ABSTRACT
A subsidiary of the National Metals Depositing Corp. with offices in Mount Vernon, New York, and New York City. It advertised monthly in TMW from January 1922, offering to make masters, mothers, and stampers from the wax originals supplied by clients. In July 1922 advertising emanated from the Bell Recording Corp. C.R. Johnston, formerly a recording expert in Britain (1888-1889) and then with the Aeolian Co. in New York, was director of recording. While in England Johnston had made the famous recording of Florence Nightingale (the first notable woman to make a record). Louis Young was president of Bell Recording Corp. and also of the National Metals Depositing Corp. In August 1922 Johnston was described as vice president of Bell. Johnston was still with the company as late as January 1923.
