New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-12-06
NEW EDISON DEVICE
Photograph Record That GiUes You
-Four Minutes of Song.


Here's some great news for photograph enthusi-
asts. A new record has been invented BY Mr. Edl-
that gives q four-ninute entertainment instead
of which is the duration Of the old style rec
ord. The record is the same in size as the o'o
and will fit the mandrel OF the regular photograph
1t is called the "Amberol" record. the name nav
ing been coined by the brain sharps at the rig
Edison factories Orange. N J., where SO many
surprising inventions come from. Though M Edl-
has invented many things that are more usetu
than the phonograph. that device still remains MS
especial favorite and the one upon wh1ch ne mas
devoted much loving and thought
At first thought it seems as though it should De
very simple matter double the capacity ~
the Edison photograph record. Nevertheless. Two
years CT patient experimenting required 10 &C
compIjsh the desired result OF course 1t wouIa
have beer easy have a made wax record twice
long the old one, but that would have heces
STATED making a machine and would have
put the several hundred thousand old machines out
of business Plainly, other solution Of the
problem must be devised. On the old wax records
the threads loo TO the inch. Why not run them
200 to the inch, and get twice as many on e2ch
record? Everybody agreed that that was the thing
10 do But the old style wax record was not adapt
ed to properly receive such q fine record, ana
substance required. After expert
mentng the proper material produced, but a
finer point was necessary TO cut 200 lines TO the
inch and reproduce the sound recorded An
other long series of experiments with all sorts OF
recorders and reproducers was required 10 deter
mine the proper form and construction that
would produce the best results. Then the gear
OF the mechanism that turned the record had TO be
fixed. so that two years elapsed before the new
record would work to Mr.. Edisons satisfaction. But
they a way Of solving these little mechanical
problems at Orange and now the new four
minute record Is on the market and available to
owners OF Edison monographs at a slight advance
in cost that of the old style record.
we had some little trouble in adapting the old
photograph machines to the Amberol record,
said the Edison man with whom the subject was
discussed, but a means OF making the chanse
eventually discovered whereby either the two
minute four-minute record may be run on the
machine. By means Of a dinerential gear
the movement of the mandrel that holds the record
and the that controls the reProducer IS
changed Then a reproducer with the inner
point necessary Cor the finer engraving OF the new
record completes the changes required on the old
machine. These attachments will be supplied and
adjusted at a minimum cost by our selling agents
Three new types OF monographs are now ready
that will play either the two-minute or the four
minute records.
From the point of entertainment the Amberol
record opens up a great field of subjects hereto
fore impossible 10 attempt the phonograph
Many OF the subjects the two-ninute record are
abridged On the fcur-mipute record these and oth-
ers impossible of abridgement may be given in
their entirety. addition to being longer, the
new record produces a clearer, sweeter tone or
greater volume and intensity. 1t may he possible
TO produce better monograph and a better rec
ord than we now have, but present We believe
the Edison photograph, with the Amoeroi record
to be unquestionably the best there is
When the owner Of Edison phonograph con
siders that the average length Of an act in vaude-
Vile is twenty minutes. the Importance Of the IN
vention that gives him number of almost one
fourth that length of time becomes Of no small
advantage Not only will fewer records be re
ouired for an evenings entertainment, but the
character Of the entertainment will be greatly m
proved The field OF classic compositions is grea1IE
widened For example. of the new four
minute record numbers is the complete "Miserere
from the opera I'll Trovatore' by Verdi hereto
fore impossible of reproduction on any phoho-
graph; the overture from Rossinfs opera ~" III
lam Tell another; the trio tron1 |Tounoi
Faust: the quartet from Verdis "FNgoetto me
celebrated and rnelodious "Semiramide overture
of Rossfnf There are many other classics, no1 10
mention the numerous popular instrumental ana
vocal compositions heretofore Impossible OF phoho-
graphic Interpretation
There IS one field in particular which has beer
onened to Us by the longer record explained the
Edison man. "one in which no satisfactory resuiNS
have been obtained the phonosraph hereOo-oIo'
refer TO the attempts that have been Hlaue ~
record the voices of grand opera stars. 1t mas
been impossible for them TO do anything teAiS
worth while on two-minute record. but oE uouO-
ling the time more than double the IAi'ss u
subjects We now expect to put out solhe'nIAS
worth while in that line :,
ct is wonderful the effect the Anbero record Is
having on our business. Despite the depres9ion ~
business orders for new records and changes On
the old machines coming in so last 'Id' |
Edison factories now running day ana histl''
the men in department working IN uli -.
hour shifts There are many men ehlpIoSeu ~
dan, rs there ever have been in the history OF 'l
Edison enterprises, and the payroll IS up 10 INC
+igres+ noint We can confidently say that pros
peTity has actually returned.
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