unskilled labor contributed tc the result. 1 would be glad to hear if later results boar out such a large percentage of spoiled records and we will v/elcomo any criticisms of our material which will enable us to perfect it to meet your demands, if it lies within the nature of tho material itself.

Very truly yours.

President

Sept. 6 ,19 IS

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Mr. E. J. Borggren end file;-

Ploase fulfil sh me with Edison Phonograph Works Board of Directors 1 Resolution authorising the plaoing of oontraot with Union Drawn Steel Company for three hundred (300) tons Cold Drawn Screw Hod, to be taken by January 1,1913.

In thiB connection please note that of this 300 tons is specified for the reason that from 160 to 200 tons will probably he required by the Storage Battery-.Company',

( who have the privilege of drav/ing ugainst this contract) ,ond 59 tone will he immediately deducted on account of over shipment on the contract just expiring.

The approximate obligation involved ±u

this contract is $ 13500.

HTI/MD H. T, DEEMING}.

00 to Messrs. Ifcrer, Wilson, Bachman, Harry Mil

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Hr. Weber:

Roforring to instructions civ011 hy IDarpor to Eairwoather relativo to oxidising reproducer and other parts for A-60 diao machine, I havo just aeon Hr. Edison ana ho has dooiaod that with the exception of the eahinot rod heads, all other parts, that is, reproducer, roproduoor damping forrulo, speed adjusting laioh, opood indicator dial and rod, eahinot front grill Jmoh, are to ho niclrelod. Cabinet rod hoads are either to ho grainoa tho same as the oahinets or finished in somo othor way as near tho color of tho cahinots as possihlo. ELeasc give nooossary instructions to pooplo interested to this effect.

9/6/13.

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Mr. Water:

accordance with matters decided on yesterday at the Exocutivo IMtiw,. if*^»?S5.S£r“ provide the MUrtW opparato. In tl. order mentioned:

(1st) 30 model "B" diamond point reproducers for salesmen^ use hy

September 15th.

*2nd) At least 100, and 200 if possible, model "B" diamond reproducers for Jotters 1 samples t ©tween September 15th and BOuh.

( ot*rrj l a stock of all types of our present modol cylinder mac hino s ,

SESSStaS^ SSSSlffS ™°enC?heJem?°^oside ^nd Standard types to accommodate the diamond reproducer.

■SSL* SSSf: S» Zg&S&StfgtZ ardor,

as do not speoify diamond reproducers •

(6th) All cylinder machines for shipment on and after Oct. 1st must bo made in the four-minute typo only.

&s StsaM.

Ooplee to w. Edls/n: Pyor: Bird, Polt.or: *»«*»• Iroton:

Maxwell: MoOhesney. v

Ur. Weber: arQ nQn applying two-minute recorders with Home and

Triumph Phonograph equipments hut It Has been decided |° dis°°^^e including them with these equipments on ^fter

will a four-minute recorder he inoluded to taho their place. niuer Oct. 1st all machines will he shipped without including a recorder . J.T, _ _ * _ j *nrnexryi’ Please &ovem vour ou’tpu'fc of recorders scoordirgly

^limit^he manufacture of them to use with tho Homo Shaving Out-

Copies to Messrs: E<4/on: Dyer: Wetzel: HLrd: Polheer: Goodwin: Irett Harwell : MoChesney.

Thomas A. Edison Jnc.

Oranj|e,N.J.,U.S.A.

Edison Phonographs and Records Edison Primary Batteries EdisonKinetoscopes undMotion Picture Films Edison Dictating Machines Edison Home Kinetoscopes and Motion Picture Films

Thomas A. Edison, Inc., Recording Dep’t.

79-83 Fifth Avenue

New York September 10, 1912

Ur. Ueadowcroft,

Orange, N. J.

Dear Sir:-

I have your letter of August 27th which Mrs. Staats has sent me. In the list of songs she is to sing you have asked that she sing a duet from "Forza del Destino" for Soprano and Alto, as there are no duets in this opera for this particular combination I presume you wish to her sing with Hrs. Kirwan one of the Tenor and Baritone duets and as there are three duets for Tenor and Baritone in the opera, two in the 3rd Act and one in the 4th, kindly adviBe me which one you refer to. Would also like to know if Mr. Edison has made any special terms with these artistes.

Yours very /truly,

Mgr. Recording Department

AND TRANSCRIBED FROM THE EDISON DICTATING MACHINES

dictated to

Mr. Ehilpot :

Beginning immediately you will please arrange to operate a night force in such of your departments as will enable you to got out a larger production of Blue Records. As I understand it. from my talk with you this morning, this will only necessitate the r^ng of two or three of the departments, as the others are capable of h-ffn-c in ten hours all that these two or three departments can turn out in twenty-four. I can't understand why you have not arranged for this before; in fact, I understood from you a few days ago you were running nights. Certainly if yon have not moulds enough to operate all your printing machines during the daytime, the only way you can increase your production is by working such moulds as you have double time and that can only be done by putting on a night gang.

9/13/12. O.H.Y/ilsaa.

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September 13th, 1912.

Messrs . EDISON; ITXER; Y?IMOK;

The Rudolph 7urlitj!or fiompnny are vary dasiroujr of having you Inspect the V.'urlitzer "Nnit Orchestra" now Installed at the Century Kiaatre, New York City, and In conversation with. Kr. Rudolph Y/urt.itsier rooantly, he re¬ quested mo to advise him when It would ha convenient for you to make an appointment to hear a demonstration of this Instrument.

If yon will arrange to set a date, I will ho pleased to communloate with Kr. 7urt.itr.er as wall as with their New York representative regarding it.

namely, a sensitive plate or plates or stencil or wax sheet or sheets at which a business man, say, desiring to conduct his cor¬ respondence without the aid of a stenographer and typewriter, etc., could talk his thoughts, producing impressions of the words spoken .which could be transferred to his letterheads, etc. I appreciate that you comprehend what I'm driving at, and if it is possible to evolve the necessary device it should be instantly recognized as a long step forward of the present methods. True, we have the phono¬ graph, the graphaphone, the. dictagraph and other sound recording devices, all of which serve admirable purposes, and the scheme I

purpose may be impossible of evolution; it would, of course, involve a certain automatic selection of impressions to represent quite countless words, but when you and I as telegraphers consider how nicely the Yetman sending typewriter, or motor attachment for writing machines, selects and transmits the letters, figures, etc., I think you will agree with me that my idea, which may not be new, is feasiole.

If you think this letter worthy of reply kindly address

Very respectfully yours^

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CONDENSITE COMPANY OF AMERICA Glen Ridge ,N. J.

September 14, 1912

Hr. Thos. A. Edison, laboratory,

Orange, il. J.

Pear Sir:-

Y/e ..nclose herewith statement of your account, which is very much overdue, but which we presume has escaped your attention. Y,'e would appreciate your remittance to cover.

Yours truly,

COirDhJSIJE co.xa.:y os at-3xca

President.

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Messrs. Hehr: Riley: Youmans: Rogers: Dolbeer: Irdtoj

It has been deoiled to use corrugated paste-hoai^ bozas for all domestic shipments of Blue Amberol records, and Mr. at once order 1,000 each of the following capacity: 200 100 BO 25.

These oases should he received in time for our ^P^tshipmentsof Amberol records, but if not, we will, of course, have to use the wooden cases «tiU have to use wooden past¬

ing oases as heretofore.

5/16/1 r

Copies to Meooro. Edison: wot: StoT^o: Wet: LooM.g: Hottol: Boltoam.

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If thoro is anything going ^ o delay our beginning Mrt. of oyltodor tooltooo tito <U™a roprodrooro o» Oot. lot. as specified to tedlotto ouch 1. tot lotos sort to too trade. It till 10 too reproaooors, loth models A tod B. So for oo I eon boo too oopo for too nodol B roprodtoor till rot 1» rooolvod Holly ot too roto of oloot 400. onl too tolshto. thloh oro too soao for models A ond B. till lo roooltod to lorgor ooortitioe, ood If toooo ortioloo ooo 1. torhod tp no ropldly OB roooirod. to oosht to hoto o ooooldorollo r-lor of loth oodolo roody Ootolor lot. I or stotos y"o this toforootlon oo toot orrorsooooto toy 10 »do to proyort ory doloy to oorplottos too ropro- duo ore after oupa and weight a are reooivod.

9/16/12. /

CiploB to Hoaara . Edison: Iyer.

Messrs. Weber: Berggren: Dolheer: W. Eckert: Philips: Goodwin: MoOhesney: Stevens: Xroton: Hird: Youmans: Rogers: H. Eckert: Brown: J.Pelzer: Parrell : Davidson: Madison: Durand: Hudson: kerning: Wetzel:

Mr. Edison has called my attention to the fact that we are not "practicing what we preach", in that we are not using Dictating Machines for our correspondence and other work, and requests that all departments immediately arrange to do so. In order to’ carry out his wishes, I have plaoed the matter in Mr. Durand's hahds, and he will shortly interview you in tho matter, after which ho will write a detailed report, stating whore Dictating Machines aro now used, whoro they can and will ho used in tho future, and where, for such reasons as ho will give, ho does not consider it practicable or economical to use them. Please co-operate with Mr. Durand in this matter.

9/16/12.

Copies to Messrs. Dyer: Edison.

l/on

MesBro. V.'ateel - Mitchell Kiloy - Piles-

9/16/18.

Devine - Moeokel - V.'atoman - Morris -

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la order to be la a position to ship advance orders for Moohineo for the Pall Trade promptly wo should havo t.ho following stool: ready as near Oot. 1st as possible.

Gem Model D. Comb. Typo with K Reproducers 800

" 4 Min. Typo only " Binraond B " BOO

Wo hove a stock of 450 Model D Gems on hand 850 of which should bo changed to 4 Min. Typo and equipped with Diamond B Reproducers; the balanoe of quantity should bo brought through on the pronont Shop Order for Model D Kaohines.

Fireside Combination Type with K Reproducers 800

" 4 Min. Type only " Diamond B '* 8000

Bring through 2000 4 Min. Type on present Shop Ordor for Comb. Type and equip with Diamond B Reproducers.

Standard Model I* Comb. Typo with S Reproducers 200

" " M 4 Min. s " Diamond B " 8000

Change the Reproducer Amo on Model E Machines in stock but do not pack any until shipping orders are reooived on account of possible allonge in Horn Equipment.

change over the surplus stook of Model P standard Mohs, over the 800 required into Model P. Machines and equip with Diamond B Reproducers hut without Horn Equipment.

Homo Model E Comb. Type with 0 Reproducers loo

" 4 Min. Typo ” Diamond B " 1000

Bring through 1000 4 Min. Type Holis. on present Shop Order for Comb. Typo and equip with Diamond B Reproducers.

