ABSTRACT
A New York firm, established in 1914 to make discs and players. The Crescent Sales Co., Providence, Rhode Island, was distributing agent. The discs, eight-inch and 10 1/2 inch vertical cut, were mainly taken from Pathé masters, but-apparently through a misunderstanding-were not playable on the Crescent phonographs, which were designed to play lateral-cut records. This was one factor (the other was probably a
lack of novel material) that contributed to the quick demise of the company; only 60 records were offered through 1917. The disc players were trade-named “Silvertone” and came in 14 different models. [Blacker 1969; Blacker 1970/7; Rust 1978.]
FRANK ANDREWS
