[D9241ACF], Letter from George N Morison to Stephen Fossa Moriarty, September 16th, 1892
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Letterhead of Edison United Phonograph Company September 16th, 1892 S.F. Moriarty Esq., London, England. My dear Mr. Moriarty:- We have received a letter signed by Mr. Munro in regard to the sub-division of Patent case 96a for Germany, and my object in calling your attention to the matter is, that Mr. Munro has been away on a vacation, and that on his return, he was not able to reply fully to our letters, in regard to this Case, as he had not received a reply to this letter from the Germany Agent, written to him before he went away, necessitating his writing the Agent again, and causing a delay of a week, not leaving us sufficient time to reply to his letter, just at hand, we have therefor written the Committee to this effect. The man who has invented the new horn for the Phonograph came in to-day, and has promised to bring it down to show it to me. It is nine inches in diameter, and tapers down as ours do but has no flange, because he states in singing into a horn with a flange, the voice strikes this flange, and rebounds at an angle, instead on going straight down into the horn, which I can see is probably a fact, in addition to which, the horn is made of wire. In making it the wire is wound around a wooden form, close together, very much as our speaking tubes are made, except that it is cone shaped. Some material covers the outside of this wire, of which he will tell me when he shows the horn. I expect to try in the office on Monday, and can then give you particulars. He has obtained Patents in the United States, and expects to sell them for $6.00 apiece. Very Truly Yours, [Signed] G.N. Morrison (Secretary) P.S. This man has also some attachment, which he places on the diaphragm, which enables a person to sing or speak at the top of their voice, without producing too much vibration, and which he claims does not injure the reproduction. Yours, [Signed] G.N.M (Sec)