Triumph Model P Conb. Typo with 0 Reproducers " 4 Kin. Typo " Diamond B "

Bring through BO 4 Min. Type Machines on present Chop Order for Comb. Typo and equip with Diamond B Reproducers.

Concert Oak with Diamond A Reproducer " Mahogany " H "

Amberola III Oak" " "

" III Mahog. with Diamond /\ "

" I oak " " "

" I Mahog. " " - »

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60

100

400

100

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Immediate stepD should be taken to efface the transfer "2 min.-4 min." from all Combination Machines or bodies of tfaehinos that are to be changed over to the /, uin. Type and the looking or changing of the 2 min. gears should aloo be done promptly oo that the Assembling Depart¬ ment will not be hold up in ito work. lie change in the serial numbers ie necessary but the togs bearing the Serial Humber should be Btomped to indicate if Machine is Combination or 4 Min. Type.

/

CC to Messrs. ltdieon - Dyer

C. H. Y11LSOH.

Weber - Dolbeer - Stevens and

MR. SDTSOH: y2* 1

I have looked up the Seoords marked with a blue "x" on your list with Mr. Miller, and find the talent cost to he ae follows:

LABIA; #260 per song. Ho royalty.

HBiTTiTWfl- All aeleotions that you now have recorded were made onTTWn? of #2So per seleotion, hut Mr. Miller is closing or

ha. closed a future ^rangament to^ist

&&ft1S3S the°f irst*grada°above the medium priced Record a* A? 50 In view of this future contract, and the merit °r

Spalding's wor£, the price of #2.00 is prohahly a suitable one.

nnnPPH- Arrangement with this artist is for 10^ on qur net

have put him in the #1.90 class.

#250 per song. Ho royalty. ra.VA’ #800T~per song: 10/ on eaoh Record listed and a

SHTeo thifthe to'al royalties from Ul Record^ list ed_will

guarantee

he #1000 per year. '

mWm!tfS.'S<SSS> £S£*iS &*«» S !S* t0

the Reoord any on his acoount.

PAKLOf: *250 per selection and 10^ on our net selling prioe

POLISH: #300 per selection. Ho royalty.

KURgOgy: #100 par selection.

ACETH: #125 per selection.

OISSHHROS : #166 per selection and 10^ on each Record.

KHOTH: #166 par selection.

■.«* on list nrlce with guarantee that royalty will he atT^iifWaCord Pfn ^61110^0 this he had a guarantee

as a loss and put a price on any Records that you use in your list that will bring in the most money. To ^ -basis if the probably get back more money on a ““derate Pr|°Sd„£B£,oa»

■s.’tS SE*s.t«s n««-

"bpktu, boticB: ». »ni.r w* «• *M »» P“

■ate oosTTo"any artist where orohestra is used.

The Record 0. life haw. only K^'^Sin?* priced 12 one dollar ( *1) ^oordsandf ourjl • *•« » .potions

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MPMBHRI50 : You do not need to bother about the beJ£ that

will pair and price, Mr. Hird will assign the ri^t nunbers^tna^ indicate the prioe, and another thing, if y°u ohang y

about putting out a Record at the lent minute, even though it hae been paired, priced and numbered, it will not make any difference •to withdraw aame, for it la a well known rule with the Trade that O' ‘tea Record numbera do not run in exact aariea. There hae alwaya been a few aklpe, and Jobbera or Dealer* do not provide bine for aklpa .

If there ia any information I have omitted in this memorandum that will be helpful to you in this complex Job of pricing and pairing, I will try to get it for you.

C. S. 300DWIN.

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September 18, 1912.

DISC RECORDS LISTED AT 4l.OO.

Whispering Ttlowers The Pal re at Robs Waltz

Darling Nellie Gray

Mass's in the Cold, Gold Ground Heart Btrings Waltz

Love * b Old Sweet Song

Bonnie Sweet BeBBie Serenade (MoBzkoweki)

The Mocking Bird (Fantasia) Flower song (Lnage)

Violin, Flute & Harp

Tenor & Baritone

Tenor & Mixed Chorus

Baritone & Chorus

Violin, Flute & Harp

Viilin, Flute & Harp

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-The Two Poets

-.a&srtgiui-

(To he eeleoted)

CATALOg HO.

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81502 (

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81503 (

81504 (

SERIAL NO. 832 1022

1077

1021

999

997

1023

title made by

The Heart Bowed Down Baritone-Chalmers.

Traumerei Vlollncello

Old Folks At Home. Contralto *

Chorus

The Evening Star Violinoello-gruppe

Ever of Thee I'm Soprano & Baritone

Fondly Dreaming.

Berceuse - Jocelyn Viollncello-Gruppe

In Happy Moments. Baritone-Chalmers

Simple Aveu Violincello-Gruppe

81505

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Stabat Mater Agnes Kimball and

(To be selected.) Chorus.

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jot rtll ploao. ces-e.oe ai.tllli»B “* ““I Ior t’“

p^a.a ef r.corerdrs .«* ~t.r*1» - — *• ™4 “ *M — “*”” of hlerhe, OTd which yew toll ». the ether «W *»“ “ ”rtl “ ”

«t least V* Par pored. «erh eh UtUW this raterlal shceld ha aontinead a. rapidly as po.sihle entll yaw era farther adrieed.

9/20/12. / li.n.n— -■

Copies to Messrs. Edison: Dyer: Wetor: Aiken: Bohr.

C. H. Wilson.

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Messrs. Dolbeor : MoChesney: Ireton: Goodwin: Maxwell: Youmare:.

Please note that in the outfit for model "A" 160 disc machine we will inolude, at no additional prioe, six record filing albums. Mention should he made of this and the albums described in such printed matter as is gotten out. The albums should be packed in the same packing case as the machine and cabinet.

9/20/12. . C.H.W.

Copies to Messrs. EcLfySon: Dyer: Weber: Hird:

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Mr. Weber:

With only 38 jobbers out of a possible 100 heard from, we have thus far received advance orders to be shipped Oct. 1st, for the following phonographs with diamond reproducers:

Gem 103 Fireside 2699 Standard 500 Homo 182 Triumph 8 Concert 104 Amberola X 14 Amberola XII 15

This means that extraordinary efforts will have to be made to get these machines out anywhere near on time, and if anything can be done in any way, shape or manner to increase our present oapacity, it should be done immediately.

9/23/12. O.H.W.

Copies to Messrs. Edi/on: Dyer.

Yi. Eokorb :

Ploaso issue a shop ordor oovoring labor roquirod to distill two-minuio scrap wan and rocovor such materials aa can bo uood by us In tho manufacture of blanks or sold for other purposes, Mio objoct of this is, wo have several thousand pounds of two -minute scrap vraz on hand which wo aro unable to disposo of, and Ur. Dodd claims wo can distill it and recover materials that would bo worth at least 10rf per pound for uuo in connection with tho manufacture of blanks, and what wo want to find out is the actual quantity of useful materials that can be recovered, what thoir value is to uu o* to coll to outside poople, and what the cost of rocoveriUG then will bo.

If you do not thoroughly understand what is required, see mo. 9/23/12. . C.H.V,'.

Copies to Messrs. Edison: Dodd: T/otsel.

Hr. Ehilpot:

Within the next two weeks you will probably bo called upo to manufacture Kinctophone records. 2o begin with a capacity of 100 per week will probably bo sufficient, but by Boo. 1st, wo should bo able to turn out 300 per week. Please arrange your manufacturing facilities along these lines, and al» see about placing your order for celluloid stock.

9/26/13. C,K*"*

Copies to HoBsrs. Bdij/on: Byor: Weber: Higham: Wurth: Behr.

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in your letter yoa state that yon only «*-

eell yonr goods to Jotters and retailers who enter w,

into special agreements Kith you to maintain prices.

Will yon please explain to us in Khat respect this 1b an^t ^ advantage to the general public who buy your output, 1 and Kith whose money you conduct your business. If Vv.»-~tU it were not for the men who buy your machines, you « would not have any output for your investment, there- | fore - why should you confine to fixed prices againBtJ this benefactor? We will publish your letter in the / oldest daily in this state. We presume you will vote for Taft and advise your employees and backers to do .

likewise .

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por your Information X 1 Js to advise y»ttA2f<l*50+S*5?St condition of disc and cylinder machines and record orders to date, or approximately so: /

tttf.c PHOHOftRAPHS

Model A 250: Orders receive^ 206; packed 226.

packing is solve ahead daily.

iitodol A 150: °?a°?Q rn£0naMtio!mlPcahinots ’ mookmisms'!' roproduoors

T/c have guTtoa mo&nos.rtth mire coming

t^o^fv/ooiayT and the work of aoscmhling them complete ready for packing is Going on daily.

mechaklsgl?5 aro S^inlshelT^Eor^e mc^Llsms'fiSshod^ag^

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two or throe woeks.

DISC RECORDS

So date we have roooivod orders for between 175 and 200,000.

evT.TTTTTOT? •PTTQHOGRA.PHS WISH JIAMOHJ EBPROIXJOSRS

Orders received: Com 85

Concert 176

Amhorola I 14

moso bbbUhob or. <01 j “* “ **

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do not turn out dofootivo.

UT.TTO AWnBROl RECORDS

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rapidly as possible, and unless some delay in production ooonrs, we should -bo able to bogin shipments of thorn some timo in HoVomber.

worfc on tho A 80 Mso maohine which oonsiots practically of tho samo moohaSsm as in tlS A 60, hut a wooden cabinet. is also being pushed, and1 thoy should ho coming through ready for shipment shortly after tho Amherolas V and VI.

10/5/12. 0- H. Wilson.

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weber: Dodd: Wurth: Grimes; Hird:

Messrs. Philpot: Badger: Geo Yotunans: Ireton: Eolbeer: Goodwin.

Please note that Mr. Hehr has been appointed Production Clerk for all cylinder records and blanks, and any instructions given by him as to moulds to be manufactured first and quantity thereof, records to be manufactured first and quantity thereof, blanks to bo manufactured, are to bo followed.

Mr. Hehr will keep in close touch with both the selling and manufacturing ends of the cylinder record business, and there¬ fore be in a position to deoide on above matters.

10/9/12.

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C.H.V/ilson,

Gen. Mgr.

Iyer: Weber.

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• 10/16/18.

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Owing to conditions as mentioned in Ur. Water's IT. Edison, you will pl^so hold up all v/orh 3 far as equipping them with new arm and eonoomod, until further advised.

Dyer:

C.H.W.

Hutchison: Dolboor:

Iroton.

Messrs. ITehr: Goo. T/ebor: Philpot: Badger: Moore: Grimes:

On Saturday last X started to go up;to 4th floor -lot record building #24, end found the first floor entrance, as well as the stairways, lined with employees waiting for the whistle to blow.

She time was not later than throe minutes to twelve. X inured of several of the people where they worked and was told by some they worked in the disc record department and by others under Mr. Philpot. These employees certainly must have *uit their work not later than 5 minutes to twelve, in order to got their coats and hats on and be down on the stairway or in the entrance where I

saw: them.

