Cecilian
Roll Back the Years, by Edward
Moogk, National Library of Canada, 1975 states on page 63:
"Also in Toronto [during 1917?], the Cecilian Concertphone made its debut, with distribution handled by the Musical Instruments Ltd. at 247 Yonge Street..."
Betty Minaker-Pratt contributes: "Wayne Kelly's book, Downright Upright, p. 120 says that Stanley took over the Cecilain Piano Co. in 1922, but then went out of business two years later when Mason & Risch bought out their stock. "
Moogk, page 91, agrees that : "The general economic situation [of 1921-22?] was still affecting the value of the dollar, and at least one piano and talking machine firm, the Cecilian Company, was taken over by Frank Stanley, a veteran of the player-piano business."
Betty Minaker-Pratt contributes the following:
"Cecilian Piano Co. Toronto, 1904-22. There is an advertising cover stamped 1917 for the Cecilian Co., Salesrooms 247 Yonge St./Factory 1189 Bathurst (just north of Dupont)."
The following photographs were take by Betty from John Peel's collection in Port Hope in August, 2007.
"Also in Toronto [during 1917?], the Cecilian Concertphone made its debut, with distribution handled by the Musical Instruments Ltd. at 247 Yonge Street..."
Betty Minaker-Pratt contributes: "Wayne Kelly's book, Downright Upright, p. 120 says that Stanley took over the Cecilain Piano Co. in 1922, but then went out of business two years later when Mason & Risch bought out their stock. "
Moogk, page 91, agrees that : "The general economic situation [of 1921-22?] was still affecting the value of the dollar, and at least one piano and talking machine firm, the Cecilian Company, was taken over by Frank Stanley, a veteran of the player-piano business."
Betty Minaker-Pratt contributes the following:
"Cecilian Piano Co. Toronto, 1904-22. There is an advertising cover stamped 1917 for the Cecilian Co., Salesrooms 247 Yonge St./Factory 1189 Bathurst (just north of Dupont)."
The following photographs were take by Betty from John Peel's collection in Port Hope in August, 2007.
TDS Jan. 21, 1916, p. 13, Cecilian are dealers only for Sonora
TDS Dec. 1, 1916, p. 14, Cecilian are dealers for Columbia Grafonolas as well
TDS Dec. 19, 1916, p. 4, Cecilian's first ad for their own upright.
TDS Jan. 4, 1917, p. 13, This is the Cecilian ad below.
TDS Jan 29, 1920, p. 18, The term Cecilian Concertphone has been used
This is the above-mentioned advert from the Toronto Daily Star, Jan. 4, 1917:
Parts machine for sale in Toronto, Nov. 2009 (photos by Arthur Zimmerman):
Motor...
Betty Pratt found reference to the 'Russell Gear and Machine Co." in Encyclopedia of Recorded Sound, Volume 1 by Frank W. Hoffmann:
"Of the earliest Australian-made gramophones...others
were…and the Concertola—the motor of which was made by the Russell Gear
and
Machine Co. Ltd., of
Advert from the Quebec Telegraph Sep. 21, 1921, pg. 19:
