[LB055110], Letter from Thomas Maguire (Edison Employee) to Alfred Ord Tate, January 11th, 1892
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January 11, 1892. A. O. Tate, Esq., Edison Building, Broad Street, New York City. Dear Sir:- With reference to the duplicate records made by the Chicago Phonograph Company, twelve of which were received at the Laboratory on Saturday last. Walter Miller has examined these and reports that they are very much inferior to our records in quality, tone and volume. The shipment consisted of two vocal and ten band records, the latter made by the U. S. Marine and Old Guard bands. Walter is of the opinion that only seven of the records are duplicates and that the other five are originals. He thinks that the method of duplication employed by the Chicago Company is simply to record upon one phonograph the reproduction of another. Yours truly, Thomas Maguire