Our closing hour at noon is 12 o'clock and at night sir unlock. ani .11 WW.. <h»M ™ain at thair «ork nntil th. vftistl. tlouo inuaatine that tt... Mn. hare It is

„ to you to sso that any hoi, in your doparf ont loan not M thora no* «»« thoao hours. Purthornur., « ioronan or so.oono in authority should r.nain in oaoh dopartmont -til the «■««» hour to so. that th. non do not (fit ahead at tine.

C.H.^fi^on.

io/ig/12.

Hr. HirdJ

Please deliver to Hr. Hutchison a model H reproducer, so ho can test it out on a homo recorded blank to see how many good reproductions we can get from tho record. The diamond point reproducer is too heavy and wears the record out too quickly, and wo have got to adopt some lighter weight reproducer to offer to tho public at a very low price, so that they can obtain more reproductions from the' Homo Recording proposition.

10/18/12. C.H.W.

Copy to Mr. Hutchison.

C on dens it e Company of America

Glen Ridge ,N. J.

Ootober 22, 1912.

Thomas A. Edison, laboratory,

Orange, II. J.

Gentlemen: ’ Attention of Hr. H. P. Miller , See 'y.

V/e beg: to return to you the original of our letter of Sept . 14th, with your notations therein of our account with you, which is correct except in\one particular and that is your charge to us of April 30th- $31.14. \ /

V/ith respect to that charge/we wrote you on July 23rd that the material for which this ehargeVas made was delivered to us by Thomas A. Edison, Inc., and has bcen/)\id for by us; we have never received a reply from you in response/to this letter.

The material in question was V)0 lbs. -iono Chloro Ilapthalene, as called for by our purchase orders^ 421 and 427 ar.d delivered to us by Thomas A. Edison, Inc/ in accordance with their Invoices llos. 20430 and 20431, and for which by the way they chargedus $60.

7/ith the cancellation of this charge against us there is left a balance due us since April 30th of $6.21.

Y/e will appreciate an early investigation of this matter, which you will find will confirm the above statements.

Very truly,

COIIDllISITE COUPAilY OF AMERICA

President.

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Please note that Hr. % E* Hohr will act aa Production Clork for the Mac EoeordB, tho samo as ho is nor/ doing for the J31uo Amborol. Hia dutios^will jConsiat^of-"^ jSop-t . of the number of moulds

required for oaoh selection, in order to turn out the ostiraatod quantity of rooords required for first ordora — tho Mould 3opt. in turn to advise Mr. Hohr as fast as moulds are oomplotod end ro,~uy to manufacture^ ^ aiviB0 tho ianm1faoturing onda of tho number of rooordo to ho made of oaoh selection, in ordor to fill esdma.ed •P+rat ohiiminp: orders and for stock.

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Fourth: To keep account of rooordo that go into stock, are shipped from atook and balance in stock. . _ n_n

P Fifth: To instruct Shipping Dept, as to what oidors aro to he filled and shippod first— Shipping fept. then to obtain records from stock to fill noooBsary orders. „ ^ „„„

Sixth: Keep in clone touch with manufacturing ondo end see that a sufficient quantity of all materials used

of disc records is either in stook or ordered to taa.e care Oi require monts— thoso quantities to ho based on tho inoreasos in production

which will ho made from time to time. _

Seventh: See that a stock of envelopes, individual record boxos, containers, packing oasos (whon styles liavo ooon docideci on)

are kept ^ aucoossfully oaryy out this work, * tvd 1 1 Ji0 .■,?££!! for Mr. Hohr to know exactly tho nemos and quanuitloD of difforont matorialo used in tho manufacture of disc rooords, also what our production at tho start will ho, as well as when and how fast it will he inoroaeod. This information Hr. Edison lias promised to tfaxnioh.

It will also ho nooossary for thq manufacturing onds to co-operate in ovory way with Mr. Rohr, in ordor that tho host results may ho ohteinod throughout and no delays take place.

Copies to Messrs. Edison: l#er

The whole world benefits from your valuable application cf time; ana that the vocal world way not looe what you have learned for them, I write for further information as to the truth of measure¬ ment of tone.

My specific question is, Kow may I learn to measure the truth of voice? By measurement do you mean measurement of vibration and intensity and volume? V.'e scarcely know just what is meant by measurement, sinco heretofore we have had no means whereby to measure.

V.’a, the vocal teae'ners, are acknowledging the fact that we have had no standards. Standardization is being scoffed at by many while others are urging it. If we have to work it out without your valuable assistance it may taka years, and perhaps, centuries, while if you will help us by informing one of us we can arrive at some definite standard in a very short time.

I find, by training the tongue to a consciousness of its power in definite formation and action for each vowel and consonant, (which formation and action is intensified as the pitch of the tono rises) and also by managing the vowel sc that the tone is always in front of the highest part of the tongue, that this will give to th9 voice a suraness and beauty that I have been unable to teach defin¬ itely until I studied Lyric Diction as taught by Dora Duty Jone3.

This has given me the first idea of measurement of any kind as regards tono in vowelization.

f th.j fact that much good has come m wis y.-ork, I S3 3 only glimmers of light where you sec oroad teachers ara floundering about, starving xor tha :.!ay I 00113 and laarn, and so pass my .visage on to othar teachars? V.'-a naad knov;ladga as to tho natura voice and how to regulate it dafinitaly so as to give it oruthful craneo.

it of tha

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I am convinced that daylight. Y.'3 vocal knowledge that you possess,

of

faulty tc pitches?

of tone?

Is it faulty vowel conditions that causa i nao?

Ara moot of tha .faulty tones on high, medium or low Is forcing tha tone one of tha chief causes of faultiness

Is not our greatest difficulty due to tha fact that Itave no correlation between the resonance of tone ana speecn action?

Is it not true that we must learn tc speak well, (' truthfully as to vowel and consonant on any pitch) before we hop o to sing baautifully?

You ara our great scientist; I um on-; voice teachers. May I come to your laboratory other teachers there) and learn how to measure do not know how else I can learn this truth.

i of the thousands of (you say you have had the truth of tone? I

[ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE]

Ur. Edison: cK

Ur. Dolbeer asked me to send you tlio attached lis showing tto photographs of Edison/aingers and biograph data about them which we have available. xhe list, I think, is self explanatory. The first column of fiG«r shows the number of photographs we have of b“n“°r fancy costumes; tto second column shows the number of ^

In addition to the material referred to above have rounded up photographs of practically all of the composers likeMgner, Verdi, etc. V7e also have pie: of material about each one.

over and talk with you :

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M ^CA

[ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE]

FOREIGN & DOMESTIC ARTISTS

Photographs Photographs

(In costume ) (not In costume) Biographies

Bessie Abbott /Adelina Agoatinelli ' Carlo Albani Werner Alberti Hugh Allan '■Jario Ancona nselmi

'Harry Anthony Anthony & Harrison Irene Armstrong /Blanche Arral

Arriaga Instrumental Trio

3

1

5

yes

yea

Elsie Baker Evan Baldwin

Michael Banner & Roy Butin Harry 3. Barbour Edward Barrow Eugeno Battnln Harriet Bawden Digby Bell Joe Belmont ^$reste Benodetti Andre' Benoist Albert Bonzler Romeo Berti _/arah Bernhardt John H. Biehllng ^ Biehllng & UacDonough

Johann Biachoff Karel Bondam JJma . Boninsiq-na //Vigil one Borghese 0 /'/Lucrezla Bori Daisy Boulais / Luisa Bresonler

James Brockman Cornelius BronBgeest Alois Burgstaller Maurice Burkhart Butin & Banner v

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Grace Cameron Sig. Campanarl Ernesto Caronna

Ernesto Caronna & Luigi Lucenti Mary Carson Earl Cartwright /Anna Case

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yes

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yas

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yes

[ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE]

Donald Chalmers Thomas Chalmers Anna Chandler Edith Chapman Herbert L. Clarke Arthur C. Clough Luigi Cilia Arthur Collins Collins & Harlan Columbo & Garoia Florencio Constantino Alpodo Costa Hiss Hay Cox Armand Crabbi ^Italo Cristalli

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Paul Cromelin Frank Croxton Frank Croxton Quartette \V. 3. Czerwinski

CharleB Daab Charles D'Alms Tina de Angelo Edgar I. Davenport R. Festyn Davies Peter Dawson Eduards do Bury Eleonora de Cisneros Guido Deiro ^.de Gregory 0 Alarie Delna Carrie De Mar Mary lUsaem de Moss Will F- Danny A. de Sogurola .-'Emma Destinn Marie Dietrich Andreas Dlpple Demotrius Dounla Frank X. Doyle Marie Drealer Gaston Dubois Louis Duolos a. H. Dudley Paul Dufault Frank L. Dyer

Frederick W. Eoke Press Eldridgs

EmoS Quartet

[ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE]

_JJaria Faraetl 2

''^Edoardo Fat leant 1 /Edward U. Favor / Harry Fay

Fritz Foinhals 2

^^Eater Ferrabini

Fifth Avonuo Presbyterian C. Choir

John A. Finnegan

Fisk University Quartet

Itario Florence 2

Arturo Pranoeschlnl 1

Jose Francos

Hanna Foorster 4 Boh. Ptak

Irene Franklin 9

Frosini 1

Garcia 4 Colombo

_ -Luisa Garibaldi

' Robert

Guido Gialdini Irving Gillette Dlnh Gilly

" _ Guiseppi Giorgi

" ^Aristederao Giorglni Lottie Gilson'

Don Giovani

_ .--Guiseppi Godono

Billy Golden Golden 4 Hughes Otto Gorltz Thomas Graf Burt Green J>aulo Gruppe Alice Guszalewicz

— GlnsA^CCe H-m

Charles Haekett James V.'. Hager Charles R. Hargreaves Byron G. Harlan Harlan 4 Stanley Charles W. HarriBon Jamas F. Harrison Harrison 4 Anthony J. Hazel

Alexander Hainemann ^•Uelitta Heim

G. W. Helmla ^Heinrich Hansel

H. Bennie Henton Ethel Hepburn Victor Herbert

T

[ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE]

Herbert & His Orohestra 1

Hurry K. Hill 1

Hinckley 1

Harvey Hlndormyor Florence Hinkle Gustav HinrlchB

The Hoffmann Qunrtette 1

Roland Hogue Vta. F. Hooley Miss l«oy__

Gustave Hubordoau Hughes & Goldon Harry E. Humphrey

3

yes

International Association Quartette

Hilda Jacobsen Josephine Jacoby Eugono A. Jaudas Madame Jomeli Ada Jones Jones & Chorus Mary Jordan Karl Jom

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Kaisor

Gulseppi Kasohmaim Knltenbom Quartet Not M. Koofo Marcus Kollormann Margarot Keyes Agnos Klmmble ft M-l-

John Kiramble '

Kniokerbockor Quartet

_ Hoinrioh Knote

^-Paols. Xoralek Jiuoette Korsoff ''^Hans Kronold Annie Krull

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V

-»Maria Labia Felix la Sierra Harry lander A. haute Brun Dr. Franklin Lawson .--'Bianca Lenzl Franz Lohar

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[ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE]

Maurice Levi Arthur C. lichty /Luigi Luoonti 'Lucentl 4 Carolina

JIarry LiaoDonough MaoDonough 4 Biehling Umbrato Maonay liAW-tNio

Guiseppinn Final Hagrini X^ompllio Ualntasta /'Manhattan Ladies Quartet Biccardo Martin

Stella Mayhew Frank S. Mazziotta Joe Maxwell L. C. llcChaaney Mabel McKinley Olivo Mead Quartet Edward Meeker __^Carmon Molia.

Metropolitan Quartet Christine Miller Hood Miller Ed. Morton Mary Porter Mitchell Billy Murray Pete Murray . ( W/vt /K cyua> .

11 ‘

yea

X

yea

Mario tlarolle Agnes Soil Luis Hucally

1 yes

a..

Will Oakland Oily Oakley Frank O-rmsby Arthur Osmond Veae L. Ossman

9

1

3

2

Juan Palmer G. Pasfi.uarlello Kathleen Parlow Binalda BavoniX John Pavolovitz Erheat Pike Jack Pleasants

[ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE]

Fhillippine Constabulary Band Joseph A. Phillips Giovanni Poloso 'Steve Portor Frederick H. Potter Alexander Prince Boh. Ptak & Hanna Foorster

5

1

3

yes

Ban W. Quinn

^ilarle Happold Rappold & Martin ^Romano Rasponi

Mildred Graham Beardon Josd Rooahruna Gooreos Regis Scarphy Resky Gustave Berl Re sky 0. E. Rinehart Boh Roberts Eugene C- Hose Frederic Rose Julian Rose Maude R- Rogers Manuel Homain Royal Greek Cuartet Edward F. Ruhsam

yes

Josie Sadler Salvaneschi Jere Sanford W. H. Santelmann Henry Santrey Joseph Saucier Fritii Soheff Paul Seebach Angelo Scandiani Charles Sohustze Henri Scott Antonio Sootti Frank R. Seltzer Lieut. Shackleton Samuel Siegel Siegel & Butin Aldo Stanzini Lina Simeola Leo Slezak ' W. E. Smith Wm. Smith W£j.ter Soompr

yes

yeB

yes

T'

AC p-

[ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE]

John Philip Sousa Albert Spalding - — -Elizabeth Spsnoor Len Sponoer Spenoer & Jonas Julius Spindler Frank C. Stanley Stanley & Harlan Sallie Stemhler Cal Stewart Oscar Stolberg Johann Strauss — '^-Marguerita Sylva

Taeoott Billy Taylor That Girl Ouartet W. H. Thompson Uaddolona Tied Vesta Tilley Leo Tolstoy Helen Trlx Tollefaeon Trio Elisa Tromhen Sophie Tucker William Tuson

yes

Walter Van Brunt Nevada Van dor Veer Fred Van Epps ^Carel van Hulst inton \

^inton Van Hooy Armand Veosey vtmBtian Instrumental 1

-J!lvlno Ventura Hegina Vicar ino Llarx Vidal Viohna Cuartet Frits Vogolstrom Bessie Volokman Berwick von Norden

3

yeB

yes

y^s

_-^Edyth Walker "ar. & Mrs. Waterous Geo. P. Watson Weber Bros. Quartet Frederick Weld Heinald Werrenrath Carolina Longone-Whlte

[ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE]

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Whitney Brothora <~uartet Marshall P. Wilder Billy Williams Hat H. Wills Arthur 3- Whitcomb Prof. D. Wormsor Bessie Wynn

Zinmerman

Mr. Holden:

Mr. Edison wishes us to arrange immediately to place a restriction notice on all of our phonographs similar to the one used hy the Victor Co. on theirs. Please let mo hare as early as possible the wording which should appear on a notioe of this kind so that wo can have them printed.

11/4/12. | °’H'Vr*

Copies to Messrs. Edison: Dyer.

Mr. Weber:

Please note that the Amberola V and 71 cylinder machines are not to have the silk back of the Brill work in front of horn.

Also that the use of silk back of grill work in front of horn on Amberola 1 ana 111 is to be discontinued just as soon as it is possible for Sohall to properly finish horns so that they will compare favorably with the finish on cabinet.

Instructions should be given the proper people in the shop covering this matter at once, and Hr. Dolbeer should arrange to notify the trade of our action.

Such maohines as are packed, ready for packing- or assembled complete in cabinets having the silk back of the grill will be shipped in that manner, but all newly assembled maohines in their oabinets should not contain the silk.

11/6/12. ' /

Copies to Messrs. Edison: lyor: Dolboer: Ireton: Wetsel: Goodwin:Hird.

The Rudolph Wurlitzer Co.

Everything Musical

CINCINNATI November 6th, 1912.

Mr. Thomas A. Edison, Orange ,

H.ff.

yy dear Hr. Edison;-

I have just returned home, and I take nleasiire, in send in," "ou, as you requested, a copy of our General net retail catai O". whioh describes all of the various Orchestra Instruments.

Wo' win be -cleaned to make you a special quotation on any instruments that vou mieht he interested in, suoh as the flute, clarionet and Double Basses that you spoke of when I saw you in Orange.

m brother. Hr. Howard E. Wurlitzer will be in How v0rk about the 18th of Hovember and I hope that you may find it °°^en-

ient at that time to listen to a demonstration of our new instrument, the Wurlitzer Orchestra, used at the Century Theatre for th the dramatic production "A Daughter of Heaven”.

with kindest er actings, I remain

, Reply lo THE RUDOLPH WURLITZER CO.. 117 lo

Long : Distance Telephone. 570 Oxford

The Music Trades Company

wishes, X

Hov. 15th, 1912

Hr. M. H. HutohiBon:-

FQR YOHR lilFQRaATIOH

FOR MR. PHXLPOT

20 CUBhing Machines #594 — f inlBhea ll/o/l2

1300 Backing Machines #598 — 1108 delivered to

aate — 192 more needed — going over next week

3000 Boxes #A/644 and 3000 Bases #A/645 coning in from outoide — 440 received — root coming slong swiftly.

125 Reaming Machine cutters coming in from outside 75 received — enough to keep Mr. Philpot going for months.

POR MR. H. H. 3UCPH - F..S.B.C0.

12 oarhon theostata — 50% finishod.

FOR HR. It. H. HObhARD (LAB)

2 Special recorders - finished Il/l4/l2 25 " " 11/12 A2

FOR MR. GRIMES - Cold Plating Outfit

6 Steel PlateB #l/853 - 25$ finished 6 Master Holders -- 50% " * , .

4 Gold Plating Haohines complete - 75% finished

1 Electrical Vibrato* -- finished 11/14/12

2 Gold Plating KagnetB & Coils - finished 11/15/12

6 Fixtures for turning down label cuts* - 25% finished

FOR MS. MOORE - Disc Equipment

5 Mould Pin Ejector Machines - started ll/.l/l2

2 Sub Master Blank Moulds - " 11/2/12

6 Mould and Rise record inBpeoting Machines

)with mioroscope) finished 11/14/12 21 Centering and ejecting attachments one finished - Il/l2/l2 12 Varnishing stands - started Il/l3/l2 1 l)iso reoord ejector attachment for printing presses started Il/l3/l2

-s-

FOR m. KAMKSRHOFF (small cells )

8 Small cells jU,

7 " " #1 to 11/707

5 M-S " h to 15/699 " "

2 Small cells fl to 15/702 " "

7 " #1 to 19/694 " »

6 " " #691 " ••

6 Horizontal oells #A to 6/691 finished Il/l4/l2

3 Small oells #1 to 27/671 " »

2 Hlnors lamps #72 " "

2 " » #76 " "

6 Containers and contacts " «

jrr/es

ASS'T CHIRP KHGtilEER

A#-\

Referring to printed ellpe which «e recently oomeenoed putting in Blue Amberol Record*.

Messrs. Dorbeer: MoOhesney: Goodwin: W.Miller: Ireton:Hird:Hehr,

The Legal Department Rare deolded that we fe no right to print the worde of aonga without flrat obtaining permission from tha puhliaher or copyright owner. Mr. Miller hae inter- Tlewed 8 of the Publishers, with the reault that 5 of them absolutely refused to allow ua to print tf he worda and 3 of them oonsentat.

It lias, therefore, been deolded to discontinue Immediately the uae of slips for toosI selections and to remove from all reoorda now in stock auoh slips, until suoh time as we can obtain permission in writing from different publishers to use the words, or until we oan get revised slips printed without the words, simply containing the name of the selection and a description thereof.

Mr. Miller will immediately interview all publishers for the purpose of obtaining their oonaent to use the words and will hereafter advise the Advertising Department on the record information sheets whether or not we are permitted to print the words. '

Mr. MoOhesney will also; immediately look over ou r present list of selections thus far issued and deoide whioh ones, if any, are not copyrighted or the oopyrlght haw run out, and sueh ones as are not copyrighted-, he will advise Mr. Hehr and slips oan be continued with them.

Briefly summed up, the Method to be followed will be as

follows^st; Ojj ^ instrumental selections we will oontinue with printed slips as now in effeot, with the except ion that the words "copyrighted by* are to be added with the nans of the publisher.

Seeond: On all songs where we can obtain permission from the publisher to use the words in printed form, we will print the words on the slips. Vhere permission oannot be obtained to use the printed words, we will still use the slips giving the nans of seleotion, publisher, copyrighted by. composer, and a brief description of tbs {faong, its popularity} *o.

As the Advertising Dept, will neoessarily have. to obtain information concerning eaoh reoord as to whether the words of the song oan be printed or not, they will be responsible for the matter printed on the slips for eaoh different seleotion.

llAsA2. I O.H. Wilson

Copies to Messrs. Edl»-n: Holden.

Brawley.R.F.D.R.

}£#fepfi that

Mr Thomas A. Edison;

West Orange, H.J.;

Honored Sir:-Beforc me is the advertising circular , sent1 <

Batson, setting forth the merits of the special I .

he advertises as your latest improvement , and of!nnri«j£ *o gi^Man ir,-> terest^f^free trial. I recently read a description^- yo^^at ^st improvement .written by a reporter who had vieit^^Eur ^wlcs, pijd^thes e witnessed its workings. He claimed great improvem^Wn^ttftd.^lf^^t talic sound having teen eliminated. From its; descriptiin^jc^wsfe greatly interested, tut as I compare thdt with the descript ic^fcent o&t ty Lr. Bascom- I do not feel confident that ,'j^is this last ^ov^ment/hat he is offering, and I am taking the liberty to write you in ingtiry • thereto. X am a teacher in a rural district, in Imperial Co. Calyf . I want to raise funds for a phonograph for the school, if posBibltf, and we will want the test, if it is within the range of possetilities. Vvhat ■ are the prices of your latest designes.and the terms?

Ky school is to have an entertainment Thanksgiving night, and we are to have the use of a phonograph on that eft- that occasion,

and hope to start our fund then. I would like the information herein a asked^. ^hfmore intelligently present the matter to our patrons and

friends. ^ may interest you to know that my toys and girls are great¬ ly interested in you and your work. And one of the older toys is to set forth our material blessings, and those, who have taught the world how to use them, as a cause for greatest thanksgiving on that day of good cheer. You are to! figure -most prominently: in his ;citations-for rejoicings. You are wielding great influence over a vest army of ris¬ ing workers.^ ^ fe<jl great thankfulness if you can take the time to

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pardon me for presuming to address you. I wish tor'cjingrgr-

ulate you on the satisfactory completion of one of your many ta^ks-^tliat of producing a perfeot phonograph. I gained my inf ormatigriK.row a

newspaper article. I hope to own one of your per feote^nacM^es when

.they are placed on the market. I would be pleased to Ip** if ^hp

Columbia and viotor records can be played on your new phonograph. |

In this connection, I wish. to state that it has seemed to me that one of the greatest deficiencies of. the phonograph. is inability to play a piece two or more fines successively without attention.

ifith your perfected machine, requiring no change of needle, it seems such an improvement oould be worked out. It. way seem presumptious on my

part to suggest anything in this line.

I would think. that. the arm, when it reaches. the point of ending, could ue made to press against a trigger and thereby put in motion waohinery whion would raise the arm a. trifle, return it. to. the point of begining and lower it gently onto the record. The last movement would stop the suplement-

ary machinery andat.the same. time reset the trigger first named.

No doubt, Mr. Edison, you oould work out such an improvement very easily. I would wish. to own a phonograph with such a desireable addition

In closing I wish. to give expression to the hope that your life may be indefinitely prolonged, that you may continue to benefit mankind with the products of your active brain and. indomitable will.

I subscribe myself.

One of your many admirers.

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you please overlook the impudence of this extraordinary liberty which I am ^ing^in addressing a letter' to you and acoept my apologies if I am over: ?T^L — * hounds. lU - W4< Ua

I cannotljiqlp out feel that in as much as I have been devoting these many years in making a liveiyhood out of your products that I have gained some val^a£ie ®^®^®noe *

My effort 8 have oarried me into many channels and branches of the phonograph business from which I learned a great deal and which afforded me the “KPoJ^t^fo^a^ul^rtg^^

You wilino doubt recall that I am the manj who had the honor to apend\ome little time with you thiij : 4a®^ ll1imia- ▼ am anf a in t filling you that I have spent in the neiKhoor hood of about *3000.00 visiting the principal ®“i®®^°"g^®aL®tr territory pumping pepper and enthusiasm into, not only the present dealer s^but^large^cono ems who were contemplating Placingordtrs for competitive lines. I am proud to say that they trusted m®/ and believed enough in me to wait until I could convince them /that the Edison line was the best and only one for them to put in./

What I am leading up to now is that while iou have been showered with praise and deserve, every ^ °f “/for what you have accomplished with your diBC machine, and while I p e£ad to report thatall who have heard it have nothing but praise for it, and concede that it le the best they have ever heard of Ui kind, tviwra is a very great and serious objection to the fact .that the names of the artists who make the records do not W®? iB

aiTabsenoe of the finer Conoert numbers which I positively know must be made and as quickly as possible in ”4«r T4 of it^ * ments which will be asked of this new invention in s/ite of its wonderful tone quality and durability. /

As a proof of this I call your/ttention to two well to do people in our city who had withheld buying a Victrola until they heard the Li so maohine. Both of^rfese people considered

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it an education to know who the artist wae. They felt like unless they did know it would be Just like going to a theatre to see a fine performance and not know who the performers were. Imagine my disappointment when this fact alone amounted to so much that they deliberately passed up buying an Edison Disc machine and told me that if I could deliver a Viotrola with a certain number of very fine Concert Records, which as you know are made by the Victor people, that they would have me deliver them at once. In other words Bimply because I could, give them no assurance that the artists who made the records would be known to them, they decided on an inferior machine and record whioh had these advantages.

I beg of you Mr. Edison not to consider me a "calamity howler", on the contrary one who has gone ahead in the face of defeat for the past two years and stuck to the game, as your Mr. Dolbeer and Mr. Wilson will tell you and I am simply making a humble suggestion to you, that we jobbers who are out in the field making our bread and butter but of this line should have every advantage that you can possibly give us to introduce this new line and I think that one cC the greatest helpB that we oould possibly have would be to immediately get a few selections of the best known opera pieces, such as the "luoia Sextette", the "Bigoletto Quartette” and a few similar ones and you should give the general public the advantage of knowing who the record was made by.

Hoping that you will accept this letter in the spirit that it is meant, namely that my heart is with the Edison line only and that I mean simply to offer a valuable sugges¬ tion to aid the line to the front as quickly as possible, and thank¬ ing you for the time you have honored me with, I remain

Yours very truly,

FIRST PilUBBYTEHIAN CuUROir

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Orange, Hew Jersey.

Gentlemen:- '\JBV' - t-

T have a record which was taken 'on your business phonoi" 'J graph, which I use in my regular sermonizing work, which was made by a little son whom X have Just lost through death, and wish to have it reproduced as the record its self has a crack clear through it, but it is still intact and by being

held together by a thread wound about it can be held on the machine and turned, but fearing that it will break with much use, I wish to get a half dozen made from it.

Can you reproduce theis record if I send it to your office? If so please inform me of how to pack it for ship¬ ment, as you can imagine, I value it very highly as it is the only record of his voice that we have.

Yours very truly,

JyCuA. c/3^4

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H. Wilson.

General Tanadar .

Then. A. Erl is on, I no.

Orange ,N.J.

In Mr. Hardin's absence T desire t.o report, the following o at, TTo.10 Fifth Aven e ;--

i'r.Gunlock. Chicago, Ills. With, a party of friends. Gave no address . Showed df sc' machine and they expressed themselves as very much pleased, I'r.Gunlock acting as spokesman. Thought, it the" best, phonograph work yet, produced.

H. Lichtenstein. i?15 West, SCth.St. H.Y. City.

Expressed satisfaction with disc machine; was reti¬ cent but stated the more he h-ard it the more he liked it, pirn- pressed trs as a dealer or salesman for machines, and seemed very familiar with this class- of mechanism.

Edward F. KcGrotty. Ridgewood. T-T.J.

Called with another man Whose name was not given, in the interest, of a Mrs. W. R. Bpelman, Ridgewood, H..T. She owns cylinder machine; demonstrated disc to HcGrotty; very enthuiastic; said never heard music like it; pronounced it "a cracker jack instrument"; stated would make a rood report to Mrs. Spelman.

Kr.Chevrier . TJ.S.Dist. Court. Trenton, N.J.

- - Ca1 led on invitation of Hr. Madison. Very much in¬ terested and pleased with machine; satisfied it was the host; states he will have one within a short timo-posr.ibly in three months .

H. Friedlandor. C4C Tiffany St. "Tiffany Arms". Hew York City. — to at thig afl(jre!,a very long) .

Owns a Victrolaj soon as nossible wants to got rid of Victrola ; wants to buy an Edison disc; thinks them wonderful, beautiful tone.

H.A.Larleo. 6f West, IGSnfl.St.

¥.’crBonson. Tlfga s tTSO+Jb . St . Now York City.

- Very much pleased with disc machine ; thought it won¬ derful and the best phonograph work; suggested would call again.

Yours very truly,

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that I v/ant, hut I an <roin>* to ash you any tette of i.Me Voices here in out Tom and 1 very rood music, just to be beginners, and your Kdison Graphophone in Reproducing soim Hi is on records, but we seem to Inch some secret to this art as a consequonoe the voices are not distinct and loud as on of the records imported here. Is this a secret method by wh these voices can bo reproduced loud and clear? and oai if so would you kindly tell roe what it is • ad the prii be irlnd to ray you. Is there some lcind of the records are placed just after bein'* nr

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y which it ho bourht , and I will solution through which , to harden thorn?

I am inclosin'* you a stamped self addressed envelope for r0ur reply, and I wish to say that we have t^o doaen blank records initinfr on your reply. If I am resumin'* in writing you in this •eyard , kindly excuse my ipnoranpe and answer any way.

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The SiodernHipric^cords Ajjocidion

Justice Victor J. Dowling

Gen. Thos. H. Hubbard

Dr. William Milligan Sloane

Robert C. Ogden John G. Agar

Col. D. L Brainard. U.S.A. John DeWitt Warner

Roger Foster

William Marion Reedy JotaPurroy Mitchel

Louis Mansfield Ogden Justin McGrath Geoffrey Konta

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NewYorkCity December 2, 1912.

Mr. Y/illiam H. Ueadowcroft ,

Edison Laboratory,

Orange , 11 • J •

My dear Mr. Meadoweroft:

Will you please convey to Mr. Edison four great appreciation of his courtesy and kindness in provid¬ ing us with such an interesting feature for the pro¬ gram of our Annual Meeting. Ur. Hayes and his assist¬ ant fulfilled their part admirably, and the dis¬ tinguished audience present was greatly interested in the demonstration of the new machine and in the explanation of the discs and their great value to our Association for purposes of permanent record.

As you probably know, the discs which Mr. Edison promised to present to the Association for its archives have not yet been delivered. I trust that you will bear this in mind and provide us with them at Mr. Edison's convenience) keeping in mind that, so far as it falls in with his own wishes, we particularly desire that these discs shall be records of a significant na¬ ture . I regret that you could not be present at the meeting. I was very rauch interested in what

^ you told me of the action of ink on certain parchments

in England, and I hope to keep in touch with you.

Sincerely yours ,

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General Manager.

Thos. A. Edison, Inc.

Orange, N.H.

Sir ;-

Callers at Ko 10 Fifth Avenue today

Hr. J. B. Carruthera. Kingston.Ont. Canada.

Demonstrated the disc machine, the tone and appearance of which elicited expressions of his pleasure and approval.

Mr. A. H. talker. No. 587 Clinton St. Brooklyn. II. Y.

Demonstrated the disc machine. Very much pleased with tone; wonderful reproduction;

Yours very truly.

I K.Y.City. Docramher1 !

Wilson,

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Thomas A. Erl Iron, Inc.

Oranco, H.J.

’ flallorc at Eo.10 Fifth Avenue

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Deo. 6, 1912

Referring to Mr. Weber's memorandum dated December 3rd, concerning Amberola V and VI, also Disc A60 and A80 machines, I note he states it is only a case of the work being closely followed up through the Bhops in order to bring these machines through at the time he mentions.

You should therefore pay particular attention to these machines and the parts necessary therefor, and if any delay does occur, bring the matter to Mr. Weber's or my attention. If necessary, a special man should be designated to follow up this work.

CHW/lWW C. H. W.

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Presuming upon our acquaintance of many year_ _„_r -

Roosevelt Organ Works and we jointly exhibited, in Irving Hall, your phonograph and our organ for Rome, Italy, I write this letter on a subject which may interest you.

I have known intimately for some 20 years a French engineer of the highest standing and character, Mr. touts Chevrillon, both in this country and France, we both having interests in Mexico, though not even remotely together. He has just written me from Mexico City in regard to a candelilla wax enterprise, in which he is interested, and asked me to submit their product to your Company and, if possible, obtain some data relating to this country's consumption of the commodity. I am not at all acquainted with the wax industry and my information all comes from him, but can be implicitly relied upon.

I am sending you a sample of the wax, which will be manufactured in Mexico from the candelilla plant which thrives on the plateaux of that country, and a copy of Mr. Sanders' analltlcal report on the product, both sent me by Mr. Chevrillon.

This wax has the identical properties of the Camauba wax of Brazil, which your Company probably uses extensively, and which Mr. Chevrillon tells me sells at about $60.00 (U.S. Currency) per kilogram. In a few months the Mexican Company expects to reach an output of between 500 and 1000 kilograms per day and to be able to undersell the Camauba wax.

If your Company would be interested to investigate and negotiate for this wax I will be glad to do all in my power to aid to that end, though I am only interested to the extent of friendship. I would be glad to call on you on this subjeot if you care to give me an appointment.

Will you do me the favor of advicing me about what is the annual consumption of such wax by your Companies and, if possible, what you would guess as the annual con¬ sumption for the United States, including phonograph records, varnishes, shoe polishes, manifolding supplies, insulation purposes, oto.

soon hear from you and that it may result in our meeting again. Yours very truly.

I hope that I may

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COPY.

I have examined a sample of crude candelllJa wax .which was submitted to me for analysis, and beg to report as follov/a;- Oonoral characters?

The ait mile was a specimen of unbleached wax, of a ohocolnto-brown colour, hardt and brittle Composition:

Water . C,16/i

Extraneous matter . 2,16/5

Wax . 97.66,5

106,00

The extraneous matter was found to consist of earthy natter, mixed with some plant tiosuo and bits of bark.

The wax on examination was found to conform to the composition of a natural unbloaohod produot.it contained no added rosin, such as is some¬ times /found as an adulterant of commercial waxos.lt gavo a positive reuc tion with the liebormann-Storch reaction as all natural unbleached oande lilla waxes do, but as in the caso of the latter was found to consist of hydrocarbons (principally Hontriaoontano)higher alcohols and derivatives of those, its constants wore:

Density at 15° C 0.985 Melting point 72’. 0 0

Solidifying point 66’. 5 0 Iodine value 15.8 >5

Saponification value 45.89

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Signod :

J. Mo. Connell Sanders

Mr. Edison:

The following masters and samples of disc records were delivered to Wurth, via Colt’s Express, during week of December 2nd to 7 th, 1912.

SERIAL NO. 2026

2027

2028 2029

Masters Samples

TROVATORE — The vows we plighted

C. W. Harrison 2

GIOCONDA-- Daughter Thy Step

Kimball, Spencer & Chalmers 2

TROVATORE — Home to our Mountains

Spencer & Anthony 3

SAMSON AND DALILA — My heart at thy voice Eliz. Spencer - - - 2

2031

2032

2030 T0SCA-- Love and Muslo

0 Agnes Kimball

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2034

TROVATORE — At thy mercy T

Spencer and Anthony ------ 0

TROVATORE - Oh Joy he's saved

Kimball & Chalmers ----- 3

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onxX MIGNON— Dost thou know that land

E. Spencer -

2036 RIOOLBTTO QUARTETTE

W. H. Miller

12-9-12

(Copy to Mr. Edison)

Mr. Dodd:

Dec. 11, 1012* Confiiming our talk this morning 1 understand you bavo now refined 23,969 lbs. of 2-minute reoord wax, from whioh you have recovered 13,168 lbs. of material (Stesrio and Ceresin) whioh oan be UBed in making Dictating Maohine Blanks and 2-minute Blanks such aB used by the X.C.S., and that this material is worth to us, after deducting oost of refin¬ ing, eto., 7 2/3 per lb., or equivalent to 4 l/5 per lb. for the old 2-minute reoord wax.

It would seem to be profitable to continue this pro- ooss , but the demand for the blanks for whioh the material oan be used is so small that the quantity thus far refined would last us about two yearB, and as we have at least 600,000 lbs. of the 2-minute scrap wax or old records on hand, some other use must bo found for it.

As at present refined, it oannot be used for the Master reoord wax, but in view of your statement that by fur¬ ther refining there is a possibility that it oan be used, you will please continue with your experiments and ascertain definitely whether or not it oan, und adviBe me as to results.

If it oannot be used for Muster reoord blanks, wo will endeavor to dispose of it in itB present condition, by simply molting it up and molding it in Bquares, but so far we have been unable tc got an offer of more than 1^ a lb. for it in this shape, and although we are still looking for' additional markets and a better price, we may not be able to obtain them.

Pleas# go ahead with this refining for the Master

reoord blank experiment ae rapidly as possible.

CHW/IWW °* H< W*

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Scientific ^Vivie rican

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Thomas A. Edison, 3squire, '] . ~(f*

Orange, Ilew Jersey ^ CtvC!

Dear Dr. Edison:-^ AtZS&'^f &'t^K O^******'

To you, as President of Thomas A. _ t

Edison, Ino. and consequently vitally interested in th development of your business from a financial as well qjs from an inventor's standpoint, I submit the following: ''"'s

The text natter presented to the Seienj^ tifio American subscribers carries with it the firm cofr- viotion of our highly efficient Editorial Staff that Lb will be read with real interest. Of oourse, such is t\e belief of every reputable publisher.

iVhen we devote page after page to the inventions of Thomas A. Edison there is, then, only one reason for our doing so, that is, to retain our readers’ full interest. It is certain that Scientific American has devoted much more spaoe to your inventions and products than has any other journal having a general circulation.

Granting this. Scientific American ought to be one of the very best advertising mediums for you to use; for surely it is an eoonomic plan to advertise to the ran who is positively predisposed toward a given product.

While you have shown me a record of un¬ filled orders for the 3torage Battery which rakes it Boem inadvisable to go after additional business at the present time, yet advertising from an insurance standpoint is a thought ever present in the minds of many advertisers who are in exaatly the same position that you are in.

The Edison Business Phonograph would un¬ questionably appeal to a large majority of our readers as a glance at the enclosed analysis of our circulation will

vho have

Ksw York City. December 12th,191I

I'r. C. E. Cccdv.in;-

Thoas. A. Edin-n.Inc.

Orange, K.J.

ing Hiss. Babbott.

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rolled today, represent-

• She thinks our tons is the finest she has ever hoard, and states that it is a peat satisfaction + „ fpsT the surra tv of the tone, which one door, by lis¬ tening to th^ discs. Hiss • Babbott is looking for a nhonorraph as a gift for Christmas, and wants k it, about S75. 00 or JlOO.OO. Che seemed interested in the f GO. CO "machine and the $125.00 cabinet.

She makes the statement that her Victor does not do the scratching that ours does. She seemed to desire to bring it up, and did so after each disc rendition. I handled It as successfully as I could -n “e realises that I ’./as showing to her discs which ••‘e bnl used here under difficult conditions, street dust and' different handlings etc. , I took this line with her and it seemed to satisfy her.

She is to report to Kiss lot us know later what Hit'' be done.

Babbott and to

VALTER F. CROSBY

Kr. Thomas A. Edison, Orange, :

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I have your favor of the llth

I was aware that wax wa^ltt^nger used|#T \ '"if making the disk records hut wa I under the impr - \ f = sion that it was still used for the reof on the

Commercial Dictation machine. \l/ j £'t'*r

However, what I thought would interest y\u most' was its extensive for insulating in the large amount of that work which your electrical must do. In that connection a lower price than the present market, for an equally good product with assured deliveries, would certainly lasult in a

ject and the probable saving that would result?

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Orange, Hew Jersey Dear Sir:

fatnt.e. of Jo^n 0. McCutcheon. Our client, the Estate of John C. KcCutcheon, ' thirty-six shares of the Eorth American Phol graph Company. Upon mating inquiry in New York concerning this Company we were informed that you are a large stockholder, "ill you kindly inform us what the names and addresses of the officers of this corporation are.

Thanking you in advance, we remain Very truly yours

Mr. Be df earn:

Deo. 10, 1912.

Bep lying to your memorandum of the 10th, ad¬ vising that Mr. Xreton had an inquiry concerning a repro¬ ducer or some other means by which wax records cun be used on Amberole and other stationery arm types of machines, then are only two ways by which this can be done: One is for

them to buy a new Model "1" reproducer, which was used at one time for playing the soft records; the other, to devise some means whereby the Diamond Beproducers can be used for this purpose, and concerning the latter. Hr. Hutchison ad¬ vises he is now working on a device of this kifad along Mr. Edison's ideas and hopes to make tests with it within the next few days. If it works out satisfactorily, we can doubtless arrange to supply them for the purpose required; if it does not, then the only thing to do is to resort to the Model "I".

I would hold up answering all ineuiries of this nature for a few days at least, or until we hear further from Mr* Hutohison concerning it. chw/htw C. H. Vf.

(Copies to Messrs. Dolbeer, Ireton and Hird)

Yrui'« ».'I7 +

Xr. Eolboer:

Ur. Hope ban already reported on hie demonstration at the residence of Hr..S. L. Howe, the general manager of Marshall Field t Co. Retail. In a conversation with Hr. Howe the following morning , the latter expressed considerable disappointment concern¬ ing the surface of the records, but said he was convinced that HH. Edison would be able to correct this trouble. He promised to get a Victrola and put it in the same room alongside of our instrument and compare them. When he does this. I think that he will have less to say about the surface noises on our records.

One of Marshall Field’s people is criticising our cabinets. This criticism does not strike me as being a valid one and apparently Mr. Howe does not attach much importance to it.

Mr. Howe says that ho is not yet ready to give us his opinion of our new phonograph, and will net be until he has had it in his house for two or three weeks. He says that he ex¬ pects to invite a good many of his friends to hear the instrument and X have no doubt that their opinions will influence him con¬ siderably.

It must be confessed that he does not manifest a great degree of enthusiasm. However, he is so well schooled as a business man that you could hardly expect him to show enthusiasm over an . article for which he expected to later attempt ^negotiate on the most favorable terms.

WH-AH

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Wilson and Goodwin.

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Hossrs. Weber, Hehr, Tfaphagen, Waterman, Weizel, Deeming, IJiokel,

, Honan, Hird: 1

Referring to Engineering Department notice Ho. 1940, dated Deo. 18th, wherein instructions are given that diamond repro¬ ducer points for Cylinder reproducers are to he shaped at an angle of 50° instead of 60° as heretofore, the following method of pro¬ duction should be followed:

Such points as Traphagen has in his department in various stages of completion have been roughed out to the 60° angle and consequently hill have to be finished up at that angle, and can be used for Cylinder as well as Disc reproducers until such time as the 50° stones commence to come through, after which all stones roughed out for 60° should be completed and held in stock for Disc reproducers only, and those which are then brought through at the 50° angle should be used for the Cylinder reproducers.

Beginning immediately. Hr. Hehr should rough out 75$ of the stones at 50° angle and 25$ at 60°, and Traphagen should fin¬ ish them up in the seme proportion. This will necessitate Traphagen's changing over a sufficient number of his grinding machines to bring through 75$ of the stones at the 50° angle.

As we have a large quantity of the rejected stones on hand which cannot be used for the 60° angle but can be used for the 50°, Hehr should immediately start work on them and hereafter from all new lots of stones received he should utilize the larger ones for the 60° angle points and those of the smaller size for the 50° angle points.

In making out his weekly reports, Wetzel should hereafter designate the quantity of 50° stones finished or in process and also

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the quantity of 60°, as it will perhaps become necessary a little later on to change the proportions above indicated.

i'raphagen will have to arrange in some way to keep the stones of the two different angles separated, so that the 50° angle stones will not get in the 60° angle holders.

If this matter is not thoroughly understood, please see

me.

CIH7/IVA7 C. H. Yf.

Deo. 19, 1912*

t. Mr. Edison's Weirs t. red... cur trer.l-

!„ sales f.re. «* ««««. ■**» “ rl“0 “

s.l,.«.» on . oooporatiro Basis, tbs pi» «U »• «

,111 lavs to Be .orbed <mt M* *» •"» "’“'S’1 f” W 7° *

personally^ ^ „„opor«tlvs plsn is to B. .1th

,1« Edison Jobber. end only snob on.s si tB.» a. «» no. hssdlo otBor line, of Boots. If « tbs plsn .orb. sell, it .« B.

tabon «P 1th those Beilin* otb.r line. W» » «■“» *

2. Wherever possible and agreeable, our salesmen are to he turned over to the jobbers and become the cooperative men. Where jobbers want to select their cm man. such man must be satis-

faotory to a. - — * "*» — *

Erpense to fastory and r.tnm, also •«"»>»•• -tlJ* *° **

equally divided between jobber and us.

3. cooperative salesmen to render to us copies of all

orders, reports, letters and expense accounts sent to jobber. ’

4. We regular salesmen of the jobber to be discontinued

because of the addition of cooperative salesman.

6. in addition to cooperative salesman, jobber must employ a suffioient number of other salesmen, at his own expense, to properly worh and attend to the practically exclusive territory whioh we allow him.

6. oooperBtlTS selasmsn 1. to .orb «» Bb.n.Bxepb B..1- nsss only. Should tbs Jobber .snt him to .orb sn other lino, or not lo.ots blB ebtiro .» to Pbsn.Br.pb Bnslns.., . spooi.l «-

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rangement will have to he made whereby the share of expense we are to stand will he less than one-half.

7. Worked on the linos above indicated, wo will stand one-half cooperative salesman's salary and expenses and Jobber will stand one-half; advance expense money to he supplied by job¬ ber; jobber to render us weekly a statement of total expenses and salary of cooperative salesman ana with Bamn Bend us a bill for one-half the amount shown thereon. Our one-half will then be paid by rendering oredit to the jobber or Bonding him a oheok, whichever way oan be most satisfactorily arranged by you.

8. In addition to suoh cooperative salesmen ns we have in the field, you should pick from four to eight, as re¬ quirements may seem to demand, good field men and assign to eaoh one a oertain territory over which he iB to have supervision,

the dutieB of suoh field men to be to oall on jobbers and dealers to see that they are carrying sufficient stock to give us suitable representation; that the jobbers’ salesmen aro properly working their territory; instruct jobbers and dealers how the^r stook, exhibition rooms, window displays, eto. , should be arranged; instruot jobbers' salesmen how to handle their trade; to aot as our direot representatives with both jobber and dealer; and to see that our interests are being properly taken care of.

HOTF.:- It is barely possible that later on a oorpB of four to eight well qualified repair men will alBO be sent out by us on a cooperative baBis, working somewhat along the same linos as cooperative salesmen, but we to stand their salary and the Jobber or dealer with whom they are working from time to time to stand their expenses, and this is a matter you should disouss with the different jobbers when taking up with them the oooperative

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salesmen proposition. I do not see how, with the repair men, we could otand one-half of tho salary and expenses and the ,] other the other half, for tho reason that they would probably bo oonstontly on tho move from one Jobber or dealor to the next, and it would thorofore be irapre.otioable , if not impossible, to work a division of the expenses in the eamo manner v/e would with tho cooperative salesmen, who will remain permanently with one Jobber.

She matter of arranging for $he cooperative salesmen should be proceeded with as rapidly an you can arrange to soo the different Jobbers and take it up with them personally.

CHBr/lSW 0. H. Vf.

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(CSpioo to Messrs. Edison, Maxwell, Goodwin)

.JO'*'

P. R. Relncke. GP4S Rldfte Boulevard.

Bay Rldfte. M.Y.

Han owned Edison cylinder and Victorsleft both in Germany; wanted to buy either Edison "Amberol or Victor; says now it is an Edison disc jstatos ;; "You hare the Victor beaten hollow".

Yours very truly,

VWuor-ta, curs —

H. Wilson.

General Manager .

Callers at Ko.10 Fifth Avenue today.

Mr. J. J. Comer. Automatic Fnunclator .Company .

“ f!o.511 The Rookery. Chicago ,111s .

■Phev furnish reproductions -music , news ,inarkets etc-over" a phone system;has been using Victor re¬ cords- finds our machine far and greatly ahead of Victor in tone purity ; regards the disc machine as "wonderful"; says his company in the future will use enormous quantities of records; he, or a t.r. Russell, * 6 Wall Street, who has the business end of' the company expects to call at Orange in the near future to take up the matter with the Company.

. Henri G. Chatain.

Has had Victor and Pathe machines ; considers ours "vastly superior"to anything he has seen; his repeated phrase was "marvellous ;says in near

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Yours very truly,

Ur. Wetsel Hr, Wat or Kan Hr, Huns on Hr, Petrowits

Hr. Hitcholl Hr, P. Driscole Hr. Pills

Hr . T . Devine Hr. Riley Hr. Davies

Please note that the Disc cabinet, Louis VI design, owing to the front poet projecting over the body of the cabinet, leaves the space for the motor the same sine as the A-200 type and the first sample machines which have been sent to me Boston Exhibition wore fitted with a single barrel motor, "his machine, being sold at a higher price than the A-200, must have the best motor and there¬ fore those machines must have the same col machines which are sold at a higher price,

the A-250 and all other

Arrange to equip all of these oabinetn with the A-250 motor, being made "’ith two spring' barrels , and having oiling device.

She cabinet will not tamo the other parts which go with the A-250 cabinet and it -is therefore necessary to uso the A-200 support¬ ing bracket and the A-2C0 swinging horn, and an entirely new special friction rail.

\7e have just fitted up a complete machine which is to bo shippod to Pranlc 3. Waite, Wore outer, Hass., in place of the ^250 machine which Hr. Waite purchased at mo Boston Exhibl —on a^to which he objects now. for the reason that the cabins „ is not ,*t,toa up with the highost priced motor.

PW/BB

V.

Copies

to nosers. Kird, Tiedfcam, Dolbocr

Mr. Wetzel:

Deo. 27, 1912.

Hereafter all Disc Diamond Reproducers are to have the ivory button attached to diaphragm by three pins similar to the way they were fastened on some samples reoently submitted to Mr. Edison and whioh he has now approved.

All reproducers in stock Bhould be ohanged over so that the ivory button is fastened on with three pins.

Bee that such people as are interested, other than those to whom I have sent oopies, receive proper instructions concerning this matter.

CHW/IWW 0.

(Copies to Messrs. Hird, Waterman,

C. jiji'filson.

nerreral Manager.

K. Y. City. December 27th, 1912,

Callors at No. 10 Fifth Avenue today; —

I'r. II. Traeger. Stapleton. S.I.

( By appointment with Mr .Silverman)

Qualified as dealer.

Mr. George YT. Sylvester.

' No. 554 74th, Street.

Brooklyn, N. Y.

Owns an Edison cylinder machino;was con¬ nected with Phonograph business for eighteen years ;delighted with machine (disc)jsays- You have the Victor beat a thousand miles"; "Never knew a phonograph could play such music" jwill give order later to Eckels, Brooklyn, N.Y.

Yours very truly

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Mev/ York City. Docomber 30th, 1912.

Hr. C. H. Wilson.

General Manager.

Callers at Ho. 10 Fifth Avenue.

Dec ember ,20th , 191_. ^ Hammo nd . 127 Hanhattan St.H.Y. City.

Also Hr .“Eliot. Dame address. (Invitation).

Very much pleased v/ith everything done by the machine 1,'rc . J. H.Ceballos. 777 Hadir.on.Avo. M. Y. City.

( Invitation) .' Very much pleased v/ith tone repro¬ duction and general work of the machine.

Hiss. Florence Short. 15G West IQGth.otrect.t. Y. City . Hr s.G.S. Kramer , Same addresi ( Invitation) .

Delighted with* everything the instrument does; "never 1 such music on a phonograph" ; "the finest discs we eve

December 30th. 1912. . . .

- ~ ‘ Mr. James Gaunt. Metropolitan Club. H. Y. City.

( Invitation!!

Pleased with the work of the machine; regrets we do not have the operatic artists furnished by Victor;

Mr. VT. Nettor. 258 vTest 55t,h. Street. H. Y.Citjv;.

7/as pleased with everything he hea7d evidently hi. was absolutely non-committal.

Alfred IT. Aarons* S Maiden Lane, N. l.Qi/ty*

(Brought in by A. J. Kurtz. Hewark,!'. J. )

Was very much pleased with machine, tone, mechanism etc.; stated '"As good as the Victor in all respects | "Better than the Victor in a ,"OOd many respects . Edison discs "far superior to Victor .

Yours very truly,

Me 8 sxB • Wetsel, Waterman, Hird, learning: Beo* 2®« 1918*r

Beginning at the earlieat possible moment and until fa¬ ther advised. Phonographs of different types and models should be brought through from start to finish according to the following schedule:

(Jem: 200 As rapidly as possible, to fill present shipping orders,

- and then 25 per week.

160 per day, or 900 per week*

100 per day , or 600 per week j 20 per day, or 120 per week.

6 per week-

40 per week (16 Oak; 26 Mahogany)

Amberola 1:

13 per week (8 Mahogany; 3 Golden Oak; 1 Weathered Oak; 1 Fumed Oak).

Amberola III: 40 per week (26 Mahogany; 8 Golden Oak; 3 Weathered ■ — - Oak; 4 Fumed Oak).

Amberola 7: 100 per day (70 Htfcogany; 30 Oak).

Amberola VI: 200 per day (140 Mahogany; 60 Oak).

Standard Phonographs Equipped for Language Study Outfitsj_

60 per week-

SnhoM. Outfits: 26 Per week.

•nm-hetw Machines: 126 per week (20 D.O.; 100 A.P.O.; 5 S.

flbeviTig Machines: 30 per week.

Biso A-60: 100 per day (60 Mahogany; 50 Golden Oak).

100 per day (66 Mahogany; 36 Golden Oak).

3 Oak in different

Diso A-80: Pi so A-160:

100 per day (80 Mahogany; finishes required).

100 per day (76 Mahogany; 26 Oak in different finishes required).

60 per day (40 Mahogany; 10 Oak in different finishes required.

Blue A-gOO :

Piso A-260:

Of the A-60 and A-80 typeB there are a few required in

finishes other than mahogany or golden oak, hut as these two finishes represent the hulk of shipping orders on hand, they Bhould he gotten out at the rate specified until present shipping orders are filled, after which the special finishes oan he brought through.

finished parts for all machines should he looked into im¬ mediately, and where it is found there is a quantity on hand suffi¬ cient to complete more maohineB than sohedule oalls for, work should he discontinued on such parts until the point is reached where it is neoeesary to resume, and then they Bhould he brought through only in sufficient quantities to keep up to the required schedule. Shese same remarks will apply to oabinets.

While it will, of oourse, he impossible to oomplete machines according to this sohedule at onoe, the quantities oalled for should he worked up to as rapidly as possible, and with that end in view a night foroe of all such departments as oannot bring through the required quantity during the day should he organised immediately.

Co-operation will he the key to suooesB in the oarrying out of this sohedule and the work oonneoted therewith- Everybody inter¬ ested should therefore put their shoulders to the wheel and do every¬ thing in their power both in the way of oo-operation with and assist¬ ance to other department foremen, supervisors, inspectors, production olorks for the purpose of seeing what oen be done in the leaBt possi¬ ble spaoe of time.

CHff/lWW 0* H. Wilson.

(Copies to Hr.

and Mr. Eolbeer)

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Edison General File Series 1912. Phonograph - General (E-12-64) Thomas A. Edison, Inc. Committee Minutes

MINUTES OF MEETING OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THOMAS A. EDISON, INCORPORATED, HELD JAN. 31, 1912-

Ire sent: Messrs. Dyer, Wilson, Berggren, Water, Dolbeer,

MoChesney, Stevens.

COLPMBIi. PHONOGRAPH CO.

Mr. Dyer presented a letter from the Columbia Phonograph Co. in whioh they wished to secure our permission for EdiBon jobbers to handle their diso goods where they are dissatisfied with the (Victor Co. for any reason, but it was agreed that nothing should be done in the matter.

GENERAL

General business oonditions were discussed in view of Mr. Dyer's return after a months absence, but no action v/as taken requiring a record thereof.

There being no further business the meeting

adjourned.

Seoretary.

MINUTES OP MEETING OP THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OP THOMAS A. EDISON, INC ;RI-ORATED , HELD PEB. 7 , 1912.

Present: Messrs. Dyer, Wilson, Berggren, Weber, Dolbeer,

MoOhosney, Stevens.

CE3INRTS FOR DISC MACHINES

The matter of placing orders for a number of the $200 and §150 type of cabinets was discussed, and although the finished designs were considered handsome, they do not represent any pure type of furniture. Sever¬ al designs of cabinets were submitted, some of which the entire Committee considered better than anything heretofore designed. Before deciding to place a further order for oabinets we will wait until modifications of the designs we had intended ordering are submitted for examination, with the intention of using the lumber already ordered for the new types, if accepted.

OPERA MACHINE

We have sold 1234 Opera machines in the two months this machine has been on the market, the re-orders indioating that this is going to be a popular machine. We have been plaoing manufacturing orders for 600 lots heretofore, but it was decided to now place a manufacturing order for 1000, all with mahogany oabinets, using the oak oabinets already arranged for where demanded.

There being no further business the meeting adjourned.

Secretary.

MimilES Op MEETIHG OP Tlffi EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OP THOMAS A. EDXSOH , IHCOHl. ORATED , HELD AIRI1 11, 1912*

pro sent: Messrs. Dyor, Wilson, Berggren, V/eber, Dolbeor,

MoCheBney end S tokens.

BLUE AMBEROL RECORD

A memorandum was submitted from Mr. Goodwin as Chairman of tho Reoord Committee advocating that the first list of Blue Amberol records shall consist of, say 126 selections, all entirely new, so as not to duplicate any of the present wax records in the hands of the trade, giving as a reason that this duplication would curtail uhe possibility of the trade getting rid of their present stocks of such records as may be listed. 149 selections have been aooepted as usable in the Blue Amberol list.

The concensus of opinion of the Committee was that it would bo advisable to^start with selections from the old list, principally because the Recording Department would be unable to get out 126 new selections in ti ie for tho requirements, and also because should we liBt 126 now selections the trade would have to stock up on them and also continue to handle all of their old selections in the regular Amberol. By taking selections from the old list. Jobbers will, of course, have to order them, but they will probably not order any additional ones of the same selec¬ tions in the regular jgmberol, jn the case of tho Amberol reoords we started out with a liBt of 60 seleotionB, and

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and it was thought that it would hojSar ^ the now Blue Amberol with a liBt of, say 100 selections taken from the old list, ub soon as possible, and then drop the manufacture of the present Amberol reoords unless oallod for, and get out in their place the full monthly supplement of 24 selootions in the Blue Amberol in future; also inoreaBe the list of Blue Amberol hy putting out from time to time an additional list of, Bay 50 selections taken from our old list, the same as was done with the first Amborols. The Recording Department is now working on records for the August list of Amberols, so that the first Blue Amberol supplement cannot he gotten out until September or October, even if it is deoided that we will be ready to change ovor by that time.

So far as the old Amberol record stookB are con¬ cerned, Hr. Wilson Baid that the fine thing to do would be for ub to clean up their stocks of wax Amberol reoordB and substitute the Blue Amberol in their place, so that their whole stocks would be new. Hr. I,lc Che sney Baid that we will not get the business back without doing something heroio and expensive. It was suggested that when we deoide on tho list of 100 selections we expoot to make up, we might advise the trade so that they will reduce their stocks, and then when we are ready to come out with the new reoordB, ascertain how many they have in Btook, and if their stooks are low make an exohange of these 100, then from time to time make additional exohanges. Mr.

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Llr. Dolboer thought it might not he well to advise them too far ahead, hut it was pointed out that the sample records are sent out sixty days in advance each month, so that they are hound to know that far ahead. Everything con¬ sidered, it was the conoenBus of opinion that it would he better to notify them in ndvanoe so that their stocks may he reduced. Mr. Dyer suggested that v;e might handle the Amberol record situation the same as he proposed for the 2-minute reoords— that is, permit them to sell these at any price and allow them credit tho same as if returned.

Ihis v/as opposed on the ground that we will still have a 4-minute reoord, although in the Blue .Amberol type. Mr. Dyer then asked what would happen if the law should he changed, as may he done, and all restrictions removed.

Mr. Wilson thought that in that case our best Jobbers and dealers would go out of the business, because the prioeB would ho so cut as to make it unprofitable for them.

It was deoided that this question of the Blue Amberol reoords should not ho passed upon now as a separate proposition hut that tho situation as a whole must ho taken up and considered and a definite plan covering every phase of it worked out and agreed upon.

MEW I-HOHOORArH MKBHAMI3M

Mr. Weber submitted a new deBign cylinder phono¬ graph mechanism having a stationary mandrel, ohain of gears, entirely new swivel arrangement for horn, and which windB without noise. This machine wbb approved by the Committee

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In preference to the one submitted last week, ub it operates very satisfactorily and is cheaper to construct. Mr.

Weber is to complete the model, plaoe it in a cabinet and again submit to the Committee.

DISC SITUATION

Mr. Dolbeer brought up this matter and Ilr.

Wilson stated that everything possible iB being done by everyone connected with it and it is being followed up oloBely all the time. In this connection, Mr. Wilson said that if our jobbers go back on us, we ought to be in a posi¬ tion to open up our own stores, and that after our disc goods are once on the market and known there will be no difficulty in getting all the jobbers we want.

Mr. Dyer said that at the present time we ought to go Just aB lightly with our advertising as possible, for the reason that it is not as effective now as it will be when the disc is ready for the market, which Mr. MoChesney wjgroed with.

There being no further business the meeting ad¬ journed.

Seoretary.

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MINUTES 01’ MEETING OP EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE THOMAS A. EDI SOU , INCORPORATED, HELD APRIL 17. 1912 ■

Present: Messrs- Dyer. Wilson, Berggren, Weber. Dolbeer.

MoChosney ana Stevens-

ROOSEVELT | WILSON. CHAMP CLARK RECORDS

Mr. Dolboor in a memorandum recommended that we secure three or four records of Hr. Roosevelt, two of Governor Wilson and two of Champ Clark, not because of any anticipated heavy sale but because their appearance would be timely if Setten out before the Conventions. We already have some of Hr. Taft. At the time Ur. Roosevelt was approached before, he was President, but Mr. Durand thinks he could interest him at this time, and is also in a position to approach Governor Wilson, through the use of Rotation machines in his office, and Hr. Clark throuSh Mr. MoGreal, who is a Clark delegate. Shis plan was unanimously approved, the records to bo gotten out as soon as possible as a special

llBt> _ Mr- Wilson and Mr. Durand saw Mr. Edison

inter regarding this and he said not to take them, because the results would be the same as with the Taft and Bryan reoords— that is, we might get fairly large orders for them from the trade but later on would have to take them back because the publio would not buy them. He did think, however, that it would be a good idea to get some of the Roosevelt records, if possible, as they would no doubt be

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constant sellers booause of his popularity and prominenoe regardless of politlos.

BUREAU FOR 'IRAHSFER OP OVERSTOCKS OF KB COEDS

Mr. Wilson read a letter from Rudolph Yfurlitzer reoommending that we establish a bureau similar to that of the Victor Co. for the transfer of ovorstookB of particular